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The political differences between the two main candidates could have major implications for next year’s midtermsNew Yorkers will find out the identity of their next mayor on Tuesday, in a race that will decide who will run, and defend, the US’s largest city at a time when Donald Trump has threatened to send military troops there.Against that backdrop, New York has seen a mayoral election that has pitted two very different Democrats against one another. The race has become an increasingly bitter face-off, laced with alleged racism and Islamophobia, but it is the political differences between the two main candidates

Many waterways vulnerable to breaches and closures and face mounting maintenance costs, charity saysBritain’s network of canals and rivers is under strain from funding shortfalls and growing climate pressures, campaigners warn.Three-quarters of the country’s waterways face financial peril, according to the Inland Waterways Association (IWA), an independent charity advocating for Britain’s canals and rivers, as the country braces for heavier winter rainfall and intensifying summer droughts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/01/britain-canals-rivers-funding-climate-campaign Author : Charlie West Publish date : 2025-11-01 08:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The Coral Adventurer will return to Cairns, as investigations into Suzanne Rees’ death continueGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe luxury Coral Adventurer cruise has been cancelled in the wake of the death of passenger Suzanne Rees, who was left on the Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island and wasn’t found until the next day.It will now return to Cairns, as investigations into Rees’ death continue. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/01/luxury-cruise-cancelled-after-80-year-old-left-behind-on-lizard-island-dies-alone Author : Tory Shepherd Publish date : 2025-11-01 05:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Policy position diverging from senior Coalition partner expected to be formalised at Nationals partyroom meeting on Sunday morningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Nationals’ grassroots members have voted to ditch net zero, setting the scene to formally scrap the target at a meeting on Sunday morning.“We believe in reducing emissions, but not at any cost,” the Nationals leader, David Littleproud, told the party’s federal council on Saturday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/01/nationals-members-vote-to-ditch-net-zero-target-from-party-platform Author : Tory Shepherd Publish date : 2025-11-01 02:45:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ofir Birenbaum is suing for defamation after deleted and retracted social media posts by Cairo Takeaway inferred he visited the restaurant with reporters to ‘stir up controversy’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pro-Israel activist who visited a pro-Palestinian Sydney restaurant with News Corp reporters claims he was vilified and subject to an investigation by his employer after the restaurant allegedly implied he attempted to manufacture an “antisemitic incident”.Ofir Birenbaum went to Cairo Takeaway, a popular restaurant in Sydney’s Newtown, in February wearing a Star of David cap and necklace alongside reporters from the Daily Telegraph.

Five hours after the Coral Adventurer left Lizard Island without the 80-year-old, it turned back. Her body was found the next day, and her family want answersThe appeal of Lizard Island is its remoteness. The Great Barrier Reef island, 250km from Cairns in Queensland’s tropical north, is known for its impressive snorkelling, with giant clams nestled among the coral. It also has a scientific research station.Tourists are mostly kept at bay by its inaccessibility and eye-wateringly high accommodation prices. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/31/suzanne-rees-lizard-island-death-cruise-ship-coral-adventurer Author : Daisy Dumas Publish date : 2025-10-31 21:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

One judge issued temporary restraining order while another judge ruled the government must continue to fund program that helps low-income householdsUS politics live – latest updatesTwo federal judges issued back-to-back rulings on Friday in separate cases ordering the Trump administration to use contingency funds to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown.A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday afternoon blocked the Trump administration from suspending all food aid for millions of Americans, in a case brought by a group of US cities, non-profit organizations and a trade union. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/31/judge-blocks-trump-snap-suspension Author : Lauren

Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate actionThe Trump administration has confirmed that no high-level representatives will be sent by the US to upcoming UN climate talks in Brazil, underscoring the administration’s hostile stance towards action on the climate crisis.The US has always sent delegations of various sizes to UN climate summits over the past three decades, even during periods under George W Bush and Donald Trump’s first term where there was scant desire to address the global heating crisis. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/cop30-climate-us-officials Author : Oliver Milman Publish date :

