Tears and solemnity at Cheney funeral – but no memorial for those killed in Iraq 20. November 2025 (22:44) Great and good pay tribute in Washington but honouring of former vice-president was an exercise in omissionYou suspected that Maga had not conquered the Washington national cathedral when Bill Kristol was spotted at a men’s urinal conversing with Chris Wallace. You knew it for sure when James Carville, Anthony Fauci and Rachel Maddow were seen sitting close to one another in the nave.The funeral of the 46th US vice-president, Dick Cheney, who died earlier this month aged 84, was a throwback to a less raucous and rancorous time. Ex-presidents and vice-presidents, Democratic and Republican, made small talk, but Donald Trump, who spent Thursday crying treason and calling for Democrats to be put to death, and his deputy JD Vance were not invited. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Justice department investigates handling of Adam Schiff’s mortgage fraud case 20. November 2025 (22:24) Inquiry centers on whether two Trump allies influenced the Schiff mortgage investigation as prosecutors struggle to build the caseUS politics live – latest updatesThe justice department is investigating how two Trump allies handled the investigation into whether California senator, Adam Schiff, committed mortgage fraud, according to a copy of a subpoena obtained by the Guardian and a person familiar with the matter.The office of the deputy attorney general Todd Blanche is overseeing the inquiry, which appears to have developed as an offshoot of the main case into Schiff – a notable development since the justice department is essentially investigating activities of two close allies of the president. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Pelosi calls Trump ‘the biggest con job in American history’ in reply to climate comment 20. November 2025 (22:20) US speaker emerita criticizes Trump’s anti-climate stance and his remarks to the UN general assembly“President Trump is the biggest con job in American history,” said Nancy Pelosi, the US speaker emerita, to reporters on Thursday while criticizing his anti-climate agenda.Donald Trump told the UN general assembly in September that the climate crisis was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. But he was “projecting”, Pelosi said at a press conference. The meeting was convened by Democrats on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to comment on the US’s official absence from the United Nations Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, where 195 countries are represented. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Nicola Sturgeon wrongly excluded colleagues from Covid decisions, inquiry finds 20. November 2025 (20:58) Official report condemns handling of pandemic by leaders of the UK’s devolved nations Nicola Sturgeon excluded senior advisers from decision-making during the pandemic by holding “gold command meetings” with a small circle, reducing transparency and accountability, the Covid inquiry has found.In a damning report on how UK politicians handled Covid, former prime minister Boris Johnson was criticised for presiding over a “toxic and chaotic” culture and making late decisions that cost lives. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia news live: Mark Dreyfus calls for republic referendum; Albanese heads to G20 in South Africa 20. November 2025 (20:47) Former attorney general says it is ‘past time’ for another vote. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhile constitutional change has been taken off the table by Albanese, the prime minister has said he would support four year terms, which was also recently endorsed by former PM John Howard.Dreyfus said Australia is an “outlier” on having an election every three year, when other countries, and Australia’s states and territories have longer terms.It’s time to renew the campaign to establish an Australian Republic. Australia – and Australians – have changed in many ways over the past quarter century.In my view it is time – past time – for Australia to break its residual constitutional ties with the United Kingdom and its monarchy. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ministers call on Farage to address alleged ‘repulsive’ teenage racism 20. November 2025 (20:38) Liz Kendall and Jo Stevens react after about 20 people claim they either witnessed or were victims of Reform leader’s abusive behaviourCabinet ministers have described detailed and multiple allegations of teenage racism by Nigel Farage as “repulsive” and doubled down on the prime minister’s call for him to address the claims.Liz Kendall, the secretary for science and innovation and technology, said she was appalled by the descriptions reported by the Guardian. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots 20. November 2025 (20:34) Release of report comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan presidentThe White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA’s role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report’s publication reveal.The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research group, as it sought to highlight the report’s significance amid conjecture that Donald Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, amid a massive US military build-up against the country. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit 20. November 2025 (20:29) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some statesCop30 climate conference – live updatesAll the coverage from Cop30The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has told Cop30 delegates that he will take his fossil fuel transition roadmap to the G20 in Johannesburg this week to campaign for it, despite reports that petrostates have said they will not accept the plan.Before leaving Cop30 in Belém, the figurehead of the global south told civil society representatives he was ready to fight for the proposal to phase out oil, coal and gas in whatever forum was necessary. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Spycops inquiry: Doreen Lawrence says she does not believe ex-home secretary 20. November 2025 (20:24) Stephen Lawrence’s mother tells inquiry she did not believe Michael Howard when he told her he did not know police had spied on her familyThe mother of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told a public inquiry that she does not believe claims by the former home secretary Michael Howard that he did not know undercover police officers had spied on her family.Doreen Lawrence told the spycops inquiry on Thursday that Lord Howard, a former leader of the Conservative party, invited her to a meeting shortly after the inquiry was set up in 2014. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Connie Chan, progressive San Francisco lawmaker, enters race to succeed Pelosi 20. November 2025 (20:22) San Francisco supervisor, 47, highlighting work on affordability for working families in US House runConnie Chan, a progressive lawmaker who serves on the San Francisco board of supervisors, has entered the race to succeed the former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi next year.In a Thursday announcement, Chan, 47, said the race was about “local neighborhoods versus outside money” and highlighted her work trying to make San Francisco more affordable for working families. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
