theguardian.comadded August 2026
World news | The Guardianby Andrew Sparrow11d ago
Tories accuses Healey of offering 'reheated announcements' and 'hot air' in conference speech Andrew Griffith, the shadow chancellor, has accused John Healey of offering the Labour conference...
World news | The Guardianby Nino Bucci11d ago
Victorian police have apologised to the family of a man who died after being held for five hours in a police cell without medical treatment for a significant head injury.
World news | The Guardianby Donna Lu Assistant editor, climate, environment and science11d ago
Swarms of bogong moths have surprised New South Wales residents over the last few days – with experts saying sightings of the endangered native insect are cause for excitement rather than alarm.
World news | The Guardianby Penry Buckley11d ago
The reopening of part of Sydney’s Silverwater jail will deliver hundreds of extra beds amid record numbers of prisoners on remand, the state government says, as the prison officers’ union warns...
World news | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press11d ago
A Queensland woman facing a potential life sentence after she gave her terminally ill husband a lethal cocktail of drugs has walked out of court to the sound of cheers.
World news | The Guardianby Rupert Jones11d ago
Returns on the top fixed-rate savings accounts are at their highest level in years and still climbing, with some now paying up to 5.25%.
World news | The Guardianby Agence France-Presse11d ago
France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies have secured a record 14 seats in the rightwing-dominated Senate in elections, effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber...
World news | The Guardianby Kat Wong11d ago
A Sydney police officer told a friend he would hide the bodies of anyone he killed in bushland and put their belongings in a dumpster, months before allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies...
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press11d ago
Slinger Francisco, known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the “calypso king of the world”, has died aged 91.
World news | The Guardianby Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent11d ago
Free speech will be a big concern for voters at the next general election, with the government’s current approach on the issue perceived by many to be bad for Britain, polling suggests.
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press11d ago
Hurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian islands on Sunday, but the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds persisted in areas of the island chain still recovering from...
World news | The Guardianby Edward Helmore11d ago
Donald Trump’s attorney general Todd Blanche argued on Sunday that the administration banned three news outlets from the White House because it is “privilege … not a right” to be there.
World news | The Guardianby Achol Arok11d ago
It took Shannon Stokes two years and 11 days to successfully prosecute her former boyfriend for sexual assault and domestic violence offences.
World news | The Guardianby Pippa Crerar, Alexandra Topping and Kiran Stacey11d ago
Andy Burnham will fight the next election with a pledge to finally fix the broken social care system, acknowledging that he is willing to expend political capital by asking taxpayers to cover the...
World news | The Guardianby Jamie Grierson, Vikram Dodd and Helena Horton11d ago
Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Iran is behind a suspected bomb plot after armed officers found explosives on three vans parked minutes from an RAF base used by the US military.
World news | The Guardianby Marina Dunbar11d ago
US senator Thom Tillis on Sunday criticized Donald Trump, his fellow Republican, for the president’s support of Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn in the Texas Senate Republican primary.
World news | The Guardianby Pippa Crerar Political editor11d ago
Even Andy Burnham’s closest allies accept that deposing Keir Starmer to install their man as leader was a huge political gamble.
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Elgot and Rajeev Syal11d ago
Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster...
World news | The Guardianby Shane Harrison12d ago
Like a ghost from its troubled past Drumcree has unexpectedly reappeared to remind people of how far Northern Ireland has changed in 30 years but also how easily history can undermine the present...
World news | The Guardianby Rowena Mason and Pippa Crerar12d ago
Labour MPs have a moral responsibility to accept significant changes to the welfare system to help get more young people into work, the work and pensions secretary has said.
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