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Lambie, a veteran and Tasmanian senator, says One Nation leader is a ‘coward’ who is showing her ‘true colours’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacqui Lambie has escalated her attack on Pauline Hanson, describing her as an “angry little woman” and a “bloody coward” after Hanson refused to apologise for or take down a One Nation cartoon labelling Liberal frontbencher and SAS veteran Andrew Hastie a “traitor”.Lambie, a

Alexander Csergo sentenced over reckless foreign interference after preparing documents for duo who approached him on LinkedInGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA seemingly innocuous message on a social media platform has snowballed into a Sydney man being jailed for foreign interference.Alexander Csergo, 58, was jailed for three years and six months on Thursday, after being found guilty by a jury in March of helping Chinese spies. Continue reading...

Australia will not join move by UK, Canada and France in banning trade with Israeli settlements in West BankGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastEd Husic has urged the Albanese government to take concrete action against illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, warning Palestine cannot be “sticky-taped” back together with “yet another statement”.It comes as Labor party members criticised the federal government for not following the UK, Canada and France in banning trade

Dow Jones convicted of one count of deterring Selina Cheng from role at Hong Kong Journalist Association but cleared of second chargeA Hong Kong court has convicted the publisher of the Wall Street Journal of deterring a reporter from taking up a trade union role, in a case that raised concerns about press freedom in the city.The newspaper dismissed Selina Cheng just weeks after she was appointed chair of the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) in 2024. She was told at the time her terminati

Multiple search and rescue vessels deployed after blaze off Palawan island leaves at least five dead, says coast guardA large-scale ⁠search and rescue operation ​is under way off the western Philippine island of Palawan on Thursday after a passenger ferry caught fire, killing five people and leaving ⁠scores of passengers missing.The Philippine coast guard said multiple vessels and other assets were searching for survivors as rescue teams used drift-modelling tools ⁠to identify areas where people

In today’s newsletter: No Bayeux ticket? Everything you need to know about the sold-out exhibition – from its epic journey to London to a Game of Thrones likenessGood morning. If you live in the UK, you have probably heard about the Bayeux tapestry exhibition, which opens today, and you probably haven’t got a ticket. The digital queue was nine-hours long when they first went on sale in July, and the exhibition has already broken the British Museum’s record for the number of tickets sold in a sin

The International Atomic Energy Agency voices ‘serious concerns’ over expansion of Yongbyon facility to enrich uraniumThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has voiced “serious concern” over evidence that North Korea has built a facility capable of enriching weapons-grade uranium to bolster its nuclear arsenal.The new building, located at the the country’s main Yongbyon nuclear facility, can house up to 28 centrifuge cascades – machinery commonly used to enrich uranium – according to a re

Rubio visits Ecuador and welcomes cooperation after campaign of unilateral strikes on alleged ‘narco-terrorists’US secretary of state Marco Rubio gave new clarity on the approach toward combating drug trafficking in Latin American waters, saying the Trump administration was focused on working with allied countries and aligning with their laws but insisting the military will “still blow up ships if need be.”The public acknowledgment of a shift in US strategy comes a year after Washington began a

Jump lifts currency to highest level against dollar in a month, while global markets remain jitteryBusiness live – latest updatesThe Japanese yen has soared by more than 2% against the dollar amid speculation the Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates.The latest jump on Thursday lifted the yen to its highest level against the dollar in a month, at 155.57, and followed a 0.9% move the previous day. Continue reading...

Pedro Sánchez continues to defend Rabat after police report claiming border forces helped 70,000 cross borderEurope live – latest updatesSpain has seen no evidence “whatsoever” that Morocco planned or facilitated a mass border breach into its north African territory of Ceuta, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has told parliament.The address on Thursday followed the emergence of a police report, commissioned by a judge and widely quoted in the media, claiming Moroccan border forces had a

About 46 people believed to be trapped in ‘room-like’ structure inside hydro plant tunnel on Nepal-Tibet borderAfter the flood: human suffering on an unfathomable scale in Nepal’s worst-hit districtsNepal authorities have said they are “confident” that dozens of workers in Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant are still alive, more than a week after deadly flash floods left them trapped in an underground chamber.Authorities said that at least 639 workers were still missing from hydropower plants

Claim relating to 1960 attack on hundreds of protesters part of wave of litigation over apartheid crimes in South AfricaThe day dawned brightly on 21 March 1960, as residents of the South African township of Sharpeville gathered to protest against pass laws, which forced “Black, Indian and Coloured” South Africans to carry documents at all times specifying where they were allowed to be.Abraham Mofokeng joined the march, one of dozens organised nationwide by the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), a b

John Healey will detail plans to spread growth more widely across the UK, ahead of his first Budget.

About one million people - mostly women - are owed pension tax relief and will be contacted by HMRC.

Peat fires in Borneo are releasing ancient stores of carbon - and sending a toxic smog across South East Asia.

Germany's AfD hails a "historic result" and is projected to win 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, far ahead of the conservatives on 17%.

After every round of Premier League matches this season, Troy Deeney gives us his team of the week. Do you agree with his choices?

Maryam Moshiri tells the BBC she wanted to reveal her diagnosis to raise awareness about the cancer.

Despite talks between US envoys and both Putin and Zelensky, the expectation in Kyiv is the fighting will continue, writes James Landale.

There was no announcement of a major breakthrough, after Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner travelled to Kyiv.