Demonstrators took to streets after president’s main challengers were excluded from ballotAbout 700 people have been killed during three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party has said.Protests erupted on election day on Wednesday over what demonstrators said was the stifling of the opposition after the exclusion of key candidates from the presidential ballot. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/tanzania-election-protests-opposition Author : Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi Publish date : 2025-10-31 14:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Snap food benefits are set to run out this weekend as shutdown comes close to matching the record of 2018-2019House Republicans are increasingly expressing frustration with the chamber’s moribund activity and the legislative backlog piling up as speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana keeps Congress out of session during the government shutdown.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) confronted speaker the speaker during a House GOP conference call to criticize his tactics to negotiate the shutdown, according to a piece in The Hill today. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/31/donald-trump-filibuster-shutdown-snap-food-refugees-drug-boats-latest-news-updates Author : George Chidi (now) and Amy Sedghi (earlier) Publish date : 2025-10-31

Chris Bryant also suggests Andrew should comply with any US Senate requests to travel to America to face questions about the crimes of Jeffrey EpsteinThese posts on X are from Stephen Flynn, the SNP leader at Westminster, on Andrew losing his titles.The right decision and an important moment for the victims of Epstein.I hope all those who were elected to Parliament and chose to defend inaction rather than speak out now regret the choice they made.It was emotional listening live to those who knew Virginia Giuffre tonight.Their collective courage has changed history. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/31/uk-politics-prince-andrew-latest-news-updates-labour-conservatives-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves Author :

Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSFDiplomats and senior UN figures speaking at the UN security council have condemned mass killings by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher after the Sudanese city “descended into an even darker hell” following the paramilitary group’s takeover at the weekend.Widespread reports of ethnically targeted killings in recent days prompted the UK, as the UN penholder on Sudan, to call an emergency session of the security council in New York on Thursday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/30/un-leaders-condemn-horrifying-mass-killings-in-sudan Author : Patrick Wintour Diplomatic

Dilnoor Kang exchanged up to 5,000 messages and calls with vulnerable young patient over just one year Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA nurse has been banned over an intimate relationship with a vulnerable mental health patient, after taking him to an escape room, exchanging thousands of calls and texts and being seen kissing him.Dilnoor Kang, who was a nurse at Wagga Wagga’s mental health unit in regional NSW, was on Friday found guilty of professional misconduct over the years-long relationship and for lying to various health

Officials say body of man, 39, pulled from Brooklyn basement as rainstorm closes roads and causes delaysA man’s body was pulled from a flooded New York City basement on Thursday during a rainstorm that shut down roadways and caused airport delays, authorities said.A scuba team recovered the body of a 39-year-old man after firefighters received a call of a person trapped in a flooded basement in Brooklyn at about 4.30pm, police said. The man, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/new-york-floods Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-10-31 02:07:00

Sydney researchers commercialising a product they say can cool indoor spaces and will cost little more than standard premium paintsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereAustralian scientists have developed roof coatings that can passively cool surfaces up to 6C below ambient temperature, as well as extract water from the atmosphere, which they say could reduce indoor temperatures during extreme heat events.Heatwaves are becoming more intense, more frequent and more deadly due to human-caused global heating. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/scientists-invent-roof-coating-reduce-indoor-temperatures-hot-days Author : Donna Lu Publish date : 2025-10-30 23:39:00 Copyright for syndicated

Statewide treaty bill passes 21 votes to 16; MPs gather to discuss the policy dividing Liberals and Nationals. Follow the latest news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastZali Steggall to host climate roundtable todayIndependent MP Zali Steggall will host a roundtable meeting at Parliament House in Canberra today with Climate Change Authority boss and former NSW Liberal treasurer Matt Kean as the Liberal party holds a forum for backbenchers to discuss the federal party’s future energy policy.Australia must move rapidly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But we must also prepare for the disruptions to come.

