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Members of Congress seek to ‘bring sanity’ to system but decline to give details on plans to reform or abolish agency A group of congressional Democrats on Wednesday pushed for immediate efforts to rein in the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operation and “bring sanity” to an immigration system that Donald Trump said, after his party’s midterm drubbing , had been “too toug…

With year 12 exams under way, VCAA says there is no evidence any have leaked and hacker is attempting to exploit ‘anxious students’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s website has been hacked during the state’s exam period, with the culprit launching a tirade of expletives and claiming without evidence to have accessed s…

Colom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982 Democrat Scott Colom defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in Mississippi elected since reconstruction, in a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states. Colom opened up a narr…

Black women and girls represent an outsized share of LA homicide victims – frustrated with police and legislators’ failures, they’re stepping up and speaking out to stop the violence As a child, Tioni Theus was a ball of energy. After school she liked to play golf and dance. On weekends, she’d go to the movies and the mall with her older cousin. Driving back home at the end of the day to her fami…

Group attending Veterans Day ceremony sharply reminded by sentinel to maintain ‘silence and respect’ at sacred site A US army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier loudly reprimanded the embattled US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and his top staffers on Wednesday, after some in the group were heard laughing and talking near the memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony. According …

Remains believed to have belonged to Africans or Afro-Brazilians repatriated after being flown back by diplomats Two skulls, including that of a man believed to have taken part in Brazil’s greatest slave revolt but whose remains were taken to the United States and used in racist eugenics studies at Harvard University, were repatriated on Wednesday. The remains had been outside Brazil since the 19…

Exclusive: Madeleine Alessandri, chair of the joint intelligence committee, will take on the role of advising No 10 on climate-related national security risks The UK government has appointed the world’s first special representative for climate security, in the strongest sign yet of fears that climate breakdown will bring chaos to the country. Prime minister Andy Burnham will announce the move on …

Police called to Lane Cove North on Wednesday after sofa found containing human torso believed to be that of adult man Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast NSW police have launched a homicide investigation after a human torso was found in bushland on Sydney’s lower north shore. Police said they were called to Lane Cove North about 2.30pm on Wednesday after receiving report…

74-year-old Leonardo Bertulazzi, awaiting extradition to Italy, reportedly used harness to flee custody A 74-year-old former member of Italy ’s radical Marxist group the Red Brigades has escaped from house arrest in Argentina , the country’s security ministry confirmed on Wednesday. Authorities placed Leonardo Bertulazzi under house arrest in Buenos Aires in 2024, prior to his extradition to Ital…

Hilda Heine warns of effects of catastrophic global heating as world leaders meet in Turkey amid calls for urgent action on fossil fuels Cop31 live – latest updates Failure to provide an overwhelming response to the climate crisis means “the world we know is over”, the president of the embattled Marshall Islands has warned, as dozens of leaders gathered in Turkey for the Cop31 climate summit. Hil…

Regime adviser says Tehran could be forced into pre-emptive strikes if stalemate continues Senior Iranian officials believe the US is planning either further military strikes or an ever-tightening economic stranglehold that will push Tehran into retaliatory action. The assessment comes from Mehdi Mohammadi, an adviser to Iran’s chief negotiator in talks with the US, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Cont…

Retailer’s management to seek two-week extension of legal protection from creditors in high court MPs have accused the owner of Poundland of extracting millions of pounds from the retailer when it was on a “knife-edge” as the budget retailer seeks extra time to secure a rescue deal. The management of Poundland, which employs 12,000 people and operates 600 stores in the UK and Ireland, will seek a…

Paralympian Richard Whitehead ‘gobsmacked’ at Tory leader’s speech over proposed £36bn welfare cuts The double amputee marathon runner Richard Whitehead has criticised Kemi Badenoch for “weaponising his sporting success” to justify her proposed £36bn welfare cuts. In a speech this week, the Conservative party leader used the example of “ double amputees running marathons ” to explain the reasonin…

L/Cpl Nicholas Horne, from the 4th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, charged with one count of rape on 23 October A British soldier has been charged with the alleged rape of a UK army servicewoman in Cyprus. L/Cpl Nicholas Horne, who serves in the 4th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland , also known as The Highlanders, was charged with one count of rape on 23 October, the Defen…

PM wrote to transport commissioner to oppose ‘monster’ warehouse in Astley shortly before he entered No 10 Andy Burnham raised safety concerns about dozens of lorries leaving a “monster” warehouse near a primary school because there was “no safe crossing” for children, a public inquiry has heard. Concerns about the 18-metre-high “megashed” in the village of Astley , Greater Manchester, are being …