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The political differences between the two main candidates could have major implications for next year’s midtermsNew Yorkers will find out the identity of their next mayor on Tuesday, in a race that will decide who will run, and defend, the US’s largest city at a time when Donald Trump has threatened to send military troops there.Against that backdrop, New York has seen a mayoral election that has pitted two very different Democrats against one another. The race has become an increasingly bitter face-off, laced with alleged racism and Islamophobia, but it is the political differences between the two main candidates

Many waterways vulnerable to breaches and closures and face mounting maintenance costs, charity saysBritain’s network of canals and rivers is under strain from funding shortfalls and growing climate pressures, campaigners warn.Three-quarters of the country’s waterways face financial peril, according to the Inland Waterways Association (IWA), an independent charity advocating for Britain’s canals and rivers, as the country braces for heavier winter rainfall and intensifying summer droughts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/01/britain-canals-rivers-funding-climate-campaign Author : Charlie West Publish date : 2025-11-01 08:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The Coral Adventurer will return to Cairns, as investigations into Suzanne Rees’ death continueGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe luxury Coral Adventurer cruise has been cancelled in the wake of the death of passenger Suzanne Rees, who was left on the Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island and wasn’t found until the next day.It will now return to Cairns, as investigations into Rees’ death continue. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/01/luxury-cruise-cancelled-after-80-year-old-left-behind-on-lizard-island-dies-alone Author : Tory Shepherd Publish date : 2025-11-01 05:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Nationals’ grassroots members have voted to ditch net zero, setting the scene to formally scrap the target at a meeting on Sunday morning.“We believe in reducing emissions, but not at any cost,” the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, told the party’s federal council on Saturday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/01/nationals-members-vote-to-ditch-net-zero-target-from-party-platform Author : Tory Shepherd Publish date : 2025-11-01 02:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.