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Pizzeria adds eye-watering price-tag to divisive Hawaiian variant to put customers off ordering itA pizzeria is asking its customers to put their dough where their mouth is if they want to eat a Hawaiian – charging £100 for a ham and pineapple-topped pie.The owners and staff of Lupa pizza in Norwich are so revolted by the Hawaiian that they have reluctantly added the topping...

Newcastle funnel-web spider’s last shared common ancestor with the Sydney funnel-web was 17 million years ago, experts sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKane Christensen’s passion is an arachnophobe’s nightmare. For two decades, he worked with deadly spiders at the Australian Reptile Park, a zoo located 80km north of Sydney – paying such close attention to the eight-legged predators that...

Council worker hospitalised after jumping from second storey of home as it collapsed on Penny Lane in McCrae south-east of MelbourneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man whose house on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula collapsed down a cliff in a landslide on Tuesday morning, has said he is thankful nobody was killed...

Industrial action to resume on Wednesday after NSW government reveals improved pay offerGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCommuters in Sydney have been warned to expect delays and slower journeys across the city’s train network from Wednesday due to industrial action by rail unions which are now considering an improved pay offer from the state.Transport for New South Wales issued...

In today’s newsletter: Kyiv’s interrogation footage of captured North Korean soldiers leads to questions about what it might do with the soldiers – and what the PoWs might do for themGood morning. In a grinding war where significant changes at the front are hard to discern, a video released by Ukraine on Sunday is a rare point of focus: it featured two North Korean...

Grey ball-shaped debris found washed up along shore will be tested by Environment Protection Authority, local council saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNine of Sydney’s northern beaches have been closed after ball-shaped debris washed ashore.The Northern Beaches council on Tuesday advised beachgoers to avoid Manly, Dee Why, Long Reef, Queenscliff, Freshwater,...

This blog is now closedQueensland premier vows ‘many more’ changes to youth justice laws as 13-year-old arrested after stabbingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRowland reacts to number of women preselected by Liberal party to replace retiring MPsMichelle Rowland was also asked about the fact just one woman has been preselected to replace eight Liberal MPs who are retiring at...

First of five hearings into martial law declaration lasts only minutes, while Yoon Suk Yeol remains holed up inside his presidential compoundThe first hearing in the impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, ended after just a few minutes on Tuesday as Yoon failed to appear at the constitutional court.The court’s justices have about five months to decide whether to strip...

Study says 61,353 non-combatants were killed or wounded in 2024, an increase of 67% on the previous yearCivilian casualties from bombing or other explosive violence have reached their highest level globally in more than a decade, an annual study has concluded, reflecting the intense bombing of Gaza and Lebanon and the ongoing war in Ukraine.Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a monitoring group, said 61,353...

Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolledIndustry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulationThe cost of cleaning up toxic forever chemical pollution could reach more than £1.6tn across the UK and Europe over a 20-year period, an annual bill of £84bn, research has found.The number of British pollution hotspots is...

This blog is now closed. You can read our latest story hereTell us about the financial consequences you are facing due to the California firesWeather forecasters are predicting that the dry season in Los Angeles is likely to get worse in the coming weeks and that the drought which intensified last week across southern California will continue to worsen into March.Meteorologist Eric Holthaus has...

Fires have killed at least 24, displaced thousands, destroyed over 12,000 structures as winds predicted until WednesdayFire crews are trying to get the upper hand on blazes that are tearing through Los Angeles before expected high wind gusts threaten their progress. The fires, which may become the most expensive in US history, have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands, destroyed more than 12,000...

The president defended his record on Ukraine, Gaza and Afghanistan but foreign policy successes have been fewOn paper, few US presidents could boast the foreign policy bona fides of Joe Biden, a veteran statesman with nearly a half-century of experience before he even stepped into office.But as his term comes to an end, critics have said that the president will leave a legacy of...

Warning of ‘particularly dangerous situation’ with gusts expected as LA fire chief says: ‘We are not in the clear yet’Firefighters battling the disastrous wildfires around Los Angeles were prepared for a return of dangerous winds that could again stoke the flames as the death toll in the tragedy has hit at least 24.Fierce gusts known as Santa Ana winds have been largely blamed for...

Agency and DHS report possible threat from extremists in response to attack that killed more than a dozen peopleThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday warned of a potential public safety threat from violent extremists in response to the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, Louisiana.“The FBI and DHS are concerned about possible copycat...

Concerns that dangerous fine particle pollution can become embedded in bloodstream and lungsLos Angeles wildfires: full reportThe Los Angeles wildfires have claimed the lives of at least 24 people and have burned more than 100,000 structures. While the focus is understandably on avoiding the flames, another immediate danger lurks across the county and beyond, one more difficult to escape: smoke.The most dangerous component of...

Pedro Sánchez announces measure in response to anger over rising housing costsSpain has announced plans to impose a tax of up to 100% on real estate bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the UK, in an aim to tackle the country’s housing crisis.The measure was one of a dozen unveiled on Monday by the country’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, as...

Dina Boluarte, who didn’t appoint a caretaker president for two-week absence, accused of abandoning her postThe Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, has appeared before prosecutors to explain a two-week absence for plastic surgery on her nose that she insists was medical, not cosmetic.Boluarte, 62, did not appoint a caretaker president for the period of her absence in July 2023, and stands accused of abandoning her...

US president says agreement that could pause more than 14 months of fighting matches a proposal he made months agoJoe Biden has said his administration is on the brink of sealing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that could pause the war after more than 14 months of fighting.In a speech in Washington meant to showcase his foreign policy achievements, the US president...

As hopes of a ceasefire grow, hunger and cold are adding to the suffering for the millions of Palestinians in the stripFifteen months into the war in Gaza, where more than 46,500 Palestinians have been killed and almost all of the population of 2.1 million are living in makeshift accommodation, conditions continue to deteriorate in the face of famine and cold.At least 1.9 million...

Phone video shared by mining NGO appears to show dozens of wrapped bodies in underground tunnelThe South African government has launched a mission to bring to the surface potentially hundreds of people in an illegal mine who last year had supplies of food, water and medicine blocked by police in an attempt to force them out.The government agreed to the attempt on Friday after...

Group tells Reuters that there has been progress over core issues with US hopeful for agreement this week. This live blog is now closedA Hamas official has spoken to CNN about the remaining sticking points that have prevented a ceasefire deal being secured by negotiators.They include Hamas’ demands that Israel withdraw from the Philadelphi corridor, the Israeli military’s code name for the 9-mile-long (14km)...

As Meta abandons third-party factchecking in an ostensibly political move, the future of facts elsewhere remains murkyFactcheckers had no doubt about the real audience for the news this week – delivered via Mark Zuckerberg’s medium of choice, the awkward video message – that, starting in the US, Meta would abandon professional, third-party factchecking across its networks in favor of the user-powered “community notes” model...

Airline asks authorities to impose new curbs as it seeks to recover €15,000 in costs related to diverted flightRyanair wants a limit of two alcoholic drinks at airports, as the airline released further details of legal action to recover €15,000 (£12,615) in costs related to a diversion it said was caused by an allegedly disruptive passenger.The airline has called on European authorities to bring...