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Karvelas will continue to host Q&A and present politics on the broadcaster’s news channelFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPatricia Karvelas is leaving Radio National Breakfast after three years at the microphone, but will continue to host Q&A and present politics on the ABC’s television news channel.Karvelas has been working for the ABC since 2014 and has hosted RN Drive and The Party Room podcast as well as Breakfast and the Monday night talkshow. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/09/patricia-karvelas-leaving-abc-radio-national-breakfast Author : Amanda Meade Publish date : 2024-10-08

Fleeing residents clog interstates as experts warn hurricane could be one of state’s ‘most damaging and costly storms’Tell us: how have you been affected by Hurricane Milton?In happier times, Interstate 4 from Tampa to Orlando is choked with pleasure seekers heading for the theme parks of Disney and similar enjoyable Florida pursuits. But on Tuesday, a deep sense of foreboding hung over the lengthy lines of near-stationary traffic as Hurricane Milton, the strongest storm forecast to strike Tampa Bay in more than a century, churned in the Gulf of Mexico, edging ever closer to its target.Hundreds of thousands of Floridians,

Health workers are concerned high rates of disease are so common in remote communities that they have become normalisedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA research team has halved the proportion of potentially deadly skin infections among Indigenous children who took part in their study, which experts hope will “make a big difference for the next generation”.Almost half of remote-living Indigenous children have skin sores – such as impetigo and scabies – at any one time.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/09/skin-checks-helped-reduce-infections-in-aboriginal-children-by-half-study-finds Author : Sharlotte Thou Publish date :

Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia defy education minister Jason Clare and push on for a 5% increase in federal fundsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s largest states are holding out for a greater commonwealth commitment in public schools, as new analysis shows fully financing the sector would provide an economic payoff up to four times bigger than the annual investment.The education minister, Jason Clare, introduced the commonwealth’s proposed school funding agreement in late July, which sets out how much the federal and state governments will provide towards the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS).Sign

An entire family killed less than a month before wedding day is only one among countless stories of devastationAs the country turns its attention to Hurricane Milton, which is expected to bring life-threatening conditions to parts of Florida after it makes landfall later this week, communities in much of the south-east US are still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene almost two weeks ago.In western North Carolina, home to many mountain communities such as Green Mountain, entire towns were destroyed and washed away during the storm. Residents became isolated as roads became impassable. Electricity and cellphone service went

Billionaire says it would be pointless to kill ‘puppet’ vice-president in interview with Tucker CarlsonElon Musk has said it would be “pointless” to try to kill Kamala Harris weeks after a pressure campaign led to him to delete a social media post expressing surprise that no one had tried to assassinate the vice-president or Joe Biden.The Tesla and Space X entrepreneur re-entered the murky waters of political assassinations in a web video interview with the former Fox New host Tucker Carlson which Musk then posted on the X platform that he owns. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/musk-harris-tucker-carlson-assassination Author :

Labor to introduce laws to keep the NBN publicly owned. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘They are not just numbers, they are precious lives’Metres from yesterday’s bitter debate in parliament about the motion remembering the 7 October Hamas attack, those with family and friends in Gaza pleaded for them to be seen as more than just headlines and numbers. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/oct/09/australia-politics-live-labor-public-ownership-nbn-albanese-apology-tourette-question-time-peter-dutton-labor-liberal-angus-taylor-gambling-ad-ban-greens Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2024-10-08 19:54:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Court told Khalife, 23, allegedly picked up money from Iranian handlers before contacting UK security servicesA former British soldier accused of escaping prison by strapping himself to the underside of a delivery truck had contacted Iranian intelligence before offering to work as a “double agent” for MI6, his trial has heard.Daniel Khalife, 23, is alleged to have contacted a well-known individual connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in 2019, before picking up an envelope containing £1,500 that was left by his Iranian handlers in a dog poo bag in a park in north London. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/08/ex-soldier-accused-of-helping-iran-wanted-to-be-mi6-double-agent-court-hears

More than a million people told to evacuate as category 4 storm projected to hit Tampa Bay region by WednesdayHurricane latest – live updatesFlorida’s western coast was making emergency preparations Tuesday for the impact of Hurricane Milton, with thousands of evacuees clogging highways and the mayor of Tampa warning residents bluntly “you are going to die” if they stayed behind.The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Milton would retain major hurricane status and “expand in size” as it approached Florida after passing the Mexican city of Mérida before swerving north towards the US. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/us-florida-mexico-hurricane-milton-tampa-bay-storm Author

