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Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government More than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian. The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends , submitted FoI requests to child…

Panel’s final report outlines planning and environmental changes to get plants built faster and cheaper A government taskforce has finalised its plans to speed up and lower the cost of rolling out a new generation of nuclear reactors by streamlining UK regulation. The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by the prime minister, Keir Starmer, in February after the government promised to rip up “…

In-app notifications go out this week to users believed to be aged under 16 ahead of 10 December social media ban Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Snapchat is about to begin alerting some users that their accounts will be deactivated when Australia’s under-16s social media ban takes effect from 10 December. Users t…

Morgan Geyser of Wisconsin cut off her electronic monitoring device and was last seen with an acquaintance A Wisconsin woman who admitted to stabbing a classmate nearly to death in 2014 to please the online horror character Slender Man is missing after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said on Sunday. Madison police issued an alert on Sunday for Morgan…

Mark Kelly, a veteran and Democrat targeted by Trump over military comments, says he is ‘not going to be intimidated’ Senator Mark Kelly on Sunday urged congressional Republicans to publicly reject Trump’s threats against him and five other Democratic lawmakers who stated that military personnel are not obligated to follow illegal commands. “We’ve heard very little, basically crickets, from Repub…

Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spending You be the chancellor: play our budget game Rachel Reeves will launch a fresh crackdown on benefit fraud at the same time as lifting the two-child limit for universal credit at a cost of £3bn, as ministers seek to head off criticism over rising welfare spending in the budget. The chancell…

Former prime minister says he wants to join ranks of those pressing for more checks on men who may have disease David Cameron has revealed he was treated for prostate cancer as he called for a targeted screening programme. The former prime minister told the Times: “I want to, as it were, come out. I want to add my name to the long list of people calling for a targeted screening programme. Continu…

21-year-old beats grand champion Hoshoryu Wrestler uses ring name Aonishiki Arata Danylo Yavhusishyn has become the first Ukrainian to win a sumo tournament in Japan. The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, won the Kyushu tournament after a tie-breaking victory over grand champion Hoshoryu from Mongolia. Continue reading...

Tributes paid to ‘culinary visionary’ who was early celebrity proponent of using local and seasonal ingredients Tributes have been paid to the pioneering chef and restaurant proprietor Skye Gyngell, who has died aged 62. The Australian was an early celebrity proponent of using local and seasonal ingredients and built a garden restaurant from scratch, the Petersham Nurseries Cafe in Richmond, sout…

Government hopes concessions will entice enough senators to pass the long-awaited laws. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast “Abandoning net zero is economic insanity” Chalmers claims The Coalition’s plans to dump net zero would “decimate investor confidence” in Australia for clean energy projects, treasurer Jim Chalmers claims, warning about risks…

Experts warn US deal on ‘lethal’ aircraft presents issues for Australia that ‘we’ve tried desperately to ignore with the Israelis’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to sell F-35 joint strike fighter jets to Saudi Arabia will rely on critical Australian components, prompting experts…

New York mayor-elect reaffirms past criticisms of president after agreeing to work with him on cost-of-living concerns Zohran Mamdani has reiterated his view that Donald Trump is a “fascist” and a “despot” just days after the pair had a surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House. Speaking to NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, the New York City mayor-elect was asked if he still considered Trump …

Christian Jimenez, Oregon high school senior, faces possible obstruction charges after traffic stop by immigration agents Immigration officers detained a student at a high school in Oregon during his lunch break on Friday, according to the student’s family. Seventeen-year-old Christian Jimenez, a US citizen and senior at McMinnville high school, was driving his father’s vehicle around 12.30pm dur…

Re:State thinktank says role hospitals play needs ‘fundamental reinvention’ to deliver better care for patients Hospitals need to become smaller, with fewer beds, to help save the NHS from its “permacrisis”, a thinktank has said. The role hospitals play needs to undergo “a fundamental reinvention” to help them escape the overcrowding that has become widespread over the last decade, according to t…

Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature Many of the most influential personalities in the “Make America great again” (Maga) movement on X are based outside of the US, including Russia, Nigeria and India, a new transparency feature on the social media site has revealed. The new tool, called “about this account,” became available on…