Wednesday, 14 October 2026
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The Guardian World · 00:10
Jim Chalmers denies Anthony Albanese rolled him over credit card payments for tax bills ↗Treasurer’s comments come after prime minister revealed he intervened to delay a controversial ban on such payments to the ATO Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Treasurer Jim Chalmers has denied being rolled by Anthony Alba…
The Guardian World · 00:53
Graduate student accused of poisoning colleague and trying to flee to China arrested at LAX ↗Microbiologist Aili Wang, 32, poisoned tea of colleague in Wyoming who had pending patents, prosecutors allege A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she did not get along, then tried to flee the…
The Guardian World · 01:05
Russia arrests Japanese journalist on allegations of spying ↗FSB security agency said reporter was arrested on island of Sakhalin, alleging he was collecting information about Russia’s defences Russia has arrested a Japanese journalist on the far east island of Sakhalin and accused him of espionage, Moscow said on Tuesday. Russia regards Japan as an “unfriendly” country b…
The Guardian World · 01:45
Rachel Smith will turn 39 in prison. The high court says she could freeze her eggs from behind bars ↗Australia’s highest court says Queensland drug trafficker extracting and storing eggs is not ‘assisted reproductive technology’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A woman has won an appeal in Australia’s highest court about her right to freeze her eggs while behind bars. Rachel Smith…
The Guardian World · 01:58
Court overturns Tanya Plibersek’s protection order which company says blocked controversial NSW goldmine ↗Federal court overrules decision by former environment minister for the McPhillamys goldmine development at Blayney The federal court has overturned a rare protection order issued by former environment minister Tanya Plibersek under Indigenous heritage legislation, which the company said effectively blocked a cont…
The Guardian World · 02:15
Beau Lamarre-Condon trial shown crime scene reconstruction as ballistics expert traces bullet trajectories ↗3D computer video of Paddington terrace shown to jurors outlines prosecution version of alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies A computer-generated reconstruction of the alleged double murder of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies has been played to a Sydney jury, as pictures showing gun marks on a bedroom door w…
The Guardian World · 03:37
Family of Indigenous woman found dead in Melbourne mourn ‘vibrant, beautiful young girl’ ↗Police have charged a 31-year-old man with the alleged murder of Jayda Allen Bonner, whose body was found in a Carlton apartment on Saturday Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Warning: This article contains images of and ref…
The Guardian World · 04:00
Ukraine is littered with landmines on a scale last seen in Vietnam. How can they be removed? ↗Faced with deadlier threats, demining groups are coming up with new ways of working using drones and AI Crouched over on her hands and knees in a field of weeds, Olena Kabanova is digging into the ground. With a shovel and a steady hand, the 58-year-old digs out a neat square around the spot where a mine detector…
The Guardian World · 04:22
$20m public liability insurance to rally in a park: how council red tape hinders the right to protest ↗Public gatherings stymied by bureaucracy, Australian Democracy Network and Deakin University researchers find Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Council red tape is stymieing the right to protest, a report has said, after a regional New South Wales council told a protest organiser they…
The Guardian World · 05:44
Wednesday briefing: Why small boat crossings are here to stay ↗Wednesday briefing: Why small boat crossings are here to stay In today’s newsletter: The collapse of the UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal with France exposes the limits of border enforcement that did little to stop crossings, and only made them more dangerous Good morning. You’d be forgiven for missing it.…
The Guardian World · 05:52
Australian industry reliant on gas for ‘foreseeable future’, resources minister tells press club ↗Madeleine King says national gas reservation scheme, expected to come into effect from 2028, will reduce power prices Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The resources minister, Madeleine King, says Australian industry will b…
The Guardian World · 06:00
Ukrainian soldier to go on trial over sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines ↗Special forces officer Serhii Kuznetsov denies involvement in the 2022 blasts that left pipelines badly damaged A Ukrainian soldier is to go on trial in Hamburg accused of taking part in one of the most brazen acts of sabotage in postwar European history – the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines between…
The Guardian World · 07:19
Video recording device found in cabin of HMAS Leeuwin navy ship in Cairns ↗Defence announcement comes after Jacqui Lambie tells parliament a camera had been found concealed in a women’s shower on board Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A “video recording device” was found in the cabin of a Royal Australian Navy ship in Cairns, the defence department has reve…
The Guardian World · 07:59
Labor’s bill to cut private health insurance rebate blocked by Greens over pensioner carve-out ↗Almost 80,000 older Australians expected to end private health cover by 2028-29 as a result of Albanese government’s proposal Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor’s bid to cut the private health insurance rebate for over-65s has been blocked in parliament, with the Greens insisting…
The Guardian World · 08:05
Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted ↗Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US Ukrainian soldiers in combat have suddenly had their access to Starlink satellite internet terminals restricted as the Trump administration has increased pressure on Ukraine…
The Guardian World · 08:08
Child safety officer incorrectly assessed Elizabeth Struhs as ‘safe’ day after she was admitted to hospital in coma ↗Inquest into death of eight-year-old Queensland girl who was denied insulin by her religious parents told her case was complex Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A child safety officer incorrectly assessed Elizabeth Struhs as “safe” one day after she arrived at hospital in a coma and n…
The Guardian World · 08:22
