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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
NEWS | 31 May 2026
The country was already one of the global leaders in domestic solar power, with panels on one in three homes. Instead, batteries mean solar power can be stored and used when it is needed. View image in fullscreen Australia is a global leader in generating electricity from solar energy on per capita terms. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe battery revolution has also given solar panels a boost just as some state government subsidies were removed. Australia’s rise as a household energy powerhouse has done nothing to change its ongoing support for fossil fuel expansion.

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Israeli troops capture strategic Beaufort Castle as they push deeper into Lebanon
NEWS | 31 May 2026
Perched on a commanding hilltop, the medieval fortress overlooks much of southern Lebanon, giving it significant strategic importance. View image in fullscreen The Israeli flag flies alongside that of the IDF’s Golani Brigade over Beaufort Castle, also known as Qalaat al-Shaqif, in southern Lebanon on Sunday. Control of the surrounding hills would provide commanding views over large parts of southern Lebanon and the western Bekaa valley, offering a significant tactical advantage. View image in fullscreen Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on the village of Arnoun in the Marjayoun area of southern Lebanon. Reuters reported the Israeli military as saying one of its soldiers had been killed in combat in southern Lebanon.

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Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu says capture of strategic castle is ‘dramatic shift’ in Israel’s Lebanon offensive
NEWS | 31 May 2026
From 2h ago 07.03 EDT Netanyahu says capturing Beaufort a 'dramatic shift' in Lebanon offensive Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israeli forces’ capture of Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon marked a “dramatic shift” in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. “The capture of Beaufort is a dramatic stage and a dramatic shift in the policy we are leading. And that is why the romance of the images from Beaufort will turn, within days, into strategic stagnation,” he said. Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP Share Updated at 08.31 EDT41m ago 08.18 EDT View image in fullscreen Iran’s South Pars gasfield, which it shares with Qatar, in 2019. “The capture of Beaufort is a dramatic stage and a dramatic shift in the policy we are leading.

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Lebanon divided: Hezbollah, Israel and the cost of resistance – video
NEWS | 31 May 2026
Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues and is deepening divisions across Lebanon. Supporters of Hezbollah call the group “the resistance” and see the conflict as existential. Despite agreeing to a ceasefire, Israel still occupies parts of southern Lebanon and insists Hezbollah must disarm for there to be peace—a view shared by many Lebanese. With communities split over Hezbollah’s future, The Guardian travels across Lebanon to find out how the conflict is widening divisions and affecting life across the country.

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French police arrest 780 after violent clashes as PSG fans celebrate Champions League win
NEWS | 31 May 2026
French police have detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted on Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal to win the Champions League title. The interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said 57 officers were wounded, with most suffering minor injuries, as football fans set off fires and vandalised shops. View image in fullscreen Riot police officers detain a PSG supporter on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The PSG team will then be hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, at the Élysée Palace. The Champs-Élysées, which authorities had partly cordoned off, was filling with mostly peaceful PSG fans, TV footage showed.

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Paris Saint-Germain retain Champions League as Arsenal dream dashed in shootout
NEWS | 31 May 2026
For Paris Saint-Germain, there was the opportunity to make it clear that this is a dynastic team; the rarity of retaining a Champions League title. View image in fullscreen Kai Havertz puts Arsenal ahead against Paris Saint-Germain. When the teams could not be separated after extra time, nerves utterly shredded, it came in the penalty shootout. Gabriel had to score to keep Arsenal alive and he was delayed a bit by the referee, Daniel Siebert. View image in fullscreen Paris Saint-Germain’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (left) is fouled by Arsenal’s Cristhian Mosquera resulting in a penalty.

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Daily pill can double survival time for world’s deadliest cancer, trial shows
NEWS | 31 May 2026
Currently, there are few treatments for pancreatic cancer, and most do little or nothing to help. In the trial of 500 patients, all of whom had pancreatic cancer that had spread, the pill doubled survival time, with fewer side-effects compared with chemotherapy. “Having treated pancreatic cancer for 16 years, I actually started crying in clinic. More than 90% of patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC), have a mutation in the Kras gene. “For far too long, people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer have had incredibly limited treatment options and survival rates that have remained devastatingly low.

