Category: Politics

Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases. Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without…

Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control A federal judge in Oregon on Friday blocked Donald Trump from deploying national guard troops to Portland, ruling there was no evidence of widespread violence to justify federal intervention. The US district court judge, Karin Immergut, a…

Sean Duffy says number of cancelled flights at designated airports could rise to 15 or 20%, saying air traffic controllers may not report to work Andrew Roth in Washington and Flora Garamvolgyi in Budapest Viktor Orbán will visit the White House today as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump…

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, who was accidentally released on 29 October, arrested in north London on Friday A convicted sex offender who was released from prison by mistake a week ago is back in custody. Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, from Algeria, was accidentally freed on 29 October from Wandsworth prison in south London. He was arrested in Finsbury…

Teenage boy among those arrested outside ground MP Ayoub Khan speaks at pro-Palestine demonstration Eleven people were arrested during protests outside Villa Park on Thursday after Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned on safety grounds from attending the Europa League match, sparking intense controversy. A large Pro-Palestine demonstration took place in the shadow of Aston…

The A350-1000ULR is on the assembly line in France with the fuselage sections, wings and landing gear attached Qantas has released the “first images” of its specially configured plane that will fly Australians non-stop from Sydney to London and New York from 2027. The A350-1000ULR is on the Airbus assembly line in Toulouse, France, with…

Former party leader says his latest successor has not shown strong enough character. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast As many as 9,500 extra Australian students will be able to enrol at university in 2026, after a decision by the Australian Tertiary Education Commission allocating extra…

Embattled Reform UK leader of Kent county council offers single word reply of ‘yes’ when asked if behaviour in line with Nolan principles David Lammy, the deputy PM and justice secretary, has welcomed the fact that Billy Smith is back in custody, but described the spike in release mistakes as “unacceptable”. According to PA Media,…

AI-inspired word joins ‘biohacking’, ‘Henry’ and ‘broligarchy’ on tech-heavy 2025 list “Vibe coding”, an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using artificial intelligence, has been named Collins dictionary’s word of the year for 2025. Lexicographers at Collins monitor the 24bn-word Collins Corpus, which draws from a range of media sources, including…

Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Jane Hume plays down divisions in the Liberal party The Liberal party is in damage control, trying to hold itself together as it forms a position on energy and net zero. The Nationals have a position and the Liberal party…