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Fiona Goddard, who was abused by a gang in Bradford as a child, resigned citing concerns over political interference and treatment of survivorsKeir Starmer's national grooming gang inquiry has suffered a blow after a prominent survivor resigned from its overseeing panel saying she disagreed with a shortlist of two possible chairs.Fiona Goddard, who...
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Nigel Farage's party reported to have exceeded £90,000 threshold due to ticket sales for Birmingham conferenceReform UK has launched an investigation into whether it underpaid VAT on thousands of pounds of ticket sales and merchandise.Nigel Farage's party, which is leading in the public opinion polls, said it was reviewing its tax affairs after a...
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Problem that originated in US and affected Snapchat and Ring among others appears to be IT issue rather than cyber-attack, says expertBusiness live – latest updatesA major internet outage has hit dozens of websites and apps around the world, with users reporting trouble getting online after problems at Amazon's cloud computing service.The...
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Independent MP Ayoub Khan makes comments after Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after riotingNeil Kinnock, the former Labour leader, has said that Keir Starmer needs to swiftly show that the government has "direction and purpose”.In an interview with the BBC's Westminster Hour last night, Kinnock said:The reality is...
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Trump's 20-point plan is forcing regional rivals to set aside differences and collaborate after years of competitionIf the war in Gaza had dramatic consequences across the Middle East, overturning long-held assumptions, resetting the geopolitical map and provoking massive shifts in public opinion, any durable peace is likely to have equally...
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Justice minister says 'we have failed' after thieves take seven minutes to steal priceless jewels from museumEurope live – latest updatesThe French government is under increasing pressure over museum security as police continue to search for thieves who took seven minutes to steal priceless jewels from the Louvre, the world's most-visited...
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New chief executive Luca de Meo aims to bring down debt burden and refocus on core fashion businessBusiness live – latest updatesThe Gucci owner, Kering, is selling its beauty division to L'Oréal for €4bn (£3.5bn), as its new chief executive, Luca de Meo, seeks to turn around the French luxury company.The deal will give the French beauty...
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Defence secretary will announce measures to combat threat of unmanned aircraft after incursions in EuropeSoldiers are to be given new powers to shoot down unidentified drones believed to be threatening UK military bases in response to a recent spate of incursions and sightings in Europe.John Healey, the defence secretary, will announce the measure...
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Ukrainian president criticises choice of Budapest as location for meeting as Trump suggests Kyiv must cede land to end warIranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected on Monday an assertion by US president Donald Trump that the United States has destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities."The US president proudly says they bombed and destroyed...
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US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner already in Israel with vice-president JD Vance due tomorrowThe Guardian's global affairs correspondent, Andrew Roth, has written an interesting profile on Jared Kushner in which he explores his central role in the ceasefire negotiations and his extensive business dealings in the Middle East....
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Tens of thousands evacuated amid significant damage from intense rainfall and storm surgeEight people have died and 27,000 have been evacuated after Tropical Storm Fengshen hit the Philippines during the weekend. Fengshen made landfall from the western Pacific Ocean near the municipality of Gubat on the southern tip of the island of Luzon, and...
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Trump vows to cut US funding as Pete Hegseth says US hit Colombian rebel group vessel and 'three terrorists killed'Donald Trump on Sunday accused Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, of being an "illegal drug dealer” and threatened to immediately cut US funding to the country, as a Republican senator said the US would soon announce "major...
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Protests have been banned and opposition figures sidelined as 83-year-old president ignores calls to step down"This is worth several more terms,” the Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, joked while opening a bridge named after him in the country's commercial capital, Abidjan, in 2023.The appearance in recent years of several new bridges in west...
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Ukrainian president ready to join Putin-Trump summit and asks for additional anti-missile batteries, paid for with frozen Russian assetsTrump suggests carving up Ukraine's Donbas region to end war after meeting with ZelenskyyVolodymyr Zelenskyy has called for the delivery of an additional 25 US Patriot anti-missile batteries amid the rapidly...
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Authorities say plane collided with patrol vehicle, taking it with it as it ditched in seaTwo people were killed in Hong Kong after a cargo plane hit a ground vehicle while trying to land and skidded off the runway into the sea.The Emirates flight had flown in to Hong Kong international airport from Dubai at about 4am on Monday when it veered off...
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High-profile lawyer Sue Chrysanthou SC is representing the Central Land Council boss in the case against NT senatorFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price plotted with a school principal to oust the chief executive of an Aboriginal land...
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Richard Marles condemns Chinese military after flares let off 'very close' to Australian surveillance aircraft over South China SeaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe acting prime minister, Richard Marles, has condemned the "unsafe and unprofessional” behaviour of the Chinese military, saying a fighter jet released...
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Meeting called for end of sitting week inviting backbench MPs to argue for or against dumping the policy after Barnaby Joyce announced resignationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition backbenchers are preparing for a showdown on net zero as pressure mounts on Sussan Ley's opposition to resolve its position, with...
