The Princess of Wales joined forces with first lady Melania Trump on day two of the US president's state visit to the UK.

Australian national broadcaster the ABC has been denied a spot at a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, days after one of its journalists was rebuked by the president for asking about his personal business dealings.

The broadcaster's London bureau was set to attend Trump's joint press conference tonight, however the ABC confirmed its accreditation has since been withdrawn by Downing Street Media "due to logistical reasons".

"We have been given no indication this is connected to the questions put to President Trump by ABC Americas Editor John Lyons earlier this week," am ABC spokesperson told 9news.com.au.

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The ABC is still accredited to attend the lunch Trump is scheduled to have with UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the PM's country retreat Chequers.

The joint press conference is scheduled to take place after this lunch.

Trump is in London on his second state visit to the UK.

He earlier attended a state banquet alongside King Charles III, Camilla, Queen Consort, and the Prince and Princess of Wales.

ABC journalist cops a spray from Trump

Lyons was reporting for Four Corners in Washington earlier this week when he asked Trump about his business dealings and questioned if it was "appropriate" for a sitting president to be engaged in so much person commerce.

"My kids are running the business," Trump said, before asking where Lyons was from.

"The Australians. You're hurting Australia, right? In my opinion, you are hurting Australia very much right now," Trump said.

"And they want to get along with me. You know, your leader is coming over to see me very soon.

"I'm going to tell them about you. You set a very bad tone."

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Speaking on camera for the ABC later that day, Lyons addressed the clash.

"If our job as journalists is to hold truth to power, then surely asking legitimate questions politely to the president of the United States should be acceptable, but in this day and age now, it's not," Lyons said.

Lyons defended his questions as fair, research-based, and politely conveyed.

Asked whether he had been banned from White House grounds, he said it would be a "very dark day" if that was the case.

"I don't think we've yet reached that point though," he said.

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US President Donald Trump has praised the decision by Disney's ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show off the air indefinitely, after the TV host and frequent Trump critic accused the MAGA movement of scoring political points off the death of Charlie Kirk.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely," an ABC spokesperson told CNN, declining to share any further details.

Trump, who is currently in the UK on a state visit, posted online shortly after 10am AEST.

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"Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED," Trump wrote.

"Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT".

CNN earlier reported the Federal Communications Commission's Trump-aligned chairman had threatened to "take action" against Disney and ABC over Kimmel's recent comments.

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A representative for Kimmel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The abrupt announcement came today after at least one major operator of ABC-affiliated stations said it would not broadcast the show "for the foreseeable future".

The operator, Nexstar, said it "strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets".

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During his Monday evening monologue, Kimmel suggested Kirk's alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican.

"The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said.

"In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving."

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The ABC late-night host's remarks constituted "the sickest conduct possible," FCC chair Brendan Carr told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson before the decision.

Carr suggested his FCC could move to revoke ABC affiliate licences as a way to force Disney to punish Kimmel.

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Carr said.

"These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead."

Carr added that the broadcasters, including ABC, "have a licence granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest".

Elsewhere in the interview, Carr attacked Kimmel as "talentless" and suggested the late-night comedian's comments displayed "some sort of desperate irrelevance".

Disney and ABC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This was not the first time Carr has gone after ABC in recent months.

In July, the Trump appointee told Fox News that long-running daytime talk show The View is "now in the crosshairs of this administration" over co-host Joy Behar's scathing criticism of Trump.

But Anna Gomez, the lone Democratic commissioner at the FCC, wrote on X that while "an inexcusable act of political violence by one disturbed individual must never be exploited as justification for broader censorship and control," the Trump administration "is increasingly using the weight of government power to suppress lawful expression".

"To surrender our right to speak freely is to accept that those in power, not the people, will set the boundaries of debate that define a free society," Gomez wrote.

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Speaking with CNN's Erin Burnett after Kimmel's show was taken off the air, Gomez said "the First Amendment does not allow us, the FCC, to tell broadcasters what they can broadcast".

"I saw the clip. He did not make any unfounded claims, but he did make a joke, one that others may even find crude, but that is neither illegal nor grounds for companies to capitulate to this administration in ways that violate the First Amendment," Gomez told CNN.

"This sets a dangerous new precedent, and companies must stand firm against any efforts to trade away First Amendment freedom."

The Centre for American Rights, which has previously lodged bias complaints against NBC, ABC and CBS, today filed a complaint with the FCC over Kimmel's comments, writing that "it is no defence to say that Kimmel was engaging in satire or late-night comedy rather than traditional news".

"ABC's affiliates need to step up and hold ABC accountable as a network for passing through material that fails to respect the public-interest standard to which they are held," Daniel Suhr, president of the Centre for American Rights, wrote in the complaint.

"Disney as ABC's corporate owner needs to act directly to correct this problem."

Kimmel has also been a frequent target of Trump's ire.

Shortly after CBS announced the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's late-night talk show – a move Carr publicly celebrated – Trump suggested that "Next up will be an even less talented Jimmy Kimmel".

– Reported with CNN

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The federal government has unveiled Australia's emissions reduction target for 2035, and announced billions in extra funding to help the nation reach the goal while at the same time boosting the economy by trillions of dollars, increasing average wealth by $36,000 per person.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced today that the nation would aim to reduce total carbon emissions by 62 per cent to 70 per cent, compared to 2005 levels.

"This is a responsible target supported by science and a practical plan to get there and built on proven technology," he said.

