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Wildfires rage across southern Europe as temperatures top 40C
The heatwave has led to red alerts being issued in parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans.
WA Museum partnership with Woodside criticised as record-breaking marine heatwave decimates coral reefs
A report finding 75% of coral is bleached or dead along a 1,500km stretch of WA coastline is released as fossil fuel giant inks partnership extension
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The WA Greens and the state’s peak conservation body have condemned the extension of a research partnership between the Western Australian Museum and Woodside, as the state reels from a record-breaking marine heatwave that has killed corals over a 1,500km stretch of ocean.
The five-year continuation of the “longstanding collaboration”, in which the gas giant supports the museum’s biodiversity research along the WA coastline, would allow for further targeted research along the Gascoyne coast, according to announcements.
Continue reading...Australia’s borrowers may have to wait weeks for Reserve Bank’s rate cut to reduce their mortgage
NAB said it would wait 13 days to pass on the 0.25% cut to borrowers, while Westpac announced it would wait 14 days
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Mortgage rates will slide after the Reserve Bank announced a third interest rate cut of the year – but borrowers with some major banks may have to wait weeks for relief.
Lenders have lined up to reduce their rates by 0.25%, with 20 banks – including each of the big four – announcing on Tuesday that they will pass on the cuts but only two of them doing so immediately.
Continue reading...Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say
Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millennia
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Critics of Australia’s Aukus submarine deal say the government has given itself the power to nominate any place in Australia as a potential nuclear waste dump, without proper consultation with communities and indigenous landowners.
Australia has agreed to take sole responsibility for the management, security and storage of all nuclear waste from its fleet of proposed nuclear-powered submarines, including the spent fuel from the submarines’ reactors – high-level nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millennia once the submarines are decommissioned from the early 2050s.
Continue reading...Mali soldiers arrested over coup allegations: What we know
Frustration has grown since the military government banned political parties and extended its rule indefinitely.
UK politics: Pressure grows on Starmer as Channel migrant figures pass 50,000 since Labour’s win – as it happened
Home Office data shows 474 migrants arrived yesterday in eight small boats bringing the total to over 50,000
Rachel Reeves has been taking questions from journalists in Belfast. She says Northern Ireland is “absolutely crucial” for the UK’s growth prospects, pointing to the nation’s strong TV, film and video game industries.
The chancellor claimed stability has returned to the UK’s economy despite mounting concerns about its ability to respond to shocks amid global uncertainty from Donald Trump’s trade war. Job losses are rising, fewer employers are advertising for staff and inflation remains high.
If you look at the growth numbers in the first quarter of this year, we were the fastest growing economy in the whole of the G7. Whilst the US economy shrunk in the first quarter of this year, the UK economy grew.
We’ll get data for the second quarter of this year later this week. But we are creating more jobs, 384,000 additional jobs compared with a year ago, wages are rising at a faster rate than inflation, putting more money in people’s pockets.
Continue reading...Iran says it arrested 21,000 ‘suspects’ during 12-day war with Israel-US
Tehran says it carried out widespread internal arrests as Israel, US launched huge strikes on the country in June.
Madonna urges Pope to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’
The US pop star says the pontiff is "the only one of us who cannot be denied entry".
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The US pop star says the pontiff is "the only one of us who cannot be denied entry".
Myanmar army detaining two-year-olds as proxies for parents, witnesses tell UN
Investigators warn in a report that ‘frequency and brutality’ of atrocities in the country are continuing to escalate
Children as young as two years old have been detained by Myanmar’s military, often as proxies for their parents, and held in prison facilities where there is systematic torture, UN investigators have warned.
The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, which was set up to document and share evidence of abuse with national, regional and international courts, said in a report that the “frequency and brutality” of atrocities inside the country had continued to escalate, more than four years after the military seized power in a coup in February 2021.
Continue reading...Gaza malnutrition death toll rises as Israeli attacks kill at least 67
Israel is accused of attacking safe zones and rescue workers while blocking the entry of food items into Gaza.
Israel bombards Gaza City as UK and allies demand action against ‘unfolding famine’
The countries demanded "immediate, permanent and concrete steps" to facilitate the entry of aid to Gaza.
Sea of Galilee Turns Blood Red – Does it Explain the Biblical Plague? – Ancient Origins
- Sea of Galilee Turns Blood Red - Does it Explain the Biblical Plague? Ancient Origins
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South Korea awaits ruling on bid to arrest former first lady
Charges against Kim, punishable by years in prison, range from stock fraud to bribery and illegal influence peddling.
Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt
US medical journal article about 60-year-old with bromism warns against using AI app for health information
A US medical journal has warned against using ChatGPT for health information after a man developed a rare condition following an interaction with the chatbot about removing table salt from his diet.
An article in the Annals of Internal Medicine reported a case in which a 60-year-old man developed bromism, also known as bromide toxicity, after consulting ChatGPT.
Continue reading...UK visa services firm sues ex-boss for £6m over alleged improper use of profits
Exclusive: Ecctis alleges Cloud Bai-Yun used profits from government contract to buy out her shares in breach of fiduciary duty
The company that runs visa services for the UK government is suing its former chief executive for £6m over her alleged improper use of profits earned during a period of record immigration.
Cloud Bai-Yun, who once represented the UK on an international ethics and fraud advisory body, is accused by Ecctis of a breach of fiduciary duty, according to court filings.
Continue reading...Conservatives not close to recognising ‘how badly placed they are’, says Gauke
Former minister says Tories are ignoring heartland voters and risk losing ground to Reform in next election
The Conservatives are “not close to recognising” how badly they are positioned for the next election, the former cabinet minister David Gauke has said.
Gauke, a former justice secretary who also worked in the Treasury under George Osborne, said many in the party were not willing to fully repudiate Liz Truss and Boris Johnson.
Continue reading...Trump extends China tariff deadline for the second time. What does it mean?
US president extends deadline on higher Chinese tariffs hours before agreement was due to expire.