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Exclusive: Ex-minister being tried in absentia in Bangladesh claims ID card and passport tendered as evidence not hersThe former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said she fears prosecutors could be planning to use “fake” documents to secure her conviction in her trial in Bangladesh on corruption charges.The Labour MP, who is being tried in absentia, spoke out after images of a Bangladeshi national identity card and a passport said to be in her name were published in newspapers in the UK and in Bangladesh. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/21/tulip-siddiq-fears-plans-to-use-fake-documents-to-secure-conviction-in-corruption-trial Author : Daniel Boffey Chief reporter Publish date : 2025-09-21

Queensland Nationals senator tells Cpac conference ‘last rites being administered’ and praises Andrew Hastie for threat to quit frontbench over policyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals senator Matt Canavan has claimed the Coalition is “on the cusp of walking away from net zero”, urging Sussan Ley to campaign against the emissions reduction target by taking inspiration from Peter Dutton’s opposition to the Indigenous voice referendum.The conservative political conference Cpac has heaped more pressure on Ley to dump the climate target, with a host of rightwing Liberal and

Marie-Clare Boothby faces questions after revealing she is related to man spared prison over a crash that killed Aboriginal pedestrianFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Northern Territory’s attorney general, Marie-Clare Boothby, has faced criticism after confirming she is related to a man who was spared prison last week over a hit-and-run car crash that killed an Aboriginal man.Jack Danby, 24, was sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order in relation to the crash in June 2024. Danby hit two Aboriginal pedestrians, killing one, and fled the scene.

PM lands in the US ahead of meeting with the UN general assembly and a possible one-on-one with Trump. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn the potential for a meeting between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump, Bowen has poured cold water on whether any charm offensive by the Australian PM might have turned the US from its present course.There are plenty of world leaders who have met with Donald Trump who haven’t had good outcomes, who have got very high tariffs. Who have come over, had meetings, left optimistic and then they’ve

Local and federal agents, including immigration officials, may not wear masks while conducting official businessCalifornia will be the first state to ban most law enforcement, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill signed by the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, on Saturday.The ban is California’s direct response to a recent series of immigration raids in Los Angeles where federal agents wore masks while making mass arrests. The raids prompted protests and led Donald Trump to deploy national guard troops and marines to the city. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/20/california-mask-ban-law-enforcement Author : Associated

Attack raises questions over security as Brussels and Berlin airports’ check-in and boarding systems also affectedFlights have been delayed and cancelled at three major European airports – including London’s largest, Heathrow – after the company behind the software used for check-in and boarding said it was hit by a cyber-attack.Airports in Brussels and Berlin are also experiencing delays and disruption after the issue affecting Collins Aerospace, which works for several airlines at airports across the world. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/20/heathrow-airport-delays-cyber-attack-berlin-brussels-cancelled-delays Author : Kevin Rawlinson and agency Publish date : 2025-09-20 18:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Event comes a week after the largest far-right event in decades took place in LondonAnti-immigration protesters have clashed with anti-racist counter-protesters in tense scenes in Glasgow this afternoon, a week after the largest far-right event in decades, organised by the activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, took place in London.The statue of Scottish statesman Donald Dewar, father of the Holyrood parliament, was surrounded by union flags bearing the words: ‘Stop the boats’, and ‘Unite the kingdom’. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/20/anti-immigration-protesters-and-counter-protesters-clash-in-glasgow Author : Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent Publish date : 2025-09-20 15:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Boy’s body was found Friday after he drowned in family’s vehicle when it was swept off the road by flood watersA two-year-old drowned in a vehicle that was swept away by flood waters in southern California, and the child’s father had to be rescued by authorities, officials said Friday.The deadly emergency unfolded amid sudden heavy rain east of Los Angeles that unleashed mudslides which plowed into homes and trapped drivers for hours on roadways. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/20/two-year-old-drowns-california-mudslides Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-09-20 13:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Iranian foreign ministry urges further diplomacy and says return to pre-2015 measures are unlawful and unfoundedThe UN security council failed to pass a resolution on Friday that would have prevented the reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme before the deadline for the “snapping back” of punitive measures.UN sanctions on Iran are set to be re-established at the end of the month unless the nine-member security council agrees to further extend sanctions relief. Friday’s resolution, put forth by South Korea, only received support from four countries – China, Russia, Pakistan and Algeria. Continue reading... Source link :

