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One Nation leader’s statements about Muslims labelled ‘bigoted and wrong’ by NSW minister for multiculturalism Outspoken Nationals senator Matt Canavan has slammed Pauline Hanson for increasingly inflammatory comments about Australian Muslims, describing the One Nation leader as unfit to lead a political party. Hanson was on Sky News on Monday night, discussing the thwarted attempts by Australian…

Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls Millions of files related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a “global criminal enterprise” that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the United …

Leader says move should end claims of one-man band and shows party is ‘creating a machine for government’ Nigel Farage has unveiled the first part of Reform UK’s frontbench team, saying it shows that the party is no longer reliant entirely on him – while also warning that he will not tolerate any dissent from his colleagues. Two of the four appointees are recent defectors from the Conservatives: …

Lack of regulation leading to procedures being carried out in sheds, hotel rooms and public toilets, committee finds Brazilian butt lifts should be banned in the UK, MPs have said, as a report found a lack of regulation had led to a “wild west” of cosmetic procedures being carried out in garden sheds, hotel rooms and public toilets. The women and equalities committee (WEC) said high risk procedur…

Figures from Aviva also show number of homes being built in risky areas is rising One in nine new homes in England built between 2022 and 2024 were constructed in areas that could now be at risk of flooding, according to new data. The figures show the number of homes being built in risky areas is on the rise – a previous analysis showed that between 2013 and 2022, one in 13 new homes were in pote…

Many products contain substances banned because of serious and sometimes irreversible health risks, says CTSI Illegal skin lightening products are being sold in an increasingly wide range of UK outlets, including butchers, specialist food shops and small grocery stores, trading standards officers have warned. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) is warning that many of the products co…

Local workers can be difficult to attract because of poor pay and conditions, say researchers Keir Starmer’s plan to force employers to be less reliant on overseas staff and instead train UK-based workers may not lower net migration, researchers have found. Skill shortages are just one of the factors contributing to employers’ demand for migrant workers, according to the University of Oxford’s Mi…

Lawyer for defendants accused of terrorism at ICE protest decried by Trump appointee over shirt’s potential for ‘bias’ A federal judge in Texas declared a mistrial on Tuesday after a defense lawyer wore a shirt in court with images from the civil rights movement, delaying a closely watched case in which the Trump administration is accusing a group of protesters of being terrorists and says they a…

Sydney health authorities say 25-year-old accused ‘absconded from care while being transferred from Cumberland to Westmead hospital’ 10 days earlier Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A man has been charged with murder after a stabbing attack in Sydney’s west that killed a man and left two people critically injured. …

The actor was charged with two counts after allegedly punching two men and causing chaos at bars The actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested early on Tuesday for alleged battery in New Orleans after apparently spending the long weekend partying across the city during Mardi Gras. The New Orleans police department confirmed that at approximately 12.45am on Tuesday officers were called to Faubourg Marigny, …

Mehdi Mahmoudian released 17 days after arrest for signing a statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader and regime’s protest crackdown Mehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated cowriter of It Was Just an Accident, has been released from an Iranian prison 17 days after his arrest, according to local media reports. Mahmoudian was arrested in Tehran shortly after signing a statement condemning Iran’s su…

Mahdawi, arrested last year during US citizenship interview, says he is ‘grateful to the court for honoring the rule of law’ An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who was arrested by federal agents last year during a US citizenship interview in Vermont. Lawyers for Mahdawi gav…

Three boats targeted in eastern Pacific and Caribbean as Trump continues pursuit of alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ US military officials have said American forces launched assaults on three alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing 11 in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s months-long campaign against alleged traffickers. The military action on Monday brought the number of fatalities …

Avalanche warning for Sierra Nevadas while southern California experiences heavy rain and flooding California is being blanketed by a winter storm that has brought the coldest air mass in three years to the state – along with heavy snowfall, road closures and power outages. Two Pacific storms are expected to bring more than three feet of snow to the Sierra Nevadas and heavy rainfall to lower elev…

Interim president José Jerí voted out by country’s congress amid scandal concerning secretive meetings Peru’s interim president has been forced out of office in an “express impeachment” after a political scandal over his secretive meetings with Chinese businessmen . Lawmakers voted by 75 votes to 24 to proceed with the impeachment of José Jerí, who had been at the helm for just four months. Conti…