Lawyer in Bruce Lehrmann’s ***** trial claims ‘shroud of secrecy’ over police investigation, texts ‘cherrypicked’
Lawyer in Bruce Lehrmann’s ***** trial claims ‘shroud of secrecy’ over police investigation, texts ‘cherrypicked’
A lawyer for former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who is facing two counts of *****, has claimed there is a “shroud of secrecy” surrounding the investigation due to the lack of confirmation of the existence of police notebooks and diary entries.
Zali Burrows, Mr Lehrmann’s solicitor, flagged what she claimed were “pretty concerning” aspects of the police investigation into her client during a brief call-over mention at Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Mr Lehrmann, 29, remains on bail and was not required to appear.
Police charged him with two counts of ***** in January 2023, alleging the charges stem from an incident in Toowoomba back in 2021.
Camera IconFormer political staffer Bruce Lehrmann is facing two counts of *****, which police allege stem from an incident in Toowoomba back in 2021. NewsWire / John Gass Credit: News Corp Australia
Mr Lehrmann was last year committed to stand trial in the District Court on the charges.
A date for trial has not been set and Mr Lehrmann has not yet entered a plea but has previously indicated he will fight the charges.
During Thursday’s mention, Ms Burrows said the Crown had served her with the brief of evidence about two weeks ago.
She told the court there appeared to be a “shroud of secrecy” over the investigation.“The Crown cannot confirm, at this stage, if there are any police notebook or diary entries in respect of this investigation, which is pretty concerning,” Ms Burrows said.
Camera IconZali Burrows, Mr Lehrmann’s lawyer, claimed in court there was a ‘shroud of secrecy’ surrounding the police investigation into her client. NewsWire / Nikki Short Credit: News Corp Australia
She flagged another issue surrounding the complainant’s phone, saying she had only received about 200 pages – with redactions – from a 2200 page Cellebrite report on the complainant’s phone.
Ms Burrows alleged the material had been “cherrypicked with disjointed text exchanges”.
“We are having issues with full service redactions and what we view as nondisclosure of police notebooks and diaries,” she said.
The court was told Ms Burrows had filed an application seeking the full unredacted disclosure of the Cellebrite report on the complainant’s phone, along with all police “notebooks, diaries, emails and text messages” in respect of the investigation.
“We’re also seeking disclosure of statements or things in possession of the prosecution which may be relevant to these proceedings, which they may not tend to rely upon in the proceedings,” Ms Burrows said.
Camera IconToowoomba District Court was told there were issues with the disclosure of the brief of evidence, with a redacted Cellebrite report on the complainant’s phone only detailing some 200 messages. Dan Peled / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia
District Court judge Dennis ****** ordered the defence to file their material supporting their application by June 13 and the Crown by June 16.
Mr Lehrmann’s matter will next be mentioned on June 20.
Police allege Mr Lehrmann had sex with the woman twice without her consent during a night out in Toowoomba.
During a committal hearing in July last year, the court was told the woman had been out drinking with friends and consumed ******** before she went to a strip club, The Vault, in Toowoomba, where she met a man she claimed said his name was Bryce.
It will be alleged in court that Mr Lehrmann gave the woman a false name of “Bryce” when the pair met before clarifying his name as “Bruce”.
Camera IconMr Lehrmann’s matter will return to court in June. NewsWire / John Gass Credit: News Corp Australia
The pair allegedly has consensual sex after leaving the club and using more ********.
The woman claims she then lost consciousness and woke to Mr Lehrmann having sex with her without consent, telling him to stop.
It is further alleged moments later, he again had ******* intercourse with her without consent.
Mr Lehrmann was represented by criminal solicitor Rowan King, from RK Law, in the lead-up to his committal.
But in a surprise move back in March, Mr Lehrmann announced he was dropping his legal team, instead naming Ms Burrows as his new legal representative.
A source close to Mr Lehrmann said of Ms Burrows: “He works well with her, that’s clear from the appeal under way and wins she’s already had. She (Ms Burrows) won’t be afraid to rain down hell if it’s needed, and Bruce needs that.”
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Tornado blew roof off salt shed in Butler County, NWS says
Tornado blew roof off salt shed in Butler County, NWS says
The National Weather Service deemed that a tornado blew the roof off a Butler County building during strong storms on Wednesday.
The Unionville Fire Department posted a video of the powerful storm, which blew the roof off of Center Township’s salt shed behind their station.
The National Weather Service responded to that video, saying it shows a “possible tornado” within the area the agency put under a Tornado Warning for around half an hour on Wednesday afternoon.
Initially, the agency said it would be surveying damage on Thursday to “verify anything further.” But, later on Wednesday night, they determined it was a tornado, based on “further studying of available evidence.”
This is the seventh tornado in the Pittsburgh region in 2025 and the first tornado in Butler County since 2021.
