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Australia news live: Gus Lamont’s grandmothers ‘devastated’ after police update; five-day search for Dezi Freeman ends without a trace

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T03:20:19+00:00

Meanwhile Australian shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...

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Bitcoin plunges to near $60,000 as investors flee risky bets

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-06T03:20:11+00:00

The world’s largest cryptocurrency was last up 1.64% at $64,153.24 ​in volatile trade, swinging between gains and losses after having ‌hit a low of $60,008.52 earlier in the session

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RBI MPC Meeting 2026 Live Updates: Will RBI cut repo rate cut?

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-06T03:12:04+00:00

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Sanjay Malhotra-led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce its decision on repo rate, monetary policy stance, other key rates and CRR today

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Savannah Guthrie’s brother pleads for mother’s kidnapper to contact family

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T03:06:09+00:00

In a video posted on social media, he further implored the people holding Nancy Guthrie to send proof they had herTV host Savannah Guthrie’s brother on Thursday renewed the family’s plea for their mother’s kidnapper to contact them, hours after an Arizona sheriff said investigators don’t have proof Nancy Guthrie is alive, but believe “she’s still out there”.“Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven’t heard anything directly,” Camron Guthrie said in a video statement posted on Instagram. Continue reading...

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White House doubles down on Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at FBI raid of election center – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T03:04:27+00:00

This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: ICE chartered Palestinian deportation flights on Trump family friend’s jetAmid the various winding comments throughout Trump’s speech today, he said that the Department of Education will officially issue its new guidance to protect the right to prayer in public schools today.“Now the Democrats will sue us, but we’ll win it,” Trump said, eliciting some laughs from the audience at the National Prayer Breakfast. “They’ll sue us. They sue us for everything. I’m the most sued human being in history.” Continue reading...

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Bad Bunny goes to the Super Bowl – podcast

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T03:00:55+00:00

The journalist Jen Ortiz charts the rise of Bad Bunny – the Puerto Rican superstar musician and ICE critic – before his performance at the Super Bowl on SundayThe halftime show at the Super Bowl is an American cultural institution and this year it will be performed by perhaps its most controversial star yet.Bad Bunny has been labelled by those on the American right as “un-American” and “shameful” – criticised for everything from his outspoken stance against ICE to his insistence on singing in Spanish. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Gus Lamont’s grandmothers ‘devastated’ after police update; Taylor admits to conversations about Liberal party’s future

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T02:54:04+00:00

Meanwhile Australian shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...

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That’s a wrasse! Rare fish spotted for first time since 2009 in kelp forest in Western Australia

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T02:50:24+00:00

When marine biologist Océane Attlan saw the tiny Braun’s wrasse, it was like ‘recognising a familiar face, but you can’t put a name on it’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe chances of encountering the rare reef fish were so far-fetched, it took marine biologist Océane Attlan a few seconds to clock what she was seeing.“All of a sudden I saw this fish. You know when you recognise a familiar face, but you can’t put a name on it. That’s the feeling I had,” she said. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Coalition reunion in jeopardy; man shot by police after woman stabbed on NSW mid-north coast

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T02:37:59+00:00

Meanwhile Australian shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...

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Stock Market Live 6 February: Sensex, Nifty expected to open lower on weak global cues; RBI policy meet in focus

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-06T02:25:42+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates 6 February: Domestic markets are likely to open weak on Friday amidst a global melt down. The focus will be on the outcome of the RBI monetary policy and outlook on the Indian economy. Gift Nifty is ruling at 25,600 against the Nifty futures close of 25,725, signalling a gap-down opening of 125-130 points at open.  According to analysts, IT stocks will remain under pressure given the risk-off sentiment towards them following the artificial intelligence scare.

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Three dead and six hurt after driver hits cyclist and crashes car into LA store

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T02:23:14+00:00

Car, being driven by 92-year-old driver, crashed at 99 Ranch Market and victims, trapped under vehicle, died at sceneThree people were killed and six others were hurt after a 92-year-old driver collided with a cyclist and then slammed her car into a grocery store on Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles, authorities said.The crash was reported shortly after noon at a 99 Ranch Market in the city’s Westwood neighborhood, according Los Angeles fire department spokesperson Lyndsey Lantz. Continue reading...

