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  • Australia politics live: Ukrainian ambassador demands meeting with ABC after ‘bowl of vomit’ Four Corners episode 19.03.2024
    Program explored UK documentary titled Ukraine’s War: the Other Side. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTehan claims Giles not being ‘upfront’ on immigration detention situationShadow immigration minister Dan Tehan is the guest on ABC radio RN Breakfast.What we’re calling for is for minister Giles […]
    Amy Remeikis
  • Peter Navarro: US supreme court denies Trump ally’s bid to avoid prison 19.03.2024
    Justices find ‘no basis to disagree’ with lower court’s ruling after Navarro, former Trump trade adviser, convicted of contemptThe US supreme court on Monday denied a request by Donald Trump’s former aide Peter Navarro to avoid prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction for defying a subpoena from a panel that investigated the […]
    Reuters
  • ‘Sneaky’ fees add up to 25% to UK music ticket prices, says Which? 19.03.2024
    Consumer body calls for a crackdown on ‘bewildering’ range of extra charges at big ticketing sitesLive music fans are losing out because of an array of “sneaky” fees that can add up to 25% to the cost of concert and festival tickets, research from the consumer body Which? has found.With booking open for big summer […]
    Rupert Jones
  • £58bn plan to rewire Great Britain expected to spark tensions along route 19.03.2024
    ‘High-capacity electrical spine’ to run onshore from north-east Scotland to north-west EnglandA £58bn plan to rewire Great Britain’s electricity grid to connect up new windfarms off the coast of Scotland is expected to trigger tensions with communities along the route.National Grid’s electricity system operator (ESO) has mapped out power “motorways” across Great Britain to allow […]
    Alex Lawson
  • US foundation cancels RBG awards for Musk and Murdoch after backlash 18.03.2024
    Dwight D Opperman Foundation had planned to give award named for late supreme court justice to Tesla chief and News Corp mogul A foundation which stirred controversy by planning to give awards named for the late US supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch said on Monday it had canceled […]
    Martin Pengelly in Washington
  • Teenage twin sisters stabbed, one fatally, at New York deli 18.03.2024
    Sanyia Spain, 19, said that attacker made advances towards her and her sister Samyia and violently retaliated when they declinedEarly Sunday morning in New York’s Park Slope neighborhood, 19-year-old twins Samyia and Sanyia Spain were stabbed by an unknown assailant following an altercation. The sisters were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist hospital, where Samyia died […]
    Adria R Walker
  • Rachel Reeves: Treasury will ‘hardwire’ growth into tax and spending decisions 18.03.2024
    Shadow chancellor to outline plans to shake up department after Labour election victoryThe Treasury under a Labour government would “hardwire” raising Britain’s growth rate into its budget tax and spending decisions as part of plans to shake up Whitehall’s most powerful department, Rachel Reeves is to announce.The shadow chancellor will use a lecture in London […]
    Larry Elliott
  • Nearly 130,000 children exposed to lead-tainted drinking water in Chicago 18.03.2024
    Study says the 19% of kids using unfiltered tap water have about twice as much lead in their blood as they would otherwiseAbout 129,000 Chicago children under the age of six are exposed to poisonous lead in their household drinking water because of lead pipes, according to a study published on Monday.The study used artificial […]
    Erin McCormick
  • MPs vote to throw out amendments to Rwanda deportation bill 18.03.2024
    All 10 amendments made by peers voted down, giving much-needed boost to beleaguered PMRishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda took a step forward on Monday night after MPs voted overwhelmingly to throw out a series of amendments made to the Rwanda bill by the House of Lords.MPs voted down all 10 amendments […]
    Kiran Stacey Political correspondent
  • Israeli delegation to visit Washington to discuss planned offensive on Rafah 18.03.2024
    US says attack would be ‘mistake’ as Biden and Netanyahu talk by phone for first time in over a monthIsrael will send a team of officials to Washington to discuss its planned offensive on Rafah, the White House has said, as the Biden administration insists that an attack would be a “mistake” and seeks to […]
    Julian Borger in Washington
