Lilie James victim of ‘calculated premeditated killing’ by ex-boyfriend, coroner finds after inquest 27. November 2025 (02:10) James was murdered in October 2023 at St Andrew’s Cathedral school in Sydney by her former boyfriend Paul Thijssen ‘in context of gendered violence’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA coronial inquest into the murder of Lilie James by her ex-boyfriend Paul Thijssen has found she died from multiple blunt force injuries in a premeditated homicide.The 21-year-old’s death was “a result of homicide in the context of domestic
violence and gendered violence”, the New South Wales state coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan, said when delivering her findings. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nationals colleagues make last-ditch appeals as Barnaby Joyce expected to announce defection to One Nation 27. November 2025 (02:09) Former leader Michael McCormack says he spent an hour with Joyce on Wednesday and gave him his pitch to remain in the foldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce should “reflect on what the National party gave him”, colleague Michael McCormack says, as speculation increases that the maverick New England MP will quit the party on Thursday afternoon to switch to One Nation.Sources in the Nationals and One Nation expect an announcement from Joyce, the former deputy prime minister, after weeks of speculation he was planning to make the move. It has been speculated Joyce could make his announcement before question time in parliament, during a section for short constituency statements. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Shock and dismay after national guard troops shot near White House 27. November 2025 (01:21) Amid a frenetic scene, some residents said Trump’s militarization of the capital had much to answer forThe scene around Washington’s Farragut Square on Wednesday afternoon seem to fit Donald Trump’s most lurid stereotypes of a crime-ridden capital in need of federal troops to bring a firm smack of law and order.An area normally the preserve of professional office workers, coffee shops and lunch venues instead bore the hallmarks of a major crime scene as news spread that two national guard troops had been shot. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds 27. November 2025 (01:01) The Footnote x Counterpoints prize is intended to uncover new literary voices whose work reflects the experiences of migrationFootnote Press and Counterpoints Arts have announced a new fiction award celebrating writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds, offering a £15,000 prize and a publishing deal for the winner.The Footnote x Counterpoints prize for fiction, launching on Thursday, marks the second time the two organisations have collaborated on a prize. In 2023, writers were invited to submit narrative nonfiction, but now the prize will focus on fiction for the first time. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK net migration predicted to drop to pre-Brexit levels, figures show 27. November 2025 (01:01) The British Future thinktank’s data predicts net migration to the UK will fall to about 300,000, less than a third of 2023’s figuresNet migration figures due on Thursday are predicted to drop to pre-Brexit levels of about 300,000, according to a thinktank.British Future, which calculated the drop in overall migration, also found that most Britons remain unaware of the falling numbers, and expect the figures to rise or stay the same. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Judges allow North Carolina to use Republican-drawn congressional map 27. November 2025 (00:27) New map takes aim at state’s only swing sweat and gives Republicans chance to flip seat as part of Trump campaignA federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans as part of Donald Trump’s multi-state redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 elections.The new map takes aim at North Carolina’s only swing seat, currently held by Democrat Don Davis, an African American who represents more than 20 counties in the state’s north-east. The first district has been represented by Black members of Congress continuously for more than 30 years. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Severe asthma can be controlled by a monthly injection, trial finds 27. November 2025 (00:00) Tezepelumab treatment may mean asthmatics for whom inhalers are ineffective can reduce or stop taking steroidsA monthly injection could allow people with severe asthma to stop taking daily steroid tablets, a clinical trial has found.More than 260 million people are thought to have asthma worldwide. While most can control their asthma with inhalers to treat immediate symptoms and preventive ones to reduce inflammation, those with the most severe asthma often take daily doses of oral corticosteroids as well. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labor strikes deal with Greens to pass long-awaited overhaul of nature protection laws 26. November 2025 (23:57) The deal to re-write the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act marks an end to a five-year struggle to fix the broken systemFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor has struck a deal with the Greens to overhaul federal environmental protection laws on parliament’s final sitting day of the year, ending a five-year struggle to deliver on Graeme Samuel’s blueprint to fix the broken system.The Greens have agreed to support Labor’s re-write of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act after securing further concessions from the government amid tense and prolonged negotiations. The deal will sideline Sussan Ley’s Coalition, which refused to yield on their demands for more business-friendly concessions in exchange for supporting the legislation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Hong Kong fire live updates: three reportedly arrested with dozens dead and hundreds missing in apartment complex blaze – latest 26. November 2025 (23:53) At least 44 killed and hundreds missing after huge blaze at the Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po district on Wednesday. Follow the latest updates liveFull report: Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 36 with 279 reported missingBamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of Hong Kong tower block fireThe death toll has risen again to 44, fire officials say.Officials said they are still having difficulties proceeding into the upper floors in some of the buildings in the residential complex as the fire continues. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget 26. November 2025 (21:37) Chancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds Analysis: ‘Tax-raising budget crash-lands on struggling economy’Budget 2025: key points at a glanceBudget 2025: what it means for youRachel Reeves targeted Britain’s wealthiest households with a £26bn tax-raising budget to fund scrapping the two-child benefit policy and cutting energy bills.On a chaotic day that involved key details of her budget accidentally being released early by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the chancellor defended the measures, saying she was “asking everyone to make a contribution to repair the public finances”, but that she wanted the wealthiest to pay the most. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
