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  • China is making it harder to get rare earth magnet export licenses, sources say - Reuters
    reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:50

    China is making it harder to get rare earth magnet export licenses, sources say  Reuters

  • Cold calling: Australian Antarctic Program seeks hundreds of workers ready for polar-powered adventure
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:49

    Station leader Andy Warton says isolation takes getting used to, but a ‘profound adventure’ with auroras, penguins and icebergs awaitsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFew people witness the otherworldly seasonal transformation of Antarctica, but a small group of Australians experience it first-hand. From the complete darkness of polar winter to the peachy glow of a round-the-clock summer sun, they witness the spectacle of light and wildlife return colour to an icy landscape, and gaze up at silver and green auroras across the night sky.The Australian Antarctic Program is now recruiting for its 2026-27 season, offering work in Antarctica to about 300 Australians across almost 40 different roles. Continue reading...

  • US soya bean farmers battered by trade dispute with China
    aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-14 07:49

    Farms face falling prices and lost income amid the escalating US-China trade war.

  • The politics of celebration: Captives vs prisoners
    aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-14 07:48

    We compare and contrast how Israelis celebrate captive releases, while Palestinians are ordered not to.

  • Madagascar president hiding in 'safe place' as he warns of coup attempt
    bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:47

    Andry Rajoelina is said to have fled the country by French military jet but his whereabouts are unknown.

  • Afghan foreign minister in India: Why New Delhi is embracing Taliban now
    aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-14 07:38

    India never aligned with the Taliban, but regional geopolitical realignment is forcing revamp of ties, say analysts.

  • Sydney nightclub named after lesbian artist’s song changes name after ‘preferred clientele’ revealed to be men
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:37

    Pink Pony Club, a song by Chappell Roan inspired by The Abbey gay bar in West Hollywood, was the inspiration for new Oxford Street clubFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney nightclub whose name was inspired by a lesbian artist despite “predominantly” targeting gay men has been forced to change its name after attracting a swift and “passionate” backlash.Pink Pony was set to open on Oxford Street in Sydney’s LGBTQ+ heartland in early December. Kevin Du-Val, the owner of Palms on Oxford nightclub, and its manager, Michael Lewis, announced via social media their new venture was “unashamedly inspired by its namesake song that resonates so profoundly within our community”. Continue reading...

  • Kenyan officer killed in bow-and-arrow attack at gate of president's residence
    bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:31

    The attack raises questions about security at one of Kenya's most heavily guarded places.

  • Prosecution of South Sudan’s vice-president raises fears of return to full-scale civil war
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:19

    Observers and opposition says prosecution of Riek Machar for crimes in relation to attack by rebel militia puts peace deal at riskSouth Sudan’s opposition and observers have warned that the prosecution of the country’s suspended vice-president, Riek Machar, risks jeopardising a peace agreement that ended a devastating civil war and plunging the country into full-scale conflict once again.On 11 September, Machar was charged with murder, treason, crimes against humanity and other serious crimes in connection with a deadly attack by the White Army rebel group on a government army garrison in Nasir county in the country’s north-east. President Salva Kiir then suspended him from his post. Continue reading...

  • Cameroon’s Issa Tchiroma Bakary claims presidential election victory
    aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-14 07:18

    Opposition candidate unilaterally declares himself victor, and calls on incumbent 92-year-old Paul Biya to concede.

  • Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:17

    Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDHThe right to protest has come under sustained attack in the west, according to a report highlighting the growing criminalisation of pro-Palestinian demonstrations.The study by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) pays particular attention to the UK, the US, France and Germany, where it says governments have “weaponised” counter-terrorism legislation as well as the fight against antisemitism to suppress dissent and support for Palestinian rights in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Continue reading...

  • AFP promises ‘swift action’ after Albanese, Ley and Morrison’s private phone numbers exposed online
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:12

    Richard Marles says investigation under way into how the prime minister and other senior government staff’s phone numbers appeared in databasesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFederal police are scrambling to assist politicians after the private phone numbers of Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley, Scott Morrison and senior government staff were discovered to be freely available in large contact databases published by American marketing companies.The Australian federal police is seeking to have prime minister Albanese’s number removed from such databases, where it is available to users free of charge, and to assist other federal parliamentarians who have been similarly exposed. Police have warned that harassment by phone or carriage service is illegal, and promised “swift action” against those breaching such laws. Continue reading...

