Morning everyone. Andy Burnham is Britain’s prime minister in waiting after Keir Starmer announced his resignation. He will be the country’s seventh prime minister in 10 years. We have full reports and analysis, including the intriguing question: is the UK ungovernable?Australia’s belief in multiculturalism is fading, a major survey says, while spy chiefs warn AI systems will soon be capable of taking down governments. A former AFL footballer writes about his encounter with the manosphere, and Lionel Messi has become the World Cup’s record goalscorer.AustraliaA brown skua suffering from bird flu. Photograph: Lori-Ann Shibish/Esperance Wildlife Hospital and Sanctuary.
Flu fears | The discovery of brown skuas and giant petrels infected with bird flu in Western Australia’s south coast has left experts fearing a wave of infections that could devastate birdlife.
Social change | Australia is undergoing a historic decline in support for multiculturalism, according to the Lowy Institute’s annual poll, amid mounting economic pessimism and an increasingly illiberal and chaotic world order.
Eyes on it | Powerful AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are mere months away, cyber intelligence agencies for the Five Eyes have warned in a rare joint statement.
