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Australia news live: Westpac accuses KPMG of ‘drip feeding’ information on alleged leaks; Qantas refunds passengers stranded in Johannesburg for two nights

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-14T00:49:06+00:00

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says gambling inducements are ‘over the top’Albanese said gambling inducements are “over the top and need to be wound back”.Look, we’re working constructively across the parliament to put in place these reforms. They are important.The problem is addiction and when someone has an addiction, if there are inducements that are encouraging that addiction, that’s a bad thing. There’s nothing wrong with people having a punt on a Saturday … the problem is if it’s an addiction.We agreed it was a project that is

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Trump orders Pentagon to scrap modern jet launching tech on new US aircraft carrier and revert to steam catapults – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-14T00:09:38+00:00

President’s desire to revert to old-fashioned system has been an obsession of his since 2017 and will reportedly cost Navy billionsSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump’s executive order on vaccines does not change the US recommendations for the shots – but experts say it does create confusion and doubt about vaccines, which will lead to more illness and possibly deaths among children and will make it harder for families and pediatricians to protect them.The executive order was an attempt to reinstate sweeping changes to the vaccine schedule made earlier this year by Robert F Kenn

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Iran war live: US eyes indefinite Iran naval blockade

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US can sustain its blockade against Iran 'indefinitely'.

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Three men executed on same day in US for the first time in 15 years

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T23:59:18+00:00

Rare scheduling in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama underlines the renewed appetite in US for state killingsCarlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was put to death by the state of Oklahoma, in the first of three executions scheduled for Thursday in a rare triple procedure that underlines the renewed appetite in the US for state killings.Just one hour later, Darrell Hines was put to death by the state of Tennessee, and at 6pm local time in Alabama, that state executed Jeremy Williams. Continue reading...

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After 2 Plasma Donor Deaths, Company Pauses Clinics in Canada

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-08-13T23:41:27+00:00

Grifols, a Spanish company, said “unfounded attention” on its blood plasma business in Canada had led it to temporarily end collections at 17 clinics.

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CPS director apologises for failings in case of rapist-murderer Simon Levy

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T23:06:56+00:00

Stephen Parkinson says court should have been told that sex offender was being investigated for even more serious offencesThe director of the Crown Prosecution Service has apologised and vowed to increase staff numbers after conceding that the court deciding whether to release Simon Levy on bail should have known the serial sex offender was being investigated for rape and murder.Levy, 40, was this week given a rare whole-life sentence for the murders of Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins, and the rape of another woman. Continue reading...

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US conducted ‘mass spying campaign’ against leftwing groups and anti-ICE protesters, records reveal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T23:03:55+00:00

DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats in vast operation against groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdownNewly disclosed records reveal the US government extensively spied on prominent leftwing organizations and on protesters as part of a vast operation into groups opposing the immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year.Internal investigative reports show the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent undercover agents to community meetings in the Twin Cities and New York, infiltrated Signal chats and obtained financial records of mainstream unions and left

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Unemployed young people to join AI boot camps to get job-ready

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-13T23:01:10+00:00

Pilot scheme will provide three weeks of training as part of UK government’s latest attempt to address Neets crisisYoung people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join “AI boot camps” where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace.The government’s latest attempt to address the crisis in Neets – young people not in work or education – involves turning to a technology that many view as a potential threat to employment. Continue reading...

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Schengen in frantumi, il ritorno dei confini nell’Europa che si blinda

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-13T23:00:55+00:00

Non solo Roma e Madrid, ben otto Paesi hanno reintrodotto i controlli alle frontiere. Una misura eccezionale contro immigrazione irregolare e terrorismo sta diventando la regola e spesso viene usata per ragioni politiche. L’esperto: “Così la libera circolazione è a rischio”

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“I miei anni con Guccini e il nostro amore burbero finito con una canzone”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

Angela Signorini, ex compagna del cantautore e madre della figlia Teresa: “Non era facile, ma ci siamo voluti bene fino alla fine. Tra i ricordi più dolci anche la nostra ultima telefonata: ci siamo salutati senza rancori”

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Rai, i rilievi del comitato etico: “Si rischia il danno d’immagine”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

L’atto dell’organismo interno all’ad Rossi. Contestata l’amicizia del giornalista con l’arrestato. A Viale Mazzini i timori per la possibile fuga degli investitori pubblicitari dal programma

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Zaccaria: “Ranucci resta la parte offesa. L’azienda lo difenda”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

L’ex presidente Rai: “Un giornalista non è un magistrato che ha l’obbligo di stare attento a chi frequenta. Può vedere persone di varia natura per ricavarne delle notizie”

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Isabella Tovaglieri: “Ho congelato gli ovociti, è ora che la Lega superi i dubbi”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

L’europarlamentare del Carroccio: “A 38 anni avevo paura di non aver più tempo per diventare madre. La fertilità femminile non ha colori politici, parliamone a scuola nelle lezioni di educazione civica. Sbagliato escludere le single”

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Gli assediati in Cisgiordania: “Le bambine terrorizzate chiedevano perché quei ragazzi ci odiano”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

Al telefono dalle case di Qusra circondate dai coloni israeliani, parlano Aisha e Qusay: “Le piccole evacuate, vomitavano. Ci hanno tagliato l’acqua, l’elettricità, le telecamere di videosorveglianza. E l’Idf solidarizza con i violenti. Il cibo sta finendo, mangiamo una volta al giorno. Perché nessuno interviene?”

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