Kamala Harris criticises Trump over Arlington Cemetery dispute

Harris said the cemetery is "not a place for politics" in her first remarks on the incident.

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Dangerous play: how online gaming purchases led an Australian youth into a secret gambling addiction

Matthew’s* father had no idea his son was even gambling, let alone deep in debt, until he got a terrifying phone call

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Vincent* didn’t know his 20-year-old son Matthew* was gambling until he took a phone call from him as he stood on a cliff’s edge after racking up thousands of dollars of debt.

Matthew was crying and revealed a gambling problem which had begun years earlier with online gaming, causing increasing debt. Matthew had opened up to another family member earlier that evening, who made him feel more ashamed, calling him an idiot.

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‘Written in the stars’: Norwegian princess and Californian shaman tie the knot, with Netflix in waiting

Unconventional marriage of Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Vellet celebrated with three-day schedule of events and a documentary to follow

She is the clairvoyant daughter of one of Europe’s longest-serving monarchs; he is a self-styled sixth-generation shaman from California. The wedding of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway to Durek Verrett on Saturday on Saturday afternoon wasn’t your conventional royal affair, but that didn’t stop spectators lining the overcast streets of Geiranger in the hope of catching a glimpse of the bride.

The eldest daughter of Crown Prince Harald and Queen Sonja, 52-year-old Märtha Louise is fourth in line to the Norwegian throne. She married Verrett, 49, in a traditional church of Norway ceremony attended by royals and celebrities at the four-star Hotel Union in a small village beneath the Geiranger fjord.

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UN agencies to start rollout of Gaza polio vaccines

The drive comes after the first confirmed case of the disease in 25 years was discovered in Gaza.

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Israeli West Bank raid leaves destruction and determination in its wake

Palestinians in Nur Shams camp speak to the BBC's Lucy Williamson after Israeli forces withdraw.

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Zelensky sacks Ukraine air force commander Oleshchuk

The move came four days after an F-16 fighter jet from Nato allies went down during a Russian barrage.

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Trump angers abortion opponents with comments on six-week ban

Donald Trump criticised Florida's six-week ban when he was asked about a state referendum on expanding abortion rights.

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Germany to harden weapons laws and asylum rules after Solingen stabbing

Coalition government hopes tough action will prevent far-right victories in forthcoming state elections

Germany’s fractious coalition government has announced a hard-fought compromise on changes to weapons laws and asylum rules designed to prevent Islamist attacks such as last Friday’s mass stabbing that left three people dead.

Three days before key state elections in which each of the ruling parties risk heavy losses to the far right, government ministers said the knife rampage allegedly by a Syrian asylum seeker at a street festival in the western city of Solingen had exposed critical weaknesses in the country’s immigration and security policy.

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Ukraine F-16 destroyed during Russian attack, BBC told

The incident happened just weeks after Kyiv took delivery of the supersonic aircraft.

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EU foreign policy chief says he won’t accept Maduro as Venezuelan president

Josep Borrell and European Council will not acknowledge president-elect as leader without seeing voting tallies

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said its members have given up hope of Nicolás Maduro producing evidence that he won Venezuela’s election and will not accept his legitimacy as president-elect.

Addressing reporters after EU foreign ministers held a video call with Edmundo González, the former diplomat widely believed to have beaten Maduro in the 28 July vote, Borrell announced: “The European Council decided that Maduro has no democratic legitimacy as president.”

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Nevada politician found guilty of reporter's murder

Robert Telles was convicted of killing a journalist who wrote unflattering stories about his time in office.

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Supreme Court blocks Biden's latest try at student debt relief

It was another blow after the court struck down his attempt to cancel as much as $400bn in loans.

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Watch: High-speed chase between Mexican navy and drug boats

Around 7,200kg of drugs were seized by the navy, in two separate raids.

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Why Harris campaign is fighting for unmuted debate mics

They will be muted when it's the other candidate's turn to speak - but Ms Harris's team are pushing back.