A few weeks before she delivers budget, timing of revelation chancellor failed to buy rental licence could not be worseUK politics live – latest updatesLess than a month before she is due to deliver the budget, Rachel Reeves has admitted breaking rules by failing to apply for a licence from her local council before letting out her south London home.Keir Starmer accepted an apology from Reeves, who said she did not know a licence was required, and declared the matter closed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/30/what-has-rachel-reeves-done-wrong-break-rules-licence-house Author : Eleni Courea and Rowena Mason Publish date : 2025-10-30 18:39:00 Copyright

Pilot and two other passengers, including 10-year-old boy, sustain minor injuries in incident near DoncasterA 70-year-old man has died after a helicopter crashed into a field near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, police said.The pilot, a 41-year-old man, and two other passengers, a 10-year-old boy and 58-year-old woman, sustained only minor injuries after the crash in Bentley on Thursday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/30/helicopter-crashes-into-field-in-south-yorkshire Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-30 16:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Pitchfork was jailed in 1988 for rape and murder of two teenage girls, Lynda Mann and Dawn AshworthColin Pitchfork, who was convicted of raping and murdering two teenagers, has had his application to be released from jail rejected by the Parole Board, which also said he should not be moved to an open prison.A panel found that Pitchfork, 65, who was jailed for life in 1988 for raping and strangling Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth, both 15, in 1983 and 1986 in Leicestershire, posed a risk of reoffending. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/30/killer-colin-pitchfork-plea-release-prison-rejected Author : Haroon Siddique Legal affairs

Geert Wilders’s PVV inches ahead of D66 but centrist party expected to lead talks to form next coalition governmentD66 leader Rob Jetten spoke with reporters this morning as his party and Wilders’s PVV were effectively tied in the vote count, with the latest indications showing them just 1,900 votes apart.He insisted that it mattered who will eventually win the vote, as the initiative to form the new government should lie with the largest party, NOS reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/30/dutch-election-results-netherlands-geert-wilders-rob-jetten-france-louvre-russia-poland-ukraine-latest-news-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-10-30 11:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Reeves has been renting out her south London home without the specific £945 licence required by the local councilGood morning. Ministers often complain about Whitehall being slow and inefficient, but last night the government’s ethical standards machinery settled a misconduct allegation in record time. After the Daily Mail revealed that Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, had inadvertently rented out her south London home without requiring the specific licence required by the council, before midnight Downing Street had already released an exchange of letters on the issue between Reeves and Keir Starmer.Reeves apologised for the mistake. Her spokesperson has said that the

Thousands have fled the North Darfur city in terror with stories of the Rapid Support Forces attacking and killing civiliansHundreds reportedly killed at Sudanese hospital as evidence of RSF atrocities mountsNawal Khalil had been volunteering as a nurse for three years at El Fasher South hospital when the city was captured on Sunday by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). She was busy treating patients, including an elderly woman who needed a blood transfusion, when the attack began.“They killed six wounded soldiers and civilians in their beds – some of them women,” she says. “I don’t know what happened to my

Summit on sidelines of Apec is the first between the leaders of US and China since 2019, and comes after tensions have been strained by Trump’s trade warIn the days leading up to the Trump-Xi meeting, American officials signalled that the US president did not intend to make good on a recent threat to impose an additional 100% import tax on Chinese goods.Also that China had shown signs it is willing to relax its export controls on rare earths as well as revive buying soybeans from the US.The relationship with China is very good.Because of the tremendous destructive power, I

Former PM says he has not seen party ‘soaring in the polls as a result of saying what rubbish net zero is’Boris Johnson has warned the Conservatives they will not win the next election by “bashing the green agenda”.The former prime minister said he had not seen the Conservatives “soaring in the polls as a result of saying what rubbish net zero is”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/30/boris-johnson-conservatives-green-politics-election Author : Aletha Adu Publish date : 2025-10-30 01:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians should be ‘alarmed’ if Labor negotiates with Greens on environment billI told you it would be environment-heavy didn’t I!I think Australians should be alarmed at the thought that Labor would go to the Greens and do a deal on this, because our country would be much worse off. Let’s look at the wealth of our nation and where that wealth has come from. Let’s look at where the money goes from mining into the coffers of state governments, and how they then deliver on hospitals and schools