In 2028, Dunedin will see its first total solar eclipse since 1163, and New Zealandโs first since 19065. Photograph: Hรฉctor Vivas/Getty Images View image in fullscreen In 2028, Dunedin will see its first total solar eclipse since 1163, and New Zealandโs first since 19065. Photograph: Hรฉctor Vivas/Geโฆ
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Police work the scene of an early morning shooting outside the US consulate in Toronto on 27 July 2026. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Police work the scene of an early morning shooting outside the US consulate in Toronto on 27 July 2026. Photograph: Canadian Press/โฆ
Lev Lakshtanov, left, and Igor Ratchin, second left, who have been sentenced to eight and 11 years respectively, at a hearing in August 2025. Photograph: Ministerio do Interior/Governo de Angola View image in fullscreen Lev Lakshtanov, left, and Igor Ratchin, second left, who have been sentenced to โฆ
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Chelsea look set to complete a free transfer for Brentford midfielder Jordan Henderson (left), with Brighton's Danny Welbeck also emerging as a transfer target By Simon Casson BBC Sport senior journalist Published 46 minutes ago Chelsea are targeting deals fโฆ
By โ William Brangham William Brangham By โ Karina Cuevas Karina Cuevas Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/cyclospora-and-salmonella-outbreaks-raise-concerns-about-u-s-food-safety Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Trโฆ
Isabel Rose, 26, travelled to Hong Kong after meeting the man on holiday in Thailand. Photograph: supplied View image in fullscreen Isabel Rose, 26, travelled to Hong Kong after meeting the man on holiday in Thailand. Photograph: supplied British woman jailed in Hong Kong for blackmail after accusinโฆ
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Jack Draper has only played 13 matches this season and dropped out of the world's top 100 By Jonathan Jurejko BBC Sport tennis news reporter Published 9 hours ago Former British number one Jack Draper has withdrawn on the eve of another tournament because ofโฆ
By Orla Guerin Senior international correspondent, in Ecuador In the Ecuadoran city of Durรยกn, riddled with drugs and rival gangs, Police Captain Jean Carlos Bustamante knows exactly what he is up against รขยย not just the criminals who kill and sometimes dismember their rivals, but also the enemy wiโฆ
Investigators at the site of the incident near Porte de Clichy in Paris. Photograph: Abdul Saboor/Reuters View image in fullscreen Investigators at the site of the incident near Porte de Clichy in Paris. Photograph: Abdul Saboor/Reuters Off-duty police officer detains man who attacked three women wiโฆ
Evacuees at the exhibition centre in Bordeaux. Photograph: Manon Cruz/Reuters View image in fullscreen Evacuees at the exhibition centre in Bordeaux. Photograph: Manon Cruz/Reuters โIt felt like being in a disaster movieโ: uncertainty after evacuation from Franceโs Gironde wildfire Residents describโฆ
Published 28 July 2026, 00:59 BST Updated 1 hour ago Image caption, Wildfires raging through France and Spain lead the front pages of several papers. "Race against time" says the i Paper, next to a photo of a French firefighter standing in front of a burning row of trees and tall grass. French Presiโฆ
Siraz Ullah, centre, clung on to a dream of being a professional football player. View image in fullscreen Siraz Ullah, centre, clung on to a dream of being a professional football player. Family of missing Rohingya footballer fear he is among 500 believed dead in Myanmar shipwrecks โI canโt toleratโฆ
Food distribution under way at Potome primary school, Lodiko, watched by Sam Engola, Ugandaโs minister for disaster preparedness. Photograph: Prime minister's office, Uganda View image in fullscreen Food distribution under way at Potome primary school, Lodiko, watched by Sam Engola, Ugandaโs ministeโฆ
Episode details World Service , ยท 22 Jul 2026 , ยท 27 mins Is the Iran war back on? The Global Story Play Bookmark Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe Available for over a year The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth faced senators on Tuesday as the White House asked for tens of billions of dollars more to heโฆ
Image source, ITV/Shutterstock Image caption, For the first time in the history of the UK series, only three couples were in the final By Naomi Clarke BBC Newsbeat Published 8 hours ago This article contains spoilers for the Love Island final. Julia Majchrzak and Lorenzo Alessi have been crowned theโฆ
Image source, Reuters Image caption, President Trump said "good talks" were taking place By Jaroslav Lukiv Published 9 hours ago US President Donald Trump has said "there are very friendly negotiations going on" about the conflict with Iran, after the warring sides did not exchange strikes for a thiโฆ
