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Australische popster voert nummer Eclipse uit in tweede semifinale voor de finale van zondag. Volg het nieuws van vandaag live Ontvang onze breaking news-e-mail, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast Er was een harp. Er was een glinsterende jurk. Veel rook. Een halve maan. Ja, er was een modulatie halverwege het nummer, in de beste tradities van de Eurovision-kitsch. Lees verder...

• Het ochtendoverzicht van KFF Health News van 14 mei 2026 signaleert meerdere Amerikaanse gezondheidsbeleidskwesties, waaronder berichten dat de regering-Trump Medicaid-gegevens eist voor gebruik bij deportaties. • Het overzicht wijst lezers daarnaast op de berichtgeving over “License To Deliver”, waarin wordt onderzocht hoe sommige vroedvrouwen helpen bij thuisbevallingen terwijl ze buiten de staatswetgeving opereren. • Dit overzicht is van belang omdat het snel evoluerende kwesties samenbrengt op het snijvlak van volksgezondheid, immigratiehandhaving en moederzorg, die allen invloed kunnen hebben op patiënten en zorgverleners in het hele land.

• Veteraan uit de omroepwereld beschuldigt zender van ‘duidelijke schendingen’ van de onpartijdigheidsregels van Ofcom • UK politics live – laatste updates • De voormalige politiek redacteur van Sky News, Adam Boulton, heeft gesteld dat GB News zijn uitzendlicentie zou moeten verliezen, waarbij hij de Britse mediatoezichthouder beschuldigde van het verzuimen van haar plicht om onpartijdige televisienieuws te waarborgen.

• De Associated Press publiceerde op dinsdag 12 mei 2026 om 21:00 uur het laatste sportnieuws over de Big Ten Conference, met belangrijke updates vanuit de competitie. • De roundup, die kort na publicatie is bijgewerkt, richt zich op recente ontwikkelingen binnen de Big Ten-atletiek van verschillende aangesloten instellingen. • Dit tijdige bericht biedt essentiële context voor fans die universiteitssporten in het Midwesten en daarbuiten volgen tijdens het competitieve seizoen.

• U.S. News & World Report publiceerde op 12 mei 2026 zijn vierde jaarlijkse ranglijst van beste OTC-medicijnen & gezondheidsproducten, waarbij merken werden geëvalueerd in categorieën variërend van supplementen tot huidverzorging en menopauseproducten. • Nature Made stond bovenaan de lijst met 12 nr. 1-producten, gevolgd door CeraVe met 6 en La Roche-Posay met 4; bedrijven als Haleon, Pharmavite, Kenvue, L'Oreal en Prestige Consumer Healthcare domineerden de topklassmenten. • De ranglijsten bieden consumentenbegeleiding over receptvrije gezondheidsproducten te midden van de stijgende vraag naar gespecialiseerde supplementen zoals collageen en hulpmiddelen voor de menopauze.

Deborah Turness, die vorig jaar aftrad, stelt dat traditioneel nieuws gevaar loopt te worden vervangen door content die draait om persoonlijkheden.

• De goed gouvernants-groep Common Cause heeft haar agressieve pleidooi voor herindeling gematigd, nadat zij eerder controverse opriep door Californiës gouverneur Gavin Newsom op dit punt gelijk te stellen aan de Republikeinen uit Texas. • De organisatie kreeg kritiek op deze vergelijking, die volgens critici feitelijk misleidend was en haar geloofwaardigheid als onpartijdige hervormingspleitbezorger schaadde. • De verschuiving van Common Cause weerspiegelt een groeiend debat binnen de progressieve gemeenschap over de vraag of nationale normen voor herindeling uniform moeten worden toegepast of rekening moeten houden met staatsspecifieke contexten.

• Gouverneur van Californië Gavin Newsom vraagt staatswetgevers om ambitieuze klimaat- en energiewetgeving aan te nemen, met nog één week voordat zij terugkeren naar Sacramento voor de formele sessies. • Het pakket van de gouverneur bevat naar verluidt bepalingen voor het versnellen van de adoptie van hernieuwbare energie, het aanpakken van de veerkracht van het elektriciteitsnet en het nakomen van de klimaatverplichtingen van de staat. • Newsom staat onder aanzienlijke druk om klimaatleiderschap te tonen nu Californië te maken krijgt met energie-uitdagingen die verband houden met verstoringen op de oliemarkt door conflicten.

• De viceleider van de Liberalen zegt dat de Coalitie 'zeer zorgvuldig' moet luisteren naar de resultaten van de tussentijdse verkiezingen in Farrer. • Volg de laatste updates • Federale begroting 2026: wat we tot nu toe weten

De terugdraaiing van de beslissing over de eerste uitzending volgt na klachten over het uitblijven van kritische vragen bij de beweringen van de Amerikaanse president.

