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Labor’s goal of retaining majority government remains on knife-edge as opposition leader confident he can pull off a surprise winElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsAustralian federal election 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updatesSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese is on the cusp of winning...

Heidy Sánchez says she was told her 17-month-old, who has health problems and is breastfeeding, couldn’t go with herA mother deported to Cuba reportedly had to hand over her 17-month-old daughter to a lawyer while her husband, a US citizen, stood outside unable to say goodbye.Heidy Sánchez was told she was being detained for deportation to Cuba when she turned up at her scheduled...

Freedom Flotilla Coalition claims Israel to blame for attack on unarmed civilian vessel in international watersA ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza has been bombed by drones and disabled while in international waters off Malta as it headed towards the Palestinian territory, its organisers have said.“At 00:23 Maltese time, the Conscience, a Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship came under direct attack in international...

Co-leaders say party is ‘being publicly discredited and criminalised’ by intelligence agency’s move to change classification. This live blog is closedGerman spy agency labels AfD as ‘confirmed rightwing extremist’ forceElsewhere, TikTok has been fined €530m for violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation after the Irish Data Protection Commission’s inquiry into its data transfers to China.DPC deputy commissioner Graham Doyle said in a...

Goods worth less than $800 will be subject to 120% levy meaning prices on Chinese exports will probably increaseAt one minute past midnight on Friday, eastern time, a US tariff exemption that has fuelled the rise of companies such as Shein and Temu, and stocked the wardrobes of millions of Americans with cheap fast fashion and other household goods, closed. As part of Donald...

Creatures make up the bulk of seabirds’ diet but are fished for commercial pig foodEurope live – latest updatesA ban on fishing for sand eels in UK waters will remain in place despite a legal challenge from the EU.The small, silvery eels make up the bulk of the diet of seabirds, but they are fished for commercial pig food. A lack of sand eels...

Patience Nabukalu, who has experienced climate-related flooding, joins protestors from around the world to deliver a letter to CEO Georges Elhedery criticising the financing of oil, gas and coal projectsAt nine years old, Patience Nabukalu was devastated when her friend, Kevin, died in severe flooding that hit their Kampala suburb, Nateete, a former wetland. Witnessing deaths and the destruction of homes and livelihoods in...

Beijing is “evaluating” an offer from the US to engage in trade negotiations, the Chinese government has said, a week after Donald Trump claimed talks were already under way.China’s commerce ministry said on Friday: “The US has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to China through re...

Upgrade from ‘suspected’ threat will mean greater surveillance of party that came second in last electionAfD ‘extremist’ label sets up political high-wire act for MerzGermany’s domestic intelligence service has designated the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the biggest opposition party, as a “confirmed rightwing extremist” force, meaning authorities can step up their surveillance as critics call for it to be legally banned.The Federal Office...

State education department secretary apologises after thousands of students and parents caught in ‘unacceptable’ situationGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales education department has apologised after riot police were called to manage out-of-control crowds at the state’s selective school exams.Police were called to Canterbury Park Racecourse, south-west of Sydney’s CBD, at about midday on Friday following reports...

Met Service issues red warning amid deepening low pressure, while Europe experiences above average temperaturesStrong winds and flooding spread across New Zealand last week, with a state of emergency declared in Christchurch, after the country was battered by a destructive area of low pressure. A red warning, the highest warning level, was issued by the MetService (the national meteorological service).The area of low pressure...

Ibtisam Ghalia and her four children are just one of the families living on brink of starvation with no sign of an end to blockadeEvery day, Ibtisam Ghalia and her four children count their remaining stocks of food. These are meagre: a kilo or so of beans, a bag of lentils, a little salt, some herbs, spices, and enough flour for half a dozen...

Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertakenAn Australian boatbuilder has launched what it describes as the world’s largest battery-power ship, describing it as a “a giant leap forward in sustainable shipping” and the “most important” project it has ever done.Incat, a manufacturer based in Tasmania, constructed the ship –...

Justice department calls on court to hold judge’s order against ending temporary protected status for 300,000The Trump administration asked the US supreme court on Thursday to intervene and assist in its attempt to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants in the US, a move that would clear the way for their deportation.The justice department asked the supreme court justices...

Jagtar Singh Johal’s hopes of being freed on bail have been dashed for now despite being cleared of charges in one caseHopes that Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh man held in an Indian jail for seven years, would be released on bail were dashed on Thursday when his case was deferred by the Indian supreme court possibly until after the summer, prompting calls...

McKenzie was also questioned over his communications with Roberts-Smith’s ex-wife, Emma Roberts, and her friend Danielle ScottElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastInvestigative journalist Nick McKenzie has agreed in Ben Roberts-Smith’s bid to reopen his appeal for his defamation case he has used “deceptive methods and subterfuge” to obtain information “on occasion if...

US president claims economic slowdown ‘nothing to do with tariffs’ as his former challenger attacks his record and backers in major speechKamala Harris says ‘courage is contagious’ in major speechTesla has denied a report that its board sought to replace Elon Musk as its chief executive amid a backlash against his rightwing politics and declining car sales.Robyn Denholm, the chair of the board at...

Chief finance officers says it remains ‘vigilant’ as it sets aside more money than expected to cover possible bad debtProfits at Lloyds Banking Group have fallen as the high street bank set aside more money than expected to deal with possible bad debts arising from Donald Trump’s trade war.The group, whose brands include Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, reported a 4% increase...

Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabsHere is the latest edition of the Guardian’s Politics Weekly UK podcast. John Harris has been to Doncaster, the only council where elections are taking place currently under Labour control. At least one poll suggests it will lose to Reform UK.It’s a nice day for voting in England....

Ukraine to retain ‘full control over resources and infrastructure’ under agreement, says Denys Shmyhal Full report: US and Ukraine sign minerals deal that solidifies investment in Kyiv’s defense against RussiaUkraine and the US signed a long-awaited minerals deal last night, signaling a major step forward in bilateral relations. But the full text of the agreement, including key details on the contentious small print issues...

British government’s push for tournament to be at Trump-owned venue in Scotland is likely to seek favor with USThe British government’s attempts to curry favor with Donald Trump by nudging golf executives to host one of the world’s most prestigious golf tournaments at a Scottish venue owned by the US president could ultimately lead to a violation of the US constitution, ethics experts have...

Long-awaited costings of more than 200 policies show Coalition would gut long list of environment and clean energy programs if returned to powerElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorerParty policies; Micro parties explained; Full election coverageListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA...

Seven children returning from school injured in suspected deliberate attack in Osaka, according to local mediaA man has been arrested in the Japanese city of Osaka after allegedly driving his car into seven schoolchildren in a suspected deliberate attack, local media said.The children, who were on their way home from school, were injured and taken to hospital but all seven remained conscious, according to...

Exclusive: British Caribbean artist Winston Branch was distraught at loss of paintings – taken because he could not pay rentTwenty paintings by the Caribbean British abstract painter Winston Branch have been recovered after they disappeared without trace nearly five decades ago.“Those works were stolen from his studio because he wasn’t able to pay the rent back in the 1970s,” his agent, Varvara Roza, told...