Modi and Albanese to ink major uranium deal as Indian leader’s visit expected to draw 30,000-strong crowd

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Ahead of Modi’s Marvel Stadium event, Anthony Albanese credits Indian PM’s ‘leadership and personal engagement with Australia’ for strength of bilateral relationship

Anthony Albanese is poised to sign a major uranium deal with India, praising counterpart Narendra Modi and the nation’s diaspora for deepening economic ties.

It could end more than a decade of delays to regular shipments of the fuel despite the two countries signing a historic nuclear cooperation pact.

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Taylor defends Sarah Henderson’s triple-zero calls amid questions about claimed Telstra-outage death in SA

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South Australian police say they’re unaware of death despite claim by Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle

Angus Taylor says his shadow communications minister Sarah Henderson was “doing her job” when she “tested” the triple-zero system by making unnecessary calls to it during Telstra’s nationwide outage.

The opposition leader has also dismissed concerns about Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle’s claim that an elderly person died as a result of the outage, after South Australian police said they were unaware of any such death.

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ABC and SBS need ‘oversight’ committee to vet Israel coverage, Jillian Segal tells royal commission

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Antisemitism envoy says public broadcasters, which currently have an ombudsman to handle complaints, need an independent oversight committee

The antisemitism envoy, Jillian Segal, wants a new “oversight” committee to vet the ABC and SBS’s Israel coverage, she told the royal commission on Thursday morning.

Both the ABC and SBS have an independent ombudsman to handle complaints.

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US launches strikes on Iran for a second day after Trump says agreement to end the war is ‘over’

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Attacks on three locations across Iran came after three tankers in the strait of Hormuz were targeted on Tuesday

The US military carried out strikes on Iran for a second day, hours after president Donald Trump said that an interim agreement to end the war was “over”.

Late on Wednesday Iranian state media reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas in the strait of Hormuz; in Sirik, another southern coastal city; and the south-western Bushehr province, home to Iran’s nuclear-power-plant complex.

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Pet prescriptions could be capped at £21 under proposed vet sector reforms

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Ministers also considering licence requirement and regulator to try to cut bills and increase choice

UK vets may have to have a licence and cap prescriptions for pet medicine at £21 under plans being considered by the government.

Ministers are also considering establishing a regulator for the veterinary sector, including inspections, a mandatory licensing system and published compliance reports to improve accountability and choice. Every vet practice could need an official operating licence – similar to GP surgeries and care homes – under proposals in a white paper.

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All lobbying should be publicly declared in transparency laws shake-up, watchdog says

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Ethics and integrity commission chief says overhaul is crucial to help restore trust in standards

All lobbying of government ministers, aides and senior officials should be publicly declared – from WhatsApp chats to party conference meetings – in a fundamental shake-up of transparency laws, the government’s ethics watchdog has said.

A review led by Doug Chalmers, the head of the ethics and integrity commission, has called for a new register to highlight who is lobbying, which policies they are seeking to influence and who in government they are meeting.

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Ambassadorial appointments should be subject to veto by MPs, committee recommends

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Foreign affairs select committee says Peter Mandelson episode was ‘nothing short of disastrous’ for government

Political selections for ambassador posts should be subject to a veto by MPs, a parliamentary committee has recommended, as it made damning criticisms of how Peter Mandelson became Britain’s top diplomat in Washington.

The foreign affairs select committee concluded that Mandelson’s appointment was “nothing short of disastrous”, “highly damaging” for the British government and “painful and offensive to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein”.

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Trump switches back to flying on older Air Force One for England trip instead of new Qatari jet

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US president unexpectedly changed plans for flight to England after using Qatari-gifted aircraft to travel to Turkey

Donald Trump flew from Turkey to England onboard the older Air Force One on Wednesday, rather than the new, Qatari-gifted aircraft he used to travel to the Nato summit in Ankara, an unexpected change in plans that prompted questions about security fears.

Trump later boarded the new plane at Mildenhall air force base in the United Kingdom for the trip back to Washington.