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More Australians agree with Dutton’s visa pause for Gazans than oppose it, Guardian Essential poll shows

Exclusive: Survey also finds more than half of respondents say Australia is on the wrong track, while Albanese records approval rating of -10

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More voters back Peter Dutton’s call to pause arrivals of Palestinians from the Gaza conflict than oppose it, in a sign the opposition leader’s rhetoric is politically profitable despite the charge he is intentionally dividing Australians.

Despite the fact border crossings from Gaza are already closed, 44% of respondents to Guardian Australia’s latest Essential poll agreed with Dutton’s call for a pause, compared with 30% who opposed it and 26% undecided.

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Nostalgic Indians flock to cinemas to watch old hits

Dozens of Indian films, some made more than 20 years ago, are being released again in cinemas - why?

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Australia news live: minister to unveil new international student cap; 1,600 arrested in national crime crackdown

Jason Clare is expected to reveal the crucial tertiary funding figure today. Follow the day’s news live

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The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is speaking to ABC RN and reiterating much of what he said during a speech overnight.

Delivering the annual John Curtin Oration in Melbourne, Chalmers unleashed a stinging attack on the opposition leader, calling Peter Dutton “the most divisive leader of a major political party in Australia’s modern history”. You can read the full details of his speech below:

He is the most divisive political leader that I’ve seen in my lifetime, and this is a deliberate choice by him. It’s not some accident. He divides deliberately, almost pathologically, and that sort of division in our leadership in our society right now is worse than disappointing. It’s dangerous, and in my view, it should be disqualifying when it comes to leading a great country like ours.

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Chaos in France after Macron refuses to name prime minister from leftwing coalition

More talks to take place on Tuesday as president attempts to find a PM who can command cross-party support

France has been plunged into further political chaos after Emmanuel Macron refused to name a prime minister from the leftwing coalition that won the most parliamentary seats in the snap election last month.

The president had hoped consultations would break the political deadlock caused by the election that left the Assemblée Nationale divided into three roughly equal blocks – left, centre and far right – none of which has a majority of seats.

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Two trapped after ice collapses in Iceland glacier

Two people in a tour group were also injured when ice collapsed in Breiðamerkurjökull glacier.

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Two people missing and two injured in ice cave collapse in Iceland

Incident happened as tour group of 25 was visiting Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in south-east of country

Two people are missing and two others were seriously injured when an ice cave collapsed in south-east Iceland while a tour group was visiting the area, police have said.

A group of 25 people were on an organised tour of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier with a guide when the cave collapsed.

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Ingebrigtsen & Duplantis break world records

Jakob Ingebrigtsen smashes the 3,000m world record before Armand Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record at the Diamond League event in Silesia.

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport

The 39-year-old was detained after his private jet landed at Le Bourget Airport in northern Paris.

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Cities on high alert as Brazil wildfires kill two

A crisis cabinet has been set up by the state government to deal with the wildfires.

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Germany deadly stabbing: Police make second arrest

A man is detained at a refugee centre near the attack site in the western city of Solingen.

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How do you best choose an Australian aged care facility and what do the star ratings mean?

Experts have questioned why so few homes are rated substandard, given the commission found one in three residents experience neglect, abuse or poor care

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The star rating system of aged care homes was introduced in December 2022 to help older people and their families compare the quality and safety of services and providers.

Developed as a recommendation of the royal commission, the system has repeatedly come under scrutiny. Experts and unions have questioned why so few homes are rated substandard, given the commission found one in three residents experience neglect, abuse or poor care; and how homes on the non-compliance register manage ratings of three stars and above.

If you are having issues or concerns with your aged care, call OPAN on 1800 700 600. The National Dementia Helpline is also available on 1800 100 500.

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Several killed in Germany knife attack

A man randomly stabbed passers-by during a festival in the city of Solingen, German media report.

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Pokrovsk: Ukraine's vital eastern town in Russian sights

Pokrovsk is a major logistics hub with a railway station and lies at the intersection of important roads.

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The Gaza protests at the DNC in 50 seconds

Thousands of demonstrators marched in support of Gaza outside the Democratic National Convention this week.

