Hundreds of thousands march in France as protests take place across Europe – as it happened

Nathan Gregory says the loss of childhood sweetheart Leanne "is unimaginable for our family"

Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger

The Israeli government has ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the occupied West Bank following a shooting near Hebron which killed two soldiers

The U.S. Embassy in Canada accused Canadian leaders of "openly" describing plans to "influence American politics," doubling down on Ambassador Pete Hoekstra's claims of potential…

A second storm, Storm Boelo, is expected to hit Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England on Saturday bringing more wild weather

Benjamin Netanyahu and ministers promise demolitions and forced displacement after deadly gunfight. Israel has launched a campaign of collective punishment against Palestinians in…

Emmanuel Macron has described the fatal shooting in a Paris suburb as a terrorist and racist attack which "marked a turning point" in the history of France

NPR'S Leila Fadel speaks with retired four-star Gen. Joseph Votel about the war in Iran and the U.S. and Israeli objectives for a potential post-election bombing campaign

Defence secretary says Britain must manufacture at scale as Germany’s Rheinmetall opens Midlands factory. For the last 20 years, Britain was unable to put a barrel on its tanks…

Websites were taken offline after the developers of programming language PHP said "critical vulnerabilities" had been discovered

About 200 firefighters deployed to tackle blaze at former Nazi mountain retreat in remote part of southern Germany. Police have arrested a 33-year-old German citizen after a fire…

Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons

The Starlink satellite system is back to operating at the speed Ukraine needs after slowing down for more than a week, damaging Kyiv's ability to defend itself from Russian…

Kim Jong Un crosses new bridge linking North Korea and China

Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand. Get our new political email , free app or daily news…

The high court found NSW is responsible for emissions from burning exported coal. What message does it send when the government can step in and bypass the law?. Sign up for…

Working in Japanese schools, I saw how teaching young people civic pride creates adults with consideration for others. There are two types of people who listen to music in public:…

London’s roads are horrendous, with constant roadworks and creaking infrastructure. And the emblem of all that spans the River Thames. London’s Hammersmith Bridge is a metaphor…

Protecting jobs and strengthening energy security in the short term does not mean wavering on Labour’s deep commitment to a cleaner, greener future. Andy Burnham vows UK will hit…

If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor. However grim the trajectory might…

WA politician says he considered attending Senate estimates virtually but was told it would be ‘unacceptable’. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast. Jordon…

After a fractious week, they probably agree that no one at all needs Liz Truss’s new book, but then the political housekeeping decisions get much harder. What are you stockpiling?…

Dom Phillips warned that Jair Bolsonaro would make life more dangerous for reporters and the Amazon rainforest, and that his sons were even more extreme. “Bolso shows all signs of…

Nintendo Switch 2; Nintendo/Nintendo Bringing a holiday vibe and a generous selection of sport-themed games, this is exactly what you want from a family video game. When the first…

The prime minister has defined and dominated his country’s politics for three decades and is putting his rivals on the defensive before Tuesday’s general election. They chant his…

When thousands of dying crabs washed up on a Yorkshire beach in 2021, Stan Rennie’s livelihood was immediately threatened. Five years later, he’s leading the fight back against…

With less than two weeks to go before the midterms, the Trump administration is ramping up its warnings about voter fraud and is not ruling out the prospect of weighing in on…

While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success. Shortly…

The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it.…

The Audacity is a fearless satire taking on Silicon Valley’s ‘egomaniac weirdos’. Its creator and stars talk ayahuasca ceremonies, mining kids for data – and punching CEOs.…

Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norfolk Broads. Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must…

Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places. Residents of a remote village in…

Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years ago. A few years ago, I was struck by…

An ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack up. Want to get this in your inbox when…

As glaciers melt and permafrost thaws, Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, faces climate-induced problems from tap water to housebuilding to landslides. •…