‘Flip the table and rise up’: Lib Dems’ president in combative mood as party gathers in Brighton
World news | The Guardianby Alexandra Topping and Peter Walker·25d ago
Standing outside Toynbee Hall in the East End of London, Josh Babarinde doesn’t exactly look like a rabble-rouser.
More Australians to live into their 90s as life expectancy forecast to rise over coming decades
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press·25d ago
Australian households will shrink but more people can expect to live well into their 90s, according to the latest update to forecasts of the country’s long-term future.
Future of German chancellor hangs in the balance as two states go to polls
World news | The Guardianby Deborah Cole in Berlin·25d ago
Voters in two German states are going to the polls with the political future of the embattled chancellor, Friedrich Merz, hanging in the balance and an emboldened far right targeting further gains.
Man charged with stabbing murder of 90-year-old woman in Bondi Beach amid spate of alleged domestic violence killings
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press and Guardian staff·25d ago
Three women have died just hours apart in separate incidents in one state, including an elderly woman who was fatally stabbed in an alleged domestic violence attack.
Gavin Newsom signs election security bills to thwart federal interference by Trump
World news | The Guardianby Uwa Ede-Osifo·25d ago
California governor Gavin Newsom has signed off on a package of bills aimed at bolstering election security, including measures to thwart federal political interference, his office announced on...
News live: Taylor pledges ‘one of the biggest immigration cuts in Australian history’; tributes for Victorian Greens MP Tim Read
World news | The Guardianby Penry Buckley·25d ago
Angus Taylor vows ‘one of the biggest cuts to immigration in Australian history’ Kat Wong The federal opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has vowed to deliver one of the biggest immigration cuts in...
Baby born via surrogate can leave Texas for treatment in California, court rules
World news | The Guardianby Uwa Ede-Osifo·25d ago
The Texas supreme court has decided that the month-old infant that surrogate McKenna West gave birth to can be relocated to Los Angeles, a Thursday ruling that came weeks after a California court...
As tobacconist firebombings intensify in Melbourne, nearby stores are being denied insurance
World news | The Guardianby Jonathan Barrett Business editor·25d ago
Small businesses located near tobacconists are being denied insurance or priced out of coverage as rising arson attacks turn neighbouring shops into collateral damage.
Victorian Labor promises new offences to close domestic and family violence ‘loopholes’
World news | The Guardianby Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent·25d ago
A re-elected Victorian Labor government will create two new Australian-first offences aimed at closing “loopholes” it says have allowed perpetrators of family violence to escape punishment.
California warns of measles exposure in six counties from unvaccinated train passenger
World news | The Guardianby Marina Dunbar·25d ago
California public health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure spanning multiple counties after an infected and unvaccinated passenger traveled through the state via Amtrak trains...
Elderly man allegedly beaten to death in Virginia Walmart by parents of employee
World news | The Guardianby Marina Dunbar·26d ago
A 77-year-old Walmart shopper died after he was allegedly attacked inside a Virginia store by the parents of a teenage employee he had confronted over a shopping cart incident involving his wife...
MS Now says reporters denied access to White House after Trump media ban
World news | The Guardianby Edward Helmore·26d ago
News outlet MS Now said its journalists were denied access to the White House grounds on Saturday morning, a day after Donald Trump said he would ban the news channel and two other news outlets...
Trump’s battle to rename the Kennedy Center has put its future at risk
World news | The Guardianby David Smith in Washington·26d ago
It was born with the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. “Young people will come here and they will see this cultural centre,” Rose Kennedy, the mother of slain US president John F Kennedy...
Likelihood of eating fresh produce increases with income for US adults, new CDC report shows
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Glenza·26d ago
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reaffirms that adults are more likely to eat fresh fruits and vegetables as their income increases.
‘Way too many guns around’: experts say firearm access key factor in spate of US family killings
World news | The Guardianby Eric Berger·26d ago
The US is often known globally for its shocking levels of violence, but acts of “family annihilation” or “familicide” rank among the most disturbing of crimes.
Students scramble for accommodation after provider goes bust in Dundee
World news | The Guardianby Julia Kollewe and Amee Joshi·26d ago
Nearly 70 students in Dundee have been left scrambling to find accommodation for this academic year after the latest in a string of university housing schemes went bust amid severe financial strain...
Hundreds evacuated after fire breaks out at seaside hotel in Kent
World news | The Guardianby Sammy Gecsoyler·26d ago
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from a hotel in Folkestone after a large fire broke out overnight.
Parents in England and Wales could be fined or jailed for child’s crimes, minister says
World news | The Guardianby Daniel Lavelle·26d ago
Parents whose children commit crimes could lose their benefits, face fines and even be jailed, a minister has said.
Lib Dems have ‘moral responsibility’ to block Reform, says Ed Davey as party gears up for snap election
World news | The Guardianby Peter Walker Senior political correspondent·26d ago
The Liberal Democrats have begun work on a new manifesto in case of a possible snap election, as Ed Davey said he understood the frustrations of some of his MPs who fear that the party’s message is...
Greenish and pleasant: long-awaited rain returns to England and Wales
World news | The Guardianby Katie Ward·26d ago
The landscapes of southern England and Wales are slowly regaining their colour after this summer’s extreme heat.
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