‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule 23. November 2025 (18:14) Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way outThe “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal agencies and firing thousands of federal workers.“That doesn’t exist,” office of personnel management (OPM) director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about Doge’s status, adding that it was no longer a “centralized entity”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity is fuelling prejudice, say campaigners 23. November 2025 (18:00) Fifty groups write letter calling for policy in high-profile cases in England and Wales to be scrappedThe police’s decision to reveal the ethnicity and nationality of suspects in high-profile crimes has had a “devastating effect” and is helping to spread prejudice, racial justice campaigners say.The warning comes from the Runnymede Trust and 50 other groups demanding that the policy in England and Wales is scrapped, in a letter sent to the home secretary and police chiefs on Friday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Minister indicates sympathy for artists in debate over AI and copyright 23. November 2025 (17:00) People rightly want to get get paid for their work, says Liz Kendall, in apparent change of tack to predecessor The technology secretary, Liz Kendall, has indicated she is sympathetic to artists’ demands not to have their copyrighted works scraped by AI companies without payment and said she wanted to “reset” the debate.In remarks that suggest a change in approach from her predecessor, Peter Kyle, who had hoped to require artists to actively opt out of having their work ingested by generative AI systems, she said “people rightly want to get paid for the work that they do” and “we have to find a way that both sectors can grow and thrive in future”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘I used to call him on Father’s Day’: Oakland shattered by football coach’s killing 23. November 2025 (17:00) In a city where football is more than a sport, the gun death of John Beam has provoked an outpouring of emotionFootball in Oakland, California, is more than a sport. It’s a community. In many schools, coaches are like parental figures who get young people through vulnerable times, into universities and sometimes even drafted to the National Football League.So when gun violence came for longtime Oakland football coach John Beam, whose mentorship had changed the lives of generations of students, the devastation reverberated around the city. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Unions urge Rachel Reeves to deliver ‘living standards budget’ 23. November 2025 (16:45) TUC calls on chancellor to focus on child poverty and upping minimum wageUnions have urged the chancellor to keep focused on raising living standards, targeting child poverty and upping the national minimum wage, in the face of renewed calls from business to change course on employment rights.The TUC said that Rachel Reeves must deliver “a living standards budget” on Wednesday to ease the pressure on working households whose incomes have remained stagnant in more than a decade. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump says Ukraine has ‘zero gratitude’ for peace plan amid international talks 23. November 2025 (16:18) US president appears to roll back from demand Zelenskyy sign by Thursday amid claims Russia authored the textDonald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukraine had shown no gratitude for US efforts to end the war, as American, Ukrainian and international negotiators met in Switzerland to discuss the “peace plan” that would involve significant concessions to Moscow from Kyiv.Poland’s president, Donald Tusk, asked where Trump’s “peace plan” came from, after an apparent admission by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, that the text was originally drafted by Moscow. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Cyril Ramaphosa closes G20 summit after US boycott and handover row 23. November 2025 (16:08) South African president bangs gavel after rejecting plan from US, which hosts next meeting, for him to hand over to junior officialSouth Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, closed the G20 summit in Johannesburg by banging a gavel, having rejected a US proposal for him to hand over to a relatively junior embassy official for the next summit in Florida in a year’s time.South Africa presented the two-day event as a triumph for multilateralism but it was marred by a boycott by the US, which has repeatedly accused South Africa of discriminating against white-minority Afrikaners, a claim that has been widely discredited. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Israel targets Hezbollah chief of staff in strike on Beirut 23. November 2025 (15:40) At least two people killed and dozens injured in airstrike on southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capitalIsrael targeted the chief of staff of Lebanon’s Iran-aligned group Hezbollah in a strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday.The strike was the first in months on the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs, known for housing Hezbollah officials. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labor pledges to pass long-awaited nature laws this week as Greens demand more concessions 23. November 2025 (15:00) The government has offered to make changes to the bill to both the Greens and the Liberals hoping to reach a deal on legislation that can pass the SenateGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYears of debate about environmental law reform have come down to a tense standoff in the final sitting week of federal parliament for the year, with Labor claiming it can do a deal that will pass the Senate by Thursday.The government is still pushing to pass its major changes, despite not yet having reached an agreement with either the Greens or the Coalition. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labor pledges action as survey reveals how many young NSW men admit to sexually harassing women 23. November 2025 (15:00) Exclusive: ‘Man box’ stereotype of appearing tough and believing in rigid gender roles linked to likelihood of committing acts of abuse, new report findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a quarter of young New South Wales men who participated in a recent survey agreed that “men should use violence to get respect if necessary”, and over one-third admitted to sexually harassing a woman in the past month.The findings came from the NSW Man Box report, commissioned by the Minns government and released on Monday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