By โ Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ice-extends-no-bid-contract-for-major-detention-center-in-texas-rejecting-calls-for-closure Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Sโฆ
By โ Nick Schifrin Nick Schifrin By โ Veronica Vela Veronica Vela Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/u-s-air-defense-supply-shrinks-during-iran-war-leaving-experts-concerned Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcriโฆ
Grimson has been found guilty of a string of sexual offences. He had been nearing release after being jailed in 2001 for two murders. Photograph: PA View image in fullscreen Grimson has been found guilty of a string of sexual offences. He had been nearing release after being jailed in 2001 for two mโฆ
Victoriaโs deputy premier, Ben Carroll, is eyeing the state Labor leadership after 14 years in parliament. Photograph: Luis Ascui/AAP View image in fullscreen Victoriaโs deputy premier, Ben Carroll, is eyeing the state Labor leadership after 14 years in parliament. Photograph: Luis Ascui/AAP Who is โฆ
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Joe Gomez was forced off injured in Liverpool's first game under Andoni Iraola By Aadam Patel Football reporter in New York City Published 27 July 2026 Two centre-backs caught the eye of Liverpool 's scouting department at the U17 World Cup in Qatar last Novโฆ
Image source, Getty Images By Jennifer McKiernan ,ร Political reporter ร and ร Scott Duffield ,ร Political reporter Published 27 July 2026 Reform UK have reported Green Party leader Zack Polanski to the police, after he shared an Instagram post including a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the โฆ
The former West Virginia senator was a lifelong Democrat before deciding to register as an independent two years ago. He now wants to create similar pathways for other politicians in both parties.
A child looks through a covering made from blankets at a tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis last week. Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters View image in fullscreen A child looks through a covering made from blankets at a tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younisโฆ
Image source, Getty Images By Osmond Chia Business reporter Published 28 July 2026, 02:24 BST Updated 4 hours ago Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has offered to pay as much as $5.5bn (รยฃ4.14bn) to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits in the US alleging that its baby powder and other products containing talโฆ
Labor MPs endorsed Ben Carroll to become the next Victorian premier following the resignation of Jacinta Allan. Photograph: James Ross/AAP View image in fullscreen Labor MPs endorsed Ben Carroll to become the next Victorian premier following the resignation of Jacinta Allan. Photograph: James Ross/AAP Ben Carroll announces royal commission into construction sector as first act as new premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan steps down from top job before expected spill, saying her deputy has her โunqualified supportโ Live updates: Jacinta Allan quits as premier of Victoria Who is Ben Carroll? Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Ben Carroll has been sworn in as the premier of Victoria after Jacinta Allan resigned, with his first act as leader to announce a royal commission into alleged corruption in the construction sector. Carrollโs elevation comes just four months before the state election and follows a tumultuous 48 hours for Labor, during which Allan resigned and a surprise challenger emerged in the leadership contest. Flanked by the new deputy leader, the transport infrastructure minister, Gabrielle Williams, Carroll on Tuesday afternoon announced a royal commission into the construction sector, as well as plans to create the role of a special prosecutor who would work alongside the commission. He said he would also give the stateโs anti-corruption watchdog follow-the-dollar powers to investigate the spending of public money by private contractors and subcontractors โnow, this termโ. Allan had previously committed to introducing such laws only after the November election. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email Carroll, who at a press conference in June looked Allan in the eye and declared he would not challenge her, said โcircumstances had changedโ. โYesterday morning, I was approached by a delegation who asked me to stand for leader. This delegation had already visited the premier and informed her that they wanted change. Iโm going to be that change,โ he said. While Carroll thanked Allan for her service to the Labor party and Victoria, he sought to differentiate himself from her and her predecessor and ally, Daniel Andrews. โLet me make one thing very clear: I am not Daniel Andrews. I am not Jacinta Allan ,โ he said. โI will do things differently because different times require a new approach.