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Exclusive | Trump Tells European Leaders in Private That Putin Isn’t Ready to End War – WSJ
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Ramaphosa survives Trump ambush over ‘white genocide’
Ramaphosa survives Trump ambush over ‘white genocide’
Watch: ‘Turn the lights down’ – how the Trump-Ramaphosa meeting took an unexpected turn
Donald Trump has proved to be the political Rottweiler of right-wing Afrikaner groups, taking their fight to South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa.
They were quick to celebrate the US president’s ambush of Ramaphosa in the Oval Office, with the Solidarity Movement – which had toured the US to lobby the Trump administration – saying it welcomed the fact that South Africa’s “enormous problems have been placed on the international stage”.
Ernst Roets, a leading personality on the Afrikaner right, showed his admiration for the US president.
“Donald Trump made history today,” he said in a post on X, before thanking him for showing videos of firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema singing “Shoot the Boer (Afrikaner); Shoot the farmer” – and newspaper headlines of the killing of white farmers.
Solidarity’s Jaco Kleynhans went further, saying Trump deserved a Nobel Prize for “putting the farm ******* crisis on the international agenda”.
But for leading Afrikaner political columnist Pieter du Toit the ambush showed that “months and years of exaggeration, hyperbole and misinformation fed into the American right-wing ecosystem by a range of South African activists had hit its mark”.
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Cyril Ramaphosa remained calm and brought in his delegation to counter Trump’s claims of white persecution
Like many South Africans he praised Ramaphosa for his measured handling of the encounter in the White House, smiling when Trump was frowning.
But many people are angry with the right-wing groups, saying they have shown a lack of patriotism by lobbying the Trump administration to take a tough line against the country.
Such critics point to the fact that South Africa has a government of national unity – made up of 10 parties from across the racial and ideological divide to tackle the nation’s myriad problems – from the high crime levels that affect all races and classes, to an unemployment rate of 32%, with ****** people struggling the most to find jobs.
For most South Africans, the “rainbow nation” was on display at the White House, putting up a united front against Trump.
The government delegation included South Africa’s most senior white politician, John Steenhuisen – the agriculture minister who leads South Africa’s second-biggest party, the Democratic Alliance (DA).
He acknowledged South Africa had a “real safety problem”, adding that it required “a lot of effort to get on top of it”.
“It is going to require more policing resources,” he said.
But he dismissed the view that most white farmers were fleeing: “Certainly, the majority of South Africa’s commercial and smallholder farmers really do want to stay in South Africa and make it work.”
Trump’s video amplified the role of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party in South African politics by showing its leader singing the “Shoot the Boer” song.
The party advocates the nationalisation of land, and Malema revels in chanting the song at his political rallies – with Trump demanding to know why no action had been taken against him.
The song was once an anti-apartheid anthem, and Afrikaner lobby groups have tried to get it banned. But South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that a “reasonably well-informed person” would understand that when “protest songs are sung, even by politicians, the words are not meant to be understood literally, nor is the gesture of shooting to be understood as a call to arms or violence”.
Instead, the song was a “provocative way” of advancing the EFF’s political agenda – which was to end “land and economic injustice”.
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Trade unionist Zingiswa Losi (L) agreed with other South Africans in the Oval Office that crime, not race, was problem
Ramaphosa pointed out to Trump that South Africa was a democracy – and while the government was “completely against” what Malema does, the EFF had a right to exist under the constitution.
The EFF fell to fourth spot in last year’s parliamentary election, with Ramaphosa refusing to give Malema political oxygen by making a deal with him to form a coalition government after the poll failed to produce an outright winner.
Steenhuisen told Trump that the DA, a centre-right party which stands for a free market economy, joined the government to keep the EFF out, and to help tackle South Africa’s problems.
“This government, working together, needs the support of our allies around the world so that we can strengthen our hand, grow our economy and shut the door forever on that rebel [Malema] getting through the doors of Union Buildings [the seat of government],” he said.
‘Uncomfortable to watch’
Steenhuisen and Ramaphosa hold the middle-ground in South African politics – the Afrikaner right-wing and the EFF, along with ex-President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation) party, are at the extremes.
Ramaphosa promised to champion unity, invoking the name of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela – the symbol of racial reconciliation in South Africa after the end of white-********* rule in 1994.
But some Afrikaners feel they can no longer live in South Africa, and Trump has offered them refugee status. Nearly 60 of them have been resettled in the US.
Trump has given a boost to the right-wing, with some of them gathering outside the US embassy in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, in February with placards that read: “Make South Africa Great Again” – an adaptation of Trump’s “Make America Great Again”.
South Africa’s Land Reform Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso acknowledged that the meeting in the Oval Office was “uncomfortable to watch”.
“There is no genocide in South Africa… There is crime in South Africa like in other countries and this crime affects many people, ” he told the BBC’s Newshour programme.
Nyhontso applauded Ramaphosa for keeping his composure, rather than firing back at Trump when he ambushed him, with guns blazing.
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South African billionaire Johann Rupert told Trump those living in Cape Town’s townships face some of the worst levels of violence from notorious gangs
Some also commended the South African president for his tactics – bringing along famous Afrikaner golfers to the meeting to defuse tensions.