Garland v VanDerStok first in series of high-profile cases justices hear in what is set to be contentious termThe US supreme court signalled a willingness to uphold the regulation of “ghost guns” – firearms without serial numbers that are built from kits that people can order online and assemble at home.The manufacturers and gun rights groups challenging the rule argued the Biden administration overstepped by trying to regulate kits.Justice Samuel Alito compared gun parts to meal ingredients, saying a lineup including eggs and peppers isn’t necessarily a Western omelet. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, though, questioned whether gun kits are more

Hezbollah acting leader says its military capabilities still ‘fine’ as Israel sends more troops and keeps up airstrikesMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael has said it is expanding its ground operation in Lebanon with the deployment of a fourth division after another night of intense airstrikes across the south and east of the country.The reservist 146th division was sent to southern Lebanon overnight, hours after Israel announced the mobilisation of a third standing division, meaning the number of troops on the ground is now likely to number 15,000. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/08/israel-lebanon-ground-offensive-hezbollah-gaza Author : Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Government collection can inspire new artists, says culture secretary at Robson Orr TenTen award announcementLabour plans to get some of the 15,000-piece national art collection “out of the basement and into communities”, says the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, who hopes it will inspire the next generation of artists all over the UK.“We are determined to get the nation’s great artworks out of the basement and into communities where they belong,” said Nandy, who made the comments at the announcement of this year’s Robson Orr TenTen award. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/08/uk-art-collection-into-communities-lisa-nandy Author : Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Agency had been investigating Kazakh company for suspected corruption and fraud over 12 yearsThe UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Kazakh mining company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation have agreed a settlement to end one part of a years-long legal battle.The agency had been investigating ENRC for suspected bribery and fraud in Africa and Kazakhstan, which the mining company denied. But the SFO dropped its decade-long investigation last year without bringing charges, citing insufficient admissible evidence. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/08/sfo-and-mining-firm-enrc-agree-settlement Author : Julia Kollewe and Tom Burgis Publish date : 2024-10-08 16:11:43 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Narendra Modi’s BJP lost first election since stripping the region of its autonomy and statehoodIndian prime minister Narendra Modi’s hopes of his party gaining power in Kashmir were dashed on Tuesday as it emerged his BJP had lost the first election held since the national government stripped the region of its autonomy and statehood.The elections instead delivered a resounding victory to India’s main opposition party, Congress, and its regional partner, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), which had come together in a alliance to defeat Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), which also rules at the national level. Continue reading...

Excluding the Covid pandemic, ONS figures show 16,300 fewer births than deaths, not seen since 1970s ‘baby bust’Deaths have outstripped births in the UK for the first time in nearly half a century, excluding the pandemic, official figures showed on Tuesday.Declining fertility and the demise of baby boomers means there are now more funerals than baby celebrations, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/08/deaths-outstrip-births-in-uk-for-first-time-in-nearly-50-years Author : Robert Booth and Michael Goodier Publish date : 2024-10-08 14:52:36 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Exclusive: Hollywood director is one of several leading creatives to speak of Bacon’s influence ahead of an exhibition at the National Portrait GalleryHeath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker was based on one of Francis Bacon’s triptychs, the Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan has revealed ahead of a new exhibition of Bacon’s work.Nolan is one of several leading creative figures who have spoken of Bacon’s influence on their life and practice to mark the opening on Thursday of the National Portrait Gallery exhibition, Francis Bacon: Human Presence. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/oct/08/heath-ledger-joker-based-on-francis-bacon-painting-says-christopher-nolan Author : Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent Publish

