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Residents warned to stock up on food and water and secure properties as BoM predicts Alfred will make landfall near BrisbaneTropical Cyclone Alfred could make landfall near Brisbane. Why is this a big deal and when could it hit?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeople have been warned to leave or prepare for the worst, with a tropical cyclone on track to cross a densely populated part of Australia’s coast for the first time in 50 years.Tropical Cyclone Alfred is looming off Queensland’s coast, threatening to bring heavy rainfall, damaging winds and monster waves. Continue reading...

US president’s comments come hours after European leaders rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy, vowing support for UkraineKeir Starmer says Europe ‘at crossroads in history’ and must support UkraineJean-Noël Barrot has suggested that a month’s truce in Ukraine would show if Russian president Vladimir Putin was acting in good faith.Speaking on RTL Radio, France’s foreign minister picked up an earlier suggestion by French president Emmanuel Macron that there could be a month’s truce covering air, sea and attacks on critical infrastructure.Zelenskyy, sought to move the conversation forward from his difficult meeting with Trump on Friday saying it was “best left to history”,

Global Times signals Beijing’s likely countermeasure after US president threatened a further 10% duty to come into force on TuesdayChina is preparing countermeasures against fresh US import tariffs that are set to take effect on Tuesday, China’s state-backed Global Times reported, with American agricultural exports likely to be targeted.Donald Trump last week threatened China with an extra 10% duty, resulting in a cumulative 20% tariff, while accusing Beijing of not having done enough to halt the flow of fentanyl into America, something China said was tantamount to “blackmail”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/03/china-us-relationship-trump-tariff-deadline-agriculture-impact Author : Reuters Publish date :

It was a deeply unpredictable year – and Conan O’Brien, Adrien Brody and Timothée Chalamet all pulled out the anticsAnora dominates the Oscars — here’s the complete list of winnersAt the 2003 Oscars, Adrien Brody – who had just become the youngest best actor winner for his turn in The Pianist – planted an unplanned kiss on Halle Berry, the award’s presenter. The moment has stirred controversy in recent years, but the pair warded off any untoward discourse by recreating their lip-locking stunt at this year’s ceremony. Berry greeted Brody on the red carpet with a warm embrace before the

Albanese government and opposition leader downplay prospect of sending troops to join ‘coalition of the willing’ peacekeeping forceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton said he was “disappointed” by Donald Trump’s treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office and said he would lobby the US president to change his view on Ukraine, if the Coalition won the coming federal election.The opposition leader praised Zelenskyy as a “modern-day hero”, and cautioned that Europe “can’t continue to rely for financial support or military support from the United States”.Sign

Self-distributed film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community beat out Porcelain War and SugarcaneOscars 2025 — follow live Academy Awards updatesSee complete list of winners and photos from the red carpetThe West Bank-based film No Other Land has won this year’s best documentary feature Oscar.The film, which is made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective, won out against competition from Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War and Sugarcane. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/03/no-other-land-wins-best-documentary-feature-oscar Author : Benjamin Lee Publish date : 2025-03-03 02:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Latvian adventure centered on a cat has triumphed over blockbusters Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot• Follow the ceremony live!• Full list of winnersThe Latvian adventure Flow has won the Oscar for best animated feature.The dialogue-free film, which debuted at the Cannes film festival, triumphed in a category that included the higher-profile blockbusters Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot. It is the first Latvian film to ever be nominated for an Oscar. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/03/oscar-flow-best-animated-feature Author : Benjamin Lee Publish date : 2025-03-03 00:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Emergency unfolds amid warnings throughout south-east over dry and windy conditions that exacerbate wildfiresFire officials on Sunday were battling to contain the blazes ravaging North and South Carolina, which have forced evacuations in some areas.The emergency unfolded amid warnings throughout the south-east over dry and windy conditions that exacerbate wildfires. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/02/wildfires-north-south-carolina-evacuations Author : Michael Sainato Publish date : 2025-03-02 23:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ukraine’s president says after Oval Office meltdown that when delicate talks are in public ‘foes can take advantage’Ukraine war: live updatesA defiant but tactful President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to apologise to Donald Trump after Friday’s spat in the White House, and declared that the row in the Oval Office “did not bring anything positive” to peace for Ukraine.Speaking to journalists only in Ukrainian at the end of a two-day visit to the UK, the president said that when such delicate negotiations are held in public “foes can take advantage of them” though he said he hoped the row would eventually