When invited to talk, Ernie Els took out his South African passport to prove his patriotism – and spoke of his respect for Mandela after he managed to unite the country at the end of apartheid – but said he wanted to see South Africa flourish with America’s help.
Retief Goosen perhaps added more fuel to the fire, speaking of how difficult it was for his brother to farm outside the northern town of Polokwane – explaining how he faced a “constant battle” with people trying to “burn the farm down and to chase you away”.
Though he ended by saying that despite their fear of crime, “the guys live a great life, despite what’s going on”.
Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert, also an Afrikaner, pointed out that the highest ******* rate in South Africa was in the townships of Cape Town, where most residents are ****** or coloured – as mixed-race people are known in South Africa – and are at the mercy of violent gangs.
While Zingiswa Losi, president of South Africa’s largest trade union, told Trump about the devastating situation in rural areas “where the ****** majority are”.
“You will see women, elderly, being ******, being killed, being murdered,” she said.
She urged the delegations to address the problem through trade – and creating employment.
“The problem in South Africa, it is not necessarily about race, but it is about crime.”
It is a sentiment with which most South Africans would agree.
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Waratahs coach McKellar backs Bell's Irish sabbatical
Waratahs coach McKellar backs Bell's Irish sabbatical
NSW Waratahs and Wallabies prop Angus Bell will miss the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season after opting for a short stint in Ireland with Ulster.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemns warship accident as ‘criminal’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemns warship accident as ‘criminal’
SEOUL (Reuters) -A serious accident occurred on Wednesday during the launch of a new North Korean warship while leader Kim Jong Un was attending the event, with him calling it a “criminal act” that could not be tolerated, state media KCNA reported.
Kim, who witnessed the failed launch of the 5,000-ton destroyer, excoriated the accident as caused by “carelessness” that tarnished the country’s dignity, and ordered the ship to be restored before a key ruling party meeting in June, KCNA said on Thursday.
The report did not mention whether there were any casualties.
KCNA said the incident at the eastern port of Chongjin was caused by a loss of balance while the vessel was being launched and it said sections of the bottom of the warship were crushed, but it did not give more details of damage sustained.
“Kim Jong Un made stern assessment saying that it was a serious accident and criminal act caused by absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism which is out of the bounds of possibility and could not be tolerated,” KCNA reported.
Kim said the accident “brought the dignity and self-respect of our state to a collapse”, adding an immediate restoration of the destroyer was “not merely a practical issue but a political issue directly related to the authority of the state.”
The rare public disclosure of an accident follows a report of the launch of another destroyer of a similar size in April attended by Kim at the west coast shipyard of Nampho.
North Korea has previously experienced accidents such as space launch vehicle failures and civilian disasters that have subsequently been used to promote the role of the leadership and the ruling Workers’ Party in correcting the problems.
The 5,000-ton destroyers launched by North Korea this year are the country’s largest warships yet.
In a report last week on preparations for the launch of the accident ship, U.S.-based 38 North said it appeared the ship would be side-launched from the quay, a method not previously observed in North Korea.
“The use of this launch method could be one of necessity, as the quay where the ship is being built does not have an incline,” the 38 North report said.
Commercial satellite imagery of the shipyard the day before the launch showed the destroyer positioned on the quay with support vessels by its side.
(Reporting by Joyce Lee, Jack Kim;Editing by Ed Davies and Jamie Freed)
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Kim Kardashian celebrates ‘finally’ earning law degree after 6 years at surprise graduation ceremony – Page Six
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Brisbane forwards Charlie Cameron and Kai Lohmann tipped to bounce back to form
Brisbane forwards Charlie Cameron and Kai Lohmann tipped to bounce back to form
Lions young gun Logan Morris has backed struggling fellow forwards Charlie Cameron and Kai Lohmann to “crack open a game” sooner rather than later in Brisbane’s bid to bounce back to form.
The Lions head into Saturday’s clash against Hawthorn at the MCG on the back of two disappointing results – a 71-71 draw with North Melbourne in Hobart and an 11-point home loss to Melbourne.
While it’s far from panic stations for the reigning premiers, who are in second place on the ladder, the Lions will need to improve if they are to beat the Hawks, who haven’t lost to Brisbane since 2019.
“Last week (against) Melbourne we showed so much good signs of good footy, and a lot of it was just general execution skills,” Morris said in reflecting on the Gabba loss.
“If we just keep playing the way we’ve been playing, things will come. We don’t have to change everything. We’ll just keep sticking to what we know, and we’ll open the game.”
Brisbane’s problems have included a lack of execution in the forward line, where grand final heroes Cameron and Lohmann are yet to fire.
Both have had interrupted campaigns. Cameron missed Brisbane’s opening two matches with a calf problem, while Lohmann has only played in five of the Lions’ 10 games because of ankle and shoulder injuries.
Lohmann is yet to kick a goal this season and has just 24 disposals, while Cameron’s radar has been off in his eight matches, having booted eight goals and 15 behinds.
