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UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the

An entire class has made an 11th-hour bid for special consideration due to ‘illness and misadventure’ after studying the wrong CaesarFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn entire class of high school students in Queensland has applied for special consideration due to “illness and misadventure” just days before their year 12 ancient history external exam.They have not been waylaid by vengeful deities nor bewitched by sirens, however – these young scholars have studied the wrong Caesar. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/28/brisbane-state-high-school-wrong-caesar-year-12-exam Author : Joe Hinchliffe Publish date

The board was found covered in barnacles and mussels in Raglan, nearly 18 months after it was lost during a boat trip near TasmaniaA surfboard lost off Australia’s coast nearly 18 months ago has washed up on one of New Zealand’s most famed surf beaches, thousands of kilometres from where it was last seen.New Zealand-based French surfer Alvaro Bon was kite surfing in Raglan on the North Island’s west coast on 15 October, when his kite caught in the water and he began drifting out to sea. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/surfboard-lost-off-australia-drifts-2400km-to-wash-up-in-new-zealand Author : Eva Corlett in Wellington Publish

Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens say the cost of not acting on climate change will be “far, far greater” than any cost associated with acting on it.On the Today show this morning, Senator Nick McKim says the government needs to stop approving new coal and gas mines (something his party has been saying for years).The costs of not acting on climate change are astronomical and they’re already being felt in our communities through things like floods and bushfires and they’re also being felt in household budgets through things like

That’s the highest number recorded by the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses since they began tracking deaths 10 years agoGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt least 174 thoroughbred racehorses died at the track or as a result of injuries sustained while racing or training in the past 12 months – the highest number recorded by animal rights activists since they began tracking 10 years ago.The report from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) was released on Tuesday, one week ahead of Australia’s most important horse race, the Melbourne Cup. Continue reading... Source

Farage repeatedly refuses to call Sarah Pochin’s remarks racist, saying they were ‘ugly, clumsy’ and should be taken in context of ‘DEI madness’The Guardian would like to hear from parents who have had to live in temporary accommodation with children. There is more about the call-out here, including a form where you can submit a response.But the Commons home affairs committee’s report is also critical of some aspects of what the Home Office has been doing on asylum hotels since Labour took power. Here are some of the points it makes about Labour’s record on this issue.The committee expresses concerns

Protesters say selling building to local college could end a trade dating back to middle ages, if new premises not foundCampaigners protesting against the sale of Walsall Leather Museum have said the institution is the town’s “last remaining heritage asset”.The museum tells the story of the town’s leather industry and those who worked in it. The local council agreed plans in September to sell the museum building to a local college to provide support for students with special educational needs and disabilities (Send). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/27/our-last-heritage-asset-fears-for-walsall-leather-museum-as-council-plans-to-sell Author : Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-27 15:00:00

Lithuanian PM says ‘no hybrid attack will be tolerated’ and pledges to shoot down balloons after 66 objects spotted by radar overnightMeanwhile over in the Czech Republic, the country’s president Petr Pavel has tasked the populist billionaire Andrej Babiš with leading talks on forming the new government after recent parliamentary election.Babiš told the president – who defeated him in the 2023 presidential elections – that the coalition talks were already under way, and “promised to hand over the text of the coalition agreement and programme priorities” later this week, according to a readout issued by the presidential office. Continue reading...

RSF says it has seized control of army’s main base in Darfur, home to famine-stricken displacement campFears are growing for hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in El Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said it had captured the city, which it has been besieging for more than a year in Sudan’s civil war.The group said on Sunday that it had seized control of the army’s main base in the city in Darfur, where famine was declared in a displacement camp last year. It then released a statement saying it had “extended control over the city of El Fasher

New legal duties follow case of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, who died after exposure to mould in his own homeThe first phase of Awaab’s law, which promises to protect tenants from dangerous social housing conditions, comes into force in England on Monday, in memory of a two-year-old boy who died after exposure to mould in his own home.The new legal duties compel landlords to fix “emergency health and safety hazards” within 24 hours of reporting, investigate significant damp and mould within 10 working days of being notified, make properties safe in five working days after inspection and write the findings to

Governor of one prefecture says he is considering asking the military for help to tackle increasing attacks amid thousands-strong bear populationKnowing what to do in the event of a close encounter with a bear was once a concern only for hikers and foragers in Japan. Now, however, people in populated areas are being urged to learn how to protect themselves following a spate of attacks, as the animals leave their natural habitats in search of food.Bear encounters are generating almost daily headlines. In the past week in Akita prefecture, the animals attacked a jogger and a walker in built-up areas,

The result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but has been widely described as surprising by Argentinian analystsThe party of Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has won Sunday’s midterm elections after a campaign in which US president Donald Trump announced a $40bn bailout for the country and made continued aid conditional on the victory of his Argentinian counterpart.With more than 95% of ballots counted, Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, won 40.84% of the nationwide vote in an election widely seen as a de facto referendum on the self-styled anarcho-capitalist’s nearly two years in power. Continue reading... Source link

Nearly three-month strike includes 3,200 machinists at plants where military aircraft and weapons are developedBoeing workers at three midwest plants where military aircraft and weapons are developed voted Sunday to reject the company’s latest contract offer and to continue a strike that started almost three months ago.The strike by about 3,200 machinists at the plants in Mascoutah, Illinois, and the Missouri cities of St Louis and St Charles is smaller in scale than a walkout last year by 33,000 Boeing workers who assemble commercial jetliners but threatens to complicate the aerospace company’s progress in regaining its financial footing. Continue reading...