Lithuanian Aurimas Mockus activated emergency beacon late on Friday. Follow today’s latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLambie lashes Trump as ‘unstable’ and ‘not good for world order’Senator Jacqui Lambie has also weighed in on the explosive clash between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and said the Ukrainian president “has the backing of the Western world.”There’s no doubt about that. If Trump wants to continue with his tantrums and change his mind every hour, then you have to leave him out of the equation because he’s extremely unstable and that is not good for

PM takes centre stage amid calls for new era of diplomacy but declines to point finger at chaos in the White HouseRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAfter Friday’s calamitous scenes in the Oval Office there were immediate calls for quick answers, new eras and pages of history being turned. Keir Starmer, it seems, is the person now forced to say: hang on, it is a bit more complicated than that.The hastily arranged gathering of leaders at London’s Lancaster House on Sunday was undeniably dramatic, with the UK prime minister at its centre – including in the group photo, where he

Prime minister confirms UK and France will lead a ‘coalition of the willing’ to help end the war with RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesKeir Starmer has said Europe is “at a crossroads in history” and must act to support Ukraine to secure a lasting peace, as he confirmed the UK and France would lead a “coalition of the willing” to help stop the fighting.After a crucial defence summit in London, the prime minister said Britain was willing, with other European nations, to put “boots on the ground and planes in the air” to help provide an effective deterrent to

Charity calls for help to be speeded up as research shows families incur on average £700 a month in extra expensesYoung people with cancer in England are waiting an average of seven months before receiving disability benefits to support their treatment, research shows, prompting calls for people with a diagnosis to qualify for help immediately.Research by the charity Young Lives shows the families of children with cancer on average face almost £700 each month in additional expenses during their treatment. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/02/young-people-cancer-england-face-seven-month-wait-disability-benefits Author : Aletha Adu Political correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-02 16:34:00 Copyright for syndicated

Government must scrap English baccalaureate to make arts more accessible to working-class children, critics sayLeading cultural figures have expressed doubts about the government’s commitment to restoring the creative arts in English schools, with one warning that Labour has “lost the plot” and “the current signs are they are worse than the Tories”.When Labour won the election, it promised to expand opportunities for working-class children by broadening the school curriculum to include more drama, art, music and sport alongside the core academic subjects. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/02/cultural-figures-question-labour-plans-for-arts-in-schools Author : Sally Weale Education correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-02 15:00:00 Copyright

Exclusive: Government document confirms electricity from large-scale renewables has flatlined, with one campaigner saying pipeline has ‘little sign of life’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOfficials have warned the Western Australian Labor government that work to build wind and solar farms for the state’s main electricity grid has stalled under its leadership, a leaked document shows.A confidential state government document reveals state bureaucrats advised the government that the “decarbonisation work program” in Perth’s electricity grid had “stalled to date”. It said there were “few new wind developments” advanced enough to be added to the grid before

Tommy Cash says he did not expect Espresso Macchiato, with references to mafia and pasta, to cause such offenceEstonia’s entry for this year’s Eurovision song contest has said he never intended to offend Italy with his song that pokes fun at Italian stereotypes of coffee-drinking, spaghetti-eating mafiosi – and said he submitted the song after his grandmother cried over it.There have been calls in Italy for Tommy Cash’s catchy song, Espresso Macchiato, to be banned from the competition, which takes place in Basel, Switzerland, in May. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/02/i-love-italy-says-estonian-eurovision-entry-tommy-cash Author : Angela Giuffrida in Rome Publish date

