Hadush Kebatu, Epping sex offender, deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms 29. October 2025 (07:22) The Home Office said Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from prison on Friday, was put on a flight to Ethiopia on Tuesday night and arrived on Wednesday Hadush Kebatu has arrived in Ethiopia after being deported from the UK with no right to return, the Home Office has confirmed.The Ethiopian national was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Storm in a teacup or dark clouds: why do people hate the BoM website redesign? 29. October 2025 (06:56) The Bureau of Meteorology is on the back foot after its new website launched to a flurry of online – and political – angerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Bureau of Meteorology has been ordered to make changes to its new website after facing criticism from farmers and politicians over missing or hard-to-find features on the new-look site.Is it a ticking timebomb or all a storm in a teacup? Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Victorian Labor forced to rely on One Nation and others to pass voluntary assisted dying bill after factional split 29. October 2025 (06:34) Exclusive: Reforms expected to pass parliament with support of motley crew of MPs after Labor’s SDA sub-faction attempts to curtail themFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government will be forced to rely on a motley crew of MPs including One Nation and the Liberals to pass its voluntary assisted dying laws after a group of Labor MPs railed against the legislation.The development comes as the lower house on Wednesday continued to debate amendments to the state’s laws that would allow doctors to initiate conversations about voluntary assisted dying and expand the eligibility timeframe for all terminal illnesses to 12 months, with MPs from both Labor and the Coalition granted a conscience vote. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Director of Bataclan terror attack drama rejects accusations of ‘indecency’ 29. October 2025 (06:00) Jean-Xavier de Lestrade defends decision to film mini-series inside Paris theatre where 130 people died in 2016The Oscar-winning director of a TV mini-series about survivors of the 2015 terrorist attack at the Bataclan in Paris has rejected accusations his decision to film inside the theatre was “indecent”.Jean-Xavier de Lestrade said the hostages on whose story the eight-part docudrama was based wanted their terrifying ordeal recreated inside the building and to film it elsewhere would have been “trickery”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Boris Johnson approved China’s London super-embassy proposal in 2018 29. October 2025 (06:00) Exclusive: Former PM gave consent while foreign secretary for Royal Mint Court complex, a project still in limbo seven years laterBoris Johnson approved the China’s super-embassy proposal in 2018 and welcomed the fact it would represent “China’s largest overseas diplomatic investment” anywhere in the world, the Guardian can disclose.In a letter to Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, Johnson gave his consent for Royal Mint Court to house a sprawling diplomatic complex in May 2018. The Chinese government bought the 20,000 sq metres site for £255m that same month. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump and Xi talks could end months of global economic chaos 29. October 2025 (06:00) High on agenda for the leaders of the US and China will be rare earths and tariffs, with a chance of a relationship resetAhead of Thursday’s long-awaited first meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping since the US president’s return to office, officials from both sides have been hammering out the contours of what a trade deal between Washington and Beijing might look like, an agreement that could bring an end to months of global economic chaos caused by the US-China trade war.The two leaders have not met in person since 2019. Since then, the war in Ukraine and increasing concern in Washington about China’s technological advances, as well as longstanding issues about the imbalanced US-China trade relationship, have strained the bonds between the two superpowers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Allegations of violence, abuse and neglect in Victorian childcares jumped in 2024-25 29. October 2025 (05:17) Children’s commission report reveals mandatory reporting in sector up 32% while total across all sectors increased by 18% compared with 2023-2024 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastReports of physical violence and neglect in Victorian childcare centres have surged, with mandatory reports up 32% in the last financial year.The Victorian Commission for Children and Young People’s annual report, tabled in state parliament on Wednesday, reveals that there were 705 notifications of reportable allegations in the childcare sector in the 2024-25 financial year, each of which can include multiple alleged acts, an increase of 32% on the previous year’s 534. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
All operational US liquefied natural gas terminals have violated pollution limits, says report 29. October 2025 (05:05) Analysis of public records comes as Trump administration aims to fast-track approval of new LNG export terminalsEvery fully operational liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the US has violated federal pollution limits in recent years, a new report has found.The analysis of public records comes as the Trump administration is aiming to fast-track the approval of new export terminals in an attempt to sell more domestic LNG to Europe and Asia. Joe Biden had previously placed a pause on LNG exports, which Donald Trump lifted on the first day of his return to office. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Too bad I can’t run, but we’ll see what happens, says Trump on unconstitutional third term 29. October 2025 (04:58) Trump says he has read about constitutional two-term limit preventing him from running for president in 2028 and it was ‘pretty clear’, but that he ‘would love to do it’Donald Trump said “it’s too bad” he is not allowed to run for a third term, conceding the constitutional reality even as he expressed interest in continuing to serve.“If you read it, it’s pretty clear,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One from Japan to South Korea on Wednesday. “I’m not allowed to run. It’s too bad.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Juvenile humpback whale dies off NSW coast while entangled in shark net 29. October 2025 (04:36) It is the first whale to have died out of 15 entangled in shark nets on Australia’s east coast so far this yearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA juvenile humpback whale has been found dead after becoming entangled in a shark net off the New South Wales coast.The 8-metre whale, estimated to be two years old, was found wrapped in netting north of Wollongong on Tuesday, in waters between Coledale and Wombarra. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