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Venezuelan court upholds Maduro’s disputed victory

The country's highest court agrees with election authorities despite the absence of full voting tallies.

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Meth worth nearly $6m found in fake watermelons at US-Mexico border

Imitation fruits and vegetables are the latest ‘sophisticated’ tactic for Mexican cartels to smuggle drugs into the US

Everyday fruit and vegetables are some of the latest methods Mexican cartels are using to smuggle drugs into the US, recent seizures of methamphetamine suggest.

Around 2 tonnes of the powerful stimulant known colloquially as crystal meth was discovered recently in packages designed to look like bright green watermelons at the San Diego, California, port of Otay Mesa, according to US Customs and Border Patrol Protection officials.

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Rattled Trump lashes out as DNC attacks throw him off message

The biggest concern for aides is keeping him focused on the issues and off controversial personal attacks, writes Katty Kay.

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Three things the Democrats have avoided so far at the DNC

What they have tried to avoid says as much about their weaknesses as what they choose to highlight, writes Anthony Zurcher.

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‘Within a few minutes, there was nothing left’: sailors on sinking of Bayesian superyacht

Bodies of missing people recovered as witnesses and experts ponder fate of ship hit by localised storm off Sicily

Fishers in the Sicilian village of Porticello who witnessed the Bayesian superyacht sink rapidly in a violent storm on Monday say that the vessel was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

But for Italian prosecutors investigating the incident, their focus will be on whether the captain and crew took all the necessary safety measures to prevent the tragedy.

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Divers find five bodies in wreck of Sicily yacht

The grim discoveries come two days after the Bayesian sank in a freak storm off Sicily.

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No foreign holidays for Gabon government officials

The interim president says he wants to "immerse" politicians in the realities of ordinary people.

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Recovered body believed to be luxury yacht's chef

Recaldo Thomas, an experienced and respected sailing chef, was saving money to restore his late parents' house.

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Bayesian yacht sinking: six presumed dead as divers try to access cabins

UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and daughter among those thought to have been trapped when storm hit off Sicily

Six people are now presumed dead after the super yacht they were onboard sank in a violent storm off the coast of Sicily.

Divers today tried in vain to gain access to the inside of the sunken 56-metre Bayesian luxury vessel, where rescue crews believe those missing may have been trapped.

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Australia politics live: Fatima Payman insists she has ‘no plans’ to form new party; CFMEU bill to pass parliament with Coalition backing

Former Labor senator told ABC’s Australian Story she will not form a Muslim-only party but in politics ‘you never commit definitively to anything’. Follow the day’s news live

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The opposition has continued its political attacks against visas being given to Palestinians from Gaza (before Israel seized and completely closed the Rafah border in May).

The Australian newspaper has reported:

I guess the key point is we are using exactly the same processes as were used by the coalition when they were in power and when Peter Dutton was the minister. Mike Burgess, the Director-General of Asio, has confirmed that himself.

Peter Dutton was quite prepared to use certain processes when he was the minister, now we’re in power, he wants to criticise that. He wants to find division, to find reasons for criticism and be negative of the government.

I think this is just a ridiculous example he’s [Adam Bandt] giving, to disguise the fact yesterday the Greens were the only party in the Parliament who decided to side with John Setka and the organised crime and bikie elements around the CFMEU, rather than taking the side of the Australian people.

We had a vote in the Parliament yesterday, in the Senate, that called on the Greens to say they wouldn’t take political donations from the CFMEU construction division, they refused to vote for that. So I think it’s pretty clear what the motivation here is in voting against this legislation.

We haven’t received a dollar from the CFMEU for a decade, the Coalition received $175,000 in the last two years, Labor has received millions of dollars and what we say is we have not received the money, it is not why we are engaged in the debate.

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Milwaukee woman jailed for 11 years for killing her abuser

Chrystul Kizer agrees a plea deal to avoid life term for shooting dead Randall Volar, whom she said was her sex-trafficker.

