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Ministers’ proposals to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ fail to match tougher stance taken in Europe, say expertsEnvironmental campaigners have criticised a “crushingly disappointing” UK government plan to tackle “forever chemicals”, which they warn risks locking in decades of avoidable harm to people and the environment.The government said its Pfas action plan set out a “clear framework” of “coordinated action … to understand where these chemicals are coming from, how they spread […]

This blog is now closedRBA interest rates decision: Reserve Bank increases cash rate to 3.85% in blow to mortgage holdersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal politicians have joked they need “divine intervention” at a church service before parliament resumes today.Federal parliamentarians are attending the ecumenical service, before sitting begins later. Media doorstopped most of the MPs on their way in, with reporters asking what they […]

Yamandu Orsi is the first Latin American leader to visit China since the US abducted Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

The US president writes on Truth Social that he wants 'nothing further to do, into the future' with the university.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Palestinians have reunited with loved ones in Gaza after Israel allowed a partial reopening of the Rafah crossing.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Welcome to your Morning Rundown from Sky News - the key stories shaping the day ahead. Tap any headline to read the full story.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world’s most valuable private companyBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a $1.25tn (£910bn) merger that consolidates part of Musk’s empire as SpaceX prepares to go public later this year.The two companies announced the deal on Monday in a statement on SpaceX’s website, saying the merger would form “the […]