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Lawyers say people ‘don’t feel safe to leave their home’ as officials target recent arrivals and those awaiting hearingsImmigration agents appear to be increasingly arresting and detaining Afghan asylum seekers, especially men, who have arrived in the US recently and are awaiting court hearings to decide their cases.Amir – an asylum seeker who came to the US via Mexico in 2024 – was driving home from his English class in Bloomington, Indiana just after noon on Monday, when he was pulled over by an unmarked police vehicle. Minutes later, the asylum seeker from Afghanistan was cuffed and driven to a

Health secretary says aggressive strain of virus is putting NHS under worst strain since CovidI have beefed up the post at 9.08am to include the direct quote from Wes Streeting about not being able to guarantee patient safety in the NHS if the strike by resident doctors in England goes ahead. You may need to refresh the page to get the update to appear.In his LBC phone-in, when asked about his New Statesman interview (see 9.43am), Wes Streeting, the health secretary, also insisted that his comments about the government’s “technocratic approach” were not a criticism of Keir Starmer. He said:No,

Committee asked to consider if parliamentary rules broken when submission from judge Penelope Wass was used against her by ODDP The powerful New South Wales privileges committee has been asked to examine whether the state’s prosecutors’ office breached parliamentary rules by using a judge’s submission to an inquiry to have her removed from trials.Citing a potentially “chilling effect” for future witnesses, an upper house inquiry asked for an investigation into the conduct of Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP). This came after a submission critical of the ODPP – made under parliamentary privilege by district court judge Penelope

Former police officer admits to taking explicit images of children as young as four in his careFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former police officer who was secretly working in childcare has admitted taking explicit photos and videos of children younger than 10 when they were in his care.David William James created the child abuse material while working at six out-of-school hours (OOSH) care services in Sydney’s north and city centres between April 2021 and May 2024. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/12/sydney-childcare-worker-david-william-james-pleads-guilty-to-using-children-to-produce-child-abuse-material-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated

Sussan Ley offers bipartisan truce to work on reform after a week of damaging headlines about MPs’ largesseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government wants the independent expenses watchdog to provide advice on overhauling travel perks for MPs, opening the door to changes after a backlash over politicians’ entitlements.The opposition leader, Sussan Ley, is prepared to work with Anthony Albanese to reform the system, offering a truce after a week of damaging headlines about MPs’ largesse. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/12/politicians-travel-perks-expenses-overhaul-advice Author : Dan Jervis-Bardy,

Taken star lends his voice to a film that questions the legitimacy of vaccines and includes interview with RFK JrLiam Neeson has lent his voice to a new documentary that questions the legitimacy of vaccines and praises Donald Trump’s health and human services secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr.The film, called Plague of Corruption, is narrated by the Taken actor and based on a bestselling book co-authored by Judy Mikovits, a disgraced former scientist who gained notoriety during the Covid pandemic. She claimed Covid was caused by a bad strain of the flu vaccine and urged people not to get vaccinated.

Change comes after more than 220 writers, scholars and researchers signed an open letter expressing alarm about the proposal. Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOfficials investigating after Victoria police memorial vandalised overnightVictoria police are investigating the vandalism of the Victoria Police Memorial in Melbourne this morning.If you don’t need to be on the roads during heavy rainfall, we ask the community to delay their travel until the storm passes.If you do come across flash flooding, the best thing to do is turn around and find another way – it’s not worth putting your life

Plans are response to surge in demand for AI capability and come after government signalled it would curb subsidiesDrax has revealed plans to convert part of its power plant in North Yorkshire into a datacentre as soon as 2027 in response to the increase in demand for AI capability.The FTSE 250 company behind Britain’s biggest power plant told investors on Thursday that it had applied for planning permission to build a 100-megawatt datacentre at its site near Selby. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/11/drax-plans-to-convert-part-of-its-north-yorkshire-power-plant-into-datacentre Author : Jillian Ambrose Publish date : 2025-12-11 19:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Andy Burnham unveils next step in transport system, allowing contactless travel with fares capped across trains, buses and tramsThe first passenger trains in the Bee Network will join by the end of 2026, after Greater Manchester disclosed the next steps in its ambitious transport system.Unveiling a yellow-branded Northern train, the regional mayor, Andy Burnham, said two lines from central Manchester – to Glossop and Stalybridge – would join the network in a year, allowing contactless travel with fares capped across trains, buses and trams. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/11/first-trains-to-join-manchesters-bee-network-by-end-of-2026 Author : Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent Publish date : 2025-12-11