New nature laws expected to be introduced this week but Labor’s hopes of passing them before Christmas appear slim. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe environment minister, Murray Watt, claims Sussan Ley’s reluctance to support the EPBC laws is about her “desperately trying to shore up her leadership” as the Coalition once again ties itself in knots over net zero and climate policy.Speaking to reporters in Parliament House this morning, he says he’s open to making a deal with either the Greens or the Coalition, flatly rejecting Ley’s request to split

Health secretary urges party to take Caerphilly result to heart as Lucy Powell gets to work as deputy leaderSenior Labour figures including Wes Streeting have said the government must project optimism and delivery after losing a Welsh Senedd byelection amid rising concern about midterm fatigue and a loss of momentum.The health secretary warned that the party must counter a “growing sense of despair” and show voters tangible proof of change after its defeat last week in Caerphilly, a town that had been Labour for more than 100 years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/26/labour-growing-sense-of-despair-wes-streeting Author : Aletha Adu and Geraldine

Book cites Pence’s notes from call with Trump, who called vice-president a ‘wimp’ if he certified Biden’s 2020 victoryOn the day that his supporters attacked the US Capitol because his 2020 re-election run ended in defeat, Donald Trump called his vice-president at the time, Mike Pence, and told him he would go down in history as a “wimp” if he certified the election result, a new book says.Those details were revealed on Sunday when ABC News published a preview excerpt of an upcoming book by its political correspondent Jonathan Karl. The book, titled Retribution, cites Pence’s notes from the 6

Department of Agriculture says no benefits will be issued in November and will not draw on emergency fundsThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country’s biggest social assistance programs will not be issued in November amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.The shutdown was in its 25th day at the time of the announcement, which came after more than 200 Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday called on USDA to draw on its emergency reserves to fund November food benefits. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/26/food-benefits-federal-shutdown Author : Reuters

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, whose case triggered summer protests in Essex, had been seen ‘confused’ after release from HMP ChelmsfordA former asylum seeker and convicted sex offender who was released from prison in error is back in custody and now faces deportation.The Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was jailed for 12 months in September for sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl and made the subject of a five-year sexual harm prevention order. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/26/epping-sex-offender-back-in-custody-after-being-released-from-prison-in-error Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2025-10-26 11:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Lord Strathcarron says he and an in-law ‘high up’ at British American Tobacco discussed bill, which he aims to weakenA member of the House of Lords who is trying to derail the generational ban on tobacco sales discussed the legislation with a family member who is “very high up” at British American Tobacco (BAT).Lord Strathcarron is proposing amendments that would scrap the central provision of the tobacco and vapes bill, originally proposed by Rishi Sunak’s government. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/26/uk-smoking-ban-lord-strathcarron-relative-british-american-tobacco Author : Rob Davies and Matthew Chapman Publish date : 2025-10-26 08:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Argentina is counting the cost of its turn to Javier Milei. Politicians from Donald Trump to Giorgia Meloni and Nigel Farage will be closely watching what happens next“Cambio, cambio.” Under the blazing sun, dozens of money changers are hawking US dollars along Florida Street, a bustling pedestrian strip in Buenos Aires. Known as arbolitos (“little trees”), they are thriving ahead of the 26 October midterm elections in a country long used to saving in the greenback.“The best time to buy is now,” says one arbolito, declining to give her name. “ went down a little but it is a fake-out

Former home affairs minister Bob Debus, who served in the Rudd government, throws his support behind Clairvaux in KatoombaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe state government has threatened to treat First Nations and environmental groups as trespassers if they continue to use a historic home in the Blue Mountains that was once an infamous “house of horrors” but was reclaimed as a community hub.But a former state and federal MP and stalwart of the Labor party has criticised the Minns government as “unethical” and “ignorant”, for enforcing

Fort Worth police share video of extraordinary effort by officers and motorists to pull car off baby and give CPRA baby is expected to make a full recovery and two Fort Worth police officers are being hailed as heroes after saving the infant, who was pinned under an overturned car after a crash on Texas’s Interstate 30 on Thursday morning.Fort Worth police said in a social media post that Sgt R Nichols and officer E Bounds responded to a crash around 9.30am where a woman and an infant had been in a collision that caused the infant to be ejected

Attacks come after Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeals to US for long-range missiles and urges allies to expand sanctions on Russian oilRussian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine’s president for western air defence systems.In the capital, Kyiv, two people were killed and 13 were wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Kyiv’s police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/russian-overnight-strikes-ukraine-zelenskyy-sanctions-oil Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-10-25 22:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Lockhart started out on stage at age eight and appeared in scores of television series and feature filmsJune Lockhart, the popular actor known for her work in film and television, has passed away at the age of 100.She died on Thursday night of natural causes, with daughter June Elizabeth and granddaughter Christianna by her side, according to People. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/oct/25/actor-june-lockhart-dies-aged-100 Author : Marina Dunbar Publish date : 2025-10-25 20:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Connolly’s stunning victory humbles old parties and energises the left, yet it’s no revolution: the presidency remains symbolicCatherine Connolly’s landslide victory in Ireland’s presidential election is a stunning political feat that humiliates the establishment but does not signify a national swerve to the left.There was nothing inevitable about her triumph, let alone its scale. In July, when she declared her candidacy, she was a one-woman act: an independent leftwing member of parliament from Galway who was unfamiliar to most voters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/catherine-connollys-landslide-shakes-irelands-establishment-but-not-its-politics Author : Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent Publish date : 2025-10-25 17:17:00 Copyright for syndicated