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US Conference of Catholic Bishops issues rare condemnation of president immigration crackdown and calls for ‘meaningful immigration reform’Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. I’m Tom Ambrose and I will be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with news that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a rare condemnation of president Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and advocated for “meaningful immigration reform.”Donald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffery Epstein files after attempts to press two female members of Congress to

Jitters over the UK’s autumn budget grow as chancellor Rachel Reeves abandons plans to raise income tax on 26 November This has all left investors '“scratching their heads” and expecting a “death by a thousand cuts” kind of budget, if Reeves hopes to find money to fund key policies including ramped up UK defence commitments, according to XTB’s research director Kathleen Brooks:The u-turn on income tax rises, while better for growth in a service-based economy, does leave markets scratching their heads about how to fund scrapping the two child benefit cap, the ballooning benefits bill and Britain’s defense commitments.Instead, the

Former ACCC chair condemns proposed exemption allowing minister to approve projects that don’t comply with lawGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former competition watchdog chief Graeme Samuel says the government should axe its proposal to allow the environment minister to make decisions in breach of national laws if it is deemed in the “national interest”.Samuel, who led a 2020 review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, also argued a loophole that effectively exempts native forest logging from the laws “shouldn’t be there”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/graeme-samuel-calls-for-labor-to-ditch-national-interest-workaround-for-environment-laws Author : Lisa Cox

Pictures posted on social media showed different sites in flames and residents gathering in rubble-strewn streets outside apartment buildingsRussia unleashed a massive combined attack on Kyiv early Friday, sparking fires and scattering debris across many districts of the capital, mayor Vitali Klitschko said. At least 11 people were injured as emergency crews responded to multiple strikes, he said in a statement.Five people were hospitalised, including one man in critical condition and a pregnant woman, after a series of powerful explosions sounded in the city and air defences were activated. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/14/russia-attack-every-district-kyiv-city-strikes Author : Staff and agencies

Case has attracted attention from Chinese Australian community and on social media due to her lavish wealth and speculation about her backgroundFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe high-profile Sydney Chinese woman Lanlan Yang has pleaded not guilty to all charges relating to a crash in Sydney’s eastern suburbs in July that left a driver for FM radio host Kyle Sandilands with serious injuries.The 23-year-old was accused of being at the wheel of a $1.5m Rolls-Royce SUV when it collided with a Mercedes driven by George Plassaras on

Lewis was fined $5m and given three years probation by New York judge over ‘brazen’ insider trading schemeJoe Lewis, the British billionaire and former owner of Tottenham Hotspur FC, has been pardoned by Donald Trump over a 2024 conviction for his part in a “brazen” insider trading scheme.Lewis, 88, was fined $5m (£3.8m) and given three years probation by a New York judge last year but was spared jail time after pleading guilty to involvement in a plan that prosecutors said was designed to enrich his friends, lovers and employees. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/13/trump-to-pardon-british-billionaire-and-former-tottenham-owner-joe-lewis Author : Rob Davies

Labor joins governing Liberals as Tasmania’s lower house votes 25-9 for $1.3bn project. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, and happy Friday. Nick Visser here to get things moving. Let’s dive in.The federal government will spend $37m over five years to improve working with children checks (WWWC) in early childhood and care, including monitoring changes to criminal history.That’s why we are progressing a coordinated and ambitious reform agenda to achieve meaningful consistency across jurisdictions for when a person is suitable to hold a WWCC and when they should be excluded. This

Bells ring out across French capital marking 10th anniversary of country’s deadliest peacetime attackParis attacks anniversary – in picturesFrance has paid tribute to the 130 people killed 10 years ago by Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers who targeted a stadium, bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall in the country’s deadliest peacetime attack.“The pain remains,” Emmanuel Macron wrote on social media on Thursday as he visited each of the sites that were attacked. Bells rang out across the city as a remembrance ceremony began at a memorial garden in central Paris attended by relatives and survivors. Continue reading... Source

Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UNA row over the definition of the term “gender” threatens to bog down pivotal talks at the Cop30 climate summit.Before the UN talks in Brazil, hardline conservative states have pushed to define gender as “biological sex” over their concerns trans and non-binary people could be included in a major plan to ensure climate action addresses gender inequality and empowers women. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/row-over-definition-of-gender-hangs-over-cop30-plans-to-support-women Author : Chloé Farand Publish date : 2025-11-13 15:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Elected policing roles will be phased out and their powers transferred to mayors in England in move that could save £100mPA Media has more on what the monthly performance figures from NHS England show. PA says:The data shows 180,329 people in England had been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of September, down from 190,549 at the end of August.Some 2.4% of people on the list for hospital treatment had been waiting more than 52 weeks in September, down from 2.6% the previous month.The NHS waiting list is 230,000 lower than July last

Even if bill passes the House, it will still need to get through the Senate before files can be releasedA tranche of documents released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday revealed that Jeffrey Epstein’s staff kept him apprised of Donald Trump’s air travel as it related to his own transportation – and that the late sex trafficker kept up with news about his former friend years after their relationship soured.This disclosure of about 20,000 pages from Republican members of the committee related to Epstein comes as Trump continues to battle with the political fallout related to their past friendship

Reading undershoots forecasts, with crippling Jaguar Land Rover hack helping pull September GDP down by 0.1%The UK economy expanded by just 0.1% in the quarter from July to September as the crippling cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing.The latest official figures, issued as Rachel Reeves prepares for a crunch budget on 26 November, show gross domestic product fell by 0.1% in September as car production was dragged down to a 73-year low by the fallout from the hack. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/13/uk-economy-grew-by-just-01-in-third-quarter-amid-jlr-cyber-attack-hit Author : Heather Stewart Economics editor Publish date : 2025-11-13 07:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Documents show staff kept Epstein informed of Trump’s air travel – and Epstein kept up with news about former friendA tranche of documents released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday revealed that Jeffrey Epstein’s staff kept him apprised of Donald Trump’s air travel as it related to his own transportation – and that the late sex trafficker kept up with news about his former friend years after their relationship soured.This disclosure of about 20,000 pages from Republican members of the committee related to Epstein comes as Trump continues to battle with the political fallout related to their past friendship

Michael Miller tells Senate misinformation inquiry platforming climate deniers and net zero critics part of ‘great democracy and healthy debate’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereA senior News Corp Australia executive has defended the company’s platforming of climate science deniers, saying its news outlets were not part of a “denial machine” spreading misinformation.News Corp Australia’s executive chair, Michael Miller, told a Senate inquiry into climate and energy misinformation there was no coordination across the organisation’s news outlets to feature voices sceptical of climate action or Australia’s current goal to

Shadow cabinet will hear the proposals at 9am before Sussan Ley makes a public announcement. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTeal independent MP Sophie Scamps said the Coalition’s position on net zero policies signals the “death knell” of the Liberal party as Sussan Ley appears poised to dump emissions targets.Scamps appears on the Today Show this morning, where she was asked about apparent wins yesterday in Canberra by conservatives looking to dump the net zero targets.I think it signals the death knell of the Liberal party. They’ve been led around by the

Trump officials also cannot pressure detainees to agree to voluntary deportation while cases are pending, says judgeA federal judge has ordered the release of hundreds of people who were arrested over the last few months in the Chicago area amid the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids across the city.On Wednesday, US district judge Jeffrey Cummings ordered the justice department to produce a list showing which of the 615 possible class members are still in custody by 19 November, the Chicago Tribune reports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/12/trump-chicago-immigration-raids-arrests Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2025-11-12 21:42:00 Copyright for syndicated