“They probably haven’t been kicking the goals that everyone from the outside probably sees, but they do a mountain of work in the club,” Morris said of the battling pair.
“They’re trying to keep building on their games, and they bring the energy, they bring other things than just kicking goals, so we really respect those two lads.
“They’ve come back from injuries as well, so we’ll keep supporting them, and no doubt they’ll crack open a game soon.”
While Cameron and Lohmann have found the going tough, Morris, 20, has been one of Brisbane’s better performing forwards this season as he has thrived with having extra responsibility following the retirement of Joe Daniher after last year’s grand final win over Sydney.
“I just try each week, to just keep getting better,” said Morris, who has kicked 16 goals in nine appearances this season.
“Last year … I just tried to play with freedom. This year I’ve tried to take it on a bit more and play a ******* role within the team.
“I think I’ve slowly done that each week, and I just want to keep doing that, get respect in the game, and who knows what happens in the coming weeks.”
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Target mosquito parasites with drugs to cut malaria, study says – BBC
Target mosquito parasites with drugs to cut malaria, study says – BBC
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‘We’ll keep it’: SBW tips more Wallabies Bledisloe woes
‘We’ll keep it’: SBW tips more Wallabies Bledisloe woes
Sonny Bill Williams is cautioning fans against thinking Australia’s improved Super Rugby Pacific fortunes will help the Wallabies finally wrestle back the Bledisloe Cup in 2025.
The ACT Brumbies are sitting atop the ladder three weeks out from the finals, the Queensland Reds are also heading for the playoffs, while *********** sides have only lost two home games all season in a vastly better showing than in recent years.
Despite a run of four straight defeats, the NSW Waratahs also remain a slim chances of squeezing into the finals.
But it’s also the brand of rugby the Brumbies and Reds have been producing that has Williams convinced an *********** team can at last break New Zealand’s decade-long domination of Super Rugby.
“I hope so and that’s coming from a Kiwi. It’s been a tough few years,” the two-time World Cup winner told AAP.
“The great thing about this season is they’re actually playing really, really good footy. Entertaining footy. Footy that you want to turn the telly on and watch.
“Will that get them across the line? I’m not too sure because it’s some stiff competition.
“But that success breeds optimism and it’s something Australia needs going into the Lions series and the upcoming World Cup (in 2027).
“So it’s good. Aussies love backing Aussies and getting on the train to success. That’s what it’s about.
“At least we’re not sitting here beating the drum that’s not making any noise. *********** rugby’s making some really good music.”
Williams, though, is not so sure the Wallabies will regain trans-Tasman bragging rights and return the Bledisloe to Australia for the first time since 2003.
But the All ******* great is predicting a titanic battle.
“Look, as a Kiwi, hopefully the drought continues,” he said.
“But I honestly think that it’s going to be extremely competitive and I think they can get it done, the way they’ve been playing, the *********** players.
“So it’s not crazy to think that they could get it back. But I’m a Kiwi, bro. I could never go against my brothers.”
Adding to the enormity of the challenge for the Wallabies this year is the fact the Bledisloe series will again only two Tests, meaning Australia must win both.
A drawn series is never good enough, as the Wallabies have learnt five times since the All ******* regained the prized silverware with a 2-0 series victory in 2003.
Another loss at Eden Park, where the Wallabies haven’t won since 1986, on September 27 and the Two-Test series will be over even before Joe Schmidt’s men travel to Perth for game two on October 4.
“In 2017 we played up in Brisbane and you guys got us up there but it’s a tough proposition to beat a New Zealand team two times in a row,” Williams said.
“We’ll keep it. We’ll still keep it over there. It’s all good brother.”
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St. Louis mayor says "multiple failures" led to missed tornado siren before deadly twister
St. Louis mayor says "multiple failures" led to missed tornado siren before deadly twister
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Hard to imagine a ‘Trump put’ for U.S. deficit fears
Hard to imagine a ‘Trump put’ for U.S. deficit fears
With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) by his side U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC, U.S.
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It’s one bad headline after another coming from the White House these days. Just as the tariff-related turmoil rocking markets subsided — and only temporarily, since the clock is still ticking on the pause on “reciprocal tariffs” — fears of ballooning U.S. debt are sparking another broad sell-off in markets. This time, investors are wary because President Donald Trump’s tax bill is projected to add $3 trillion to $5 trillion to the U.S. debt, reported Reuters, citing nonpartisan analysts.
A fiscally challenged U.S. means investors will demand higher returns to hold the country’s debt. Indeed, Treasury yields jumped Wednesday. The 30-year Treasury bond yield crossed the 5% level for the second time this week and the 10-year traded at 4.61%, the highest since February. While rising yields mean bond prices drop, they also promise higher returns at potentially lower risks, dulling the allure of stocks.
