Australia news live: John Hewson savages Sussan Ley’s Liberal leadership; 9,500 new university places pred 1 uro in 6 minutami Former party leader says his latest successor has not shown strong enough character. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnd for more on the Coalition crisis, look no further than this analysis this morning by Dan Jervis-Bardy about how the net zero emissions issue became so toxic.Hewson was also highly critical of West Australian MP Andrew Hastie, who is widely considered a potential leadership contender. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Canada pushes on with ‘complete depopulation’ plan to cull 400 ostriches pred 1 uro in 9 minutami Country’s top court declines to block controversial cull of hundreds of birds amid fears of an avian flu outbreakCanada’s food inspection agency says it plans to begin a “complete depopulation” of hundreds of ostriches at a farm after the country’s top court declined to block the controversial cull.On Thursday, the supreme court said it would not take up the a case that has catalyzed a fierce protest by the farm owners and protesters – as well as senior figures in the Trump administration, who have decried the public health effort as government overreach. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Peloton recalls more than 800,000 US exercise bikes over faulty seat post pred 1 uro in 13 minutami Shares fall as users urged to stop using bikes immediately and warned assembly poses risk of falls and injuriesThe US Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday that Peloton Interactive is recalling about 833,000 units of its Original Bike+ Model PL02 after reports that the seat post assembly could break during use, posing a risk of falls and injuries.The consumer safety regulator said the fitness products maker has received three reports of the seat post breaking and detaching during use, including two incidents that resulted in injuries from falls. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85 pred 1 uro in 20 minutami Family pays tribute to actor, who was a ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’The Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85, her family has announced.She died peacefully, surrounded by her family in her care home in Highgate, north London, having had Parkinson’s disease for several years, they said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nandy breached code over appointment of donor to lead football regulator pred 1 uro in 23 minutami Culture secretary ‘deeply regrets error’ after inquiry finds failures in declaring past donations by watchdog nomineeLisa Nandy, the culture secretary, has apologised to Keir Starmer after an inquiry found she failed to say that her choice of nominee to lead a new football regulator had donated to her and to Labour before she nominated him for the role.Nandy said she regretted the errors highlighted in a report by William Shawcross, the commissioner for public appointments. Her apology comes a week after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, made her own written apology to the prime minister for failing to obtain a licence before renting out her family home. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Israel carries out wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon pred 1 uro in 47 minutami Three towns attacked despite truce with Hezbollah in what Israeli military says was effort to prevent group rearmingThe Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon in what it described as an attempt to prevent Hezbollah rearming.Israeli warplanes struck the towns of Kfar Dounine, Tayr Debba and Zawtar al-Sharqiya on Thursday, about an hour after issuing evacuation warnings to residents. No deaths had been reported at the time of publishing. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
