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Ukrainian leader says that talks should also include European alliesIn other EU related news, a top European court on Tuesday ruled that an EU nation had to recognise a gay marriage recorded in another member state, after a complaint by two Poles married in Germany.The couple, one of whom also has German nationality, were living there and married in Berlin in 2018, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).The spouses in question, as EU citizens, enjoy the freedom to move and reside within the territory of the member states and the right to lead a normal family life when exercising that freedom and

Oliver Hutchings accused of threatening to disrupt UK shows and campaign against venues that booked HopkinsA man who objected to comments by Katie Hopkins on gay and transgender people launched a blackmail campaign against venues that had booked her to appear, a jury has heard.Oliver Hutchings, 31, told venues in Hampshire and Lancashire that he would make sure the media personality and commenter’s shows were disrupted, and would campaign against the theatres to try to shut them down if they did not cancel her appearances, the court heard. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/25/venues-cancelled-katie-hopkins-shows-after-man-blackmailed-them-court-told Author : Steven Morris Publish date

Trump plans to speak directly with Nicolás Maduro, Axios reports, even though the US designated the Venezuelan president as the head of a foreign terrorist organizationRachel Leingang is a Midwest political correspondent for Guardian USIn the days since the president said he would be ending a legal immigration status program for Somalis in Minnesota, local elected officials and community members said they will fight back. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/nov/25/us-politics-pam-bondi-appeal-james-comey-letitia-james-cases-donald-trump-venezuela-latest-updates Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2025-11-25 12:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Farage says he will not carry out a wider investigation after last week’s sentencing of former Reform UK leader in Wales, Nathan GillAt health questions today Wes Streeting is also likely to confirm a £300m capital investment for neighbourhood health centres in England. In a news release, the Department of Health and Social Care says the money – to be confirmed in tomorrow’s budget – will help establish a neighbourhood health service. It says:The chancellor will double down on the government’s commitment of continuing to slash NHS waiting times in this week’s budget - today confirming the investment for hundreds

Militant group Antifa Ost said to be behind assaults on rightwing extremists in Germany and HungarySeven alleged members of the German far-left militant group Antifa Ost go on trial on Tuesday accused of attacks targeting rightwing extremists that earned them the nickname “Hammer Gang”.The US this month designated Antifa Ost as a terrorist group along with several other European far-left and anarchist groups. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/germany-antifa-ost-hammer-gang-seven-alleged-members-trial Author : Agence France-Presse in Berlin Publish date : 2025-11-25 07:38:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Shields told SMH staff in an email that working in the role had been the honour of his lifeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Bevan Shields, has resigned after four years and will be replaced in the role at Nine’s Sydney masthead by Jordan Baker, the chief reporter.Shields told staff in an email the job had been the “honour of my life” and he would return as a senior writer after a break. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/25/bevan-shields-steps-down-sydney-morning-herald-smh-editor-chief Author :

Research shows 70% disapprove of job US president – who won backing of nearly half of Latino voters in 2024 – is doingA majority of Latinos disapprove of Donald Trump and his economic and immigration policies, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.After receiving support from nearly half of Latino voters in the 2024 election, Trump had lost the backing of a majority surveyed in October. Pew found that 70% of Latinos “disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president”, while 65% disapprove of his administration’s approach to immigration and 61% believe his economic

Claimants forced to pay back thousands of pounds tell of ‘horrendous’ court ordeals and of desire for official apologyDWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandalThe carer’s allowance scandal – a timelineVivienne Groom had never been inside the dock of a criminal court when she stood, sobbing and shaking, before a judge last year.She was accused by the government of unlawfully claiming nearly £17,000 in carer’s allowance while she juggled a minimum wage supermarket job with being the sole carer for her dying mother. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/25/its-like-the-post-office-scandal-victims-of-carers-allowance-crisis-speak-out Author : Josh Halliday North of

Meanwhile Tanya Plibersek calls on governments and services to do more to protect victims of domestic violence. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDomestic violence among under-18s increasing, Plibersek saysViolence in relationships among young people under 18 is increasing, says Tanya Plibersek, who has announced a major funding boost for the 1800 Respect phone helpline this morning.It’s a mixed picture. We’re seeing some areas, like intimate partner violence, slightly decreasing, but we’re seeing big increases in, for example, young relationships, under-18s. We’re seeing big increases in violence there. So we need to keep

Investigation of Mark Kelly comes after Trump accused the Democrats in the video of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’The Pentagon says it is investigating Arizona senator Mark Kelly for possible breaches of military law after the federal lawmaker joined a handful of other Democrats in a video calling for US troops to refuse unlawful orders.It is extraordinary for the Pentagon to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. Until Donald Trump’s second presidency, the institution in charge of the US military had usually strived to appear apolitical. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/24/pentagon-investigation-mark-kelly-arizona Author : Associated Press and

Michael Prescott tells select committee ‘there was no ideology at play’ when he wrote memoCaroline Daniel is also asked about her views on editorial bias.“My experience was the BBC took issues of impartiality extremely seriously,” she said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2025/nov/24/bbc-board-mps-select-committee-latest-updates Author : Frances Mao Publish date : 2025-11-24 16:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Providers report a median operating loss of nearly 4% in the last financial year – with losses totalling about 12% over five yearsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNot-for-profit disability services that support some of the most vulnerable Australians are being forced to close and exit the national disability insurance scheme because of untenably low price caps for NDIS services, one of the architects of the scheme has warned.“For some years, many of us in the sector have been telling the National Disability Insurance Agency that flaws in their pricing are contributing to not-for-profit registered providers

Trump administration labels Maduro as member of foreign terrorist organization and could impose fresh sanctions on countryA timely opinion piece from Daniel Mendiola, a professor of Latin American history and migration studies at Vassar College this morning on the situation currently playing out around Venezuela.“For the last two months, US forces have amassed outside Venezuela and carried out a series of lethal strikes on civilian boats. The Trump White House has ordered these actions in the name of fighting “narco-terrorists” – a label apparently applicable to anyone suspected of participating in drug trafficking near Latin American coastlines. Continue reading... Source

US and Ukraine say they have ‘updated framework’ for peace plan after weekend talks in GenevaOver in Brussels, EU ministers are meeting for discussions on trade, including specifically with the US, with two senior US representatives – trade representative Jamieson Greer and treasury secretary Howard Lutnick - joining them for lunch.EU trade commissioner, Maroš Šefčovič, described his talks with US counterparts as “constructive,” even as he added that “more work lies ahead.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/24/ukraine-russia-war-peace-talks-europe-us-trump-germany-latest-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-11-24 09:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Forward Trust patron says ‘compassion and love’ is needed to end fear and shame felt by those affectedThe Princess of Wales has called for an end to the “stigma” surrounding addictions, saying the experiences of those dependent on drugs, alcohol or gambling are “shaped by fear, shame and judgment”.Catherine, who is a patron of the charity Forward Trust supporting recovering addicts, said more open conversations were needed to bring the issue “out of the shadows” and for society to show “compassion and love” to those affected. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/24/princess-of-wales-calls-for-end-to-stigma-around-addiction Author : Caroline Davies Publish date : 2025-11-24

Competition-winning apartment building plans should be approved twice as quickly by NSW councils, and will be three to six storeys highFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAiry Scandinavian interiors, shaded balconies, light-filled courtyards – could these be Sydney’s next art deco apartment blocks or red brick walk-ups?The New South Wales government has launched nine new mid-rise apartment building pattern book designs, which it hopes will support the construction of 112,000 homes in the “missing middle” over the next five years, through its controversial low and mid-rise (LMR) reforms.

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue

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,