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• Anthony Albanese faces internal revolt from inner-city Labor MPs over gas strategy
  by Josh Butler and Adam Morton on May 9, 2024 at 9:06 am

  Resource minister Madeleine King released the party’s future gas strategy which says new sources will be needed ‘to 2050 and beyond’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is facing an internal revolt with Labor backbenchers pushing back against the government’s support for new gas production.Five inner-city MPs have criticised the government’s gas strategy, arguing it will overshadow progress on clean energy.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

• ‘People can change their minds’: Labour chair rejects claims Elphicke’s conversion to party is bogus – UK politics live
  by Andrew Sparrow on May 9, 2024 at 9:02 am

  Anneliese Dodds says she believes Elphicke is a good fit for Labour after criticism from across the political spectrumUniversity vice-chancellors need to “show leadership” in response to student protests over Israel’s military action in Gaza, Gillian Keegan, the education secretary has said. Eleni Courea has the story.Nadhim Zahawi, a former chancellor under Boris Johnson, has become the latest Conservative MP to announce he will not be standing again at the general election, Ben Quinn reports. Continue reading...

• Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin accuses ‘arrogant’ west of risking global conflict and says his forces are at ‘combat readiness’
  by Tom Ambrose on May 9, 2024 at 9:02 am

  Vladimir Putin marks second world war Victory Day as relations with west spiral towards crisisSouth Korea’s position remains it will not supply lethal weapons to any country, president Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday, when asked if Seoul was prepared to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia.Yoon also said his government intended to continue managing relations with Moscow to “pursue economic cooperation and mutual benefits” even though the two countries’ ties have become “uncomfortable” since the start of the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...

• UK universities must ‘show leadership’ over Gaza protests, says Gillian Keegan
  by Eleni Courea Political correspondent on May 9, 2024 at 8:53 am

  Education secretary says she wants campuses to be safe places and warns vice-chancellors about escalationIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesUniversity vice-chancellors need to “show leadership” in response to student protests over Israel’s military action in Gaza, the education secretary has said.Gillian Keegan told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that she wanted “our campuses to be a safe place where students feel welcomed, where students can express different views”. Continue reading...

• Israel-Gaza war live: Biden warns Israel if it goes into Rafah, ‘I’m not supplying the weapons’
  by Amy Sedghi (now) and Helen Livingstone (earlier) on May 9, 2024 at 8:47 am

  The US president tells CNN he has made it clear to Benjamin Netanyahu that a major offensive on the Gaza city would mean a halt to more weapons shipmentsAnalysis: Biden seeks to pull rank in US-Israel relationshipAt least 34,844 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive in Gaza and 78,404 Palestinians injured, according to the territory’s health ministry. Thousands more are believed to be buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings. Here are some of the latest images from Gaza:Israel’s national security minister presented himself before the television cameras to make a statement on Sunday, shortly after leaving a meeting with the country’s prime minister. Continue reading...

• Man arrested for attempted break-in at Drake’s Toronto mansion
  by Ben Beaumont-Thomas on May 9, 2024 at 8:28 am

  Incident comes the day after a shooting outside the rapper’s home in which a security guard was seriously injuredA man has been arrested after trying to gain access to Drake’s Toronto mansion, the day after a security guard at the property was seriously injured in a shooting.“Officers were called after a person attempted to gain access to the property,” Toronto police said in a statement. “The person was apprehended under the Mental Health Act, and they were taken to receive medical attention.” Continue reading...

• Sydney council’s ‘ridiculous’ same-sex parents book ban could be overturned as backlash grows
  by Catie McLeod on May 9, 2024 at 8:18 am

  NSW premier condemns western Sydney council’s ban on Holly Duhig’s children’s book as motion to rescind it lodgedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ban on same-sex parenting books at libraries in a western Sydney council area could be rescinded after widespread backlash and a warning from the premier, Chris Minns, that LGBTQ+ people were being used as a “political football”.Four Labor councillors on Cumberland city council have lodged a rescission motion to overturn the ban, which they expect will be debated at the next council meeting on 15 May. The vote is expected to be tight.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

• Labour chair defends admission of Elphicke while Abbott is suspended
  by Eleni Courea Political correspondent on May 9, 2024 at 8:04 am

  Anneliese Dodds backs move to accept Conservative defector Natalie Elphicke as backlash growsThe chair of the Labour party has defended the decision to admit a staunchly rightwing MP while Diane Abbott remains suspended and has been under investigation for more than a year.Anneliese Dodds said she believed Elphicke was a good fit for Labour because her remarks on border security and housing were “absolutely fundamental to the Labour party”. Continue reading...

• Drukkje min broderѕ blod! Why the best Eurovision songs are no longer in English
  by Philip Oltermann European culture editor on May 9, 2024 at 8:00 am

  While Europe’s lingua franca remains dominant, there has been a definite shift since a Portuguese song triumphed in 2017There was a time when in order to win Eurovision you had to “fly on the wings of love”, “take me to your heaven” or “sail into infinity while reaching for divinity”. This year, however, there’s a fair chance the winner will estar comiendo el mundo (be eating the world), ridere in queste notti bruciate (laugh in these burnt nights), or even drukkje min broderѕ blod (drink my brother’s blood).The metaphors may have been mixed, but for the first two decades of the 21st century, the English language reigned supreme at the Eurovision song contest. In the run-up to the millennium, the so-called language rule restricted English songs to countries that counted it among their official languages, such as Britain, Ireland and Malta. But when the rule was scrapped in 1999, the floodgates opened. Continue reading...

• Faruqi v Hanson: Greens senator seeks to reopen racial discrimination case citing new evidence
  by Amy Remeikis on May 9, 2024 at 7:56 am

  Sky News podcast casts doubt on One Nation leader’s claim she did not know Faruqi was a Muslim when she sent ‘piss off back to Pakistan’ tweet, court toldGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi has applied to the federal court to reopen her racial discrimination case against Pauline Hanson, in a bid to air new evidence alleging that the One Nation leader knew Faruqi was a Muslim when she tweeted for her to “piss off back to Pakistan”.Faruqi has alleged she had been racially discriminated against and vilified by Hanson under section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act and last week the federal court spent four days hearing evidence from both senators.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...