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In today's newsletter: Trump's stance on the war continues to oscillate while Zelenskyy's infantry face gruelling stints at the 'zero line' amid increasingly lethal Russian attacksGood morning. It looked, for a moment, as if Donald Trump had finally taken a clear side in the war between Russia and Ukraine: with hints that he might be ready to...
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Chief statistician David Gruen says bureau did not censor anyone and is 'trying to take the side of truth' after misuse of overseas arrivals figuresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia's chief statistician, David Gruen, has defended the Australian Bureau of...
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The prime minister says it is 'wonderful to be here' ahead of long-awaited meeting with the president in the Oval Office at the White HouseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has arrived in the US for a long-awaited meeting with President Donald Trump,...
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Officials confirm media reports that Takaichi's Liberal Democratic party will join forces with rightwing Nippon IshinSanae Takaichi has moved a step closer to becoming Japan's first female prime minister, after her party reportedly agreed to form a new coalition with a minor party.Officials on Monday confirmed media reports that Takaichi's Liberal...
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Wave of Israeli airstrikes leaves nine-day truce teetering as residents recall previous dashed peace hopes For two years, Ismail Baba had dreamed of a ceasefire. The father of four had been displaced 11 times during the war in Gaza and was struggling to find adequate food for his children amid a worsening hunger crisis.When a ceasefire was...
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AEC data shows $1.1m raised by Alex Dyson's campaign was left unspent, which he says was an administrative errorFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlex Dyson, the former Triple J host who has failed to topple Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan at three federal elections,...
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Burning object made of carbon fibre discovered on desert road near mine site close to Newman on SaturdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBurning space debris that crashed to Earth in outback Australia is likely part of a Chinese rocket that launched in September,...
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Trump made the comments after a tense meeting with Zelenskyy in which the Ukraine leader failed to secure supplies of Tomahawk missilesDonald Trump has suggested the best way to end the war in Ukraine would be to "cut up” the country's Donbas region in a way that would leave most of it under Russian control, after reportedly pushing Volodymyr...
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Victorian premier insists city is safe and police have necessary powers after two officers hospitalised on Sunday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Allan has blamed a "very small number” of counter-protesters for violent scenes in Melbourne's CBD, insisting the...
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Multiple locations across Australia's eastern states are facing temperatures up to 18C above average over the coming week, BoM saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOctober heat records are set to fall this week across South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales,...
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Sunday's election marked the first time since 2005 that no candidate from Evo Morales' Mas party was on the ballotCentre-right senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 58, won Bolivia's presidential runoff on Sunday and will be the country's next president, marking a shift to the right after nearly 20 years of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo...
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This blog is now closed. See our latest full report here: Scramble to shore up ceasefire as Israel hits Gaza with deadly raids Freed Israeli hostage David Cunio received a hero's welcome in the city of Yavne, where residents lined the streets waving Israeli and American flags as he was driven from hospital to rejoin his family, The Times of Israel...
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IDF says attack followed Hamas forces killing two soldiers, but both sides say they are committed to ceasefireIsrael launched waves of lethal airstrikes on Sunday and cut off all aid into Gaza "until further notice” after a reported attack by Hamas, in escalations that marked the most serious threat so far to the increasingly fragile ceasefire in...
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Veteran leftwinger Tufan Erhürman wins after campaign on reviving stalled talks to reunify islandTurkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhürman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus.Erhürman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled...
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Former Nationals leader insists 'nothing locked in' for next step after announcing intention to leave partyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce has confirmed he has spoken with the One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, as he weighs a possible move to the...
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Necklace given by Napoleon to his wife among items taken from Paris museum in highly professional daylight raidFrench police are hunting four thieves who carried out a highly professional daylight raid on the Louvre, breaking into one of the museum's most ornate rooms and escaping with eight pieces of "priceless” historic jewellery, including a...
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Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had 'reckless indifference' to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales government rejected advice from an expert scientific panel...
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Exclusive: Mandatory company disclosures show one bonus amounted to $2.5m, more than double their annual salaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than $14m in bonuses was awarded to senior Australian health insurance staff at Bupa little more than a year before the...
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Nu-metal group says Rivers 'brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced'Sam Rivers, the bassist and backing vocalist of the US nu-metal group Limp Bizkit, has died at the age of 48, the band has said.Limp Bizkit announced the death in a social media post, describing Rivers as the band's "heartbeat” but not disclosing where Rivers...
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Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi's regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan...
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Connor Weston, 27, reportedly declared himself a 'non-offending pedophile' and threatened to kill himselfAn Ohio man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly stormed a stage at a Wikipedia conference in New York City with a gun – as well as a sign declaring himself a "non-offending pedophile” – and threatened to kill himself.Connor...
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Renowned 1957 Nobel prize winner worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles in elementary particle physicsChen Ning Yang, one of the world's most renowned physicists and a Nobel prize winner, died on Saturday in Beijing at the age of 103 after an illness, state media outlet Xinhua has reported.Born in eastern China's Hefei in Anhui...
