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Houve 66 mortes sob custódia e em operações policiais em 2025 – 18 a mais que no ano anterior Aviso: Este artigo contém referências a Indigenous Australians que morreram Houve um número recorde de mortes em New South Wales sob custódia e em operações policiais no ano passado, com quase um quarto das mortes de prisioneiros registradas como self-harm, afirma um relatório da Coroners Court. Dos que cometeram suicídio, a maioria foi por enforcamento, apesar de milhões terem sido investidos para remover ligature points. Continue lendo...

Os ganhos do torneio nos EUA, México e Canadá farão desta a competição mais lucrativa da história do esporte, mesmo que alguns dos 48 países competidores digam que estão lutando para fechar as contas. Uma Copa do Mundo que o presidente da Fifa, Gianni Infantino, classificou no sorteio em dezembro passado como “o maior evento que a humanidade já viu” será certamente a competição mais lucrativa da história do esporte. A Fifa passou os últimos anos atualizando suas projeções de receita, com o relatório financeiro mais recente afirmando que a entidade máxima mundial arrecadará US$ 13 bilhões (£ 9,6 bilhões) no ciclo de quatro anos que culmina no torneio deste verão, dos quais quase US$ 9 bilhões serão arrecadados este ano. Continue lendo...

A ameaça do presidente dos EUA ocorre após Friedrich Merz, da Alemanha, sugerir que a equipe de Trump está sendo superada em suas negociações com o Irã. Os EUA podem reduzir o seu número de tropas mobilizadas na Alemanha, anunciou Donald Trump, dias após o chanceler do país dizer que a América estava sendo “humilhada” pelo Irã. Em uma postagem em sua plataforma Truth Social, o presidente dos EUA disse que seu governo estava “estudando e revisando a possível redução de tropas na Alemanha, com uma decisão a ser tomada em um curto período de tempo”. Continue lendo...

• Dados recentes do ONS também sugerem um crescimento populacional menor nas próximas décadas do que o esperado anteriormente • Projeta-se que as mortes superem os nascimentos no Reino Unido todos os anos a partir de 2026, e espera-se que a população cresça a uma taxa mais lenta nas próximas décadas do que relatado anteriormente, de acordo com o Office for National Statistics (ONS). • Projeta-se que cerca de 1,7 milhão de pessoas se juntem à população entre 2024 e 2034, elevando o total em 2,5%, de 69,3 milhões para 71,0 milhões, antes de começar a diminuir em meados da década de 2050. Continue lendo...

Regime used its isolation after closing borders to escalate killings when global scrutiny disappeared, NGO claimsNorth Korea dramatically increased its use of the death penalty after closing its borders during the Covid-19 pandemic, using its isolation to escalate killings when international scrutiny disappeared, according to a report mapping 13 years of executions under the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un.The number of documented cases of executions and death sentences increased by 117% in the nearly five years after North Korea sealed its borders in January 2020 compared with an equal period before the closure, according to a report by the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), a human rights NGO in Seoul. Continue reading...

There are now 3,110 billionaires but analysis shows ‘deep structural acceleration’ in wealth creation around worldThe number of billionaires in the world could reach nearly 4,000 by 2031, figures suggest, as the super-rich accumulate wealth at an accelerating rate.There are now 3,110 billionaires globally, according to analysis by the estate agent Knight Frank. This is forecast to rise by 25% over the next five years, taking the total to 3,915. Continue reading...

CSIRO researcher says there are reports of up to 4,000 mouse burrows per hectare in parts of Western AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGrain growers are on high alert as mouse numbers in Western Australia reach plague proportions and numbers surge in South Australia.Steve Henry, who researches mice and their impact on the grain industry at CSIRO, says more than 800 mice per hectare is considered a plague. Continue reading...

Iran war drives demand for solar panels, heat pumps and EVs, with energy bills expected to rise 18% from JulyBritish households are turning to green home energy upgrades in record numbers to try to keep bills down as the Iran crisis sends global oil and gas prices soaring, data from leading energy suppliers suggests.Figures show demand for solar panels, electric vehicles and heat pumps in Great Britain has leapt since the war began on 28 February, as households brace for a sharp increase in monthly payments when the next energy price cap takes effect in the summer. Continue reading...

• The Denver Nuggets secured the number one seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a 118-104 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, finishing the 2025-26 regular season at 58-24. • Nikola Jokic posted 32 points, 14 rebounds, and 9 assists, leading the Nuggets' fourth consecutive regular-season title. • Denver's first-round opponent will be the eighth-seeded Sacramento Kings in a matchup beginning Monday, April 14.

