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Dr Martin Laverty says pricing set by national disability insurance agency a major issue. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJumping back to Murray Watt: the environment minister was asked on ABC News Breakfast a little earlier about the extreme price hike on the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign.The environment minister says he’s looking forward to more transparency and cultural change in the bureau.We have had a new CEO of the BoM start only a fortnight ago. I met with him on his very first day to outline my concerns and my request

Tributes paid to ‘culinary visionary’ who was early celebrity proponent of using local and seasonal ingredients Tributes have been paid to the pioneering chef and restaurant proprietor Skye Gyngell, who has died aged 62.The Australian was an early celebrity proponent of using local and seasonal ingredients and built a garden restaurant from scratch, the Petersham Nurseries Cafe in Richmond, south-west London, which went on to win a Michelin star. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/nov/23/chef-skye-gyngell-who-pioneered-the-slow-food-movement-dies-aged-62 Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-11-23 20:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Planned overhaul of editorial guidelines committee would dilute influence of Tory board appointment Robbie GibbThe BBC is planning to overhaul the way it investigates editorial concerns, in a move that will dilute the influence of a Conservative figure accused of trying to sway its political impartiality.A new deputy director general post is also expected to be created to aid Tim Davie’s successor as director general, after concerns that the task of overseeing the corporation has become too big for one person. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/23/bbc-to-expand-standards-panel-and-add-deputy-director-general-after-bias-row Author : Michael Savage Media editor Publish date : 2025-11-23 18:00:00 Copyright for

US president appears to roll back from demand Zelenskyy sign by Thursday amid claims Russia authored the textDonald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukraine had shown no gratitude for US efforts to end the war, as American, Ukrainian and international negotiators met in Switzerland to discuss the “peace plan” that would involve significant concessions to Moscow from Kyiv.Poland’s president, Donald Tusk, asked where Trump’s “peace plan” came from, after an apparent admission by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, that the text was originally drafted by Moscow. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/23/trump-ukraine-zero-gratitude-peace-plan-international-talks Author : Luke Harding in Kyiv Publish

Shortage of specialist doctors means service is in crisis, says chair of Royal College of Pathologists committeeBereaved parents are enduring “harrowing” delays of more than a year to find out why their child died because the NHS has too few specialist doctors to perform postmortems.The shortage of paediatric and perinatal pathologists is revealed in a report by the Royal College of Pathologists published on Sunday. It warns that the situation is “dire”, services in some parts of the UK have “totally collapsed” and families are paying the price.37% of consultant posts in the UK are lying vacant.The UK has just

Officials will discuss 28-point draft plan widely seen as favourable to Moscow, despite Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022The US secretary of state Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Witkoff have arrived in Geneva for talks to discuss Washington’s draft plan to end the war, the Reuters news agency has just quoted an American official as having said.As a reminder, France, the UK and Germany will have national security advisers at the Geneva talks, and the Ukrainian delegation will be represented by Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s head of office Andriy Yermak, among others. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/23/ukrainian-us-emergency-talks-plan-war-russia-live Author

Alison Gaffney believes her son’s rare leukaemia was caused by dumped toxic waste from the town’s steelworksAlison Gaffney and Andy Hinde received the devastating news that their 17-month-old son, Fraser, had a rare type of leukaemia in 2018.Two years of gruelling treatment followed, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, before a stem cell transplant. Fraser, then aged three, made a “miraculous recovery” from the surgery, before doctors declared the cancer in remission. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/23/cancer-corby-toxic-waste-sites-steelworks Author : Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent Publish date : 2025-11-23 08:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Despite Australia signing the Belem declaration, Albanese rejected suggestion Labor shouldn’t develop new gas fieldsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government is being urged to explain how it will drive a fossil fuel phase-out, after it joined dozens of countries at a UN climate summit to back a declaration that the world should quickly wean off coal, gas and oil.Australia signed up to the declaration on a just transition away from fossil fuels at a side event at the Cop30 conference in the Brazilian city of Belem, which finished on Saturday night local time,

