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Clubs including Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City hope to entice fans of top teams looking for festive football fixThe presents are open, the turkey’s devoured and the family bickering has momentarily paused. For hundreds of thousands of football fans that can mean only one thing: it’s time for the match.But not this Boxing Day. With just one Premier League game being played instead of the usual festive footballing feast, fans are looking elsewhere for blessed respite, with teams lower down the football pyramid hoping to entice those who are desperate to get out of the house. Continue reading... Source link

PM reconvenes national security cabinet as NSW parliament to sit this week to consider new legislation in response to shooting. Follow updates liveNSW will move to ban phrase ‘globalise the intifada’ in crackdown on ‘hateful’ rhetoric. Here’s what we know so farGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAussie honours Bondi victims in Scottish league gameA rising Australian player in Scotland has paid tribute to victims of the Bondi tragedy on an afternoon when Socceroo Martin Boyle shone again.Unfortunately, Zac knew a number of people involved in the tragedy in Bondi Beach. His family stay quite close

Michaela Benthaus from Germany soared 65 miles above the Earth’s surface in 10-minute Blue Origin flightA paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers on Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.Severely injured in a mountain bike accident seven years ago, Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user in space, launching from west Texas with Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin. She was accompanied by a retired SpaceX executive also born in Germany, Hans Koenigsmann, who helped organize and, along with Blue Origin, sponsored her trip.

Public exhibition, featuring billboard-sized portraits projected onto buildings, calls attention to Trump administration’s attacks on civil libertiesEach evening, drivers on the busy 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles pass billboard-size portraits of Angelenos that flash across the side of a building with a simple message next to their faces: Am I Next?Three Los Angeles institutions have teamed up to launch a response to federal immigration raids in the nation’s second-largest city, projecting illuminated images of everyday LA residents in support of the thousands of community members who have been detained this year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/los-angeles-public-art-trump-ice-raids Author :

People are supporting economic boycotts to show discontent with businesses capitulating to Trump’s agendaIt’s the busiest shopping season of the year – and a time when many are trying to figure out where to ethically spend their money.Over the first year of Trump’s second term, companies and institutions have fallen in line with the administration’s anti-DEI and anti-immigration policies. As a result, people are supporting economic boycotts to show their discontent with the businesses capitulating to the president. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/shoppers-boycott-holiday-season-trump-economy Author : Rachel Leingang Publish date : 2025-12-20 15:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Democratic senator Ro Khanna says: ‘the most important documents are missing’Analysis: Trickle release signals move to bury Trump tiesPhotos from the first batch of Epstein filesThe justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday signaled how the agency is using a variety of tactics to try to bury and obfuscate Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein, writes Sam Levine.The release underscores how the Trump administration is trying to balance both the demand to release the files – something encouraged in large part by the Maga base – while also obfuscating with a slow trickle of document dumps to

The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offenderThe justice department’s partial release of the Epstein files on Friday signaled how the agency is using a variety of tactics to try to bury and obfuscate Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein.As the department raced towards a legally mandated Friday deadline to release its files, little emerged about what it planned to release. There never really seemed to be a doubt that the department would release the files late on Friday afternoon, deploying the well-worn Washington trick of burying

Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare lawShooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law.At the moment, it is legal to shoot the animals during their breeding season, with pregnant hares left to bleed out, and leverets – their young – often orphaned as a result. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/20/shooting-hares-england-ban-trail-hunting-animal-welfare-law Author : Helena Horton Environment reporter Publish date : 2025-12-20 07:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Anthony Albanese said he would ‘support whatever action the NSW government takes’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has backed a royal commission into last weekend’s terror attack at Bondi beach, after the NSW premier called for a full “comprehensive look” at the deadly shooting.Speaking to reporters on Saturday the premier, Chris Minns said the state needed a royal commission to investigate the mass shooting that killed 15 people. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/20/nsw-premier-announces-new-laws-banning-hate-speech-and-symbols-in-wake-of-bondi-beach-terror-attack Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2025-12-20 03:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

After speculation actor was actually underground MC, pair join on remix to EsDeeKid’s 4 RawsIt’s been arguably the most popular musical meme of the year: is masked Liverpudlian rapper EsDeeKid actually Hollywood actor Timothée Chalamet in disguise? Now the speculation has been put to bed, with Chalamet jumping on an unexpected remix of EsDeeKid’s track 4 Raws.Chalamet posted a clip of a video for the track to his social media, rapping alongside EsDeeKid in a series of scenes, from a cramped kitchen to a housing estate. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/19/timothee-chalamet-rap-esdeekid Author : Ben Beaumont-Thomas Publish date : 2025-12-20

Lawyers for victims say they have been ‘repeatedly denied justice’ while deputy attorney general says more files will be releasedUS politics live – latest updatesRepresentatives for victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein condemned the US Department of Justice on Friday for only partially releasing investigative documents while at least one survivor said she felt “redeemed” by the documents.The documents were released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandated the disclosures by 19 December. The law allows for records to be withheld if they threaten current investigations, disrupt national security or identify Epstein’s victims. Continue reading... Source link :

It is unclear if the heavily redacted Epstein documents released by Trump’s justice department are the entirety of the government’s trove on the late sex offenderFull report: US justice department releases long-awaited cache of Jeffrey Epstein filesThere are a vast number of photos of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and others on trips in locations including Bali, Indonesia; Morocco and St Tropez, France.As our reporters and editors comb through the files, many of the images are heavily redacted, in line with a requirement under the the Epstein Files Transparency Act to redact information that identified potential victims of Epstein or