  • Ley calls for parliament to investigate Thorpe over ‘incendiary behaviour’ at protest – as it happened
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:06

    This blog is now closedConflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe acting prime minister, Richard Marles, has echoed Penny Wong in crediting Donald Trump with securing the release of all remaining Israeli hostages from Gaza.Speaking to Channel Nine’s Today show earlier, Marles said:I think you have to acknowledge and give credit to President Trump and administration. This is an achievement that is incredible and will be remembered by history. And I think now is the moment to take this move forward and ensure that what we are seeing here is an enduring [peace] in the Middle East.We’ve not had any requests of that kind and I wouldn’t speculate on that other than to say, you know, obviously we would seek to be as constructive as we can … [as] we’ve tried to be over the last two years. But really, it is now for all of the parties to commit to every point of this plan and make sure that this lasts.What we did yesterday was we wound back some of the generosity of the tax concessions for the biggest balances at the same time as we increased the low-income super tax offset so that young people on low incomes can retire with more money. And this is precisely what we’re talking about when we’re talking about intergenerational equity.I think people know that that’s a big priority for me, and that’s what these changes are exactly all about. Continue reading...

  • Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:02

    University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speechFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA lawyer acting for two University of Sydney academics accused of racist hate speech has argued that the conflation of their criticism of the state of Israel with hatred of Jews is “quite audacious”.The argument was heard in the federal court on Tuesday as part of a racial discrimination case taken by three academics against two of their colleagues and the university, in what is being considered a major test case for hate speech in Australia. Continue reading...

  • African football’s general secretary accused of creating toxic culture of fear
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:00

    Mosengo-Omba said to run CAF as a ‘proprietorship’Employee: ‘Anyone who dares speak up is terminated’The Confederation of African Football’s general secretary, Véron Mosengo-Omba, has been accused of running the organisation as his “proprietorship” and creating a toxic culture of fear where employees are fired for speaking out against him.Several former and current members of staff have told the Guardian there is an atmosphere of intimidation and paranoia at the Caf headquarters in Cairo, where Mosengo-Omba is accused of sidelining colleagues and silencing whistleblowers. Continue reading...

  • Human rights groups call for France to suspend ‘one in, one out’ treaty with UK
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 07:00

    UK and French organisations file legal challenge against July agreement to swap asylum seekersFifteen French and UK human rights organisations are calling for the suspension of the controversial “one in, one out” treaty in a legal challenge that has been launched in France.The deal, signed by the UK and France in July, involves one asylum seeker who arrives in the UK from France in a small boat being sent back there in exchange for another selected in France to come to the UK. Continue reading...

  • KL Rahul, India defeat West Indies in second Test to sweep series
    aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-14 06:33

    India wins the two-match series with a dominant seven-wicket victory in New Delhi before their tour of Australia.

  • Death toll from devastating Mexico flooding rises
    aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-14 06:25

    The death toll from last week’s torrential rains in Mexico has risen to 64 as authorities expand the search.

  • Two Affinity Education executives resign after childcare scandals
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 06:23

    CEO Tim Hickey and chief operating officer Nishad Alani both step down, with childcare group saying it is committed to safe careFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo executives at the scandal-plagued childcare chain Affinity Education Group have resigned.The moves come amid a difficult period for one of the nation’s largest childcare chains after multiple child sexual offences were laid against a former employee, Joshua Brown, in July. Continue reading...

  • Police expand search for missing boy Gus in outback SA after advice from ‘survival specialists’
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 06:21

    South Australian commissioner says police leaving ‘no stone unturned’ in effort to recover body of four-year-old who went missing in late SeptemberFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont are “stoic” but traumatised, police say, as they start a new and expanded stage of the recovery operation.The blond, curly haired Gus – described by a family member as shy but adventurous – went missing from his family’s outback sheep station more than two weeks ago. Continue reading...