Poland said it had scrambled aircraft to protect its airspace as Ukraine reported a Russian attack featuring more than 600 drones and missilesDrones attacked fuel and energy complex facilities in Russia’s Samara region, the local governor said on Saturday, Reuters reports.Vyacheslav Fedorishchev wrote on the state-backed messenger MAX:This morning our region was attacked by drones. The targets were the objects of the fuel and energy complex. Currently, the consequences of the strikes are contained.This has a large impact on the flight schedule and will unfortunately cause delays and cancellations of flights...The service provider is actively working on the issue and

Financial experts express alarm after jump in sums people taking out of retirement pots amid ‘jitters’ about taxOlder savers should avoid making rash decisions about their pension cash based on “fear and rumour”, experts urged this week.The warning came as figures showed a rise in the sums people were pulling out of their retirement pots. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/sep/20/uk-pension-savers-withdraw-cash-budget-tax Author : Rupert Jones Publish date : 2025-09-20 06:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Texas senator says Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke licenses amid Jimmy Kimmel suspension ‘right out of Goodfellas’ Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, compared Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC stations over late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s commentary to “mafioso” tactics similar to those in Goodfellas, the 1990 mobster movie.“Look, Jimmy Kimmel has been canned. He has been suspended indefinitely. I think that it a fantastic thing,” Cruz said at the start of the latest episode of his podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz. There were, however “first amendment implications” of the FCC’s role,

Erik Siebert leaving after his investigation finds insufficient evidence to charge New York’a attorney general Letitia James with a crimeThe federal prosecutor for the eastern district of Virginia resigned Friday under intense pressure from Donald Trump, after his office determined there wasn’t sufficient evidence to charge New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, a political rival of the president, with a crime.Erik Siebert told colleagues he was resigning in a letter sent Friday, NBC News reported. Hours earlier, Trump bluntly told reporters in the Oval Office: “I want him out.” The president claimed he soured on Siebert because Virginia’s two Democratic

Trump’s statement suggests preliminary agreement between leaders in the first direct contact between them since JuneDonald Trump said on Friday that he and Xi Jinping had agreed to approve a deal over TikTok.“He approved the TikTok deal,” Trump said about Xi to reporters in the Oval Office, suggesting the leaders signed off on a preliminary agreement. But Trump offered no details about the agreement or when it would be signed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/19/deal-to-transfer-tiktok-to-us-control-unresolved-trump-xi-call Author : Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent Publish date : 2025-09-19 22:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Body of victim who has not yet been formally identified was found in a field at 1.50pm on Friday, police saidA man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in West Sussex.Emergency services carried out an extensive search for the man involving police drones and dogs after receiving reports of the incident near Newpound Common, in Wisborough Green, shortly after 9am on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/19/man-dies-after-falling-from-hot-air-balloon-in-west-sussex Author : Kyriakos Petrakos Publish date : 2025-09-19 19:57:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Nato spokesperson condemns ‘reckless Russian behaviour’ after three MiG-31 fighters enter Estonian airspace for 12 minutesHere we go: we are now getting more details on the 19th package of sanctions, via Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.We are still waiting for the announcement on when we will get more detail on the 19th sanctions package. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/19/eu-sanctions-russia-oil-ukraine-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-france-macron-europe-live-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-09-19 17:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Republican bill would fund government until 21 November; bill now moves to Senate chamber, where passage is less certainToday, lawmakers in the House will vote on legislation, known as a “continuing resolution” (CR), to prevent a looming government shutdown at the end of September.The bill, introduced by Republicans, would fund the government until 21 November. According to Politico, House GOP whip Tom Emmer was confident, as of Thursday, that his party had enough votes. “We’re going to pass this,” he said in an interview. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/19/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-abc-federal-reserve-lisa-cook-us-politics-live-news Author : Shrai Popat (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) Publish