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Five Yemenis and 15 foreign workers held as Iran-backed group steps up its campaign against international agenciesHouthi rebels have detained 20 employees at a UN facility in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.They are holding five Yemenis and 15 international workers but released another 11 after questioning them on Sunday. It was the second raid on a...
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Ukraine's president calls for meeting of European-led 'coalition of the willing' on his return from talks with TrumpUkraine's president has urged allies against appeasing Russia after returning from a trip to the US, where he failed to secure long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.Volodymyr Zelenskyy had flown to Washington after weeks of calls for...
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Jury says documentary about killing of Argentinian campaigner Javier Chocobar brings 'a measure of the justice' denied by the courtsA documentary about the murder of the Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar has taken the top prize at the London film festival, with the jury calling it "a measure of the justice” that has long been denied by the...
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Soldier's is first reported defection to South Korea across 248km militarised zone since August 2024A North Korean soldier has defected to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border, South Korea's military has said.The military took custody of the soldier who crossed the central portion of the land border on Sunday, South Korea's joint...
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Democratic lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Raphael Warnock, Adam Schiff, Cory Booker and Chuck Schumer attend rallies. This blog is now closed.What to know about the anti-Trump protests attracting millionsDemocratic officials across the US have posted in support of the No Kings protests.The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, wrote on...
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Releasing them from US custody evades thorny legal issues regarding military detention of suspected drug smugglersThe Trump administration is moving to send the two survivors of Thursday's strike in the Caribbean overseas rather than seek long-term military detention for them, four US officials and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on...
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This blog is now closedDavid Littleproud urges Barnaby Joyce to stay in the Nationals amid speculation of a jump to One NationCrocodile discovered in luxury Queensland resort pool sparks new warningsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsked about the hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza approved for visas in Australia and...
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End of almost two decades of leftist rule could revive 'war on drugs' in change of approach to coca cultivationBolivians go to the polls on Sunday in an election that, whatever the result, will mark a complete shift to the right after nearly 20 years under the rule of the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).The country's first-ever presidential...
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Reptile was removed after guests filmed it lying at the Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas on SaturdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA crocodile discovered lying in a luxury Queensland resort's pool has been removed by wildlife rangers, with the state's environment...
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Nationals leader says maverick MP still 'has a contribution to make between now and when he retires'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Nationals leader, David Littleproud, has urged Barnaby Joyce stay in the party after the maverick MP announced his intention to quit...
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Exclusive: Automated systems have generated 'cookie cutter' responses that fail to account for individual circumstances, financial watchdog saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBanks are outright ignoring or offering "cookie cutter” responses to a rising number of...
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Driver lost control of bus in Saloá in Pernambuco state and cause of accident is under investigationA passenger bus in north-eastern Brazil has crashed into a sand embankment and flipped on its side, killing 17 people, local authorities have said.The bus was carrying about 30 passengers, police said on Saturday, but the number of injured, who were...
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Officials say reopening of gateway between Gaza and Egypt would depend on Hamas returning remains of dead hostagesThe Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will stay closed "until further notice”, Israel has said, after the Palestinian embassy in Cairo said the territory's sole gateway to the outside world would reopen on Monday.The...
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Authorities urge UN to intervene 'to protect unarmed civilian populations' after attack on bus that killed 11Gaza's media office has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire with Hamas 47 times since the truce came into effect in early October, killing 38 Palestinians and wounding another 143."These violations have included crimes of direct...
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President says Venezuelan counterpart 'doesn't want to fuck around with the United States'Donald Trump used an expletive to threaten the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, on Friday, claiming that the leftist autocrat had offered major concessions to appease the US.The US president was speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday during a...
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Decommissioning Hamas weapons seen as major stumbling block, with British diplomats advising on processA European and US-backed UN security council motion to give a planned international stabilisation force robust powers to control security inside Gaza is being prepared, with the strong expectation that Egypt will lead it, diplomats have said.The...
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Canada isn't helping to repatriate refugee applicant Mahin Shahriar, a 28-year-old Bangladeshi man, his lawyer saysA refugee applicant living in Canada is trapped at a US immigration detention facility after he says he mistakenly crossed the border, but his lawyer says Canada isn't helping to bring him back.Mahin Shahriar, 28, who came to Canada...
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Tehran terminates 2015 deal under which sanctions were lifted in return for curbs on country's nuclear programmeAn international deal with Iran designed to keep the world safe from the spread of atomic weapons has officially ended, with Tehran announcing the termination of the decade-old agreement.Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound...
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Remains of Eliyahu 'Churchill' Margalit, who was killed on 7 October 2023, identified after being passed to Red Cross by HamasThe body of a 75-year-old hostage handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross in Gaza late on Friday has been identified by Israel's military as Eliyahu "Churchill” Margalit.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Margalit was...
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