Former Liberal party leader resigned as member for Farrer after she was dumped as opposition leader. Follow updates liveThe upcoming federal budget will include an extra $2bn over four years to fund infrastructure like roads, water, power and sewerage that will help build up to 65,000 new homes, the Albanese government announced on Saturday night.The new funding, to be formally announced on Tuesday, will help fund necessary infrastructure to finish housing projects that would otherwise face expensive hurdles. It will be provided to local governments and state utility providers, and a quarter of those funds, some $500m, will be reserved exclusively for regional Australia.Building more homes is a big focus of this Budget and a big focus of the Albanese Government. …Right now, it’s too hard for too many Australians to get into their own home and get ahead and that’s why we’re investing in supply. Our housing plan is pro-aspiration and it’s pro-investment.We are considering options for the safe repatriation of the four Australians and permanent resident. Our priority is the safety of the community. Continue reading...

Africa is leading a change in news consumption habits – and transforming the lives of current affairs enthusiastsLast year Amahle-Imvelo Jaxa posted a TikTok video about South African peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She explained an argument that had erupted between the South African and Rwandan presidents, then listed roles different South African groups would play in a war with Rwanda: the Sotho strategists, the Xhosa negotiators, the Afrikaner muscle. The video went viral and she racked up 100,000 followers in three days.This breakout video enabled Jaxa to pivot from being a marketing and restaurant entrepreneur to a “professional yapper and current affairs enthusiast”, part of a group of content creators explaining the news to young South Africans who, like many of their global peers, are eschewing traditional news in favour of social media. Continue reading...

• A*STAR researchers in Singapore created CLUST-McMs, a specialized AI model that beats GPT-4 in summarizing multilingual news from Southeast Asia. • Using a curated dataset of regional news, the smaller model achieved superior accuracy across three evaluation metrics, delivering concise English summaries from overlapping articles in multiple languages. • The study emphasizes localization and targeted data over larger general-purpose models, showing higher fidelity to original sources.

Woman arrested at Sydney airport after arriving back from Syria last night; two more women face charges in Melbourne. Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.A woman who arrived back in Australia last night after spending more than seven years in Syrian detention camps will appear at Downing Centre local court this morning charged with allegedly entering a declared conflict zone and joining Islamic State. More coming up. Continue reading...

The brash mogul once known as ‘the mouth from the south’ took on established broadcasters and changed TV for everFebruary, 1982. The startup cable news channel, CNN, is not yet two years old. It’s bleeding $2m a month. To help make payroll, owner Ted Turner, known as the “mouth of the south” for his brazen behavior, is cashing in krugerrands he’s got stashed in his private safe (concession sales from the Atlanta Braves help, too.)ABC, one of the trio of broadcast networks he’d intended to run out of business, has just announced it plans to create a rival all-news service that, out of the gate, is sure to have more viewers (and certainly more resources). It’s so bad, Ted’s even considering an alliance with another network, that “cheap whorehouse”, CBS. Continue reading...

Mining company cannot appeal against liability for 2015 dam collapse in Brazil. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.A man has been charged by police in New South Wales with an alleged hate speech offence in relation to a protest by a neo-Nazi group outside NSW parliament in November last year. More coming. Continue reading...

The death of the media mogul who transformed TV news was confirmed by his family and reported by CNNTed Turner, the media mogul who founded CNN, has died at 87, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing a news release from Turner Enterprises.In a statement, Mark Thompson, the chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide said that “Ted was an intensely involved and committed leader, intrepid, fearless and always willing to back a hunch and trust his own judgement.” Continue reading...

La Nación has been critical of Costa Rica president and Donald Trump ally, Rodrigo ChavezThe US state department has canceled tourist visas for more than half the board members of Costa Rica’s leading national newspaper, La Nación, which has been a critical voice against the country’s president and Donald Trump ally, Rodrigo Chaves.During Chaves’s 2022 presidential campaign, La Nación published several articles documenting allegations of sexual harassment against him that had forced him out of his job at the World Bank. The paper also reported on allegations of illegal campaign financing, which Chaves denied. Continue reading...

Lenders increase borrowing rates by 0.25%; pro-Palestine meeting barred from council venue goes ahead outside in Darlington. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNext week’s federal budget will fund a dedicated national centre to detect and disrupt the evolving threat of online violent extremism and terrorism.The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, will announce the $74m in funding over two years for the project on Wednesday. It is part of the government’s response to the Bondi terror attack in December.A bolstered online threat capability will give AFP and Asio the resources they need to target terrorists and violent extremists online.Just because I, and other people, might find it personally offensive does not mean that governments have unlimited power to constitutionally strike down the right of everybody else to freedom of political communication. Continue reading...