โ Carroll said his government would โfocus on the basicsโ, including providing families with good services, giving police the โsupport they need to fight crimeโ and spending every taxpayer dollar with โrespectโ. Who is Ben Carroll, the man who wants to be Victoriaโs next premier? Read more Williams, who was among a key group of ministers and MPs who on Monday told Allan she no longer had the support of caucus and urged her to stand down, told reporters it became โabundantly clearโ over the winter break that the party needed a reset to better align with community expectations. Allan had vowed to contest a leadership ballot on Mon
By โ Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press By โ Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-demands-senate-cancel-august-break-until-it-passes-the-save-ameriโฆ
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Image source, Humberside Police Image caption, A five-day sentencing hearing has begun to hear details of the "horror scene" at Robert Bush's funeral parlour in Hull By Pritti Mistry ร and ร Linsey Smith ,ร East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Published 27 July 2026 A funeral director who failed to bury โฆ
By โ Zeba Warsi Zeba Warsi Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/indias-youth-led-cockroach-protests-expose-cracks-in-modis-government Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio What started as outrage over leakโฆ
A Philippines Jeepney driver refuels his vehicle in Manila. The Houthis have blocked a crucial Red Sea shipping route that will cause fresh energy headaches for Asian economies. Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen A Philippines Jeepney driver refuels his vehicle in Manilโฆ
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Cameron Norrie is 39th in the ATP rankings, the first time he has been outside the top 30 this year By Elizabeth Botcherby BBC Sport journalist Published 9 minutes ago British number two Cameron Norrie ended a six-match losing streak with a 6-4-6-1 win over โฆ
Smoke rises from wildfire near Quesnel in British Columbia thought to have been started by a lightning strike. Photograph: BC Wildfire Service/Reuters View image in fullscreen Smoke rises from wildfire near Quesnel in British Columbia thought to have been started by a lightning strike. Photograph: Bโฆ
Image source, Lizzy Smith Image caption, Lizzy Smith says she used to see her difficulty with relationships as "completely unsolvable" By Josh Elgin Published 6 hours ago For Lizzy, relationships always seemed to end the same way. "I would get to a second or third date and find something wrong with โฆ
Betye Saar on her patio at home in Los Angeles in this 2016 picture. Photograph: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/AP View image in fullscreen Betye Saar on her patio at home in Los Angeles in this 2016 picture. Photograph: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/AP Betye Saar, pioneering figure of Black arts mโฆ
Cottage pie sales have soared 110% at Waitrose in the last month. Photograph: Tim Hill/Alamy View image in fullscreen Cottage pie sales have soared 110% at Waitrose in the last month. Photograph: Tim Hill/Alamy Cottage pie and glass of red, anyone? Britons shun salad despite heat in โreverse comfortโฆ
Image source, PA Media Image caption, Ramsay-Peaty finished 0.44 seconds behind Australia's Williamson, who won in 26.50 seconds as South Africa's Michael Houlie took silver By Matthew Henry BBC Sport Journalist in Glasgow Published 27 July 2026 Adam Ramsay-Peaty said "nothing makes sense" after he โฆ
Image source, AFP via Getty Images By Osmond Chia Business reporter Published 28 July 2026, 04:49 BST Updated 33 minutes ago Shares in major chip firms have fallen sharply in the US and Asia as a sell-off in artificial intelligence-related stocks deepened. Trading on South Korea's benchmark Kospi inโฆ
The Origin Energy data hack affected 900,000 former and current customers. Photograph: Jay Kogler/AAP View image in fullscreen The Origin Energy data hack affected 900,000 former and current customers. Photograph: Jay Kogler/AAP About 900,000 Origin Energy customers affected by hack as company admitโฆ
Vessels in the strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. Photograph: Razieh Poudat/ISNA/Reuters View image in fullscreen Vessels in the strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran. Photograph: Razieh Poudat/ISNA/Reuters Trump warns of return to โstrong military actionโ if Iranโฆ
Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.
Narendra Modi has never been challenged so publicly and so widely. Photograph: Altaf Hussain/Reuters View image in fullscreen Narendra Modi has never been challenged so publicly and so widely. Photograph: Altaf Hussain/Reuters Monday briefing: โHow the Cockroach โprotests โhave exposeโd the โcracks โฆ
Baltimore is rethinking what it means to call 911, and who responds. Callers who don't need police will get help finding social services and healthcare before they actually fall into crisis.
Image source, South China Morning Post via Getty Images Image caption, Wu Chi-wai, the leader of the now-defunct Democratic Party, was a key pro-democracy figure in Hong Kong By Gemini Cheng ,ร BBC Chinese ร and ร Koh Ewe Published 45 minutes ago Former Hong Kong opposition leader Wu Chi-wai has beeโฆ
Image source, Getty Images By Max Matza Published 28 July 2026, 04:13 BST Updated 3 hours ago Audio recordings that Joe Biden fought for years to keep private - in which he acknowledges possessing classified material after leaving office as US vice-president - have been released by Republicans in Coโฆ
Image source, Richard Baker / Getty Images By Helen Willetts Lead Weather Presenter Published 5 hours ago A fourth heatwave of the year is now under way for parts of the UK, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s Celsius later this week. This latest spell of heatwave threshold-level teโฆ
Fans celebrate outside Croke park stadium after Mayo beat Kerry in the 138th all-Ireland final. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA View image in fullscreen Fans celebrate outside Croke park stadium after Mayo beat Kerry in the 138th all-Ireland final. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Mayo beat 75-year-old โcuโฆ
South Asia's leaders have long boasted about their demographic dividend. But the region's young people are turning it into a political reckoning.
Image source, Chinese state media Image caption, Screenshot shows Chinese state media debunking AI content By Stephen McDonell China correspondent Published 7 hours ago As China deals with the fallout of Typhoon Noul that made landfall over the weekend, officials will be painfully aware that they wiโฆ
Sen. Rand Paul has released a tranche of Dr. Anthony Fauci's diary entries from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci is set to appear before a Senate committee Wednesday on the origins of the coronavirus.
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janata party's ongoing protest movement in Mumbai, India on Thursday. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP View image in fullscreen Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding educational refโฆ
Ben Carroll is speaking now, alongside his new deputy premier, Gabrielle Williams . He said his first action as premier will be to call a royal commission into the construction sector. Carroll said he would also establish a special prosecutor to work in parallel with the royal commission. He added: โฆ
A mass shooting at a Seattle festival has left three people dead. And, the U.S. and Iran have been exchanging diplomatic messages after nearly tw weeks of intense fighting.
Australian foreign minister Penny Wong met with her Chinese counterpart on Tuesday night on the sidelines of the Asean summit. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP View image in fullscreen Australian foreign minister Penny Wong met with her Chinese counterpart on Tuesday night on the sidelines of the Asean suโฆ
A patient with Ebola receives medical care at the Rwampara Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Ituri, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, earlier in July. Photograph: Benediction Murhabazi/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen A patient with Ebola receives medical care at the Rwampara Ebola trโฆ
Supporters of India's Cockroach Janata party in Delhi celebrate after the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters View image in fullscreen Supporters of India's Cockroach Janata party in Delhi celebrate after the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuโฆ
French President Emmanuel Macron said France was "facing a completely unprecedented fire," describing the situation as France's worst fire-related crisis since World War II.
Many train drivers resort to urinating in bottles or defecating in the cabs. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Many train drivers resort to urinating in bottles or defecating in the cabs. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian Train drivers in Great Britain โฆ
A wildfire burns near Cestas in Gironde province in south-west France. Photograph: Julien Soulard/EPA View image in fullscreen A wildfire burns near Cestas in Gironde province in south-west France. Photograph: Julien Soulard/EPA France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave bโฆ
Asked by a reporter if he is frustrated with Pete Hegseth โs advice on Iran early on in the war, Trump expressed confidence in his defense secretary and said he thinks his Hegseth โhas done a great jobโ. Trump has said that Hegseth and others led him to believe that Iran was actively preparing to atโฆ
Loubeau allegedly attacked women in UK over a four-month period in what US prosecutors called a โfrighteningโ pattern. Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty View image in fullscreen Loubeau allegedly attacked women in UK over a four-month period in what US prosecutors called a โfrighteningโ pattern. Iโฆ
Soldiers of the British army training unit in Kenya (BATUK) with troops from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) on a training exercise on the Laikipia plateau. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty View image in fullscreen Soldiers of the British army training unit in Kenya (BATUK) with troops from the Kenโฆ
In southern France, a wildfire in the region of Gironde is still active, while two major fires in central Spain are finally coming under control, ahead of the fourth heat wave of the summer.
The tariff increases will affect Royal Mailโs bulk mail customers such as UK Mail, Whistl and Citipost, which sort and process mail on behalf of big businesses. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA View image in fullscreen The tariff increases will affect Royal Mailโs bulk mail customers such as UK Mail, Whistโฆ
Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battle To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battle Close The BBC's Orla Guerin goes on patrol with Ecuador's police, who are grappโฆ
Angus Taylor allegedly donated to a conservative Liberal group mow being investigated by the NSW anti-corruption watchdog. He is not accused of wrongdoing. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP View image in fullscreen Angus Taylor allegedly donated to a conservative Liberal group mow being investigated byโฆ
By โ Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-urges-supreme-court-to-allow-order-targeting-mail-in-voting-before-midterms Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Shโฆ
Image source, South China Morning Post via Getty Images Image caption, Wu Chi-wai, the leader of the now-defunct Democratic Party, was a key pro-democracy figure in Hong Kong By Gemini Cheng ,ร BBC Chinese ร and ร Koh Ewe Published 1 hour ago Former Hong Kong opposition leader Wu Chi-wai has been alโฆ
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Chelsea look set to complete a รยฃ52m move for Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix, with Brighton's Danny Welbeck also emerging as a transfer target By Simon Casson BBC Sport senior journalist Published 9 minutes ago Chelsea are targeting deals for Maxencโฆ
By Bernd Debusmann Jr White House reporter When US President Donald Trump took the stage earlier this month at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, flanked by the CEOs of some of America's largest defence firms, he had one message in mind: build more weapons, and build them faster. "We haโฆ
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson leaves No 10 Downing Street following the first cabinet meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham By Jennifer McKiernan Political reporter Published 4 hours ago Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed Bridget Philliโฆ
The influx of federal agents into the city last fall led to widespread immigration arrests โ a majority without criminal convictions. President Trump has said he wants to replicate it elsewhere.
In Africa, 66.6% of the population was unable to afford a healthy diet in 2025, more than double the levels in Asia or Latin America and the Caribbean. Photograph: Jasmin Merdan/Alamy View image in fullscreen In Africa, 66.6% of the population was unable to afford a healthy diet in 2025, more than dโฆ
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Lewis Hamilton was given a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane during the Hungarian Grand Prix Published 6 minutes ago McLaren's Lando Norris won the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position, his first victory since becoming world champion. Red Bull'sโฆ
The Cecot prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, where the Venezuelans deported from the US were imprisoned. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images View image in fullscreen The Cecot prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, where the Venezuelans deported from the US were imprisoned. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Imagโฆ
Romesh asks the big question on an epic journey with a host of famous faces.
By โ Scott Bauer, Associated Press Scott Bauer, Associated Press By โ Cybele Mayes-Osterman Cybele Mayes-Osterman Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/wisconsin-tornado-causes-extensive-damage-and-cuts-power-to-thousands-of-homes Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pintโฆ
Cottage pie sales have soared 110% at Waitrose in the last month. Photograph: Tim Hill/Alamy View image in fullscreen Cottage pie sales have soared 110% at Waitrose in the last month. Photograph: Tim Hill/Alamy Cottage pie and glass of red, anyone? Britons shun salad despite heat in โreverse comfortโฆ
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Justin Greaves' figures of 5-27 eclipsed his previous best of 3-39 against Sri Lanka earlier this year By Timothy Abraham BBC Sport Journalist Published 6 hours ago First Test, Tarouba (day three of five) West Indies 311 (Hope 92; Ali 4-50) & 126-7 (Chanderpโฆ
Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battle To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battle Close The BBC's Orla Guerin goes on patrol with Ecuador's police, who are grappโฆ
The spat between the leading prediction market company and a key battleground state could be a glimpse into the next major fight between states and the fast-growing industry.
Hotelier Michael OโHara has given evidence during the Icac Operation Rosny hearings in Sydney. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP View image in fullscreen Hotelier Michael OโHara has given evidence during the Icac Operation Rosny hearings in Sydney. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP Hotelier stopped funding NSW Liberal โReformersโ after deciding Morrison and Perrottet had โgone wokeโ, Icac hears Michael OโHara also tells corruption watchdog he was wrong to support young Liberals alleged to have solicited illegal donations, saying โI made a mistakeโ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A witness who allegedly made prohibited donations to young New South Wales Liberal powerbrokers who planned to move the party to the right has told the corruption watchdog he is now โdisgustedโ by the scheme and โmade a mistakeโ supporting the group. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Tuesday held its second day of Operation Rosny hearings into allegations of corruption against people associated with the NSW Liberal party. In her opening statement on Monday, counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC said evidence would show how a group of young Liberal power brokers known as the โReformersโ allegedly solicited illegal donations to support branch stacking efforts to move the party to the conservative right. In a separate allegation, she said that evidence would show members of the group anticipated receiving $2m from fugitive property developer Jean Nassif in exchange for outcomes sought by him. On Tuesday, hotelier Michael OโHara finished giving evidence to the inquiry . OโHara, prohibited from making political donations because of his involvement in the liquor industry, is alleged to have paid $165,000 to the Reformers between 2018 and 2023. โAfter what I heard yesterday and what I read in the newspapers โฆ I am absolutely astounded by where it all ended up, which I had absolutely no knowledge of. Iโm disgusted,โ he said. OโHara admitted that he had made payments to registered lobbyist Beckington, founded by Reformers member Christian Ellis, and to a company controlled by Jean-Claude Perrottet, the younger brother of former Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet, to support branch-stacking efforts in Liberal branches in NSW, under the guise of financial advice or consulting services. OโHara was asked if he had discussed his donations to the Reformers during phone calls and text messages in September 2021 with now NSW shadow attorney general Damien Tudehope, his former business partner, following concerns OโHara had about an anti-vaccination stance the group had taken. โWell, the records show that Iโve spoken to him โฆ I donโt recall the conversation,โ he said. Asked if the contact would have included concerns about his support for the Reformers, OโHara said: โIt would appear so, yes.โ The inquiry heard OโHara made his final payment in 2023 to the Reformers after coming to believe that the
Image source, Taya Reed Image caption, Taya Reed says she realised she needed to dress to impress for her interviews By Alice Kantor Business reporter Published 7 minutes ago Trying to secure her "dream job" with a fashion company, Taya Reed was highly aware she had to make a good first impression iโฆ
By โ Ali Swenson, Associated Press Ali Swenson, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-decry-a-new-democratic-socialists-of-america-platform-as-dem-primaries-split-the-party Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebโฆ
Image source, Getty Images By Max Matza Published 28 July 2026, 04:13 BST Updated 19 minutes ago Audio recordings that Joe Biden fought for years to keep private - in which he acknowledges possessing classified material after leaving office as US vice-president - have been released by Republicans in Congress. The tapes contain interviews between Biden, now 83, and a ghostwriter working on his 2017 memoir, titled Promise Me, Dad. "I just found all the classified stuff downstairs," Biden is heard saying at one point in the audio, recorded in February 2017, a month after he left the White House. House Republicans and a conservative nonprofit, the Oversight Project, sued for the tapes, which were handed over for a 2024 justice department probe into Biden's handling of the records. Biden's spokesman, TJ Ducklo, said in a statement that releasing the tapes was "just the latest example of this Administration weaponizing the DOJ for political retribution". "It's wrong, and while President Biden disagrees with today's decision, he also respects the courts and the vital role an independent judiciary plays in a healthy democracy," he added. The audio was recorded during the drafting of the 2017 memoir that Biden penned with co-writer Mark Zwonitzer. At one point in the more than two hours of tapes released on Monday, Biden tells the ghostwriter: "The next thing I have here is, um, this is classified." In an October 2016 recording, he tells Zwonitzer: "I have extensive notes over this period of timeรขยยฆ They [the White House] didn't know I have this." At the time, Biden was still serving as vice-president to Barack Obama. During Biden's tenure as president from 2021-25, the justice