World News

Friday briefing: Can the left mobilise itself to outmarch the momentum of the far right?

March 27, 2026 · 6:45 AM Martin Belam

In today’s newsletter: A​s a broad coalition of unions, campaigners and cultural figures prepare to take to the...

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Australia News

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation likely to win second South Australian lower house seat

March 27, 2026 · 6:43 AM Tory Shepherd

ABC projects rightwing populist party will pick up the electorate of Hammond from the Liberals

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Australia News

WA premier issues transparency warning to fuel suppliers – as it happened

March 27, 2026 · 6:21 AM Cait Kelly, Natasha May, Petra Stock and Stephanie Convery (earlier)

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Society

More than 6m vapes and pods discarded weekly in UK despite single-use ban, study finds

March 27, 2026 · 6:00 AM Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

Number fell 23% year on year in 2025 but waste companies say recycling systems still under strain from sheer volume

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Australia News

Afternoon Update: Labor hoses down fuel supply concerns; cyclone batters WA coast; and the year’s first big snowfall

March 27, 2026 · 5:54 AM Kris Swales

PM confirms national cabinet will convene over issue as energy minister insists fuel supply will be ‘the same if not...

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Commentisfree

Progressive Paris has many weapons to fight the far right, but the best? Spaces where you can simply hang out | Alexander Hurst

March 27, 2026 · 5:00 AM Alexander Hurst

Drop into any of the French capital’s ‘third places’ and you’ll find food, culture, community – and an...

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Australia News

Tropical Cyclone Narelle brings raised roofs, heavy rain and destructive winds as it batters WA coast

March 27, 2026 · 3:24 AM Donna Lu, Ima Caldwell and AAP

Category three system is forecast to weaken late Friday when it hits between Carnarvon and Kalbarri, but may bring...

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US News

‘Emergency situation’: Trump says he will order payments to TSA agents amid turmoil at US airports – as it happened

March 27, 2026 · 2:00 AM Coral Murphy Marcos, Robert Tait, Lucy Campbell and Tom Ambrose

President says he will order new DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA immediately as Congress remains deadlocked...

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Technology

New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK

March 26, 2026 · 11:48 PM Sanya Mansoor

The decision follows activist pressure as Palantir faces growing scrutiny over NHS and UK government deals

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World News

Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison

March 26, 2026 · 10:16 PM Maanvi Singh

Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facility

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Society

Labour failing to shift power from Whitehall to local areas, analysis finds

March 26, 2026 · 7:06 PM Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Ministers not on course to meet their objectives, including to shift power from Whitehall to local areas, says IfG

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Politics

UK politics: Trump says UK’s aircraft carriers are just ‘toys’ – as it happened

March 26, 2026 · 6:00 PM Andrew Sparrow

The comments were part of a broader address in which he condemned Nato allies

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