Spot the difference: parents warned that fake Labubu dolls could contain lead and pose choking risk 06. November 2025 (00:47) Australian consumer watchdog’s safety warning says counterfeit dolls – called Lafufus – can have wrong number of teeth and ears that are too wideFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDoes your Labubu have exactly nine teeth? Are its ears narrow? Or do its body parts – eyes, feet and hands – detach from its grimacing face?The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a warning to fans of the it-dolls, stating that a burgeoning market of counterfeit Labubus could pose safety risks to young children.Counterfeit items could have small detachable parts like eyes, feet or hands.Lafufu’s could have poor stitching or use cheap fabrics.Authentic Labubus have exactly nine teeth. Fake items could have ears that are too wide.Counterfeits are often sold at much lower prices. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Microsoft to refund millions of customers over 365 subscription price increase for Copilot AI add-on 06. November 2025 (00:36) Almost 3 million Australians will be eligible for a refund of the difference between the AI-powered Copilot and ‘classic’ versions of the 365 softwareFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlmost three million Australians will be offered refunds after Microsoft apologised for the way it charged customers to access its artificial intelligence tools.Microsoft Australia emailed the offer to software subscribers on Thursday and admits the pricing structure and plans lacked clarity and fell short of its standards. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US to cut airline traffic by 10% due to shutdown, Trump transport chief says 05. November 2025 (23:35) Sean Duffy says cuts at 40 locations to reduce stress on air traffic controllers and will start Friday if solution not foundThe transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, and the FAA administrator, Bryan Bedford, said on Wednesday the federal government would be reducing airline traffic by 10% at 40 locations beginning on Friday if the government shutdown does not end by then.Duffy’s announcement did not specify which 40 airports would see the reduction in airport traffic. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Where the vote for Mamdani was strongest in New York City 05. November 2025 (23:35) Mamdani performed well citywide, drawing support from a wide range of racial, ethnic, and economic groupsZohran Mamdani won the New York mayoral race on Tuesday following a historic campaign, building upon the broad coalition that had propelled him to victory in the democratic primary earlier this year.The 34-year-old democratic socialist ran New York’s most ambitious mayoral campaign in years, attracting hundreds of thousands of supporters with bold promises to make the largest US city affordable. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Director of Kim Kardashian show All’s Fair responds to scathing reviews: ‘Hopefully opinions will change’ 05. November 2025 (22:58) Anthony Hemingway, who is both director and executive producer on the legal drama, has defended the show which has been the subject of a critical pile-onThe Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all areOne of the directors of the critically maligned legal drama All’s Fair has responded to negative reviews, saying that “not everything is for everybody”.Anthony Hemingway, who has directed four episodes of the show and is an executive producer on it, was asked about his thoughts on the overwhelmingly bad reviews in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
The Sun publisher agrees to pay Christopher Jefferies ‘substantial damages’ 05. November 2025 (21:47) Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers apologises for invading privacy of man wrongly arrested for high-profile murderRupert Murdoch’s news publisher in the UK agreed to pay “substantial damages” to a man wrongly arrested for a high-profile murder, after apologising for the invasion of his privacy.Christopher Jefferies, a retired schoolteacher and landlord from Bristol, was wrongfully arrested in 2010 for the murder of Joanna Yeates, a landscape architect. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘We’re leading the way’: Starmer defends plans for green economy before Cop30 05. November 2025 (21:00) PM defies critics calling for a slowdown as he flies to Brazil, where he may have frosty reception after opting out of tropical forest fundUK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forestsThe UK will lead on tackling the climate crisis, the prime minister vowed on Wednesday, despite critics calling for a slowdown, because shifting to a low-carbon economy will cut bills, boost economic growth and bring national renewal.But his words risked being overshadowed by a bitter row over funding for tropical forest preservation at the UN Cop30 climate conference. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia politics live: union warns banks to respect WFH requests; NSW Nationals expected to scrap net zero pledge 05. November 2025 (20:58) Finance sector union writes to banks saying they must comply with the law on flexible working. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a bid to head off a potential rebellion among his members, NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders said this week he wouldn’t be “taking anything off the table” when it comes to the state’s energy policy.One option is to change the commitment to something more vauge , like achieving the target sometime in the second half of the century while agressively pursuing nuclear energy, which is not part of the 2020 roadmap. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Disgraced former king of Spain’s memoir details ‘enormous respect’ for Franco 05. November 2025 (20:46) Memoir chronicles Juan Carlos’s anointment as heir to dictator and death of younger brother when playing with pistolsA memoir by Spain’s disgraced former king chronicles his anointment as heir to the dictator Francisco Franco, his role in saving democracy from a coup attempt in 1981, and his grief at the death of his younger brother when the two were “playing” with a pistol as teenagers.The book, published 11 years after Juan Carlos’s abdication and exile, is titled Reconciliation but appears to do anything but, instead detailing how he feels abandoned and misunderstood by his son and heir, King Felipe VI, and by other close family members. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Latest mistaken releases expose deep cracks in England’s prison system 05. November 2025 (20:46) Breakdowns in communications and staffing and security issues show how years of neglect have pushed jails to breaking pointMet hunting two more criminals mistakenly freed from prisonThe mistaken release of a second foreign prisoner has forced ministers to re-evaluate their security and release procedures and will once again shine a spotlight on the well-documented problems at HMP Wandsworth.Much of the concern centres on poor technology and poor communication between prisons, the Ministry of Justice and the courts – the three bodies responsible for overseeing the movement of England and Wales’s 87,000 inmates. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
