The Guardian

Peter’s farm is on ‘flood country’. As Australia’s sea levels rise, safe land is vanishing and costs are huge

Climate Council forecasts more than 267,000 coastal properties will be damaged by flooding by 2100, costing hundreds of billions of dollarsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen grazier Peter Lake moved to the Clarence Valley in the New South Wales northern rivers region in 2007, he knew was “buying in flood country with … eyes open”.His cattle farm, about halfway between Yamba and Grafton, borders the Coldstream River and has flooded five times since 2009. Continue read

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The Guardian

RentTech companies still asking tenants for personal details ‘completely outside’ new Victorian laws

Some rental platforms encourage hopeful tenants to share ‘excessive’ amount of information, Consumer Policy Research Centre review findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSo-called “RentTech” companies may be circumventing new Victorian laws designed to protect tenants’ personal data by asking for information outside the rental application process, a review as found.The Consumer Policy Research Centre (CPRC) identified rental platforms that encouraged hopeful tenants to s

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The Guardian

High-end property hit by steepest price falls as affordable end of Australia’s housing market proves resilient

Despite falls in some parts of the market, prices are showing signs of stabilising as investors exit and first-time buyers move in, analysts sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHigh-end homes are recording steep price falls, while more affordable properties are proving resilient, leaving Australians to experience the market downturn in very different ways, new data shows.Upper-quartile house values in the country’s two biggest markets, Sydney and Melbourne, are now down

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The Guardian

Met police launch inquiry into alleged overseas donations to Reform UK

Scotland Yard confirms it is investigating allegations broadcast by Channel 4 after undercover stingUK politics live – latest updatesThe Met police will investigate allegations that Reform UK broke electoral law relating to overseas donations as part of a wider inquiry.The force confirmed it was investigating after the allegations were broadcast by Channel 4 following an undercover sting by reporters from Verbatim, in which they posed as a foreign donor seeking to fund Reform. Continue reading..

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The Guardian

Large sinkhole in Malibu prompts evacuation of more than 30 properties

Actor Nicolas Cage is reportedly owner of home where sinkhole formed, roughly 25-30ft deep and 30-by-60ft wideThe city of Malibu, California, has ordered the evacuation of more than 30 properties after a large sinkhole opened on Tuesday.Malibu officials declared a local emergency on Tuesday evening after a “large sinkhole” emerged near 31630 Sea Level Drive. The officials said the sinkhole was believed to have begun developing on Monday, and had grown to roughly 25-30ft deep and 30-by-60ft wide

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The Guardian

Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel confuse Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers

Reform councillor said he urged activists to stand downStand Up to Racism condemns ‘dangerous’ gatheringAnti-immigration protesters gathered outside a Portsmouth hotel were forced to cancel their demonstration after discovering the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team rather than a group of asylum seekers were staying there.Portsmouth had been the site of a large protest on Sunday following the arrival of a large dinghy containing an estimated 140 asylum seekers at the city’s Eastney harbour. A black-

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The Guardian

Western Hawaii islands survey damage after Hurricane Lowell passes by

Downed trees cause widespread power outages on Kauai as winds and rains rip up roads and coat homes in mudDamaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell caused significant damage on Hawaii’s western islands, knocking out power to thousands, ripping up stretches of road and drenching homes and stores with mud.Fierce winds downed trees and caused widespread power outages on the island of Kauai, home to 73,000 residents. The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative reported that nearly all of its rou

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The Guardian

Noel Clarke charged with six sexual offences including assault and voyeurism

CPS says charges relate to alleged sexual misconduct by the actor towards five women between 2007 and 2016The actor and filmmaker Noel Clarke has been ⁠charged ​with six sexual offences, including two of sexual assault, after allegations made by five women.The charges against the former Doctor Who actor involve two counts of sexual assault, three counts of voyeurism and one count of exposure. Continue reading...

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WSJ World News

Huawei Faces U.S. Criminal Trial Weeks Before Trump-Xi Meeting

The Chinese technology giant is accused of violating Iran sanctions and stealing competitors’ trade secrets.