Category 3 system the strongest cyclone to approach Darwin since Tracy in 1974, but no serious injuries reported by Sunday morningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTop End residents are preparing to launch into cleanup mode after a night of damaging winds and heavy rain from Tropical Cyclone Fina.With top gusts of 195km/h and sustained winds of 140km/h near the centre of the system, Fina tore down trees, damaged houses and cut power in many places across Darwin and surrounding areas. It also brought torrential rain, with 168.6mm

Incident happened hours before Saturday’s gameTwo players in stable condition in local hospitalA University of Alabama at Birmingham football player allegedly stabbed two teammates on Saturday morning, hours before the team’s game against the University of South Florida, the university said in a statement.“UAB’s top priority remains the safety and well-being of all of our students,” the statement said. “Given patient privacy and the ongoing investigation, we have no further comment at this time.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/nov/22/uab-football-player-faces-attempted-charge-after-allegedly-stabbing-teammates Author : Agencies Publish date : 2025-11-23 00:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Top End residents told to stay sheltered at home until authorities give the all-clear. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRoofing at the Royal Darwin Hospital partially collapsed on Saturday but no one was hurt.Steve Edgington, a member of the Territory’s legislative assembly, shared an image of the collapsed roofing and bricks strewn on the first floor of the hospital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/23/severe-tropical-cyclone-fina-darwin-nt-bom-cop30-fossil-fuel-transition-g20-climate-declaration-ntwnfb Author : Natasha May Publish date : 2025-11-22 21:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Readers share the impact of Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation Broken trust, which underlined the ‘shocking realities of domestic violence-related deaths’Guardian Australia’s Broken trust series has uncovered allegations of policing failures before domestic and family violence homicides, and cases that were not adequately investigated.Over the course of the week, we revealed new information about the cases of Hannah Clarke and her children, Gail Karran and Kardell Lomas. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/23/cannot-believe-its-still-happening-readers-respond-to-heartbreaking-domestic-violence-homicides Author : Jessica O'Bryan Publish date : 2025-11-22 19:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final dealThe world edged a small step closer to the end of the fossil fuel era on Saturday, but not by nearly enough to stave off the ravages of climate breakdown.Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/22/cop30-deal-inches-closer-to-end-of-fossil-fuel-era-after-bitter-standoff Author :

As many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on the city imminently – despite falling crimeNew Orleanians are bracing for a major deployment of US border patrol officers to the city, as Donald Trump forges on with his mass deportation agenda and sweeping federal immigration crackdown in Democrat-led cities.Despite falling crime, as many as 250 federal agents are expected to descend on New Orleans imminently to begin laying the groundwork for “Operation Swamp Sweep”, which the Associated Press reported is due to launch in south-east Louisiana and Mississippi on 1 December with the stated aim of arresting 5,000

Robert James Purkiss faces extradition for alleged septic tank killing of Agnes Wanjiru near army training baseA former British soldier accused of murdering a Kenyan woman whose body was found in a septic tank in 2012 has spoken publicly about the allegations, saying: “I do not believe I ever met her.”Robert James Purkiss, 38, faces extradition to Kenya, where he is wanted for the alleged “brutal” murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru in Nanyuki, a town near a British army training camp. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/22/british-ex-soldier-denies-meeting-kenyan-woman-agnes-wanjiru-alleged-murder Author : Donna Ferguson Publish date : 2025-11-22 11:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Trump has demanded Ukraine accepts a ‘peace plan’ that would force it to give up territory to Russia and make other painful concessionsA Ukrainian drone attack targeted energy facilities in Russia’s Samara region, killing two people in the southern city of Syzran, the region’s governor said on Saturday.The attack was repelled by air defence forces, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev wrote on Russia’s state-backed Max messenger app, reports Reuters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/22/russia-ukraine-war-trump-peace-plan-g20-zelenskyy-putin-europe-latest-news-updates Author : Amy Sedghi Publish date : 2025-11-22 09:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

