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Day three at the Belem summit is expected to see more protests as crucial climate negotiations begin in earnestFear of being bullied by Donald Trump may have prompted Bill Gates to row back on the climate crisis, the former US vice president Al Gore has speculated, as he slammed the billionaire as “silly”, and the US president for his anti-climate stance.Trump, “the most corrupt president in American history”, was “badly damaging the US economy” by pulling away from renewable energy and promoting fossil fuels, Gore warned. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2025/nov/12/cop30-live-talks-us-protests-belem-brazil Author : Matthew Taylor (now) and Nina Lakhani

US president claims broadcaster has ‘defrauded the public’ and he has an ‘obligation’ to take legal actionResponding to UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s refusal to review the BBC board membership of Robbie Gibb, Liberal Democrat culture, media and sports spokesperson Anna Sabine said on Tuesday evening:This is the wrong choice by Lisa Nandy. Robbie Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC board, and the BBC charter gives the government the power to sack him. I hope the prime minister will step in and do the right thing. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2025/nov/12/bbc-donald-trump-panorama-tim-davie-board-robbie-gibb-latest-news-updates Author : Frances Mao (now) and

Prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the decision to suspend German Galushchenko had been taken at an emergency government sessionUkrainian justice minister German Galushchenko has been suspended amid an alleged corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector, uncovered by the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, or SAPO.AFP reported that the authorities alleged that Galushchenko was involved in a $100m corruption scheme orchestrated by Timur Mindich, an ally of president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and personally benefited from the plot. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/12/ukraine-energy-corruption-scandal-zelenskyy-eu-europe-news-latest-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-11-12 09:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Schlossberg has drummed up a large following on social media with frequent posts weighing in on national issuesJohn F Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg has said he will run for the US House next year, announcing Tuesday that he was seeking a key New York seat set to be vacated by longtime Democrat Jerry Nadler.“This district should have a representative who can harness the creativity, energy and drive of this district and translate that into political power in Washington,” Schlossberg said in a campaign video posted on social media late Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/12/jack-schlossberg-jfk-john-f-kennedy-grandson-congress Author : The Associated

List of those who were told in advance grows to include police, parliamentary security, lower house speaker and upper house presidentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW premier, Chris Minns, says staff in his office may not have been notified in advance about Saturday’s neo-Nazi rally by parliamentary security “because it was on the weekend”.The premier said his department’s secretary would look into changes to security procedures after it emerged other senior parliamentary figures and police were warned about the rally on Macquarie Street. Continue reading... Source

More uncertainty after justices allow temporary block on full payments for Snap, relied upon by 42 million AmericansMillions of Americans grappling with food insecurity will face more uncertainty this week after the US supreme court enabled the Trump administration to continue withholding funds for food stamps.In an administrative stay issued on Tuesday, the highest court upheld the administration’s request to extend a pause on a federal judge’s ruling that would have required $4bn in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, the food aid relied on by 42 million people, to be distributed. The funding freeze has been

SA’s Leah Blyth says Australia ‘can’t afford’ net zero target. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRemoving CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist saysRemoving carbon from the atmosphere will be necessary to avoid catastrophic tipping points, one of the world’s leading scientists has warned, as even in the best-case scenario the world will heat by about 1.7C. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/12/australia-news-live-fossil-fuel-lending-banks-net-zero-emissions-coalition-sussan-ley-liberals-nationals-anthony-albanese-labor-ntwnfb Author : Nick Visser Publish date : 2025-11-11 23:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Gavin Burrows says signature on alleged statement is ‘not mine’ and denies carrying out illegal activity on behalf of Associated NewspapersA private investigator central to the legal action by the Duke of Sussex and others against the publisher of the Daily Mail has claimed that his signature on an earlier witness statement was a “forgery”, the high court has heard.Gavin Burrows, linked to the most serious allegations of unlawful information gathering made by seven prominent individuals including Elton John and Doreen Lawrence, retracted his alleged confession, saying it was “completely false”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/11/witness-in-prince-harry-case-against-mail-publisher-says-his-confession-was-false Author : Caroline

Culture secretary also condemns MPs who dismiss BBC as ‘institutionally biased’ in swipe at Badenoch and Farage Here is a round-up of what various lawyers and commentators have been saying about Donald Trump’s legal case against the BBC.Joshua Rozenberg, the legal commentator and a former BBC journalist, has said in a post on his A Lawyer Writes Substack that the corporation should settle. He explains:Given what Brito is claiming, the lawyer is unlikely to be impressed with the BBC’s assertion that “the purpose of editing the clip was to convey the message of the speech made by President Trump so

Christiana Figueres tells summit that decarbonisation of global economy is inevitable despite disruptive Trump presidency“Ciao, bambino!” That was the message Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the United Nations framework convention on climate change, had for the US upon its recent exit from the Paris Climate Agreement.The world’s largest historical emitter also chose not to send a delegation to the negotiations. “I think it actually is a good thing,” Figueres said about the US’s absence from the talks at a press conference on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2025/nov/11/cop30-live-negotiations-begin-after-agenda-agreed Author : Ajit Niranjan (now) and Damien Gayle (earlier) Publish