Rift said to be driven between Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney even before attacks on Wes StreetingOne way to flush out a leadership challenger, according to Gordon Brown’s one-time enforcer, is to push them over the edge.In his chronicle of his time at the centre of power, Damian McBride wrote that the New Labour darling David Miliband had a “tendency to treat rebellion like a reluctant bather inching his way into the sea at Skegness”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/12/labour-briefing-war-keir-starmer-morgan-mcsweeney-wes-streeting Author : Eleni Courea, Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar Publish date : 2025-11-12 19:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Spokesperson says Giuffre repeatedly said Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing as she accuses Democrats of trying to ‘smear’ presidentTrump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggestDemocrat who could force Epstein vote to be sworn in after standoffIn a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the late financier and sex-offender’s conduct. In the three emails released, Epstein apparently told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims.In two other emails to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote

Day three at the Belem summit is expected to see more protests as crucial climate negotiations begin in earnestFear of being bullied by Donald Trump may have prompted Bill Gates to row back on the climate crisis, the former US vice president Al Gore has speculated, as he slammed the billionaire as “silly”, and the US president for his anti-climate stance.Trump, “the most corrupt president in American history”, was “badly damaging the US economy” by pulling away from renewable energy and promoting fossil fuels, Gore warned. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2025/nov/12/cop30-live-talks-us-protests-belem-brazil Author : Matthew Taylor (now) and Nina Lakhani

US president claims broadcaster has ‘defrauded the public’ and he has an ‘obligation’ to take legal actionResponding to UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s refusal to review the BBC board membership of Robbie Gibb, Liberal Democrat culture, media and sports spokesperson Anna Sabine said on Tuesday evening:This is the wrong choice by Lisa Nandy. Robbie Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC board, and the BBC charter gives the government the power to sack him. I hope the prime minister will step in and do the right thing. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2025/nov/12/bbc-donald-trump-panorama-tim-davie-board-robbie-gibb-latest-news-updates Author : Frances Mao (now) and

Prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the decision to suspend German Galushchenko had been taken at an emergency government sessionUkrainian justice minister German Galushchenko has been suspended amid an alleged corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector, uncovered by the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, or SAPO.AFP reported that the authorities alleged that Galushchenko was involved in a $100m corruption scheme orchestrated by Timur Mindich, an ally of president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and personally benefited from the plot. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/12/ukraine-energy-corruption-scandal-zelenskyy-eu-europe-news-latest-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-11-12 09:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Schlossberg has drummed up a large following on social media with frequent posts weighing in on national issuesJohn F Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg has said he will run for the US House next year, announcing Tuesday that he was seeking a key New York seat set to be vacated by longtime Democrat Jerry Nadler.“This district should have a representative who can harness the creativity, energy and drive of this district and translate that into political power in Washington,” Schlossberg said in a campaign video posted on social media late Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/12/jack-schlossberg-jfk-john-f-kennedy-grandson-congress Author : The Associated

List of those who were told in advance grows to include police, parliamentary security, lower house speaker and upper house presidentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW premier, Chris Minns, says staff in his office may not have been notified in advance about Saturday’s neo-Nazi rally by parliamentary security “because it was on the weekend”.The premier said his department’s secretary would look into changes to security procedures after it emerged other senior parliamentary figures and police were warned about the rally on Macquarie Street. Continue reading... Source

More uncertainty after justices allow temporary block on full payments for Snap, relied upon by 42 million AmericansMillions of Americans grappling with food insecurity will face more uncertainty this week after the US supreme court enabled the Trump administration to continue withholding funds for food stamps.In an administrative stay issued on Tuesday, the highest court upheld the administration’s request to extend a pause on a federal judge’s ruling that would have required $4bn in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, the food aid relied on by 42 million people, to be distributed. The funding freeze has been

SA’s Leah Blyth says Australia ‘can’t afford’ net zero target. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRemoving CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist saysRemoving carbon from the atmosphere will be necessary to avoid catastrophic tipping points, one of the world’s leading scientists has warned, as even in the best-case scenario the world will heat by about 1.7C. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/nov/12/australia-news-live-fossil-fuel-lending-banks-net-zero-emissions-coalition-sussan-ley-liberals-nationals-anthony-albanese-labor-ntwnfb Author : Nick Visser Publish date : 2025-11-11 23:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.