More heavy rain has hit Queensland, Australia, just weeks after the devastation of Cyclone Alfred. Much of north and central Queensland was put under severe weather alert for heavy rainfall earlier this week, as six-hourly rainfall totals of 30-60mm were anticipated, with risk of seeing a total of up to 120mm locally in this time … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature In Thailand, there were no immediate reports of casualties and Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra called an emergency meeting to assess the impact of the quake. Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention said the quake was felt in almost all regions of the … Read more
A pilot has been left with serious injuries after losing control of their plane during an aerobatics display at the Avalon Airshow and crashed into the tarmac. Victoria police said the incident occurred on Friday at about 5.15pm on the first day of the Avalon Airshow. Police said emergency services were called to Avalon airport … Read more
An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 has struck Myanmar, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, causing hundreds of people to pour out of swaying buildings in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand 1,400km away. USGS said the quake on Friday was shallow, at a depth of just 10km (six miles) with the epicentre near the … Read more
Good morning. More than 170 journalists have been killed in Gaza since 2023, with some estimates putting the toll as high as 206. It is the deadliest conflict for media workers in recent history. In a sobering report, Thaslima Begum gathered some of their stories. And attacks on journalists worldwide are on the rise, with … Read more
Medieval treatments might make you question the sanity of the doctors of the day, but a new exhibition is set to take visitors inside the minds of such medics and reveal the method behind what can seem like madness. Curious Cures, opening on Saturday at Cambridge University Library, is the culmination of a project to … Read more
The Olympic skier Berkin Usta and his father have died in a fire at a shut-down ski resort in Turkey. Berkin, 24, and his father, Yahya, 57, were killed after a blaze broke out on Thursday at the Kervansaray hotel in the country’s north-west. Berkin represented Turkey at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, finishing 43rd … Read more
As Donald Trump and his top officials scrabble to respond to the Signal leak scandal, Jonathan Freedland and the New Yorker’s Susan Glasser discuss the fallout of this security breach, and why the US president is attacking the media instead of the people who let a journalist read potentially classified material
The government has put improving the NHS at the heart of its plans, but will it be able to deliver on its promises? And how long could it take to turn the health service around? Pippa Crerar asked health secretary Wes Streeting at a special Guardian Live event. In a wide-ranging discussion, he also took … Read more
The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has met with the Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos, in Manila saying the two countries must stand “shoulder to shoulder” in the face of the threat represented by China. Hegseth’s meeting at the presidential palace comes as he opens a tour of Pacific allies that risks being overshadowed by a … Read more