IDF tells residents of Gaza City to flee south but closes Salah al-Din road evacuation routePakistan’s defence minister says his nation’s nuclear programme “will be made available” to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defence pact, marking the first specific acknowledgment that Islamabad had put the kingdom under its nuclear umbrella.Defence minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif’s comments underline the importance of the pact struck this week between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, which have had military ties for decades, AP reports.I welcome the excellent cooperation with the Palestinian Authority. We are working together to ensure his swift extradition.This is another

Peter and Barbie Reynolds had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan without charge since FebruaryA British couple have been freed from months of detention in Afghanistan, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has said.Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were released by the Taliban after eight months of detention. The couple were arrested in February as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, central Afghanistan. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/19/british-couple-peter-and-barbie-reynolds-freed-after-six-months-in-captivity-in-afghanistan Author : Jamie Grierson Publish date : 2025-09-19 10:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Health regulator places conditions on Dr Christopher Webster’s registration over comments made after mushroom lunch murder trialAn Australian doctor who treated triple murderer Erin Patterson and her victims after the deadly mushroom lunch has been slapped with conditions by the health regulator after speaking out about the case.Dr Christopher Webster, a GP in the Victorian town of Leongatha, south-east of Melbourne, was a witness in Patterson’s trial earlier this year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/19/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-australian-doctor-called-crazy-bitch-after-treating-her-penalised-for-speaking-about-case-ntwnfb Author : Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter Publish date : 2025-09-19 07:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

London assembly committee says move will increase cleanliness of waterways and offer more access to outdoors Ten new wild swimming locations should be created in London, a report from the London assembly has said, to boost cleanliness of the capital’s waterways and increase access to the outdoors.Other cities are cleaning up their rivers for swimming: Paris has opened a swimming site in the Seine in the city centre and Chicago is running its first river swim in almost a century. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/19/ten-new-wild-swimming-locations-should-created-london-report Author : Helena Horton Environment reporter Publish date : 2025-09-19 05:00:00 Copyright for syndicated

Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and David Letterman criticize ABC’s parent company, Disney, and FCC chief, Brendan CarrLate-night show hosts including Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and David Letterman have rallied behind Jimmy Kimmel following ABC’s decision to indefinitely suspend his popular late-night show after his comments about the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk.In his opening monologue on Thursday night, Stephen Colbert mocked executives at Disney, ABC’s parent company, for caving to threats from Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman, when they pulled Kimmel off the air. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/late-night-show-host-kimmel-cancel-colbert-letterman Author : Robert Mackey and Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-09-19

Police confirm arrests made in relation to the deaths of 15-year-old Dau Akueng and 12-year-old Chol Achiek after raids on north-west suburbs of MelbourneSeven teenagers have been arrested over the stabbing deaths of 15-year-old Dau Akueng and 12-year-old Chol Achiek earlier this month.Police have confirmed a 19-year-old Thornhill Park man, a 19-year-old Caroline Springs man, an 18-year-old Wollert man, three 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old boy, all from the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, were arrested on Friday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/19/seven-teenagers-arrested-over-stabbing-deaths-of-two-teenagers-in-melbourne-ntwnfb Author : Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent Publish date : 2025-09-18 23:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Climate minister tells 7.30 that the government has tried to balance emissions with prices; light aircraft goes missing near Batemans BayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA plane has crashed in dense bushland on the state’s south coast while returning to Sydney, sparking a search last night on foot by emergency services for the crash site and the lone pilot.The pilot had taken the small recreational aircraft out on a solo trip earlier on Thursday, flying south from Bankstown airport in Sydney’s west, police said.Australians do want to see climate action but they also care about

Prices have risen by 34% since 2022, with 29% of psychologists refusing new patientsThe cost of seeing private psychologists is soaring and many are so busy they are turning away new clients, research has found.The prices psychologists charge have risen by 34% since 2022 and 12 sessions now cost an average of £1,550, compared with £1,152 just three years ago, according to a survey by myTribe Insurance, which tracks the cost of private medical care.The average cost of a consultation in the UK has risen from £96 in 2022 to £129.20 in 2025.Psychologists in England charge the most (£131) per