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Albanese government denies media reports it is signing up to collaboration to share advanced nuclear technologyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe UK government has conceded that Australia was mistakenly included on a list of countries that were expected to sign up to a US-UK civil nuclear deal.The Albanese government flatly denied media reports on Tuesday that it would join the UK and the US in a collaboration to share advanced nuclear technology. The UK and the US announcement said they would speed up work on “cutting-edge nuclear

Union’s work ban set to apply from 10pm on Thursday and up to 6am on Sunday but fewer services are expected across the entire four daysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTrains are set to shut down in Sydney over four days after the New South Wales government rejected rail union demands to run 24-hour train services, with fears it will throw the state’s transport system into chaos.The state’s Rail, Tram and Bus Union had threatened to stop work completely unless the government ran additional services overnight from

Police say about 42,000 people gathered at parliament in the last stage of the nine-day protest in opposition to the Treaty of Waitangi billNew Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi explained in 30 secondsWhat is the treaty principles bill? A protest march estimated to be one of the largest in New Zealand history arrived at parliament on Tuesday, flooding the grounds with song in a display of unity against a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country’s founding treaty between Māori and the crown.Police said around 42,000 people took part in the march, in what was likely New Zealand’s largest-ever protest in

Yadwinder Singh, 44, has been charged with murder after the body of his wife Amarjit Kaur Sardar, 41, was found with ‘catastrophic’ injuries on their Woodhill propertyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman recorded a video saying she feared her husband would murder her in the hours before her body was discovered with catastrophic injuries near a tractor, a judge has heard.Yadwinder Singh, 44, was charged with the murder of his wife, Amarjit Kaur Sardar, 41, and interfering with a corpse after emergency services were called to

The immigration bill, which will go before a Senate inquiry, also gives the government immunity from being sued by people harmed during deportationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition is set to help Labor pass a controversial migration bill allowing Australia to pay third countries to accept unlawful non-citizens, subject to a one-week inquiry that may recommend minor changes.On Tuesday the opposition immigration spokesperson, Dan Tehan, indicated likely support by saying the opposition wants “to help and support the government keep the community safe”.Sign up for Guardian

Shipyards will not meet goal of 1.5 boats a year by 2025 to be on track to provide Australia with three Virginia-class submarines, program chief saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe admiral who runs America’s submarine building program has confirmed construction is behind schedule and nowhere near the rate required to supply Australia’s Aukus nuclear submarines on schedule.R Adm Jon Rucker told the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium in Arlington, Virginia, last week that the US had “an exceptionally fragile” military shipbuilding base and could not meet

The ‘Hong Kong 47’ were arrested in 2021 after holding an unofficial election primary and have now been sentenced to between four and ten years in jailA Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms ranging from four to 10 years in the territory’s largest national security trial.Benny Tai, a legal academic and activist, was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Tuesday over his role as a organiser of pre-election primaries which the court found was an attempt to cause a constitutional crisis. It is the longest sentence handed out so far under the city’s national

Gigantiello, who let singer film in church, stripped of duties after inquiry shows he sent parish funds to Eric Adams aideThe leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed provocative scenes for a music video was stripped of his duties on Monday after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of mismanagement.Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was relieved of “any pastoral oversight or governance role” at his church located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, Bishop Robert Brennan said in a statement issued by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/18/priest-jamie-gigantiello-sabrina-carpenter-eric-adams-aide

The poet also wrote the lyrics for the Astro Boy theme song and translated Peanuts into JapaneseShuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died aged 92.Tanikawa, who translated the Peanuts comic strip and penned the lyrics for the theme song of the animation series Astro Boy, died on 13 November, his son Kensaku Tanikawa said on Tuesday. The cause of death, at a Tokyo hospital, was old age. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/19/shuntaro-tanikawa-japanese-poet-death-age-92 Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-19 01:19:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Nine-day march across New Zealand culminates in Wellington as huge numbers gather to protest bill that opponents say seeks to dilute Māori rightsHistoric march arrives at parliament – full reportExplainer: what is the treaty principles bill?The hīkoi has reached parliament, filling the grounds and swelling out into the surrounding roads and streets.It is shoulder to shoulder, with people and flags stretching as far as the eye can see in every direction. The notorious Wellington wind is whipping the flags high, their flicks and pops adding to the cacophony. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/19/maori-treaty-bill-protest-new-zealand-parliament-wellington-live-updates Author : Helen Sullivan(now) with Ben

