Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory
World news | The Guardianby Henry Belot·15 Sept 2026
The Victorian jobs minister has accused one of Australia’s largest datacentre companies of using artificial intelligence while requesting she lobby her colleague to approve a massive expansion of...
Democrat sends letter to White House over Trump Jr wedding bankrolled by Russian oligarch
World news | The Guardianby Ariana Baio·15 Sept 2026
Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, is investigating potential ties between the White House and a Russian oligarch who paid for a portion of Donald Trump Jr’s wedding.
Judge blocks Trump limits on how long foreign students and journalists can stay in US
World news | The Guardianby Reuters·15 Sept 2026
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would limit how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the US without applying for...
Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community
World news | The Guardianby Richard Luscombe·15 Sept 2026
A police department in Texas that arrested a local resident for complaining on social media about their city’s contaminated water supply has been ordered closed after failing to prove it provided...
Lucy Letby inquiry finds some babies could have been saved as judge describes ‘complete failure’ in safeguarding – latest updates
World news | The Guardianby Yohannes Lowe·15 Sept 2026
Judge describes 'complete failure at all levels' to invoke safeguarding procedures The judge said that her report, which has been laid out to parliament, describes “dysfunctional management and...
Pensioners just above threshold shouldn’t pay income tax, says No 10 – UK politics live
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Sparrow·15 Sept 2026
No 10 says government still committed to ensuring pensioners only just above tax threshold next year won't pay income tax The wage growth figures out today mean that the state pension is likely to...
Democrats say supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot plans will ensure ‘safe, secure and accurate elections’ – live
World news | The Guardianby Shrai Popat (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)·15 Sept 2026
Lawmakers have given their support to the supreme court’s rejection of Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections.
Lithuania briefs EU allies after drone shot down by Nato jets overnight – Europe live
World news | The Guardianby Martin Belam (now) and Jakub Krupa (earlier)·15 Sept 2026
Lithuania briefs EU allies after drone shot down by Nato jets overnight – Europe live Minister says discussions are ongoing on how to strengthen the alliance’s eastern flank after security...
US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons into space
World news | The Guardianby Oliver Holmes·15 Sept 2026
The US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts warn will accelerate a high-risk arms race with Russia and China in...
US surgeon general nominee made $270,000 from supplement company
World news | The Guardianby Michelle R Smith·15 Sept 2026
Donald Trump’s nominee for US surgeon general reported more than $200,000 in business income from a company she owns that sells dietary supplements, a loosely regulated industry that health and...
UK sanctions on Israel ‘fall far short’ of its obligations, legal experts say
World news | The Guardianby Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent·15 Sept 2026
More than 130 legal experts, including 18 king’s counsel (KCs), have written to Andy Burnham saying that sanctions on Israeli settlements “fall far short” of Britain’s obligations under the...
Pensioners are ‘big winners’ with triple-lock set to rise by 3.9%, lifting state pension to £13,000 – business live
World news | The Guardianby Graeme Wearden·15 Sept 2026
State pension set to rise by 3.9% after wage growth data The UK state pension is set to rise by 3.9% next year, it appears, following today’s wage growth figures.
Three babies might have survived if hospital had acted over Lucy Letby concerns, inquiry finds
World news | The Guardianby Josh Halliday North of England editor·15 Sept 2026
Three babies might have survived and seven others could have been protected if hospital bosses and doctors had taken action over concerns about the nurse Lucy Letby, an official inquiry into the...
A Brooklyn bodega cat was stolen – and a community has rallied to try to find him
World news | The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas·15 Sept 2026
Owners of a New York City bodega on Monday were holding out hope that they would be reunited with their store’s kitten after a couple passing by the store days earlier appeared to abduct the cat in...
Imran Khan’s sons accuse Pakistani army chief of vendetta against imprisoned father
World news | The Guardianby Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad·15 Sept 2026
The sons of Imran Khan have accused Pakistan’s powerful army chief of a “personal vendetta” against the incarcerated former prime minister and expressed fears their father is being “slowly killed”...
Venice best actress winner says she signed on at Danish job centre days before her victory
World news | The Guardianby Philip Oltermann European culture editor·15 Sept 2026
The winner of this year’s best actress prize at the Venice film festival has revealed that she is on unemployment benefits and had to fly to back to Copenhagen to report to the job centre before...
One of Sydney’s largest councils joins ban on ‘pervert’ glasses at local swimming pools
World news | The Guardianby Caitlin Cassidy·15 Sept 2026
One of Sydney’s largest councils has joined the City of Brisbane and the City of Yarra to issue a ban on AI smart glasses at public pools as concerns mount over the potential for predators to...
Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation
World news | The Guardianby Tory Shepherd·15 Sept 2026
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia before colonisation was dramatically underestimated, according to new research that suggests many more of them were killed.
Jaguar Land Rover in talks to sell Defender to Nato countries
World news | The Guardianby Julia Kollewe·15 Sept 2026
Jaguar Land Rover is in talks with Nato countries about selling them the newly revamped Defender military vehicle, as the UK-based carmaker seeks to tap into Europe’s defence spending boom.
Leading UK retailers ‘breaking law’ by not refunding customers for returned goods, Which? finds
World news | The Guardianby Sarah Marsh, Consumer affairs correspondent·15 Sept 2026
Leading retailers are breaking the law by failing to properly refund customers for returned goods, a Which? investigation has found.
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