A beauty queen who pulled out of the Miss South Africa competition when her nationality was questioned has said she wants to relocate to Nigeria, after coming second in the Miss Universe pageant while representing the West African country. Chidimma Adetshina, whose father is Nigerian, was crowned Miss Universe Africa and Oceania and came runner-up…
Iran has offered to keep its stock of uranium enriched up to 60% – below the purity levels required to make a nuclear bomb – the head of the UN nuclear inspectorate, Rafael Grossi, has confirmed amid the threat of restored European sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear activities. “I think this is … a concrete step…
One-in-five Australians living in outer metropolitan areas face inadequate access to schools, healthcare, third spaces and other basic infrastructure, a new report from the National Growth Areas Alliance has revealed. When compared to established communities in capital cities, growth areas on the city’s fringes have 48% lower rates of access to healthcare and 21% lower…
Australia’s $230bn sovereign wealth fund will be retooled to help build houses, improve infrastructure and combat global heating under a new investment mandate. The Albanese government has announced that the independently managed Future Fund will get a new investment mandate and statement of expectations, the latter of which is the first update for the financial…
Burghart accuses Labour of driving up inflation Burghart says inflation is going up. It has delivered “high tax, high inflation, low growth, low reform”. He goes on: “There’s a word for that – it’s Starmerism.” He asks what the government is doing to help farmers. Rayner says the government is supporting farmers. The last government…
Italy, Spain and Greece follow US in closing Kyiv embassies over attack fears Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, reports that Italy, Spain and Greece have all also closed their embassies in Kyiv today. The US embassy earlier said it had received “specific information” of a potential significant air attack and would be closed. Suspilne reports that…
The company behind Tokyo’s renowned metro system has won a deal to take over the operation of London’s Elizabeth line, replacing the incumbent Chinese-owned operator MTR. Tokyo Metro Company (TMC) has promised to bring Japanese reliability and punctuality to London’s newest rail line after its consortium with UK transport group Go-Ahead and Japanese trading house…
Flowers at the scene of the collision in Eltham, south-east London. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA Flowers at the scene of the collision in Eltham, south-east London. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA Officer investigated over death of woman and her unborn baby after collision with unmarked police car A Metropolitan police officer is under criminal investigation for potential driving…
A 92-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne, who died in Bristol almost 60 years ago. Ryland Headley, of Ipswich, appeared at Bristol magistrates court via video link from a police station on Wednesday morning. Dunne’s body was found by a neighbour inside her home in…
The House ethics committee is expected to meet on Wednesday to vote on releasing a report examining allegations of sexual misconduct against former Republican representative Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US justice department. The panel has previously said it was investigating claims that Gaetz “may have engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit…