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White House’s World Cup head defends Trump lobbying Fifa over red card

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Andrew Giuliani claims actions of referee Raphael Claus over US player Folarin Balogun ‘very, very highly suspicious’

Andrew Giuliani, head of the White House’s World Cup taskforce, has defended Donald Trump’s lobbying of Fifa to lift the suspension of US player Folarin Balogun for Monday’s game against Belgium.

The US president claimed that Brazilian referee Raphael Claus, who showed Balogun a red card in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, was “a little bit suspect, if you check his past”. This was apparently a reference to a match-fixing investigation by Brazil’s senate in 2024 that examined how referees were assigned to games but did not accuse Claus of wrongdoing.

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In shift, Trump praises Zelensky, will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles – The Washington Post

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  1. In shift, Trump praises Zelensky, will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles  The Washington Post
  2. License to Make Patriot Missiles Could Help Ukraine Defend Against Russia  The New York Times
  3. Trump says Ukraine will get licence to produce Patriot missiles  BBC
  4. Trump hands Zelensky major wins, with Putin on the ropes  The Hill
  5. Nato summit: Trump says US could let Ukraine make Patriots and renews criticism of Spain and UK – as it happened  The Guardian
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In shift, Trump praises Zelensky, will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles – The Washington Post

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  1. In shift, Trump praises Zelensky, will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles  The Washington Post
  2. License to Make Patriot Missiles Could Help Ukraine Defend Against Russia  The New York Times
  3. Trump says Ukraine will get licence to produce Patriot missiles  BBC
  4. Trump hands Zelensky major wins, with Putin on the ropes  The Hill
  5. Nato summit: Trump says US could let Ukraine make Patriots and renews criticism of Spain and UK – as it happened  The Guardian
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Live updates: US conducting new strikes in Iran after Trump said ceasefire is ‘over’ – CNN

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  1. Live updates: US conducting new strikes in Iran after Trump said ceasefire is ‘over’  CNN
  2. U.S. military launches new Iran strikes as Trump says 'not sure' he wants deal  CNBC
  3. U.S.-Iran Latest: U.S. launches more strikes against Iran after Trump says ceasefire is "over"  CBS News
  4. U.S. strikes Iranian targets in Strait of Hormuz for 2nd straight day  Axios
  5. US military launches fresh strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis live  The Guardian
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Live updates: US conducting new strikes in Iran after Trump said ceasefire is ‘over’ – CNN

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  1. Live updates: US conducting new strikes in Iran after Trump said ceasefire is ‘over’  CNN
  2. U.S. military launches new Iran strikes as Trump says 'not sure' he wants deal  CNBC
  3. U.S.-Iran Latest: U.S. launches more strikes against Iran after Trump says ceasefire is "over"  CBS News
  4. U.S. strikes Iranian targets in Strait of Hormuz for 2nd straight day  Axios
  5. US military launches fresh strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis live  The Guardian
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Burnham promises Labour MPs he will not use party discipline to ‘stifle debate’

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Prime minister in waiting looks to address frustrations backbenchers had with Keir Starmer’s style of party management

Andy Burnham has promised MPs that he will never use party discipline to “stifle debate” and says they should raise problems and policy ideas “without fear or favour”.

Nominations for the Labour leadership will open on Thursday, and Burnham is expected to be the only candidate. On Wednesday night the former armed forces minister Al Carns confirmed he would not seek to enter the race to replace Keir Starmer.

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Sabre-rattling to ‘tremendous love’: erratic Trump dominates final hours of Nato summit – The Guardian

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  1. Sabre-rattling to ‘tremendous love’: erratic Trump dominates final hours of Nato summit  The Guardian
  2. Why Trump left NATO summit on a positive note after seething about Iran, Spain and Greenland  CNN
  3. Trump says NATO failed two key tests during high-stakes Turkey summit: 'Not happy'  Fox News
  4. After Greenland bluster, Trump surprises NATO allies with praise  The Washington Post
  5. Trump’s Arrival in Turkey for NATO Summit Adds Drama and Spectacle  The New York Times
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