SA attorney general refers anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe’s fundraiser ‘game’ for investigation

13/11/2025 14:00 The Guardian

Bingo card-style game, where supporters encouraged to ‘buy’ words and phrases linked to contentious abortion bill, condemned by crossbench MLCs as a ‘grift’ that trivialised debateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA “fun little game” launched by the anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe to raise funds during an emotional debate over late-pregnancy abortion in South Australia has been referred for investigation.Howe, who has worked with conservative politicians to introduce various state and federal bills to water down abortion rights, said the bingo card-style game was a fundraiser for an anti-abortion war chest. Continue reading...

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Ukraine’s PM announces plans to audit public companies: ‘corruption is unacceptable’ – Europe live

Yulia Svyrydenko says government will conduct major audit of Energoatom and other state-owned firms in bid to fight corruption allegationsA bitter battle over the future of a Chinese-owned chipmaker in the Netherlands that threatened to cripple the global car industry is a “wake-up call to Europe...

13/11/2025 14:55 The Guardian

Cop30 live: calls for ‘just transition’ plan grow as report warns world on track for 2.6C of heating

Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heatingMore than half of all delegation members at Cop30 have withheld or obscured details of their affiliations, potentially concealing conflicts of interest and undermining trust in the Cop process,...

13/11/2025 14:53 The Guardian

Weather warnings as Spain’s Storm Claudia reaches UK on Friday

Risk of flooding in parts of England and Wales as storm that has battered Canary Islands makes landFlooding could hit parts of the UK with forecasters issuing an amber warning for rain.Storm Claudia, which was named by the Spanish meteorological service, will bring heavy downpours and strong winds o...

13/11/2025 14:19 The Guardian

State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report

Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterpriseA surge in state-sanctioned fuel smuggling between 2022 and 2024 cost the Libyan people about $20bn (£15bn) in lost revenue – an alarming sum that demands decisive international sanctio...

13/11/2025 14:02 The Guardian

Alan Rickman’s personal scripts and mementoes up for auction

Lots include the annotated shooting script for Die Hard and a hand-drawn Halloween card from his Harry Potter co-star Rupert GrintAlan Rickman’s obsessive attention to detail is revealed in the copious annotations he made on all his scripts, as a number of film-related items from the late actor’...

13/11/2025 13:21 The Guardian

Surrey services failed to act on warning signs before Sara Sharif’s murder, finds review

Children’s services did not identify Sara, 10, was at risk of abuse, did not question bruising and overlooked father’s previous violenceServices failed to identify Sara Sharif was at risk of abuse, did not question unexplained bruising and almost all professionals overlooked her father’s viole...

13/11/2025 10:35 The Guardian

Ed Miliband urges Labour to move on after Starmer apologises to Streeting for hostile briefings from No 10 – UK politics live

Fallout from extraordinary briefing operation against Wes Streeting continues as calls grow for Starmer to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeneySeverin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor.Scotland’s auditor general has warned that the Scottish government can spend far less tax than it r...

13/11/2025 09:31 The Guardian

‘I’d do it all again,’ says Dutch minister at heart of car chip standoff with China

Exclusive: Vincent Karremans says row with Beijing that threatened global car production is ‘wake-up call’ to westA bitter battle over the future of a Chinese-owned chipmaker in the Netherlands that threatened to cripple the global car industry is a “wake-up call to Europe and the west”, the...

13/11/2025 08:00 The Guardian

Greens and independents line up to condemn Liberals’ net zero decision – as it happened

This blog is now closedMalcom Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zeroLiberals formally abandon emissions target but Ley says reaching net zero would still be ‘welcome outcome’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTea...

13/11/2025 07:06 The Guardian

Amid Japan’s surge in bear attacks, a torrent of AI-generated videos is adding to anxiety

Videos show schoolgirls fighting off animals, while others show people feeding bears, with some so realistic that users struggled to distinguish between fact and fictionIf a record number of fatal bear attacks wasn’t terrifying enough, experts say a torrent of AI-generated videos in Japan purporti...

13/11/2025 05:37 The Guardian

Putin opponents criticise EU ban on multi-entry visas for Russians

Restrictions for entry to Schengen zone announced last Friday because of sabotage attacks linked to RussiaRussian opposition figures have reacted with anger and dismay to a decision by the European Union to introduce a ban on multi-entry visas to the Schengen zone for Russian citizens, announced in...

13/11/2025 05:25 The Guardian

‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK

British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter showsBritish American Tobacco has been accused of “utter hypocrisy” for lobbying against tobacco control measures in Africa that are already in place in the...

13/11/2025 04:00 The Guardian

Anthropic announces $50bn plan for datacenter construction in US

AI startup behind Claude chatbot working with London-based Fluidstack on building vast new computing facilitiesArtificial intelligence company Anthropic announced a $50bn investment in computing infrastructure on Wednesday that will include new datacenters in Texas and New York.“We’re getting cl...

12/11/2025 22:29 The Guardian

Briefing war spotlights relationships between three of Labour’s most senior figures

Rift said to be driven between Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney even before attacks on Wes StreetingOne way to flush out a leadership challenger, according to Gordon Brown’s one-time enforcer, is to push them over the edge.In his chronicle of his time at the centre of power, Damian McBride wrote...

