Coalition plan to cut tobacco excise by 80% ‘will kill people’ Labor says amid public health alarm
World news | The Guardianby Tom McIlroy and Henry Belot·3 Sept 2026
Leading public health experts, the Australian Medical Association and Labor have rejected Angus Taylor’s plan to cut tobacco excise by 80%, labelling the move to curb soaring illegal cigarette...
London’s first self-driving taxis for hire hit the streets
World news | The Guardianby Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent·3 Sept 2026
Londoners are now able to hire self-driving taxis for the first time, after rides in Wayve’s autonomous vehicles were added to the Uber app on Thursday.
From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves
World news | The Guardianby Damian Carrington Environment editor·3 Sept 2026
As the first heatwave of the record-breaking summer arrived on 23 May, GB News host Cristo Foufas was not happy: “I am sick to death of the naysayers saying firstly that we’re all going to die and...
Gang violence is not ‘out of control’ in Sydney, police minister says after two shootings in two days
World news | The Guardianby Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter·3 Sept 2026
The New South Wales police minister denies that gang violence is out of control in the state, despite two people being shot dead in suspected cases of mistaken identity in as many days.
‘Internal exclusion’ of England secondary school students almost triples in three years
World news | The Guardianby Sally Weale Education correspondent·3 Sept 2026
The proportion of secondary school students in England removed from class and placed in “internal exclusion” as a disciplinary measure has almost trebled in three years, according to new data.
‘I was never taught Welsh history’: Michael Sheen on reclaiming rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr
World news | The Guardianby Steven Morris·3 Sept 2026
There are myriad films, plays and books focusing on heroes of English, Scottish and Irish history but far fewer that tell the stories of the great figures of Wales.
Six-year-old boy died from scurvy despite long-term concerns over diet, Queensland coroner finds
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·3 Sept 2026
A six-year-old boy died from scurvy, the so‑called “sailor’s disease” common in the convict era, a coroner has found.
Molly Ticehurst’s father tells DV murderer he hopes daughter’s screams will haunt him forever
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·3 Sept 2026
The family of Molly Ticehurst, who was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend Daniel Billings in her home in central western New South Wales in 2024, has come face-to-face with her killer.
China’s falling emissions amid Iran war spark hope of decarbonisation watershed
World news | The Guardianby Jonathan Watts·2 Sept 2026
China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1% after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran, thanks to a sharp reduction in oil consumption and a steady rise in the use of electric vehicles and...
Epstein survivors urge billionaire Leon Black to cooperate with House panel
World news | The Guardianby Marina Dunbar·2 Sept 2026
More than a dozen survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse have called on the billionaire Leon Black to appear before the House oversight committee in order to clarify his connections to the late...
Andy Burnham targets migrant crisis ahead of Macron’s visit to No 10
World news | The Guardianby Kiran StaceyPolicy editor·2 Sept 2026
Andy Burnham will begin the process of courting European leaders when he welcomes Emmanuel Macron as the first foreign head of state to visit him in Downing Street.
News live: Chalmers acknowledges ‘softness in housing market’; Australia sends drones to Nepal
World news | The Guardianby Nick Visser·2 Sept 2026
Jim Chalmers has defended Treasury’s forecast on the impact of the government’s recent tax changes on housing, after the Commonwealth Bank predicted prices could fall by almost 10% across capital...
Clippers docked five first-round draft picks and fined $30m over Kawhi Leonard scandal
World news | The Guardianby Guardian sport·2 Sept 2026
The NBA has handed down one of the biggest punishments in the history of the league to the Los Angeles Clippers after finding that the franchise circumvented salary cap rules when it courted Kawhi...
Patagonia sues Trump over slashing of protected areas in Utah
World news | The Guardianby Dani Anguiano·2 Sept 2026
Patagonia, the outdoor clothing and gear company, has joined a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s decision to significantly reduce the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in...
Justice department orders US states to expand how they report undocumented immigrants
World news | The Guardianby Joseph Gedeon in Washington·2 Sept 2026
The US Department of Justice has ordered states to expand how they report undocumented immigrants to the federal government, according to a legal opinion from Tuesday that reverses a policy that...
Trump ‘happy’ about Harry and Meghan UK return: ‘I was not a fan’
World news | The Guardianby Victoria Bekiempis and Guardian staff·2 Sept 2026
Donald Trump has weighed in on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s move back to Britain, declaring: “I’m happy about it.” “I was not a fan,” the US president told reporters during a...
JD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’
World news | The Guardianby Maya Yang·2 Sept 2026
JD Vance has said he is “doing as much of God’s work as possible” and that he is OK “if that leads to the end times”, which he says “are coming”.
Police chief in Mississippi town where 1-year-old was killed has been fired
World news | The Guardianby Adria R Walker·2 Sept 2026
Late Tuesday, the city of Senatobia, Mississippi fired its police chief, Harold Vanderford, after it was reported that Vanderford regularly used racist slurs against Black people in his text...
Lindsay Clancy jurors say they’re deadlocked for a second time
World news | The Guardianby Guardian staff and agencies·2 Sept 2026
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Wednesday told the judge for a second time that it can’t agree on a verdict in the controversial case of the mother accused of murdering her three...
Bayeux tapestry loan symbolises ‘entente amicale’ between France and UK, says King Charles
World news | The Guardianby Caroline Davies·2 Sept 2026
The loan of the Bayeux tapestry was the “the best possible symbol” of the “entente amicale” between France and the UK, King Charles said as he visited the famous embroidered masterpiece at the...
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