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Chelsea flower show garden designers clash over use of AI

Horticulturalists express alarm after award-winning Matt Keightley launches app that can automate designsWith glasses of champagne sipped among the peonies, Chelsea flower show is generally a friendly and genteel occasion. But this year, the secateurs have been drawn as gardeners clash over the use ...

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Budget 2026 live updates: Taylor asks why Labor ‘lied to Australians’ on tax as Albanese says government could not ‘sit back’; two Liberal MPs booted from question time

PM defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plane to strait of...

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Mariyam Nafees speaks out on joint-family pressures, women’s space in marriage

Actor urges boundaries in marriages, saying toxic dynamics can damage relationships

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Budget 2026 live updates: Taylor asks why Labor ‘lied to Australians’ on tax plan as Albanese says government could not ‘sit back and kick the can’

PM defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plane to strait of...

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Faran Tahir reflects on returning to Pakistan, gaps in local entertainment industry

From Hollywood to Pakistan, actor discusses family and preserving Urdu storytelling

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'Pakistan will do to Kabul what it did to Delhi': Khawaja Asif

Defence minister warns Afghanistan of ‘open war’ if Kabul fails to act against terrorists

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NSW police to drop charges against Isaac Herzog protesters laid using unlawful public assembly restrictions

Lawyers calling for all charges to be withdrawn after Sydney town hall rally against Israeli presidentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCharges laid under a now defunct law against people who attended a Sydney protest aga...

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Israeli occupier attacks threaten historic Christian presence in West Bank town

5,000 dunams of farmland blocked, cars burned, a church nearly set ablaze

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Budget 2026 live updates: Chalmers says Labor ‘the last ones standing in the sensible centre’ as Pauline Hanson warns of ‘communism taking over’

Anthony Albanese defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plan...

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Will Trump and Xi Try to Slow the A.I. Arms Race?

The leaders of both countries are expected to discuss the risks from artificial intelligence, but neither country is willing to be the first to slow down.

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Catherine, Princess of Wales, to Visit Italy

Catherine will visit Reggio Emilia, an Italian city celebrated for its approach to early childhood education.

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‘Blatant disregard for rights’: concern grows over Gabon’s social media clampdown

Activists claim use of laws to curtail internet freedoms part of well-documented history of cracking down on dissentWhen Gabon’s media regulator indefinitely suspended major social media platforms in February, citing security concerns during anti-government protests, it became the talk of town – lit...

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President approves Sitara-e-Shujaat for civilian martyred while foiling suicide attack in Attock

Liaquat sacrificed his life while preventing a suicide attacker from reaching a sensitive location

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US lawmaker says Washington lost 39 aircraft in Iran war, citing defense report

An F-35A hit inside Iranian airspace, an E-3 Sentry destroyed, the Pentagon won't confirm losses

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Inquest into death of Clare Nowland after Tasering by NSW police aims to answer ‘outstanding questions’

Coroner will examine 95-year-old’s death and look at dementia training for aged care staff, police and ambulance officersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree years after police fatally Tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for fi...

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Sajal Ali shocks fans with dramatic pixie-cut transformation

Actor's post sparks buzz online as fans debate whether it’s real or a look for an upcoming project

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Talha Anjum and Bohemia team up for Pakistan’s first rap reality show

Twelve rising rappers will compete in high-energy battles for the title of Pakistan’s next 'Rap Icon'

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A Zara dress, the Jim Reaper and a communist state: how Australia’s media interpreted the budget

The Murdoch papers sharpened their sickles and hammered Jim Chalmers’ budget for ‘the most radical redistribution of wealth since the Whitlam era’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereThe voters of New South Wales woke...

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US imposes visa restrictions on associates of Indian online pharmacy over counterfeit drugs

State Department says network sold counterfeit fentanyl-linked prescription pills to buyers in US

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Budget 2026 live updates: Treasurer defends budget reforms to ‘broken status quo’; wage growth falls behind inflation

Anthony Albanese defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plan...

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FinMin Aurangzeb discusses upcoming budget preparations, economic reforms in meeting with IMF mission

Mission chief acknowledges Pakistan's positive progress in maintaining macroeconomic stability despite challenges

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Iran war to cast a shadow on BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Delhi

Iran urges India to use the BRICS platform to build consensus condemning US -Israeli actions in Gulf

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Budget 2026 live updates: advocates call on crossbench to block NDIS cuts; funding pulled for Invictus

Anthony Albanese defends changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, which Bill Shorten says will give young people a ‘fighting chance’. Follow today’s news liveSee all our Australia budget 2026 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia to send military plan...

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Crisis of First Nations children in care will worsen under NT child protection reforms, advocates warn

Legal and child advocates have criticised the changes, which include eroding the Aboriginal child placement principle, as ‘dangerous, ignorant and wrong’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory government ...