Australia news live: Labor vows to support working from home as Coalition touts public servants cuts; investigation into man’s death after falling into silo

The prime minister has called Peter Dutton ‘out of touch’ over the Coalition’s push to end work from home for public servants. Follow today’s news live

Angus Taylor calls Labor’s energy bill rebate ‘Band-Aid on a bullet wound’

The shadow treasurer, Angus Taylor, also says the Coalition will not “get in the way” of the government’s $150 energy rebate, announced last night.

We’re not going to get in the way of it. The starting point here though is very clear which is Labor’s failed on delivering its promise of a $275 power price reduction.

We’re not going to stand in the way of Labor cleaning up their own mess. This is putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. The solution here is to get a structural outcome which is a reduction in underlying electricity prices, which has not been achieved, of course. It’s gone the other way.

They are both supplied by the US with little to no sovereign input, are expensive and outdated. Like Aukus, this equipment is much more about signalling our loyalty to the US than defending Australia.

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Mark Carney to announce Canadian election and will run in Ottawa’s Nepean riding

Recently installed prime minister expected to confirm 28 April ballot as he seeks to keep Liberal party in government

Mark Carney will run for election in the Ottawa riding of Nepean as the new Canadian prime minister seeks to join parliament for the first time, his Liberal party has announced.

Carney on Sunday is predicted to trigger an early general election on 28 April. The Liberals said on Saturday that Carney would run to represent the suburban riding, or district, of Nepean, noting in a social media post that Ottawa is where he raised his family and devoted his career to public service. He previously served as the head of Canada’s central bank and before that as deputy.

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Over 100,000 nationwide protest renewed Gaza fighting, Shin Bet chief’s ouster – The Times of Israel

  1. Over 100,000 nationwide protest renewed Gaza fighting, Shin Bet chief’s ouster  The Times of Israel
  2. Thousands of Israelis protest Shin Bet chief’s dismissal, for captives  Al Jazeera English
  3. Israeli Cabinet Approves Ouster of Shin Bet Chief, Who Calls the Move Illegal  The New York Times
  4. Jon Polin thanks Bar for pushing to expand negotiators’ mandate when gov’t refused  The Times of Israel
  5. Israel anti-government protests flare after dismissal of top security agency chief  Reuters
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Israel strikes southern Lebanon and Gaza amid calls for halt to ‘endless war’

One killed and seven wounded in attack as freed hostages and families of those still held in Gaza urge end to fighting

Israel carried out a strike in Tyre, south Lebanon, on Saturday, killing one and wounding seven people and endangering the shaky truce that ended a year-long conflict against Hezbollah, as 40 survivors of Hamas captivity called on the Israeli government to halt the “endless war”.

The strike on a building came after Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday, its most intense aerial assault on the country in four months. In total, six people were killed, including a child, and 28 injured, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

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Pope is improving and increasingly uses less high-flow oxygen – Vatican News – English

  1. Pope is improving and increasingly uses less high-flow oxygen  Vatican News - English
  2. Pope Francis set to be discharged from hospital on Sunday: doctors  Fox News
  3. Pope Francis advisers say he’ll recover from pneumonia and a ‘new stage’ is opening for him  NBC News
  4. Pope to greet crowd at Gemelli on Sunday  Vatican News - English
  5. Pope Francis to make first public appearance in five weeks on Sunday  CNN
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Hundreds arrested in Turkey in protests against the detention of Istanbul’s mayor – NPR

  1. Hundreds arrested in Turkey in protests against the detention of Istanbul's mayor  NPR
  2. In Turkey, Critics of Erdogan See Democracy Eroding After Istanbul Mayor’s Detention  The New York Times
  3. Detained Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu denies ‘terrorism’ charges: Report  Al Jazeera English
  4. Turkey Limits Travel In and Out of Istanbul to Curb Protests  Bloomberg
  5. Turkey's market rout worsens amid protests, worst stock slump since 2008  Reuters
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Turkey’s protests over Istanbul mayor grow into ‘fight about democracy’

Anger over detention of Ekrem Imamoğlu becomes a touchstone for opposing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

When demonstrators gathered ­at Istanbul’s city hall last week in outrage at the arrest of mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 26-year-old Azra said she was initially too scared to defy a ban on gatherings. As protests grew on university campuses and in cities and towns across Turkey, she could no longer resist joining.

