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Rwandan courts will not protect refugees’ rights, say daughters of genocide hero
Family of Paul Rusesabagina, who campaigned to have him freed from jail, say country's justice system is a tool to oppress people'The Rwandan legal system is incapable of protecting refugees sent from the UK, according to the daughters of Paul Rusesabagina, the man who inspired the Oscar-nominated movie Hotel Rwanda.Carine and Anaise Kanimba campaigned for more than two years to secure the release of their father, who was freed from a Kigali jail after three years of incarceration earlier this year, and they have detailed first-hand knowledge of the true nature of the Rwandan legal system. Continue reading...
‘No work and no olives’: harvest rots as West Bank farmers cut off from trees
With olives the largest single agricultural product on the West Bank, Palestinians say Israeli restrictions and settler violence are losing them $70mShaadi, Isa and Mahmud Saleh look out across the valley, bite their nails, wring their hands and worry. There is no work locally and travelling to find any is almost impossible because of restrictions imposed by Israel on the occupied West Bank after the 7 October attacks by Hamas that killed more than 1,200 people. The main road into their village has been almost entirely blocked. Their debts are mounting up.There has never been anything like this," says Isa, 73. Life is not normal." Continue reading...
The secret plan to ‘hook’ the developing world on oil - podcast
As the Cop28 climate summit begins in Dubai today, a secret Saudi Arabian plan to get poorer countries hooked on its harmful products' has emerged. Damian Carrington reportsDelegates from every country in the world are meeting today at the beginning of the Cop28 climate talks in Dubai, hosted by the United Arab Emirates. The scale of the challenge ahead of them is immense: phasing out the fossil fuels that power the global economy before a planetary tipping point is reached.As the Guardian's environment editor, Damian Carrington, tells Michael Safi this week, that task has got even tougher. It has emerged that Saudi Arabia is driving a huge global investment plan to create demand for its oil and gas in developing countries. Critics say the plan is designed to get countries hooked on its harmful products". Continue reading...
Qatar mediator says latest prisoner release would comprise 16 children and 14 women – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Follow the latest updates in our new Israel-Hamas blogForeign ministers of the Group of Seven countries have said in a joint statement that they support the further extension of the truce and future pauses in order to increase assistance and facilitate the release of all hostages.The group urged Hamas to release all the hostages immediately and unconditionally". Continue reading...
Sydney, Brisbane and Perth face ‘increased risk of bushfire’ this summer
Seasonal bushfire outlook for 2023-24 suggests large areas of eastern Australia could burn but authorities say forecast not as dire as 2019's black summer
‘Very sweet milestone’: wild-born kiwi chicks are Wellington’s first in a century
New Zealand's national icon is also one of its most vulnerable birds and conservationists believe it was absent from capital for generationsTwo kiwi chicks have been born in the wild around Wellington for the first time in more than 100 years, one year after an initiative began to reintroduce the national bird back to New Zealand's capital.The fluffy and flightless kiwi is one of the most vulnerable birds in New Zealand and conservationists believe it has been absent from the capital for generations. Continue reading...
Australian populations of threatened bird species fall 60% in past 40 years, study says
The threatened bird index reveals largest declines were in Queensland and South Australia
Jim Chalmers welcomes OECD prediction RBA has reached interest rate peak
Federal treasurer downplays prospect of posting a second successive budget surplus
UK and Rwanda ‘still committed’ to deal after reports Kigali is cooling
Officials in the east African country are frustrated by delays in migrants arriving and negative attention scheme has engenderedThe UK and Rwanda remain committed to their controversial migrant deportation deal, sources have said, after reports emerged that support in Kigali for the agreement had cooled because of the continual delays.Westminster has already paid the Rwandan government more than 140m but nobody has been sent to the east African country yet. The first flight was scheduled for June 2022 but was cancelled after legal challenges. Continue reading...
Performance cancelled after Sydney Theatre Company apology for pro-Palestinian protest on stage
STC says actors' demonstration hurt many in our community' while longtime board member resigns
Hamas releases 16 more hostages amid intense efforts to extend Gaza truce
Ten Israelis, two Russian citizens and four Thais have been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to the Israeli militarySixteen hostages have been released from captivity in Gaza, the Israeli military said, as diplomatic efforts continued to extend the truce further to allow for more exchanges.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said late on Wednesday evening that two hostages with Russian citizenship had crossed into Egypt. Continue reading...
Home Office ‘loses’ 17,000 people whose asylum claims were withdrawn
Tory MP queries claims marked withdrawn as government tries to clear backlog by end of yearRishi Sunak has been accused of losing control of the UK's borders after the Home Office admitted that it does not know the whereabouts of 17,000 people whose asylum claims have been withdrawn.Amid a stalled Rwanda deportation scheme and rising costs for housing people seeking refuge in hotels, senior civil servants in the department were told by the Conservative MP and deputy party chair Lee Anderson they hadn't got a clue" after failing to provide answers on people seeking refuge in the UK or foreign offender removals. Continue reading...
