Friday, 2 October 2026
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The Guardian World · 00:41
Kanye West’s sold-out Russia concerts cancelled, organisers confirm ↗Russia’s foreign ministry had called planned shows unacceptable due to rapper’s ‘glorification’ of Adolf Hitler Two sold-out shows that Kanye West was due to play in Russia have been cancelled after weeks of confusion, organisers have confirmed. The US rapper, who now goes by the name Ye, had been due to perform…
The Guardian World · 01:02
Women hospitalised and three men charged with assault and choking after separate home invasions in Sydney ↗NSW police allege the men, aged 18, 19 and 20, broke into homes in Arncliffe and Bankstown this week before assaulting the women aged 31 and 32 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Three men have been detained after two women were…
The Guardian World · 01:33
Labor targets ‘visa hopping’ international students in crackdown on ‘permanently temporary’ migration ↗Migration agents and lawyers ‘selling false hope’ to people seeking to stay in Australia also in government’s sights as it seeks to reduce overseas arrivals Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast “Visa hopping” international student…
The Guardian World · 02:00
The Bolsonaros…they’re back! Brazil heads to the polls – podcast ↗Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips reports on this Sunday’s historic presidential elections in Brazil, as the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro hopes to take power You would have been forgiven for thinking that when Jair Bolsonaro was convicted in September 2025 of attempting a coup, his politica…
The Guardian World · 02:00
May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future ↗EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average The scorching heat that persistently baked western Europe this summer was the worst on record, a report has found, with more than half the continent seared by “very strong” heat stress that felt hotter than 38C.…
The Guardian World · 02:04
Beau Lamarre-Condon asked police investigator about murder of Lilie James day before shootings, court hears ↗Lamarre-Condon asked fellow officer if Paul Thijssen ‘would have gotten away with’ James’s murder if he hadn’t subsequently killed himself Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon asked a colleague,…
The Guardian World · 04:00
‘No one disrespects Our Lady’: fears for Brazil’s patron saint grip country ahead of election ↗Speculation that Flávio Bolsonaro will try to strip Our Lady of Aparecida of position could become deciding factor in run-up to Sunday A row of Biblical proportions has erupted in the run-up to Brazil’s presidential election, with the country’s patron saint, Our Lady of Aparecida, emerging as an unlikely kingmaker…
The Guardian World · 08:09
400 French schools closed on Friday as protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ – Europe live ↗Dozens of schools have been damaged and nearly 3,000 teenagers have been detained since the start of the tensions Some 100 schools have been severely damaged during French high school protests that escalated this week into “urban violence,” with 40 headteachers injured, according to the latest figures from the Fre…
The Guardian World · 08:31
Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo ↗Under new WA laws anyone who defies an exclusion order could face a maximum $36,000 fine and three years in prison Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Activists and a Greens MP have threatened legal action after the Western Australia police banned at least 12 people entering a designate…
The Guardian World · 08:55
Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin ↗Artwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about Pharaohs’ origins On the eve of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to Cairo last month, the city authorities were busy removing a 66-metre-long mural from the e…
The Guardian World · 08:58
Eastern Spain braces for torrential rain and flooding ↗Up to 300mm of rain could fall in places, while extreme downpours bring deadly landslides to Nepal Torrential rain and potentially damaging flooding are forecast in eastern Spain over the coming days, as cold upper air moves over the warm, humid surface air of the Mediterranean Sea, fuelling violent, slow-moving t…
The Guardian World · 09:09
UK is not facing diesel shortage despite fears of Trump export ban, minister says ↗In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’ Business live – latest updates The government has moved to avert panic at the pumps, insisting that the UK is not facing a diesel shortage after Donald Trump threatened to cut off US supplies of the fuel.…
The Guardian World · 10:00
OpenAI disclose another hack on government department in Australia ↗Attack accessing historical data on bushfires occurred in June but not disclosed by the tech company until Thursday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has disclosed another unauthorised hack on a government department in Australia. In June, an O…
The Guardian World · 10:14
Bruce Baird, former federal Liberal MP and NSW minister, dies aged 84 ↗Baird, father of former NSW premier Mike Baird and journalist Julia Baird, helped win the Olympics for Sydney Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Bruce Baird, a former federal Liberal MP and deputy leader of the party’s New South Wales branch, has died aged 84. Baird, who also served…
The Guardian World · 12:57
‘We just want to be listened to’: student protests shut schools across France ↗Lack of investment, overcrowded classrooms, crumbling buildings and poor teacher pay among reasons for protests by school students Europe live – latest updates As dozens of school pupils sat on top of a pile of wheelie bins blocking a high school entrance in north-eastern Paris, Sophia, 17, was on the frontline…
The Guardian World · 14:50
‘The enemy is tearing our city apart’: terror in Kyiv as Russia ramps up attacks ↗Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Kyivans can no longer pretend it is ‘peacetime’ amid strikes on school, hospital and bridge Europe live – latest updates Valeriya Tkachenko was dropping her son off at school in central Kyiv when the air raid alert sounded. Staff hurried the children and parents into the shelter, whe…
The Guardian World · 15:00
OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers ↗Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government faces significant “tech debt” that could bring a big bill for taxpayers after the OpenA…
The Guardian World · 15:13
US Coast Guard says it intercepted ship carrying fuel to Cuba ↗US says ship thought to be using common ‘dark fleet’ tactics was boarded and taken to Mexico as embargo continues The US Coast Guard has announced that it intercepted a large cargo ship carrying fuel bound for Cuba , as the Trump administration’s crippling oil embargo against the island nation continued. The ves…
The Guardian World · 15:57
G7 to release up to 100m barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves ↗Leaders agree a coordinated drawdown within four months as rising prices put pressure on households and economies Leaders of G7 nations are to release up to 100m barrels of their emergency diesel and crude oil stockpiles after coming under pressure from Donald Trump to ease surging fuel prices. The drawdown of r…
The Guardian World · 16:27
Spanish right wing votes down housing crisis plans as protest movement grows ↗Opposition lawmakers join forces to defeat proposals made by Socialist-led coalition after eviction of 87-year-old Rightwing lawmakers in Spain have joined forces to reject emergency measures put forward to tackle the country’s housing crisis, pitting a fractured parliament against the widespread protest movement…
The Guardian World · 19:57
Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne ↗The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2am Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Victoria in the early hours of Saturday morning, shaking Melbourne and waking people across the who…
The Guardian World · 21:12
Brazil’s Lula says only he can stop rise of fascism under Bolsonaro’s son ↗President leads huge rally in Rio before election on Sunday seen as most important for decades The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has claimed he is the only thing standing in the way of far-right “fascists” reclaiming power, as he led a huge rally through the streets of Rio ahead of Sunday’s crunc…