Owner of scandal-plagued Panthera Finance tells court it was not technically operating illegally in Victoria

17/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Francom claims that because Panthera had ‘acquired’ the debts, it was not technically engaged in collecting debt owed to a third partyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of Australia’s largest debt collection firms has claimed that scandal-plagued Panthera Finance was not technically banned from operating in Victoria after it was blacklisted by the state’s consumer watchdog.Consumer Affairs Victoria launched legal action against Panthera Finance last year, alleging it operated in the state illegally after a federal court ruling in 2020, and despite warnings that doing so could amount to a criminal offence. Continue reading...

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Foreign state services behind Polish rail sabotage, says minister – Europe live

Security services minister Tomasz Siemoniak says explosion was not the work of ‘a gang of metal thieves’Back to Poland, the country’s interior minister is hosting an emergency meeting on the train incidents, with transport, justice ministers, police and representatives of security services all...

17/11/2025 15:44 The Guardian

UK weather: amber cold health alerts issued for northern England

Warnings in place until 8am Saturday, with sub-zero overnight temperatures also expected to disrupt transportAmber cold health alerts have been issued for northern England amid warnings of sub-zero overnight temperatures this week.The UK Health Security Agency issued amber warnings for north-east an...

17/11/2025 14:50 The Guardian

UN to vote on Gaza stabilisation force plan that references Palestinian state

Netanyahu faces pressure from far-right ministers after Saudi insistence on ‘credible pathway’ to statehoodThe UN security council is to vote on Monday on a US-drafted resolution to set up an international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza that includes a late and highly tentative addition on a...

17/11/2025 14:39 The Guardian

Business and energy leaders warn Coalition dumping net zero won’t cut power bills and demand more detail

CEO of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry calls Sussan Ley’s new policy ‘a bit of a plan not to have a plan’, echoing business scepticismGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here...

17/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Poland railway blast was unprecedented act of sabotage, says Donald Tusk

Polish PM vows to ‘catch the perpetrators, regardless of who their backers are’ after blast on track used for deliveries to UkraineEurope live – latest updatesPoland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has described an explosion along a section of railway line used for deliveries to Ukraine as an...

17/11/2025 13:44 The Guardian

First Thing: Trump tells Republicans to vote to release Epstein files, in reversal of previous stance

The US president says he backs lawmakers’ efforts to release the files before an expected House vote this week. Plus: is there a dark side to gratitude?Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump has urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the...

17/11/2025 13:27 The Guardian

Far-right group with links to neo-Nazi leader offers online military training

Experts say Observations Group’s connections to the Base and Rinaldo Nazzaro present ‘urgent danger’In the underworld of accelerationist neo-Nazis, where talk of attacks against western governments are commonplace, the spread of illegal weapons manuals and tradecraft on drone warfare are proli...

17/11/2025 12:00 The Guardian

Trump continues Taylor Greene attacks despite his call to release Epstein files – US politics live

President repeats assertion that former ally is a ‘traitor’ even as he urges fellow Republicans to vote for release of documents relating to sex offenderA leading Ukrainian drone and missile manufacturer said on Monday that it has named former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo to its newly launc...

17/11/2025 11:45 The Guardian

Moderates rally around Sussan Ley as Liberal leader says she has been underestimated for much of her life

Factional powerbrokers issue statement contradicting media reports that moderates could swing behind conservative Andrew HastieGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Liberal moderates are rallying around Sussan Ley after speculation that members of the faction could withdr...

17/11/2025 08:58 The Guardian

Turnbull says Coalition consumed by ‘fact-free, reality-free’ climate culture war – as it happened

This blog is now closedSouth African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliamentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFactchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn costAs Liberals join Nationals in abandoning a 2050 emiss...

17/11/2025 06:32 The Guardian

Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate

Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trialScotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limi...

17/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration

There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rightsShabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that “dark forces are stirring up anger” over migration, amid growing alarm among senior party figures over the most sweeping overhaul of refugee rig...

16/11/2025 22:30 The Guardian

UK weather: Arctic air sweeps in as Storm Claudia clean-up continues

Flood warnings still in place in England and Wales, with plunging temperatures leading to possible snow and iceCold Arctic air has begun to sweep across the UK, bringing freezing temperatures as emergency services continue to deal with severe flooding caused by Storm Claudia.On Saturday, a major inc...

16/11/2025 16:41 The Guardian

Zelenskyy pledges to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector amid corruption scandal

President to overhaul state energy firms after $100m kickback scheme alleged by anti-corruption investigatorsVolodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a plan to clean up Ukraine’s energy sector after an $100m (£76bn) kickback scheme was alleged by anti-corruption investigators, in the worst scandal of h...

