Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver, Keir Starmer says 30. November 2025 (23:30) Exclusive: PM hits back at critics as he insists Rachel Reeves right to impose £26bn worth of tax rises at budget• Keir Starmer: Labour is getting on with the job of economic renewalLabour’s economic plan will take years to deliver in full, Keir Starmer has said as he tries to regain the narrative after a turbulent response to last week’s budget.In an article for the Guardian, the prime minister hit back at his political opponents, insisting the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, was right to impose £26bn worth of tax rises. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Sydney police charge four men over alleged ‘international satanic child sex abuse material ring’ 30. November 2025 (22:43) Detectives claim to have uncovered Sydney-based network involving online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW police say they have uncovered an “international satanic child sex abuse material ring” and charged four Australians for their alleged involvement.Detectives from the sex crimes squad said that as part of Strike Force Constantine, an investigation into the online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themes, they disrupted a Sydney-based network. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations 30. November 2025 (22:40) Algerian foreign minister says African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price for colonialismAfrican leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognised, criminalised and addressed through reparations.At a conference in the Algerian capital, Algiers, diplomats and leaders convened to advance an African Union resolution passed at a meeting earlier this year calling for justice and reparations for victims of colonialism. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder of the Independent, dies aged 88 30. November 2025 (21:49) Journalist and editor also led British Board of Film Classification and served as senior lay member of the Church of EnglandAndreas Whittam Smith, the co-founder of the Independent newspaper and a former president of the British Board of Film Classification, has died aged 88.Whittam Smith was also the first editor of the Independent and served as first church estates commissioner, the senior lay member of the Church of England, from 2002 to 2017. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Your Party members vote to make name permanent at tense first conference 30. November 2025 (20:01) Liverpool gathering lays bare bitter divisions within new party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah SultanaThe new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will be called Your Party after a vote by members, but its weekend conference laid bare bitter divisions.Just over 37% of members voted for the name Your Party, provisionally adopted when it was launched earlier this year, to become permanent. The votes for others on the shortlist were 25.23% to be called For The Many, 25.23% for Popular Alliance and 14.19% for Our Party. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Pope Leo urges Lebanese leaders to make peace highest priority 30. November 2025 (19:09) Pontiff tells politicians and religious heads they must persevere with peace efforts despite facing ‘highly complex, conflictual’ situationPope Leo has urged political leaders in Lebanon to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal as he is visiting the country, which remains a target of Israeli airstrikes, on the second leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.Leo, the first US pope, arrived in Beirut on Sunday from a four-day visit to Turkey where he said that humanity’s future was at risk because of the world’s unusual number of bloody conflicts, and condemned violence in the name of religion. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
California police search for suspect who killed four including three children at family party 30. November 2025 (19:08) Victims who died in Stockton attack reportedly between ages eight and 21, while 11 others were woundedPolice are searching for the suspect who killed four people, including three children, and injured 11 in a shooting at a family gathering in Stockton, California, on Saturday night – and they are appealing to the public for any tips people may have.“If you have surveillance footage, if you’re a local business here, if you’re in the area, live in the area, or maybe you’ve heard rumors – please contact the sheriff’s office,” said Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin county sheriff’s office. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Winter storm brings foot of snow to midwest over busiest US travel weekend 30. November 2025 (18:49) Plane skidded off runway and 45 cars were piled up as 53 million were under winter weather alerts over ThanksgivingA Thanksgiving weekend storm system brought over a foot of snow and strong winds across the US midwest and thunderstorms across the south, as 53 million people from South Dakota to New York were under winter weather alerts.Over the weekend, ahead of one of the busiest travel days of the year on Sunday, a 45-car pile-up occurred on interstate 78 in Indiana and a Delta Air Lines plane skidded off the runway in Des Moines, Iowa, during landing. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Love Actually star says romcoms have lost their magic 30. November 2025 (18:14) Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who played Sam in Richard Curtis’s film, thinks streaming ushered in genre’s declineIf modern romcoms aren’t sweeping you off your feet any more, you’re not the only one wondering where the magic went.Romantic comedies are just not as good as they used to be, according to one of the stars of Love Actually. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record 30. November 2025 (18:00) River Action says use of issuance tied to environmental benefits is ‘corporate greenwash on steroids’Water companies have issued a fifth of the UK’s “green bonds” since 2017, despite a consistently poor record of sewage pollution during that time, research has shown.Privately owned water companies in England have together issued £10.5bn in bonds tied to projects that offer “environmental benefits”, according to analysis of financial market data by Unearthed, which is part of Greenpeace UK. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