Independent leftwing politician inaugurated as president after landslide election winYou can watch the live stream of the Irish presidential inauguration here:Irish president-elect Catherine Connolly has just arrived at the Dublin Castle for her presidential inauguration. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/11/europe-armistice-day-russia-ukraine-romania-france-live-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-11-11 12:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Deal will now head to the House but many in the Democrats are enraged with colleagues who supported the measure, and with minority leader Chuck SchumerAs we mentioned in the opening post, eight senators in the Democratic caucus worked with Republicans to craft the deal to reopen the US government.They were Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen of Nevada, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, and independent Angus King of Maine who caucuses with the Democrats. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/nov/11/donald-trump-us-government-shutdown-senate-democrats-republicans-politics-live-news-updates Author : Yohannes

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

Shadow defence minister asked about rumours he is mulling challenge for Sussan Ley’s top spot. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJohn Howard says the Whitlam episode empowered Australians to better decide the country’s futureRN’s Sally Sara spoke to former prime minister John Howard this morning about his own reflection on Gough Whitlam’s removal. Howard called Whitlam an “outstanding parliamentarian”, and one of the best he ever saw.I think the greatest lesson is that we have a very durable and workable constitution, which ultimately allowed the people of Australia to decide the country’s

Decision to advance bill that would reopen government has sparked furor from party and base; House speaker to swear in Democratic representative when chamber returns, a month after her election winSenate Democrats who defected in shutdown vote: ‘This was the only deal’How each senator voted on legislation to end US government shutdownThe eight Democratic and Independent senators who broke ranks with the party to advance a bill that would end the government shutdown – the longest in US history – have defended their decisions amid furor from their party and base.“What happened tonight is not the closing of a chapter.

Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be ‘the Cop of implementation’Hundreds lined up for Cop30 on opening morning, with some in Indigenous headdresses and others in trouser suits, writes Dharna Noor, fossil fuels and climate reporter for the Guardian US.The conference is being held in a massive temporary building in Belem’s Parque da Cidade area. It was still under construction just days ago, but now seems to be ready to use. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2025/nov/10/cop30-climate-talks-brazil-belem-latest-news-updates Author : Damien Gayle Publish date : 2025-11-10

Federal clemency towards president’s close allies largely symbolic as some still face legal exposure at state levelRudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, both close former political allies of Donald Trump, are among scores of people pardoned by the president over the weekend for their roles in a plot to steal the 2020 election.The maneuver is in effect symbolic, given it only applies in the federal justice system and not in state courts where Giuliani, Meadows and the others continue facing legal peril. The acts of clemency were announced in a post late on Sunday to X by US pardon attorney Ed

Reform UK leader claims that burden of regulation is worse than before the referendumFarage said the problems facing small businesses were not a failure of capitalism.Some will tell you, well, the economy is failing because capitalism is failing.No, we’re not living in capitalism. We’re living in an age of global corporatism.The other great betrayal is that is every one of these millions of businesses, every one of these 5.6 million businesses, believed that, with Brexit, the regulatory burden on their shoulders would become less.I can tell you, a decade on, almost from the referendum, in every single industry, from financial

Former president is seeking to be released pending his appeal against a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracyThe court is currently going through a summary of the case so far, before it opens to submissions from defence, BFMTV is reporting.There are no cameras inside, so we have to rely on what is being reported by those inside the Paris court room. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/10/france-nicolas-sarkozy-belgium-drones-russia-ukraine-spain-europe-latest-news-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-11-10 09:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Programme uses artist’s sketches, drawings and watercolours to build unprecedented psychological portraitHe is widely regarded as England’s greatest painter, but despite his extraordinary output, elements of JMW Turner’s personality have remained a mystery.Now, a groundbreaking BBC documentary delves into Turner’s 37,000 sketches, drawings and watercolours to build an unprecedented psychological portrait, one that raises the possibility that Turner’s singular vision was shaped by childhood trauma and neurodivergence. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/10/documentary-jmw-turner-secret-sketchbooks-neurodivergence-bbc Author : Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent Publish date : 2025-11-10 06:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Senators vote on advancing House-passed stopgap funding bill, suggesting end to historic 40-day shutdown in reachThe US Senate on Sunday took a key vote on a bill that would end the record-setting federal government shutdown without extending the healthcare subsidies that Democrats have demanded.Senators began voting on Sunday night to advance House-passed stopgap funding legislation that Senate majority leader John Thune said would be amended to combine another short-term spending measure with a package of three full-year appropriations bills. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/09/senate-moves-vote-federal-government-shutdown Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-11-10 02:46:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heistWhen 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realised an Associated Press photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself.Quite the opposite. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, 30km (19 miles) from Paris, Pedro decided to let the mystery linger. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/10/fedora-man-louvre-photo-pedro-elias-garzon-delvaux