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• Australia politics live: Labor and opposition spar over energy in question time; Speaker demands ‘everyone do better’ as Coalition MP ejected
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 04:19

  Follow the latest updates liveQueensland’s controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens say the cost of not acting on climate change will be “far, far greater” than any cost associated with acting on it.On the Today show this morning, Senator Nick McKim says the government needs to stop approving new coal and gas mines (something his party has been saying for years).The costs of not acting on climate change are astronomical and they’re already being felt in our communities through things like floods and bushfires and they’re also being felt in household budgets through things like a massive spike in insurance premiums …If they [Labor] don’t do things like protect forests and if they don’t do things like protect our climate, [the laws are] not going to be worth the paper they’re printed on. Continue reading...

• Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 04:17

  Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say  Reuters

• NSW Labor ignores own drugs summit advice by keeping sniffer dogs and strip-searches at festivals
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 04:13

  Police minister Yasmin Catley says high-visibility tactics remain important ‘investigative tools’ – even at music festivals trialling pill testingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales government has “squibbed” the opportunity for major drug reform, advocates say, after Labor announced it would ignore some recommendations of a landmark report it commissioned.The government on Tuesday said it would continue using sniffer dogs and strip-searches at music festivals despite evidence that such high-visibility tactics “increases rather than decreases” the risks associated with drugs. Continue reading...

• Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world's strongest storm of 2025
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 03:59

  Three reported dead in Jamaica as meteorologists warn of "life-threatening winds, flooding and storm surge".

• First instalment of Australia’s $2.5bn deal with Nauru triggered as first man arrives on island
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 03:57

  Deal between federal government and Nauru expected to last 30 years and apply to around two dozen people released under high court’s NZYQ rulingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has commenced its $2.5bn deal with Nauru to offload more than 350 people from the NZYQ cohort after the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirmed the first arrival had landed on the tiny Pacific island last week.Burke said Nauruan authorities had confirmed the arrival on Friday, as reported by the ABC, triggering the first yearly instalment of $408m. Continue reading...

• Trump, Japan’s Takaichi sign deal to secure rare earths supply
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 03:51

  US president heaps praise on Japan's first female prime minister as the leaders sign deals on the supply of minerals.

• Trump praises Japan's 'great' female leader in talks on trade, critical minerals - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 03:33

  Trump praises Japan's 'great' female leader in talks on trade, critical minerals  Reuters

• All fail Caesar: Brisbane high school teaches wrong topic for final year 12 history exam
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 03:30

  An entire class has made an 11th-hour bid for special consideration due to ‘illness and misadventure’ after studying the wrong CaesarFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn entire class of high school students in Queensland has applied for special consideration due to “illness and misadventure” just days before their year 12 ancient history external exam.They have not been waylaid by vengeful deities nor bewitched by sirens, however – these young scholars have studied the wrong Caesar. Continue reading...

• Dutch volleyballer and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde denied Australian visa
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 03:08

  Player’s visa application rejected ahead of world championships Van de Velde served prison sentence for raping 12-year-old girl in 2014Netherlands beach volleyball player and convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde has been banned from entering Australia for the looming world titles.Van de Velde had been named in a Dutch team to contest the world championships in Adelaide starting on 14 November, but the Australian government rejected his visa application. Continue reading...

• Trump rules out VP run in 2028, but says he ‘would love’ a third term
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 03:05

  US president muses about a third term in office despite the constitution barring him from doing so.

• Watch: Storm chasers fly inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 02:54

  Footage taken by a US Air Force Reserve crew known as the "Hurricane Hunters" shows the category five storm intensifying in the Caribbean.

• Foxconn to invest up to $1.37 billion in AI compute cluster, supercomputing centre - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 02:47

  Foxconn to invest up to $1.37 billion in AI compute cluster, supercomputing centre  Reuters

• China and ASEAN, hit by U.S. tariffs, sign upgraded free trade pact - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 02:16

  China and ASEAN, hit by U.S. tariffs, sign upgraded free trade pact  Reuters

• RBA governor dismisses jobs fears but hints at rates hold after inflation uptick
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 02:15

  Michele Bullock plays down concerns about rising joblessness as economists pencil in February for next reduction in borrowing costsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank governor has dismissed warnings of rising unemployment and hinted at an interest rate hold, saying the labour market will not “fall off a cliff”.Michele Bullock said the RBA had been surprised by September’s jump in joblessness and an uptick in inflation but emphasised job creation was slowing broadly as the RBA expected. Continue reading...

