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Georgia Republican lawmaker also claims she didn’t know Rothschild family, of her ‘space laser’ theory, was JewishRepublican US House member Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she believes in demons, surmising that they might be aliens who fell from heaven, and claims to have been unaware that key figures in the antisemitic space lasers conspiracy she floated were Jewish.She made those bizarre remarks as a guest on Friday on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher after winning some fans among Democrats who once loathed her – yet had come to appreciate how the far-right Georgia representative had recently broken with Republicans

Forty Labour and independent MPs call on Steve Reed to take ‘important step’ of defining anti-Muslim hatredMore than three dozen Labour and independent MPs have written to the housing secretary calling on the government to adopt a definition of Islamophobia, after recent figures revealed hate crimes against Muslims were up by nearly a fifth.Forty MPs, including Labour MPs Diane Abbott, Dawn Butler, Kim Johnson and independent Andrew Gwynne, were among the signatories on the letter from Afzal Khan who wrote to Steve Reed on Friday asking him to adopt a definition of anti-Muslim hatred as an “important step” in addressing

Nine people hospitalised with life-threatening injuries; police say counter-terror officers involved in investigation. Follow the latest developmentsFull report: ten people taken to hospital following stabbing attack Explained: what we know so far Some more reaction is coming in.Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, said she was “deeply disturbed” by the reports from Huntingdon. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/nov/02/cambridgeshire-train-stabbing-life-threatening-injuries-arrests-latest-updates Author : Kate Lamb Publish date : 2025-11-02 04:38:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The wit and wisdom of the superstar ex-US president make him the best candidate – too bad he can’t run“It’s not as if we didn’t see some of this coming,” said Barack Obama, a note of bleak humour in his voice. “I will admit it’s worse than even I expected, but I did warn y’all!”The crowd at a sports arena in Norfolk, Virginia, half-laughed and half-groaned. “I did,” Obama added. “You can run the tape.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/barack-obama-democratic-party Author : David Smith in Norfolk, Virginia Publish date : 2025-11-02 00:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Meanwhile PM says he’d like ‘more cooperation’ between China and US on artificial intelligence. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWatt says Labor doesn’t have a policy to end native forest loggingAsked if he wanted native forest logging to continue (it’s not banned in the legislation, despite the significant negative environmental impact that it has), Watt dodges the question by saying the party doesn’t have a specific policy of ending native forest logging.What we have said, though, is that we will follow the recommendation from Graeme Samuel to apply national environmental standards to the

French-Turkish actor appeared in a string of high-profile films, as well as hit BBC series The MissingTchéky Karyo, who appeared in some of director Luc Besson’s biggest hits and a string of international films, died on Friday at the age of 72, his family have announced.A statement from his wife and children sent to AFP said he had “succumbed to cancer”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/01/veteran-actor-tcheky-karyo-star-of-nikita-and-the-missing-dies-aged-72 Author : AFP Publish date : 2025-11-01 19:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US vice-president announces to 10,000 attenders of Turning Point USA that he prefers wife, who is Hindu, to be ChristianJD Vance is doubling down on comments he made about wanting his wife, Usha Vance, to convert to Christianity – remarks that drew political backlash from some quarters.At an event with Turning Point USA at the University of Mississippi to honor the conservative group’s slain founder Charlie Kirk, an audience member questioned the US vice-president about how he sees the links between American patriotism and Christianity. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/jd-vance-usha-christianity Author : Lauren Aratani Publish date : 2025-11-01 18:01:00

Police say Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, met girl through Snapchat, and charged him with human trafficking and sexual assaultA 13-year-old Louisiana girl who went missing after meeting a man online was found alive in a box at his home several states away in Pennsylvania – along with evidence that she had been sexually assaulted, according to authorities.Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, faces charges of human trafficking, sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of a child after police in Pittsburgh said they arrested him on Thursday. He is one of at least three men who had been arrested as of Saturday

Risk to general public is low but cases in California suggest virus is spreading undetected in some communitiesA newer variant of mpox, the virus formerly known as monkeypox, is now spreading through some communities in the US and Europe.The risk to the general public is low, but community transmission in new places signals greater challenges for public health to detect cases and stop the spread. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/mpx-variant-us-public-health Author : Melody Schreiber Publish date : 2025-11-01 13:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

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.