Migrants to UK will not get benefits until becoming citizens under new plans 20. November 2025 (16:55) Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limboUK politics live –latest updatesPeople who migrate to the UK will be eligible for benefits and social housing only when they become British citizens and those who arrive by small boats could wait up to 30 years for long-term residency under new plans outlined by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood.The plans could result in migrants only becoming eligible for benefits and social housing if they first become British citizens, rather than upon being granted settlement as is currently the case. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Charli xcx plays version of herself in teaser for mockumentary The Moment 20. November 2025 (16:13) The ‘2024 period piece’ stars the Grammy-winning musician with Kylie Jenner, Rachel Sennott and Alexander SkarsgårdCharli xcx’s 2026 big screen onslaught is set to kick off with The Moment, a mockumentary starring the musician as a self-described “hell version” of herself.The film, based on an idea by the Grammy winner, is fiction but Charli has called it “the realest depiction of the music industry that I’ve ever seen”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Europe calls for role in Ukraine talks amid reported US-Russian peace deal 20. November 2025 (15:59) Foreign ministers express misgivings about draft US-Russian peace plan favourable to PutinEurope live – latest updatesEuropeans must be involved in any attempt to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia, the continent’s top diplomats said after reports of a US-Russia plan favourable to Kremlin interests emerged.The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, welcomed any “meaningful efforts” to end the war, but said Ukrainian and European input was needed for any plan to work. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ita Buttrose airs unapologetic views on immigration as Albanese returns to ABC Hard Chat a decade on | Weekly Beast 20. November 2025 (15:12) Former ABC chair says Australia has allowed ‘divisive groups’ into the country. Plus: national broadcaster unveils plans for more short-form news videoWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereIta Buttrose has revealed her views on immigration while on a book tour for her memoir Unapologetically Ita. Buttrose stepped down as chair in March 2024.“I think we’re more divided,” the former chair of the ABC said during an online interview with Prof Henry Brodaty from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing. “I don’t think the multicultural society that that we’ve spoken about so proudly in Australia is working as well as it could be.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Statistically, there’s a reliable way to predict a domestic violence homicide like Hannah Clarke’s 20. November 2025 (15:00) Queensland researchers studying intimate-partner killings found one thing common to more than half the casesPolice made potentially critical mistakes in Hannah Clarke murders, new evidence revealsRead more from Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation hereWhen researchers in Queensland catalogued data from seven years of intimate-partner killings, they found one thing common to more than half of those cases – a victim’s own sense of fear about their impending death.Statistically, the most reliable way to predict a domestic violence homicide is to believe the victim. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Gobsmacking’ solar farm that could power AI data centres ‘possibly unparalleled’ in Australia or world 20. November 2025 (15:00) SunCable says massive energy project proposed in NT could position Australia as global leader, but critics are concerned about scaleSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereEnergy company SunCable says a massive solar farm it has proposed building in the Northern Territory could power an AI data centre precinct in the region to position Australia as a global leader in “green industrial development”.The development would be Australia’s largest solar farm and would generate up to 20GW of electricity, or 10 times the output of a large coal-fired station. It would add to the company’s plans to build a 12,000 ha solar farm at Powell Creek Station south of Elliott as part of its proposed Australia-Asia Power Link project.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Leaked Coalition talking points direct MPs to argue dumping net zero does not conflict with Paris agreement 20. November 2025 (15:00) Exclusive: Guidance distributed to MPs seeks to pre-empt questions about plan’s compatibility with Paris agreement, indicating opposition is aware of potential breachGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition MPs are being told to argue that the decision to dump a net zero emissions target is “entirely consistent” with the Paris agreement, despite leaked documents suggesting the opposition is aware such a position could conflict with Australia’s obligations under the climate pact.Guardian Australia has obtained talking points issued to MPs to help them stay on message about Sussan Ley’s new energy and emissions plan, which was finalised on Sunday after months of bitter infighting. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘I lose my liberty in that moment’: Charlotte shuts down as citizens and noncitizens alike face ICE arrests 20. November 2025 (15:00) As federal agents descend in North Carolina, businesses close as even an after-school program is targetedOn Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manolo’s Bakery has become a focal point for resistance to the upscaled immigration raids since border patrol officers descended on the city at the weekend. The owner closed the bakery to prevent his staff from being targeted. Most of the other shops on Charlotte’s busy immigrant-centric street followed suit.Dozens of people have taken up camp in the parking lot to wave signs of support for immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been active in the city for months as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda but things went up a level when border patrol arrived. Agents swiftly began buzzing through the place to make an armed show of their presence, followed at times by Charlotteans honking their horns in warning. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Joy Crookes says UK and Ireland in ‘dark time’ amid rise of far-right politics 20. November 2025 (14:49) Musician says seeing national flags on recent visits to London and Dublin ‘doesn’t make me feel safe’The UK and Ireland are entering a “dark time”, according to the singer Joy Crookes, who said the influence of far-right ideology on mainstream politics was comparable to the 1970s when the National Front was at its peak.Crookes, who has just played two sold-out shows at the O2 Academy in Brixton, said the recent wave of nationalism and the far-right march through central London in September made her feel unsafe in the UK. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Do you expect me to talk?’: Dick Van Dyke says he turned down playing James Bond 20. November 2025 (14:45) As the veteran actor turns 100 he reveals that he was approached to play the British spy in the early 60s, but realised his accent wouldn’t have been up to scratchFor more than six decades, the actor Dick Van Dyke has been pilloried for his attempts at a British accent in Mary Poppins (1964). Now, the actor who has since apologised for the “most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema” as chimney sweep Bert in the Disney classic has revealed he was in the running to play another UK icon on screen: James Bond.Speaking on the Today TV programme in the US, Van Dyke, who turns 100 next month, said that Bond producer Albert Broccoli approached him to ask if he fancied the role of the British spy in his first big screen outing. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
