Parents appeal to Home Office after daughter left homeless in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa 07. November 2025 (07:00) Lati-Yana Brown’s parents, who have been saving to pay for UK visa application, say situation is now an emergencyA distraught couple are appealing to the Home Office to expedite a visa decision and speedily grant permission for their eight-year-old daughter to join them in the UK after Hurricane Melissa left her homeless and destitute in Jamaica.Lati-Yana Stephanie Brown is being cared for by her grandmother in Cash Hill, Hanover, a part of the island that was badly damaged by the storm. Her Jamaican mother, Kerrian Bigby, came to the UK to join her British father, Jerome Hardy, in April 2023. The couple married earlier this year. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Orbán to visit White House to try to broker Trump-Putin summit for peace in Ukraine 07. November 2025 (06:05) Hungary’s prime minister also seeking an exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil after Trump’s Kremlin frustrationsViktor Orbán will visit the White House on Friday as Hungary’s far-right prime minister tries to broker another summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Orbán’s advisers claim could help end the war between Russia and Ukraine.Orbán, who has proposed hosting the summit in Budapest, will also seek an exemption from US sanctions against Russian energy in what will be a major test of Trump’s tougher line on the Kremlin after he accused Putin of slow-rolling negotiations to end the conflict. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US strikes another alleged drug boat bringing death toll from campaign in Latin America to 70 07. November 2025 (05:25) US strikes have destroyed at least 18 vessels, but Washington has yet to make public any concrete evidence that its targets posed a threat to AmericaUS forces struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people, defense secretary Pete Hegseth has said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration’s controversial campaign to at least 70.The US began carrying out such strikes – which some experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers – in early September, taking aim at vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Long on talk and short on action’: Papua New Guinea leader criticises Cop climate summits ahead of Brazil meeting 07. November 2025 (04:00) James Marape skipped the meeting last year in protest but will attend Cop30 due to ‘encouraging signs’ on climate financePapua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, has criticised Cop climate summits as “long on talk and short on action” but will attend the upcoming meeting of world leaders in Brazil, after pulling out last year in frustration with big emitters.The leader of the Pacific nation of about 10 million people skipped the meeting in 2024 in “protest at the big nations” for failing to support to the victims of climate change. Marape will take part in the annual UN climate summit, which officially beings in Belém, Brazil on 10 November, due to “encouraging signs” emerging from developed nations on climate finance. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Qantas releases images of ultra long range Airbus that will fly non-stop from Sydney to London and New York 07. November 2025 (03:06) The A350-1000ULR is on the assembly line in France with the fuselage sections, wings and landing gear attachedQantas has released the “first images” of its specially configured plane that will fly Australians non-stop from Sydney to London and New York from 2027.The A350-1000ULR is on the Airbus assembly line in Toulouse, France, with its fuselage sections, wings and landing gear now attached, the airline said on Friday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Death toll from UPS plane crash at Louisville airport rises to 13 07. November 2025 (01:42) Firm released names of the three victims on the plane and investigators confirmed plane’s left wing caught fireThe death toll in the explosion that saw a UPS cargo plane lose an engine and burst into flames, has risen to 13, Craig Greenberg, the Louisville mayor, has confirmed as UPS released the names of the three victims on the plane.“On my way to the Teamsters’ vigil, I learned of a 13th person that died as a result of the UPS flight 2976 plane crash. My heart is with the families, friends and colleagues of all who were lost in this week’s tragedy. We will get through this together,” Greenberg wrote in a social media post. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Senate blocks Democrats’ bid to check Trump power over Venezuela strikes 07. November 2025 (01:10) Resolution fails 49-51 with only two Republican senators voting in favor as president increases military buildupThe US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have forced Donald Trump to seek congressional approval to launch strikes in Venezuela, allowing the president to remain unchecked in his ability to expand his military campaign against the country.The 49-51 vote against passing the resolution, mostly along party lines, came a month after a previous effort to stop strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats in international waters similarly failed, 48-51. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds 07. November 2025 (01:01) The revew, the first to focus on the racism of the institution as a whole, found a culture and leadership determined to prevent real changeThe “racial harm” the Metropolitan police inflicts on black people is “institutionally defended”, with its leadership and culture protecting the force from real change, an internal review has found.The report by Dr Shereen Daniels, published on Friday, draws on internal documents and evidence, with the Met responding by accepting long-standing evidence of racism and discrimination within Britain’s biggest force. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Liberal senator says Sussan Ley is ‘losing support’ and declines to endorse her as leader 07. November 2025 (00:17) Sarah Henderson, who strongly backs ditching net zero, refuses to say whether Andrew Hastie or Angus Taylor would do a better jobFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Liberal backbencher has declined to endorse Sussan Ley as leader, declaring she is “losing support” amid dire opinion polls and bitter infighting about net zero emissions.The conservative Victorian senator Sarah Henderson told Sky News on Friday morning she “can’t support things the way they are at the moment” but was hopeful the opposition could turn the situation around. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US judge orders Trump administration to fully fund Snap benefits in November 06. November 2025 (23:55) Ruling comes in response to a challenge to administration’s offer to only partly fund US food benefits amid shutdownA federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to find the money to fully fund food stamps for 42 million low-income Americans in November by Friday, in a rebuke to the government’s plan to only provide reduced aid during the shutdown.US district judge John J McConnell Jr criticized the administration’s plan to partly fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) benefits in November, saying it had failed to comply with an order he issued on Saturday requiring the government to ensure Americans received full or partial benefits no later than Wednesday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
