Reeves to launch City ‘skills compact’ committing firms to retrain staff in AI
Exclusive: Plan to improve skills of thousands of financial sector workers to keep pace with tech revolutionChancellor Rachel Reeves is to announce a …
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Oasis reunion helps draw record 25m ‘music tourists’ to UK concerts
Gigs by Gallagher brothers, Coldplay, Lana Del Rey and Beyonce gives £11bn boost to the economyBig name artists including Oasis with their highly anti…
Australia news live: ‘human headline’ and former senator Derryn Hinch dies aged 82; Telstra must ‘face the music’ over outage, minister says
Broadcaster’s death was confirmed on-air on his former radio station, 3AW. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podc…
US and Iran trade attacks as Khamenei is buried
Centcom says it hit 90 Iranian targets in the latest round of strikes, with the Iranian health ministry saying 14 people were killed since Tuesday.
Deadly H5 bird flu found in local Australian seabird for first time
Native greater crested tern – a common coastal bird – tests positive for disease after being discovered at Robe on SA’s Limestone CoastFollow our Aust…
Expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales will put public at risk, watchdog warns
National Audit Office says system needs to be upgraded before it is extended to ease strain on overcrowded prisonsThe rapid expansion of electronic ta…
Monaco bomb mystery deepens as Ukraine’s security services are linked to murder of prime suspect
Military intelligence officer admits witnessing killing of woman believed to have left explosive device outside oligarch’s homeThe case of a suspected…
Derryn Hinch, broadcaster once known as ‘the human headline’, dies aged 82
Media figure and former senator died overnight at home, with radio station 3AW leading tributesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesG…
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei laid to rest months after being killed in Iran war
Khamenei’s flag-covered coffin was carried aloft into the shrine of Imam Reza in his home city of Mashhad in eastern Iran as a sea of people waited ou…
Anthony Albanese will not attend Garma festival, despite vowing to attend every year as prime minister
Albanese has attended the Indigenous cultural festival every year since 2019 and committed to ‘be here and engaged with you’ each yeah he remains in o…
World Cup 2026: Moroccan fans meet to watch the quarter-final against France in Boston
Boston is home to a large Moroccan community, one of the largest in the US. And they were out in force for the quarter-final against France.
Chip giant SK Hynix raises $26.5bn in mega US share sale
The shares are set to start trading on the Nasdaq on Friday in what will be the largest ever debut by a foreign firm.
US-Iran conflict escalates as fresh missile strikes threaten Middle East ceasefire
The United States launched fresh airstrikes on Iran early Thursday, prompting Tehran to fire missiles at Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan, targeting …
Telstra CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for outage and admits risk of time-keeping failure was known
Vicki Brady grilled at first public appearance since returning from overseas as SA police say call to triple zero failed before deathFollow our Austra…
Twelve die in wildfire in Spain as heatwave continues in southern Europe
Six people were injured in the blaze in Los Gallardos in the province of Almería.
World Cup 2026: Mbappé clears air around penalty against Morocco
Though he found the back of the net later in the match, France captain Kylian Mbappé criticised himself for losing focus and not scoring from the pena…
Hong Kong exchange marks progress in luring more listings from abroad
The Hong Kong stock exchange is drawing a growing number of foreign companies from across Asia and North America that are seeking international capita…
For Ukraine, Other Patriot Makers Are a Cautionary Tale
Two American allies, Germany and Japan, already have permission to build the American interceptors, a license that President Trump says he will also g…
Iran War Updates: U.S. and Iran Sink Into Violent Cycle After Latest Strikes
As Iranians buried their slain leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, prospects for a long-term peace deal appeared to be dimming.
Man killed by ICE agents not intended target of immigration arrest, DHS says
Agents seeking different person when they killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Mexican who had lived in US for 35 yearsLorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man killed …
Syria says it arrested suspects behind the Damascus bombings during Macron’s visit
Last week, an explosive device detonated in a cafe near Damascus’ main judicial complex, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 20
Victor Marx, self-proclaimed ‘high-risk missionary’, wins Republican primary for Colorado governor – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailFormer Olympic canoeist David Hearn has pleaded not guilty to vandalizing the Linco…
Gaza civil defence says Israeli attacks kill six
A security source in Gaza said an Israeli drone strike targeted the vehicle of Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for Hamas
Wildfires in southern Spain kill 12 amid soaring temperatures
Wildfire comes as Spain suffers a heatwave, with scorching temperatures triggering orange weather warningsTwelve people were reported killed in a wild…
Death toll in Southern Spain wildfire climbs to 12
"The number of people who died in the fire in Los Gallardos has risen to 12 after the confirmation of six more deaths," the regional government of And…
Trump fires last members of election commission, inciting fears of midterm ‘chaos’
Bipartisan Election Assistance Commission maintains mail-voter registration form, among other dutiesDonald Trump has terminated the remaining members …
World Cup: ZaÎre-Emery overcome with emotion after first France apppearance
Coming off the bench to play for Les Bleus, French midfielder Warren Zaïre-Emery was overcome with emotion while talking to reporters after a commandi…
Factory fire kills at least 28 in China's 'shoe capital'
Footage shows huge flames rising from a building and thick, black smoke rising into the sky.
Uniqlo defies sluggish China market with double-digit profit growth
Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo posted higher revenue and double-digit profit growth in mainland China over the three-month period ending in May, def…
‘A lot of red flags’: plans for New Zealand’s first datacentre spark concern as locals demand greater transparency
Plans to build a NZ$3.5bn datacentre in Makarewa in the country’s south has drawn concern about electricity and water use, and potential noise polluti…
Wildfire kills 12 in southern Spain as victims found in vehicles
Twelve people died in a wildfire near Almeria in southern Spain late on Thursday, regional authorities said, with some victims found inside vehicles. …
Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing said ‘he wishes he hadn’t done it’, roommate testifies
Testimony from Lance Twiggs heard in court on fourth day of hearing to determine whether case can proceed to trialTyler Robinson, the 23-year-old char…