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27/09/2022 03:08 The Guardian

Dominique Ogilvie, who invested $2.5m with Caddick’s fake company, tells inquest she met another woman who warned her the conwoman was acting illegallyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastOne of Melissa Caddick’s investors has told her inquest she became so alarmed by something fishy she had been told, that she wanted her money back immediately.Dominique Ogilvie had a chance encounter with someone in the waiting room of a dental specialist in Sydney in August 2020, when they struck up a chat about financial advisers. Continue reading...

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Ukrainian and US officials meet in Florida to discuss proposals to end Russia’s war

Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Kyiv delegation, after another weekend of deadly Russian attacks in UkraineUkrainian negotiators are meeting with US officials in Florida to thrash out details of Washington’s proposed framework to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, as Kyiv faces press...

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Fears for UK security as Foreign Office moves to scrap unit on conflict and refugee crises

MPs warn axing FCDO’s migration and conflict directorate amid staff cuts risks undermining peace work and expertiseThe Foreign Office has been warned that a plan to axe its dedicated unit on emerging conflicts and refugee crises is a “real error” that “undermines UK security” as the depart...

30/11/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn

Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harmsThe federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so tho...

30/11/2025 11:00 The Guardian

Harrods warehouse staff underpaid by thousands of pounds after agency error

Pay mistake is latest setback to image of exclusive Qatar-owned London retailer after a series of crisesHarrods warehouse staff have been underpaid thousands of pounds after the temporary recruitment agency employing the workers failed to award them the correct levels of holiday pay.The error, which...

30/11/2025 08:00 The Guardian

All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches

From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-electionA crusading prosecutor in the Balkans comes under pressure to drop a big case. Vietnamese villagers learn they are to be evicted. A convicted crypto kingpin in the Gulf receives a pardon....

30/11/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds

Tensions grow after research in England finds there may not be enough water for planned carbon capture and hydrogen projectsRevealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdownTensions are growing between the government, the water sector and its regulators over the management of En...

30/11/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Can you have a community without craic? Scholars of Ireland’s pubs warn of declining numbers

Two new books analyse what makes the ‘perfect pub’ and both come to a sobering conclusion: Irish pubs are in troubleLike triple-distilled whiskey, Irish pubs appear to have timeless appeal. They are staple setting in films, books and plays, draw tourists to Ireland, replicate themselves around t...

30/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against ‘anti-China disruptors’

Police on Saturday detained one person who was part of a group that launched a petition demanding accountabilityAnger over a deadly blaze at a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex simmered on Sunday as Beijing warned against attempts to use the disaster to disrupt the city, while people across the...

30/11/2025 03:21 The Guardian

Ukrainian naval drones strike two Russian oil tankers in Black Sea

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29/11/2025 23:46 The Guardian

Six dead and dozens wounded in Russian attack on Ukraine

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Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000, says health ministry

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Venezuela denounces ‘colonialist threat’ as Trump orders airspace closed

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New behaviour standards are in place for parliament but crossbenchers say question time still rife with bullying

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29/11/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Pete Hegseth denies he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’

Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US militaryThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has declared recent reporting that he may have illegally ordered all people to be killed in a military strike in the Caribbean as “fake news” on F...

29/11/2025 17:27 The Guardian

GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism

Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in PakistanGB News is facing calls to cut ties with a regular contributor who has been accused of racism after claiming that the House of Commons deputy speaker, Nusrat Ghani, should not be allowed i...

29/11/2025 17:00 The Guardian

Zelenskyy faces ‘mini-revolution’ as Yermak’s fall reshapes Ukraine’s wartime power system

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29/11/2025 13:38 The Guardian

Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report

Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimesIsrael has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity o...

29/11/2025 13:18 The Guardian

US small businesses sound alarm over Trump’s tariffs amid crucial holiday season

Some small business owners doubt that even strong holiday sales will ease impact of tough year plagued by uncertaintyDonald Trump’s tariffs have increased prices on an array of popular holiday goods and driven a “massive” number of small firms out of business, industry leaders have warned.On S...

29/11/2025 10:00 The Guardian

Cuts to insulation scheme will leave homes cold over winter, experts say

E3G thinktank warns retrofit sector could shed 10,000 skilled jobs as small firms struggle to surviveCuts to a scheme for insulation and heatpumps for low-income households will leave homes damp, draughty and unsafe over winter, experts have said.Housing have asked for a one-year extension to the sc...

29/11/2025 10:00 The Guardian

The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism

Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protectionKaja Kallas, the European Union foreign policy chief, asked her officials this week to dig up the number of times Russia had – in its various guises – inv...

29/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Former Ukip MEP denies taking money to promote Russian interests

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28/11/2025 19:56 The Guardian

Britain’s wealthy must shoulder burden of rebuilding ‘creaky’ public services, Rachel Reeves says

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28/11/2025 19:01 The Guardian

Zelenskyy’s top aide quits after anti-corruption searches of his home

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28/11/2025 17:47 The Guardian

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28/11/2025 15:42 The Guardian

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German president honours victims of Nazi bombing atrocity on Guernica visit

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28/11/2025 12:30 The Guardian

Belgium hits back at EU plan to use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine

Prime minister says proposal violates international law and would destabilise financial marketsEurope live – latest updatesBelgium has hit back against an EU plan to use Russia’s frozen assets to aid Ukraine, describing the scheme as “fundamentally wrong” and throwing into doubt how Europe w...

28/11/2025 12:17 The Guardian

‘The new Hamilton’? Show with Mary Todd Lincoln as drunken first lady comes to London

The one-act play Oh, Mary! – ‘the stupidest, funniest thing possible’ – to open after blockbuster run in New YorkWhat if, in the final weeks before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the first lady could not care less about the American civil war and was instead hell-bent on becoming a cabar...

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