Traditional owners file native title claim over Melbourne and surrounding areas 09. November 2025 (19:00) Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung elder says the claim would allow First Nations people to work with government to ‘look after that country’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTraditional owners have filed a native title claim over Melbourne and surrounding regions.The claim by the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people covers thousands of square kilometres, from the mouth of the Werribee River north to its headwater in the Great Dividing Range, east to Mount Baw Baw, south through Bunyip and west to Mordialloc Creek. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump weighs giving Americans $2,000 from tariff revenues in bid for support 09. November 2025 (17:58) Congressional approval would likely be required for plan to take effect, an idea Trump has floated beforeDonald Trump on Sunday mused about giving most Americans $2,000 funded by tariff revenues collected by the president’s administration – an evident bid to rally public support on the issue.“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps 09. November 2025 (17:53) Switch comes amid first festive season since Daniel Křetínský’s takeover of parent company IDSRoyal Mail says that it has “delivered Christmas” for more than 500 years, but this year many workers have been left feeling less than festive after the company downgraded a small gift to workers to second class.The postal service, which traces its history back to the appointment of a “master of the posts” by Henry VIII in 1516, has given workers a collection of 50 Christmas stamps to recognise their work over the busiest time of year. In previous years, including in 2024, workers have received a book of 50 or 100 first-class stamps, but that has quietly been switched to second class this year. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US flight cancellations rise as Sean Duffy warns travel could reduce to a ‘trickle’ 09. November 2025 (17:34) Over 2,500 flights cancelled as transportation secretary says flight reductions could reach 20% if shutdown persistsFlight cancellations and delays are set to grow as airline passengers across the United States spent the weekend grappling with those issues at major airports nationwide after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandated a 4% reduction in air traffic in response to the ongoing federal government shutdown.If the shutdown continues, the FAA has instructed airlines to cut 6% of flights on Tuesday – and to do the same to 10% by 14 November. The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, has warned that flight reductions could reach 20% if the shutdown persists, and on Sunday he predicted a “substantial” number of people in the US would be unable to celebrate the upcoming holidays with their families if the shutdown wasn’t resolved.The Associated Press and Reuters contributed reporting Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say 09. November 2025 (17:31) Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activistsA Russian opposition activist arrested in Poland and due to go on trial next month has admitted he worked as an undercover agent for Russia’s FSB security service and informed on other opposition figures, court documents claim.Igor Rogov, 30, has been associated with various opposition movements in the Russian city of Saransk, including Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation and Open Russia, linked to the exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bad Bridgets podcast about crime among Irish women in US inspires film 09. November 2025 (16:00) Margot Robbie’s company to make movie based on Northern Ireland academics’ stories of poverty and prisonIt started as a trawl of dusty archives for an academic project about female Irish emigrants in Canada and the US by two history professors, a worthy but perhaps niche topic for research.The subjects, after all, were human flotsam from Ireland’s diaspora whose existence was often barely recorded, let alone remembered. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bar Council calls for legal aid for all family court cases involving domestic abuse 09. November 2025 (16:00) Only 15% of families are eligible for legal aid which has led to huge swathes of UK becoming ‘legal advice deserts’, body saysThe Bar Council has called for all family court cases involving domestic abuse to be brought within the scope of legal aid for both parties, and for means testing to be scrapped for alleged victims and survivors of domestic abuse.In a new policy paper, the body, which represents all 18,000 barristers in England and Wales, has set out a package of recommendations to improve the ability of the family justice system. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Review to look at role of mental health issues in UK youth unemployment 09. November 2025 (15:37) Former health secretary Alan Milburn’s review is exploring reasons for rising inactivity among young peopleFeature: how Dudley became centre of youth jobs crisisThe role of mental health issues and disability in youth unemployment will be examined by the former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn as part of a review looking into rising inactivity among Britain’s young people.Nearly a million people aged 16 to 24 are not in education, employment or training, often described with the acronym Neets. Milburn will look at ways to avoid people becoming trapped as Neets and the findings will be published in the summer. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
North Carolina police officer fatally shot in hospital emergency room incident 09. November 2025 (15:31) Campus police officer Roger Smith was killed during a struggle and a ‘person of interest’ is in custody, police sayA police officer was shot and killed during a struggle in the emergency department lobby at a North Carolina hospital Saturday.The shooting happened around 9am at the WakeMed Garner Healthplex, killing WakeMed campus police officer Roger Smith, according to a WakeMed statement. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Why is the BBC expected to apologise over a Donald Trump speech edit? 09. November 2025 (15:07) Boris Johnson and White House criticise the corporation, but some journalists say criticism is part of campaign to destroy the BBCThe BBC is expected to apologise on Monday for the way in which a speech by the US president, Donald Trump, was edited in an episode of Panorama. The show is one of a number of examples highlighted by Michael Prescott, a former external adviser to the BBC’s editorial standards committee, who detailed his concerns about the broadcaster’s impartiality in a memo published by the Telegraph. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
