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Australia news live: Chalmers âurgently seeking more detailâ after Trump flags 200% pharmaceutical tariffs; police allege $3m âblessingsâ scam
Treasurer says Trumpâs tariff threats on foreign pharmaceuticals and copper âvery concerning developmentsâ. Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChalmers says millions of people were hoping for interest rate relief yesterdayJim Chalmers says âthere were millions of people who were hoping for more rate relief yesterday and didnât get itâ.As per letters sent to various countries yesterday, in addition to letters that will be sent today, tomorrow, and for the next short period of time, TARIFFS WILL START BEING PAID ON AUGUST 1, 2025. There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change. In other words, all money will be due and payable starting AUGUST 1, 2025 - No extensions will be granted. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Continue reading...

ASA cracks down on online pharmacies advertising weight loss injections
Watchdog releases nine new rulings setting clear precedents for online sellingOnline pharmacies are no longer allowed to run adverts for weight loss injections, the advertising watchdog has ruled, as part of a crackdown on what has been described as a âwild westâ culture of online selling.In the UK, advertising prescription-only medications (POMs) â which includes all weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro â to the public is illegal. However, a Guardian investigation previously found some online pharmacies either breaking these rules outright, or exploiting grey areas to peddle the medications to the public. Continue reading...

RecipeTin Eats cook upset her beef wellington recipe âentangledâ in Erin Patterson murder case
Convicted murderer told trial she made multiple changes to Nagi Maehashiâs recipe in preparing the fatal lunch two years agoFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNagi Maehashi, the cook behind RecipeTin Eats, says it is âupsettingâ to have become âentangled in a tragic situationâ after Erin Patterson told her triple murder trial she used the beef wellington recipe for the fateful lunch.In a post to Instagram on Tuesday, Maehashi requested that journalists of Australia âplease stop calling and emailing and texting and DMâing me about the Erin Patterson caseâ.Sign up for Guardian Australiaâs breaking news email Continue reading...

Trumpâs Frustration with Putin Preceded Resumption of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine
President Trump lashed out at the Russian leader on Tuesday, signaling an change in his posture toward the conflict.

U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.

Supreme court lifts order blocking Trumpâs federal layoffs, paving way for mass job cuts - US politics live
Justices lift lower court decision that had stopped administration from firing hundreds of thousands of government employeesDan Osborn, the independent candidate who came surprisingly close to defeating Republican senator Deb Fischer in Nebraska last year, announced on Tuesday he will run for the stateâs other Senate seat in 2026 against GOP senator Pete Ricketts.The industrial mechanic and former Kelloggâs strike leader lost to Fischer by less than seven points in 2024 â a remarkable result in deep-red Nebraska. Osborn received 66,000 more votes than Kamala Harris, who lost the state to Donald Trump by 20 points in the presidential race. Continue reading...

'Hero' dad, twin girls and riverside campers among Texas flood victims
At least 109 lives were lost after a rapid deluge in the centre of the US state on Friday.
How do criminal courts work without juries around the world?
US defendants can waive right to jury trial and in Germany jury trials were abolished in 1924One of the most significant recommendations in a review of the criminal courts in England and Wales, expected to be published this week, is likely to be the scrapping of jury trials for certain offences.The idea in Sir Brian Levesonâs independent inquiry is that it will help reduce the record backlog in the courts. But for many the right to a jury trial, except for the most minor offences, is synonymous with the right to a fair trial and watering it down would be hugely controversial. Continue reading...

Spanish-language journalist still in Ice custody despite being granted bond
Mario Guevara, arrested in Georgia while covering a protest, still detained after Ice refused his familyâs bond paymentA week after an immigration judge granted him bond, a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest last month remains in federal custody.Police just outside Atlanta arrested Mario Guevara while he was covering a protest on 14 June, and he was turned over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) several days later. He was being held at an immigration detention center in Folkston â in south-east Georgia, near the Florida border â when an immigration judge last week granted him bond. Continue reading...

Iranâs FM Araghchi, Saudi Crown Prince MBS hold âfruitfulâ talks in Jeddah
Tehran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi visits Saudi Arabia for the first time after Iran's 12-day war with Israel.