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‘We didn’t see it coming’: the tumultuous Sicilian night that took down the Bayesian

Witnesses tell of ‘absurd tragedy’ and a mother describes how she fought to save her child from drowning

The 12 holidaying passengers had come from the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland, occupying six luxurious suites of Bayesian, a 56-metre-long superyacht boasting the tallest aluminium mast in the world. Among the 10 crew members were people from Sri Lanka.

The award-winning, British-flagged vessel, which was built in 2008 by the Italian shipbuilder Perini and managed by Camper & Nicholsons, left the calm blue waters of the Sicilian port of Milazzo on 14 August, sailing for a few days around the Aeolian Islands and off the historic coastal village of Cefalù.

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Firefighter crawls across ladder above floods to save woman

Two people are reported missing in Oxford, Connecticut, after flooding.

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'Treated like slaves' on Scottish fishing boats

Dozens of workers from around the world may have been trafficked by a family-owned Scottish fishing firm.

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Kursk incursion aimed at creating buffer zone to protect Ukraine, Zelenskiy says

President states he wants to stop cross-border attacks by Russian forces and that counteroffensive was much needed

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine’s military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.

It marked the first time the Ukrainian president had clearly stated the aim of the operation, which was launched on 6 August. Previously, he had suggested it aimed to protect communities in the bordering Sumy region from constant shelling.

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Sydney Metro welcomes commuters aboard new underground city section

The highly anticipated Chatswood to Sydenham extension will drastically cut travel times in Sydney

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Tens of thousands of commuters are expected to ride on the Sydney Metro’s city section on Monday morning as the first new train line running underneath the city centre in more than four decades opens to the public.

The first metro train service on the new section was scheduled to depart Sydenham at 4:54am, travelling the newly opened stretch of the extension under Sydney harbour to reach Chatswood station by 5:16am, where it would continue on to Tallawong on the original north-west line that opened in 2019.

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Safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant deteriorating, IAEA warns

Atomic energy watchdog reports damage after Russia accuses Ukraine of dropping explosive charge nearby

The UN’s nuclear watchdog warned on Saturday that the safety situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was “deteriorating” after a nearby drone strike.

Earlier on Saturday, Russia accused Ukraine of dropping an explosive charge on a road near the occupied plant in southern Ukraine.

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Sniper shot Trump gunman's weapon and delayed him - report

A police sniper potentially saved lives by shooting the rifle of the would-be assassin, a congressional report says.

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X suspends business in Brazil over censorship row

The social media platform says its legal representative was threatened by a supreme court judge.

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Watch: Moment brawl breaks out in Turkish parliament

A debate over the status of a jailed Turkish opposition figure led to widespread fighting between opposing MPs.

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Ukraine incursion destroys key Russian bridge

Ukraine destroys a bridge over the river Seym as it continues its incursion into Russia's Kursk region.

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Despair as the sea slowly swallows a Kenyan beauty spot

Local authorities are seeking to build a seawall to prevent further intrusion of the ocean to the village.

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Australian breakdancer Raygun opens up about 'devastating' hate online

The Australian b-girl said she "gave her best" during her performance at the Paris Olympics

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Ukrainian TV films inside Russia as flag removed

Journalist Natalia Nahorna was reporting from the Russian town Sudzha when Ukrainian soldiers threw the flag to the ground.

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Jamaica declares state of emergency after two weekend shootings

Two attacks in Clarendon killed eight and injured nine as government looks to focus on gang violence

Jamaica’s prime minister has issued a 14-day state of emergency in the country’s southern Clarendon parish amid fears of further violence after two shootings on Sunday left eight dead and nine wounded.

Seven people were killed when gunmen fired indiscriminately at a birthday party in Cherry Tree Lane, Clarendon; the eighth victim was killed in a second shooting.

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Hamas will not join Gaza ceasefire talks, senior official says

Mediators make urgent push for deal after the killing of Hamas's leader raises fears of regional war.

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UN envoy calls Canada’s use of migrant workers ‘breeding ground for slavery’

Tomoya Obokata’s report finds power imbalances and discriminatory practice exploits workers from global south

Canada’s reliance on temporary foreign workers is “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery”, a UN special rapporteur has warned, amid growing calls to overhaul the controversial program.

