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Sanae Takaichi has made history but will have little time to settle in before negotiating the pitfalls of rising prices, power struggles and a mercurial US presidentIt is hard to overstate the symbolism of Sanae Takaichi’s achievement on Tuesday in becoming the first female prime minister of Japan, a country that consistently ranks poorly in global gender equality comparisons, not least in politics and business.However, she will have precious little time to savour her historic appointment. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/pm-sanae-takaichi-japan-prime-minister Author : Justin McCurry in Tokyo Publish date : 2025-10-21 05:06:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

In first interview since Glastonbury, frontman Bobby Vylan tells Louis Theroux the backlash was ‘minimal’ compared to the plight of PalestiniansBob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan is “not regretful” of his “death, death to the IDF” chant at Glastonbury and said he would “do it again tomorrow, twice on Sundays”.The outspoken punk duo sparked controversy when they led chants of “death, death to the IDF”, referring to the Israel Defense Forces, at the festival in June. The chant was condemned by Glastonbury and the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, who described it as “appalling hate speech”. Continue reading... Source link :

The tornado killed one construction worker on a building site, injured 10 others and left four in critical conditionA tornado tore through districts north of Paris on Monday, toppling three construction cranes that killed one person and left four others with critical injuries, authorities said.The town of Ermont, about 20km (13 miles) north-east of Paris was worst hit by the sudden twister that caused damage across about 10 districts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/france-tornado-ermont-near-paris Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-10-21 00:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Premier Chris Minns says government will integrate hospital back into the public system. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe foreign affairs minister was asked about Donald Trump’s remark that he didn’t like the Australian ambassador, Kevin Rudd, and “probably never will” during the White House meeting early this morning.Trump made the testy remark, telling Rudd “I don’t like you either”, at the White House cabinet room table, prompting uncomfortable laughter. Penny Wong told RN the ambassador had done an “extremely good job” getting the meeting between the US president and Albanese:Look, I