12/11/2025 19:14 The Guardian

Ukrainian energy minister Hrynchuk resigns as corruption probe fallout continues – as it happened

Following Zelenskyy’s request Svitlana Hrynchuk has now also resigned from her post. This live blog is closedAngela Giuffrida in Rome and Kim Willsher in ParisProsecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo s...

12/11/2025 18:01 The Guardian

The EU invited Ukraine to join the club, but will it ever happen?

Zelenskyy wants admission before 2030, but with a growing far-right, anti-enlargement contingent and budgetary fears mounting, some countries are hiding behind a Hungarian veto• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereVolodymyr Zelenskyy may be a wartime leader, but he is f...

12/11/2025 15:53 The Guardian

Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

Expert says military action may be ‘imminent’ in Venezuela, while others suspect deployment is a negotiating tacticExplainer: Is US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded?When Donald Trump started sending warships, marines and reaper drones to the Caribbean in August t...

12/11/2025 15:38 The Guardian

Dire warnings over aid and hunger following RSF’s capture of Sudanese city

Fears rise for displaced civilians as UN reports deteriorating situation and MSF warns of ‘staggering’ malnutritionThere are grave fears for civilians who survived the capture of El Fasher by a Sudanese paramilitary group last month, as the UN warned relief operations were on the brink of collap...

12/11/2025 14:37 The Guardian

Cop30 live: US looms over talks despite absence as protests at venue continue

Day three at the Belem summit is expected to see more protests as crucial climate negotiations begin in earnestFear of being bullied by Donald Trump may have prompted Bill Gates to row back on the climate crisis, the former US vice president Al Gore has speculated, as he slammed the billionaire as ...

12/11/2025 14:09 The Guardian

House set to vote on deal to end shutdown amid Democratic splits – US politics live

Democrats have vowed to vote against the proposal after a faction of senators broke with party to pass a compromiseFull report – House to vote on bill that could end government shutdownTop Democrats have vowed to oppose the government funding bill, in large part because it does not directly addres...

12/11/2025 12:45 The Guardian

‘Part of the joy economy’: bumper year for UK toys as Wicked dolls and Pokémon appeal to ‘kidults’

Some of this year’s Christmas must-haves are also expected to appeal to older generationsThere could be tug of war under the Christmas tree this year owing to the growing trend of adult toy collectors, a rundown of the season’s must-haves suggests.Singing Wicked 2 dolls, manga-themed Lego, a Pok...

12/11/2025 09:59 The Guardian

Streeting denies plot to oust Starmer and condemns briefings from No 10

Health secretary says attacks on him from Downing Street ‘self-defeating’ after reports PM’s job could be under threatUK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has denied leading a plot to overthrow the prime minister and called for those briefing against him to be sacked, widening an e...

12/11/2025 08:14 The Guardian

Tehan and Ley to reveal Liberals’ net zero emissions position tomorrow – as it happened

This blog is now closedLiberals poised to dump net zero target after majority reject policy in marathon five-hour meetingGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRemoving CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist saysRemoving carbon from the...

12/11/2025 07:07 The Guardian

Minns says his office possibly not notified of neo-Nazi rally because it was held on the weekend

List of those who were told in advance grows to include police, parliamentary security, lower house speaker and upper house presidentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW premier, Chris Minns, says staff in his office...

12/11/2025 04:05 The Guardian

Russia’s high court bid over Canberra embassy fails but Australian government to pay costs

Court rules 2023 cancellation of $2.75m 99-year lease was legal but Russia must be compensatedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRussia has failed in a high court bid to build a new embassy in Canberra, but the federal gov...

12/11/2025 00:14 The Guardian

Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years

More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research findsPrivate companies operating care services in just three regions of England have taken more than £250m in profits in three years, with more than a third going to providers owned by private...

12/11/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Former NFL star Antonio Brown pleads not guilty to attempted murder charge

Ex-NFL star accused of firing shots after fightVictim says bullet grazed his neck, per warrantFormer NFL star Antonio Brown is returning to Miami to face an attempted murder charge stemming from a May shooting, with his lawyer filing a not guilty plea on his behalf.Jail records in Essex county, New...

11/11/2025 22:27 The Guardian

World must ‘honour 1.5C’, small island states insist at Cop30 summit – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil hereIn the run-up to Cop30, the Guardian published a series of articles looking at the ten biggest polluters of greenhouse gas, and their plans to clean up. Here’s a piece my colleague Jonathan Wat...

11/11/2025 21:01 The Guardian

US Catholic bishops elect conservative president, doubling down on rightward lean

Paul Coakley of Oklahoma seen as culture warrior, but likely to endorse push for more humane treatment of immigrantsUS Catholic bishops elected Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City as their new president on Tuesday, choosing a conservative culture warrior to lead during Donald Trump’s second t...

11/11/2025 20:00 The Guardian

Children being ‘sedated’ by algorithmic YouTube content, MPs hear

Experts including children’s laureate lament low quality of entertainment and call for more funding for children’s TVLots of children’s programming made for YouTube is “not entertainment, it’s sedation”, the UK children’s laureate has warned.Frank Cottrell-Boyce said “frictionless”...

11/11/2025 19:25 The Guardian

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