Hardware chain breached law by scanning faces of everyone entering the store against a database of banned customersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBunnings breached the privacy of potentially hundreds of thousands of Australians through the use of facial recognition technologies in stores to scan every customer on entry that were aimed at addressing loss prevention or store safety, the Australian privacy commissioner has ruled.In 2022, it was revealed the hardware chain was one of a number of retailers using facial recognition tech in stores to check the

Former Republican congressman from Wisconsin was also a cast member on The Real World: BostonDonald Trump has named Sean Duffy, a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin, Fox News contributor, and reality television star, to serve as the secretary of transportation.Duffy served in Congress since 2011 until 2019. Before being elected to public office, he was a prosecutor and a cast member on several reality TV shows including The Real World: Boston and Road Rules: All Stars. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/18/trump-sean-duffy-transportation-secretary Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2024-11-18 23:16:47 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President-elect’s surrogates accuse president of seeking to spark ‘world war three’ over decision to allow limited strikesAllies of the president-elect, Donald Trump, have lashed out angrily at Joe Biden for his decision to permit Ukraine to use long-range US missiles to launch attacks inside Russia for the first time in what the Kremlin has termed an “escalation” in the war.Key Trump surrogates including his son Donald Trump Jr, hardline congressional Republicans, and other backers have accused Biden of seeking to spark “world war three” before Trump’s presidential inauguration in January. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/18/trump-biden-ukraine-missiles-russia Author : Andrew Roth

Supporters argue Bible verses contextualize art and literature as opponents say it is biased towards ChristianityTexas education officials are expected to hold a vote on Monday on the use of Bible readings in the public school curriculum for kindergarten through fifth grade English and language arts classes.The board listened to hours of testimonies from those for and against “Bluebonnet learning”, a new curriculum that will affect millions of the state’s elementary public school students. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/18/texas-bible-school-curriculum Author : Erum Salam Publish date : 2024-11-18 21:54:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Weihong Hu, a New York City hotel developer, was previously the subject of a joint investigation by the Guardian, the City and DocumentedFederal law enforcement agents have raided a hotel owned by a businesswoman who has been linked to potentially illegal campaign contributions to the New York City mayor, Eric Adams.Federal officials executed a search warrant on Thursday at a hotel that hotel developer Weihong Hu owns in Long Island City, Queens, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. The hotel hosts a shelter program for formerly incarcerated people which has resulted in millions of city contract dollars

Two men, 36 and 68, killed and woman critically injured in apparently unprovoked stabbings in ManhattanNew York City police have arrested a man who allegedly killed two people and badly wounded a third in an apparently unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan, authorities said.The attacks began early on Monday morning, when the first victim – a 36-year-old man – was fatally stabbed in the abdomen at 8.20am. The stabbing occurred at a construction site where the victim was working on West 19th Street, the New York police department (NYPD) said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/18/new-york-knife-stabbings-suspect Author : Marina Dunbar Publish

