Abortion pill access jumps almost 50% after Australia eases restrictions for pharmacies
World news | The Guardianby Melissa Davey Medical editor·1d ago
The number of Australian pharmacies stocking an abortion pill increased by almost 50% when prescribing restrictions were relaxed, with researchers saying the findings suggest deregulation of...
‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ created after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfires, study finds
World news | The Guardianby Petra Stock·1d ago
The drastic land use changes wreaked by colonisation created a “catastrophic wildfire loop” that rendered south-east Australia more susceptible to climate-fuelled bushfires, experts say.
‘Take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego? Trump is beyond irresponsible | Ted Widmer
World news | The Guardianby Ted Widmer·1d ago
Donald Trump was in Nebraska on Monday, and though his long rally speech had elements of a performance, this was no Bruce Springsteen album.
British billionaire warned Epstein was a ‘sexual deviant’ decades before FBI closed in on the abuser
World news | The Guardianby Marilyn W Thompson·1d ago
For Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire Goldsmith family was a gateway to elite society and he wanted to be in their circle.
Bail hostels due to house early-release prisoners in England and Wales closed
World news | The Guardianby Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor·1d ago
Eleven bail hostels that were supposed to have housed dangerous prisoners during the early release of stalkers and domestic abusers in England and Wales have been closed, the Guardian can disclose.
‘All me’: Tory party riding high on Kemi Badenoch’s wave of popularity
World news | The Guardianby Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar, Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot·1d ago
Kemi Badenoch has long said that the Conservatives were “under new management”, but in a TV interview to mark the end of a party conference at which she has been front and centre of more or less...
George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK
World news | The Guardianby Dan Sabbagh·1d ago
George Galloway has been elected seven times to parliament, but his attempt to succeed for an eighth this week, in the London seat formerly held by Keir Starmer, is undoubtedly his most curious...
Trump administration sued over plans to send election monitors to voting sites
World news | The Guardianby Adam Gabbatt·1d ago
The Trump administration has been sued over its plans to deploy “a historic number” of election monitors to polling stations during next month’s midterm elections.
Satellite images show attack jets at Chinese military facility in Laos
World news | The Guardianby Oliver Holmes in Bangkok·1d ago
Satellite images show attack jets stationed at a new Chinese military facility in Laos, which opened last week and gives Beijing’s air force its first foothold in mainland south-east Asia.
Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board
World news | The Guardianby Robert Booth UK technology editor·1d ago
Mumsnet has denied using AI to produce content after detailed instructions to help an AI model write one of its popular “am I being unreasonable” (AIBU) posts appeared on a Mumsnet message board.
South West Water owner taps investors to fix infrastructure after sewage spills
World news | The Guardianby Joanna Partridge·1d ago
The owner of embattled South West Water has slashed its dividend and launched a cash call to investors as it attempts to fund infrastructure investment, days after it was hit by a record £7.9m fine...
‘Another coup d’état’: fears grow as Flávio Bolsonaro vows to ‘re-democratise’ Brazil
World news | The Guardianby Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro·1d ago
Flávio Bolsonaro, the far-right frontrunner to become Brazil’s next president, has vowed to “re-democratise” the South American country, fuelling fears over a move into authoritarian rule if he...
‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors
World news | The Guardianby William Christou and Sufian Taha in Jerusalem·1d ago
The UK consulate in East Jerusalem gave few signs that it was at the centre of a geopolitical controversy this week, with little movement around the high-walled building save the fluttering of the...
Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal
World news | The Guardianby Adam Morton in Nadi, Fiji·1d ago
There are unlikely to be many bigger moments in Australian action on the climate crisis this year than a judgment by the high court on Wednesday.
British Jewish groups to hold London vigil for victims of 7 October attacks
World news | The Guardianby Chris Osuh·1d ago
British Jewish organisations will gather in central London for a vigil honouring victims of the 7 October attacks in Israel on Wednesday, after a day of tributes from politicians and community...
Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan
World news | The Guardianby Pippa Crerar Political editor·1d ago
Kemi Badenoch has announced the Conservatives would abolish inheritance tax on family homes if elected, prompting immediate criticism that she is prioritising cutting taxes for the rich.
‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election
World news | The Guardianby Ashifa Kassam in Madrid·1d ago
At a makeshift lunch counter tucked within a maze of tents at a housing protest camp in Madrid, Sélpide San Luis pointed to the dizzying pace of change.
Electric-shock gloves ICE plans to use inflicted intense pain in army study
World news | The Guardianby Guardian staff and agency·1d ago
The electric-shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting...
Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation
World news | The Guardianby Rowena Mason Whitehall editor·1d ago
Reform UK has cleared two senior officials of breaking laws that ban foreign donations, despite the matter remaining under police investigation.
Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike
World news | The Guardianby José Olivares·1d ago
A group of people detained inside a privately-run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail in Georgia have launched a mass hunger strike this week to protest against their prolonged detention...
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