Australia news live: Victoria’s ‘adult time for violent crime’ laws for children incompatible with human rights charter, attorney general admits
Follow today’s news live‘Corrosive impact on trust’: Labor criticised over failure to adopt recommendations from ‘jobs for mates’ reportGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW RFS urges holidaymakers to have a fire plan while travelingWith 36 fires burning across NSW at 6pm yesterday, the NSW Rural Fire Service told Guardian Australia it’s important for anyone living or travelling in a fire-prone area to have a discussion with their families about what you will do should a blaze threaten your location over the warm summer months. Continue reading...
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Putin and Trump's envoy set for key Ukraine talks in Moscow
Steve Witkoff will hold talks at the Kremlin, after the White House said it was "optimistic" about a breakthrough.
Hundreds potentially affected by Victoria police weapons searches that breached law
Exclusive: wide-ranging police powers used to conduct non-compliant searches that resulted in 33 people being charged or fined Victoria police will inform the state’s anti-corruption watchdog that it did not comply with the law when it used wide-ranging powers to search people for weapons on 23 separate occasions dating back eight years.The non-compliant searches resulted in 33 people being charged or fined, all of whom will be contacted by police and informed of the issue. Continue reading...
India’s sky-high fares crash dreams to make flying accessible to all
PM Modi said he wants those who can't afford shoes to be able to fly. But shrinking competition is killing that hope.
An Anti-Polarization Pope
What Pope Leo’s first international trip tells us about the leader of the Catholic Church.
Honduras presidential candidates locked in 'technical tie', official says
Right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura leads former TV host Salvador Nasralla by just 515 votes, according to country's electoral authority.
Putin to Meet With Trump’s Envoy as U.S. Pushes for Ukraine Deal
In Moscow, Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, is expected to present President Vladimir V. Putin with a revised proposal to end the war in Ukraine.
Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments
Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcherAs a child, Miquel López García was fascinated by the conch shell, kept in the bathroom, that his father’s family in the southern Spanish region of Almería had blown to warn their fellow villagers of rising rivers and approaching flood waters.The hours he spent getting that “characteristically potent sound out of it” paid off last year when the archaeologist, musicologist and professional trumpet player pressed his lips to eight conch-shell trumpets. Their tones, he says, could carry insights into the lives of the people who lived in north-east Spain 6,000 years ago. Continue reading...
Black Friday deals slowed down UK retail price rises in November
Discounts started earlier than usual as competition for customers hit ‘fever pitch’, says British Retail ConsortiumCompetition between retailers seeking to entice customers with early Black Friday deals led to a slowdown in shop price rises during November, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).The trade association for retailers said prices in shops rose by 0.6% last month compared with November 2024. This was down from a 1% rise in October and below the three-month average of 1%. Continue reading...
UN experts accuse one of England’s biggest social landlords of habitability failings
Exclusive: Letter says L&Q appears to have systematically failed in its duty to provide adequate standard of livingUN experts have said that one of England’s biggest social landlords appears to have systematically failed to ensure the habitability of its rental properties.In a letter to the UK government, they cite the case of a disabled tenant, Sanjay Ramburn, 55, who they say lived with his family of five in an L&Q group property in Forest Gate, east London, for several years with no electricity. They experienced four ceiling collapses, as well as severe damp and mould that affected their health. Continue reading...