Republican senator Rand Paul said it was ‘not the job of the American government to go looking for monsters around the world’Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator from Maryland, was among the lawmakers speaking out against the Trump administration and its actions around Venezuela, taking to the senate floor on Wednesday to call on Congress to block Donald Trump from “using taxpayer dollars to launch a regime change war”.“Last time I checked, the constitution of the United States gives Congress – this body – the power to decide questions of war or peace,” he said. Continue reading... Source link :

Liam Byrne says language of the US national security strategy was ‘deeply regrettable’ and highlighted the need for strong UK-EU economic security linksSeema Malhotra, a Foreign Office minister, is responding to the urgent question about President Trump’s national security strategy (even though it was addressed to the Cabinet Office – see 10.12am.)The Trump document was published at the end of last week. Peter Beaumont has an analysis of it here. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/dec/11/uk-politics-latest-news-updates-labour-conservatives-house-of-lords Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2025-12-11 11:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Weaker-than-forecast quarterly data for Larry Ellison’s tech company shows slowdown in revenue growth but big rise in spending Oracle’s disappointing results have knocked more than $70bn off the value of software and data company co-founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison, adding to fears of a bubble in AI-related stocks.Shares in the company fell by 11.5% overnight after it reported a lower-than-expected 14% rise in revenues to $16bn (£12bn) in the latest quarter while revealing it was boosting its AI spending by about $15bn. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/11/disappointing-oracle-results-knock-70bn-off-value-amid-ai-bubble-fears Author : Kalyeena Makortoff Publish date : 2025-12-11 09:19:00 Copyright for

British government also rejects president’s claims on sovereignty over Falkland Islands as he suggests wanting to make Argentina a ‘world military power’The British government has denied it is engaged in negotiations to lift a ban on selling arms to Argentina that has been in place since the Falklands war.Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, told the Daily Telegraph his government had begun speaking to the UK about the restrictions. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/11/uk-denies-mileis-claim-of-talks-over-falklands-era-ban-on-argentina-arms-sales Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-12-11 06:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Labor and Coalition cut deal which unions argue will deny income support to people who can’t workFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWorkers suffering psychological injuries in New South Wales will have their compensation entitlements slashed under a controversial deal between Labor and the Coalition.The major parties announced on Thursday that they would pass legislation early in 2026 that would freeze premiums for 18 months, saving businesses and charities from a projected 36% increase over the next three years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/nsw-workers-compensation-psychological-injury-claims Author : Anne

The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) carries $8bn more than the funding Trump requested in MayThe US House has approved a sweeping defence bill that bolsters Europe’s security, in what appears to be sharp rebuke to Donald Trump’s mounting threats to downgrade Washington’s ties to traditional allies and Nato.The bipartisan vote came just days after the publication of a White House national security strategy that said Europe faced “civilisational erasure” and made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right parties – rattling EU leaders and opening up a seismic shift in transatlantic relations. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/us-house-passes-bill-to-bolster-europes-defence-in-apparent-rebuke-to-trumps-foreign-policy-strategy

More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schoolsConservative governments spent £325m creating 67 free schools that subsequently failed or disappeared, many through lack of demand, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request.The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the government committed more than £10bn to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools, which critics say left England with a backlog of crumbling and decaying buildings. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/10/conservative-governments-free-schools-failed Author : Richard Adams

Deputy PM meets with the US secretary of defence, Pete Hesgeth, as series of Aukus meetings begin. Follow the latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRecord number of Victorian students to get Atar results todayFrom 7am on Thursday, a record 49,310 Victorian students will receive their tertiary admission scores, an increase of 1,849 on the previous year, AAP reports.A preliminary excavation of the area uncovered the yet to be formally identified human remains around 1.30pm.The coroner has been advised and a postmortem will occur in due course. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/dec/11/vce-atar-results-victoria-social-media-ban-reactions-abs-employment-figures-queensland-parliament-aukus-meeting-washington-dc-anthony-albanese-labor-sussan-ley-coalition-ntwnfb Author :