The damning report from the UN investigator Tomoya Obokata found that deep power imbalances and discriminatory practice in Canada cuts costs for companies but exploits against workers from the global south.

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Olympic flag arrives in Los Angeles

The countdown for LA 2028 has begun as the Olympic flag arrived in the city of angels.

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How Musk and Trump put aside their differences

The two businessmen have sparred in the past - but in this election seem firmly on the same side.

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Bodycam video shows police response to Uvalde shooting

Footage and 911 calls show the police response to one of the deadliest school shootings in the US.

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Native American author Tommy Orange selected as the next Future Library writer

The Pulitzer prize-shortlisted novelist behind books including There There and Wandering Stars will pen a manuscript that won’t be published until 2114

The next book by Native American author Tommy Orange will not be read for 90 years.

The author of There There and Wandering Stars has been selected as the 11th writer to contribute to the Future Library project, which each year invites an author to produce a manuscript to be stored under lock and key until 2114.

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Helicopter crashes into roof of Cairns hotel in early hours of morning

Emergency services evacuated building and police told public to avoid area

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A helicopter has crashed into the roof of a hotel in the centre of Cairns.

Queensland ambulance said emergency services were called to the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton hotel on the Esplanade, on the city’s main waterfront, around 1.50am on Monday.

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Man seen climbing Eiffel Tower above Olympic rings

Man seen climbing Eiffel Tower above Olympic rings

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Greek officials advise staying in with windows shut due to fires near Athens

Whole neighbourhoods are being evacuated from around capital as firefighters mount huge effort to put out blazes

Greek authorities have warned people to stay indoors with their “windows closed” as hundreds of firefighters battled to contain blazes on the outskirts of Athens that were forcing the evacuation of entire communities.

Huge clouds of billowing smoke had by mid-afternoon on Sunday darkened the skies above the capital as 10 groups of “forest commandos” backed by water-bombing aircraft, helicopters and fire engines tried to douse flames fanned by gale-force winds. Volunteers had also joined the fight near the village of Varnava about 35km (21 miles) north of the city.

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Residents flee Greek wildfire as heatwave persists

Forty fires have broken out in Greece since Saturday, with firefighters still battling seven.

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AFP counter-terrorism operation that targeted 13-year-old with autism cost more than $500,000

FOI documents reveal the cost of Operation Bourglinster, which was criticised for encouraging a child’s fixation on the Islamic State

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An Australian Federal Police counter-terrorism operation targeting a 13-year-old boy with autism cost more than $500,000, Guardian Australia can reveal.

Documents provided under freedom of information laws show the total cost of Operation Bourglinster, the AFP investigation into a boy known as Thomas Carrick, was $507,087. No further breakdown of the cost was provided.

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Trolling of viral Olympics breaker 'disappointing'

Rachael Gunn failed to score a single point with the judges as she lost all three of her breaking round-robin battles.

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Does Japan's megaquake alert mean the 'big one' is coming?

An alert issued this week has caught the attention of a country used to earthquake warnings.

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Five Olympic moments from Paris you won't have seen on TV

The fans have provided plenty of non-sporting highlights with their passion, patriotism - and peculiarity.

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Apple changes EU App Store rules after commission charges

Change in policy means developers will be able to communicate with customers outside App Store

Apple on Thursday changed its policy in the European Union to allow developers to communicate with their customers outside its App Store after the commission charged the iPhone maker in June for breaching the bloc’s tech rules.

The commission had said that under most of the business terms, Apple allows steering only through “link-outs”, meaning that app developers can include a link in their app that redirects the customer to a web page where the customer can conclude a contract.

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Brazil cuts ties with Nicaragua as it rethinks links with leftist authoritarians

Two countries expel each other’s ambassadors amid growing tensions between Lula and Venezuela’s Maduro

Brazil and Nicaragua have expelled each other’s ambassadors in a tit-for-tat diplomatic row, as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, appears to recalibrate his approach to authoritarian leftist rulers who were once seen as allies.

