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Why a stronger showing for Arab parties may not translate into political power in Israel.
With nearly all votes counted, Netanyahu’s coalition government has lost its majority, but main opponents also fail to gain outright majority; marked gains by Palestinian parties Israel election – live updates Full report: Coalition talks loom in Israel Analysis: Rise of Palestinian parties will redraw political landscape With almost all votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has lost its majority, but his main opponents, an alliance of Jewish Israeli parties unofficially led by Gadi Eisenkot , have also failed to gain an outright majority. Israeli media report that Netanyahu’s bloc is ahead, with projections he could take 53 seats under the current vote share, but this could change further.
John Healey is announcing his financial update – here are the main points, with political analysis Budget 2026 live – latest updates John Healey starts by saying that his budget is “delivered at a time when global uncertainties and pressures are swirling worldwide and hitting people here at home”. Healey says he will meet the fiscal rule that day-to-day spending must be covered by tax receipts, and the investment rule that government debt, defined as public sector net financial liabilities, must be falling as a percentage of GDP in the third year of the forecast.
Almost 1,000 arrested as police charge crowd in Paris and teargas used to stop protesters reaching other city centres Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across France on Saturday in largely peaceful protests to support schoolchildren’s demands for more teachers and repairs to dilapidated buildings, as Emmanuel Macron faces a social and political crisis in his final months as president. The prosecutor’s office in the southern city of Nice said on Sunday that 59 people had been taken into police custody, including 11 suspected of belonging to extreme-right groups.
Video shows AI likenesses of people linked to Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party appearing to admit to wrongdoing A political ad from Spain’s main...
The prime minister has defined and dominated his country’s politics for three decades and is putting his rivals on the defensive before Tuesday’s general election They chant his name, they cheer and clap – and yet he is not the most dominant person in the room. Looming over the crowd that has gathered to hear Gadi Eisenkot, the former general who is the lead opposition challenger in Tuesday’s Israeli election, is a man who is not there.
David Shoebridge’s newly-minted leadership under pressure over handling of misconduct allegations as Senate estimates looms Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast More than a week after allegations that Greens senator Jordon Steele-John had behaved inappropriately towards women made headlines, his position in the party remains in limbo and its new leader’s handling of the issue in question. David Shoebridge ’s first major challenge at the helm of the federal Greens came earlier this month when the Nine newspapers reported a three-page letter had been sent to him urging an independent investigation into Steele-John.
Michelle Landry announces she will not recontest her Queensland seat of Capricornia at the next election Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Matt Canavan could attempt a switch to the House of Representatives after a colleague announced her looming retirement, as a leading pollster said the Nationals leader had a “zero per cent” chance of holding his Senate seat if the One Nation polling surge remains unchanged. Veteran National MP Michelle Landry on Friday announced she would not recontest her Queensland seat of Capricornia, around Rockhampton, at the next election.
Amid police brutality allegations, inquiry hears protesters against visit of Israeli president were ‘largely peaceful’ Get our new political email ,...
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage here Labour says it’s told all of its local councils who share power with the Green Party to review their agreements after the Greens passed a “Zionism is Racism” motion at their autumn conference earlier this month. If Green coalition partners don’t agree to condemn the policy, the Labour council groups have been instructed to terminate existing power deals.
Police have charged a 31-year-old man with the alleged murder of Jayda Allen Bonner, whose body was found in a Carlton apartment on Saturday Follow our Australian politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Warning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have died The family of a young Indigenous woman found dead in an apartment complex in Melbourne’s inner-north on Saturday say they are “absolutely crushed and shattered” by her death. Jayda Allen Bonner, 21, was found dead on the fifth floor of an apartment block on Cardigan Street, Carlton on Saturday at about 1.
Fragile coalition suffers another blow as labour minister and co-leader of SPD Bärbel Bas leaves both posts Germany’s labour minister and co-leader...
Australia does have a migration challenge – but it’s not what One Nation and the Coalition think it is Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Australia is flirting with the idea of something it has never done: deliberately driving net overseas migration into reverse . In the history of our immigrant nation, extended periods of more people leaving our shores than arriving have only happened during convulsive moments: economic collapses, wars and pandemics.
Anne Twomey says $6m for Marrickville golf club given under ‘farcical scheme’, which Labor has defended as within rules Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast A leading constitutional expert has labelled an Albanese government decision to award a $6m grant to a golf club in the prime minister’s electorate as “grey corruption” and called the scheme under which it was given a “farce”. Anne Twomey, a University of Sydney professor emerita, submitted the scathing assessment to a Senate inquiry into an opaque $560m invitation-only grants scheme used to fund projects Labor promised at the 2025 election, and which largely went to Labor-held seats.
Izmir mayor Cemil Tugay joins ruling AKP after vowing he would never switch sides in boost for Turkish president The mayor of Izmir, Turkey’s third...
NPR's A Martinez asks Israeli pollster and journalist Dahlia Scheindlin how the political legacy and future of Israel's prime minister have changed since the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.
Four members of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s family have been elected to office, most notably his wife and son Flávio, who won the first...
Former MP and Green Institute head says proposal for publicly owned supermarket chain will ease grocery prices Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast More than 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets would be nationalised, and hundreds of government grocery stores opened, under a $25bn plan being put forward by former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather. Channelling New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan for publicly owned grocery stores, Chandler-Mather, the head of the party’s thinktank, the Green Institute, wants to use new forced divestiture laws to take over major supermarket sites and three distribution centres.
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Australia’s public debt may be well below that of France but there are lessons to be taken from its economic woes Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The explosion of discontent that led to major protests and violence in France and across Europe is a “warning signal” that Australia could follow the same path without an “honest conversation” about the budget, economists say. Hundreds of thousands marched in cities across France on Saturday to protest against school underfunding, as complaints of insufficient teacher numbers and dilapidated infrastructure mingled with broader discontent about cost-of-living pressures.
Australian Signals Directorate chief says advanced AI tools are needed to defend against ‘AI-enabled attackers’ Get our daily political email , free...