Ro Khanna, California Democrat who was co-sponsor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, says judge’s decision ‘gives me hope we’re going to see transparency’House speaker Mike Johnson said today that he has yet to see the video of the boat strike that has been the subject of intense scrutiny and accusations of war crimes.The Republican speaker said he missed the classified briefing with Hegseth and Rubio this week because he was working with House GOP lawmakers on their emerging health care proposals. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/10/trump-us-politics-live-updates Author : Marina Dunbar (now) and Shrai Popat (earlier) Publish date :

María Corina Machado misses ceremony but her daughter says she is ‘safe’ and due in Oslo in ‘just a few hours’Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, is now delivering his opening speech.It’s a damning verdict on Maduro’s authoritarian rule in Venezuela, as he talks about a number of figures facing repression and torture from the regime.“As we sit here in Oslo City Hall, innocent people are locked away in dark cells in Venezuela. They cannot hear the speeches given today – only the screams of prisoners being tortured.”Venezuela has evolved into a brutal, authoritarian state facing a

Daughter delivers speech, with Nobel Institute saying María Corina Machado still expected in Oslo after journey of ‘extreme danger’ Europe live – latest updatesVenezuela’s most prominent opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has vowed to continue her struggle to free the country from years of “obscene corruption”, “brutal dictatorship” and “despair” as she was awarded the Nobel peace prize at a ceremony in Norway’s capital, Oslo.The 58-year-old conservative has lived in hiding in Venezuela since its authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, was accused of stealing the 2024 presidential election from her political movement. Despite fevered speculation that she would make a dramatic

Australian psych-rockers, who removed their music from Spotify in protest against the streaming service, lament the appearance of AI band King Lizard WizardSpotify has removed an AI impersonator of popular Australian rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from the streaming service, with the band’s frontman voicing despair at the situation.King Gizzard removed their music from Spotify in July in a protest against the company’s chief executive Daniel Ek, who is the chair of military technology company Helsing as well as a major investor. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/10/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-despair-at-ai-clone-appearing-on-spotify Author : Ben Beaumont-Thomas Publish date : 2025-12-10 10:43:00 Copyright

From a live blog on the BBC to cautious reaction in the New York Times, here’s how the world’s media covered the banThe BBC blogged about it, News Corp boasted about it and the New York Times questioned its effectiveness.Australia’s world-first laws stopping children accessing social media until they turn 16 turned heads globally, with mixed and nuanced results. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/10/how-the-world-media-covered-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban Author : Tory Shepherd Publish date : 2025-12-10 07:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Stacey Warnecke, 30, died after giving birth to a son at her Melbourne home accompanied by an unregulated doulaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA hospital exhausted its supply of a wellness influencer’s blood type in an unsuccessful attempt to save her life as she bled uncontrollably after a free birth at home, a court has been told.Stacey Warnecke, 30, was with her husband, Nathan Warnecke, and unregulated doula Emily Lal when she delivered her son at her Melbourne home on 29 September. Continue reading... Source link :

Trump had further said Nicolás Maduro’s ‘days are numbered’ as military has targeted alleged drug boatsTwo US fighter jets circled the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday, in what appeared to be an escalation of the Trump administration’s ongoing hostilities toward the South American country and its leftist leader, Nicolás Maduro.Venezuelans and South American media followed the flights in real time using websites like FlightRadar24, which showed a pair of F/A-18 Super Hornets flying together into the narrow Gulf of Venezuela for about 40 minutes. The jets flew just north of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s most populous city. Continue reading... Source link :

The 71-year-old performer’s son Micah has been arrested on suspicion of murder, Santa Monica police saidJubilant Sykes, the Grammy-nominated opera and gospel singer, has died aged 71 after being stabbed to death at his home in California.His 31-year-old son, Micah Sykes, was arrested on suspicion of murder, authorities said on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/10/jubilant-sykes-son-arrested-after-grammy-nominated-opera-singer-stabbed-to-death Author : Sian Cain and agencies Publish date : 2025-12-10 00:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.