PM welcomes ‘encouraging progress’ in ties with Beijing after Brazil meeting. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore on that Xi-Albanese meeting, via AAP:Albanese, who visited Beijing a year ago, said there had been “further encouraging progress in the stabilisation of our relationship” and that trade was “flowing more freely” between the countries. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/nov/19/politics-live-g20-summit-china-trade-foreign-policy-aukus-interest-rates-rba-housing-immigration-cost-of-living Author : Emily Wind Publish date : 2024-11-18 19:39:53 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Exclusive: Stephen Cottrell, archbishop of York, says church is in period of reflection after ‘unprecedented crisis’ over abuse cover-upThe Church of England may need to rethink the role of archbishop of Canterbury after its “unprecedented crisis” over an abuse cover-up, Justin Welby’s second-in-command has said.In an interview with the Guardian, Stephen Cottrell, the archbishop of York, said he would welcome a woman taking over from Welby. But he warned that the responsibilities of the job may need to be shared more widely in future. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/18/c-of-e-may-need-to-rethink-archbishop-of-canterbury-role-senior-cleric-says Author : Harriet Sherwood Publish date : 2024-11-18 19:00:16 Copyright

Sherry Rehman says rich nations should pay ‘internationally determined contributions’ to help poorer and worst-affected countriesAmid the endless politicking and inscrutable arguments at the UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, it can be hard to remember what is at stake. That’s why Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former climate change minister, is calling on global leaders to “keep an eye on the big picture”.“We’re here for life and death reasons,” Rehman said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/cop29-were-here-for-life-and-death-reasons-says-ex-climate-minister-of-pakistan Author : Dharna Noor in Baku Publish date : 2024-11-18 18:00:15 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Cable news channel’s top morning hosts seek to ‘restart communications’ with Mar-a-Lago meetingUS politics live – latest updatesMika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, top morning hosts at the liberal MSNBC cable news network, have revealed that they personally met with Donald Trump about “a new approach” as well as to “restart communications” after vocally opposing his successful campaign for a second presidency.On Monday’s edition of Morning Joe, Scarborough said he and Brzezinski spoke with the president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida three days earlier about “abortion, mass deportation, threats of … retribution against political opponents and media outlets”. Continue reading...

Group were held after a meeting about what mining firm referred to as unsubstantiated claims regarding taxes and leviesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian gold mining company has agreed to pay $160m ($A247m, £126m) to Mali’s government, after the West African country’s junta detained its chief executive and two other employees.Resolute Mining’s chief executive Terence Holohan and the other two employees were detained on 8 November in Mali’s capital Bamako, at the end of a meeting with government officials over tax and other state claims that the miner had previously said were “unsubstantiated”. Continue

Biggest US budget airline says it expects to operate as normal as it works its way through Chapter 11 processSpirit Airlines said on Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection and would attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused decrease in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue.Spirit, the biggest US budget airline, has lost more than $2.5bn since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments totaling more than $1bn over the next year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/18/spirit-airlines-files-bankruptcy-financial-losses Author : Lauren Aratani and Associated Press Publish date

US climate envoy says Trump won’t derail progress as GOP argues for increasing oil and gas production at UN talksThroughout the UN climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijanin recent days, US officials have maintained a studiously sunny disposition, saying that Republican president-elect Donald Trump will not derail climate progress.US climate envoy John Podesta said the fight “for a cleaner, safer” planet will not stop under a re-elected Trump even if some progress is reversed. White House energy secretary Jennifer Granholm said: “The absence of leadership in the White House does not mean that this energy transition is stopped.” And Joe Biden’s

Counter-terrorism commander says risk of contamination in Salisbury was not discussed with public health leadersPeople were not warned against picking up discarded objects after the 2018 novichok attack on the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal despite concerns that a container of the nerve agent had been left in Salisbury, a senior counter-terrorism police chief has said.Commander Dominic Murphy told an inquiry that he believed no warning was issued by public health leaders until after the poisoning of Dawn Sturgess three months later when she sprayed herself with a dose of nerve agent from a fake perfume bottle apparently found in

British PM speaks of ‘durable, respectful’ relationship and questions sanctions against MPs and plight of Jimmy LaiUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has raised concerns with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, about sanctions on MPs and the deterioration of British citizen and Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai in his meeting with the leader at the G20.The UK prime minister promised a “strong UK-China relationship” but said the pair had agreed there should be no more “surprises” between the two countries. He said he was keen for a full meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing or