64 m. ago Teenager who murdered Briton Emma Lovell in Queensland home invasion has sentence reduced on appeal

Queensland attorney general says she is considering high court challenge to the decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager who murdered a British woman during a home invasion in Queensland has had his time in detention reduced by almost 18 months on appeal.But Queensland’s attorney general says she will consider a high court challenge to the decision. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Pensioners could be set for a £500 boost to state pension next year

The state pension is set to increase thanks to official guarantees on future payments

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75 m. ago UK weather maps show temperatures set to plunge to 4C for Brits this August

The latest weather maps show the exact date that temperatures will plummet across the UK, with some parts of the country set to see lows of 4C in just a couple of weeks

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1 hour ago Major police update after teen vanished on holiday and sent mum chilling text

Giovanni Pelletier, 18, was found dead in a Florida pond a week after he went missing, following a family vacation during which he allegedly smoked marijuana with cousins

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3 h. ago ‘Historical amnesia’: Indonesia’s fight over plan to amend history books

Anger the controversial plan coincides with anime flag movement, seen as a critique on the decline of democratic freedoms under President PrabowoIndonesia has delayed plans to publish a set of controversial history books amid backlash from historians and activists who have accused the project of being an attempt to downplay past atrocities, and represents “historical amnesia”.In May Indonesia’s culture minister Fadli Zon announced the planned release of a 10-volume “official history” project. The set of new books would remove colonial bias, feature updated research, promote national pride and have a “positive” tone, he said. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Man Utd transfer news: Rasmus Hojlund set for exit as Red Devils in midfielder talks

Manchester United have just a few weeks remaining to get their summer business sorted and it appears that a few deals could be confirmed sooner rather than later

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4 h. ago Eighty years after Victory in the Pacific Day, Ron – now 101 – remembers a slightly lonely celebration

Ron Gee Kee was a naval coder in Darwin when news came on 15 August 1945 that Japan had surrendered to the allies Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Chifley called it a “glorious moment”. On 15 August 1945 half a million people poured on to the streets of Sydney to celebrate the end of six years of war.News spread quickly after Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan had accepted the allies’ demand for unconditional surrender. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Price of 'King Kong' fat jab to soar by 170% in UK to just shy of a bloated £4K per year

Eli Lilly is sharply increasing the UK price of its weight-loss and diabetes drug Mounjaro, with the cost of some doses set to rise by as much as 170 percent from September.

Economics

6 h. ago Night Always Comes review – Vanessa Kirby gets lost in poverty thriller

A woman is forced to take extreme measures to save her family home in an initially stressful yet ultimately meandering Netflix dramaThere’s been a recent overkill of stories told about the super-rich, glossy films and shows set in ostentatious houses filled with characters as superficially on trend as they are painfully out of touch. It felt like needed escapism as we crawled out of the very worst of the pandemic, with The White Lotus, Triangle of Sadness, The Menu and Glass Onion all hitting a sweet spot, but it’s grown rather tiring, as Sirens, The Better Sister and Your Friends and Neighbors have felt less eat the rich and more what if we just admired their kitchens instead.It’s become especially uninteresting as the gap between the uber-wealthy and the rest of us has widened, food prices up and empathy down. That particular anger pulses through Night Always Comes, a well-intentioned yet often inert Netflix drama based on the 2021 novel by Willy Vlautin. It’s told over one awful ...

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6 h. ago Sydney restaurant faces human rights complaint after temporarily denying entry to people wearing keffiyehs

Exclusive: Racial Justice Centre to file Australian Human Rights Commission complaint against Merivale restaurant Jimmy’s FalafelGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Racial Justice Centre is preparing to file a group complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission after a Sydney restaurant denied dine-in service to people wearing Palestinian keffiyehs during a 20-minute period last weekend.The legal centre will file the complaint to Australia’s national anti-discrimination body on behalf of six Palestinian complainants, regarding an incident that took place on 3 August at Merivale-owned Jimmy’s Falafel in the Sydney CBD after the Sydney Harbour Bridge march, first reported by the Sydney Morning Herald. Continue reading...

Society

6 h. ago When is Lilo and Stitch out on Disney Plus? Release date confirmed for streaming

The Disney+ release date for Lilo and Stitch has been confirmed 😍

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6 h. ago Victim of catfish predator Max Hollingsbee: ‘I will always be angry at him for taking my innocence away’

Hollingsbee was sentenced in May to five years and two months after admitting child sexual abuse crimes against girls

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6 h. ago UK on 'high alert' as country's most dangerous spider set to invade homes

The UK is on high alert as the country's most dangerous spider is set to invade homes. Six areas of the UK are on high alert as the venomous spiders begin to invade homes this August

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6 h. ago Chelsea set to receive £3.75m transfer windfall as they eye three more big signings

Chelsea have been one of the Premier League's busiest clubs in the summer transfer window, making a total of eight new signings, and the Blues are now set to bank millions of pounds

Economics

7 h. ago Kieron Bowie is Hibs star man as blunder keeper redeems himself to put club on cusp of history

The Hibees survived a nervy fightback from Partizan Belgrade to set up a playoff with Legia Warsaw

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7 h. ago Arne Slot insists Florian Wirtz must reach Salah’s level to meet Liverpool expectations

German has to stay fit like Salah, says SlotGiovanni Leoni moves summer spend past £300mArne Slot has said Florian Wirtz must reach the standards set by Mohamed Salah to realise Liverpool’s ­expectations of their new record signing.Wirtz will make his Premier League debut when the champions open the season at home to Bournemouth on Friday. Slot said the Germany international’s “adjustment went better than expected, and we already expected a lot”, but admitted a more accurate gauge would take time. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Green leadership hopefuls set out fight for frustrated Labour supporters’ votes

Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns face Zack Polanski in the Green Party leadership contest.

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7 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star George Clarke reveals he's dating a stunning lingerie model just hours before signing up to BBC show

Fans claimed on Reddit that the YouTuber, 25, confirmed he was dating lingerie model Yasmin Amelia during a live stream on social media.

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8 h. ago Thousands of users’ personal data — including their IDs — were leaked from a popular male revenge dating app

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

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8 h. ago Alejandro Garnacho reaches 'transfer agreement' as Man Utd star closes in on exit

Alejandro Garnacho has agreed personal terms with Chelsea, according to GiveMeSport, as the forward looks set to leave Old Trafford for their Premier League rivals

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