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• Ten Hungarian and German tourists killed with pilot in Kenya plane crash - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 14:09

  Ten Hungarian and German tourists killed with pilot in Kenya plane crash  Reuters

• Guardian Essential poll: Liberal voters want more progressive Coalition as most Australians back net zero
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 14:00

  Voters also unconvinced by Albanese’s Aukus and critical minerals deal with TrumpFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal voters want the party to pursue more progressive policies and not spiral further into rightwing positions, according to a new poll that shows far more Australians back a net zero climate target than oppose it.The latest Guardian Essential poll also shows Sussan Ley retains a slight edge as the most popular choice to lead the Coalition, slightly ahead of Andrew Hastie and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. Continue reading...

• ‘Heat deaths aren’t a thing’: Coalition MPs weighing net zero given sceptical briefing on climate science
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 14:00

  Exclusive: Briefing by conservative thinktank Centre for Independent Studies was arranged by a Coalition backbench committeeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition MPs weighing up whether to abandon net zero have been briefed on research that argues “heat deaths aren’t a thing”, plays down the prospect of substantial sea level rises and claims “no one has ever made low-cost energy” from wind and solar.Guardian Australia has viewed slides from a presentation the conservative thinktank Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) gave to MPs in Canberra this week, along with the findings of private polling on net zero. Continue reading...

• The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 14:00

  More than $3bn in public money has been given to Australia’s smelters and steelworks in an alarmingly ad-hoc wayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWill 2025 be remembered as the year of the bailout?More than $3bn of taxpayer money has been committed to propping up the country’s hugely power-hungry metal making and smelting industries. Continue reading...

• Marine wildlife fleeing to poles due to global heating as Australian oceans face ‘uncharted’ future
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 14:00

  From 2040 onwards the average year for marine ecosystems is likely to be more extreme than the worst years experienced up until 2015, researchers saySign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereAustralia’s oceans will enter “uncharted territory” by 2040 due to global heating, even if significant emissions cuts occur, new research has found.Australian researchers modelled ocean conditions under four scenarios, including current, high- and low-emissions futures. They found that in 15 years, marine ecosystems would be facing extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidity conditions.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

• Australian-first bill to ban use of NDAs to silence sexual harassment victims introduced in Victoria
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 14:00

  Exclusive: If passed, laws would ban non-disclosure agreements in workplace sexual harassment cases unless expressly requested by an employeeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA long-awaited bill to curb the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases will be introduced to Victorian parliament, in an Australian-first move the government says will prevent victim-survivors from being silenced.The premier, Jacinta Allan, and treasurer and industrial relations minister, Jaclyn Symes, will announce the introduction of the bill to parliament on Wednesday, which if passed would ban NDAs in workplace sexual harassment cases unless expressly requested by the employee. Continue reading...

• PayPal unveils partnership with OpenAI for payments on ChatGPT, shares surge - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:54

  PayPal unveils partnership with OpenAI for payments on ChatGPT, shares surge  Reuters

• Video: Unidentified Palestinian bodies recovered from Gaza City mass grave
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 13:39

  Dozens of Palestinian bodies have been retrieved from mass graves near al-Shifa Hospital.

• Campaigning begins in military-run Myanmar ahead of ‘sham’ elections
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 13:39

  The vote, which begins on December 28, is being widely viewed as a ploy to legitimise the ruling military government.

• ‘Ticking environmental bomb’: Water crisis worsens in Russia-annexed Donbas
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 13:38

  Residents say they do not have enough water for their basic needs while officials raise alarm as infections grow.

• Georgia's ruling party will ask court to ban three largest opposition parties - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:36

  Georgia's ruling party will ask court to ban three largest opposition parties  Reuters

• UPS profit tops forecasts as job cuts, turnaround efforts deliver - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:31

  UPS profit tops forecasts as job cuts, turnaround efforts deliver  Reuters

• Fintech lender SoFi lifts 2025 profit forecast after record quarter - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:31

  Fintech lender SoFi lifts 2025 profit forecast after record quarter  Reuters

• UPS cut 48,000 jobs so far in 2025 - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:27

  UPS cut 48,000 jobs so far in 2025  Reuters

• Ukraine calls for increased pressure on Russian oil
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 13:15

  Zelenskyy urges US to raise the pressure on Beijing over Russian energy purchases as Ukraine targets oil revenues.

• Have we lost touch with beauty in the world we’ve built?
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 13:13

  Architecture shapes how we live, connect and feel. But have we lost touch with beauty in the world we’ve built?

• OpenAI to offer ChatGPT Go free for a year in India - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:12

  OpenAI to offer ChatGPT Go free for a year in India  Reuters

• Does Andrew Cuomo have path to victory in NYC race against Zohran Mamdani?
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 13:08

  Former governor seeks to court conservative voters, but is accused of 'fear mongering' in mayoral race's final stretch.

• Confederate statue torn down during anti-racism protests reinstalled in Washington
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:07

  General Albert Pike's statue, toppled during George Floyd protests in 2020, is restored under orders from President Donald Trump.

• Vietnam’s top tourist destination flooded after record rainfall
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 13:04

  Record rainfall has caused severe flooding across central Vietnam, submerging UNESCO-heritage site Imperial City of Hue.

• Sudan's army loses key city of el-Fasher to paramilitary RSF after 18-month siege
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:03

  The UN has raised the alarm over reports of atrocities committed by the RSF.

• Madagascar's military-led government names mostly civilian cabinet - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:00

  Madagascar's military-led government names mostly civilian cabinet  Reuters

• Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 13:00

  Claimants seek compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials after extreme flooding destroyed harvestsA group of Pakistani farmers whose livelihoods were devastated by floods three years ago has fired the starting shot in legal action against two of Germany’s most polluting companies.Lawyers acting for 43 men and women from the Sindh region sent the energy firm RWE and the cement producer Heidelberg formal letters before action on Tuesday warning of their intention to sue later this year. Continue reading...

• Australia vs India: T20I series – teams, start, lineups, tickets, stream
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 12:52

  Australia and India play the first of five T20Is in Canberra on Wednesday as they prepare for their World Cup defence.

• UnitedHealth lifts 2025 profit forecast, aims for growth in 2026 - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 12:46

  UnitedHealth lifts 2025 profit forecast, aims for growth in 2026  Reuters

• Russian drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine are war crimes, UN report concludes
  guardian_world ｜ 2025-10-28 12:42

  Rights commission inquiry focused on south-east of country found drones targeted gathering points and critical infrastructureEurope live – latest updatesA UN rights commission has concluded that Russia’s drone attacks on civilians in south-eastern Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes.In a report published this week, the commission said Russian forces, operating under a centralised command, had systematically used drones to “intentionally target civilians and civilian objects and cause harm and destruction”. Continue reading...

• Apple suppliers Skyworks, Qorvo agree to create $22 billion radio-chip giant - Reuters
  reuters_world ｜ 2025-10-28 12:39

  Apple suppliers Skyworks, Qorvo agree to create $22 billion radio-chip giant  Reuters

• Is Trump pushing for regime change in Venezuela; where else is he meddling?
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 12:38

  As Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro lashes out at interference, Trump has also intervened in other countries.

• Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division
  bbc_world ｜ 2025-10-28 12:37

  The company says the opportunities provided by AI means it needs to be "organised more leanly."

• Morocco’s Golden Era
  aljazeera_all ｜ 2025-10-28 12:29

  Samantha Johnson looks at how Morocco's football ecosystem can challenge football’s traditional hierarchy.