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Australian BTS fans blast Ticketmaster’s ‘predatory’ tactic of hiding price until tickets go on sale
Consumer think-tank says K-pop fans should know the prices before being sent into a ‘high-pressure sales funnel’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustrali…
Dissident detained in South Korea after fleeing China in rubber boat
Dong Guangping has tried to escape on several previous occasions after been jailed for his activism in ChinaA Chinese dissident has washed up on the shores of South Korea after at…
Minister rejects Blair intervention, accusing ex-PM of retreading old arguments – UK politics live
Tony Blair has accused Starmer, Burnham and Streeting of putting Labour’s future at risk amid leadership speculationGood morning. Labour is in the midst of ‘phoney war’ leadership…
Middle East crisis live: Lebanon hit by one of the heaviest days of Israeli bombing in weeks
Strikes further strain supposed ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, and came as Iran said US had violated separate truceThe continuing US-Israel war on Iran has compounded oth…
UK nurses and midwives who should have been banned have worked for last 12 years
Exclusive: Nursing and Midwifery Council admits it did not carry out checks on professionals who broke the lawNurses and midwives who should have been banned from treating patient…
‘It’s getting hotter and it’s not stopping’: dealing with the heat in five of Europe’s capitals
Tourists and locals in Madrid, Paris, London, Dublin and Berlin share their experiences of the unseasonable May temperaturesIn recent days across parts of Europe, temperatures hav…
Amanda Rishworth says jobseekers will no longer be forced to submit ‘endless’ pointless job applications
Welfare advocates say that while the reforms are a step in the right direction, the privatised employment services model has failed and should be torn upGet our breaking news emai…
Gina Rinehart bankrolls purchase of 10% stake in Seven network owner Southern Cross Media
The $26m deal involving media executive Bruce McWilliam signifies return to media business for mining billionaire after previous holdings in Fairfax and TenFollow our Australia ne…
BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise
Head of BHP’s WA iron ore operations unable to give firm timeline for replacing diesel trucks as leaked documents reveal decarbonisation delayRead more from the BHP files investig…
Energy price cap in Great Britain to rise by 13% from July
Average gas and electricity bill to jump to £1,862 a year from July until end of September, in part because of Iran warHouseholds will face the steepest summer rise in energy char…
Nearly in one in five UK girls receive unwanted images online, poll finds
Barnardo’s says survey shows online abuse and harassment becoming ‘part of background noise of growing up’Nearly one in five girls in the UK receive persistent, unwanted images on…
Kiln-free recycled tile startup agrees pilot deal with major UK supplier
Dekiln to scale up its low-carbon technology with Johnson Tiles, in boost for struggling British ceramics industryA Manchester-based startup that makes ceramic-like tiles from was…
Police were outgunned during Bondi beach massacre due to lack of long-arm rifles, royal commission hears
Officers were ‘placed at significant risk, being in a gunfight armed with 9mm Glocks against long-arms’, NSW police deputy commissioner saysFollow our Australia news live blog for…
Iceland’s foreign minister fears ‘Brexit moment’ in EU accession referendum
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir accuses opponents of fearmongering amid warnings over misinformation and AIIceland’s foreign minister has said she fears her country faces a “Brexit…
Storied New York food co-op votes to boycott Israeli products after contentious campaign
The Park Slope Food Coop boycott vote follows tensions and rifts among members and larger communityMembers of a storied food co-operative in Brooklyn have voted to boycott about a…
One person killed in latest US military strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific
Nearly 200 people killed in Trump administration’s deadly campaign as strikes draw widespread condemnationThe US military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of …
Veteran Texas congressman Al Green beaten in Democratic primary runoff
Christian Menefee wins 18th district race after Republican gerrymandering carved up Green’s reliably Democratic seatChristian Menefee, a freshman Democratic US representative, bea…
Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in heated Texas primary after scandal-plagued campaign
Race had wide implications for Trump’s strength heading into midterms, where Paxton will face Democratic candidate James TalaricoKen Paxton, the Donald Trump-backed Texas attorney…
‘Makes no sense’: experts doubt pause in US arms sale to Taiwan is due to Iran war
While approval is due soon for $14bn deal, actual deliveries to Taiwan are years away – making ‘Operation Epic Fury’ in the Gulf an unlikely causeThe Trump administration’s war ag…
Australia politics live: Hume accuses Labor of planning to ‘ram’ tax changes through Senate with help of Greens
Deputy Liberal leader says government should allow CGT changes to be scrutinised through a Senate inquiry. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily n…
Most polls close in Texas as Trump-backed Ken Paxton looks to win Republican runoff against incumbent US senator John Cornyn – live
Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, takes on four-term John Cornyn on Tuesday in a primary that tests Trump’s grip on the Republican partyAmerica’s ugliest primary? Texas Republic…
One person killed and at least nine injured in implosion at Washington state packaging plant
According to the fire department, incident occurred when a tank containing white liquor, a chemical solution, rupturedSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe implosio…
UFC arena under construction on White House lawn to mark Trump’s 80th birthday
The venue is expected to host a mixed martial arts fight on 14 June to also mark the US’s 250th anniversarySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailConstruction is under w…
Russia is targeting UK’s infrastructure and democracy, GCHQ head to say
Anne Keast-Butler will also warn of narrowing window to stay ahead of China in ‘new era of radical uncertainty’Russia is relentlessly targeting Britain’s infrastructure and democr…
Clarence B Jones, who helped MLK write ‘I have a dream’ speech, dies at 95
Attorney, speechwriter and confidante of King was involved in some of US civil rights movement’s key momentsClarence B Jones, a former speechwriter and confidant of Martin Luther …
Jury seated as US trial of Catholic priest accused of sexual assault begins
Anthony Odiong, charged with sexually abusing three female congregants in Texas, could face life sentenceA jury of eight women and four men was seated on Tuesday in the criminal t…
Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next electionAnalysis: Tony Blair’s essay on Labour fai…
Tony Blair’s essay on Labour failings gets full marks for being unhelpful
Intervention by former PM almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his partyTony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to TrumpDid Tony Bla…
Seven heat-related deaths in France as May records set in several countries
Extreme early summer event across western Europe also brings highest temperatures for month in UK and IrelandSeven people have died in France in an extreme early summer heat event…
Middle East crisis: Iran’s foreign ministry says US broke ceasefire with overnight strikes – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For the latest, read our full report:Iran remains in peace talks despite first US strikes since ceasefireIranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said…