Fifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one United Nations employee, were killed by Israeli forces “one by one” and buried in a mass grave eight days ago in southern Gaza, the UN has said. According to the UN humanitarian affairs office (Ocha), the Palestinian Red Crescent and civil defence workers were on … Read more
Labor has ticked ahead of the Coalition on a two-party plus basis in the first Guardian Essential poll of the election period, as Anthony Albanese turns the blowtorch on Peter Dutton in the opening days of the campaign. Essential’s “2PP+” measure, which allows voters to remain undecided, put Labor ahead 48% to 47%, with 5% … Read more
National home prices in March hit a new peak for 2025 as February’s rate cut reignited buyer demand, according to separate reports from Australia’s leading property analytics companies. Property values increased 0.4% over the month – the second consecutive month of growth in the national index, CoreLogic reported, after a brief three-month decline where values … Read more
It will be tough to attract international research talent if prestigious Australian Research Council fellowships are axed under proposed changes, researchers say, with lack of funding making the nation not “match fit” to take on Trump-led uncertainty. The overhaul proposed axing most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships that are “embedded” into projects. It … Read more
Donald Trump has described members of a pro-Palestine group accused of vandalising his Turnberry golf resort as “terrorists”. The clubhouse at the five-star resort on the west coast of Scotland was graffitied earlier this month and the course was dug up and painted with the words “Gaza is not 4 sale”. In a post on … Read more
Adolescence’s stratospheric success has catapulted its young cast of unknown actors into the limelight. Reams of headlines have suggested that they have come from nowhere – yet the grassroots regional drama schools that trained them say this overlooks their hard work. To find undiscovered talent for the show, Adolescence’s casting director, Shaheen Baig, visited two … Read more
A mother has been charged and will face court in a bedside hearing after she allegedly attacked her three children as they slept, stabbing them multiple times in the family home. The 47-year-old woman is under police guard in hospital on suspicion she was trying to kill the children – aged 10, 13 and 16 … Read more
Officials in France and Belgium have hit back at American efforts to impose Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity measures on Europe, which in the US has seen Disney put under investigation. Several companies across the EU have in recent days reportedly received letters informing them that the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion … Read more
UK savers would have up to £110,000 of their deposits protected if their bank or building society goes bust under proposals put forward by the Bank of England. The plan, put forward by the central bank on Monday, represents a near-30% hike from the current limit of £85,000, and would mark the first substantial change … Read more
Donald Trump’s push to repurpose the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amid funding cuts and staffing losses poses a huge threat to water safety and environmental advances in one of the big environmental success stories in the US in recent decades: the clean-up of the Hudson River. Once a byword for environmental degradation, the Hudson … Read more