The new boss of HSBC is reportedly readying to cut the jobs of some of the bank’s most expensive senior bankers in a move that could save as much as $300m (£229m) in costs. Georges Elhedery, who took over as chief executive last month, is planning to remove a layer of senior bankers as part…
The BBC told people to “not be alarmed” after its weather app said on Thursday morning that the UK was being buffeted by a hurricane. The broadcaster said the UK was not expecting “hurricane force winds” of 15,759mph, contrary to the information on its weather site and app. The BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty asked…
Australia’s oldest lioness and her paired partner have been euthanised, leaving Adelaide zoo keepers in mourning. The zoo’s African lions, Amani and Mujambi, died on Thursday morning after 19-year-old Mujambi suffered a medical episode over the weekend. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that Adelaide Zoo announces the passing of African Lion pair female…
Australia’s oldest lioness and her paired partner have been euthanised, leaving Adelaide zoo keepers in mourning. The zoo’s African lions, Amani and Mujambi, died on Thursday morning after 19-year-old Mujambi suffered a medical episode over the weekend. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that Adelaide Zoo announces the passing of African Lion pair female…
Deputy PM addresses allegations made by chief of staff Sussan Ley asks the next non-government question: I refer to the allegations that were made today by the chief of staff to the deputy prime minister . Under the ministerial code of conduct, ministers have an obligation to “demonstrate and uphold the highest workplace standards including…
Queensland police have arrested the husband of a 49-year-old woman found dead near a lawnmower in the Lockyer Valley in July. Robert Crawford, 47, was arrested on Thursday morning amid ongoing investigations into the alleged murder of Frances Elizabeth Crawford in the early hours of 30 July. The body of the psychologist and mother of…
Hurricane Milton makes landfall near Siesta Key, Florida Hurricane Milton has made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a category 3 storm with 120 mph sustained winds, according to the National Hurricane Center. Scientists define landfall as the moment the eye of the hurricane moves over the coast – although the approach of the eye…
Three dogs have been shot dead by police who were trying to save a woman being mauled in a Melbourne back yard. Police were called to Ross Street at Dandenong in the city’s outer south-east about 10am on Thursday, where the woman was being attacked by the dogs in a back yard. After trying to…
A sexual abuse survivor from an infamous Victorian public school will receive a record $8m settlement from the education department, and the state government could be on the hook for more compensation. The former student was sexually abused at Beaumaris primary school by Darrell Ray, one of four paedophiles who taught at the school in…
By the time Donald Trump left the White House in January 2021, he was frustrated by the limits of his office. As Guardian US’s chief reporter, Ed Pilkington, explains to Michael Safi, Trump felt he had been held back as president not by the standard checks and balances of a democracy, but by a shadowy…
