The territory’s justice minister has called for the anthem to be removed from the internet in the wake of the rulingHong Kong has demanded a protest song that was made popular during pro-democracy demonstrations in the territory be removed from the internet, in the wake of a court ruling which banned it.In its judgment on Wednesday, the court of appeal...

Government’s promised ‘future gas strategy’ will argue the fossil fuel is important part of transition to net zero emissions. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNSW’s arts minister, John Graham, says a Sydney council has sent a “terrible message” by voting to ban same-sex parenting books,...

Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was at home in apartment when officers burst into wrong unit and shot him dead, family saysDeputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black US air force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s...

US president publicly warns that his administration will not provide the weapons for an offensive on RafahIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesJoe Biden has issued a blunt warning to Israel that his administration will stop supplying bombs and artillery shells if its military pushes ahead with an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in what could...

In interview with CNN on Wednesday, US president made public warning for first time, saying: ‘It’s just wrong.’President Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the US would stop supplying it with weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza.“I made it clear that if they go into Rafah...

The US president said he had made it clear to PM Netanyahu that if Israeli military ‘go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons’See all our Middle East crisis coverageAnalysis: Biden seeks to pull rank in US-Israel relationship – a trial of strength beckonsJoe Biden was also asked about the anti-war protests that have consumed US campuses in recent...