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‘Sana-mania’ grips Japan as ultra-conservative Takaichi expected to secure election landslide

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T02:19:57+00:00

The country’s first female PM is the object of a personality cult revolving around everything from her outfits and snacks to her favourite pink pen Just eight months ago, Japan’s ruling party appeared to have reached the edge of the electoral abyss. It had lost a parliamentary majority for the second time in 15 months; its MPs were implicated in a long-running slush fund scandal; the then prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, was the target of factional plotting.But as voters prepare to brave freezing temperatures in this Sunday’s lower house elections, the Liberal Democratic party (LDP) is expected

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Man shot dead by NSW police after reportedly breaking into house with knife and chainsaw and stabbing woman

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T02:18:33+00:00

Officers attended Tuncurry property on Friday morning following reports of a home invasion, police sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been shot dead by police after reportedly breaking into a home on the New South Wales mid-north coast armed with a chainsaw and a knife and stabbing a woman.NSW police said officers from the Manning Great Lakes police district were called to a property in Tuncurry just before 6.40am on Friday following reports of a home invasion. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Coalition reunion in jeopardy; man shot by police after woman stabbed on NSW central coast

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T01:58:20+00:00

Meanwhile Australian shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...

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NSW chief justice says Tony Abbott’s criticism of Harbour Bridge march judge ‘misconceived and ignorant’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T01:46:46+00:00

Andrew Bell says it’s ‘regrettable’ that former PM suggested judge had made a ‘political judgment’ regarding pro-Palestine protest in AugustThe chief justice of New South Wales has criticised former prime minister Tony Abbott for what he says was a regrettable, misconceived and ignorant attack on a judge’s decision regarding last year’s pro-Palestine Sydney Harbour Bridge march.Andrew Bell said in a speech on Thursday evening that Abbott’s post on X in August last year threatened social cohesion. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Liberals weigh Nationals’ counteroffer to reform Coalition as deadline looms; man shot dead by police after woman stabbed on NSW mid-north coast

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T01:44:50+00:00

Meanwhile Australian shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...

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Nuove immagini seminano dubbi sul suicidio di Jeffrey Epstein

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-02-06T01:29:21+00:00

La morte del finanziere torna sotto i riflettori dopo la diffusione di nuove immagini di sorveglianza del carcere di New York, che mostrano una misteriosa figura arancione poche ore prima del decesso

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Serbie : un ressortissant du Kosovo, ancien membre présumé de l’UCK, arrêté pour crimes de guerre

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-02-06T01:28:32+00:00

Selon le ministre de l’intérieur serbe, Ivica Dacic, l’homme est soupçonné d’avoir « participé à des attaques terroristes » dirigées contre des policiers et des militaires serbes durant le conflit de 1998-1999 qui a conduit à l’indépendance de l’ancienne province méridionale serbe, à majorité albanaise.

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Australian banks passed interest rate hikes on to mortgage holders – so why haven’t they done so for savings accounts?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T01:28:17+00:00

There’s an obvious reason for the delay. But the banks still need to compete on savings rates to finance their operationsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShortly after the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by a quarter of a percentage point, major lenders announced interest rates on mortgages would rise by the same amount.Yet the interest rates that can grow their customer’s savings accounts are still “under review” – or the increases are being applied selectively – days after Tuesday’s announcement. Conti

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Stock Market Live 6 February: Stock to buy today: Gallantt Ispat (₹596.80) – BUY

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-02-06T01:24:58+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates 6 February: The short-term outlook is bullish for Gallantt Ispat. The stock has surged 15 per cent since Budget Day. The rise over the last two days has taken the share price well above the 200-Day Moving Average (DMA). This gives an early sign of a bullish trend reversal.

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Australia news live: Liberals weigh Nationals’ counteroffer to reform Coalition as deadline looms; ASX plunges after ‘pure carnage’ on Wall Street

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T00:45:14+00:00

Shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing well over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: ASX plunges after ‘pure carnage’ on Wall Street; Tony Mokbel walks free after criminal case withdrawn

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-02-06T00:23:42+00:00

Shares opened sharply lower this morning, erasing well over $40bn in value from the market. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRideshare driver in court over allegations of sexual assaulting passengerA rideshare driver will face court after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during a short early morning trip, AAP reports. Continue reading...

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Meet the women protecting India's snow leopards

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-02-06T00:15:18+00:00

The women brave biting cold to count and conserve a predator once seen as a threat in their villages.

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