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The musician is to debut as a theatre composer for W Somerset Maugham’s 1926 comedy adapted by Laura Wade and directed by Tamara HarveyJamie Cullum is to make his debut as a theatre composer for the Royal Shakespeare Company this summer. The pianist, singer and broadcaster will provide the music for a new version of W Somerset Maugham’s 1926 drawing-room comedy The Constant Wife,...

Researchers call for urgent action as fragments of plastic found in human brains and pollute food, water and airThe UK is falling behind on international efforts to tackle microplastics, scientists have said, as the pollutants continue to infiltrate food, ecosystems and human bodies.The tiny fragments of plastic have been found in human testicles and brains, and they burrow into plants, inhibiting their ability to...

Daniel’s likely loss in Goldstein would mark the first reversal of teal independent gains of 2022 federal electionFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTim Wilson looks set to reclaim his inner-Melbourne seat from the teal independent Zoe Daniel in a nail-biting race that will give...

This blog is now closedLiberal Tim Wilson projected to win Goldstein back from teal Zoe Daniel in nail-biting countFull federal election results: live Australian Senate seat countSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong: Liberal Party was ‘very aggro’ and wanted a ‘culture war’The foreign minister, Penny Wong, says the media response to...

Ian Wilkinson, whose wife was among three who died, tells Victorian court the triple murder accused ‘just seemed like a normal person to me’Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The only surviving guest of the beef wellington lunch at Erin Patterson’s house has told her triple murder trial he was happy and excited about being invited for...

This blog is now closedMushroom lunch’s sole surviving guest details deadly meal and its aftermath as trial of Erin Patterson continuesWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Ian Wilkinson says late wife Heather ‘fairly excited’ about lunchThe examination now turns to the invite for the mushroom lunch.There was no reason for the lunch.... We were very happy to...

Loud explosions reported at dawn and plumes of smoke as RSF targets Sudanese government’s seat of powerDrones have struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan, officials said, the third straight day the seat of power of the government, which is aligned with the Sudanese army, has come under attack.The country’s main fuel depot was hit on Monday, causing a massive...

Grandsons aged six and seven found dead at NSW property in case police are treating as double murderA woman whose two grandsons died in a regional town in New South Wales is in a mental health facility after what police are treating as a “confronting” alleged double murder.The boys, aged six and seven, were found dead by police after officers forced entry to a...

Horsham local Glenn Coffey says he witnessed large numbers of sick birds falling out of trees and drowning in Wimmera riverGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s conservation regulator has launched an investigation into the suspected fatal poisoning of 300 little corellas in Horsham, in the state’s north-west.The incident, which began on Tuesday last week, has killed hundreds of protected...

Exclusive: Poll before 80th anniversary of VE Day finds tensions with Russia seen as most probable causeEighty years after the second world war, polling shows many Americans and western Europeans believe an even more devastating third global conflict could break out within a decade, with tensions with Russia seen as the most probable cause.As Europe prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day,...

Military armistice ending second world war was signed in this nondescript Reims schoolhouse before VE DayFor a building that witnessed one of the pivotal moments of European history, it is oddly unremarkable: a nondescript red-brick schoolhouse on an unexceptional street on the wrong side of the railway tracks in Reims, eastern France.In May 1945 it was the Collège Moderne et Technique. Students came and...

The draft bill is modelled on Australian laws and would force digital platforms to verify the age of users or face heavy finesNew Zealand’s prime minister has proposed banning children under 16 years old from using social media, in an effort to protect young people from harms such as exposure to violent content and cyberbullying.Christopher Luxonsaid on Tuesday the draft law would force social...

Foreign minister Olivier Nduhungirehe confirms talks on agreement that appears to bear hallmarks of policy pushes that failed in UK and AustraliaRwanda confirmed on Monday that discussions were “underway” with the United States regarding a potential agreement to host deported migrants.Rwanda’s foreign minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe, told state media on Sunday that the talks were in the “early stage.” When asked by the Associated Press...

This blog has now closed. Read our latestDonald Trump’s bombshell announcement that “Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands” will be subject to a 100% tariff has certainly caught the attention of Hollywood, as well as the international film industries it seems to be aimed at – principally Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, as well as European countries...

Actor was assigned by Trump to come up with a plan to save Hollywood, but his proposal only included tariffs ‘in certain limited circumstances’US president Donald Trump announced his 100% tariff on films “coming into our country produced in foreign lands” one day after meeting with actor Jon Voight to discuss his proposals to bring film production back to the US – which only...

Two children believed to be among missing as search continues for people believed to be migrantsThree people were killed and seven others, including two children, were missing after a small boat capsized in choppy waters off the coast of San Diego, California, on Monday.The fatal disaster appeared to be an apparent migrant smuggling attempt, officials said. Four other people were rescued after the “panga”-style...

This blog has now closed. You can see a gallery of the highlights hereThe night is still oh-so-young and co-chair Colman Domingo is already onto his second look (still custom Valentino designed by creative director Alessandro Michele), having shed his André Leon Talley-coded cloak in favour of a joyfully pattern-clashing look of grids and polka dots. It’s busy but it works! The polka dots...

University told by education secretary Linda McMahon research grants and other aid ‘will not be provided’The US Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was ending billions of dollars in research grants and other aid unless the school accedes to a list of demands from the Trump administration that would effectively cede control of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to...

Former vice-president says tariffs ‘not a win for the American people’ and predicts public pressure will growDonald Trump’s tariffs policy will trigger a “price shock” and possible shortages, and lead to public pressure on him to change his approach, the former vice-president Mike Pence has said.In one of his most wide-ranging critiques yet on the policies of the president he used to serve, Pence,...

Government response comes amid outrage over the murder of the men who had been held captive for more than a weekPeru’s president, Dina Boluarte, has suspended gold mining and announced a 12-hour curfew in Pataz, in the northern region, after criminals kidnapped and killed 13 gold mine workers.A Peruvian gold mining company La Poderosa said on Sunday that the bodies of 13 contract workers...

Gérald Darmanin, now justice minister, called night of 2022 Champions League final ‘biggest failure’ of his careerThe former French interior minister has apologised to Liverpool fans for using them as a “scapegoat” for the chaos surrounding the 2022 Champions League final in Paris, where supporters of the club, including children, were teargassed by police amid false claims they had caused a riot.Gérald Darmanin, who...

Renowned poet and author wins prize for series of New Yorker essays on suffering of Palestinians in GazaThe renowned Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, is among this year’s Pulitzer prize winners.Abu Toha was awarded for a series of essays in the New Yorker documenting the lives and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, where he has lived nearly all his life. Continue reading...

Ministers claim sale in Hong Kong is unlawful and are demanding repatriation of sacred relics buried in third-century BCThe Indian government has issued a legal notice to halt the “unethical” auction of ancient gem relics, which it said should be treated as the sacred body of the Buddha.Its ministry of culture said the auction of the Piprahwa gems in Hong Kong this week “violates...

Rebels’ media office say at least six strikes hit the crucial Hodeida port on Monday afternoonIsrael’s military has carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Red Sea city of Hodeida, a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hit Israel’s main airport.The rebels’ media office said at least six strikes hit the crucial Hodeida port on Monday...