Frances Sternhagen, acclaimed stage and Sex and the City actor, dies at 93
Tony-winning actor was known for screen roles in Misery, ER and Cheers, and for stage roles in On Golden Pond and The HeiressFrances Sternhagen, the Tony award-winning actor known for playing formidable women on stage in Driving Miss Daisy and on screen in Cheers, Misery and Sex and the City, has died at her home in New York. She was 93.Her son, John Carlin, confirmed her death on Instagram. Frannie," he wrote. Mom. Frances Sternhagen. On Monday night, Nov 27, she died peacefully at her home, a month and a half shy of her 94th birthday ... Fly on, Frannie. The curtain goes down on a life so richly, passionately, humbly and generously lived." Continue reading...
Rishi Sunak pushed hard for lifting of Covid rules, inquiry hears
Inquiry hears extracts from Patrick Vallance's diary as ex-minister Sajid Javid gives evidence to inquiry
Number of homeless refugees in Glasgow doubles amid asylum backlog
Camps also springing up in London and other cities as Liverpool council warns of housing emergencyThe number of homeless refugees in Glasgow has doubled in recent months as the Home Office accelerates its plan to clear the asylum backlog by the end of the year.Mini refugee camps are also springing up across London, and Liverpool council has said the situation is nothing short of an emergency". Continue reading...
Gove’s leasehold reform bill does not ban leaseholds on new-build houses
Rush to write legislation means clauses to ban the leaseholds will be added via amendmentsMichael Gove's flagship bill to end leaseholds on newly built houses in England and Wales contains no provision to end leaseholds on newly built houses in England and Wales, as the key clauses to do so were omitted in a last-minute rush to write it.The housing secretary unveiled his long-promised leasehold reform bill this week, after the government announced it in the king's speech. Gove has long promised to end what he calls the feudal" leasehold system, which is unique to England and Wales among developed nations. Continue reading...
Madonna and child painting by Botticelli recovered after 50 years
Restoration planned for renaissance master's work located in Naples home after vanishing from Italy's state records half a century agoA painting by Sandro Botticelli that was forgotten" for more than 50 years after disappearing from the Italian state's art records has been recovered from a family home near Naples.The artwork, which dates to the 15th century and is believed to be worth about 100m, was initially housed in a church in the town of Santa Maria la Carita, before being entrusted to a local family who kept it at a private residence for generations. Continue reading...
‘Rat hole’ miners lauded for India tunnel rescue hope for greater recognition
Team who made breakthrough hope acclaim will lead to more awareness of their value and the risks of their workThe rat hole" miners who finally rescued 41 Indian workers who had been trapped in a mountain tunnel for more than two weeks on Tuesday have said the operation involved 26 hours of digging by hand, as they sought to highlight the harsh conditions and lack of dignity faced by manual labourers in India.Munna Qureshi, 33, was the first of the 12-man team to break through a wall of rubble and lay eyes on the 41 workers who had been trapped in the collapsed tunnel in the Himalayan mountains since 12 November. Continue reading...
Nottingham city council issues notice in effect declaring itself bankrupt
Local authority issues section 114 notice suspending spending as it admits it cannot balance budget
Watchdog to investigate price cuts for UK supermarket loyalty-card holders
Regulator says that big discounts for members may be restricting competition and disadvantaging those outside the schemesThe competition watchdog is to investigate the effect on consumers of the rise of loyalty card price cuts amid concerns that they could limit competition and lead to price rises for shoppers not signed up to such marketing schemes.Sainsbury's began offering special discounts for its Nectar card holders in April when the Co-op also brought in members' pricing on some products, while Tesco has ramped up use of its Clubcard discounts this year. Lidl launched a loyalty scheme in 2020 and updated it last year so that shoppers had to spend more to get the top level of discounts. Continue reading...
Australian privacy watchdog refuses to investigate employer that allegedly accessed worker’s personal emails
Legal expert says court ruling in case where information accessed on work laptop at Mecrus confirms Australians still don't have a right to privacy'
Levi Bellfield lying over Elizabeth Chau murder confession, Met decides
Police will not seek warrant to dig up London site where serial killer claims to have buried ChauDetectives have decided that the convicted serial killer Levi Bellfield was lying when he made repeated sworn confessions to the kidnap, murder and burial of Elizabeth Chau, who went missing in 1999, the Guardian has learned.The decision means the Metropolitan police will not seek a warrant to dig up the west London site where Bellfield claimed to have buried the remains of Chau, 19, a computer studies student. Continue reading...
