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‘Not enough air traffic controllers’: safety concerns at Sydney airport after Jetstar and Qatar planes involved in near-miss

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T02:49:12+00:00

Planes narrowly avoid collision on tarmac with Jetstar A320 forced to ‘brake firmly’ as Qatar Boeing 777 towed into its pathFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo planes have narrowly avoided a collision on the tarmac of Australia’s busiest airport as it struggles with staff shortages.The Jetstar and Qatar Airways planes almost collided at Sydney airport at 7am on Sunday. Continue reading...

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Pilots of helicopter that crashed while fighting Utah wildfire confirmed dead, officials say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T02:36:43+00:00

Officials did not identify the pilots but said they were employed by Helicopter Transport Services, which was contracted by US Forest ServiceTwo helicopter pilots who crashed while they were fighting a wildfire in Utah have died, officials confirmed Saturday. The pilots were killed when their Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter went down Friday morning, according to the Sevier County Sheriff.The helicopter was among those fighting a fire in the Fishlake National Forest. The crash ignited a new fire that spread to connect with the existing blaze, which has now scorched nearly 174 square miles (nearly

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Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine after 12-year-old dies, police say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T02:11:34+00:00

Teenage girl treated in hospital after Friday’s school shooting has died, police sayThe death toll from a school shooting in Thailand rose to nine on Saturday, after police said a 12-year-old girl caught up in Friday’s incident had died.Police at the Plai Bang Police Station in Nonthaburi Province said the girl, who had been treated at hospital with critical wounds, had died, a day after a 14-year-old boy allegedly shot his grandparents and then killed more people at his school before turning the gun on ⁠himself. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Tim Wilson says Labor’s NDIS reforms make disability clients ‘feel like they’re being targeted, not the fraudsters’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T01:58:24+00:00

Meanwhile, expert says bird flu detected on Murray-Darling basin ‘should be ringing alarm bells’. Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition demands NDIS changes focus on fraud, corruptionLiberal frontbencher Tim Wilson also called on the government to focus more on fraud and corruption issues in the NDIS, as the Coalition and Labor negotiate on changes to the disability scheme.We have people who are awarding either packages to people when they shouldn’t be used, we’re having people taking advantage of the system and we know this is being exposed.And so

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Australia news live: near miss for Jetstar and Qatar Airways planes taxiing at Sydney airport

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-09T00:35:37+00:00

Meanwhile, expert says bird flu detected on Murray-Darling basin ‘should be ringing alarm bells’. Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition demands NDIS changes focus on fraud, corruptionLiberal frontbencher Tim Wilson also called on the government to focus more on fraud and corruption issues in the NDIS, as the Coalition and Labor negotiate on changes to the disability scheme.We have people who are awarding either packages to people when they shouldn’t be used, we’re having people taking advantage of the system and we know this is being exposed.And so

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Utah wildfire blocks rescuers from reaching firefighting helicopter crash site

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-08T23:43:37+00:00

Fate of two passengers onboard helicopter that went down Friday morning remains unknown after more than 24 hoursThe fate of two passengers onboard a firefighting helicopter that crashed Friday morning in Utah remains unknown after more than 24 hours, as one of the country’s largest wildfires continues to grow, preventing authorities from safely reaching the accident site.The Sikorsky S-64 helicopter, contracted by the US Forest Service, was responding on Friday to the Widemouth 2 fire, a blaze sparked in late July by lightning, when it crashed in a remote area of central Utah. Continue reading

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Australia news live: Sarah Hanson-Young tells government to get on with real gambling reform or ‘we’ll do it in the Senate ourselves’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-08-08T23:35:50+00:00

Meanwhile, expert says bird flu detected on Murray-Darling basin ‘should be ringing alarm bells’. Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGreens senator Sarah Hanson-Young was also asked about her call for a moratorium on building of data centres until there are the proper laws in place to regulate their impact on the country’ energy, water use, environment and communities.Asked about the proposal, Hanson-Young said:I want an ironclad guarantee for the Australian people: their power bills won’t go up, their water is going to be protected, their jobs are going t

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : le drone qui s’est écrasé samedi en Bulgarie est d’un type « largement utilisé par les forces armées ukrainiennes »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-08T23:24:19+00:00

Le ministère de la défense bulgare a nuancé ses propos en précisant qu’« à l’heure actuelle, rien ne permet de penser qu’il s’agit d’un incident délibéré ». La diplomatie ukrainienne a assuré que l’Ukraine n’avait pas visé « délibérément » la Bulgarie avec cet engin, et promis une enquête pour éclaircir les circonstances de sa chute.

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Guerre en Ukraine : le drone qui s’est écrasé samedi en Bulgarie est d’un type « largement utilisé par les forces armées ukrainiennes ». Retrouvez les informations du 2 au 8 août.

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-08-08T23:24:19+00:00

Le ministère de la défense bulgare a nuancé ses propos en précisant qu’« à l’heure actuelle, rien ne permet de penser qu’il s’agit d’un incident délibéré ». La diplomatie ukrainienne a assuré que l’Ukraine n’avait pas visé « délibérément » la Bulgarie avec cet engin, et promis une enquête pour éclaircir les circonstances de sa chute.

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Tutti invasori o disperati: i falsi miti sui migranti che accecano la politica

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

Oscilliamo tra la minaccia da respingere e la vittima da salvare: nel mezzo resta invisibile la persona, che viene disumanizzata. Il movimento non è un incidente dal quale difendersi, ma una forma con cui la storia continua a prodursi

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