Farage says overseas donation row ‘looks bad’ but denies Reform breached electoral law
World news | The Guardianby Pippa Crerar Political editor·6 Sept 2026
Nigel Farage has acknowledged the overseas donation row engulfing Reform UK “looks bad” for his party but denied it had ever taken foreign money in breach of electoral law.
Black-clad Dover protesters condemned for ‘dressing up in costumes’ by minister
World news | The Guardianby Rachel Hall·6 Sept 2026
A cabinet minister has condemned the blocking of Dover roads by dozens of masked and black-clad people on Saturday.
Zia Yusuf’s post about Camden council leader is ‘straightforward racism’, says minister
World news | The Guardianby Josh Halliday·6 Sept 2026
Labour has accused Reform’s Zia Yusuf of “straightforward racism” after he suggested the party’s frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection was not British.
Councils in England and Wales accused of excessive fees to run outdoor classes
World news | The Guardianby Amelia Hill·6 Sept 2026
At 6am on the beach at Westgate-on-Sea in Kent, Angela Brier-Stephenson used to meet a small group of about 10 people for yoga. The class lasted 45 minutes and participants paid what they could.
‘The engine’s on fire’: Qantas flight from Queenstown to Sydney reroutes after flames seen by passengers
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·6 Sept 2026
Liza-Jayne Loch was returning home from a business trip to New Zealand when her Qantas flight ran into trouble.
Online bookies accused of UK privacy breaches with use of cookie banners
World news | The Guardianby Rob Davies·6 Sept 2026
Online bookmakers and casinos have been accused of widespread non-compliance of information privacy requirements, including “data surveillance” of customers, according to a study.
England losing tennis courts as number of padel facilities rises exponentially
World news | The Guardianby Michael Goodier and Antonio Voce·6 Sept 2026
England has lost almost 200 tennis courts in three years as padel facilities have grown nearly sixfold.
Broken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protests
World news | The Guardianby Daniel Boffey Chief reporter·6 Sept 2026
The twins were 19 and still in high school when they were taken from their beds in the dead of night by masked men later identified as being sent by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Falklands row shows urgent need to commit to 3% target, says Labour defence committee chair
World news | The Guardianby Kiran Stacey Policy editor·6 Sept 2026
Javier Milei’s threats to the Falkland Islands make it even more important that Andy Burnham increase defence spending immediately, according to the Labour chair of the defence committee.
Brisbane expected to swelter under hottest September day in years as east coast faces unseasonably warm weather
World news | The Guardianby Tory Shepherd and AAP·6 Sept 2026
Early spring fire bans have been put in place as Australia’s eastern states reckon with unseasonably hot conditions for the start of the season.
Coalition denies flag-burning ban an attempt to undercut One Nation as Labor says push has ‘element of desperation’
World news | The Guardianby Tom McIlroy Political editor·6 Sept 2026
Angus Taylor has rejected claims the Coalition’s push to criminalise burning of the Australian flag is an attempt to undercut One Nation, insisting penalties of up to a year in prison are necessary...
Labor plans crackdown on social media algorithms as Taylor says he’s ‘deeply sceptical’
World news | The Guardianby Tom McIlroy Political editor·6 Sept 2026
Labor’s plan to crack down on social media algorithms faces significant opposition in federal parliament, with the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, warning against efforts by the government to...
Falling ceiling debris at Kennedy Center may mire debate over renovations
World news | The Guardianby Edward Helmore·5 Sept 2026
Falling debris from a ceiling in the grand foyer of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts may have complicated a battle over renovations of the Washington DC arts center that could...
Australia news live: Taylor proposes laws against flag burning and to lock in 26 January as Australia Day
World news | The Guardianby Tory Shepherd·5 Sept 2026
Taylor proposes laws against flag burning, and for 26 January The News Corp papers are reporting that the opposition wants to criminalise flag burning, with up to 10 years in prison as punishment.
Possums in the roof, koalas in bed: study shows how animals resort to Australian homes after habitat loss
World news | The Guardianby Petra Stock·5 Sept 2026
Possums in the roof, bats in the curtains and ducks on the balcony: new research has revealed how native animals are making themselves at home in our houses.
Alarming AI ads are flooding social media in the lead-up to Victoria’s election. But who is behind them?
World news | The Guardianby Benita Kolovos and Henry Belot·5 Sept 2026
A man clad in a balaclava and brandishing a machete terrorises a worker at a petrol station before firebombing the building on the way out.
Robin Morgan, child star who became feminist, poet and editor, dies aged 85
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·5 Sept 2026
Robin Morgan, a child star of the 1940s and 50s who grew up to become an all-American radical as a poet, essayist, editor and second-wave feminist, has died. She was 85.
‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting
World news | The Guardianby Ben Quinn and Peter Walker·5 Sept 2026
Nigel Farage has claimed that he “wasn’t even listening” during a meeting at the centre of a controversy about whether his party considered evading the law on accepting donations from overseas.
US military says it struck three Iranian tankers after American warships came under missile attack
World news | The Guardianby Marina Dunbar and agencies·5 Sept 2026
The US military said Saturday it struck three Iranian oil tankers after US navy warships came under missile attack, further escalating tensions in the region and warning it would “if necessary...
Raise the Colours leader given access to Reform UK conference while on bail
World news | The Guardianby Ben Quinn·5 Sept 2026
The leader of a flag campaign group who was arrested on suspicion of causing religiously and racially aggravated harassment was given access to Reform UK’s annual conference.
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