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Environment minister defends tax changes as farmers protests in LondonSome farmers have been driving tractors into Parliament Square to publicise the protest.Here is a story from Jamie Grierson this morning about the protests. Continue reading...

Indiana county commissioner John Jessup won re-election while on house arrest, but will not be able to serve in officeDays after winning elected office, a Republican politician in Indiana pleaded guilty to trying to sexually assault a woman in Las Vegas and now must resign his position.John Jessup, commissioner of Hancock, Indiana, is at the center of one of the more bizarre tales to...

Presenter, who will be replaced by Scott Mills after six years on the show, tells listeners it’s time to ‘focus on family’The BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball has announced she is stepping down from her breakfast show after six years to be replaced by Scott Mills.“After six incredible years on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, it’s time for me to step away from...

Proposed inheritance tax changes targeted by body for agricultural industry in England and WalesFarmers protest in Whitehall – live updatesThe head of the farmers’ union has accused UK ministers of betraying the agricultural industry with changes to inheritance tax before a protest in Westminster.Tom Bradshaw, the president of the NFU, told Sky News that the environment secretary, Steve Reed, promised a year ago that...

Marius Borg Holby, detained in August after an incident at a woman’s apartment in Oslo, was arrested on Monday eveningThe 27-year-old son of the Norwegian crown princess, Mette-Marit, has been arrested on suspicion of rape, according to police.Police said in a statement that Marius Borg Høiby, who was born from a relationship prior to Mette-Marit’s 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, the heir apparent...

Increase in national insurance contributions and national living wage will add to costs, says BRCBusiness live – latest updatesLarge UK retailers including Tesco, Boots, Marks & Spencer and Next have written to Rachel Reeves to say that a £7bn increase in annual costs after last month’s budget would lead to job cuts and higher prices.The letter, with 79 signatories sent by the industry body...

CEO says he will launch review to make company ‘leaner, more agile’ and the firm will ‘renew its relevance’Business live – latest updatesStaff at Mulberry are braced for job cuts after the beleaguered British luxury handbag maker reported that half-year sales slumped by almost a fifth and losses had widened.The company, which last month rejected a £111m bid from 37% shareholder Mike Ashley’s Frasers...

Bill contains spending caps of $90m for a federal political campaign and $800,000 for an individual electorate campaignLabor and Liberals could each get $19m more from the public under electoral law reform. What else would it do?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government is willing to consider Coalition amendments on...

Albanese government denies media reports it is signing up to collaboration to share advanced nuclear technologyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe UK government has conceded that Australia was mistakenly included on a list of countries that were expected to sign up to a US-UK civil nuclear deal.The Albanese government flatly denied...

Burst water pipe washed fossils, rocks and other specimens of historical value down Coburg street on Saturday nightGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMuseums Victoria is calling on the public to help track down an unknown number of historically and scientifically significant objects, after its storage facility in Melbourne’s inner north flooded on Saturday.A burst water main flooded the basement...

Union’s work ban set to apply from 10pm on Thursday and up to 6am on Sunday but fewer services are expected across entire four daysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTrains are set to shut down in Sydney over four days after the New South Wales government rejected rail union demands to...

Draft resolution for UN general assembly seeks to protect the aid agency and allow it to keep functioning in GazaNorway is to seek an international court of justice (ICJ) advisory opinion condemning the Israeli government for ending cooperation with the UN Palestinian relief agency Unrwa.The Israeli Knesset passed two bills last month banning Unrwa from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli state contact with the...

Senator Larissa Waters plans to move motion to discharge abortion bill sponsored by Matt Canavan and Alex AnticFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens will seek to split the Coalition on the politically fraught issue of abortion by asking the Senate to vote to jettison an anti-abortion bill championed by two...

This blog is now closedGreens to ask Senate to vote on anti-abortion bill in bid to split Coalition on issueGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirst investment announced as part of National Reconstruction FundThe science and industry minister, Ed Husic, was on ABC News Breakfast to discuss the government’s first investment via the National Reconstruction Fund – $40m to a...

In today’s newsletter: Ukraine can now fire US-made long-range missiles into Russian territory – but it may be too little, too late for Volodymyr Zelenskyy• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.The US president, Joe Biden, has lifted the longstanding ban on Ukraine using American-made long-range missiles to fire into Russian territory. The Biden administration secretly first sent the army tactical...

Teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles in hospitals in neighbouring Thailand after incident last weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo Australian teenagers are fighting for their lives in Thailand after a suspected methanol poisoning in neighbouring Laos, with the family of one them saying they were struggling to comprehend what had...

Police say about 42,000 people gathered at parliament in the last stage of the nine-day protest in opposition to the Treaty of Waitangi billNew Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi explained in 30 secondsWhat is the treaty principles bill? A protest march estimated to be one of the largest in New Zealand history arrived at parliament on Tuesday, flooding the grounds with song in a display...

Huge rise in attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers killed 171 children in year after 7 OctoberMohammad was 12, a football-mad teenager who spent his days dreaming of a career on the pitch and his last minutes practising ball skills. Ghassan was 14, a quiet, generous teenager who ran errands for elderly relatives, with an adoring six-year-old brother who stuck to him like a...

The ‘Hong Kong 47’ were arrested in 2021 after holding an unofficial election primary and have now been sentenced to between four and 10 years in jailActivists, professors, legislators: who are the Hong Kong 47?Dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures have been jailed – one for 10 years – in the territory’s largest national security trial, following a prosecution that has been...

Europe on 5 Dollars a Day author revolutionized leisure travel and built one of best-known names in travel industryArthur Frommer, whose Europe on 5 Dollars a Day guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95.Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, his daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday. Continue reading...

Suit accuses Club Q of lax security and says authorities’ ‘deliberate inaction’ enabled shooter to carry out attackTwo days shy of the second anniversary of a hate-fueled mass shooting at a queer nightclub in Colorado Springs, victims and mothers of those killed have filed lawsuits against the club for lax security and against the sheriff’s office for failing to trigger the state’s red flag...

This live coverage has ended now. You can read our stories at the links below: Historic march arrives at parliament – full reportExplainer: what is the treaty principles bill?The hīkoi has reached parliament, filling the grounds and swelling out into the surrounding roads and streets.It is shoulder to shoulder, with people and flags stretching as far as the eye can see in every direction....

Gigantiello, who let singer film in church, stripped of duties after inquiry shows he sent parish funds to Eric Adams aideThe leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed provocative scenes for a music video was stripped of his duties on Monday after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of mismanagement.Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was relieved of “any...

The poet also wrote the lyrics for the Astro Boy theme song and translated Peanuts into JapaneseShuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died aged 92.Tanikawa, who translated the Peanuts comic strip and penned the lyrics for the theme song of the animation series Astro Boy, died on 13 November, his son...