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World faces cancer workforce crisis with 100m staff shortfall, report warns
NEWS | 31 May 2026
The world is facing a cancer workforce crisis, experts have said, with a shortage of 100 million staff expected by 2050 as 100,000 people are diagnosed every day. The research, which was presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago, says the world faces a projected shortfall of 100 million cancer care workers by 2050. The workforce crisis comes amid a predicted 21% increase in cancer incidence, the report says. “The predicted 35m in cancer cases each year globally is in sharp contrast to the projected global shortfall of 100 million cancer care workers by 2050. Investing in the cancer workforce now could avert 170 million cancer deaths between 2030 and 2050 and deliver about $120tn (£89tn) in net economic benefits, according to the report.

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Colombia goes to polls in election pitting outgoing leader’s ally against pro-Trump candidates
NEWS | 31 May 2026
The vote on Sunday, seen as a referendum on outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s policies, comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). There are 14 candidates on the ballot, but the election has basically turned into a three-horse race. Running against Cepeda are Abelardo de la Espriella and Paloma Valencia, who have vowed to come down on armed groups with a heavier hand. If no candidate wins at least 50% of the vote – something extremely rare in Colombia – the two top vote-getters will face a runoff in June. View image in fullscreen A person walks past a campaign poster for presidential candidate Paloma Valencia in Barranquilla, Colombia.

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Japan defence minister rebuffs claims of ‘new militarism’ levelled by China
NEWS | 31 May 2026
Japan’s defence minister took a veiled swipe at China on Sunday, pledging to keep strengthening the military despite Beijing’s criticism of Tokyo’s increasingly muscular security stance. Under the prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, Japan has quickened its pivot to a more proactive defence policy, further shaking off – with US encouragement – its pacifist outlook in place since the end of the second world war. The Japanese defence minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, hit back on Sunday, saying “nothing could be further from the truth”. Koizumi said that China was expanding its military capabilities “without sufficient transparency” and that its military activities were “a matter of serious concern for Japan”. In contrast to Japan – and its ally the US – China has sent a watered-down delegation that does not include its defence minister, Dong Jun, for the second year running.

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Nicola Sturgeon: I feel as if I’m serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit
NEWS | 31 May 2026
Nicola Sturgeon has said feels like she is “serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit” after her former husband and former Scottish National party chief executive, Peter Murrell, admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party. Sturgeon was Scotland’s first minister from 2014 to 2023 while Murrell served as the party’s chief executive from 2001 to 2023. In an interview on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Sturgeon said she was “not going to apologise for somebody else’s crimes”. On Sunday, Sturgeon said her former husband had “perpetrated a crime on the SNP”, adding: “By definition, that included me as the party leader. “He is serving and will be serving a sentence for a crime he committed.

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White House releases memo describing results of Trump’s health checkup
NEWS | 31 May 2026
Donald Trump has been grappling with “lower leg swelling” as well as “benign” hand bruising but remains in excellent health, the US president’s physician said in a memo released by the White House. Citing the results of a recent examination, the memo from Dr Sean Barbabella said Trump “remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function”. It was closely watched, as the White House in the past year has had to detail several of the president’s health conditions after pictures revealed at times swollen ankles, bruised hands and a blotchy neck. Trump is the oldest person ever elected to the White House, with his 80th birthday on 14 June. The memo attributed to Trump a height of 6ft 3in (190cm) and weight of 238lbs (108kg).

Current Events:
Sky ends controversial news joint venture in United Arab Emirates
NEWS | 31 May 2026
Sky is exiting its TV news joint venture with the United Arab Emirates, Sky News Arabia, which has been criticised for its coverage of the war in Sudan, with accusations of genocide denial. However, Sky UK has struck a multi-year brand licensing deal that will allow Sky News Arabia to retain its name. The joint venture began broadcasting across the Middle East and north Africa in 2012. The reporter sent by Sky News Arabia is married to a senior official in the RSF’s parallel government. “Sky News Arabia today stands as one of the Arab world’s leading media success stories.

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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
NEWS | 31 May 2026
The country was already one of the global leaders in domestic solar power, with panels on one in three homes. Instead, batteries mean solar power can be stored and used when it is needed. View image in fullscreen Australia is a global leader in generating electricity from solar energy on per capita terms. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe battery revolution has also given solar panels a boost just as some state government subsidies were removed. Australia’s rise as a household energy powerhouse has done nothing to change its ongoing support for fossil fuel expansion.