Wang Wang and Fu Ni have lived at the city’s zoo for 15 years but are due to head home by the end of 2024‘Twists and turns’ in Australia-China ties are over, Li Qiang says – but Penny Wong highlights tensionsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLi Qiang has announced a panda swap for Adelaide zoo, a diplomatic move...

Landmark powers to impose huge fines to tackle tax evasion and avoidance are ‘pointless’, figures showThe UK’s tax authority has not fined a single “enabler” of offshore tax evasion or noncompliance in five years, despite landmark powers to impose huge fines.Tory ministers claimed new laws introduced in 2017 allowed HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to...

Action has been taken in only a tiny percentage of internal misconduct claims against officers since review by peer Louise CaseyThe Metropolitan police has been accused of failing to deal with the “toxic culture” inside its firearms unit after the number of internal misconduct investigations rose to its highest level since 2018.A wide-ranging investigation...

This blog is now closed.Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLabor ‘continuing to consult’ on Makarrata commission, Albanese saysAnthony Albanese says he will attend Arnhem Land’s Garma festival in August to “talk about a way forward” on Indigenous policy after the defeat of the voice referendum, keeping open the...

Labour may currently have a commanding lead, but a second lacklustre half to the campaign could lead some voters to stay at homeTwenty-point poll leads, historic strength on all the polling indicators, a flailing opponent fighting for third place – and yet still Labour worries. It is no wonder.Dark nights of disappointment in suburban leisure centres...

Many of those selected will be playing in their first major tournament this summerWhile several of England’s more experienced stars were sweating on their places in Gareth Southgate’s squad last month, Eberechi Eze was giving something back to the community that helped to raise him.The Crystal Palace midfielder set up the Eze Invitational tournament...