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The Guardian

Wes Streeting praises Wargame docudrama for highlighting UK defence

Defence secretary says five-part TV series, featuring Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon, has helped write his ‘defence spending review submission’A docudrama depicting a Russian attack on Britain led by an unlikely pairing of Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon was praised by the defence secretary, Wes Streeting, for writing “my spending review submission”.Wargame, due to be broadcast on Sky later in September, features a string of former politicians advised by ex-securocrats, grappling with an unus

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The Guardian

US airports to let some people without tickets pass through security

TSA PreCheck program members will be eligible to send off friends and family at gate in change to post-9/11 ruleSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailSome people without plane tickets will be allowed to pass through security at US airports and go to gates to see off family or friends, rolling back a rule that was introduced after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Certain people who are part of the TSA PreCheck program but who do not have tickets to fly will be able to go through security to

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The Guardian

JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon to warn UK chancellor against bank tax hike

Wall Street billionaire’s meeting with John Healey comes amid deep speculation over higher windfall tax on banks in October budgetJamie Dimon, the boss of the largest US bank JP Morgan, is set to warn John Healey against raising taxes on banks in his inaugural budget in October.The Wall Street billionaire will meet the new chancellor on Wednesday and caution him that higher taxes could put investment and employment in the UK at risk, it is understood. Continue reading...

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The Guardian

Liz Truss relaunches podcast on channel of broadcaster famous for ‘grow concrete’ exchange

Podcast is now on YouTube site of Mike Graham, fired from TalkTV after racist post appeared on his Facebook pageWhen Liz Truss launched her podcast last year, she declared it would bring a “counter-revolution” to take on the “deep state”, which, she said, “tried to destroy” her.The revolution, however, has not yet arrived. Truss, whose stint as UK prime minister abruptly ended after her disastrous mini-budget crashed the economy, has so far failed to find a wide audience with her media career. C

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BBC World

White House pulls Tetris-style 'Build The Wall' game after copyright concern

The Tetris Company says it takes "copyright infringement very seriously" and is not involved with the game.

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NY Times World

Thousands Gather for Funeral of Norway’s King Harald

Royal families and heads of state, including President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, attended the funeral of King Harald V in Oslo.

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The Guardian

German chancellor accuses far-right AfD party of seeking ‘ethnic cleansing’

Friedrich Merz says Alternative für Deutschland is ‘dividing our society’ after party won nearly 44% of vote in Saxony-Anhalt state electionEurope live – latest updatesGermany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has accused the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) of seeking “ethnic cleansing” with its “remigration” drive, after the nativist party’s seismic weekend victory in a state election.In his first public confrontation with the AfD since Sunday’s shock outcome in Saxony-Anhalt, Merz said

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The Guardian

‘Their boat was sinking’: RNLI vows to keep rescuing asylum seekers despite attacks

Charity stresses small boat rescues are tiny part of its work and speaks out after volunteers abused by far-right agitatorsThe lifeboat charity RNLI has vowed to continue to rescue asylum seekers in the Channel despite attacks on volunteers and staff after the recent high-profile small boat landings.RNLI bosses said workers had been subjected to online and physical abuse and there had been “baseless” rumours that the charity has housed asylum seekers or moved them to secret locations after helpi

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The Guardian

EU unveils ‘buy European’ public procurement rules to counter China

Authorities and public bodies to be urged to buy goods and services from Europe, but without binding quotasEuropean authorities will be encouraged to buy more domestic goods and services when they spend public money under the EU latest effort to counter China’s economic might.In a further “Buy European” plan, the European Commission published proposals on Wednesday for a sweeping overhaul of EU public procurement rules. Continue reading...

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BBC World

N Korea has built two-storey uranium enrichment facility, says watchdog

The International Atomic Energy Agency's says the facility is cause for "serious concern".

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The Guardian

Conflicting court rulings on Missouri map threaten November’s election | First Thing

The state can’t use new congressional districts under one court order – or its old ones under another. Plus, the architects in Europe turning urban spaces into areas of climate respiteGood morning. Clashing court rulings plunged Missouri’s congressional elections into uncertainty less than two months before the November midterms that will decide which party controls a closely divided Congress.Conservative justice Brett Kavanaugh denied the emergency request from Missouri officials to use a congr

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