Russia showing ‘ostentatious disrespect’ towards US with latest attacks on Ukraine, Zelenskyy says – Europe live ↗Zelenskyy says Russia attacked ‘infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the American president’ Ukrainian soldiers have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has taken to X to confront the platform’s billionaire owner Elon Musk over reported re…
The Guardian World · 08:39
Joni Mitchell becomes US citizen: ‘A journey that began 62 years ago’ ↗Canada-born singer-songwriter, 82, posts footage of citizenship ceremony to Instagram Joni Mitchell has become a US citizen, after first moving to the country in the mid-1960s. The Canada-born singer-songwriter, 82, posted footage of her citizenship ceremony on her Instagram account, along with a photo of her next…
The Guardian World · 12:21
Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns ↗Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US government and private partners, the African country’s minister of health said on Tuesday. The…
The Guardian World · 13:04
French minister accuses Elon Musk of ‘online harassment campaigns’ against European leaders ↗Jean-Noël Barrot criticises X owner in speech attacking foreign efforts to destabilise France before 2027 election France’s foreign minister has accused Elon Musk of using his social media platform to orchestrate “massive online harassment campaigns” against European leaders as he took aim at foreign efforts to de…
The Guardian World · 13:26
Locking UK out of ‘Made in Europe’ law will ‘hurt’ carmaking across EU, says Mercedes-Benz boss ↗Ola Källenius says it will ‘weaken the industry on both sides’ ahead of act intended to counter non-EU competition Locking the UK out of the EU’s flagship industrial “Made in Europe” legislation would amount to a “deliberate choice” by EU leaders to “hurt” the car industry across the bloc, the head of Mercedes-Be…
The Guardian World · 13:31
Closer EU trade ties greater prize for UK than making separate deals, minister says ↗Exclusive: Douglas Alexander, on trade delegation to India, talks up economic benefits of joint trading arrangements with Europe UK politics live – latest updates Britain will benefit from much closer trading relations with the EU even if that means giving up its ability to negotiate free trade agreements, the…
The Guardian World · 14:29
France’s students are angry about more than crumbling classrooms and missing teachers ↗Beneath a wave of school protests in France lies a more existential worry: the future prospects of an entire generation • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Say what you will about France’s high schools, they still produce world-class slogan writers. Here’s a brief selection spotted…
The Guardian World · 15:33
Mont Blanc the ‘roof of Europe’ loses more than a metre of height in a year ↗Peak of French mountain now 4,807 metres high and fluctuates year by year due to changes in Alpine climate Europe’s highest peak shrank by more than a metre last year, data has shown. Mont Blanc in France now stands 4,807.47 metres above sea level, a team of surveyors from the Haute-Savoie regional department sa…
The Guardian World · 15:48
Pope Leo’s recovery from lung cancer surgery ‘progressing as planned’ ↗Pontiff has begun walking in his hospital room and is eating normally after operation to remove growth, doctors say Pope Leo’s recovery from a lung cancer operation is progressing as planned, his doctors have said, as the pontiff received good wishes from around the world, including a letter from Britain’s King Ch…
The Guardian World · 17:00
UK’s ‘incoherent’ approach to China plagued by lack of expertise, report says ↗International alliance of China-sceptic legislators warns of risks inherent in misjudging bilateral relationship The UK’s approach to China is “beset by incoherence” and plagued by a lack of senior expertise, according to a report warning of the risks inherent in misjudging the bilateral relationship. An audit b…
The Guardian World · 17:21
Student protests in Albania turn violent as demonstrators clash with police ↗Government building and two banks set on fire as tens of thousands take to streets over education costs and corruption Tens of thousands of students have taken to the streets of Tirana, the Albanian capital, setting alight a government building and two banks and hurling stones at police during a protest over risin…
The Guardian World · 18:54
In Ukraine, civilian casualties were already rising. Restrictions on Starlink will only worsen the death toll ↗Throttling of mobile internet system will affect Kyiv’s air defences more than its strikes on oil refineries. Now Zelenskyy must be hoping that US intel holds In Ukraine the situation was already jittery enough. Donald Trump has been inventing ceasefires and buying Russian diesel to shore up his flagging popularit…
The Guardian World · 19:01
Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write prize-winning story ↗Article in Atlantic claims The Blue Fighter was artificially generated, days after it won Caine prize for African writers The Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using AI to write a prize-winning short story after an article in the Atlantic said software had flagged it as almost completely AI-generat…
The Guardian World · 20:30
Australian politics live: Victoria Labor promises free abortion care if re-elected; Albanese criticises Hanson’s ‘monoculture’ ↗Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Private health insurance changes ‘recalibrating precious taxpayer dollars’, says Wells The health minister, Mark Butler, yesterday promised to reintroduce a bill to reduce private health insurance rebates for over-65s, a…
The Guardian World · 23:30
Sydney hospital patient charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting fellow patient alight ↗NSW police allege Raymond James Dungay doused three patients in petrol before setting one alight at Prince of Wales hospital in Randwick Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A patient at a Sydney hospital has been charged with…
The Guardian World · 23:32
Illegal tobacco increasingly hard to spot, with some fakes featuring Australian health warnings ↗Government warned that counterfeit tobacco produced by criminal organisations in south-east Asia is becoming more sophisticated Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The black-market tobacco trade continues to thrive as sellers turn to counterfeit packaging to skirt bans, prompting calls…
The Guardian World · 23:34
Paddington: The Musical is coming to Sydney in 2027 ↗Hugely successful West End show will open at Capitol Theatre in September 2027, with dates in other Australian cities yet to be announced Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Australia, prepare to start guarding your marmalade reserves: the award-winning Paddington: The Musical is on its way. The accla…