The dual expulsions this week came amid growing tensions between Lula and another supposedly progressive leader, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, whose claim of re-election the Brazilian president has yet to acknowledge. Lula and his counterparts in Colombia and Mexico have called on Maduro to release voting tallies from all polling stations to support his win.

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Australia news live: government reveals new details of Aukus deal on nuclear material; Brittany Higgins shares sad personal news

The government calls the new agreement on nuclear material ‘a very significant step down the path’. Follow the day’s news live

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And welcome back to the Australia news live blog – thanks to Martin for kicking things off for us! I’m Emily Wind, and I’ll take you through our rolling coverage this Friday.

As always, you can get in touch via X, @emilywindwrites, or you can send me an email, emily.wind@theguardian.com, with any tips or questions.

What Aukus is about in the American mind is turning [Australia into suckers], locking us up for 40 years with American bases all around…not Australian bases.

So Aukus is really about, in American terms, the military control of Australia. I mean, what’s happened… is likely to turn Australia into the 51st state of the United States.

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What we know about military records of Walz and Vance

Walz's military record has been under scrutiny after a series of claims made by veterans and leading Republicans.

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Australia news live: Liberty Victoria expresses concerns over botched police investigation; NZ PM takes swipe at Australians

The civil rights group says Victoria police must properly abide by its duty of disclosing evidence. Follow the day’s news live

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And happy Thursday – thanks to Martin for kicking things off! I’m Emily Wind and I’ll be with you for most of today on the blog.

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Victoria police should learn from the criticisms it has received in respect of its disclosure obligations, rather than repeat its mistakes.

The ongoing disclosure issues are familiar to those practising in criminal law and the example reported in the Guardian will not come as any surprise to them.

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Taylor Swift Vienna concerts cancelled after attack threat

The cancellations follow the arrest of two people suspected of planning attacks.

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Two held over alleged plan for Islamist attack on Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts

Main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian, said to have pledged oath of allegiance to Islamic State group ‘in recent weeks’

Austrian authorities have arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly planning an Islamist attack in the Vienna region, in connection with concerts by US star Taylor Swift later this week.

The man, who had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group “in recent weeks”, was detained in Lower Austria about an hour from the capital early on Wednesday, Austria’s top security chief, Franz Ruf, told a press conference.

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'There is no law and order. And Hindus are being targeted again'

Hindu properties and shrines have been attacked after ex-PM Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh.

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Moscow says Ukraine has launched cross-border attack into Russia

Russian military claims they repelled deadly incursion by Ukrainian forces on Kursk border region

Moscow has said about 300 soldiers from Ukraine launched a cross-border attack into a hitherto quiet part of the front on Tuesday, with reports of fighting at a town as deep as 10km inside Russia.

Moscow’s ministry of defence said late on Tuesday up to “300 Ukrainian militants” from Ukraine’s 22nd mechanised brigade launched at 8am, supported by “11 tanks and more than 20 armoured fighting vehicles”.

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Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as new overall leader

Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as its new political chief, replacing Ismail Haniyeh who was killed last week.

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Australia news live: ASX faces more losses as RBA due to meet for key interest rates decision; Asio chief warns of volatile society

Overnight sell-off in New York and London points to more falls on ASX. Follow the day’s news live

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Finally, Burgess is asked about foreign interference and espionage, where he revealed that ASIO has caught Iranians “surveilling individuals” in Australia.

Burgess said ASIO was concerned that Iran was a “country who is capable of dealing with threats to their country as they see them, including through surveillance or potentially worse.”

We did not raise the threat level in direct response to the conflict in Gaza. But of course, it has an indirect impact.

It has driven protests, it has driven division, and those protests are getting very emotional and there has been spontaneous violence. It becomes a bit of its own weather system and the wrong thing happens and it fires up the wrong things and is driving strong emotions and strong reactions and again, that’s our concern.

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Blindfolded, bound and beaten: Palestinians tell of Israeli jail abuse

An Israeli rights group says prisons are overwhelmed, amid allegations of physical and mental violence.

