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Most of more than 147,000 customers affected reconnected by Monday as category 4 storm not forecast to make landfallHurricane Erin’s outer bands pelted the US territory of Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm winds during the day on Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers, according to officials.At one point, more than 147,000 utility customers were without power in Puerto Rico, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees the transmission and distribution of power on the island. By 5.30am on Monday, 96.3% of customers had electric service, with most who were affected by outages

South Carolina and Ohio are also sending members of their national guard to capital as Trump administration takes over police departmentWhite House trade adviser Peter Navarro said India’s purchases of Russian crude were funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine and has to stop, while adding that New Delhi was “now cozying up to both Russia and China.”“If India wants to be treated as a strategic partner of the US, it needs to start acting like one,” Navarro wrote in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times, adding that it was risky for American companies to transfer cutting-edge military capabilities to

Former defence secretary allowed to take role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace, as long as he avoids defence mattersThe parliamentary standards body has been criticised for clearing Grant Shapps, a former Conservative defence secretary, to join a defence startup as long as he promises not to work on defence matters.In a ruling that drew scorn from political ethics experts, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), which monitors and advises on the revolving door between Westminster and the business sector, gave Shapps the green light to become the chair of Cambridge Aerospace. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/18/watchdog-condemned-for-clearing-grant-shapps-to-join-defence-startup Author :

Simcha Rothman – a supporter of plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza – was scheduled to appear at events in Sydney and MelbourneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA far-right Israeli politician, who has described Gazan children as “enemies” and called for Israel’s total control of the West Bank, has been denied entry into Australia ahead of an upcoming “solidarity tour”.Simcha Rothman, a member of the Knesset for the far-right party Religious Zionism, was scheduled to appear at two public events in Sydney and Melbourne in August and

Justice Michael Lee says lengthy legal battle with Transport Workers Union ‘no ordinary case’ nine months after $120m compensation settlementFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas has been fined $90m for illegally firing 1,820 baggage handlers and other ground staff in 2020, taking the cost of its controversial outsourcing decision to more than $200m.Justice Michael Lee handed down his decision on the penalty on Monday, nine months after Qantas and the Transport Workers’ Union agreed the airline would pay $120m in compensation to the sacked workers. Continue reading...

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShadow education minister says childcare safety reforms should come more quicklyJonno Duniam, the shadow minister for education, said governments on both sides of the spectrum had failed for years to institute reforms on the childcare sector, issuing calls for the Labor government and states to act quickly to make such changes.Both governments of all persuasions have dropped the ball. The government I was a part of dropped the ball. We should have acted on that at the time. The fact that we didn’t and the fact that

New South Wales police said two people were shot multiple times by assailants who left Forest Lodge scene by carGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne man is dead and another has been taken to hospital with serious wounds after a shooting outside a Sydney hotel.Emergency services were called to the location on Ross Street in Forest Lodge in Sydney’s inner west at about 6.40pm on Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/18/man-dead-another-wounded-after-shooting-outside-sydney-hotel-pub-forest-lodge-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-08-17 20:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’Ukraine war live – latest updatesEuropean leaders including Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.As well as the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Italy’s PM, Giorgia Meloni, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Continue reading... Source link

Devon and Cornwall police confirm child was recovered from water and confirmed dead at the sceneAn 11-year-old girl has died after an incident in the water at a beauty spot in Cornwall.Emergency services were called to Wacker Quay on the Lynher River near Torpoint at about 6pm on Saturday after being alerted about a person in the water, police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/17/girl-11-dies-after-incident-at-river-in-cornwall Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-08-17 15:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The 11 victims ranged in ages from 27 to 61 after multiple gunmen opened fire inside Crown Heights in Crown HeightsThree people were killed and eight others wounded when multiple gunmen opened fire inside a crowded Brooklyn hookah lounge and restaurant early Sunday morning, according to authorities.Police officers responded to reports of a shooting inside the Taste of the City lounge in Crown Heights just before 3.30am, New York police department (NYPD) commissioner, Jessica Tisch, said at a press briefing later Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/17/brooklyn-lounge-shooting Author : Edward Helmore in New York Publish date : 2025-08-17 13:21:00

Ryan Wardwell was rappelling down Seven Teacups falls when ‘extreme hydraulics’ trapped him behind a cascadeA California man who recently became trapped behind a waterfall for two days while climbing was dramatically rescued by police utilizing a helicopter.Ryan Wardwell, 46, of Long Beach, went to waterfalls known as the Seven Teacups on 10 August with plans to rappel down, the sheriff’s office of Tulare country said in a social media post. But the “extreme hydraulics” of the waterfalls pushed Wardwell off his rappelling lines and trapped him behind a cascade of the Kern river, according to the sheriff’s office. Continue

Leaders set to meet to try to protect peace deal after Putin demands Ukraine withdraws from Donetsk and LuhanskUS President Donald Trump said after the meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Friday that he wants to bypass a ceasefire and move straight to a permanent peace deal.Ukrainian and European leaders fear that a straight-to-peace deal, skipping over a preliminary ceasefire, gives Moscow an upper hand in talks.Although Luhansk is almost entirely under Russian control, Ukraine still holds key parts of Donetsk, including the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk and heavily fortified positions whose defence has cost tens of

A biotech firm has announced trials for a dog implant that mimics the drugs taken by humans to help tackle obesityWhere humans lead, their dogs tend to follow – now it seems that might even apply to weight-loss wonder drugs.Medications such as Wegovy have become ubiquitous among people hoping to shed pounds quickly. But businesses keen to cash in on the science behind the weight-loss jabs are now investigating other applications for the drugs, and our four-legged friends could be the next in line for a slimming solution. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/17/puppy-fat-jabs-are-our-pets-next-in-line-for-weight-loss-drugs Author : Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Exiled former lawmaker with $200,000 bounty for his arrest, who now works as a solicitor in Adelaide, says he and his family granted protection visas this weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former pro-democracy Hong Kong legislator Ted Hui, who is wanted by authorities in the Chinese city, has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain jailed.The special administrative region, handed back to China by the UK in 1997, has seen dissent

