Violent reprisals after DRC whistleblowers discover profiteering in protected land 11. November 2025 (09:00) Environmentalists seeking to end logging, smuggling and pollution in DRC’s Mangrove Marine park faced threats, violence and rapePeople who have tried to expose unlawful ownership and profit-making from protected land in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have faced threats, violence and rape, an investigation has found.The DRC government hired the conservation worker Kim Rebholz in 2022 to safeguard the Mangrove Marine park, an internationally recognised nature reserve on the country’s tiny coastline. The Congo basin rainforest, to the east, is the largest rainforest after the Amazon. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
WA windsurfer escapes with bitten board after great white shark encounter at popular surf spot 11. November 2025 (08:52) Andy McDonald, 61, says he ‘fell on to’ the shark and ‘was like, punching it’ before friend helped him paddle to shoreGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA windsurfer has come face to face with a suspected great white shark at a popular surf spot in Western Australia, and walked away with a bitten board but otherwise unscathed.Andy McDonald was riding his hydrofoil board – a type of board with a wing attached, allowing surfers to hover above the water – at Bombie surf break near Margaret River at about 5.45pm on Monday evening with a group before he suddenly came crashing into the water. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Chris Minns announces fresh laws restricting protests near places of worship as questions continue over neo-Nazi protest 11. November 2025 (08:49) NSW premier reveals plan to give police new move-on powers one month after supreme court struck down similar legislationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales government will introduce fresh laws restricting protests outside places of worship, a month after the state’s supreme court struck down legislation giving police expanded powers to move on protesters.In question time on Tuesday, the NSW premier, Chris Minns, announced the government’s plan to give police powers to issue move on orders to people who harass, block or intimidate people from entering a place of worship. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
The night an explosion shook Delhi 11. November 2025 (08:49) BBC journalists describe what they saw after an explosion took place in India's capital Delhi on Monday.(BBC News)
India police investigate vehicle involved in fatal Delhi explosion 11. November 2025 (08:38) Cause of the blast remained unknown on Tuesday morning, as investigators turned their focus to the final movements of the vehicle before it explodedPolice were investigating the explosion outside Delhi’s historic Red Fort that killed eight people, with authorities focusing on the final movements of the vehicle allegedly involved.Police said the explosion occurred around 7pm on Monday evening outside the Red Fort metro station, a peak time when Delhi’s old city is usually packed with people, bustling markets and heavy traffic. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK unemployment rises to 5%, the highest level in four years 11. November 2025 (08:10) ONS says jobs market worsening before budget, as HMRC reports falling number of workers on firms’ payrollsBusiness live – latest updatesUnemployment in the UK has risen by more than expected to the highest level in four years, official figures show, amid a worsening slowdown in the jobs market before Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget.With under three weeks to go before the chancellor’s tax and spending statement, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the headline unemployment rate rose to 5.0% in the three months to the end of September, up from 4.8% in the previous quarter. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
