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Developers surprised by the extent of the state identified as ‘less suitable’ for wind energy in Labor’s draft guidelineGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe plan for new windfarms proposed by the New South Wales government has raised “serious concerns” within the renewable energy sector, with developers warning it will make it even harder to proceed with projects in the state.The Minns government this week released its draft wind energy guideline to provide the community, industry and regulators with the “key planning considerations” for onshore windfarms. These include visual, noise and biodiversity impacts.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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The Albanese government will today reveal which projects get the chop, which survive, and which get extra money. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLabor MPs are still furious over the motion Peter Dutton moved in question time on Wednesday, where he linked anti-semitism with the release of detainees, including some criminals, after the high court decision which deemed indefinite detention to be unconstitutional.Anthony Albanese accused Dutton of “weaponising anti-semitism” for political reasons by linking the two sparked a furious response from the prime minister.As a leader of the Jewish community and someone who represents a large Jewish community, I’ve always thought it was extremely important to act in the interests of the community.And that means working across the political aisle. It means working with people like Allegra Spender, who represents the largest Jewish community in Australia, and of course with my friend Julian Leeser, who I will always stand with members regardless of what political persuasion they have, in order to act in the interests of the Jewish community. Continue reading…



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Turkey’s president calls Israel ‘terror state’ while US says it will not veto UN resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauseIsrael-Hamas war – live updatesIsrael faced an unprecedented wave of international condemnation after its troops entered the Shifa hospital complex in Gaza, while the UN and aid agencies expressed concern about the impact of the raid on staff and patients.The scale and virulence of the global condemnation from Arab and western governments raised questions about how much longer Israel can continue with its offensive in the face of waning international support. Continue reading…



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Author : Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

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Budget lift of 14% will be used on investing in renewable energy and upgrading UK’s energy gridsThe boss of SSE has called on the government to take bold action to support the renewable energy industry as rising inflation across the global supply chains threaten to slow the rollout of new clean energy projects.The SSE chief executive, Alistair Phillips-Davies, told investors that the FTSE 100 utility would increase its spending by 14% to £20.5bn for its current budget in part because of a sharp rise in the costs of building windfarms and electricity grids. Continue reading…



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Author : Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

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New legislation, heading to Greg Abbott’s desk, to make crossing into state from another country without documentation a crimeTexas governor Greg Abbott is expected to sign a bill that would make crossing into the state without documentation a crime, one of the harshest immigration policies in the US to date.The bill, SB 4, was passed by the Texas house and is awaiting final approval from the governor, Greg Abbott. Continue reading…



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Author : Gloria Oladipo

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At least six MPs will submit letter of no confidence in prime minister, says Andrea Jenkyns, who has already submitted her ownUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak is facing a fresh backlash from rightwing Conservative MPs who are pushing for emergency legislation to overrule the supreme court’s decision on the government’s Rwanda deportation plan.At least six MPs will submit letters of no confidence in the prime minister, according to Andrea Jenkyns, a rebel backbencher who has already submitted her own. Continue reading…



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Author : Ben Quinn Political correspondent

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US and Chinese leaders will meet in San Francisco in bilateral aimed at easing tensions between the two countriesJoe Biden is set to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping today in San Francisco – the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders in a year.The summit, which marks Xi’s first visit to the US in six years, has been widely regarded by US and Chinese officials as an opportunity for the two leaders to ease tensions amid a precarious geopolitical climate involving the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars.Biden and Xi’s bilateral is due to start at 2pm ET.Biden is expected to hold a press conference at 7.15pm ETThe Bidens will then host a welcome reception for Apec leaders in San Francisco.Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI director Christopher Wray is set to testify before a homeland security subcomittee on worldwide threats, Politco reports.House speaker Mike Johnson has called the separation of church and state a “misnomer,” telling CNBC on Tuesday that “people misunderstand it.” Continue reading…



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Author : Maya Yang

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Decline in annual rate in October eases fears that Bank of England will raise interest rates again this yearAnalysis: UK interest rate cuts are not coming any time soonInflation: which goods and services have changed most in price?Business live – latest updatesThe UK’s annual inflation rate fell sharply to 4.6% in October on the back of cheaper gas and electricity, its lowest level for two years.Marking the steepest single month decline in the consumer prices index (CPI) since 1992, the fall from 6.7% in September also beat the 4.8% figure predicted by a poll of economists for Reuters. Continue reading…



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Author : Phillip Inman

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Judges uphold appeal court ruling over risk to deported refugees and deals blow to PM’s ‘stop the boats’ strategyUK politics live – latest updatesRishi Sunak’s key immigration policy has been dealt a blow after the UK’s highest court rejected the government’s plans to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda.Five judges at the supreme court upheld unanimously on Wednesday an appeal court ruling that found there was a real risk of deported refugees having their claims in the east African country wrongly assessed or being returned to their country of origin to face persecution. Continue reading…



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Former Conservative leader denies that former home secretary’s scathing letter to Sunak means the party is ‘turning on itself again’UK politics live – latest updatesSuella Braverman “will be forgotten”, the former Conservative party leader Michael Howard has declared.Lord Howard criticised the “tirade of abuse” in Braverman’s letter to Rishi Sunak, but rejected claims that her words had left the Conservative party “turning on itself again”. Continue reading…



