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Australia news live: Albanese to join summit on reopening strait of Hormuz; Hume highway closed in both directions after multi-vehicle crash

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:18:23+00:00

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia secures extra fertilizer and 100m extra litres of fuel, PM saysAlbanese has also provided an update on Australia’s talks with its allies in Asia to shore up imports of fuel and other goods affected by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.The advice that we have received today is that 80% of diesel production is continuing, 80% of aviation fuel is continuing, ongoing.It has been slowed down just slightly because of the circumstances which are there, but 60% of petrol production [is] proceeding today

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Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:17:37+00:00

Exclusive: Liberal Democrat leader calls for privileges committee to investigate whether PM misled parliamentUK politics live – latest updatesA powerful Commons committee should investigate whether Keir Starmer misled parliament over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, Ed Davey has said.The Liberal Democrat leader called for the prime minister to be investigated by the privileges committee to determine whether he committed contempt of parliament, an offence that can lead to a ministerial resignation. Continue reading...

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Banks halt gold, silver imports amid delay in government clearance

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-17T07:14:56+00:00

Without ⁠fresh imports, India could face supply shortages, as the world's second-largest gold consumer and biggest silver buyer relies on overseas purchases to meet nearly all its demand

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Stock Market Live: Sensex climbs 200 pts, Nifty crosses 24,250 at mid-day

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-17T07:09:08+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Price LIVE: Benchmark indices opened flat. Sensex traded 302 pts or 0.39% positive at 78,291 at 11.25 am after opening at 77,976, Nifty 50 advanced 80 pts or 0.33% to 24,276.

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Pakistan starts preparing for next round of US-Iran talks: Officials

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-17T07:07:46+00:00

The US and Iran held rare direct talks in Pakistan over the weekend aimed at ending their conflict, but the talks ended early Sunday without any agreement

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Should you apply for Citius TransNet InvIT IPO? Here’s what the numbers really say

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-17T07:02:59+00:00

Citius appears to be a reasonably priced road InvIT with a mix of current yield and some visible growth levers. The starting portfolio has scale, improving margins, decent geographic spread and a pipeline of future HAM acquisitions

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Minister defends Starmer amid Mandelson revelations, saying vetting decision ‘utterly unacceptable’ – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:00:52+00:00

Darren Jones says he has ordered an urgent review into news that the Foreign Office ignored security vetting adviceKemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservatives, has told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that she believes the prime minister is lying in his account of what happened.It’s completely preposterous for us to believe that when the prime minister said on the floow of the house [of Commons] the full due process was followed that officials who knew that was not the case would not have told him. He knew.It is preposterous for us to believe that on 5 February, him giving press conference sa

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‘No cheeseburgers … they would go bankrupt’: pupils reject plan to cut fatty foods from lunch menus

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:00:24+00:00

Though welcomed by chefs and campaigners, many schools say the government’s plan to remove ‘grab and go’ options from the menu is a step too farIt is lunchtime at Richard Challoner school, a Catholic comprehensive for boys in New Malden, south-west London. The familiar smell of school lunch is beginning to waft around the corridors.In the canteen, there is a moment of calm as the kitchen team make final preparations before year 7 descend – a mass of chatting, laughing boys, with backpacks swinging and empty tummies grumbling. Continue reading...

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Christine Baranski to make West End debut alongside Richard E Grant in Hay Fever

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T07:00:23+00:00

Tony award-winning actor will play lead role of Judith Bliss in Noël Coward’s comedy at Wyndham’s theatre in LondonChristine Baranski is to make her West End debut alongside Richard E Grant in a revival of Noël Coward’s comedy Hay Fever. The US star, known for her TV roles in The Good Fight and The Gilded Age, says she is looking forward to “tearing a passion to tatters” in the 1925 play about a family toying with their guests at a country house party.She will star as the newly retired actor Judith Bliss, with Grant playing her novelist husband. Baranski has twice won the Tony award for best f

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Iran War Forces America’s Friends in Asia to Court Its Rivals

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-17T06:59:03+00:00

The severe disruption of oil supplies from the Middle East as a result of the war has prompted South Korea and the Philippines to make deals with Russia and Iran.

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Lebanon-Israel Cease-Fire Goes Into Effect

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-17T06:52:51+00:00

It was unclear if the agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Lebanese government was being honored. Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia, acknowledged the temporary truce but did not say if it would abide by it.

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Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-17T06:52:49+00:00
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Stock Market Live: Sensex climbs 300 pts, Nifty crosses 24,280 at mid-day

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-17T06:48:19+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Price LIVE: Benchmark indices opened flat. Sensex traded 302 pts or 0.39% positive at 78,291 at 11.25 am after opening at 77,976, Nifty 50 advanced 80 pts or 0.33% to 24,276.

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India bonds fall as debt sale looms, oil risks weigh

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-17T06:45:23+00:00

India’s 6.48% 2035 bond yield was 6.9056% at 11:45 a.m. IST, up from 6.8884% on Thursday; Bond yields move inversely to prices

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Stock Market Live: Sensex climbs 400 pts, Nifty crosses 24,300 at mid-day

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-04-17T06:32:35+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Price LIVE: Benchmark indices opened flat. Sensex traded 302 pts or 0.39% positive at 78,291 at 11.25 am after opening at 77,976, Nifty 50 advanced 80 pts or 0.33% to 24,276.

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Tom Cruise torna a volare: Top Gun 3 si farà, l’annuncio ufficiale

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-17T06:29:26+00:00

I produttori al ComiCon di Las Vegas: il nuovo film è in fase di sviluppo. Terzo capitolo della saga dopo il successo del 1986 e gli incassi record di “Maverick” nel 2022

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Pressure on Starmer amid Mandelson revelations as Foreign Office official forced out – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-17T06:27:02+00:00

Opposition parties call for Starmer to go over news that the Foreign Office overruled a decision not to clear the former minister for the US ambassador roleGood morning and welcome to the UK politics amid the revelation that Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance but the decision was overruled by the Foreign Office to ensure he could take up his post as ambassador to the US.Sir Olly Robbins, the UK Foreign Office’s top civil servant, has already been forced out of his post overnight and there are calls from opposition parties for the prime minister himself to resign. Continue re

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