US ends deportation protection for South Sudanese nationals 06. November 2025 (12:12) South Sudanese people with temporary protected status now have 60 days to leaveThe US is ending temporary deportation protection for South Sudanese nationals, which for more than a decade allowed people from the east African country to stay in the US after escaping conflict.In a notice published on Wednesday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said conditions in South Sudan no longer met the statutory requirements for temporary protected status. The agency said South Sudanese nationals with status through the programme had 60 days to leave the US or face deportation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex-Nato chief 06. November 2025 (12:00) Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for air shield on Nato territory and deployment of European protection force for UkraineUkraine is facing a “forever war” and a slow erosion of territory unless Europe dramatically increases pressure on Russia, including by deploying troops and establishing a missile and drone shield on Nato territory to protect Ukraine from Russian attacks on its infrastructure, a former Nato secretary general has said.Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who held the Nato post from 2009 to 2014 and was the prime minister of Denmark from 2001 to 2009, said in an interview with the Guardian that if countries such as Poland agreed to host such air defences, Russia would understand that an attack on then would be an attack on the whole of the Nato alliance. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Workers decry Trump officials as ‘out of control’ as longest shutdown drags on 06. November 2025 (12:00) Key figures accused of harassment, bullying and attacks as US employees work without pay to keep services runningAs the US federal shutdown enters its second month, government workers are accusing the Trump administration of being “out of control” and bullying people who are “simply trying to do their best”.The shutdown surpassed 35 days this week, beating the previous record set under Donald Trump’s first presidential term. About 700,000 federal employees are furloughed without pay, and about 700,000 additional federal workers have been working without pay through the shutdown. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Belgium holds emergency security council meeting to address drone sightings – Europe live 06. November 2025 (11:51) Security services believe state actor, ‘probably Russia’, to be behind drone flights at military bases and airportsA Dutch court threw out a case brought by pro-Palestinian activists seeking to force the Netherlands to halt trade and weapons exports to Israel over the war in Gaza, AFP reported.A group of 10 NGOs had accused the Dutch state of doing too little to prevent what they described as “genocide” in Gaza with a “clearly unlawful” foreign policy towards Israel. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Sainsbury’s urges Rachel Reeves not to fuel inflation with tax rises on retailers 06. November 2025 (11:40) Boss says shoppers delaying spending in run-up to budget, as supermarket pays extra £250m to shareholdersThe boss of Sainsbury’s has urged Rachel Reeves not to fuel inflation with tax rises on retailers and their suppliers and says shoppers are delaying spending in the lead-up to her budget later this month.Simon Roberts, the chief executive of the UK’s second biggest supermarket, which also owns Argos and Habitat, said his customers were “going to be cautious on discretionary spending, not least because of uncertainty out there and [household] budgets are tight”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘New reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study says 06. November 2025 (11:00) Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research saysEvery aspect of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm ever to hit Jamaica, was worsened by the climate crisis, a team of scientists has found.Melissa caused widespread devastation when it crunched into Jamaica as a category five hurricane on October 28, with winds up up to 185mph. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Danes are Europe’s keenest nudists in principle and practice, survey suggests 06. November 2025 (11:00) YouGov study of six countries finds those in Denmark most likely to approve of nudism and have been naked in publicGermans may have a hard-won reputation for being Europe’s most enthusiastic nudists, but a survey suggests Danes are not only more accepting of stripping off in public, but more likely to have actually done so.The YouGov survey of six western European countries – the UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – found that Danes were the most likely to say it was perfectly OK to bare all in public places – and to have followed through. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ugandans view Mamdani’s NYC win as a ‘beacon of hope’ amid democratic struggle 06. November 2025 (11:00) Ugandans react with joy after Kampala-born Mamdani’s victory during a trying time for democracy in east AfricaUgandans reacted with joy and hope to the news that Kampala-born Zohran Mamdani had been elected mayor of New York City, amid a stormy democratic and rights environment in east Africa.Mamdani, who was born in Uganda 34 years ago to a family of Indian origin, on Tuesday defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa to become the city’s first Muslim mayor and the first of south Asian heritage. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
England prison chiefs summoned to urgent meeting with ministers over wrongful releases 06. November 2025 (10:02) Justice minister promises digital overhaul of ‘archaic’ paper system partly blamed for average of 22 people being wrongly freed each monthPrison governors in England have been summoned to an urgent meeting with ministers as the government comes under pressure over the wrongful release of two more prisoners, including a convicted foreign sex offender.Alex Davies-Jones, a justice minister, told broadcasters she was “furious” about the “unacceptable” situation where an average of 22 people are wrongly released from prisons each month in England and Wales. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump’s supreme court strategy is to redefine ‘tariffs’. Will the justices buy it? 06. November 2025 (10:00) The fate of the US president’s signature, globe-rattling economic policy is in the hands of a court he shapedDonald Trump faced arguably the biggest test so far of his contentious use of executive power at the US supreme court on Wednesday. The stakes could not be higher – “literally, LIFE OR DEATH” for the US, at least according to the president.Trump’s signature, globe-rattling economic policy, his sweeping tariffs regime, was in the dock – specifically, the legal mechanism his administration has used to enforce it. And the man dispatched to defend the White House put forward a somewhat puzzling argument. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