Under pressure from spiking Treasury yields — which mean elevated borrowing costs for companies and consumers — U.S. markets sold off Wednesday, a sharp reversal from the rally beginning May 12 which gave the S&P 500 a six-day win streak. Unlike tariffs, which Trump seems to be able to conjure or dismiss unilaterally at a wave of his hand, a tax bill needs to pass through the different layers of the government and be agreed on by fractious politicians. It’s hard to imagine a “Trump put” happening here.
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Sell-off in U.S. marketsU.S. markets tumbled Wednesday on worries over the country’s deteriorating fiscal health. The S&P 500 lost 1.61%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.91% and the Nasdaq Composite gave up 1.41%. Treasury yields spiked, with the 30-year yield hitting 5.085%, the highest since October 2023, while the 10-year yield traded at 4.607%, a level not seen since February.
Threat of U.S. debt widening The U.S. debt-and-deficit situation is bad and facing real prospects of getting worse, triggering a high-profile credit rating downgrade from Moody’s and another selling stampede in stocks and bonds, writes CNBC’s Jeff Cox. If U.S. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill passes, there are concerns the U.S. deficit could widen even more and keep Treasury yields high.
Bitcoin surpasses previous highElsewhere in markets, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed mostly flat. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 ticked up 0.06% amid data showing the country’s annual inflation rate heating up to a higher-than-expected 3.5% in April from 2.6% in March. Bitcoin prices touched a new high of $109,857, breaking its January record.
OpenAI snaps up Jony Ive’s startupOpenAI said in a blog post Wednesday that it’s buying former Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive’s artificial intelligence devices startup io for about $6.4 billion in an all-equity deal. OpenAI said it’s paying $5 billion in the transaction, as it already owns 23% of the company. The deal brings OpenAI into the world of hardware, and underscores the growing sense in Silicon Valley that smart AI assistants could upend the gadget world.
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Emerging markets said to see the next bull run as the ‘sell U.S.’ narrative gains ground
Emerging markets stocks are in the spotlight again as the “sell U.S.” narrative gained fresh momentum, following Moody’s recent downgrade of the U.S. credit rating.
“Weaker U.S. dollar, U.S. bond yield top, China economic recovery … nothing will work better than emerging market stocks,” Bank of America’s team, led by investment strategist Michael Hartnett, said in a note.
Similarly, JPMorgan upgraded emerging market equities from neutral to overweight on Monday, citing thawing U.S.-China trade tensions and attractive valuations.
Erosion of confidence in U.S. assets, with a sell-off in U.S. Treasurys, equities and greenback, has fueled the bullishness for emerging markets.
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Kieran Culkin to Play Caesar in ‘Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ (Exclusive) – The Hollywood Reporter
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Enhanced Games: James Magnussen’s $US1m world record pursuit dashed by Greek rival Kristian Gkolomeev
Enhanced Games: James Magnussen’s $US1m world record pursuit dashed by Greek rival Kristian Gkolomeev
*********** gold-medal Olympian James Magnussen’s controversial pursuit of a $US1 million payday for breaking the 50m freestyle world record by using banned doping substances has been dashed at the Enhanced Games.
The former Aussie golden boy of the pool has spent months dosing up on banned steroids to enhance his physical ability in the hope it would help him break the record, and take home the cash offered by a group of business investors who are backing the games and a subsequent documentary.
But Magnussen’s dream of breaking the magical world record mark of 20.91 seconds was over as quickly as a stroll along the pool deck, after he looked up and witnessed his training partner and former Greek Olympian Kristian Gkolomeev hit the wall in 20.89 during his attempt.
“I looked out the door and heard the starter gun go off,” Magnussen said.
“I was probably at the 35-metre mark when I saw Kristian go past. He was absolutely flying. I was like, ‘Holy *****, that’s fast’.
“I looked up, and it was 20.89. It was bizarre. People were running into rooms everywhere. Kristian had broken the world record. It was crazy.”
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The time was enough to secure Gkolomeev the $US1m with the offer extended to the “first” person to break the world record during the Enhanced Games.
The SMH is reporting that after months of injecting peptides and testosterone, Magnussen watched on in disbelief as Greek Olympian Gkolomeev stole his thunder, slicing through the water at an unprecedented pace.
A documentary crew was there to capture the drama as Gkolomeev, an Olympic finalist in the same race just 207 days earlier, jumped onto the lane rope and placed both hands on his head in shock.
Although Gkolomeev was using performance-enhancing drugs and wearing a banned suit. The image of him being presented a large novelty cheque was beamed around the world.
Camera IconJames Magnussen has missed out in $1m at the Enhanced Games. Credit: Enhanced Games.
“This isn’t just about breaking records, it’s about breaking limits,” Gkolomeev said. “The Enhanced Games gave me the resources and the team to unlock a new level of performance – and now the whole world can see what’s possible.”
Respected *********** coach Brett Hawke, who has been secretly training Magnussen and Gkolomeev in the US ahead of next year’s inaugural Enhanced Games in Las Vegas, was stunned.
“Kristian was a little ******* off that James was getting all the attention and wasn’t swimming great,” Hawke said. “He just gets up on the block and breaks the world record. 20.89. It was f…ing crazy.”
