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Get shucking: South Australians urged to eat oysters and donate shells for reef restoration project2:34 Shrimp soundtrack will be played underwater to lure baby oysters in program aimed at fighting algal blooms Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here South Australians are being urged to feast on local oysters and then donate the shells to restore native reefs, which will filter ocean water and hel… Dutch king says he ‘will not shy away’ from slavery history on rare royal visit to Suriname2:34 The king and queen’s visit to the former colony is the first by members of the Dutch royal family in nearly five decades The Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, vowed on Monday that the topic of slavery would not be off-limits as he visits former colony Suriname, where the practice ended just over 150 years ago. The king arrived in the capital Paramaribo on Sunday with Queen Maxima, a week after the sm… Apple’s AI chief steps down after string of setbacks2:02 John Giannandrea to be replaced by Amar Subramanya as firm lags behind rivals in releasing generative AI features Apple’s head of artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea, is stepping down from the company. The move comes as the Silicon Valley giant has lagged behind its competitors in rolling out generative AI features, in particular its voice assistant Siri. Apple made the announcement on Mond… Instagram’s age-verification identified a moustachioed adult as over 16 – but how did it go with a 13-year-old?1:30 Meta platform allows users under 16 in Australia to change their date of birth – but only after clearing a ‘video selfie’ or providing government ID Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Instagram’s process for determining whether a user is over 16 is relatively quick and painless if you’re clearly an adult – but how do… ‘We have to rebuild from scratch’: Sri Lankans relive the devastation of Cyclone Ditwah1:30 Many uncertain about the future after losing everything in the country’s deadliest natural disaster for years When the rains began, Layani Rasika Niroshani was not worried. The 36-year-old mother of two was used to the heavy monsoon showers that drench Sri Lanka ’s hilly central region of Badulla every year. But as it kept pounding down without stopping, the family started to feel jittery. Some r… People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act1:30 Residents claim raw sewage and poorly treated effluent as result of Thames Water’s failings are threat to health Communities across south-east England are filing the first coordinated legal complaints that sewage pollution by Thames Water negatively affects their lives. Thames Water failed to complete upgrades to 98 treatment plants and pumping stations which have the worst records for sewage pol… Almost 4 million children in UK affected by economic abuse, charity finds1:30 Research shows perpetrators use methods such as stopping mothers accessing bank accounts and child benefits Almost 4 million children in the UK are suffering the impact of economic abuse in their families, with some having pocket or birthday money stolen by the perpetrators, a charity has found. Data from charity Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) showed that over the past year 27% of mothers with ch… Lammy lambasts ‘courts emergency’ as he prepares to face MPs over plans to slash jury trials1:30 Justice secretary expected to announce plans to tackle backlog of cases as he says system has been pushed to brink of collapse A “courts emergency” that will surpass 100,000 outstanding cases without radical reforms is leaving victims waiting years for justice, David Lammy has said as he prepares to face MPs over plans to drop thousands of jury trials. The justice secretary proposed last week to … NSW considering plan to halve power and top speed of ebikes as rider dies in collision with garbage truck0:58 Police plead with parents to buy only safe, unmodified ebikes as Christmas presents Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast NSW is considering a plan to halve the maximum power and top speed of ebikes, after a rider died in a collision with a garbage truck in central Sydney. NSW police also issued a plea for parents who w… Teenage girl killed after minibus crash in North Yorkshire0:26 Police appeal for witnesses after collision near Tadcaster grammar school A teenage girl has been killed after the minibus she was travelling in collided with a car in North Yorkshire. The crash occurred just before 12.30pm when the minibus, carrying the girl and eight other passengers aged 16 to 18, collided with a Hyundai i10 at a junction on Toulston Lane in Tadcaster, close to Tadcaster gramm… US north-east braces for ‘significant’ snowfall after storm hits midwest0:26 Prediction for New England area comes after travelers experienced disruption over Thanksgiving holiday weekend A winter storm is expected to slam much of the north-east United States with rain, ice and heavy snow on Monday night through Tuesday, forecasters have said, with millions of Americans under winter storm advisories. The bulk of the storm is expected to arrive in the region later on Monda… Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches23:54 Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers Children who arrive in the UK on small boats could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new Home Office rules. New measures will allow immigration enforcement officials to seize phones at the border if it is believed they contain useful intellig… Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs decries Netflix series by 50 Cent as ‘shameful hit piece’23:22 Disgraced and incarcerated music mogul claims footage in docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning was stolen Sean “Diddy” Combs has taken issue with a splashy new Netflix docuseries on his life and many legal troubles, that is executive produced by his longtime rival 50 Cent. The former Bad Boy Records executive and hip-hop star, currently serving a four-year sentence for prostitution-related charges… National guard shooting suspect spent ‘weeks on end’ in isolation, emails show22:51 Mental health of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is charged with murder, had reportedly been unravelling for years The suspect in the shooting of two West Virginia national guard soldiers in Washington DC on the eve of Thanksgiving had been struggling with his mental health, sometimes spending “weeks on end” in isolation, as he struggled to assimilate in the years since arriving in the United States, i… Luigi Mangione under ‘constant watch’ in prison to prevent ‘Epstein-style situation’22:51 Corrections officer testifies that Mangione had constant watch to prevent him from dying in custody like Epstein Luigi Mangione was kept under tight supervision in a Pennsylvania state prison last year because officials “did not want an Epstein-style situation”, a corrections officer said during Manhattan state court testimony on Monday. This striking allusion to Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected financier who died in jail awaiting trial on sex-trafficking, came during day one of a potentiall… |
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