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NSW SES issues multiple watch and act warnings as flood waters rise after weekend downpour. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHusic says politicians ‘underestimated’ how strongly Australians feel about GazaMP Ed Husic said more and more Australians had grown concerned about the impact of Israel’s war against Hamas on civilian populations. He told RN Breakfast:I think people in particular believe it’s just not right … To treat kids in the way that they’ve been treated in Gaza. It offends our values as people, and so people turned up in large numbers. …I

Latest ‘mass capture’ in Zamfara state shows banditry crisis shifting from land conflict to organised crimeGunmen have kidnapped more than 50 people in north-west Nigeria in a mass abduction, according to a private conflict monitoring report created for the UN and seen by Agence France-Presse on Sunday.“Armed bandits” targeted the village of Sabon Garin Damri in Zamfara state Friday, the report said, the latest attack in a region where residents in rural hinterlands have long suffered gangs who kidnap for ransom, loot villages and demand taxes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/03/gunmen-kidnap-more-than-50-people-in-north-west-nigeria Author : AFP Publish date : 2025-08-03 18:10:00

Video shows black smoke pouring from facility in Sochi, while Russian attack on Mykolaiv wounds seven peopleAn overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi ignited a raging fire, as the two countries traded strikes at the end of one of the deadliest weeks in Ukraine in recent months.More than 120 firefighters worked to put out the blaze, said the regional governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, as emergency officials reported a fuel tank with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres (70,000 cubic feet) had burned before it was extinguished. Continue reading... Source link :

FCA says motorists should start to receive payments in 2026 with most individual payouts likely to come in under £950Drivers could be handed a share of between £9bn and £18bn in compensation next year, after the City regulator said it would consult on a redress scheme for consumers affected by the car finance scandal.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Sunday that it plans to launch the redress scheme in 2026, with consumers “starting to receive compensation next year”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/03/city-regulator-unveils-car-loan-compensation-scheme-worth-up-to-18bn Author : Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent Publish date : 2025-08-03 14:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy scheme has cost UK taxpayers almost £200bn, according to a report into the policy’s contribution to Britain’s housing crisis.In its report into the sale of millions of council homes to their tenants at steep discounts since 1980, the Common Wealth thinktank said the policy had fuelled vast shortages in social housing and turbocharged inequality. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/03/right-to-buy-england-fuelled-housing-crisis-cost-taxpayers-common-weath-report Author : Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent Publish date : 2025-08-03 11:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Images of emaciated Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David fuel renewed calls to reach a truce and hostage release dealMahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, has condemned Ben-Gvir’s visit to al-Aqsa mosque, which he said “crossed all red lines.”The Waqf, the foundation that administers the complex, said Ben-Gvir was among another 1,250 people who visited the site, Associated Press reports. The foundation said the group prayed, shouted and danced at the mosque. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/03/israel-gaza-war-live-netanyahu-hostage-video-famine-latest-updates-news Author : Matthew Pearce Publish date : 2025-08-03 09:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

City predicts quarter-point drop to 4% when MPC meets on ThursdayBank of England policymakers are widely expected to cut interest rates this week to prevent the economy sliding backwards amid rising unemployment and the hit to global trade from Donald Trump’s fresh round of import tariffs.City traders are betting that the Bank’s nine-member monetary policy committee (MPC) will reduce the headline rate on Thursday by 0.25 percentage points to 4%, marking the fifth cut since last August and taking interest rates back to where they were in March 2023. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/03/bank-of-england-interest-rates-cut-forecast-rising-unemployment-and-trump-tariffs Author : Phillip Inman Publish

At least 100 people involved in rescue operation at El Teniente copper mine, which partially collapsed after ‘seismic event’One of five miners trapped after a partial collapse at the world’s largest underground copper mine has been found dead, Chile’s state-owned Codelco group announced on Saturday, as rescuers continued their search for survivors.The collapse took place on Thursday at the El Teniente mine in Rancagua, 100km south of Santiago, after a “seismic event.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/03/body-found-in-collapsed-chile-mine-as-search-continues-for-trapped-miners-copper-codelco Author : Agence France-Press Publish date : 2025-08-03 03:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The woman, in her 20s, was trying to flee a vehicle in a swollen creek in Rothbury, near CessnockFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA search is under way after a woman was swept into a flooded creek in the Hunter region overnight, as heavy downpours continue to batter large parts of northern New South Wales.Police said a Mini was being driven by a 27-year-old woman in Rothbury, near Cessnock, when it became stuck on Old North Road, through the swollen creek, just before 8pm on Saturday. Continue

