Australia’s household energy bills will halve by 2050, modelling suggests
Grattan Institute report argues fall in costs will provide federal government room for more action on climateSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereAustralian household energy bills will halve by 2050 as solar panels, batteries and electric cars and appliances become the norm, reducing pressure on the federal government over living costs and creating room for more climate action, a thinktank study suggests.Modelling by the Grattan Institute finds that cutting greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation in line with the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 will cut average household energy costs from about $5,800 today to about $3,000.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
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Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary
Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideasIt is a glittering annual dinner in honour of the Conservative party’s most successful leader and, on the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth, one that is bigger than ever.Yet as Tory grandees, celebrity backers and wealthy donors prepare to sit down at a gala dinner at London’s Guildhall on Monday evening, a battle for her legacy is under way between the party she once led and the insurgent threat to its survival, Reform UK. Continue reading...
UK ministers take control of £10bn Lower Thames Crossing
Exclusive: National Highways Agency stripped of oversight with project handed to DfT amid Labour government drive for growthMinisters have stripped the government’s road-building agency of responsibility for a £10bn tunnel under the River Thames amid a drive by Keir Starmer’s cabinet to take tight control over important infrastructure projects for fear of cost overruns and delays.Oversight of the Lower Thames Crossing – the UK’s largest planned infrastructure project – has been taken away from National Highways, and handed to the Department for Transport (DfT). Continue reading...
Ceasefire live: all 20 hostages to be released by Hamas early on Monday morning, says Israel, as aid trucks enter Gaza
US vice-president JD Vance says release could happen ‘any moment’ and that Donald Trump will be there to greet hostages ahead of peace summit in EgyptIsraeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that Israel is ready for the “immediate” reception of all Gaza hostages.“Israel is prepared and ready to immediately receive all of our hostages,” he said in a statement after a meeting with the coordinator for the hostage coordinator Gal Hirsch. Continue reading...
Trump Is Blowing Up Boats Off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s Cartels Be Next?
U.S. strikes on boats that President Trump says are drug smugglers have unsettled America’s biggest trading partner, where powerful criminal groups produce and smuggle drugs.
Overnight Violence Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Threatens a Wider Conflict
Isolated confrontations have intensified over the past week into the sharpest escalation of violence between the two countries in years.
Israelis and Palestinians Await Hostage-Prisoner Swap With Relief and Elation
Under the first phase of the new cease-fire deal, all of living hostages in Gaza are expected to be released in the next 24 hours in exchange for about 2,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
Taliban and Pakistani forces exchange heavy fire across Afghanistan border
Deadly clashes erupted overnight between the Taliban and Pakistani forces across the Afghanistan border.
Week in Pictures: From ceasefire in Gaza to floods in Mexico
A global roundup of some of last week’s events.
Crowd boos mention of Netanyahu during Witkoff’s speech in Tel Aviv
US envoy Steve Witkoff and members of President Donald Trump’s family spoke to nearly half a million people in Tel Aviv.