Australia news live: ‘full steam ahead’ for Aukus deal as Wong and Marles meet Rubio and Hegseth in Washington pred 2 urama in 16 minutami Hegseth welcomed Australia’s upcoming delivery of $1bn to expand US submarine capacity. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese admits the under-16s ban on social media - coming into effect tomorrow - “will require some adjustment”, but told school students in a video address that he believes it’s the right thing to do.The restrictions - which will require TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook and others to remove children from their services - begin on 10 December. Albanese has written to all state and territory premiers and chief ministers today, thanking them for their support for the change. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ex-Trump lawyer Alina Habba quits as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey pred 2 urama in 22 minutami Resignation comes despite administration’s efforts to keep her in place after courts found she was serving unlawfullyUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, she announced on social media.Habba’s resignation came after district and appellate court rulings which found she was unlawfully serving in the role, a powerful post charged with enforcing federal criminal and civil law. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Paramount launches $108.4bn hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery pred 2 urama in 58 minutami Paramount’s bid for the entire company counters $82.7bn Netflix deal for WBD’s studio and streaming operationDavid Ellison’s Paramount Skydance is not giving up in its aggressive campaign to acquire Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), launching a hostile bid for the entertainment company despite the announcement on Friday that Netflix had agreed to buy its studio and streaming operation.Netflix’s bid for WBD’s storied Hollywood movie studio, as well as its premier HBO cable network, valued the company at $82.7bn. But it did not agree to acquire WBD’s traditional television assets, including the news network CNN and the Discovery channel. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Family of student deported to Honduras say they were targeted by ICE agents pred 3 urami in 28 minutami Father of student detained at Boston airport on her way to visit family in Austin, says agents showed up at Texas homeImmigration agents appeared on Sunday at the Texas home of the family of Any Lucia López Belloza, the 19-year-old college student who was recently deported to Honduras while on her way to visit them for Thanksgiving, her family reportedly said.López Belloza, who attended Babson College in Massachusetts, was detained on 20 November at Boston airport while she was on her way to surprise her family in Austin, Texas, for the holiday. Within 48 hours she was deported to Honduras, a country she left at age seven when her family came to the US. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brighton accused of ‘dangerous precedent’ after ban on Guardian over Tony Bloom coverage pred 3 urami in 40 minutami MPs, media and supporter groups accuse club of attacking press freedom with bar after reporting on ownerBrighton & Hove Albion has been accused of setting a “dangerous precedent”, as it faced criticism for banning Guardian reporters and photographers from home matches after reports on allegations concerning the club’s owner.MPs, media and football supporter groups accused the Premier League club of attacking press freedom after its decision to bar the Guardian from the Amex Stadium, after coverage of allegations relating to Tony Bloom. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK will go further to stop ‘abusive’ Slapps lawsuits, Lammy says pred 3 urami in 40 minutami Justice secretary says government wants to protect journalists and activists who ‘shine a light on corruption’David Lammy has said the UK will go further to tackle abusive and spurious lawsuits aimed at silencing whistleblowers and journalists, raising the prospect of further legislation next year.The deputy prime minister told campaigners and officials at the launch of the government’s anti-corruption strategy that he was determined to crack down on the practice known as Slapps – strategic lawsuits against public participation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House portrayal of her after ICE arrest pred 3 urami in 41 minutami Bruna Ferreira, who was released from ICE custody Monday on bond, denies claims that she’s an absentee parentThe Brazilian-born mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew – who was recently detained by US immigration authorities – has rejected the Trump administration’s characterizations of her as an absentee parent.Bruna Ferreira, who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in November during a traffic stop in Massachusetts and was being held at a Louisiana detention center, said in an interview with the Washington Post that the White House’s statements that she had never lived with her son or spoken with Leavitt “in many years” were incorrect. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘It’s Scotland’s energy’: SNP to focus on renewables in Holyrood election pred 4 urami in 4 minutami Leader John Swinney says independence could cut household energy bills by a third in the long termThe future of Scottish renewables will underpin the Scottish National party’s Holyrood election campaign, the party leader, John Swinney, has said, as he claimed independence could cut household energy bills by a third in the long term.At what was billed as the first campaign event before next May’s elections to the Scottish parliament, Swinney declared: “It’s Scotland’s energy” – mirroring the famous 1970s slogan “It’s Scotland’s oil”, which bolstered the SNP’s first Westminster breakthrough. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Far-right National Rally ‘not a danger’ to France, Sarkozy claims pred 4 urami in 10 minutami Nicolas Sarkozy’s new book, The Diary of a Prisoner, is being released this week – and also details the time he spent in jailThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party is “not a danger” to France, and he would not support a united front of parties against Le Pen at the next election.In his new book, written at a “small plywood table” in prison where he recently served 20 days of a sentence for criminal conspiracy, Sarkozy said many of his former supporters were now potential Le Pen voters, and he appeared to include the RN in his vision of a broad French right. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic pred 4 urami in 26 minutami Actor, who starred in The Passion of the Christ, will play the disgraced ex-Brazilian president in film written by his one-time secretary of cultureJair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president now in prison for plotting a coup, is getting the biopic treatment.Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, is reportedly filming a “heroic” portrait of the rightwing ex-politician in secret. Dark Horse, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and written by Mário Frias, who served as secretary of culture under Bolsonaro, started shooting three months ago in Brazil, where Bolsonaro served as president from 2019 until 2023. He was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison in September 2025 for leading a criminal conspiracy to stop his leftwing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, taking power, though his supporters deny the allegations and have compared the prosecution to the “lawfare” allegedly faced by Donald Trump before he was re-elected. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
