Library says it is ‘deeply distressed’ about incident and ‘does not condone discrimination on grounds of cultural dress’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe State Library of NSW has apologised after a high school student who was wearing a keffiyeh was asked...

Follow the day’s news liveWatch: ‘I don’t tend to read Hamas propaganda’: Penny Wong responds to grilling from Birmingham – videoGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWage increase should be more than inflation so workers get real pay rise: McManusSally McManus says workers are still coming from behind:I won’t be too...

Court shown part of 2021 interview given by former Jetstar pilot, who has pleaded not guilty to murdersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former airline pilot accused of murdering two campers told police he feared being killed during a confrontation that led...

Former Mexico City mayor and candidate for Morena party is projected to receive between up to 63% of the 2024 vote against closest rival Xóchitl GálvezA former climate scientist is set to become the first female president of Mexico, Latin America’s second-largest economy, in a landslide victory, according to exit polls.Claudia Sheinbaum, the 61-year-old...

Justin Stein, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering Charlise Mutten, gave evidence in the NSW supreme court as his defence case beganFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe man accused of killing Charlise Mutten cannot explain why he didn’t tell police he witnessed...

UN says aid shipments fell by two-thirds during May but number of trucks entering Gaza roseAid shipments into southern Gaza are being squeezed out by commercial convoys, humanitarian organisations say, at a time when Israel’s military push into Rafah has choked off supply routes critical to feeding hundreds of thousands of people.Deliveries of food,...