16/11/2025 16:13 The Guardian

‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer is killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv

Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disasterThe widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, K...

16/11/2025 13:26 The Guardian

Dermatologists criticise ‘dystopian’ skincare products aimed at children

Marketing or celebrity-led treatments for toddlers and upwards described as ‘ridiculous’ and lacking in skin benefitDermatologists have criticised an actor’s new skincare brand, calling it “dystopian” for creating face masks for four-year-olds, warning that the beauty industry is now expan...

16/11/2025 12:33 The Guardian

Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – as it happened

Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system. This live blog is closedRefugees established in UK may have to return if home countries become safeUkrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.If Ukraine becomes a safe...

16/11/2025 11:52 The Guardian

UK budget watchdog in danger of strangling economic growth, says TUC boss

Paul Nowak says OBR should be modernised to ditch ‘hardwired’ support for austerity economicsBritain’s budget watchdog is in danger of strangling growth and should be modernised to ditch its “hardwired” support for austerity economics, the Trades Union Congress has warned.Less than two wee...

16/11/2025 10:15 The Guardian

One of Britain’s biggest housebuilders urges government to support first-time buyers

Taylor Wimpey chief Jennie Daly calls for revival of help-to-buy equity loan scheme to revive property marketThe boss of one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders has urged the government to announce more support for first-time buyers to revive a property market that has cooled in the “very long sh...

16/11/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s had ‘warnings for my safety’ after posts by Trump

One-time Maga loyalist diverges with Trump on issues including Epstein, so US president has withdrawn supportMarjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Donald Trump and his Maga movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by private security firms “wi...

15/11/2025 20:07 The Guardian

Biodiversity offsets didn’t work in NSW. Will Labor make the same mistake nationwide?

Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the defaultFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government risks repeating grievous mistake...

15/11/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Australia is selling arms at a weapons fair in Dubai. Are they destined to be used in Sudan atrocities?

Australian companies have exported nearly $300m weapons over five years to the UAE, which has denied shipping weapons to a paramilitary group in SudanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a cavernous conference hall at the...

15/11/2025 19:00 The Guardian

Trump pressures Thailand to recommit to Cambodia ceasefire with ‘threat of tariffs’

Bangkok had earlier said it was suspending ceasefire, accusing Cambodia of laying landmines along the borderThe US has put pressure on Thailand to recommit to a ceasefire with Cambodia, warning trade talks could be halted as Washington seeks to keep a Donald Trump-brokered truce agreement from falli...

15/11/2025 16:03 The Guardian

Viktor Orbán begins ‘anti-war roadshow’ as Hungary gears up for 2026 elections

PM makes opposition to support for Ukraine central to Fidesz campaign as it loses ground over cost of living crisisHungary’s prime minister has kicked off a weeks-long “anti-war roadshow”, turning criticism of European support for Ukraine into an early campaign message before next year’s ele...

15/11/2025 14:31 The Guardian

Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say

Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher pricesExperts say New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s selection of Lina Khan, the former Federal Trade Commission chair, for his transition team acts as a warning to private equity firms i...

15/11/2025 13:00 The Guardian

Storm Claudia: major incident declared after severe flooding in UK

South Wales fire service describes ‘large-scale incident’ as England braces for cold weather warningsA major incident has been declared in the aftermath of Storm Claudia, with more rain and flooding expected across Britain and Ireland on Saturday.Four severe flood warnings had been issued by Nat...

15/11/2025 09:50 The Guardian

Teletubbies creator warns parents over ‘empty’ YouTube programmes for children

Anne Wood says algorithms bypass ‘the responsibility of art’ and have failed to support high-quality children’s contentLots of programmes for children on YouTube are “empty” and do “nothing to encourage the imaginative life of children”, the Teletubbies creator has cautioned parents.An...

15/11/2025 07:00 The Guardian

Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power

Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed thisAs Viktor Orbán would tell it, he had the perfect meeting with Donald Trump.After visiting the White House last week, the embattled Hungarian prime minister qui...

15/11/2025 06:00 The Guardian

Russia increasingly targeting trains as attacks on Ukraine’s rail network intensify

Ukrainian minister says more than 800 attacks recorded since start of year as Moscow seeks to destroy country’s logistical capabilitiesUkraine has recorded a threefold increase in the number of attacks on its railway system since July, according to a senior minister, as Moscow seeks to scupper one...

15/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

UK warned that 15% cut to health fund will force ‘impossible choices’ on Africa

Advocates fear that other donors will follow Britain’s reduction to the Global Fund for Aids, TB and malariaThe UK is undermining its legacy in fighting infectious diseases including Aids and malaria by cutting money pledged to a leading global health fund, campaigners claim.The 15% reduction in t...

15/11/2025 05:00 The Guardian

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