NSW SES have responded to more than 1,400 incidents in the state amid severe rainfall, thunderstorms and snow. Follow today’s news liveThe opposition leader, Sussan Ley, has questioned the pro-Palestine protest in Sydney due later today, saying it could have happened elsewhere without “massive diversion of police resources”.Talking to the ABC, Ley says everyone wants to “see the bloodshed stop” and says the war could end tomorrow with a Hamas surrender and the release of hostages.We are seeing protests now regular – this is going to happen on an ongoing basis – it is going to create massive diversion of

Dietitian Lyndi Cohen says her likeness is being ‘abused and misrepresented’ as websites posing as Australian businesses claim to offer GLP-1 substancesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOnline “ghost stores” masquerading as Australian businesses have expanded into advertising Ozempic-like weight loss treatments, and are impersonating real people, including a well-known dietitian, to recommend their products.After uncovering more than 140 sites falsely claiming to be Australian fashion retailers that prompted a public warning from the consumer regulator, Guardian Australia has identified a new scam that targets people trying to lose weight. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/03/online-shoppers-weight-loss-scam-ghost-stores-impersonate-real-people-sell-ozempic-like-treatments-ntwnfb

Nineteen-year-old stabbed several times in a car park and Greater Manchester police are appealing for informationDetectives have launched a murder investigation after a teenager died in Greater Manchester in a “targeted attack”, police have said.The 19-year-old sustained several stab wounds and died later from his injuries. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/02/inquiry-begins-after-teenager-stabbed-in-targeted-attack-in-bury Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-08-02 17:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Anti-racism protesters outnumber those opposing hotel being used as Home Office accommodationAnti-racism demonstrators have turned out in large numbers outside a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed to counter-protest against those opposed to it being used as Home Office accommodation.Both groups of protesters gathered near the Thistle City Barbican hotel in Islington, north London. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/02/protesters-oppose-one-another-at-london-hotel-housing-asylum-seekers Author : Sammy Gecsoyler Publish date : 2025-08-02 15:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Declassified document contains deflating conclusion for DNI director that Russian spies were behind key 2016 emailsTulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligence, hoped to uncover evidence that Barack Obama and his national security team conspired to undermine Donald Trump in a slow-motion coup.But if her crusade was aimed at proving that Obama embarked on a “treasonous conspiracy” to falsely show that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election to help Trump, Gabbard made a mistake. A previously classified annexe to a report by another special counsel, John Durham – appointed towards the end of Trump’s first presidency – has

Prominent groups, including traditional defenders of Israel, urge action on aid as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens‘We are dying slowly, save us’: starvation takes hold in Gaza after a week of appalling milestonesAs global outrage intensifies over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a growing number of prominent Jewish American organizations, including some traditional defenders of Israel, are speaking out and imploring the country to ensure that humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza.This week, a UN-backed food security group warned that a “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding in Gaza and health authorities there report dozens of deaths from starvation. Continue reading...

Footage shows snow falling at Dalveen, between Stanthorpe and Warwick in south east Queensland, about 4pm on SaturdayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSnow has fallen in southern Queensland as the New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) respones to reports of up to 100 vehicles stuck in heavy snow blanketing the northern tablelands.Footage sent to Guardian Australia showed snow tumbling down at Dalveen, between Stanthorpe and Warwick in south east Queensland, about 4pm on Saturday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/02/nsw-winter-storms-heavy-snow-black-ice-flood-risks-rain Author : Cait Kelly Publish date : 2025-08-02 08:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Manhunt for suspect who lived nextdoor to bar where shooting occurred on Friday morning at about 10.30amFour people were killed on Friday in a shooting at a Montana bar, prompting a lockdown in a neighborhood several miles away as authorities searched a wooded area for a suspect in the case.The shooting brought the number of mass murders so far this year in the US to nine, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-partisan resource which defines such cases as killings in which four or more victims are killed.Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/montana-bar-shooting Author :