From the outside, the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s announcement has looked chaotic, and many see the future of the chancellor and PM in the balanceEvery budget could be described, to a greater or lesser extent, as a high-stakes moment. Things can easily go badly wrong, as Gordon Brown discovered when he abolished the 10p tax rate in 2007, or George Osborne when his 2012 ‘omnishambles’ budget fell apart over pasties, and especially Kwasi Kwarteng, whose disastrous mini-budget of 2022 sent the Conservatives spiralling towards electoral defeat.Rachel Reeves appears to have come perilously close to the turmoil of previous budgets, and

The man in Washington state had a backyard flock of domestic poultry that had been exposed to wild birds, health officials saidA US man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said on Friday the risk to the public is low.The man in Washington state, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a bird flu strain called H5N5 after becoming seemingly the first known human infected by the strain, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Health. Continue reading... Source

Greene announced her departure in a video and statement posted on X, denouncing Republican party establishmentMarjorie Taylor Greene to resign from office effective January 2026Robert Garcia, the ranking member on the House oversight committee, has sent a letter to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, urging the justice department to release the complete trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, despite the newly launched investigation into several Democrats’ ties to the late sex offender.“There is already a concern President Trump will attempt, on dubious legal grounds, to exploit a provision which allows DoJ to withhold information relevant to ongoing investigations,”

US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to RussiaVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, after Donald Trump demanded Kyiv accepts within days a US-backed “peace plan” that would force it to give up territory to Russia and make other painful concessions.Trump confirmed on Friday morning that next Thursday – Thanksgiving in the US – would be an “acceptable” deadline for Zelenskyy to sign the deal, which European and Ukrainian officials have said amounts to a “capitulation”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/21/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-faces-most-difficult-moment-as-trump-pushes-plan-to-end-war Author : Luke

Ideologically opposed president and New York City mayor-elect will meet after months of combative rhetoricUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor-elect, went into a meeting at the White House on Friday afternoon for an encounter between two ideologically opposed leaders with conflicting visions for the nation’s largest city.The meeting marked the first face-to-face discussion between the combative Republican president and the defiant democratic socialist who secured a commanding electoral victory last month with over 50% of the vote. The meeting comes after months of back and forth, with Trump only recently having

Party’s former leader in Wales admitted taking payments to make statements in favour of RussiaNigel Farage is facing calls to investigate and root out links between Reform UK and Russia after one of its former senior politicians was jailed for 10 years for accepting bribes from a pro-Kremlin agent.Keir Starmer said Farage had questions to answer about how this happened in his party. Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform UK in Wales, admitted taking payments to make statements in favour of Russia. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/21/nigel-farage-urged-to-root-out-reform-links-to-russia-after-jailing-of-nathan-gill Author : Ben Quinn, Rowena Mason and Kiran Stacey Publish date

Ukrainian president warns that next week could be ‘very difficult’ for his countryGerman Bild tabloid is also reporting that Merz is expected to hold a phone call not only with Zelenskyy, but also with the US president, Donald Trump.Mind you: there’s been no official confirmation yet. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/21/europe-latest-news-russia-ukraine-war-updates-zelenskyy-putin-g20 Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-11-21 15:28:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President has chosen white men for key posts at expense of women and people of colour, Brookings Institution findsDonald Trump has assembled the least diverse US government of the 21st century, filling the corridors of power with white men at the expense of women and people of colour, research shows.Nine in 10 individuals confirmed by the Senate in the first 300 days of the second Trump administration were white, according to the Brookings Institution thinktank in Washington. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/trump-government-diversity Author : David Smith in Washington Publish date : 2025-11-21 13:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

California faced evacuation warnings over flood risk, while Japan experiences heavy early season snowfallEvacuation warnings were issued last week in California as heavy rain brought the risk of flooding and landslides. The storms in the US were linked to a phenomenon known as an “atmospheric river” – a long filament of moisture-laden air that originates above the Pacific Ocean and provides vital replenishment of reservoirs and snowpack along the western coast of the US. However, they can also bring destructive volumes of rain, particularly along coastal areas.Elsewhere in the US, parts of Colorado experienced some of their longest stretches of