Anthony Gilheaney, 31, targeted people with his Mercedes, killing Aiden Chapman, 25, and seriously injuring four othersA man who turned his car into a weapon as he launched a series of hate-filled homophobic and racist attacks on Christmas Day last year in central London has been convicted of murder.Anthony Gilheaney, 31, was drunk when he mounted the pavement with his Mercedes and repeatedly targeted people to run over. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/19/man-who-mowed-down-london-pedestrians-on-christmas-day-convicted-murder Author : Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Publish date : 2025-12-19 18:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Todd Blanche suggests some documents may be held back temporarily, citing need to protect victimsFBI director Kash Patel has said “no one is above the law” after a Wisconsin judge was found guilty on Thursday of helping a migrant evade a planned immigration arrest outside her courtroom.Patel is the latest member of President Donald Trump’s administration to celebrate what it sees as a victory in its effort to deter interference with its hardline immigration tactics. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/19/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-venezuela-immigration-north-carolina-rally-us-politics-live-news-updates Author : Lucy Campbell (now); Robert Tait and Charlie Moloney Publish date : 2025-12-19 16:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Mixed picture for the big day with some capitals tipped for a hot, dry celebration while others will be cool or rainyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSome parts of Australia are in for sunshine and heat this Christmas Day, while others are forecast to have cloudy skies, cool temperatures and some rain as Santa comes to town.The Bureau of Meteorology has released its official weather forecast for the holiday, with less than seven days left to wrap presents and make plans. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/19/bom-christmas-day-weather-forecast-australia-extreme-heatwave Author : Nick Visser Publish date : 2025-12-19

Huge archive – set to shed fresh light on Epstein’s misdeeds – legally obliged to be released before midnight deadline Speculation surrounding the affairs of Jeffrey Epstein is expected to reach a defining moment of revelation on Friday with the much-anticipated publication of files relating to the disgraced late financier and sex trafficker.After months of delay and stalling, the Trump administration is legally obliged to publish a massive archive of documents that could shine fresh light on Epstein’s misdeeds and his connections with key public figures, including Donald Trump himself. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/epstein-files-release-doj-december-deadline Author : Robert Tait

Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales premier wants parliament to grant his government “extraordinary powers” to effectively ban protests for three months, with Chris Minns claiming the “implications” of pro-Palestine rallies could be seen in the weekend’s Bondi terror attack that killed 15 people.The premier on Friday said when a terrorism designation was in place, the police, with the agreement of

Decision comes despite independent review finding that treatment decisions ‘must be informed by each individual’s presentation and circumstances’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pause on puberty blockers and hormone treatment for new adolescent patients with gender dysphoria in Queensland’s public system will continue until at least 2031, the state’s health minister, Tim Nicholls, announced on Friday.The decision comes despite a review by Victoria’s former chief psychiatrist, Prof Ruth Vine, now made public, finding that treatment decisions “must be informed by each individual’s presentation and circumstances”. Continue reading...

National Defense Authorization Act authorizes record $901bn in spending, $8bn more than Trump requestedDonald Trump on Thursday signed into law a nearly $1tn annual defense policy bill, despite provisions inserted by Congress providing new aid to Ukraine and reining in his ability to dial down US involvement in the defense of Europe.The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizes a record $901bn in annual military spending, $8bn more than Trump requested. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/trump-ndaa-military-spending Author : Reuters Publish date : 2025-12-19 00:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Drone footage shows huge circle of swimmers and surfers in the ocean in latest outpouring of grief Victims of Bondi beach shootingTen minutes of terror: how the Bondi mass shooting unfolded in real time – videoFollow the latest live updatesHundreds of surfers and beach goers have returned to Bondi’s waters to pay tribute to those killed in Sunday’s mass shooting.Australia’s most famous beach has gradually reopened after gunmen opened fire on Hanukah celebrations, killing 15 people. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/19/bondi-paddle-out-surfers-paddle-boarders-and-swimmers-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-mass-shooting Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2025-12-18 22:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Daniel Mookhey’s comment comes as governments consider new laws cracking down on hate speech. Follow today’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAround 700 surfers have been out on the water this morning in Bondi, forming a massive circle to pay tribute to the victims of the Bondi attack.Their cheers could be heard from the shore. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/19/australia-news-live-bondi-terror-attack-latest-updates-antisemitism-liverpool-suspects-victims-funeral-hate-speech-preachers-ntwnfb Author : Cait Kelly Publish date : 2025-12-18 20:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Tory leader dismisses the government’s newly published strategy as a ‘complete distraction’Richard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor.The British public supports the government’s decision to rejoin the Erasmus youth education and work experience programme, according to snap polling released by YouGov. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/dec/18/violence-women-girls-strategy-labour-conservatives-badenoch-starmer-latest-news-updates Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-12-18 17:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Package includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, and has drawn an angry response from ChinaThe maps that show how China’s military is squeezing TaiwanThe Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10bn that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China.The state department announced the sales late on Wednesday during a nationally televised address by president Donald Trump, who made scant mention of foreign policy issues and did not speak about China or Taiwan at all. US-Chinese tensions have ebbed and flowed during Trump’s second term, largely

Draft summit text seen by the Guardian is attempt to reduce the risks for Belgium, which holds most of the €210bn of frozen Russian assetsGermany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz confirms his support for the EU’s reparations loan, saying he sees “no better option.”He diplomatically acknowledges Belgium’s concerns, and says he hopes “we can address them together” to “send a signal of strength and resolve … towards Russia.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/dec/18/eu-frozen-russian-assets-ukraine-war-europe-latest-news-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-12-18 12:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.