Australia politics live: Haines renews push to scrap ‘antidemocratic’ changes to FoI laws; Wong talks to Turkey on Cop impasse
Meanwhile Murray Watt says Coalition chaos ‘an opportunity for the Greens’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJane Hume plays down divisions in the Liberal partyThe Liberal party is in damage control, trying to hold itself together as it forms a position on energy and net zero.The Nationals have a position and the Liberal party will develop its position and we’ll announce it soon. The most important thing soon is that as a coalition, we then come up with a joint policy we can take to the next election … We need to make sure we protect our natural environment and by that I also mean our regional and rural communities who at the moment are being blanketed with renewable energy projects.Absolutely. Sussan is the leader and leading debate. We want to take the time and get it right.But, of course, I want to see older people and the people that love them being able to access an assessment and care system that is agile and able to respond to their needs. So we’ll keep working to make sure that that assessment system is part of a broader ecosystem is that is responsive to the needs of older people in our community. Continue reading...
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Trump disparages Zohran Mamdani’s victory after Democrats sweep key 2025 elections – live
Trump calls New York mayor-elect a ‘communist’ and says Mamdani’s victory is an example of the future direction of the Democratic partyHere’s a look at some of the pictures from New York, as Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of the city.In a short while, we’ll hear from Donald Trump when he hosts a breakfast with Republican senators at the White House. As we noted earlier, the president had choice words about Mamdani’s victory in New York, and other Democratic wins across the country – including the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. Continue reading...
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
A video of a man touching the country’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, shocked many Mexicans and led her to file a report with the police.
FAA to reduce flights by 10 percent as US government shutdown drags on
The agency made the announcement as it confronts staffing shortages caused by air traffic controllers.
Kentucky plane crash: death toll rises to 11 as investigators search for answers
NTSB agents arrive in Louisville to investigate what caused engine to fall off UPS cargo plane and left wing to catch fireA federal investigator said a UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine fell off shortly before it crashed and exploded into a fireball in Louisville on Tuesday night, killing at least 11 people and injuring 15 with some people still unaccounted for.At least 28 National Transportation Safety Board agents arrived at the site in Kentucky and began searching for clues about the possible cause of the disaster, which saw the UPS plane crash shortly after takeoff at the Louisville Muhammad Ali international airport, leaving behind a fiery trail of destruction on the ground and a huge plume of black smoke. Continue reading...
Libya Detains Former Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity
Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.
US to cut airline traffic by 10% due to shutdown, Trump transport chief says
Sean Duffy says cuts at 40 locations to reduce stress on air traffic controllers will start Friday if solution not foundThe transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and the FAA administrator, Bryan Bedford, said on Wednesday the federal government would be reducing airline traffic by 10% at 40 locations beginning on Friday if the government shutdown does not end by then.Duffy’s announcement did not specify which 40 airports would see the reduction in airport traffic. Continue reading...
Where the vote for Mamdani was strongest in New York City
Mamdani performed well citywide, drawing support from a wide range of racial, ethnic, and economic groupsZohran Mamdani won the New York mayoral race on Tuesday following a historic campaign, building upon the broad coalition that had propelled him to victory in the democratic primary earlier this year.The 34-year-old democratic socialist ran New York’s most ambitious mayoral campaign in years, attracting hundreds of thousands of supporters with bold promises to make the largest US city affordable. Continue reading...
Barcelona rescue draw at Club Brugge in six-goal Champions League thriller
Brugge had the lead three times against Barcelona and had a fourth goal chalked off, but ended up sharing the points.
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company Lancashire’s Reform-run council has been accused of “selling off the family silver” through its plans to save £4m a year by closing five council-run care homes and five day centres and moving residents into the private sector.One of the care home residents, a 92-year-old woman, said she would leave only by “being forcibly removed or in a box”. Continue reading...