NSW MP rebuffed by security after asking to relocate planned neo-Nazi protest away from parliament 10. November 2025 (07:48) Greg Piper says one of his staffers told him about the protest and his request to move it away from the building could not be facilitated Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales speaker says he asked parliamentary security to relocate Saturday’s neo-Nazi rally but was told his request to move it from the front of the building was not possible.Greg Piper, the house speaker in NSW’s Legislative Assembly, told Guardian Australia a member of his staff advised him about the planned rally late on Friday afternoon. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price backs out as headlining speaker at anti-immigration rally due to feature Tommy Robinson 10. November 2025 (07:42) Exclusive: Rallies, organised by anti-lockdown protester Monica Smit and others, are set to go ahead in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane at the end of NovemberGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiberal Jacinta Nampijinpa Price backed out as the headlining speaker at an upcoming anti-immigration protest spanning several of Australia’s cities that was inspired by rightwing protests in the UK in September.The Northern Territory senator announced shortly before midday on Friday she was “honoured” to join the rally against “mass immigration” and net zero. Less than 24 hours later, and after Guardian Australia contacted Nampijinpa Price’s office with questions, her announcement was wiped from social media. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Documentary explores whether JMW Turner may have been neurodivergent 10. November 2025 (07:00) Programme uses artist’s sketches, drawings and watercolours to build unprecedented psychological portraitHe is widely regarded as England’s greatest painter, but despite his extraordinary output, elements of JMW Turner’s personality have remained a mystery.Now, a groundbreaking BBC documentary delves into Turner’s 37,000 sketches, drawings and watercolours to build an unprecedented psychological portrait, one that raises the possibility that Turner’s singular vision was shaped by childhood trauma and neurodivergence. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Syrian president to hold talks with Trump at White House 10. November 2025 (06:00) Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected to push for full lifting of remaining sanctions imposed during 13-year civil warSyria’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, will on Monday hold talks with Donald Trump at the White House, the first such official visit by a Syrian leader since national independence in 1946. He is expected to push for a full lifting of the remaining sanctions on his war-ravaged country.Sharaa, whose Islamist rebel forces toppled the longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, has courted the US president to try to reverse the economic restrictions imposed during the 13-year civil war, arguing they are no longer justified. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK 10. November 2025 (06:00) Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing‘Similar pressure to London’: the housing crisis reaches NewcastleThe homelessness charity Crisis is going to become a landlord for the first time in its 60-year history, saying the housing crisis in the UK has reached a “catastrophic scenario”.Matt Downie, the charity’s chief executive, said it was preparing to launch a fundraising appeal to buy its own housing stock as it can longer get access to social housing to help homeless people. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero 10. November 2025 (05:37) Suharto presided over a period marked by rampant corruption, nepotism, censorship and allegations of mass human rights abusesIndonesia has awarded former authoritarian leader Suharto the title of national hero, in a move that has sparked accusations of historical revisionism in the world’s third-largest democracy.The award has deepened fears about attempts to whitewash Suharto’s rise and decades-long rule, a period marked by rampant corruption, censorship and accusations of mass human rights violations. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Female NSW MPs Allegra Spender and Kellie Sloane report death and rape threats after condemning neo-Nazi rally in Sydney 10. November 2025 (03:17) Allegra Spender and Kellie Sloane report threats to police, as premier says government is investigating whether ban on Nazi symbols should be expanded Two female MPs have reported threats they received following their condemnation of Saturday’s neo-Nazi rally outside New South Wales parliament to the police, as the premier rejected any suggestion there was a “double standard” in how the far right is dealt with compared with pro-Palestine activism.The alleged threats against federal MP Allegra Spender and state MP Kellie Sloane, which included death threats and calls to “rhetorically rape” the federal MP, came after both took to social media to condemn Saturday’s rally, in which about 60 men clad in black called for the abolition of the “Jewish lobby”, with speakers repeating antisemitic tropes. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked 10. November 2025 (01:59) Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heistWhen 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realised an Associated Press photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself.Quite the opposite. A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, 30km (19 miles) from Paris, Pedro decided to let the mystery linger. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US Senate takes steps toward vote to end historic federal shutdown 10. November 2025 (01:36) Senators plan to vote on advancing House-passed stopgap funding bill, suggesting end to 40-day shutdown in reachThe US Senate on Sunday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government, suggesting that an end to the historic shutdown, now in its 40th day, is within reach.Senators plan to vote on advancing a House-passed stopgap funding bill as early as Sunday night, with the understanding that it would be amended to combine a short-term funding measure with a package of three full-year appropriations bills, the Senate’s Republican majority leader, John Thune, said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds 10. November 2025 (01:01) Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkillerA wide-ranging review into paracetamol use by pregnant women has found no convincing link between the common painkiller and the chances of children being diagnosed with autism and ADHD.Publication of the work was fast-tracked to provide prospective mothers and their doctors with reliable information after the Trump administration urged pregnant women to avoid paracetamol – also known as acetaminophen or Tylenol – claiming it was contributing to rising rates of autism. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
