Spain snap | Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has responded to the triumph of the rightwing opposition in Sunday’s regional and municipal elections by calling a snap general election.Ĭanada wildfires | Rare and “very aggressive” spring wildfires in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia have destroyed many buildings and forced thousands from their homes, prompting officials to declare a state of emergency. Stock questions | Former professor Kathleen Stock, who argues trans people cannot expect all rights afforded by biological sex, says she is a “moderate” as protests are expected ahead of her planned address to the Oxford Union later today. Turkey wobble | The Turkish lira has hit a new low after incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was declared winner of the presidential election, in a renewed sign of the economic troubles his country is expected to face in the third decade of his rule. Photograph: Tolga Uluturk/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been declared the winner of Turkey’s presidential election. Half or more of respondents said the housing system was bad for: renters (63%), future generations of Australians (58%) and “Australia as a whole” (50%).īank contradiction | The big banks have loaned more than $13bn for fossil fuel projects over the past two years even as they publicly advocate for emissions reductions, a report suggests.Įxclusive | The proportion of Aboriginal people in prisons across New South Wales has reached a record high of 29.7%, prompting an urgent call for governments to end the “over-policing” of Indigenous communities.įlag saga | A Sydney academic will not be compensated for the hurt he claimed to suffer after being fired four years ago for posting a picture online of an Israeli flag with a Nazi symbol on it – but he should get his job back, a judge has ruled.
Poll pressure | A majority of voters support severe measures to tackle the housing crisis including freezing rents, capping migration and using superannuation for housing, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.
‘Pure dingoes’ | Most dingoes in Australia are pure dingoes rather than hybrids, according to a study that one expert says encourages us to “reckon with a colonial mindset and the way it influences human-wildlife conflict”.
Most dingoes are genetically pure rather than hybrids.
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