The foreign affairs minister’s meeting with Amir Maimon was requested by the Israeli embassy, according to federal government sourcesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a private meeting with Israel’s ambassador to Australia, the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, criticised Israel’s conduct in Gaza and called for it to urgently comply with international law and increase the supply of food to Palestinians.Wong’s Thursday meeting with Amir Maimon was requested by the Israeli embassy, according to federal government sources, and took place inside Wong’s office at Parliament House in Canberra. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/02/penny-wong-criticised-israel-conduct-in-gaza-private-meeting-ambassador-amir-maimon Author

Palestine Action Group claims up to 50,000 people will take part in the march which is scheduled to take place on SundayPro-Palestinian protesters will be legally protected while marching across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday after a New South Wales supreme court decision.In her judgment, Justice Belinda Rigg said “the march at this location is motivated by the belief that the horror and urgency of the situation in Gaza demands an urgent and extraordinary response from the people of the world. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/02/nsw-supreme-court-ruling-pro-palestine-march-sydney-harbour-bridge Author : Henry Belot Publish date : 2025-08-02 00:38:00 Copyright for syndicated

Demonstrators were banging pots and pans at one of several gatherings that took place across major US citiesDozens of Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at US senator Chuck Schumer’s New York City office on Friday, leading to mass arrests as elected officials joined activists from Jewish Voice for Peace outside the Midtown office.Tiffany Caban, a New York City council member, and Claire Valdez, a state representative, were among those arrested. Demonstrators were seen banging together pots and pans, a form of noise protest. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/pro-palestine-protest-chuck-schumer Author : Marina Dunbar Publish date : 2025-08-01 22:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content

US president accused of ‘firing the messenger’ as he makes claims without evidence about Erika McEntarferUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump ordered the firing of the federal government official in charge of labor statistics, hours after data revealed jobs growth stalled this summer, prompting accusations that he is “firing the messenger”.The US president claimed that Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, had “faked” employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election, in a bid to boost Kamala Harris’s chances of victory. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-fires-erika-mcentarfer-labor-statistics Author : Callum Jones in New York and Michael Sainato Publish

IOPC also investigating Chris Noble over allegations he shared confidential information without policing purposeA police chief has been suspended after serious concerns were raised about his behaviour outside of work.The Staffordshire police chief constable, Chris Noble, who denies any wrongdoing, is under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for the matters, which predate his employment with the force. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/01/staffordshire-police-chief-suspended-after-concerns-raised-about-off-duty-conduct Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-08-01 17:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Canadian prime minister vows to protect jobs; US president amps up pressure on Fed chair amid weak job reportUS adds 73,000 jobs in July amid economic pressure from Trump’s trade warTrump signs order increasing tariffs on Canadian goodsFull list of new tariff ratesThe main US stock indices have fallen sharply at the start of trading, as investors react to the flurry of tariffs announced last night and today’s weak US jobs report.The Dow Jones industrial average (which contains 30 large US companies) has fallen by 1.1% at the start of trading, shedding 501 points to 43,629. Continue reading... Source link

Steve Witkoff visits Rafah site where hundreds of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forcesThe UN human rights office said on Friday that 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while waiting for aid in the Gaza Strip since late May, most of them by the Israeli military, AFP reports.“In total, since 27 May, at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food; 859 in the vicinity of (US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) sites and 514 along the routes of food convoys,” the UN agency’s office for the Palestinian territories said in a statement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/01/gaza-israel-palestinian-people-steve-witkoff-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-latest-live-news-updates

Former shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said ministers must be frank about ‘really big decisions’ in autumn budgetThe government will tighten eligibility criteria for Whitehall internships as part of a broader push to make the civil service more representative of the working class.According to the BBC, the main internship scheme will now be limited to students from “lower socio-economic backgrounds” and based on which occupations their parents held when they were 14. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/01/labour-wealth-tax-reeves-scotland-heathrow-sure-start-uk-politics-live-news-updates Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2025-08-01 09:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.