Your party to launch legal action against three of its founders, sources say 28. October 2025 (21:16) Exclusive: Leftwing party seeks to recover donations and data from company run by Andrew Feinstein, Jamie Driscoll and Beth WinterYour party, the leftwing party steered by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, says it is preparing legal action against a group of its own founders after a final deadline to hand over membership data and at least £800,000 in donations passed without payment, the Guardian understands.Sources close to the directors of the party say they “reluctantly” agreed to initiate legal proceedings after “exhausting every possible alternative” to recover the money and data still held by the directors of MoU Operations Ltd (MoU). Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia politics live: BoM told to make changes to new website; one in 10 couldn’t afford necessary health care last year 28. October 2025 (20:59) Environment minister tells bureau chief that revamp is ‘not meeting many users’ expectations’. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, Krishani Dhanji with you here, thanks to Martin Farrer for getting us started.We’ve got another busy legislative day ahead of us, so let’s get straight into it!“I do not know how my journey with MND will end, but I do know this, the knowledge that I may have voluntary assisted dying as an option gives me strength. It allows me to live with more peace, to focus on the moments that matter, and to spare my loved ones from witnessing my prolonged suffering that serves no purpose. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brazil: at least 60 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids 28. October 2025 (20:55) Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised dronesAt least 64 people have reportedly been killed in Rio’s worst-ever day of violence as more than 2,500 officers and special forces stormed an area of favelas near Rio’s international airport that is considered the headquarters of one of Brazil’s most powerful organised crime groups.The predawn raid – the deadliest in Rio’s history – sparked intense gunfights in and around Alemão and Penha favelas, which are home to an estimated 300,000 people. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Quelling public disquiet worth extra cost of housing refugees in barracks, says No 10 28. October 2025 (20:52) Government defends prospect of paying more for barracks than for hotel accommodationDowning Street has defended the prospect of paying more to house asylum seekers in disused barracks instead of hotels, arguing that quelling public disquiet was worth any extra cost.As refugee organisations and local politicians described plans to house tens of thousands of people in ex-military sites as “fanciful” and “too expensive”, No 10 said that “communities don’t want asylum seekers housed in hotels, and neither does the government”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica 28. October 2025 (20:23) Government says it has done all it can to prepare for strongest hurricane in country since records beganHurricane Melissa – latest updatesHurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica, where sheltering residents braced themselves against ferocious winds, heavy flood waters and landslides from the category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.The slow-moving colossus is the most intense hurricane to hit Jamaica since records began in 1851 and will linger over the island for hours before turning north-east. As the hurricane came ashore, its winds tore roofs off buildings and left boulders tumbling into roads. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Hundreds of women allege sexual abuse at UK army medicals over five decades 28. October 2025 (20:17) Wiltshire police leading investigation into allegations about enlistment examinations between the 1970s and 2016Hundreds of women have come forward to allege sexual abuse took place during British army medical examinations over five decades.Police are investigating claims of abuse at various army locations in the UK, and officers believe multiple alleged perpetrators may be involved. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Should the Home Office be broken up into two units? 28. October 2025 (20:15) The department is once again the subject of debate about whether it is beyond repair after immigration and prison problems“It’s not that the Home Office is too big. It’s that the brains of many of the people who run it are not big enough,” says one former departmental insider.Unwieldy, dysfunctional and plagued by poor morale, the Home Office is once again the subject of debate about whether it is beyond repair and should simply be chopped up into two more manageable units. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Man arrested after dog walker dies and two injured in west London stabbings 28. October 2025 (20:14) Dog walker was reportedly walking past Uxbridge house where man and child were stabbedMurder detectives are investigating after a man believed to have been walking a dog past a house where a row had broken out was stabbed to death.The man, 49, died in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, west London, in an incident when a man and a child were also stabbed. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Man who won damages over Richard III film calls for more regulation of fact-based drama 28. October 2025 (20:09) Richard Taylor calls for clearer rules around dramatic misrepresentation after suing over his portrayal in Steve Coogan’s The Last KingA university executive who won damages over his portrayal in Steve Coogan’s film The Lost King has urged Ofcom to strengthen regulation of fact-based drama, after what he described as a three-year “anxious, stressful and hurtful” ordeal.Richard Taylor, formerly deputy registrar at the University of Leicester, sued Coogan as well as the film’s production company, Baby Cow, and the distributor Pathé over his portrayal in the 2022 film about the discovery of Richard III’s remains in a Leicester car park. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Two dozen states sue White House over food stamps suspension amid shutdown 28. October 2025 (19:40) Federal food assistance benefits for low-income families set to expire on 1 November due to government shutdownA coalition of more than two dozen states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its decision to suspend food stamps during the government shutdown.The lawsuit, co-led by New York, California and Massachusetts, asks a federal judge to force the US Department of Agriculture to tap into emergency reserve funds to distribute food benefits to the nearly 42 million families and children who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap). The USDA has said no benefits will be issued on 1 November. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