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Author : Aletha Adu Political correspondent

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Former Tory leader says party is ‘very fortunate’ to have Sunak as prime minister as judgment set to be delivered on Rwanda deportationGood morning. Sometimes the news arrives in a steady flow, and sometimes it tumbles out all at once. Today is one of those days. Within less than two hours, in its most important judgment since the prorogation case, the supreme court will deliver its judgment on whether the government’s Rwanda deportation policy is lawful. Two hours later Rishi Sunak will take PMQs, and he will be speaking as he faces the biggest challenge to his leadership in his (admittedly short) prime ministerial career. The Today programme has just given its 8.10 interview slot to a Tory MP calling for him to be replaced. And later, at 7pm, there is likely to be a vote in the Commons on a Gaza ceaesefire proposal that will expose serious splits in the Labour party.All this will overshadow some good news for Sunak this morning; he has achieved his target of halving inflation.Constituents have been writing in and saying Rishi must go. And I think that’s we’ve got to bite the bullet now. I think it’ll get to the stage anyway, if we are going to keep going so behind in the polling where Rishi will be gone – let’s do it now, let’s get a new leader. Continue reading…



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Author : Andrew Sparrow

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In today’s newsletter: Attack on alleged Hamas command centre beneath hospital is a key test for Israel’s military and its ability to protect civilians• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. In the last few hours, Israeli soldiers have stormed Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital. Israel says that the raid, which is still underway, is a “precise and targeted operation against Hamas”, which it accuses of operating a command centre beneath the medical facility, a claim Hamas denies.The attack at al-Shifa is militarily significant – but it is also taking place in the arena of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe that has drawn huge global attention, with conditions rapidly deteriorating on the site since the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) surrounded it last week. And so whether Israel is able to carry out the pinpoint attack it has promised is likely to be a critical test of the international community’s view of its conduct of the war.Conservatives | Suella Braverman has launched an astonishing attack on Rishi Sunak the day after he sacked her as home secretary, claiming he had “betrayed” the country by failing to deliver on secret promises he made her last year. Braverman indicated she will spearhead a Tory rebellion over the government’s Rwanda asylum plan, which faces a crucial legal test on Wednesday.Cyprus confidential | Chelsea FC is facing questions over how its former owner Roman Abramovich funded the club’s success, after leaked files revealed a string of secret payments that may have breached football’s strict “financial fair play” rules. The disclosures are part of an international investigation into a cache of 3.6m leaked offshore records in Cyprus.Cost of living | The UK inflation rate has dropped to 4.6%, down from 6.7% in September, it has just been announced. That is an even larger fall than was expected. Head to the business live blog for more.Ukraine | The Ukrainian president’s chief of staff has said for the first time that Ukraine’s forces in the Kherson region have a foothold on the eastern bank of the Dnipro river, potentially opening a new line of attack towards Crimea. Andriy Yermak claimed that the advance was part of a developing counteroffensive.Health | A vaccine to protect against chickenpox should become a routine childhood jab in the UK, government advisers have said, adding that it would not only reduce the number of children who become sick from the virus, but also cut the number of cases that can become fatal. Continue reading…



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Author : Archie Bland

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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including the latest UK inflation reportUK inflation expected to slow sharply, easing interest rate pressure
The annual pace of UK price rises is expected to have slowed sharply when the latest official figure for October is released on Wednesday, easing fears that the Bank of England could increase interest rates next month, my colleague Phillip Inman writes.City economists polled by Reuters have signalled that inflation as measured by the consumer prices index (CPI) will fall almost two percentage points to 4.8% from September’s 6.7% reading. Continue reading…



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Author : Graeme Wearden

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IDF says it is ‘carrying out a precise and targeted operation’ inside Gaza’s largest hospital as Palestinian officials report seeing soldiers, tanks and bulldozers inside the complexIDF says it has entered Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital in ‘targeted’ operation against HamasIsrael claims that Hamas has built its headquarters in bunkers and tunnels under the hospital, effectively using the building, patients and staff as a human shield. Security officials have also said that, after the surprise attacks into Israel by Hamas which killed 1,200 Israelis, mainly civilians in their homes or at a dance party, the senior Hamas leaders have been based in a “command complex” under the hospital.At a recent press conference an IDF spokesperson displayed a satellite photograph of the hospital site with military “command” elements marked on it, which it described as an illustration based on “the true material that we have in our hands”. In footage said to be from an interrogation, a Hamas militant captured last month described how Hamas had “hidden in the hospitals”. Israel has also released other evidence apparently showing tunnels close to or in other medical facilities in Gaza. Continue reading…



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Author : Helen Sullivan

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Scientists sign note citing ‘elevated stress’ and ‘feelings of despair’ over climate crisis as thousands of students expected to strikeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThousands of schoolchildren across Australia will be striking for climate action this Friday, with the backing of “climate doctors” who have penned a special absentee note for the occasion.Two Australian climate scientists have written a Climate Doctor’s Certificate that students can use when they put down their pens, shut their laptops and leave class in droves later this week.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Emily Wind

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