• The UK and France announced a joint initiative on April 7 to address Mediterranean migration flows, with both countries deploying increased naval assets and proposing new burden-sharing mechanisms among EU member states. • Record numbers of migrants attempted Channel crossings in March; both nations acknowledged root causes including conflict in Syria, instability in Afghanistan, and economic desperation in North Africa. • The agreement includes expanded search-and-rescue coordination, joint processing centers, and humanitarian support; however, European capitals remain divided over permanent asylum burden-sharing frameworks.

Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%• ‘I felt ashamed and scared’: how an online friendship became a sextortion nightmareChildren are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the crime.The Report Remove service, which allows children to flag intimate images or videos of themselves that have appeared, or could appear, online, said it received 394 reports from under-18s last year of blackmail attempts after sending sexual images to predators. The figure is 34% higher than in 2024. Continue reading...

Charities suggest ‘gendered understanding’ of crime means services often fail to recognise girls and young women as victimsAn increasing number of girls are being identified as victims of county lines exploitation, figures have shown.Data from Catch22, the charity that provides the national county lines support service, said girls and young women formed 22% of its caseload in 2025, up from 15% the previous year. Continue reading...

Effort to curb grade inflation, by limiting top marks to 20% of students in a course, is opposed by most studentsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxHarvard’s faculty is set to vote next week on a faculty committee proposal to cap the number of A grades per course in an effort to curb grade inflation.The proposal, which was first reported earlier this year by the Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper, would cap A grades to 20% of students in a course, with an allowance for four additional As. It also would introduce a new internal “average percentile rank” system, which would rely on raw scores rather than grade point average (GPA) to determine honors and awards. Continue reading...

Charity believes Middle East crisis may lead to even busier spring and summer in 2026The number of people helped by RNLI lifeguards on the beaches of the UK and the Channel Islands doubled last year and the charity believes the Middle East crisis may lead to an even busier spring and summer in 2026.While RNLI lifeguards went to the aid of about 18,000 people in 2023 and 2024, this leapt to more than 35,000 in 2025, the spike put down to a combination of good weather and an increased interest in seaside pursuits. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permissionAI models that lie and cheat appear to be growing in number with reports of deceptive scheming surging in the last six months, a study into the technology has found.AI chatbots and agents disregarded direct instructions, evaded safeguards and deceived humans and other AI, according to research funded by the UK government-funded AI Safety Institute (AISI). The study, shared with the Guardian, identified nearly 700 real-world cases of AI scheming and charted a five-fold rise in misbehaviour between October and March, with some AI models destroying emails and other files without permission. Continue reading...

Chris Bowen says move aimed at accessing fuel imports from markets with lower burning temperatures, including the US, Canada and EuropeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s diesel standards have been temporarily lowered as the federal government rushes to shore up fuel supply, with hundreds of service stations running empty and warnings deliveries from key Asian suppliers could slow as soon as early April.The energy minister, Chris Bowen, said on Tuesday the government had lowered the technical threshold for diesel, known as the flashpoint, in order to access supply from imports from markets with marginally lower burning temperatures, including the US, Canada and Europe. Continue reading...

Three cases previously confirmed reclassified by UK Health Security Agency after further testingThe number of confirmed meningitis cases linked to the Kent outbreak has fallen from 23 to 20.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Sunday that three cases previously thought confirmed had been downgraded after further testing. Continue reading...

Hundreds of students at University of Kent take up offer of meningitis B vaccination amid ‘very unusual outbreak’ The number of cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent has risen to 27, up from 20, the UK Health Security Agency has said.Prof Robin May, the chief scientific officer at the UKHSA, said it was a “very unusual outbreak”. Continue reading...

Figure up from 15, says UK Health Security Agency, as thousands of students to be offered vaccines in coming daysThe number of cases of meningitis being investigated by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in Kent has risen to 20, up from 15 previously, the body said on Wednesday.Thousands of students in Kent are to be offered vaccines in the coming days as health chiefs deal with an “unprecedented” and “explosive” outbreak of meningitis. Continue reading...

Music’s most famous number is being repurposed to offer resources for patients and caregiversSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe telephone number immortalized in the enduring Tommy Tutone hit song 867-5309/Jenny has started connecting callers to a cancer support line – as one ad touting the news says it was time that music’s most famous digits “did some good”.Cancer Support Community (CSC)’s Instagram page announced the campaign with a series of posts on Monday alluding to the song about a guy who nervously ponders calling the phone number of a woman named Jenny, which is scrawled on a bathroom wall. Continue reading...

Prisons minister says more women should be diverted away from jail – and new board aims to bring about that changePat had been in trouble with the police before, when she was 16 and had been spat out of the care system with no qualifications, no housing and no support. Nearly 50 years later, she heard a knock on the door again.There had been a fire in the estate where she lived, and another resident said she had seen Pat start it. “I was in the police station for nearly two days before I got to the magistrates court,” she said, worrying one finger over the top of her hand. “The magistrate said he was sending it to the crown court, and sending me to prison, basically.” Continue reading...