On eve of economic roundtable, Chalmers downplays prospect of major tax changes. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTim Wilson sidesteps question about whether Coalition will dump support for net zeroFinally, Wilson was asked about internal pressure within the Coalition to abandon support for any policies that might help Australia achieve net zero and to address the climate crisis.We should make sure that we have net zero outages, net zero price increases, and net zero emissions, because you need to have things in a position of balance of policy to make sure that

Troops requested by Trump team are ‘ready to respond’ but ‘not on a political policing mission’, veteran group saysWest Virginia is to deploy 300 to 400 national guard troops to Washington DC at the request of the Trump administration, the state’s governor said on Saturday.West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey’s office said in a statement that the deployment is “a show of commitment to public safety and regional cooperation” and the state will provide equipment and “approximately 300-400 skilled personnel as directed”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/west-virginia-national-guard-troops-dc-trump Author : Edward Helmore Publish date : 2025-08-16 22:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Some MPs received more than 100 emails within 48 hours from the same address criticising the party’s energy policyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal MPs have been sent a barrage of emails demanding they drop net zero targets or “risk losing our support” by a group connected to conservative right-wing lobby group Advance.The mass emails, seen by Guardian Australia, have been sent to multiple Liberals by Whitestone Strategic, a secretive political consultancy group and come as the Coalition reviews its energy policy. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/17/dump-it-or-well-dump-you-secretive-consultancy-group-sends-liberal-mps-barrage-of-emails-over-net-zero-policy-ntwnfb Author : Krishani Dhanji and Josh Butler

Putin told Trump he would halt further advances and freeze Ukrainian frontline where Russian forces occupy significant areas, sources sayZelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after Putin summit briefingDonald Trump hand-delivered a personal letter from first lady Melania Trump to Russian leader Vladimir Putin raising the plight of Ukrainian and Russian children caught in the middle of the ongoing war between the two European countries, it was reported on Saturday.The contents of the letter were unknown – but two Trump administration officials told Reuters that it mentioned the abductions of children resulting from the war that broke out after Russia

Corrections department review shows how Grant Hardin made fake guard uniform and details lax security at facilityA former police chief known and convicted murderer known as “the devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and he said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed him to gather the supplies he needed, according to an internal review by prison officials released on Friday.The state corrections department’s critical incident review of Grant Hardin’s 25 May escape from the Calico Rock prison provides the most detailed description so far of his planning – and the

Ukrainian president to make first return to White House since infamous row with Trump in FebruaryZelenskyy to meet US president in Washington on Monday after Trump-Putin summit ends without deal – liveUkraine’s president has said he will fly to Washington on Monday to meet Donald Trump after an hour long call with the US president in which he was briefed on the key points of the Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin.Next week’s meeting will mark the first return to the White House for Volodymyr Zelenskyy since his infamous row with Trump and the vice-president, JD Vance, in the Oval Office

Four children were among those killed in strikes on Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Wafa news agencyUnrwa has warned that women and girls in Gaza are forced to adopt “increasingly dangerous survival strategies like venturing out in search of food and water at the extreme risk of being killed”.The agency added that one million women and girls in Gaza are now facing “mass starvation, violence and abuse”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/16/middle-east-crisis-gaza-israel-hamas-lebanon-hezbollah-latest-news-updates Author : Kyriakos Petrakos Publish date : 2025-08-16 09:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Meteorologist says while there is disagreement over how much rain will fall, the general consensus is NSW and Queensland will have another wet weekFor Australia’s east coast, the wet weeks are dragging on with no immediate reprieve in sight.“I know people in Sydney and other parts of New South Wales will be sick of hearing this,” the Bureau of Meteorology’s Angus Hines told the ABC on Saturday. “But it will be another wet week across the eastern coastline, all the way from the Illawarra through New South Wales, through Sydney, Newcastle, through Brisbane up to the Wide Bay in Queensland”.

Liam and Noel used to be taken for summer holidays with relatives in Mayo and kept returning after finding fameEmigration ripped the heart out of Charlestown: generations of young people took the boat to England and left behind derelict homes and shuttered shops, a hollowing chronicled in a landmark 1968 book, The Death of an Irish Town.Some returned to this corner of County Mayo for summer holidays – with children who were growing up with English accents and city ways – before vanishing back across the Irish Sea and leaving Charlestown to its decay. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/charlestown-gallagher-connection-oasis-ireland

US capital city’s law enforcement will remain under control of its chief, Pamela SmithWhite House officials and attorneys for Washington DC have agreed to scale back the Trump administration’s takeover of the city’s police department.Under an agreement announced early Friday evening, the US capital city’s Metropolitan police department will remain under the control of its chief, Pamela Smith, instead of Terry Cole, the top administrator for the Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to reports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/15/trump-dc-police-chief-dea Author : Edward Helmore, Maya Yang and agencies Publish date : 2025-08-16 02:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Pair decline to take questions in short press conference as US president says ‘we didn’t get there … but we have a good chance of getting there’No deal after brief Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in AlaskaThe president has yet to deplane, but is currently greeting Alaska governor Muke Dunleavy and senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, all Republicans, aboard Air Force One, per the White House.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also says that for the expanded bilateral meeting and lunch, Trump, Rubio, and Witkoff will be joined by treasury secretary Scott Bessent, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, defense secretary Pete