department declined to release the audio tapes. In May, his personal lawyers sued the justice department in an effort to keep the tapes private, but after legal defeats they dropped their lawsuit. The recordings contain significant redactions, which Republicans on the House Oversight Committee say "are intended to cover [Biden's] disclosure of classified information". In 2024, Special Counsel Robert Hur obtained the recordings and transcripts while investigating Biden's handling of classified documents. Hur found Biden improperly retained records, but he did not recommend charges, partly because of concerns that a jury would take his side and view him as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory". Donald Trump was charged with illegally retaining the documents at his home in Florida, but the charges were dropped after he returned to the White House. Related topics United States Joe Biden US politics More on this story Biden sues US justice department to block release of recordings Published 27 May Five things in the Biden classified documents report Published 9 February 2024 Hur will defend Biden remarks when he faces Congress Published 12 March 2024
By Tom Bennett and the Visual Journalism team Wildfires are tearing through France and Spain, forcing more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes. France has seen its worst fires in two decades, while officials in the Spanish capital Madrid say they are the worst the region has ever experiencedโฆ
By โ Geoff Bennett Geoff Bennett By โ Winston Wilde Winston Wilde Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/3-killed-in-shooting-at-crowded-festival-in-seattle Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio Gunfire erupโฆ
Bangladesh is one of several countries in the region to experience heavy rains and flash floods. Photograph: Rayhan Ahmed/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown By Natasha May and Jonathan Watts โIt rained for โฆ
Houssein Hamze stayed to take care of animals during the 2026 Israel-Hezbollah war, despite the constant risk of death from Israeli drone and airstrikes. In normal times the Mashala shelter founder takes in strays, but in wartime, he is the only lifeline for animals in the area By William Christou iโฆ
The Lovell telescope at the Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire at sunrise. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA View image in fullscreen The Lovell telescope at the Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire at sunrise. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Analysis World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a phโฆ
What you need to know if you're travelling to France or Spain To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played What you need to know if you're travelling to France or Spain Close Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated across France and Spainโฆ
Image source, Getty Images By Branwen Jeffreys ,ร Education Editor ,ร Nathan Standley ,ร Education reporter ร and ร Toby Mann Published 27 July 2026 Updated 10 minutes ago Secondary school pupils in England will be able to study subjects like manufacturing and AI in addition to core academic learninโฆ
Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign rally in Ferndale, Michigan on Saturday. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters View image in fullscreen Abdul El-Sayed at a campaign rally in Ferndale, Michigan on Saturday. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters Michigan progressive Abdul El-Sayed says โogreโ remark not directed aโฆ
The Lovell telescope at the Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire at sunrise. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA View image in fullscreen The Lovell telescope at the Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire at sunrise. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Analysis World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a phโฆ
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Many train drivers resort to urinating in bottles or defecating in the cabs. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Many train drivers resort to urinating in bottles or defecating in the cabs. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian Train drivers in Great Britain โฆ
The cast of the 1997 Australian film The Castle. The film is set to become a new play that will have its premiere in Melbourne in 2027. Photograph: Frontline Television Productions Pty Ltd View image in fullscreen The cast of the 1997 Australian film The Castle. The film is set to become a new play โฆ
Sara Gilson was killed in Owasso, Oklahoma. Police suspect her husband Jeremiah Duffy killed Gilson, then killed himself. Photograph: GoFundMe View image in fullscreen Sara Gilson was killed in Owasso, Oklahoma. Police suspect her husband Jeremiah Duffy killed Gilson, then killed himself. Photographโฆ
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson leaves No 10 Downing Street following the first cabinet meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham By Jennifer McKiernan Political reporter Published 1 minute ago Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed Bridget Phillโฆ
