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Outgoing US ambassador to Australia discusses Trump’s pick for health secretary, and concedes climate action under president-elect may not be as ‘fast’The outgoing US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, has labelled her cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr’s views on vaccines “dangerous”.After a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia on Monday, Caroline Kennedy took aim at a number of Trump administration appointees including Tulsi Gabbard, warning that her appointment would “obviously … be of great concern”. Continue reading…



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Author : Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Publish date : 2024-11-18 04:19:18

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Senator rips up paper copy of motion against her and says she was ‘denied my right’ to be present during vote Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLidia Thorpe has ripped up a paper copy of the Senate motion censuring her protest against King Charles, promising “I’ll do it again” and that she was not concerned about the parliamentary rebuke.The independent senator was censured by the Labor and Coalition on Monday, as was United Australia party senator Ralph Babet after he posted a tweet containing several offensive slurs.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…



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Author : Josh Butler

Publish date : 2024-11-18 02:50:54

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Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White said situation with 95-year-old carrying knife ‘was not going to be resolved without the use of force’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA police officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home – after which she died – said he tried to give her “every opportunity to drop the knife” she was carrying, but she had “made her intent clear: she was going to use that knife on anyone that got near her”.Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White tasered great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who was armed with a serrated knife and threatening police and staff, at her Cooma nursing home in May 2023. She died a week later from head injuries sustained when she fell backwards from the force of the Taser.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…



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Author : Ben Doherty

Publish date : 2024-11-18 02:05:22

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Cars damaged in Sydney by steel plate dislodged in storm while heavy rains prompted emergency calls around the stateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHomes are without power and businesses and cars have been damaged as the clean-up begins after major east coast storms.State Emergency Service volunteers across New South Wales responded to 278 calls for help on Sunday night and Monday morning. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-18 00:25:43

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine warns of ‘unacceptable risk’ posed by lack of funding to NHSEmergency doctors have sounded the alarm over an approaching winter crisis that they say is already putting patients in overstretched A&E departments at risk.

Nearly all medics (94%) fear patients are coming to harm because of the conditions in A&E departments around the UK, according to a snapshot survey of 83 medics from emergency departments from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM). Most (87%) are not confident their departments will cope well over the winter months, while 41% feel less prepared for this winter compared with last year.More than four-fifths (83%) of the emergency doctors surveyed between 7 and 13 November said patients were being cared for in corridors, which can leave people stranded for hours on trolleys or chairs, while more than half (51%) had seen patients forced to wait outside emergency departments in ambulances. Continue reading…



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Author : Rachel Hall

Publish date : 2024-11-18 00:01:23

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PM’s comments come as controversy continues about investigation into Telegraph columnist’s deleted tweetWhat is the Allison Pearson ‘racist’ tweet incident all about?Responding to tweets should not be the police’s first priority and forces should “concentrate on what matters most to their communities”, the prime minister has said, as Essex police investigate an allegation of inciting racial hatred by the Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson for allegedly posting a message on X labelling protesters as “Jew haters”.Keir Starmer said he would defend the police’s right to make operational decisions, and said they would be “held to account” for them. Continue reading…



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Author : Caroline Davies and Jessica Elgot

Publish date : 2024-11-17 22:00:19

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Police say the former Sydney radio host was arrested by specialist detectives. He has previously denied all allegations against himFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Sydney radio host Alan Jones has been arrested by NSW police amid an investigation into alleged indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades.Child abuse squad detectives arrested the veteran broadcaster and former Wallabies coach on Monday at a unit in Sydney’s Circular Quay, at about 7:45am. Continue reading…



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Author : Kate Lyons

Publish date : 2024-11-17 21:46:34

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The treasurer has confirmed he is considering a levy on banks to help maintain services in regional areas, saying he has not finalised any decision. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree million Australians are at risk of homelessness, a 63% increase since 2016, a new report from Homelessness NSW and Impact Economics has revealed.By looking at household data including income, support and rental stress, the report found in 2022 there were 3.04m Australians now at risk of homelessness, an increase on the 1.87m reported in 2016.1 in every five days the frontline services could not assist a family with children because they were so stretched.Individuals without children were turned away 1 in every 2 days.Unaccompanied young people and children without accommodation were turned away on 1 in 9 days.I think more broadly, the government under Anthony Albanese has got an excellent record of managing relationships around the world, making genuine progress, whether it’s with China, whether it’s with American friends or others.I think when it comes to Peter Dutton, I think he has a kind of a reckless arrogance which doesn’t lend itself to foreign policy and maintaining and managing some of these complex relationships.I think he would be a risk to our economy, and that’s because that reckless arrogance, which has been a defining feature of his time as a politician over a long period of time now … [it] doesn’t lend itself to managing these relationships, which are so important to us. Continue reading…