Magnussen, the *********** Olympian who famously fell short of winning a gold medal in the 100m freestyle by one hundredth of a second at the London 2012 Olympics, is still one of the faces of the Enhanced Games, which launched on Wednesday (Thursday morning *********** time) in Las Vegas.
Camera IconJames Magnussen had his Enhanced Games dream stolen. Credit: Mag2
It is quite the turnaround for an athlete who spent his entire swimming career fighting for clean sport and despising drug cheats.
“The first time you stick a needle of testosterone in your butt, you have to do it in the muscle at the top just above your undie line,” Magnussen explained with a laugh. “I never thought I’d be sticking a needle with testosterone into my **** at any point in my life.”
The controversial, privately funded event has been dubbed the “Steroid Olympics”.
Magnussen, 34, has been on a whirlwind doping journey since February last year, when he made the bombshell announcement that he would consider signing up as the Enhanced Games’ first athlete … if the price was right.
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Las Vegas driver had at least 4 drinks before wild ******: police
Las Vegas driver had at least 4 drinks before wild ******: police
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A driver who lost control of her car, which ended up partially hanging off a Las Vegas interstate ramp, told Nevada Highway Patrol troopers that she had multiple drinks in the hours before, documents said.
Police arrested the driver several hours after the April 18 ****** near the Rainbow Curve, documents said. The driver lost control on an Interstate 11 ramp, causing the car to end up on the edge of a rocky embankment.
Paramedics transported the driver to a hospital where a trooper later interviewed her, documents said. The driver told police “she did not know how the ****** occurred” and that “she consumed approximately four alcoholic beverages, which included two shots of tequila and two other alcoholic drinks.”
Highway patrol posted a photo of the car to their social media pages in the days after, writing, “Impaired driving is no joke! This person could have been another statistic as well as injuring or killing someone else. Luckily today, this person was arrested for DUI.”
Troopers noted that while the driver reported no injuries, they found dry blood in the vehicle, documents said.
Troopers later booked the driver into the Las Vegas jail.
She faces misdemeanor charges, including DUI, records said. The driver was due to be arraigned on her charges in June.
The information in this report came on Wednesday following a public records request filed after the ******.
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Israeli Soldiers Fire at Diplomats in West Bank
Israeli Soldiers Fire at Diplomats in West Bank
A group of Western diplomats were touring Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Wednesday when Israeli soldiers fired at least seven shots to disperse the visiting officials.
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Two top aides to Mexico City mayor shot dead on busy street in daytime attack – The Washington Post
Two top aides to Mexico City mayor shot dead on busy street in daytime attack – The Washington Post
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Senate GOP set to revoke California’s car emissions standards, a move Democrats call “the nuclear option”
Senate GOP set to revoke California’s car emissions standards, a move Democrats call “the nuclear option”
The Senate is set to vote this week on revoking three vehicle emissions waivers in California, in a controversial move that the chamber’s parliamentarian says Republican lawmakers may not have the right to do.
Senate ********* Leader Chuck Schumer called the planned vote “the nuclear option.”
The three waivers the Senate is looking to revoke set stricter vehicle emissions standards than federal regulations. Two waivers relate to reducing tailpipe emissions from medium and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as limiting smog pollution from trucks.
The last is what’s frequently called California’s “EV mandate,” a rule that aims to phase-out gas powered cars and require all new vehicle sales in California be zero emissions by 2035. The rule to phase out gas powered vehicles goes into effect in 2026.
California was granted the ability to enact stricter vehicle emissions standards than the federal government under the Clean Air Act in a process that involves receiving a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency if the regulations meet certain requirements. The three waivers in question were approved by the Biden administration’s EPA in 2024.
Republicans argue that the Congressional Review Act gives Congress the ability to overturn rules passed by federal agencies — including the waivers — by a simple majority vote, but nonpartisan government watchdogs do not agree. The Government Accountability Office and the Senate Parliamentarian found that the Congressional Review Act could not be used to vote down California’s waivers because the waivers are not the same as rules, according to Senate Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who supports revoking the waivers, said in remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor that “the EPA has submitted the waivers to Congress as rules – which is all that Congress has ever needed to decide to consider something under the Congressional Review Act.”
But Democrats say such a vote is ********, and argue overruling the Parliamentarian and bypassing the filibuster sets a dangerous precedent.
“If they invoke this nuclear option now, they should expect that a future Democratic government will have to revisit decades worth of paltry corporate settlements, deferred prosecution agreements, and tax rulings that were overly favorable to multinationals and ultra-wealthy individuals,” said Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, in a statement.
The California Air Resources Board, a state body that designed the vehicle emissions regulations and requested the waivers, measures and sets pollution standards in California to comply with the Clean Air Act. It claims that the state has applied for over 100 waivers that have resulted in vehicles being 99% cleaner in terms of pollution, compared to vehicles from 1970. The board says they have never had a waiver revoked in the 50 years it has had the ability to enact them.
