Australia news live: US marines plan permanent weapons stockpile in Victoria; Pauline Hanson to address National Press Club pred 1 dnevom, 10 urami in 45 minutami Tender documents show plans for store beyond the range of Chinese missiles, report says. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGreens refer Labor public housing tower redevelopment to OmbudsmanThe Victorian Greens have referred the state Labor government’s plan to demolish and redevelop the state’s 44 high-rise public housing towers to the state ombudsman and will use parliament today to try to expedite an investigation.The inquiry heard evidence of residents being pressured to relocate, deceived about their rights and fearful of losing their homes and communities. Those allegations are serious, but Labor’s response shows they haven’t taken them seriously … They don’t care what the experts say or what people think. We’ve had to send in the Ombudsman to hold Labor to account before they do irreparable damage. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brazilian court convicts Jair Bolsonaro’s son of seeking US help for his father pred 1 dnevom, 10 urami in 48 minutami Supreme court finds Eduardo Bolsonaro tried to get sanctions put on judges trying ex-president over coup plotA panel of Brazil’s supreme court has voted to convict Eduardo Bolsonaro of courting US interference in the coup plot trial of his father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro.The panel’s four justices each backed the conviction on Tuesday and were expected to discuss the sentence later in the day. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Los Angeles police fatally shoot pet dog of family celebrating Knicks win pred 1 dnevom, 11 urami in 13 minutami Video taken after the shooting shows a woman sobbing over the pet with nearly a dozen officers standing aroundPolice in California shot and killed a family’s pet dog wearing a New York Knicks jersey after they were called to a report of a screaming woman who turned out to be celebrating the basketball team’s championship win.Video of the aftermath of Saturday’s shooting of the two-year-old doodle named Jameson, “the sweetest boy in the world”, according to the dog’s owner, received millions of views on TikTok on Tuesday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Hillary Clinton says Biden’s re-election bid cost Democrats the 2024 election pred 1 dnevom, 11 urami in 53 minutami Former secretary of state says the winner of a genuine Democratic primary ‘would have beaten Donald Trump’Joe Biden’s decision to seek a second term was “a terrible mistake” that cost Democrats the presidency and may have permanently damaged his legacy, Hillary Clinton has declared.Speaking at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Monday, the former US secretary of state and 2016 Democratic nominee said Biden had reneged on a prior commitment to step aside – and that the betrayal of that promise proved catastrophic. “He made a terrible mistake for himself, his legacy, and for the country,” she said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Six people injured in New Jersey acid attack involving suspects on a moped pred 1 dnevom, 11 urami in 54 minutami One minor has been arrested in connection to Monday attack that Jersey City police said ‘appears to be targeted’Six people in New Jersey were injured in an acid attack involving suspects on a moped.Jersey City police responded to reports that two suspects riding a moped drove past a group and threw an acidic substance at them on Monday evening, initially injuring five people. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
California’s tectonic systems at highest levels of stress in 1,000 years – study pred 1 dnevom, 12 urami in 8 minutami San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in ‘critically loaded state’, increasing chance of ‘big one’ quake in futureSouthern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are at their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years in what scientists describe as a “critically loaded state”, according to a study published earlier this month.“Our results show that stress levels on multiple fault segments are now at or above the highest values seen in the past millennium and that the region may be capable of a large through-going rupture involving both fault systems,” Liliane Burkhard, the lead author of the study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, said in a statement. Continue reading...(The Guardian)