  • Gold buyers dodging bubbles may be blowing one - Reuters
    reuters_business ｜ 2025-10-14 06:05

    Gold buyers dodging bubbles may be blowing one  Reuters

  • Venezuela to close Norway embassy after opposition leader wins Nobel Prize
    aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-14 06:02

    The news comes just days after Maria Corina Machado was announced the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

  • Tuesday briefing: After the hostage release, five questions that will shape Gaza’s future
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 05:56

    In today’s newsletter: Wild celebrations on both sides – but prospects for an enduring peace rest on compromises that appear difficult to reachGood morning. The last 20 living Israeli hostages in Gaza were freed yesterday, after more than two years in captivity. Meanwhile, huge crowds in Ramallah greeted some of the 2,000 Palestinians – 1,700 of them held without charge – released by Israel in exchange.Even against the backdrop of the horrors of the 7 October attack, and the Israeli assault that killed more than 67,000 Palestinians and left Gaza a wasteland, the scenes of reunion were overwhelming to watch. This picture gallery of Israeli hostages being reunited with their families captures something of an extraordinary day of catharsis and relief.Environment | Millions more homes in England, Scotland and Wales face devastating floods, and some towns may have to be abandoned as climate breakdown makes many areas uninsurable, a Guardian investigation has found.UK news | Tommy Robinson claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counter-terrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year.Espionage | The government made “every effort” to support the trial of two men accused of spying for China, security minister Dan Jarvis has said, as he accused the Tories of claiming the case was deliberately abandoned “without a shred of evidence”.UK politics | The families of the murdered MPs David Amess and Jo Cox have voiced concern about a recent surge in violent political rhetoric in Britain.Nobel prize | Three experts in the power of technology to drive economic growth have been awarded this year’s Nobel prize in economics.Peace in Gaza represents an opportunity to forget; to erase from the collective consciousness an era in which some western countries took a bludgeon to international norms and institutions, and indeed their own domestic politics, in order to force through the destruction of Gaza.” Continue reading...

  • Indonesian president asks Trump for meeting with son Eric in 'hot mic' moment - Reuters
    reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-14 05:55

    Indonesian president asks Trump for meeting with son Eric in 'hot mic' moment  Reuters

  • Venezuela shuts embassy in Norway following opposition leader's Nobel award
    bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-14 05:37

    Oslo calls the decision "regrettable", stressing that the Nobel committee functions independently.

  • US shipping chaos: I fear my wedding sari is destroyed
    bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-14 05:33

    Customers worry about missing parcels as shipping companies struggle to handle a flood of packages facing new customs and tariff rules.

  • Guaranteed Māori seats on New Zealand councils to be slashed by more than half
    guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-14 05:18

    Controversial law change that forced councils to put the fate of Māori wards to a public vote saw 25 vote to disestablish the guaranteed seatsThe number of guaranteed seats for Māori representatives on New Zealand councils will be slashed by more than half, following a controversial law change that forced local governments to put the fate of hard-won Māori seats to a public vote.Māori wards, which may have one or more councillors depending on local population numbers, were established in 2001 to give Indigenous voters the option to vote for a guaranteed Māori representative in local and regional authorities. Initially, councils could only establish a Māori ward by first putting it to a public vote in their area. Communities often spent years generating local support and pushing their councils to create Māori wards. Continue reading...

  • Cameroon opposition candidate Tchiroma claims victory in presidential poll, urges Biya to concede - Reuters
    reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-14 05:11

    Cameroon opposition candidate Tchiroma claims victory in presidential poll, urges Biya to concede  Reuters

  • US news outlets say they will not agree to Pentagon reporting restrictions
    aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-14 05:00

    Reporters must promise not to publish unauthorised material to obtain press credentials.

  • Exclusive: PayPay valuation could exceed $20 billion in planned December US IPO, sources say - Reuters
    reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-14 04:56

    Exclusive: PayPay valuation could exceed $20 billion in planned December US IPO, sources say  Reuters