Active protests reported from campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra

In the final part of our series on the plight of people with disabilities caught up in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bel Trew speaks to a man who had only the use of one limb, his arm, about the terrible treatment Ukrainians are subjected to in Rus ...

Analysis: Strides have been made in recent decades among the UN and humanitarian organisations to try and put protections in place, writes William Pons. But they need to be enforced and expanded so that the suffering of people with disabilities is no ...

A ‘seismic’ night at the polls seems to indicate an electorate sending a clear message to the government. What’s the reality?

Co-leader Adrian Ramsay says party has won spread of council seats in urban and rural areas, from Labour and Tories

Using schools for polling stations must have its perks. Plus, sympathy for the enslaved girl heckled by Plato

Defeat could have spurred Conservative rebels to move against prime minister

Ruling allows José Raúl Mulino to remain in race, after he himself replaced candidate excluded in February

An orangutan has been filmed applying a plant with known pain-relieving properties to a wound in a first for a wild animal. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany, and Universitas Nasional, Indonesia, observed a male Su ...

His youth support declining, the president needs ‘to be where the people are’. His account regularly mocks Trump – but remains silent on Gaza

Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionals

Environmental campaign groups took joint action against decision to approve carbon budget delivery plan

This exercise in shrinking the electorate to Conservative advantage must not be the new normal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Some are optimistic about a change of government after the next general election while others are frustrated with both main parties

With the chain selling off 126 restaurants, I’m worried. Will I be able to get the bottomless glasses of orange juice I need, asks writer Rich Pelley

The former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has bought the branding rights to ‘the Invincibles’

Russians and Belarusians are participating in summer’s games as neutrals without flags, emblems or anthems

David Cameron has backed Ukrainian strikes against targets inside Russia using British-supplied weapons. The Foreign Secretary said it was a decision for Ukraine how to use the supplied equipment and Kyiv “absolutely has the right” to strike back ...

The King’s Trust has celebrated its new name, an update of King Charles III’s long-running charity The Prince’s Trust

President previously bestowed the medal on 17 others in a ceremony held in 2002, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington, and gun safety advocate Gabrielle Giffords