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Tony Burke to include mandatory sentencing in new legislation; Meg O’Neill says Trump shakeup presents challenge. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProposed Gaza takeover “utterly unlawful”: UN Special RapporteurUnited Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, is on ABC RN Breakfast this morning, says President Donald Trump’s statement the US “will take over” Gaza is “utterly unlawful.The implications is that the President of the United States says that it’s country ready to commit an act of aggression.It’s pathetic… I think that there are many countries which have a

President’s plan for US to take over Gaza Strip and move out Palestinians also rejected by allies Saudi Arabia and JordanMiddle East crisis – live updatesUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza sparked anger and blunt rejection from regional allies, delight from Israel’s far right and a warning against “ethnic cleansing” from the head of the UN.The secretary general, António Guterres, plans to tell a UN meeting on Wednesday that “it is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing” after the US president said he wanted to “own” Gaza and resettle its

National Rally and Socialists did not back no-confidence motion tabled by hard-left France Unbowed The French prime minister, François Bayrou, has survived an initial confidence vote in parliament called for by the hard left, after the far-right National Rally (RN) and centre-left Socialists did not back the motion against him.On Wednesday, 128 lawmakers voted in favour of the first motion of no confidence, well short of the 289 votes needed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/french-pm-francois-bayrou-expected-to-survive-confidence-vote Author : Kim Willsher in Paris Publish date : 2025-02-05 18:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon suspended last July for backing SNP amendment to king’s speechLabour has restored the whip to a further three MPs who voted against the two-child benefit cap, the Guardian understands.Ian Byrne, Imran Hussain and Richard Burgon were among seven parliamentarians who were suspended in July for supporting an amendment to the king’s speech, tabled by the SNP. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/05/labour-restores-whip-to-three-more-mps-who-opposed-two-child-benefit-cap Author : Aletha Adu Political correspondent Publish date : 2025-02-05 16:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.