Experts say young men and boys ‘with strong sense of grievance’ are ‘idolising’ shooters involved in US massacres. They are also falling through the gaps of UK terrorism lawsOn the morning of 13 September, 18-year-old Nicholas Prosper was arrested while walking on a residential road in Luton. Minutes before, he had murdered his mother, younger brother and sister, shooting them dead in their family home.Neighbours called police after hearing gunfire coming from the flat in Leabank tower, on Luton’s Marsh Farm estate, and officers found Prosper shortly afterwards on Bramingham Road. Later that day, searches of the area uncovered a

Widespread shooting and looting preceded arrival of M23 rebels, overwhelming city’s poorly resourced facilitiesPatients at hospitals in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have described how they sustained serious injuries during the chaotic withdrawal of the Congolese army and its allies in the days before Rwanda-backed M23 rebels marched in.Widespread shooting and looting preceded the arrival of the rebels in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, on 14 February, overwhelming the city’s poorly resourced hospitals. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/02/bukavu-hospital-patients-tell-of-being-shot-congolese-withdrawal Author : Prosper Heri Ngorora in Bukavu and Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi Publish date

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to join leaders and meet King Charles as UK and EU ­support Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative party, has written in The Telegraph to call for an increase to defence spending among Nato countries. She welcomed Keir Starmer’s plans to increase domestic defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2027 but said “that step cannot be the final one”. Starmer said the rise from the current 2.3% means £13.4bn more will be spent annually on defence after 2027. It will be paid for by cuts to to foreign aid.In making his surprise announcement

Victims commissioner tells chancellor cutbacks and national insurance hike creating ‘existential crisis’ for rape and domestic abuse charities The government has cut millions of pounds in funding for victims’ services, prompting warnings that “criminals will go unpunished” unless it urgently changes its position.The Victims’ Commissioner has written a letter to chancellor Rachel Reeves, shared exclusively with the Observer, saying a combination of funding reductions and the upcoming employers’ national insurance increase was creating an “existential crisis” for charities. The commissioner and charities in the sector are calling for an urgent funding increase in the next spending review, which concludes this

City damaged during occupation by Islamic State group reopens 850-year-old mosque in time for Ramadan as reconstruction gathers pace In the small courtyard of Sara’s grandmother’s house, children are running and playing as if time had never passed. “The house kept our memories,” Sara says, sitting on the sofa of the courtyard. “It seems like we never left. On the contrary, when we came back, we felt we belonged to this house.”Located in the old Iraqi city of Mosul, right behind the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, their home is part of the local cultural heritage. It was heavily damaged during

Directive allows government organisations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer services in languages other than EnglishPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.The order on Saturday allows government agencies and organisations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in languages other than English. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/02/trump-signs-executive-order-designating-english-as-official-language-of-us Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-03-02 03:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Minns government says contract with prison operator MTC Australia will end in late 2026Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of New South Wales’s largest prisons will return to public hands as Labor continues to reverse what the union representing guards has dubbed “the failed prison for profit model”.The Minns government announced on Sunday its contract with MTC Australia – a subsidiary of a controversial American private prison operator – to run Parklea correctional centre would end in October 2026.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue

Bureau of Meteorology says guidance ‘favours landfall on Thursday’ possibly near Brisbane as Queensland disaster management committee meetsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA tropical cyclone lingering off the Queensland coast will “likely” turn towards the state’s south-east later this week, the Bureau of Meteorology says.Queensland authorities have begun preparations for the possibility that slow-moving Tropical Cyclone Alfred hits densely-populated urban areas near Brisbane. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/02/tropical-cyclone-alfred-likely-to-head-towards-southern-queensland-coast-later-this-week Author : Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-02 01:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Australian navy ship heading to Coral Sea after Aurimas Mockus calls for help one week out from reaching AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Royal Australian Navy ship is bound for the Coral Sea after a Lithuanian man attempting to row across the Pacific Ocean from San Diego to Brisbane got into trouble.Aurimas Mockus activated his emergency beacon on Friday night about 740km east of Mackay, Queensland, and 90km west of Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/02/lithuanian-rower-attempting-to-cross-pacific-activates-emergency-beacon-off-queensland-near-cyclone-alfred Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date