Children and women included in Reform plan to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers 12. October 2026 (16:24) Farage’s party says it would ‘embed’ immigration enforcement in UK and use ‘aerial imaging’ to identify peopleUK politics live – latest updatesChildren and mothers would not be exempt from plans by Reform UK to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers and impose a five-year ban on people being granted asylum.The party’s most hardline immigration policies to date were condemned by refugee charities and others as “unworkable” and an abandonment of Britain’s tradition of helping victims of war after they were announced by Nigel Farage on Monday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Student lay in wait for housemate before stabbing him 30 times, Bristol court hears 12. October 2026 (16:04) Zack Coughlan is accused of murdering Jamie Collins, who he studied with at the University of the West of EnglandA university student lay in wait for his housemate to return home before stabbing him 30 times, a murder trial has been told.Zack Coughlan, 23, dressed in black and wore a mask and gloves to ambush Jamie Collins, 21, in the garden of their home near the University of West England in Bristol, where both were studying robotics. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap 12. October 2026 (16:01) Uneven caring responsibilities combined with a lack of flexible work options have prevented women from staying in senior positions, research suggestsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore part-time bosses and “co-CEOs” could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s gender pay gap, the federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency says.WGEA warned resistance to gender equality was growing and urged employers to make management more flexible to reduce the gender pay gap, where women earn $0.79 for every $1 a man makes on average. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Rescued turtles return home after NSW government cut flows to wetland 12. October 2026 (16:00) Environmental water to the area was halted after a complaint from a private landholder, leading to the deaths of wildlife and sheepGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFreshwater turtles rescued from a dried-up water hole in western New South Wales after the state government cut environmental water to the area are being returned home.Late last month, 10 broad-shelled turtles and three Murray River turtles were released back into the Gingham water hole in the state’s Gwydir region. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Julie Inman Grant may be able to limit Australians seeing a livestreamed US execution – but it could start a diplomatic incident 12. October 2026 (16:00) A history of tech giant legal challenges and US political criticism shows there’s no easy solution for the eSafety commissionerGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s online safety regulator has a few levers to limit the public seeing the US’s planned livestream of an execution, but history suggests it will lead to a very public fight.The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, announced last week the planned execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan would be livestreamed when the military execution is carried out in early December. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australian democracy campaigner detained in Vietnam on alleged terrorism offences uncontactable, wife says 12. October 2026 (16:00) Tran Hiep spent his 51st birthday alone in a notorious detention centre in Ho Chi Minh City after his sudden arrest last monthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTran Hiep spent his 51st birthday alone in a notorious detention centre in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City after his sudden arrest last month.The Melbourne-based Vietnamese-Australian democracy campaigner hasn’t been heard from since mid-September when Vietnamese authorities detained him for alleged terrorism and forging identity documents. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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