Australian has died of heart complications after hip surgery, church leaders confirm Obituary: Australia’s most powerful Catholic was dogged by scandal Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most senior […]
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The scandal-plagued awards ceremony returns after a year of laying low with The Fabelmans, Everything Everywhere All at Once and The White Lotus set to lead I made a perhaps foolish attempt to predict what will or won’t win the major film awards tonight (along with what should) and you […]
PM accused of wasting taxpayers’ money with ‘extravagant’ flight rather than taking the train Rishi Sunak has been accused of undermining the government’s green credentials and wasting taxpayers’ money after it emerged he travelled from London to Leeds on a 14-seat RAF jet. Sunak used the jet to travel 200 […]
Unions react furiously to proposed legislation for Wales, England and Scotland they say will allow ministers to ban strikes The government’s standoff with public sector workers has escalated with plans for a coordinated “day of action” by unions, who have reacted furiously to proposed legislation they say could let ministers […]
Army and riot police clear Bolsonaro supporters from Brasília as US, Mexico and Canada say they ‘stand by’ democratic institutions The far-right storming of Brazil’s supreme court, congress and presidential palace was a “grotesque and failed assault” on its institutions, said the country’s ambassador to the UK, as troops moved […]
In US interview to promote book, Duke of Sussex also points finger at Camilla but says she is not an ‘evil stepmother’ Prince Harry has described how he “can’t ever get out” of the royal family, but he does not believe it will ever be possible for him and the […]
Boeing 747 used in mission from Cornwall successfully released rocket before ‘anomaly’ was reported A historic space mission that took off from Cornwall has ended in bitter disappointment after a rocket carrying the first satellites launched from British soil failed to reach orbit and was lost. To whoops and cheers […]
Cross-party committee agrees with findings of Kathryn Stone that Conservative MP breached rules on multiple occasions The Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen has been suspended from the House of Commons for five days after being found to have breached rules on paid lobbying and declaring interests. The MP for north-west Leicestershire […]
PM changes tack to allow negotiations on wages but unions remain frustrated at lack of clear offer UK politics live – latest news updates Strikes by paramedics and nurses will go ahead from this week despite Rishi Sunak’s major U-turn on allowing new pay negotiations, with unions frustrated at ministers […]
Congress, supreme court and presidential palace reportedly secured following attack being compared to 6 January invasion of the US Capitol Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s presidential palace and supreme court Hi, I’m the Guardian’s world news liveblogger, Helen Sullivan, and I’ll be taking on this live coverage of the protests […]