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Further interest rate hikes could ‘devastate’ property market without easing unaffordability
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Iran denies link to attack on airbase as UK minister warns of ‘proxies’
Tehran condemns 'unfounded and malicious speculation'; British FM vows to 'act against the proxies of Iran'.
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SpaceX’s showpiece Starship rocket reaches orbit for first time
Until now, all Starship flights have been suborbital, meaning the capsules did not complete a loop around the Earth.
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Staff killed and wounded in Russian strike on Kyiv’s science academy
Moscow’s jet-powered drones pummel Ukraine’s capital in switch to daytime attacks Europe live – latest updates Russia has hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv with a drone, killing at least one person in the latest daytime attack on Ukraine’s capital. Flames tore through the historic building on Monday as people clambered out of first- and second-floor windows to escape, in dramatic scenes increasingly familiar in the heavily bombarded city. Continue reading...
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Queensland anti-corruption commission investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints in a year
Statistics showed there is ‘almost no chance’ a complaint made against a government department like the police would be investigated independently, expert says Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s anti-corruption commission has investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints of suspected corruption in the past year, as the state government comes under renewed pressure to implement a years-late recommendation to end the practice of police investigating police . The statistic was revealed in Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission’s annual report, tabled in state parliament on Friday afternoon. Continue reading...
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Seoul summons Ukraine envoy over North Korean prisoner-of-war row
Last week Zelensky revealed Ukraine had sent two captured North Koreans to South Korea - which Seoul says was meant to be a secret.
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Ben-Gvir joins hundreds of Israelis to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
Israeli national security minister declares 'we are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa' amid heavily guarded incursion.