1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (680+ words) Richard Tice says donations are legally compliant amid speculation on overseas rules proposed in Rycroft report Reform UK’s deputy leader has declined to say when two crypto billionaires who gave a combined £72m to the party returned to the UK, as…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago   (485+ words) Corruption inquiry turns its investigation to allegations Strathfield councillors may have engaged in blackmail or illegal surveillance Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast A Sydney mayor was allegedly threatened, followed and his children were secretly…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (594+ words) Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans The Register of British Slave Traders is the product of three years of research by a team of historians into all known investors in Britain’s…...

5+ hour ago   (1189+ words) From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade Enslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians…...

5+ hour, 1+ min ago   (695+ words) Attenders will be asked to take part in tests to see if they have become more open to views they do not agree with Festivalgoers sometimes report feeling they have a fresh perspective of the world when they make their…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (1624+ words) Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today The enormous scale of Britain’s centuries-long trafficking of enslaved African people, supported by parliament and the monarchy, has been…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (324+ words) A bloated ballroom, a six-storey military HQ, a helipad-cum-cocktail patio, a gilded angel on a giant arch honouring himself … our architecture critic deplores the decorator-in-chief’s mutilation of Washington The bloated White House ballroom is the most emblematic project of Trump’s…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago   (641+ words) theguardian.com Ukraine war briefing: Poland calls for ‘double’ support to Kyiv after Russian train attack Polish minister denounces ‘escalation’ after strike near border with UK’s Boris Johnson and ex-CIA chief David Petraeus nearby. What we know on day 1,664 Poland…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (407+ words) Coalition says potholes must be fixed ‘as a matter of urgency’ after 71-year-old crashed and died on Western Highway at Trawalla, west of Ballarat, on Sunday Emergency services were called to Trawalla, west of Ballarat, shortly before 1pm on Sunday after…...

9+ hour, 17+ min ago   (505+ words) Legal pioneer remembered as an advocate for equality and champion of women in the workplace Mary Gaudron, the first woman appointed to the high court of Australia, has been honoured for her contributions to the legal landscape after her death…...