Finance ministers will debate legality of using €270bn in frozen state assets as collateral for loanDivisions over whether Ukraine can lawfully be handed an extra €30bn (£26bn) loan drawn from €270bn in seized Russian state assets are likely to be aired at a meeting of G7 finance ministers this week in Stresa, northern Italy.In another test of political...

Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW police minister, Yasmin Catley, was on ABC News Breakfast earlier to discuss the state’s four-day domestic violence blitz.She said it was the sixth operation in 18 months, with “thousands of arrests” in that time.[The operations] are scheduled...

Lai makes first speech as president in historic third term in power for the pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive party (DPP)Who is Lai Ching-te?Taiwan’s new president to take officeSee all of our Taiwan coverageThe Guardian’s Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin are at the inauguration in Taipei. They have this report:It is a sea of bucket hats outside...

Lai makes first speech as president in historic third term in power for the pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive party (DPP)Who is Lai Ching-te?Taiwan’s new president to take officeSee all of our Taiwan coverageThe Guardian’s Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin are at the inauguration in Taipei. They have this report:It is a sea of bucket hats outside...

Police called over discovery, made several days after pair were allegedly murdered by former Jetstar pilot who has pleaded not guiltyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA camper who came across the abandoned and burnt campsite of Russell Hill and Carol Clay has...

Helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reportedly crashed in mountainous area amid bad weatherFull report: helicopter carrying Iran’s president crashes in mountainsProfile: Ebrahim Raisi: Iran’s hardline president dogged by execution claimsReuters has put together a list of reactions from around the world, with...