  • West Midlands PCC wins case to stop his powers being given to Tory mayor 18.03.2024
    Home Office had planned to scrap the police commissioner role held by Labour’s Simon Foster and give powers to mayorThe police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands has won a high court challenge against government plans to transfer his powers to the region’s mayor.Simon Foster, a Labour politician, took legal action against the Home […]
    PA Media
  • Sunak and ministers stoking division over UK’s net zero target, warns Ed Miliband 18.03.2024
    Labour shadow energy minister will use speech to say Tory approach is also leading to higher billsMinisters are stoking the fires of the culture wars over the UK’s net zero target instead of addressing the urgency of the climate crisis, Ed Miliband will say.The shadow energy secretary will make a pitch directly to Conservative voters […]
    Fiona Harvey
  • NT residents assess damage from Tropical Cyclone Megan after evacuation efforts fail 18.03.2024
    Town of Borroloola was due to be evacuated before cyclone arrived but dangerous weather prevented aircraft from landingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTropical Cyclone Megan has been downgraded to a tropical low in Australia’s north-east where remote communities were waking […]
    Australian Associated Press and Emily Wind
  • Australia’s power regulator drafts price cuts of up to 7.1% for households as generation costs ease 18.03.2024
    Regulator releases draft ‘default market offer’, which sets the maximum amount retailers can charge for electricityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMillions of households should see power prices fall in the coming year as falling costs for generation have declined from […]
    Peter Hannam and Benita Kolovos
  • Trump unable to make $454m bond in civil fraud case, say his lawyers – as it happened 18.03.2024
    This live blog is now closed. For more on Trump’s bond efforts, you can read our full report:Trump lawyers say he can’t post bond covering $454m civil fraud judgmentDonald Trump’s lawyers have asked the appeals court to delay posting the bond to cover the $454m fraud judgment against him until his appeal of the case […]
    Léonie Chao-Fong
  • Michelin hails ‘cultural dynamism’ as 52 French restaurants earn their first stars 18.03.2024
    One chef receives three stars at first attempt in 115th edition of the French foodies’ bibleA record 52 restaurants in France – including 23 that only opened in the past year – have been awarded one or more Michelin stars for the first time, which the French foodies’ bible said reflected the “cultural dynamism” of […]
    Jon Henley in Paris
  • Cuba blames US for stoking protests amid power cuts and food shortages 18.03.2024
    US embassy says ‘absurd’ to suggest Washington behind protests in Santiago de Cuba led by parents struggling to feed their childrenThe Cuban government has summoned the US ambassador, Benjamin Ziff, to its foreign ministry, accusing Washington of stoking a protest which saw hundreds of people take to the streets in the island’s second city of […]
    Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
  • Russia-Ukraine war: Putin says Crimea ‘returned home’ when it was annexed and declares Donbas part of ‘New Russia’ – as it happened 18.03.2024
    This live blog is now closed. For more on Putin’s re-election, you can read our latest reporting:West condemns ‘undemocratic’ Russian election as results show Putin landslideThe EU has said the Russian election took place in a highly restricted environment “exacerbated by Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine”.The EU said it regretted the decision of […]
    Gloria Oladipo (now); Yohannes Lowe and Lili Bayer (earlier)
  • False King Charles death story spread by Russian media outlets 18.03.2024
    One site tweeted of monarch’s purported demise only to later concede: ‘Most likely, the information is fake’The news broke in the Russian media on Monday afternoon. King Charles III was dead. He was not, but no one really had time to check the details. The saga of the royal family finally had its latest twist: […]
    Andrew Roth
  • Move to overturn FGM ban in the Gambia postponed 18.03.2024
    Committee will examine for at least three months a bill proposing repeal of ban on female genital mutilation A decision on whether to overturn a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Gambia has been postponed for three months after MPs called for more consultation.FGM was outlawed in the country eight years ago and […]
    Kaamil Ahmed