Teens seek urgent high court injunction to block Australian government’s social media ban 27. November 2025 (06:46) Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, both 15, are supported by a digital rights group led by NSW Libertarian MP John RuddickGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo teens and a digital rights group led by a New South Wales state politician are seeking an urgent high court injunction to block Australia’s under-16s social media ban, just two weeks before the ban is due to begin.The two young people, 15-year-olds Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, are supported by the Digital Freedom Project – an initiative led by NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
St Vincent prime minister seeks record sixth term in tight election 27. November 2025 (06:00) Ralph Gonsalves campaigns on strong economy in bid to retain office he has held since 2001Voters in St Vincent and the Grenadines will go to the polls on Thursday with Ralph Gonsalves seeking a record sixth consecutive term as prime minister.The elections are expected to be a tight contest between the ruling Unity Labour party, which has been in power since 2001, and the opposition New Democratic party. In the last election, ULP won nine of 15 seats, but the NDP won the popular vote. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Pope Leo to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first overseas trip as pontiff 27. November 2025 (06:00) Vatican says ‘demanding’ six-day mission will be packed with meetings with political and religious leadersPope Leo will make his debut overseas trip as leader of the Catholic church on Thursday, travelling on a six-day mission of peace and unity to Turkey and Lebanon in what the Vatican said was expected to be a “demanding” schedule packed with meetings with political and religious leaders amid heightened Middle East tensions.In Turkey, a country with a Muslim majority and home to an estimated 36,000 Catholics, the Chicago-born pontiff, who was elected in May, will first meet President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
European progressives must tackle housing crisis to beat far right, say researchers 27. November 2025 (06:00) Centre left can win broad support by addressing soaring house prices and rents, according to data analysisCentre-left parties can build a broad new coalition of support if they tackle Europe’s deepening housing crisis, researchers have said. Conversely, ignoring it risks pushing increasingly fed-up voters into the arms of the far right.Research by the Progressive Politics Research Network (PPRNet) suggests dramatic rises in the cost of housing over recent years have eroded support for centre-left parties – once the champions of affordable housing – and fuelled anti-establishment disaffection. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Large bull shark kills woman and injures man in attack at NSW beach 27. November 2025 (05:08) Swimmers aged in their 20s bitten by shark at Kylies beach in Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning, with woman dying at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has died after a “large bull shark” attacked her and a man on the New South Wales mid-north coast at Kylies beach.The pair, both aged in their 20s, were swimming together at the beach at Crowdy Bay on Thursday morning when they were bitten, police said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as world’s most populous city, according to UN 27. November 2025 (04:07) The rankings were changed after the UN used new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacitiesJakarta has overtaken Tokyo as the world’s most populous city, according to a UN study that uses new criteria to give a more accurate picture of the rapid urbanisation driving the growth of megacities.The Indonesian capital is home to 42 million people, according to an estimate by the population division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in its World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 report published this month. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit 27. November 2025 (03:12) Queensland supreme court orders Pennings, a campaigner against the Carmichael coalmine, not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential informationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Indian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of the environmental activist Ben Pennings.Pennings declared victory on Thursday, after the Queensland supreme court signed off on orders on Wednesday, ending the five-and-a-half-year court battle. The order requires Pennings not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information or to ask others to do so, but the company has dropped a demand for payment of damages which at one stage stood at $600m. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Banks ordered to approve fewer risky loans as Australian property market heats up 27. November 2025 (02:46) Regulator announces 20% cap on share of new lending banks can do on mortgages worth more than six times borrower’s incomeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA crackdown on risky lending will limit banks’ capacity to extend large mortgages, as the financial regulator launches a pre-emptive strike against the growing excesses of an overheated property market.The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority announced a 20% cap on the share of new lending banks can do at a debt-to-income ratio above six – a mortgage worth more than six times the borrower’s income. While Jim Chalmers said the move would “help with financial resilience and housing affordability”, the Greens immediately criticised it as insufficient. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Temperatures to stay up to 8C above average for Queensland and northern NSW into next week after storms wreak havoc 27. November 2025 (02:36) BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES callsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland is in for more hot days and warm nights, with weather officials warning cooler temperatures won’t arrive until early next week.The Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday morning that parts of the state and northern New South Wales were expected to see temperatures two to eight degrees above the November average, continuing “multiple days in a row where we’ve seen such warm conditions”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Police identify suspect in national guard shooting as Afghan man 27. November 2025 (02:17) Person suspected of shooting two national guard troops near White House identified as Rahmanullah LakanwalThe suspected gunman in the shooting of two national guard members on Wednesday near the White House has been identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan man, according to law enforcement officials.Lakanwal is said to have entered the United States in September 2021, and been living in Washington state, law enforcement officials told the Associated Press and other outlets. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