• Dutch volleyball player and convicted child rapist denied visa to compete in Australia
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 02:07

  Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 of raping a 12-year-old British girl

• The 92-year-old president who never loses
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 02:06

  Cameroon's Paul Biya has extended his 43-year rule by wining a heavily disputed election.

• Queensland’s controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme court
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 02:04

  Parent of transgender child successfully challenged decision by Crisafulli government to halt treatment for under 18sFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s controversial ban on puberty blockers for transgender patients has been overturned by the supreme court.On Tuesday, Justice Peter Callaghan ruled in favour of a challenge by the parent of a transgender child, judging that the directive establishing the ban was made improperly and is unlawful. Continue reading...

• Victorian premier vows to scrap ‘old-fashioned Nimby’ planning laws, fast-track homes and curb rights to object
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 02:04

  Jacinta Allan says reforms would see housing permit-approval times slashed and generate more than $900m in construction activity each yearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government has announced the biggest overhaul of the state’s planning laws in a decade, in a bid to slash approval times to just 10 days for stand-alone homes while limiting rights of appeal to neighbours only.The premier, Jacinta Allan, and the planning minister, Sonya Kilkenny, on Tuesday said amendments to the Planning and Environment Act 1987 would generate more than $900m in construction activity each year. Continue reading...

• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,342
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 02:01

  Here are the key events from day 1,342 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

• Oil dips as OPEC output plans offset US-China trade optimism - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 01:45

  Oil dips as OPEC output plans offset US-China trade optimism  Reuters

• Venezuela suspends energy agreements with Trinidad, including gas projects - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 01:37

  Venezuela suspends energy agreements with Trinidad, including gas projects  Reuters

• Asia stocks take a breather for earnings, rate calls - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 01:30

  Asia stocks take a breather for earnings, rate calls  Reuters

• Sudan army withdraws from Darfur’s el-Fasher, UN warns of RSF atrocities
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 01:22

  Army chief admits retreat from last stronghold in Darfur as fears grow for the civilians trapped in the city.

• Man finds surfboard that drifted 2,400km from Australia to New Zealand – and tracks down owner
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 01:04

  Board was found covered in barnacles and mussels in Raglan, nearly 18 months after it was lost during a boat trip near TasmaniaA surfboard lost off Australia’s coast nearly 18 months ago has washed up on one of New Zealand’s most famed surf beaches, thousands of kilometres from where it was last seen.New Zealand-based French surfer Alvaro Bon was kite surfing in Raglan on the North Island’s west coast on 15 October, when his kite caught in the water and he began drifting out to sea. Continue reading...

• US judge decertifies Apple app store class action - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 00:39

  US judge decertifies Apple app store class action  Reuters

• The Indian village which saw the homecoming of one of the world's oldest rebels
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 00:37

  After more than six decades, 91-year-old rebel leader Thuingaleng Muivah has returned to his home village in India.

• How a Diwali cracker gun in India went from social media craze to blinding children
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 00:37

  Social media videos showing how to use 'carbide guns' began going viral in the weeks before the Diwali festival.

• Cobar: two people killed in Endeavour mine explosion in far western NSW
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 00:28

  Woman and man confirmed dead and another woman airlifted to hospital after blast at Endeavour mineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo people have been killed by an explosion at the Endeavour mine in western New South Wales, devastating the local community of Cobar.Police said emergency services had been called to the mine on Endeavour Mine Road at Cobar, about 600km north-west of Sydney, at about 3.45am on Tuesday. Continue reading...

• Woman arrested after gas supplies allegedly sabotaged at two Sydney hospitals
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 00:19

  NSW police allege water and gas mains were cut at first hospital in Sutherland before gas main switched off at nearby facilityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been arrested after gas supplies were allegedly sabotaged at two Sydney hospitals.Sutherland hospital in southern Sydney lost medical gases on Tuesday morning, requiring them to switch to portable oxygen and air as part of their contingency plans, the New South Wales health minister, Ryan Park, said in a statement. Continue reading...

• Mine explosion in Australian outback kills man and woman
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 00:11

  Another woman was being treated in hospital for hearing damage and shock