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- Student rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week The Guardian
- Mount Fuji climber rescued twice after going back for lost phone BBC
The Coalition denies emissions will rise if it wins the election. What do the facts say?
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The Coalition has disputed claims that greenhouse gas emissions would be higher if it won the election than under a returned Labor government. It points to its record between 2013 and 2022 compared with what has happened under Labor over the past three years.
Speaking to the ABC’s RN Breakfast on Monday, the Coalition climate change and energy spokesperson, Ted O’Brien, said “under the former Coalition government you saw emissions fall” – from 12% to 29% less than 2005 levels. And that in Labor’s three years in office emissions “have flatlined”, showing the ALP has “failed”.
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Continue reading...Guardian Essential poll: Labor leads Coalition in final pre-election poll as Dutton’s approval rating slips further
Poll also finds most Australians voting based on who will leave them better off in three years – rather than comparing situation to three years ago
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Anthony Albanese holds an election-winning lead with just days left of the campaign, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll, with Labor leading the Coalition 52% to 48% on a two-party basis.
Albanese’s approval ratings have ticked up slightly since the last poll two weeks ago, but Peter Dutton’s has slipped for the fourth poll in a row, with the Liberal leader’s public standing dropping as the campaign has progressed. The Essential poll shows more people have switched their support to Labor because of the campaign over recent weeks, and that two-thirds of Australians say they’re voting based on who will leave them better off in three years – rather than comparing their situation to where it was three years ago.
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Continue reading...Trump-China tariff war: Who’s winning so far? – Al Jazeera
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- With China and the US at intense economic odds, other nations are being forced to choose sides AP News
Trump-China tariff war: Who’s winning so far?
It's early days, but the warning signs are flashing red for the US.
Fires extinguished at key Iran port as explosion death toll rises to 65
Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni says the 'culprits have been identified' and the explosion was caused by 'negligence'.
Israel has turned Gaza into a ‘mass grave’, top UN court hears – as it happened
ICJ holding hearing about Israel’s obligation to facilitate aid to Gaza and the West Bank amid the outlawing of Unrwa. This live blog is closed
Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 24 people across the territory since dawn, Al Jazeera is reporting. In Jabalia, in northern Gaza, 10 family members were reportedly killed in an airstrike, while eight people in another family were killed in a separate airstrike.
Tehran has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to dictate US policy in negotiations after the Israeli prime minister repeated calls for Iran’s entire nuclear infrastructure to be dismantled.
Israel’s fantasy that it can dictate what Iran may or may not do is so detached from reality that it hardly merits a response.
What is striking, however, is how brazenly Netanyahu is now dictating what President Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with Iran…
Continue reading...Treasury Targets Vessels Delivering Oil Derivatives to the Houthis – U.S. Department of the Treasury (.gov)
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- US sanctions hit ships delivering oil, gas to Houthi rebels New York Post
A protective force must be deployed to occupied Palestine
States have the duty to stop genocide. Sending a peacekeeping force to Gaza and the West Bank would fulfil it.
Spain, Portugal hit by massive power outage, leaving residents scrambling
A rare atmospheric phenomenon is deemed to be behind the blackout, while a cyberattack seems unlikely.
Putin announces three-day Russian ceasefire in Ukraine from 8 May
Ukraine calls for an "immediate" ceasefire of at least 30 days in response.
Exclusive-Pakistan defence minister says military incursion by India is imminent – Yahoo News UK
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African diplomats urge UK government to back bill to speed up debt restructurings
Exclusive: Countries are struggling to manage expensive loans, with much of debt transacted through London
Diplomats from eight southern and east African countries have signed a letter calling on the UK government to support a private member’s bill that aims to speed up debt restructurings, after economic crises meant countries were unable to pay back loans.
Poor countries’ economies have been hit by a series of global events in recent years, including the coronavirus pandemic, which reduced growth; the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which sent inflation soaring; and raised US interest rates, which have pushed up the cost of international loans to often unaffordable levels.
Continue reading...Protests in Paris against Islamophobia after mosque stabbing
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Paris to protest against Islamophobia after a Muslim man was stabbed to death.
Israel bombs southern Beirut as its attacks in Lebanon continue
Israel has bombed Beirut's southern suburbs, part of a series of attacks across Lebanon that violate the ceasefire deal
Crime Novelist Murdered on Houseboat – Newser
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- Bestselling German novelist found killed on Hamburg houseboat The Guardian
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- Germany: Police probe death of author Alexandra Fröhlich DW
Arsenal vs PSG – UEFA Champions League: Start time, team news, lineups
Arsenal hosts French powerhouse PSG in the opening leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal in London.
Vatican says conclave to elect new pope to begin on May 7
A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote.
Kashmir attack: Why Pakistan’s threat to suspend Simla Agreement matters
Analysts believe a Pakistani pullout from the Simla Agreement could dismantle key diplomatic safeguards with India.
Police raids across France after wave of prison attacks
Police make 25 arrests so far as officers target Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux and, the city of Lyon.