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"It is the right target to protect our environment, to protect and advance our economy and jobs, and to ensure that we act in our national interest and in the interest of this and future generations."

The target is more ambitious than New Zealand's goal of 51 per cent to 55 per cent, but far less so than the United Kingdom, which has a legal commitment to reduce emissions by 81 per cent compared to 1990 levels.

The government also outlined new plans to help Australia achieve its goal, including a new $5 billion net zero fund to support mining and heavy industry to reduce emissions, as well as millions in extra funding to roll out curbside fast charging for electric vehicles.

The announcement comes just days after Australia's first-ever climate risk assessment painted a bleak future of surging heatwave deaths, worsening droughts and other natural disasters, and millions of people at risk from rising sea levels if global warming can't be kept to 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial times.

However, the government is already facing criticism that the 62 per cent to 70 per cent target is incompatible with keeping warming to that level.

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"It prioritises fossil fuel profits and business interests over people, and effectively abandons our commitment under the Paris Agreement to collectively limit global heating to 1.5 degrees," Greenpeace Australia Pacific's Shiva Gounden said.

"It means homes and lands inundated by floods and rising seas; prolonged droughts and severe heatwaves decimating our agriculture and fisheries; the places and wildlife we love ravaged by infernos; our unique cultures and ways of life eroded."

However, the government defended its target, which was recommended by the Climate Change Authority, saying it was the most ambitious yet achievable goal it could set out.

"The Climate Change Authority chair made it clear," Energy and Climate Minister Chris Bowen said.

"They were obliged under law to consider 1.5… a target over 70 is not achievable, that advice is clear.

"We have gone for the maximum level of ambition that is achievable."

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Scientists, as well as marine conservation, wildlife, emergency responder and bushfire survivor groups, have also labelled the target as too weak, but Albanese said he was also expecting to face criticism that it was too high.

"We think we have a sweet spot," he said.

"There will be criticism from some who say it is too high, some who will say it is too low.

"What we have done is accept the Climate Change Authority's advice and, importantly, this is world's best practice."

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Multibillion-dollar plan to achieve target

Alongside the target, the government released its official "Net Zero Plan" – a 125-document outlining the steps and initiatives required to reduce emissions by 62 per cent to 70 per cent by 2035, en route to 100 per cent by 2050.

Included in the plan is the establishment of the new $5 billion net zero fund within the National Reconstruction Fund, as well as a further $2 billion for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and $1 billion to produce clean fuels in Australia.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said managing the transition towards a decarbonised nation would provide a multitrillion-dollar boost to the economy, according to Treasury modelling, and that it was a "golden economic opportunity" that Australia "would be mad not to grasp".

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But he also warned the cost would be enormous without government support.

"The baseline scenario would see our economy $2.2 trillion bigger by 2050 and an extra $36,000 per person wealthier, with 5.1 million more jobs and investment up 80 per cent," he said.

"We also asked Treasury to model the disorderly transition, the alternative if we leave the heavy lifting to others at the start of the 2040s and where our country and economy would need to scramble to hit net zero by 2050," he added.

"And in the disorderly transition, the economy would be a cumulative $1.2 trillion smaller than the baseline scenario."

The Business Council of Australia welcomed the net zero plan, but said the 62 per cent to 70 per cent target would be challenging and would require "exceptional collaboration" between the government and private sector.

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"We strongly support net zero by 2050, and getting this right is about balancing the needs of future generations while ensuring Australian industry can continue to compete in the global market today," chief executive Bran Black said.

"The BCA has long called for a clear plan, along with ambitious but achievable targets that give business investment certainty and enable the continued delivery of affordable and reliable energy, as we move towards net zero.

"The announcements today… are welcome steps towards closing funding gaps and increasing the investment needed to meet 2035 targets and set our economy up."

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Greens lament 'utter failure' while Coalition tosses up net zero abandonment

Both the opposition and Greens have hit out at the government's plan, although for vastly different reasons.

Greens leader Larissa Waters slammed the 62-70 per cent target as "appalingly low", saying it was manifestly inadequate to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.

"This utter failure of a climate target is a betrayal of Australian communities and the planet in favour of coal and gas corporate profits," she said.

She also claimed the funding included in the net zero plan was "a pitiful amount of money to allocate to the clean energy transition when it's about two-thirds of what they give every single year to coal and gas companies in cheap diesel and accelerated depreciation".

The Greens had been pushing for a target of net zero emissions by 2035.

The opposition, meanwhile, claimed the 62-70 per cent reduction was too high.

"This is grounded in fantasy land," Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said.

"Targets must be achievable and realistic. And these are not.

"If the government wants to have an honest conversation with Australians, they need to be upfront about announcements they make in critical areas of energy," she added.

"Energy is the economy.

"They need to be upfront about what it will actually cost. Australians deserve to know this."

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At the same time, the Coalition is considering whether to keep or abandon net zero by 2050 as a policy.

Dan Tehan has been tasked with reviewing the Liberals' energy plan, but there is no deadline for when a decision will be made.

Earlier this week, prominent conservative frontbencher Andrew Hastie – who is considered a potential future leadership rival for Ley – said he would quit shadow cabinet unless the party abandons its net zero policy.

Fellow shadow minister Jonno Duniam later suggested there would be a mass exodus from the Coalition frontbench if the policy is retained, although Ley has sought to reassure voters that the opposition is serious about action on climate change.

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