Morning everyone. Anthony Albanese’s datacentre rallying call has prompted calls for a moratorium on their rollout. It’s a global issue: Donald Trump has lashed out at New York’s governor for imposing a moratorium on datacentres.
Almost 145,000 people with autism will be kicked off the NDIS under the government’s reforms, and the greater glider might not be as great as we thought.
We review Christopher Nolan’s buzzy new film, The Odyssey, and England have fought a hot-tempered semi-final against Argentina with a late twist.
Australia
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Lesser glider | The celebrated greater glider can’t actually glide as far as previously thought, according to a new study, but scientists say they are still a marvel of the natural world.
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AI ‘pause’ | Environmental and community groups have called for a pause on datacentre development until new regulations are in place after Anthony Albanese promised “greater clarity and speed” over their approval. Our political editor says his plan is admirable but faces headwinds from big tech. It comes as Donald Trump has lashed out at New York’s governor for pausing the construction of large new datacentres.
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NDIS hit | Almost 145,000 Australians receiving support for autism on the NDIS are expected to be removed by the end of the decade, internal government estimates show.
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Data breach | Thousands of medical records and patient information stored with one of Australia’s biggest healthcare providers have been breached in a cyber-attack.
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Divine intervention | A former Sydney church turned arts venue at the centre of a culture war is exploring legal action after receiving a notice from its landlord that forced its organisers to close the space and cancel planned events.
World
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‘They want to silence us’ | Lawyers in Israel acting for a German Gaza flotilla activist, Anna Liedtke, have filed a complaint demanding authorities investigate her allegations that she was raped while in detention.
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Iran blockade | With the latest US missile strikes, Donald Trump has taken the war with Iran into a new, murkier phase as the two sides move further and further from the memorandum of understanding signed on 17 June. Follow developments live.
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‘We pulled levers’ | Keir Starmer has defended his record as prime minister in an often emotional final outing at prime minister’s questions, which largely avoided political jibes in favour of tributes.
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Italy reset | Giorgia Meloni’s ruling coalition has pledged to persevere with its flagship plans to overhaul Italy’s electoral system despite calls for snap elections.
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Tipping point | The felt-tip pen Buzz Aldrin used to fix a broken circuit-breaker and escape from the moon in 1969 has sold at auction in New York for more than $850,000 (A$1.2m).
World Cup
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What to watch today | England v Argentina of course: catch up with the action in our live blog.
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Match catch-up | They may lack a bit of glamour but Spain stuck ruthlessly to a shrewd tactical plan in their 2-0 win over France. The inquest has already begun into the favourites’ exit, who suffered from a “collective failure” according to the press back home.
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Off the pitch | Fifa has been hit with an injunction by a German court ordering it to stop “manipulative processes” in the sale of World Cup tickets. Our columnist Nesrine Malik considers the World Cup from the point of view of the African diaspora in Europe and calculates the “identity maths”.
Full Story
Will the death of the ‘Trump whisperer’ change US politics?
Reged Ahmad speaks to our Washington bureau chief, David Smith, about whether the death of South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham marks a new moment in the future of the Republican party.
In-depth
One Nation’s economic policies do not often chime with Greg Jericho but he agrees with the party on the idea of creating a people’s bank that could offer borrowers long-term fixed-rate mortgages and challenge the big four oligopoly.
Not the news
When an Australian archaeologist completed a cycling trip with his brothers retracing Hannibal’s journey over the Alps, he enjoyed it so much that he set up a company called Bike Odyssey to help people recreate the famous Homeric journey.
Sport
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Swimming | Australian Olympic champion Mollie O’Callaghan has been cleared to race at next week’s Commonwealth Games despite suffering spinal stress fractures, while Shayna Jack says she will retire after the Glasgow games.
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Cricket | The men’s Cricket World Cup will undergo yet another revamp when it takes place in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia next year with a convoluted 14-team format.
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Golf | Leading English players such as Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose will be battling history at Royal Birkdale this week as they seek to be the first home winner of The Open since Tony Jacklin in 1969.
Media roundup
The Telegraph hears from Hunter Valley workers who say their jobs are under threat from “inner city greenies” opposed to coalmine expansion. A one-off cancer therapy developed in Australia that has shown an almost 100% success treating solid tumours in mice will be tested in humans thanks to a grant to be announced today, the Herald Sun claims. South Australian police have warned about the spread of misinformation after a podcaster claimed human remains found in Adelaide were linked to a murder when they were actually medical teaching aids, the Advertiser reports.
What’s happening today
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New South Wales | Independent planning commission begins three-day public hearing into proposed Hunter Valley coalmine expansion.
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Foreign policy | Australian Strategic Policy Institute report calls for a polar ambassador and a dedicated polar strategy.
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Mining | BHP workers to strike at Port Hedland.
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