“I saw the spark in people’s eyes and the excitement on their faces, and I decided I had to come down here,” she said with a grin, standing among tens of thousands that defied a ban on assembly to fill the streets around city hall on Friday night. Despite the crowds, Azra feared reprisals and declined to give her full name. Many demonstrators were masked in a bid to defy facial recognition ­technology and fearing the teargas or pepper spray sometimes deployed by the police. Others smiled and took ­selfies to celebrate as fireworks illuminated the night sky.

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Thousands demonstrate for a hostage deal, IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in second wave – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Thousands demonstrate for a hostage deal, IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in second wave  The Jerusalem Post
  2. LIVE: Israel kills top Hamas official in Gaza, 7 in Lebanon; US bombs Yemen  Al Jazeera English
  3. Israeli airstrike kills Hamas political leader in southern Gaza, Hamas says  Reuters
  4. Air strike kills Hamas official in Gaza  BBC.com
  5. Israel says it has killed Hamas military intelligence chief Osama Tabash - as forces told to push further into Gaza  Sky News
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Civil service to be told to slash more than £2bn a year from budget by 2030

Departments will be asked next week to reduce spending by 10% by 2028-29, says Cabinet Office source

The civil service will be told to slash more than £2bn a year from its budget by the end of the decade as part of the government’s spending review, with unions warning of significant job losses, the Guardian understands.

The Cabinet Office will tell departments to cut their administrative budgets by 15%, which is expected to save £2.2bn a year by 2029-30.

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United pilot attacked passenger for taking too long in the bathroom, lawsuit alleges

Yisroel Liebb of New Jersey claims pilot broke lock and pulled him out with his pants down, leaving him exposed

An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation, exposing his genitalia to other flyers during a flight from Tulum, Mexico, to Houston.

Yisroel Liebb, of New Jersey, described his trip through allegedly unfriendly skies in a federal lawsuit this week against the airline and the US Department of Homeland Security, whose officers he said boarded the plane upon landing and took him away in handcuffs.

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Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill – CNN

  1. Heathrow boss defends response as airport resumes flights after fire brought facility to standstill  CNN
  2. Can Heathrow nightmare hit Indian airports?  The Times of India
  3. What we know about the fire that brought London’s Heathrow Airport to a standstill  The Associated Press
  4. Energy secretary calls for investigation in power outage near Heathrow  BBC.com
  5. Heathrow Airport orders probe into shutdown as travellers endure days of disruption  Reuters UK
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China considering sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, German media say – TVP World

  1. China considering sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, German media say  TVP World
  2. China is considering deploying a contingent to Ukraine - media  Українські Національні Новини
  3. China considers participating in peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, media  RBC-Ukraine
  4. China signals willingness to aid Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction  Kyiv Independent
  5. Why China won’t send a peacekeeping force to Ukraine  ThinkChina
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All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns

Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement

Living standards for all UK families are set to fall by 2030, with those on the lowest incomes declining twice as fast as middle and high earners, according to new data that raises serious questions about Keir Starmer’s pledge to make working people better off.

The grim economic analysis, produced by the respected Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), comes before the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, makes her spring statement on Wednesday in which she will announce new cuts to public spending rather than increase borrowing or raise taxes, so as to keep within the government’s “iron clad” fiscal rules.

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Houthi missile crashes in Saudi Arabia in 2nd attack on Israel by Yemeni terrorists this weekend – All Israel News

  1. Houthi missile crashes in Saudi Arabia in 2nd attack on Israel by Yemeni terrorists this weekend  All Israel News
  2. Ballistic missile fired at Israel from Yemen lands in Saudi Arabia  The Times of Israel
  3. Houthis declare Ben-Gurion Airport ‘no longer safe’ after renewed Gaza fighting  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Israeli military says it intercepted missile fired from Yemen; Houthis claim responsibility  Reuters
  5. Missiles from Yemen target Israel despite US threats  Al Jazeera English
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