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Author : Emily Wind

Publish date : 2024-11-17 20:49:54

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Ukraine orders nationwide energy rationing after more than 200 missiles and drones used in attack that killed seven peopleRussia launched more than 200 missile and drones at Ukraine’s energy grid overnight and in the early morning, killing seven people in its largest-scale attack in months, and forcing the country to announce nationwide electricity rationing from Monday.Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s principal energy supplier, said blackouts and consumption restrictions would be introduced “in all regions” as engineers tried to repair as much of the damage to power facilities as possible. Continue reading…



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Author : Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Publish date : 2024-11-17 18:59:05

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Pankaj Lamba is the main suspect in death of Harshita Brella of Corby, whose body was discovered in IlfordAn international hunt is under way for the husband of a woman who police believe was murdered and whose body was found in the boot of a car in east London.On Sunday Northamptonshire police named Pankaj Lamba as the prime suspect in the murder of 24-year-old Harshita Brella of Corby. Continue reading…



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Author : Tom Ambrose

Publish date : 2024-11-17 18:14:20

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PM does not rule out UK providing financial incentives to stop would-be asylum seekers making journeyKeir Starmer is supporting plans to look at Italian-style migration deals with other nations to reduce the number of small boat crossings, saying that the UK has “got to do everything we can” on the issue.Refusing to rule out seeking arrangements with Vietnam, Turkey and others to provide financial incentives to stop would-be asylum seekers setting out for the UK, Starmer stressed the need for as many approaches as possible. Continue reading…



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Author : Jessica Elgot in Cape Verde and Peter Walker

Publish date : 2024-11-17 17:30:13

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Extremists, including Tommy Robinson allies, expected to attend but organisers say they want event to be nonpolitical Far-right groups are seeking to hijack the farmers’ protest against tax changes introduced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.Extremists, including close associates of Tommy Robinson, have been using social media to urge supporters to turn up at the protest in London on Tuesday, as farming leaders sought to remind those attending of their responsibilities. Continue reading…



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Author : Ben Quinn and Helena Horton

Publish date : 2024-11-17 16:29:41

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Incoming first lady is planning to split her time between New York and Florida during her husband’s presidencyMelania Trump will probably not be returning to the White House for the next four years with her husband, multiple sources told CNN this week, but rather will be splitting her time between Palm Beach, Florida, and New York City, where Barron is going to college.For many observers it is unclear who might be more relieved by that decision: Melania, who famously did not love her life in DC the first time around, or the White House itself, where Trump’s wife once expressed her discontent by filling the halls with blood-red Christmas trees and destroying the historically beloved Rose Garden. Continue reading…



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Author : Laura Bassett

Publish date : 2024-11-17 15:00:11

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Minor party’s offer, which includes ban on native-forest logging, represents its second concession on stalled legislation in less than a weekGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens have dropped their demand for a climate trigger to be incorporated in the government’s stalled Nature Positive legislation, indicating they are now prepared to pass the bills in return for a Australia-wide ban on native-forest logging alone.The party has previously refused to support Labor’s legislation, insisting that both a climate trigger and forest-logging ban must be included.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…



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Author : Karen Middleton Political editor

Publish date : 2024-11-17 14:01:09

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Mohammed Afif killed in first Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in more than a month, official saysAli Hijazi, secretary-general of the Lebanese branch of the Ba’ath party, has “confirmed the death of Hezbollah media official” Mohammed Afif, reports AFP, citing the official National News Agency.Israel has yet to comment on the reported death of Afif. Continue reading…



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Author : Claire Phipps

Publish date : 2024-11-17 13:15:30

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