Tokyo tourist hotspot bans short-term rentals amid surge in complaints
World news | The Guardianby Justin McCurry in Tokyo·8 Sept 2026
A neighbourhood in Tokyo popular with foreign tourists will ban visitors from using thousands of short-term rental accommodations after a slew of complaints about behaviour.
Andrew Hastie threatens One Nation with ‘costly’ fight over claims he is a ‘traitor’ to Australia
World news | The Guardianby Tom McIlroy Political editor·8 Sept 2026
Andrew Hastie has threatened Pauline Hanson and One Nation strategist James Ashby with a “costly” fight over claims he is a traitor to Australia, labelling his critics “cowards” who don’t believe...
UK retailers to create 100,000 placements for young people out of work
World news | The Guardianby Phillip Inman·8 Sept 2026
UK retailers plan to create up to 100,000 short-term placements for young people not in employment, education or training (Neet) over the next three years to give them a first step on the ladder to...
Ban on neo-Nazi White Australia party is ‘authoritarian’ and breaches constitution, high court hears
World news | The Guardianby Sarah Basford Canales·8 Sept 2026
Lawyers for an outlawed neo-Nazi political party have argued anti-hate laws passed after the Bondi terror attack rely on the opinion of a politician and are “authoritarian in nature”.
Witness told Alan Jones he was ‘the greatest broadcaster ever’ while labelling SMH reporter a ‘bitch’
World news | The Guardianby Amanda Meade·8 Sept 2026
A friend of Alan Jones who has denied witnessing an alleged assault in a Mosman restaurant has agreed in court that he sent the broadcaster a text message saying “if you need me to refute any lies...
Australia to force social media giants to allow users to opt out of algorithm
World news | The Guardianby Tom McIlroy and Luca Ittimani·8 Sept 2026
Australia will allow social media account holders to opt out of the powerful algorithms pushing dangerous and divisive content into users’ feeds, part of new laws designed to boost online safety.
Majority of Tory and Reform voters do not back cuts to disability benefits, survey finds
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Butler Social policy editor·8 Sept 2026
There is little appetite for cuts to disability benefits even among Conservative and Reform voters, and proposals to reduce spending could prove politically risky, according to an authoritative...
‘Forced out with nowhere to go’: First Nations families face eviction as council sells homes over charity’s unpaid rates
World news | The Guardianby Douglas Smith·8 Sept 2026
A rural Queensland council is auctioning off 24 homes to recover unpaid rates, potentially forcing First Nations families into homelessness.
Barnaby Joyce says he’s not ‘Jesus Christ’ and admits One Nation has not modelled super policy in fiery interviews
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Commins and Tom McIlroy·8 Sept 2026
Barnaby Joyce, One Nation’s Treasury spokesperson, says his party has not modelled the potential impact on retirement incomes and inflation from his party’s plan to give millions of households...
US woman charged with killing son ‘very invested’ in Lindsay Clancy trial, prosecutors say
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·7 Sept 2026
An Illinois woman charged with killing her two-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy and was texting friends about the case just hours...
Cities in Great Britain most vulnerable to extreme heat revealed
World news | The Guardianby Sandra Laville Environment correspondent·7 Sept 2026
Portsmouth, Leicester, Exeter, Bristol and Nottingham will be among the cities that warm the most by the end of this century as global heating turns British cities into urban heat islands...
NSW Greens MP pleads with federal colleagues not to back National party motion to block koala park deal
World news | The Guardianby Adam Morton Environment editor·7 Sept 2026
A New South Wales Greens MP has made an impassioned plea to her federal colleagues, urging them not to vote with the Coalition and One Nation to block a plan for the NSW government to get millions...
Australia politics live: John Howard warns about limiting immigration; Barnaby Joyce says super plan to have ‘minute’ inflationary effect
World news | The Guardianby Guardian staff·7 Sept 2026
The 87-year-old was in Canberra last night for an hour-long chat with Australian National University national security professor Rory Medcalf before the 25th anniversary of the September 11...
Police used batons and pepper spray on far-right protesters in Portsmouth unrest
World news | The Guardianby Rajeev Syal, Steven Morris and Ben Quinn·7 Sept 2026
Batons and synthetic pepper spray were used to repel hundreds of masked, black-clad vigilantes in Portsmouth on Sunday, it has emerged, as the policing minister said officers had been injured as...
Ed Miliband to set out ‘reset’ of UK relations with Israel over Palestine
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor·7 Sept 2026
Ed Miliband will announce what he has described as a broad reset of the UK’s relations with Israel on Tuesday, promising the government will take a more active approach in supporting the...
German chancellor vows to stay in office despite AfD triumph in state election
World news | The Guardianby Deborah Cole in Berlin·7 Sept 2026
A “shocked” and chastened Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay in office despite the far right’s triumph in a state election that has brought anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin politicians within striking...
Polanski faces Green rival in his pursuit of Keir Starmer’s old seat
World news | The Guardianby Peter Walker Senior political correspondent·7 Sept 2026
Zack Polanski is facing unexpected opposition from his own party in his attempt to fight the Holborn and St Pancras byelection for the Greens, with a local councillor saying he is also seeking the...
Syrian reactor could have been used for nuclear weapons if completed, UN says
World news | The Guardianby Guardian staff and agencies in Vienna·7 Sept 2026
A nearly complete nuclear reactor built secretly during the rule of the toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad would have been able to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons...
Stolen Generations survivors have more health challenges than other First Nations people
World news | The Guardianby Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent·7 Sept 2026
The tens of thousands of Indigenous Australians and their descendents who were forcibly removed under government assimilation policies have far greater physical and health challenges when compared...
Record strength El Niño could mean bigger supermarket bills for Australians, experts warn
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Commins Economics editor·7 Sept 2026
The most severe El Niño weather event on record threatens to push food prices higher this year, experts say, piling pressure on households already struggling with the post-pandemic spike in grocery...
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