“The law is that the Clean Air Act says California can set its own standards if they are more stringent, more environmentally protective than whatever the federal government standard is,” said Mary Nichols, who was the California Air Resources Board chairwoman from 1975-1982 and then from 2007-2020. Nichols told CBS News that if Congress uses Congressional Review to revoke the waivers, the state of California will sue the federal government.
California state Attorney General Rob Bonta told Politico in March that his office is prepared for a legal fight and said, “We don’t think it’s an appropriate use of the Congressional Review Act, and we’re prepared to defend ourselves if it’s wrongfully weaponized.”
Voting down California’s waivers is expected to impact cities and states around the country, as 16 additional states and the District of Columbia have adopted California’s vehicle standards.
Republicans have staunchly criticized California’s emissions rules, especially the one aimed at driving the auto industry toward electric vehicles.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican who chairs the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee, said this week the rules amount to “forcing certain states and certain consumers to purchase a vehicle that they may not want or that they can’t find.”
The auto industry has been pushing for Republicans to revoke California’s waivers. The Speciality Equipment Market Association represents the automotive aftermarket industry where a third of its businesses are dependent on internal combustion engines and see the waivers and expansion of electric vehicles as a threat to business.
“The death of California’s waiver will give life to more than 330,000 American jobs and preserves over $100 billion of economic impact to the nation’s economy,” the association said in a statement.
But environmental groups are alarmed by the unprecedented use of the Congressional Review Act to revoke the waivers. The Environmental Defense Fund said in a statement that a vote by Congress would undermine California’s ability to address pollution.
“Using the CRA on EPA’s preemption waivers could create a precedent for sweeping congressional nullifications of other executive actions that are outside the scope of the CRA – from decisions about Americans’ eligibility for Social Security, to waivers for state Medicaid or veterans’ health benefits, to actions related to energy infrastructure projects,” the group said.
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*** sea temperatures soar after exceptionally warm Spring
*** sea temperatures soar after exceptionally warm Spring
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Temperatures in the seas around the *** and Ireland have soared in the past week with some areas now 4C warmer than normal, with potential implications for marine life and people going swimming.
The heatwave is most intense off the west coast of Ireland as well as pockets off the coasts of Cornwall and Devon, according to scientists at the National Oceanography Centre and the Met Office.
Sea temperatures in April and the first half of May were the highest recorded during those months since monitoring began 45 years ago.
Climate change is causing oceans to warm around the globe and is making marine heatwaves like this one more likely.
Scientists expect 2025 to be one of the hottest years on record for air temperatures.
“It’s super intense at the moment. The marine heatwave has really soared this week,” says Dr Ségolène Berthou at the Met Office.
Dr Zoe Jacobs, who is based at the National Oceanography Centre, first noticed the unusual marine temperatures a few weeks ago. She found that pockets of the *** had been coming in and out of a mild heatwave since late 2024. That heat intensified and spread in March and has now surged.
A marine heatwave is defined as sea temperatures that exceed the seasonal threshold for more than five consecutive days. In the *** the marine heatwave threshold for May is 11.3C.
On 19 May the average sea surface temperature reached 12.69C.
The entire west coast of the *** is now about 2.5C above average. A large portion of Scottish waters are 2-3C warmer than usual for the time of year.
“It started in the North Sea and the Celtic Sea. Now the North Sea has cooled down a bit but the west of Ireland is extremely hot,” says Dr Barthou.
One of warmest Springs on record is driving the surge, as high temperatures and weak winds warm the top layer of the ocean.
Marine heatwaves in the *** are thought to be a relatively new phenomenon but they are expected to increase in frequency and intensity.
It is still a bit of a mystery how exactly they will affect marine life, but the signs so far are not good.
“The interesting thing is that this started in winter and spring, when most people assume marine heatwaves are only in summer,” says Dr Jacobs.
People swimming off the west coast of the *** and Ireland may notice the warmer temperatures, although the waters are still cooler than at their peak in late summer.
The worst impacts on species are likely to have been avoided for now because the temperatures have not gone above the upper limit that marine life can tolerate, explains Dr Jacobs.
But it may be disrupting species’ breeding patterns and could bring an influx of jellyfish that like warmer waters, including the huge barrel jellyfish, to seas and beaches.
It could also cause harmful algae to grow out of control, creating wide patches of green algae that can poison other life.
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Jellyfish blooms can occur when waters are warmer
Previous heatwaves have caused harmful blooms of algae and in 2018 caused mass mortality among mussels.
In 2023, jellyfish sightings increased by 32% following a marine heatwave with temperatures 3-4C above average.
The heat could also encourage different fish to move into *** waters, including the bluefin tuna, potentially increasing the amount of fish to catch.
Normally marine heatwaves last around two weeks, so scientists are surprised at how long this one is persisting.
“It is exceptional. We are about two and half months in, which is very long,” says Dr Barthou.
Higher sea temperatures can push up land temperatures too, as sea breezes carry the heat off the ocean.
That happened in May 2024 when a short marine heatwave contributed “significantly” to above-average land temperatures, according to the Met Office.
