Australians could be spared excessive power bills as Labor looks to stamp out price gouging

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Chris Bowen to announce review of default market offer, which guides what retailers can charge households and businesses

Households could be spared unreasonable power bill rises in the future as the Albanese government looks to stamp out price gouging after repeated price hikes.

In an address to the Australian Energy Week on Wednesday, Chris Bowen is expected to announce a review of the default market offer (DMO), which sets a benchmark price for residential and small business electricity bills.

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Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts, alert at highest level – Al Jazeera

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  1. Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupts, alert at highest level  Al Jazeera
  2. Alert raised to the highest level after Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts  AP News
  3. Indonesia issues highest alert as Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupts  BBC
  4. Mount Lewotobi Volcano Erupts in Indonesia, Spewing Ash Miles High  The New York Times
  5. Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews 11 kilometre high ash cloud after eruption  Reuters
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Spanish minister rules out cyber-attack as cause of April blackout, after expert report

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System failure caused by network’s inability to control grid voltage said to be behind outage in Spain and Portugal

The unprecedented blackout that brought the Iberian peninsula to a standstill at the end of April was caused by surging voltages triggering “a chain reaction of disconnections” that shut down the power network, an expert report commissioned by the Spanish government has found.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, the country’s environment minister, Sara Aagesen, ruled out a cyber-attack as the cause of the outage on 28 April, saying it had been down to a “multifactorial” system failure caused by the network’s inability to control grid voltage.

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New charges accuse Bolsonaro of running spy ring from Brazil’s presidential palace

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Former president has denied wrongdoing as federal police accuse him of overseeing a spy network targeting rivals

Federal police have formally accused Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, of presiding over an illegal spying network which allegedly snooped on political rivals, journalists and environmentalists during his administration.

Bolsonaro is already facing the prospect of jail time over his alleged role in masterminding a military coup plot designed to help him keep power after losing the 2022 election to the leftwing veteran Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. There is broad consensus among analysts that Bolsonaro’s conviction is a foregone conclusion and the 70-year-old populist is expected to face arrest in the coming months once a supreme court trial concludes.

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Why Russia hesitates to help Iran in conflict with Israel – DW

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  1. Why Russia hesitates to help Iran in conflict with Israel  DW
  2. Russia Stands Aside as Israel Attacks Iran  The New York Times
  3. How will Russia respond to the Israel-Iran conflict?  Al Jazeera
  4. A Strategic Partnership, Not a Military Alliance: Russia’s Role in the Israel-Iran Conflict  The Moscow Times
  5. Russia's Shoigu visits North Korea on 'special assignment' from Putin  The Kyiv Independent
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Israel kills another top Iranian commander as conflict escalates – politico.eu

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  1. Israel kills another top Iranian commander as conflict escalates  politico.eu
  2. Israel says it killed a top Iranian general as Trump warns people to flee Iranian capital  AP News
  3. Israel-Iran live updates: Trump says 'we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran'  NBC News
  4. How Israel Took Control of Iran’s Skies  Time Magazine
  5. Israel Says It Killed a Top Iranian Military Leader as Trump Calls for Iran’s Surrender  The New York Times
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Deadly clashes over Morales candidacy deepen Bolivia crisis in election run-up

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Six killed and hundreds injured in weeks of unrest, as supporters demand former president be allowed to run

Fatal clashes between police and supporters of former president Evo Morales have deepened Bolivia’s political and economic crisis, heightening tensions in the Andean country just two months before the presidential election.

Six people have been killed and more than 300 injured in weeks of unrest. The dead include four police officers, one of whom was reportedly killed by dynamite which had been strapped to his body.

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Russia pummels Kyiv with drones and missiles, killing at least 15 – NPR

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  1. Russia pummels Kyiv with drones and missiles, killing at least 15  NPR
  2. American citizen killed in Russian attack on Kyiv, State Department confirms  Fox News
  3. Video Zelenskyy says US citizen killed in Kyiv after massive overnight Russian attack  ABC News
  4. Overnight Russian attack on Ukraine kills 15 and injures 156  AP News
  5. Russian Drone and Missile Strikes on Kyiv Kill at Least 10  The New York Times
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Israel-Iran conflict live: Trump denies he left G7 early to work on ceasefire after Macron suggests US ‘offer’ was made – The Guardian

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  1. Israel-Iran conflict live: Trump denies he left G7 early to work on ceasefire after Macron suggests US ‘offer’ was made  The Guardian
  2. Trump signals escalation in Israel-Iran conflict as he leaves G7 summit early  CNBC
  3. Trump Says His G7 Summit Departure Not Linked to Any Israel-Iran Ceasefire Offer  U.S. News & World Report
  4. Trump, Rubio cutting G7 trip short, returning to DC as chatter indicates Iranians fleeing Tehran  Fox News
  5. Trump leaves G-7 meeting early to deal with Mideast; signs group statement  The Washington Post
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