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• Australia news live: gasps and surprised murmurs in NSW State Library as AusAlert emergency test alarm blares

  27-07-2026 06:22
  Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhat you need to know about today’s AusAlert testIt’s also well worth watching this video of Guardian Australia’s community affairs reporter Adeshola Ore’s interview with Barnaby Joyce about Armidale’s refugee resettlement program and One Nation’s policy positions on immigration.One Nation’s policy is that immigrants who do not speak English should “under no
  
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• Pauline Hanson loses bid to overturn Mehreen Faruqi racial discrimination finding

  27-07-2026 06:14
  Judges find in Faruqi’s favour after One Nation leader launched an appeal against judgement she had breached Racial Discrimination ActFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA court has upheld the finding that Pauline Hanson engaged in racial discrimination against Mehreen Faruqi when she tweeted the Greens senator should “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan”.The One Nation leader launched the app
  
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• Heathrow expansion would take thousands of jobs from other UK regions, report finds

  27-07-2026 06:00
  Airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if third runway goes ahead, DfT economic paper showsExpanding Heathrow airport will take thousands of jobs from other regions of the UK, including almost 10,000 from the West Midlands alone, according to an analysis of the government’s own forecasts.An economic paper published by the Department for Transport last month shows that airports in England and Wales are likely to lose millions of passengers if Heathrow builds
  
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• Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France

  27-07-2026 05:58
  Blazes near Madrid coming under control but efforts to contain huge fire near Bordeaux hampered by windy conditionsAuthorities in France battled to contain a huge wildfire near Bordeaux as the forecast of another heatwave threatened to deepen the crisis and the Spanish prime minister, Pédro Saánchez, warned Spain and the Iberian peninsula were suffering the effects of the climate emergency.Windy conditions on Saturday night hampered efforts to extinguish the blaze in the Gironde re
  
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• Two dead in shootings at Bite of Seattle food festival, say authorities

  27-07-2026 05:56
  At least four people taken to hospital after gunfire at Seattle Center near Space Needle, with one reported to be in a critical conditionTwo people were killed and five others wounded in a shooting on Sunday evening during a food festival at an events complex near the Space Needle in Seattle, a city fire department spokesperson said.The Seattle Center was hosting the Bite of Seattle food festival over the weekend. After the shooting, police urged people to avoid the area. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘A new trajectory’: EVs now almost quarter of Australia’s new car sales as fuel crisis bites

  27-07-2026 05:37
  More electric vehicles sold in first half of 2026 than whole of last year, new data showsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians bought more electric vehicles in the first six months of 2026 than the whole of the previous year, new data shows, as the ongoing crisis in the Middle East causes uncertainty about petrol prices.There were 103,855 battery electric vehicles (EVs) sold nationally between January and June
  
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• Jacinta Allan leadership challenge: Ben Carroll confirms he will stand against Victorian premier

  27-07-2026 04:36
  Deputy premier says he told leader of his intention on Monday after Allan refused request to stand downFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s deputy premier, Ben Carroll, has confirmed he will nominate for the leadership of the Labor party, after a group of MPs told Jacinta Allan she no longer had the support of caucus.The cross-factional group of ministers and MPs met the premier before Monday’s sch
  
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• AusAlert test: what time will national emergency warning siren sound on phones in Australia today? Here’s what to know

  27-07-2026 02:06
  National emergency test alert will be sent to all compatible mobile devices on 27 July, with domestic violence advocates advising how to turn off safe phonesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVirtually every phone in the country will blare an emergency siren at 2pm AEST on Monday 27 July as part of the first Australia-wide test of a new national warning system called AusAlert.Most phones, and some smartwatches and tabl
  
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• ‘Extraordinarily hot’: US heatwave stretches on with millions still under warnings

  27-07-2026 02:04
  Southern and central states from California to Mississippi face heat indexes above 100F amid another heat domeAt least 40 million people were under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on Sunday as high temperatures and severe humidity gripped large swaths of the country for a second straight day.Heat indexes well above 100F (38C) stretched from Minnesota down to Mississippi, extending west into southern California and Nevada. Parts of the south-west were
  
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• Rising oil prices could force up UK interest rates, say economists

  27-07-2026 01:01
  Bank of England expected to keep rates on hold on Thursday but renewed Iran conflict casts shadow over energy costsThe Bank of England could be forced to tear up its economic forecasts and raise interest rates later this year if oil prices return to above $100 a barrel, according to City economists.Before a meeting of Bank officials on Thursday, economists said that while an interest rate hike would probably be avoided this week there could be some in the future because of conflict in the Middle
  
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• RAF Chinook crash victims’ families ask Andy Burnham for review of disaster

  27-07-2026 01:01
  PM urged to end ‘cover-up culture’ and order independent review taking in evidence that has emerged on 1994 crashThe families of those killed in an RAF Chinook crash in 1994 have urged Andy Burnham to end Britain’s “cover-up culture” and order an independent review into the disaster.Twenty-nine serving military personnel died when the Chinook HC2 helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in south-west Scotland during a flight from Northern Ireland. Continue reading.
  
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• Pentagon reports more than 600 Iran war casualties in quiet database update

  27-07-2026 00:55
  Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and woundedThe Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also introduced a new casualty category labeled “Overseas Operations” for personnel killed and wounded “starting July 7”.According to the updated database, the official toll for the earlier phase of the US
  
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• Boy, 16, charged with murder of teenager stabbed in Luton park

  27-07-2026 00:26
  Four others arrested on suspicion of same murder in Luton after death of 17-year-oldA 16-year-old boy has been charged with murdering a teenager who died from multiple stab wounds at a park in Luton, police said.Four other teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of the same murder. Continue reading...
  
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• Water supply restored to Gatwick airport after hours without working toilets

  27-07-2026 00:01
  Airport’s bars and restaurants were also unable to serve drinks to passengers because of lack of running waterWater supply has been restored to most of Gatwick airport after passengers spent hours without access to working toilets, and bars and restaurants were closed.Most toilets had reopened across both terminals on Sunday evening, with the remaining facilities, including bars and restaurants, expected to return to normal for the first of Monday’s flights. Continue reading...
  
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