In some parts of the world – including Australia, the US and the Pacific – marine heatwaves can destroy coral reefs or local fisheries, as well as vital seagrass meadows.
The *** is usually more protected from these impacts because overall the waters are cooler. But scientists still don’t know very much about them and have a lot more to discover.
A recent study led by Dr Jacobs found that the *** hotspots are the southern North Sea and the English channel, where heatwaves can last longer than other areas of the country.
Oceans have absorbed 90% of the excess heat created by humans burning fossil fuels, and as a result have warmed overall by 1C.
“Before we started having this exceptional weather this spring, the waters were already in a hotter state,” says Dr Barthou.
In the North Atlantic, sea surface temperatures have been increasing by around 0.3C per decade over the last 40 years, according to the Met Office.
The long spell of warm, dry weather is expected to break slightly this weekend.
“The ocean lags behind the atmosphere by at least a few days, so it might be that into next week we might start to see the ocean cooling off,” says Dr Jacobs.
But she says that this might be just a “temporary dip” as the longer-range forecast suggests the weather will warm up again.
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Assange open to political action as Cannes hosts doco
Assange open to political action as Cannes hosts doco
Julian Assange has appeared at Cannes alongside wife Stella, who says the WikiLeaks founder is concerned about the world and considering what action to take.
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Is your store on the list?
Is your store on the list?
Big Lots’ comeback continues to get *******.
Big Lots is set to open more than 70 stores across the United States on June 5. The expected openings come only weeks after Big Lots opened dozens of stores on May 15.
The openings come months after Big Lots announced its ***** to Gordon Brothers Retail Partners. As part of the deal, Variety Wholesalers acquired 219 Big Lots stores, as well as two distribution centers.
“We’re thrilled to bring the Big Lots! brand back to life by offering more deals than ever, lots of famous brands and a new apparel department for the entire family,” Variety Wholesalers CEO Lisa Seigies said in an April 4 news release.
Big Lots openings on June 5 are set to take place in nine states: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
Apart from Variety Wholesalers, other retailers have announced the purchase of Big Lots locations. Rhode Island-based Ocean State Job Lot announced in March that it would be buying 15 Big Lots locations in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont.
In February, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet said it would be buying 40 former Big Lots store locations.
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Tepid demand for US Treasury auction shows investor jitters about tax bill, deficit – Reuters
Tepid demand for US Treasury auction shows investor jitters about tax bill, deficit – Reuters
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Jim Chalmers warns of ‘dark shadows’ over global economy after rates cut
Jim Chalmers warns of ‘dark shadows’ over global economy after rates cut
Jim Chalmers has warned of “dark shadows” looming over the global economy just days after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates for a second time this year.
The RBA this week confirmed market predictions and delivered a 0.25 percentage point cut, bringing the official cash rate to 3.85 per cent.
It was welcome news for mortgage holders, many of whom could save hundreds on monthly repayments.
Appearing on a podcast on Wednesday afternoon, the Treasurer said the RBA’s decision was “very good news” and showed the Albanese government’s efforts to put downward pressure on inflation were working.
Camera IconTreasurer Jim Chalmers has warned that Australia must navigate ‘dark shadows’ looming over the global economy. NewsWire / Martin Ollman Credit: News Corp Australia
But Mr Chalmers warned it also recognised “this very uncertain global economic environment”.
“The language that the Reserve Bank governor used yesterday and that the board used in their statement is not dissimilar to some of the things that I’ve been saying for some time now,” he told The Conversation’s Politics with Michelle Grattan.
“The escalating trade tensions, the weakness in the ******** economy, conflict in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, all of these things are casting a dark shadow over the global economy, and that has implications for us as well.”
US President Donald Trump last month included Australia in blanket 10 per cent tariffs on most goods despite a trade surplus in the US’s favour.
It dealt a fresh blow to Canberra’s relationship with Washington, which was already bruised on the back of Australia’s inclusion in 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium.
But two-way trade is just one cause for concern – the Trump administration’s imposts have caused grief for Australia’s other key trading partners, including China.
With the ******** economy slowing down, conflicts raging on multiple continents, and US tariffs and counter-tariffs straining global trade and traditional alliances, many expert – including RBA governor Michele Bullock – have not ruled out a recession in Australia.
Mr Chalmers noted that both the Reserve Bank and the Treasury “expect our economy to continue to grow” over the next financial year but again repeated the “international environment is casting a dark shadow over the global economy and our own economy”.
“And that’s why it’s so important that the *********** economy has got the characteristics that you would want going into this volatility and unpredictability – the lower inflation, the higher wages, the low unemployment, the budget is in better nick than most countries around the world, we’re starting to see interest rates come down, the market’s expecting further interest rate cuts,” he said.
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At least four involved in killing of Mexico City mayor's collaborators, officials say
At least four involved in killing of Mexico City mayor's collaborators, officials say
At least four involved in killing of Mexico City mayor’s collaborators, officials say
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