• The Newsmakers Achievers Awards 2026 celebrated lifetime achievements of renowned Indian entertainers and public figures including Usha Mangeshkar, Hariharan, Dilip Joshi, and Sanjeev Kapoor. • The Governor presided over the ceremony, recognizing contributions from distinguished personalities including Atul Tiwari, Pooja Bedi, and cultural figures across multiple domains. • The awards ceremony highlighted India's recognition of artistic excellence and public service across entertainment, culinary arts, social work, and education sectors.

MV Hondius remains off the coast of Cape Verde after a suspected respiratory virus outbreak killed three people and left three more seriously ill. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Stephanie Convery with the main action.Mortgage holders are set to be hundreds of dollars worse off per month than they were at the start of the year as the Reserve Bank prepares to unload a third consecutive interest rate hike on borrowers. More coming up. Continue reading...

Treasurer says next week’s budget will save more than it spends. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe government is boasting of making bigger than usual savings in next week’s budget, with Jim Chalmers saying his fourth budget will have “more restraint”.The treasurer said:Responsible economic management has been a hallmark of this Albanese Government and the May Budget will be our most responsible yet.We’re getting the budget in better nick because that helps to fund the things that Australians need and deserve like Medicare, aged care and cost-of-living relief.In this Budget you’ll see more responsible economic management and more restraint from the Albanese Government. Continue reading...

Man, 32, arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after incident in Rosemeadow. Follow updates liveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA third victim has died and a man is in police custody following an incident at a home in Sydney’s southwest, AAP reports.NSW police arrived at the house in Rosemeadow on Sunday at 1.30am after reports of a disturbance. Continue reading...

The race to succeed Gavin Newsom has teetered wildly, and with Democrats in disarray, the Republican ex-Downing Street adviser is leading in the polls. Can he really pull it off?Few political aspirations have proved more futile over the past two decades than running as a Republican for statewide office in California. Yet Steve Hilton – transplanted Brit, erstwhile business entrepreneur, a former Downing Street adviser to David Cameron and a former Fox News host who says he is friends with half of Donald Trump’s cabinet – is having a remarkably good time of it.With less than six weeks to go before a primary election that has proved to be both dramatic and wildly unpredictable, most polls put Hilton narrowly ahead of a fractured field of Democrats in the race to succeed Gavin Newsom as governor. It is an astonishing turn of events in a state where Democrats enjoy supermajorities in the state legislature and a two-to-one advantage over the Republicans in voter registration. Continue reading...

Staff warned news operations face 15% cut, above BBC-wide 10% target, as corporation pushes through £600m savings planThe BBC’s news operation is to cut costs by a steeper-than-expected 15%, with staff told to expect heavy redundancies.The division, home to about a quarter of all BBC staff, is being saddled with one of the highest cost-cutting targets as the corporation attempts to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in the biggest downsizing of the public service broadcaster in 15 years. Continue reading...

Advertised prices for new rental listings rising at fastest pace since October 2024. Follow updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s housing market is at its slowest for almost 18 months as buyers stick to cheaper properties and abandon interest in the top end of the market.Figures today from the data firm Cotality show Melbourne and Sydney house prices fell 0.6% in April. Melbourne’s home values have now fallen 1.9% since November, with Sydney’s down 1%. Continue reading...

Shayndi Raice to lead CBS’s foreign coverage after Weiss ousts bureau chief over reported tensionsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxBari Weiss, the CBS News boss, has ousted a veteran bureau chief following tensions over coverage of the Middle East and brought in a new foreign editor who, according to sources, is more aligned with Weiss’s pro-Israel agenda.Paramount, which owns CBS, announced on Wednesday that it had hired Shayndi Raice, a Wall Street Journal editor who most recently served as the paper’s deputy bureau chief for the Middle East and north Africa, based in Israel. Raice will move to London, where she’ll oversee the network’s international coverage in a newly created position, the company said. In a social media post, Weiss called Raice “a scoophound reporter, a brilliant editor, and a clear-eyed leader”. Continue reading...

Foreign affairs minister says China has agreed to facilitate exports of jet fuel to ease supply disruptions. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.Penny Wong has been busy on her latest overseas trip, saying China has agreed to negotiate on jet fuel sales to help ease the global oil crisis. Continue reading...

Sophie Corcoran challenging 10,000 Interns Foundation, which works with people from under-represented groupsAn influencer is taking a charity that organises internships for black and minority ethnic people to court because they do not organise schemes for white people.Sophie Corcoran, a GB News commentator, applied to a programme the 10,000 Interns Foundation was running with the Bar Council. She said she was “shocked to discover that the scheme is restricted to applicants of a particular racial background”. Continue reading...