Coleen Rooney’s barrister says tab ran to two bottles of water, after Rebekah Vardy’s lawyers call Rooney’s legal costs ‘extraordinary’A minibar bill run up by one of Coleen Rooney’s lawyers consisted of “two bottles of water” amid claims of “extraordinary” spending during her “Wagatha Christie” libel fight with Rebekah Vardy, the high court has been told.Vardy, the wife of the Leicester City footballer Jamie Vardy, lost the high-profile case in July 2022 after she sued Rooney for libel. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/08/wagatha-christie-court-case-discussion-of-lawyers-minibar-bill Author : Emine Sinmaz and agency Publish date : 2024-10-08 13:44:32 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Former UK spy says in new book Trump ‘apparently unauthorizedly’ took secrets with him at end of presidencyDonald Trump took “British naval secrets” to Mar-a-Lago after he left the White House, the former UK spy Christopher Steele says in a new book.“I was reliably informed by impeccable sources that among the classified documents which Trump, apparently unauthorizedly, took with him to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency were British naval secrets, some of the most sensitive ones in our governmental system,” Steele writes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/trump-christopher-steele-book Author : Martin Pengelly in Washington Publish date : 2024-10-08

Payouts at state-owned, commercially funded broadcaster come after its biggest job cuts for 15 yearsBusiness live – latest updatesChannel 4’s bosses accepted hundreds of thousands in bonus payments last year, despite the broadcaster suffering its steepest fall in revenues in its 41-year history.The state-owned, commercially funded broadcaster reported a 10% year-on-year fall in total revenues to £1.02bn last year, down £120m compared with 2022, the steepest percentage fall in income in decades. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/oct/08/channel-4-bosses-bonuses-fall-in-revenues-job-cuts Author : Mark Sweney Publish date : 2024-10-08 12:28:12 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

First time vice-president has led Trump in Times/Siena poll since July when Joe Biden dropped out of raceThe US president, Joe Biden, is set to campaign on Tuesday in Pennsylvania for a close ally, the Democratic senator Bob Casey, when he participates in a private campaign fundraiser.Casey, an incumbent running against Dave McCormick, has a narrow lead in the race in CBS News polling from September. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/oct/08/kamala-harris-donald-trump-us-election-hurricane-milton-latest-live-news Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2024-10-08 11:57:52 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Fast radio bursts identified by Prof Matthew Bailes and his team allow scientists to count number of atoms in the universeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Prof Matthew Bailes and his collaborators discovered a mysterious flash from a galaxy far, far away, he thought it was “too good to be true”.It was 2007, and the scientists had come across an “absurdly, insanely bright burst of radio waves” that had hit the Murriyang telescope at the CSIRO Parkes Observatory. The source, they figured, had to be a trillion times brighter than anything in our galaxy, the

Green campaigners welcome delay to £9bn road tunnel, but businesses say move is ‘deeply concerning’Business live – latest updatesThe future of Britain’s biggest road scheme, the Lower Thames Crossing, has been thrown into fresh uncertainty after ministers delayed the deadline for a decision on whether to go ahead by seven months.Environmental campaigners welcomed the latest delay to the £9bn road tunnel linking Essex and Kent, but businesses said the move was “deeply concerning”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/08/lower-thames-crossing-decision-delayed-tunnel Author : Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent Publish date : 2024-10-08 10:39:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Government is drafting change that will require more vetting beyond existing checks for misconductUK politics live – latest updatesPolitical parties will be required to justify offering peerages under new rules being drafted by the government to overhaul the image of the House of Lords.The move – which could involve similar citations as those when people receive honours from the monarch – is in response to a number of controversial appointments over the years including two of Boris Johnson’s key aides and Evgeny Lebedev, the Independent’s largest shareholder. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/08/house-of-lords-peerages-nominations-appointments-new-rules Author : Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Riyadh accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, jailing women’s rights advocates and murdering criticsSaudi Arabia is on the brink of being elected on to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council, warn campaigners, in a move they say would undermine its ability to demand justice for rights violations and would feel like a “slap in the face” to the many victims of the Saudi regime.While the Saudi Arabian government has attempted to present itself as a reformed country that has made progress on gender equality and human rights, its record on both has been fiercely criticised by activists. Continue reading...

Thinktank UK in a Changing Europe has publishes major report on attitudes and voting behaviours of ethnic minority BritonsKeir Starmer’s decision to accept clothing freebies “looks greedy”, Boris Johnson, the former Tory PM has claimed. As Jamie Grierson reports, Johnson, who is doing interviews to promote his much-ridiculed memoir, seems to have forgotten his own record of freebie-harvesting on a lavish scale.Here is John Crace’s digested read of the Johnson book, which is well worth a read (John’s article – not the book, I’m told). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/oct/08/labour-keir-starmer-tory-leadership-latest-politics-live-news Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2024-10-08 08:51:28