US launches strikes on Iran for a second day after Trump says agreement to end the war is ‘over’ 09. July 2026 (04:42) Attacks on three locations across Iran came after three tankers in the strait of Hormuz were targeted on TuesdayThe US military carried out strikes on Iran for a second day, hours after president Donald Trump said that an interim agreement to end the war was “over”.Late on Wednesday Iranian state media reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas in the strait of Hormuz; in Sirik, another southern coastal city; and the south-western Bushehr province, home to Iran’s nuclear-power-plant complex. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation 09. July 2026 (02:47) Democratic nominee, dogged by controversy since entering contest, says ‘for the movement to continue, it can’t be me’Woman accuses Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assaultGraham Platner, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Maine, is suspending his campaign following sexual assault allegations.Platner announced his decision in an 11-minute video posted to social media on Wednesday evening, in which he accused the Democratic establishment and corporate media of “using these allegations to take away all of the things we need to run a campaign”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump to ask US supreme court to reconsider birthright citizenship ruling 09. July 2026 (02:38) Request for rehearing comes after Fox News report of Texas hospital advertising maternity services in MexicoDonald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask the US supreme court to reconsider its ruling that the 14th amendment to the US constitution guarantees birthright citizenship in light of what he described as shocking new evidence: a hospital in Texas advertising its services to expectant mothers in Mexico on a pair of billboards.“Signs and Billboards are being put up all over our Southern Border, and Mexico, advertising BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, with ‘Deliveries starting at $4000’, the president wrote on his social media platform, in what appeared to be a wild exaggeration of a Fox News report on just two billboards. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Telstra outage: glitches continue as ‘secondary’ outages hit triple-zero calls and regional trains remain stranded 09. July 2026 (02:35) Carrier says some still unable to connect to emergency hotline a day after initial mobile network outageFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTelstra customers are still having trouble calling triple zero on Thursday morning as the telecommunications giant confirmed a secondary issue stemming from Wednesday’s national outage continued to impact calls.Some who tried to call the emergency hotline were receiving an error message and their phones would try to connect to an alternative network, Telstra said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump denies security fears behind change of plane in UK 09. July 2026 (02:12) The US President changed planes at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Wednesday night, continuing his journey from Turkey on the new Air Force One.(London News)
