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 12 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 46 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)
Lammy says he was right not to discuss mistakenly freed prisoner at PMQs pred 1 uro in 51 minutami Justice secretary says he did not have ‘all the detail’ at the time and there is ‘mountain to climb’ on prisons crisisDavid Lammy has said the government has “a mountain to climb” to tackle the prisons crisis and insisted he was “not equipped with all the detail” when questioned in parliament the previous day about a mistaken prisoner release.After a fraudster mistakenly freed from prison handed himself in on Thursday, the justice secretary said he had been right not to provide details to MPs at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday about the release of a sex offender who remains at large. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nancy Pelosi, a force on Capitol Hill for decades, to retire from Congress pred 1 uro in 55 minutami Decision marks the close of a storied 20-term congressional career for the first woman to serve as House speakerUS politics live – latest updatesNancy Pelosi, a California Democratic representative and the first woman to serve as speaker, announced on Thursday she will retire from Congress, two years after stepping down from House leadership.Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress for nearly 40 years, said in a video address to her constituents that she would “not be seeking re-election”. Smiling as the music swelled over footage of a storied 20-term congressional career that saw Pelosi rise to the apex of American politics, she said she would finish out her final year in office. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Revealed: Qatar-linked intelligence operation targeted ICC prosecutor’s alleged victim pred 2 urama in 2 minutama Exclusive: Woman who accused Karim Khan of misconduct was subject of covert operation involving two British private intelligence firmsThe woman who has accused the prosecutor of the international criminal court of sexual abuse has been targeted by private intelligence firms as part of a covert operation said to have taken place on behalf of Qatar.The Guardian can reveal details of the intrusive operation, which has obtained sensitive information about the woman, who works at the ICC, and her family members. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump announces plan to cut cost of weight loss drugs and expand access pred 2 urama in 12 minutami Injectable versions of GLP-1s from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk will see reduced prices and broader coverageDonald Trump announced a plan on Thursday to reduce the costs of some weight loss drugs for certain patients and expand access to them for people on public health insurance.The agreement will make oral versions of GLP-1s, which aren’t yet to market but are expected to be approved in the coming months, available at $150 per month for starting doses. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