Closing arguments begin in trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists
Judge says verdict is tentatively' three or four months away after 10 months of hearingsThe long-running national security trial of a group of pro-democracy figures known as the Hong Kong 47 began hearing closing arguments on Wednesday, more than 1,000 days after the accused were first arrested and after 10 months of hearings.The trial is Hong Kong's biggest since authorities introduced the national security law in June 2020. Ten days have been allowed for closing arguments and on Wednesday one of the judges, Andrew Chan, said a verdict was tentatively" three or four months away. Continue reading...
Labor facing internal demands to call for full ceasefire in Gaza
About 40 branches in New South Wales have now passed motions demanding a full ceasefire
UK ministers considering limit on foreign care worker dependants
Workers could be restricted to bringing one relative under plans to reduce migrationThe number of dependants that foreign care workers are allowed to bring in to the UK could be cut under government plans to reduce immigration, a cabinet minister has said.Steve Barclay, the environment secretary, said restrictions on dependant numbers were being considered by the home secretary, James Cleverly, as an option to reduce figures. Continue reading...
More public servants feeling bullied or harassed, survey finds – as it happened
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‘Missing’ man who left immigration detention without electronic monitoring is located
Border force suggested man was non-compliant' but Guardian understands he was not read his visa conditions or fitted with ankle bracelet
Australian expert ‘over the moon’ to have helped rescue 41 men trapped by tunnel collapse in India
Arnold Dix describes having to dig 100 millimetres at a time' to save workers stuck in Silkyara-Barkot tunnel for 17 days
Ministers will no longer approve Australian Research Council grants under bid to stop ‘political interference’
Labor move follows review that found trust had been dramatically eroded' by controversial grant decisions made by former Coalition ministers
Israel says 30 Palestinians released after 12 hostages returned from Gaza – as it happened
Israel says Palestinians have been freed after nine women, a child and two foreign nationals were handed to the Red Cross
Jessica Zrinski vanished a year ago after getting into a blue Commodore outside a Sydney pub
Police offer $500,000 reward on anniversary of 30-year-old's disappearance and release CCTV of Holden station wagon which drove to the Blue Mountains
‘Deplorable’ scammer allegedly used other people’s short-stay homes to dupe would-be Melbourne renters
Victoria police hunt man accused of conning prospective tenants by hiring short-stay accommodation and advertising it for lease
Larry Fink, acclaimed photographer of different social classes, dies aged 82
The self-decribed Marxist from Long Island' documented working class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan societyLarry Fink, an acclaimed and adventurous photographer whose subjects ranged from family portraits and political satire to working class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan society, has died at 82.Robert Mann, owner of the Robert Mann Gallery, told the Associated Press that Fink died Saturday at his home in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania. Mann did not cite a specific cause of death, but said that Fink had been in failing health. Continue reading...
‘Reflects the community’: Victoria achieves gender parity among MPs for the first time
Premier Jacinta Allan says the affect of female MPs' voices can be seen throughout their work in parliament
One in seven HR heads believe men are better suited to top jobs
Shocking' poll in England and Wales shows nearly one in five reluctant to hire women they think may go on to have childrenA significant minority of human resources executives believe men are better suited to senior management than women, according to the results of a shocking" poll.Nearly one in seven HR decision-makers rate men as better for top jobs and nearly one in five admitted they were reluctant to hire women they thought might go on to start families, the survey of personnel managers in England and Wales for the charity Young Women's Trust (YWT) found. Continue reading...
Clare Nowland: charges upgraded to manslaughter for NSW police officer accused of Tasering 95-year-old
Sr Const Kristian White, 33, was previously charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm and common assault
Activist Ahed Tamimi among 50 jailed Palestinians listed for release by Israel
Tamimi, 22, on list released by justice ministry as ceasefire deal with Hamas extended for another two days
Omid Scobie’s book on royal family pulled from Dutch shelves over ‘error’
Book reportedly revealed name who expressed concerns' about what skin colour Harry and Meghan's son would haveA new book about the royal family has been taken off shelves in the Netherlands after reports it named the person who allegedly expressed concerns" about what skin colour Harry and Meghan's son Archie would have.Xander, publishers of the Dutch translation of Endgame by the journalist Omid Scobie, have put sales of the book on hold temporarily" over what it called an error". Continue reading...
Haiti’s gang wars having ‘cataclysmic’ impact on access to food staples
About 22,000 people have been displaced amid murders, looting, kidnappings and widespread sexual violence, new UN report saysHaiti's brutal gang wars have spread from the capital to key farming heartlands, displacing tens of thousands of people and having a devastating impact on access to food staples, the United Nations has warned.Violence has gradually escalated in the Bas-Artibonite region north of the capital, the source of staples such as rice, according to a new report released on Tuesday, which said about 22,000 had been displaced amid murders, looting, kidnappings and widespread sexual violence. Continue reading...