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Google's monopoly of online searches is illegal, US judge rules

The decision could reshape how technology giants do business in the future.

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Queensland Labor plans state-owned petrol stations as it bids for fourth term

Premier Steven Miles will announce the policy on Tuesday as he tries to win votes for October election

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A re-elected Queensland Labor government would set up state-owned petrol stations, cap daily fuel price rises and take over operation of council buses from local government, premier Steven Miles will announce today.

Miles will use today’s state of the state address hosted by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia to make a populist pitch for a fourth Labor term.

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France's record haul & 100m fine margins - day nine in Paris

Great Britain add another four medals to their Paris 2024 tally, France break their own record, while Noah Lyles took men's 100m gold.

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Belgium out of triathlon relay as athlete falls ill

Belgium pull out of the team triathlon event after one of their athletes falls ill.

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Casualties after third Israeli strike on school in a week

Rescuers in Gaza say most of the dead were women and children, but Israel insists it targeted Hamas.

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World's biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap

A frozen block of ice far bigger than Greater London is captured in a vast pool of rotating water.

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Snoop Dogg: America's cheerleader at the Olympics

NBC hired Snoop Dogg as a special correspondent, but he has shown up for US athletes at the Olympics.

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Venezuela opposition leader emerges despite arrest threat

Maria Corina Machado appears at a protest in Caracas, defying threats of arrest from President Maduro.

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Bullets and teargas reportedly fired at journalists covering protests in Nigeria

At least 50 press arrested on Saturday in Abuja as almost 700 demonstrators detained since unrest began

Nigerian security forces on Saturday fired bullet rounds and teargas at protesters and journalists during demonstrations against the country’s economic crisis in the capital city, Abuja, according to journalists at the scene and videos reviewed by the Associated Press news agency.

It was not immediately confirmed whether the projectiles fired at journalists were rubber or live rounds. But the AP witnessed the aftermath of the attack, including bullet holes in a car belonging to one of the journalists as well as live bullets at the scene of the protests.

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Russian dissidents freed in prisoner swap speak of deal ‘dilemma’

Activists say they never agreed to leave their homeland and vow to continue fighting for democracy in Russia

Russian dissidents freed as part of a prisoner swap between Moscow and the west have shared their mixed feelings about the deal and vowed to continue their political activity from abroad.

The exchange represented a “difficult dilemma”, said the Russian liberal opposition politician Ilya Yashin at an emotional press conference in Bonn.

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Justin Timberlake licence suspended in drink-driving case

Timberlake was in Belgium during the virtual court hearing, answering "yes" to questions from the judge.

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Freed Russian dissidents refused to sign plea for mercy from Putin

Both also conveyed gratitude to the countries who worked to free them.

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Russian prisoners arrive in Moscow following swap

The former prisoners have been greeted by President Vladimir Putin as they walk out of the plane.

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Tom Cruise to appear in Olympics closing ceremony – report

Mission: Impossible star pre-taped stunts in Paris and Los Angeles for the 11 August ceremony, reports suggest

Tom Cruise is reportedly set to assist with the ceremonial Olympic Games handoff between Paris and the 2028 host, Los Angeles.

The closing ceremonies will get a boost from the Mission: Impossible actor who has filmed stunts in both cities as part of a pre-taped segment for 11 August, according to TMZ.

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Miss South Africa contestant faces backlash over Nigerian father

Chidimma Adetshina subjected to online abuse and questions about whether she is South African amid anti-African immigrant sentiment

A South African beauty pageant contestant with a Nigerian father has been subjected to relentless online abuse and interrogations of her right to compete for the Miss South Africa title, as a persistent strain of xenophobia against immigrants from other African countries has resurfaced.

Since Chidimma Adetshina, a 23-year-old law student who was born in Soweto and lives in Cape Town, was announced on 1 July as one of the contestants in the running to represent South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant, there has been constant questioning of whether she is a South African citizen.

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Russian TV shows freed prisoners board plane after swap

Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan are shown being escorted by officers at an undisclosed location.

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