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Treasury is revising all the numbers for the midyear budget update as economists warn of a difficult six months ahead Get our new political email ,...

As Elon Musk considers merging Tesla and SpaceX, tech journalist Kara Swisher examines his business strategy, growing political influence and power over the war in Ukraine.

The pro-Israel lobbying group and influential political funder announced it would no longer endorse candidates or give directly to campaigns. AIPAC's affiliated super PAC, though, will continue.
Children as young as 12 among dozens subject to federal police operations since 2020, parliamentary inquiry hears Get our new political email , free...
AFP commissioner says MPs are generally concerned about growing volume of abuse and intimidation Follow our live blog for latest updates Get our...
Sex discrimination commissioner says too often ‘it’s the woman who has the burden of bringing a complaint’ in parental discrimination cases Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Women are being forced out of employment through “sham redundancies”, losing shifts and facing hostile work environments after having a baby, according to a report by the Australian Human Rights Commission , which warns parental discrimination remains a major barrier to gender equality. The commission’s report suggests pregnancy discrimination is more prominent for vulnerable groups, including immigrant and First Nations women, people with disability and LGBTQ+ people.

Jordon Steele-John says the timing of the claims is motivated by "nasty political games" within the Greens.
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Projections show votes for Palestinian parties surged in a tight contest that drew highest turnout in decades Israel election: what we know so far Analysis: Rise of Palestinian parties in Knesset will redraw Israel’s political landscape Israel’s future hung in the balance on Wednesday as it became clear that Benjamin Netanyahu had lost his governing majority. His political fate now depends on whether opposition Jewish parties are prepared to forge a common front with Palestinian parties, whose support surged in Tuesday’s elections.
Exit polls indicate opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot will have to work with Arab-Israeli leaders to have a hope of governing Israeli elections: live...
US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from Iran Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to act, saying “now is the time” moments after Donald Trump told a Friday rally for candidates in south Florida that US warships could intervene in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war. The US secretary of state, in his social media post addressed “to those who seek to create positive change”, urged Cubans to capitalize on Trump’s plans.
Hamstrung governments seem to have no answer to the public’s furious demands, making further discontent likely Europe live – latest updates In France, it was the piles of wheelie bins stacked up against school entrances that first hinted at the scale of student anger over crumbling classrooms and teacher shortages. In Spain, it was a tent camp that steadily grew in the heart of the capital as residents railed against soaring housing costs.

Elon Musk's system allows Kyiv to protect Ukrainian skies and effectively guide drones to Russian targets.
US president’s plan to park the wars in Iran and Yemen, while blaming Ukraine for diesel prices, looks unsustainable The reckless missile attack on King Khalid international airport in Riyadh on Saturday did not just export the death and misery inside Yemen to Saudi Arabia, it also left Donald Trump forced to reconsider his diplomatic and political strategy designed to take him into the midterm elections next month. The US president’s plan had only been unveiled on Friday.
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Parviz Sabeti denies allegations he led Savak intelligence agency under shah and directed torture of thousands The alleged “chief torturer” for the deposed Shah of Iran is a step closer to trial for human rights abuses after a Florida federal judge rejected his demand to halt a lawsuit brought by three former political prisoners. Parviz Sabeti, who was reported last year to have lived in a quiet upscale central Florida community, is accused of being the former head of Savak, the shah’s secret police and intelligence agency.
Relations have soured between the two countries over a number of issues since 2023, but Hillel Newman says a ‘reset’ is possible Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Israel’s ambassador to Australia says the third anniversary of 7 October is an opportunity for both countries to return to “traditional friendship” as hundreds gathered in Sydney’s east to mark the day. But, in the lead-up to commemorations on Wednesday marking Hamas’ terror attack, leaders of Australia’s Palestinian community say the federal government should do more to help the diaspora suffering since the war on Gaza.
Benjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’ A former senior UN food...
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