ATO apologises for ‘unnecessary distress’ caused by on-hold tax debt recovery letters
Tax office says we will review our overall approach to debts on hold before progressing any further' after letters draw comparisons to robodebt scheme
Boy held by Hamas ‘forced to watch videos of 7 October attacks’, says aunt
Recently released Eitan Yahalomi, 12, suffered horrors' at the hands of militant Palestinian group, according to family memberA 12-year-old boy who was held hostage in Gaza for 52 days was forced in captivity to watch videos of the 7 October atrocities, his aunt has claimed.Eitan Yahalomi, a French-Israeli national, was kidnapped from the Nir Oz kibbutz with his father, Ohad Yahalomi, who remains captive. Continue reading...
Robert Jenrick expresses frustration with slow pace of UK immigration cuts
Immigration minister says he would have brought in plans to curb net migration before last Christmas if I could have done'Robert Jenrick has appeared to distance himself from Rishi Sunak's immigration policies amid new calls from hardline Conservatives for a clampdown on net migration.The immigration minister, once seen as close to the prime minister, said on Tuesday that he would have curbed the number of people coming into the UK before last Christmas" if it could have been done. Continue reading...
Sports Illustrated accused of publishing articles written by AI
Report by Futurism finds articles written by fake authors but Arena Group says articles were commercial contentThe US sports publication Sports Illustrated is embroiled in scandal after it has been accused of running articles written by artificial intelligence.An investigative report published by the science and technology news publication Futurism found Sports Illustrated published articles written by fake authors. These fake authors also had headshots and biographies generated by artificial intelligence, Futurism's investigation found. Continue reading...
DfE failing to resource changes at troubled Kent school, says charity head
Staff at Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey strike over threatening pupil behaviour as Steve Chalke says no government promises being metThe founder of the academy trust in charge of a troubled secondary school on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent has defended his record in education and accused the government of failing to deliver the resources needed to turn the school around.Staff at the Oasis Academy Isle of Sheppey were out on strike for a second day on Tuesday in protest over threatening behaviour by pupils. However, according to the Oasis founder, Steve Chalke, the school has struggled for years against a backdrop of high deprivation, often associated with coastal locations. Continue reading...
Penny Lane street sign back in Liverpool 47 years after drunken theft
Former student of city who returned marker for road made famous by the Beatles says thieves were worse for wear'A Penny Lane street sign stolen by drunk students has been returned to Liverpool, 47 years after the theft.The sign of the Mossley Hill suburb was taken in 1976, nine years after the road was made famous when the Beatles' single Penny Lane was released as a double A-side single with Strawberry Fields Forever. Continue reading...
Wilko’s former chair tells MPs she was devastated by collapse of retailer
Lisa Wilkinson says her family's multimillion-pound fortune was not enough to save the chain
Euan Blair’s apprenticeship firm Multiverse reports near-tripling of losses
Former PM's son's company, which uses predictive software to match people with firms, suffers seventh year of lossesEuan Blair's apprenticeship company Multiverse has reported a near-tripling of pre-tax annual losses to 40.5m - its seventh straight year of losses since the son of the former prime minister Tony Blair set it up in 2016.Despite failing to turn a profit, the company was awarded the coveted tech unicorn" status when it was valued at 1.4bn in a fundraising round driven by US venture capital firms in June last year. That put Blair's stake in the company at 420m, far more than his father Tony's reported 60m fortune. Continue reading...
France to ban smoking on all beaches in effort to create ‘tobacco-free generation’
Public parks, forests and near schools will also become smoke-free areas as part of nationwide moveFrance is to ban smoking on all its beaches, as well as in public parks, forests and near schools, after Emmanuel Macron promised to create the first tobacco-free generation" by 2032.From now on, no-smoking areas will be the norm," said the health minister, Aurelien Rousseau. Continue reading...
Ukraine spy chief’s wife recovering after being poisoned
Poisoning of Kyrylo Budanov's wife suggests Moscow has undercover assets in UkraineThe wife of Ukraine's top spy chief is recovering in hospital after being poisoned, a spokesperson for the country's military intelligence agency said on Tuesday, after apparently eating food laced with heavy metals".Marianna Budanova is the wife of Kyrylo Budanov, who heads Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency. It is unclear when the alleged poisoning happened. She complained of feeling unwell and was admitted to hospital for tests. Continue reading...
UK anti-strike rules may breach international law, MPs and peers warn
Joint committee on human rights says some public sector workers may be completely prevented from strikingWorkers in some public sector jobs will be completely prevented from striking under restrictive rules that may breach international law, parliament's watchdog on human rights has said.The joint committee on human rights, chaired by the Labour MP Harriet Harman, has written to the government expressing serious concerns" about its new minimum service levels regulations covering the border force, railways and the NHS. Continue reading...
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