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Environmentalists seeking to end logging, smuggling and pollution in DRC’s Mangrove Marine park faced threats, violence and rapePeople who have tried to expose unlawful ownership and profit-making from protected land in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have faced threats, violence and rape, an investigation has found.The DRC government hired the conservation worker Kim Rebholz in 2022 to safeguard the Mangrove Marine park, an internationally recognised nature reserve on the country’s tiny coastline. The Congo basin rainforest, to the east, is the largest rainforest after the Amazon. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/11/violent-reprisals-after-drc-whistleblowers-discover-profiteering-in-protected-land Author : Josephine Moulds and Sonia Rolley

Ex-Liberal senator attempts to recoup legal costs awarded after defamation win against her former political stafferFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former senator’s bid to discover where Brittany Higgins’ $2.4m compensation payout went after their bruising defamation battle has been frustrated by a bankruptcy paperwork glitch.The former Liberal senator Linda Reynolds successfully sued Higgins over a series of social media posts the former defence minister believed damaged her reputation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/11/linda-reynolds-bankruptcy-proceedings-against-brittany-higgins-stalled-by-paperwork-glitch-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-11-11 05:10:00 Copyright for

The broadcaster’s director general and head of news resigned on Sunday night. But were they unforgivable mistakes made or were they victims of an internal coup? Michael Savage reportsIt was only a week ago that the Telegraph ran its first story about anti-Trump bias at the BBC and for many readers it may not have struck them as anything more than the usual rightwing criticisms of the national broadcaster. But the complaints about the editing of a Donald Trump clip in a Panorama programme about the January 6 riots and other criticisms made in a leaked 19-page dossier began gathering

Products that fail fire safety checks, are counterfeit and breach laws protecting children targeted in raids in LondonA rainbow of vapes and Apple-branded products light up the window of a south London shop as a small army of police prepare to march through the door.Officers have been watching the shop for months and have already carried out tests in independent labs on products bought there. Most have come back with a high risk rate for possible electrocution and fires. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/11/success-is-shutting-them-down-met-police-in-fight-against-vape-and-phone-shops Author : Lauren Almeida Publish date : 2025-11-11 00:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to