A family digs through trash for bits of food, showing Gaza’s growing desperation
Month: May 2025
“It’s just crazy that we were the first ones there,” one of the teens said.
Thousands of Israeli nationalists chant ‘death to Arabs’ during procession through Jerusalem
Reform UK most trusted on benefits with Nigel Farage expected to say he would scrap two-child limit
Nearly half of all “red wall” voters disapprove of the way Keir Starmer’s government has dealt with benefits-related policy, a poll has found, as ministers faced continued pressure over winter fuel and disability payments, and the two-child benefit cap.
According to the survey across 42 traditionally Labour seats won by the Conservatives in 2019, 48% of all voters had a somewhat or strongly negative view of the government’s handling of the policies, against 25% who approved.
Charities and experts urge government to honour pledge on energy efficiency as it looks to pay for policy reversal
Plans to reinstate the winter fuel payment will be undermined if the government presses ahead with mooted cuts to home insulation upgrades, dozens of charities and experts have warned ahead of the forthcoming spending review.
Labour pledged before entering government to prioritise plugging the leaks in the country’s draughty homes as a way of reducing household bills and wasted energy.
Documents suggest campaign to discredit revelation that tests contaminated many more people than acknowledged
France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) has spent tens of thousands of euros in an effort to counter research revealing that Paris has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and 1970s.
Days before a parliamentary inquiry presents its report on the tests, documents obtained by the investigative outlet Disclose, and seen by Le Monde and the Guardian, suggest the CEA ran a concerted campaign to discredit the revelations.
Meg O’Neill tells energy industry conference that individual consumers’ role in driving emissions is ‘missing’ in conversations about fossil fuels
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The boss of Australian gas giant Woodside, Meg O’Neill, has attacked young people who take an ideological stand against fossil fuels, suggesting they are hypocrites for ordering cheap online consumer goods “without any sort of recognition of the energy and carbon impact of their actions”.
O’Neill was speaking during the gas industry’s annual conference in Brisbane, where the resources minister, Madeleine King, said the government was working to enhance exploration for gas while improving the approvals process for companies.
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Malarndirri McCarthy and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price also win seats, with Labor expected to improve its position in upper house
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Full federal election results: live Australian Senate seat count
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Jacqui Lambie has been elected for another term in federal parliament as the second batch of Senate results from the 3 May election are confirmed.
After weeks of counting, the Australian Electoral Commission distributed preferences and finalised results for the Senate in Tasmania and the Northern Territory on Tuesday morning.
ESPN commentator Doris Burke had the internet baffled Monday night during Game 4 between the Timberwolves and Thunder.