US added 119,000 jobs in September in report delayed by federal shutdown 20. November 2025 (14:44) Job growth is stronger than analysts’ predictions as unemployment rate holds steady at 4.4%The US jobs market added 119,000 jobs in September, according to the latest monthly jobs report, which was delayed by six weeks due to the shutdown of the federal government.Amid heightened uncertainty surrounding the strength of the US economy, the much-anticipated reading was stronger than the 51,000 jobs expected by analysts to be added in September. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, remained steady at 4.4%. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Spanish PM calls for nation to heed past lessons on anniversary of Franco’s death 20. November 2025 (14:34) Pedro Sánchez says his country must defend the democratic freedom ‘wrenched from us for so many years’Spain has marked the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death with an absence of official events but with a call from the prime minister to heed the lessons of the dictatorship and defend the democratic freedom “wrenched from us for so many years”.Franco, whose military coup against the elected republican government in 1936 triggered a civil war and brought about four decades of dictatorship, died in Madrid on 20 November 1975. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Cop30 live: ‘We need to think about how to live without fossil fuels’ Brazilian president Lula tells summit 20. November 2025 (14:34) Brazilian president underlines need to reduce emissions as Turkey set to host next year’s summitTwo key pieces of climate jargon – adaptation and mitigation – are sometimes seen as alternative ways to survive a hotter planet. In reality, people’s worlds are already being torn apart by weather that has been made more violent by fossil fuel pollution and more deadly by human mismanagement.A few weeks ago I spoke with Toñi García, who saw this first-hand. Here is her story. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces 20. November 2025 (14:25) Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looksThe UK government has insisted it will take as much time as necessary to “get right” new rules on access to single-sex spaces after a leak of guidance submitted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) raised concerns that its publication was being deliberately delayed.The equalities watchdog submitted its formal guidance on how public bodies, businesses and other service providers should respond to April’s landmark supreme court ruling on biological sex to the UK government in September. Since then, its outgoing chair, Kishwer Falkner, has urged the equalities minister, Bridget Phillipson, to approve it “as soon as possible”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Israeli airstrikes kill 33 people in Gaza in escalation of post-ceasefire attacks 20. November 2025 (14:25) Medical officials say 17 people killed in Khan Younis area and 16 in strikes on Gaza CityIsraeli attacks in Gaza have killed 33 people and injured many more, according to medical officials, in one of the most serious escalations of violence since the US-backed ceasefire came into effect last month.Officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said they received the bodies of 17 people, including five women and five children, after four Israeli airstrikes targeted tents sheltering displaced people. In Gaza City, medical officials said two airstrikes killed 16 people, including seven children and three women. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
South Africa says US boycott of G20 is ‘coercion by absentia’ 20. November 2025 (14:22) US says Johannesburg meeting cannot issue final statement without its presence and that summit’s priorities ‘run counter to US policy views’South Africa has accused the US of attempting “coercion by absentia” after Donald Trump’s administration confirmed it would boycott the G20 meeting in Johannesburg and said no final statement by G20 leaders could be issued without its presence.The US sent a note last weekend confirming none of its officials would be attending the G20 leaders’ summit on 22 to 23 November, the first to be held in Africa, and that it would not accept any declaration issued at the end of it. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Reeves to back £1.7bn extension of London’s Docklands Light Railway 20. November 2025 (14:01) Funding announcement expected in next week’s budget as part of attempt to secure thousands of new homesRachel Reeves is expected to announce funding for an extension of the Docklands Light Railway at next week’s budget in an attempt to secure thousands of new homes.A Treasury source said the chancellor is expected to back the extension of the DLR to Thamesmead, in south-east London. The area has long been without public transport, which has been blamed for preventing the redevelopment of a riverside site that could include new homes. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Man arrested in Sydney for alleged harassment of federal MP over neo-Nazi criticism 20. November 2025 (13:29) AFP allege the 30-year-old sent a ‘menacing message’ to an MP believed to be Allegra Spender after she condemned far-right protestsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged by Australian police after allegedly harassing a politician who condemned a neo-Nazi protest outside the New South Wales parliament.The Australian federal police arrested the man in the Sydney suburb of Bondi and allege he sent a “menacing message” that encouraged abusive and hateful messages to be directed towards a federal politician as a result of the condemnation Continue reading...(The Guardian)
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul 20. November 2025 (12:05) Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlogUK politics live – latest updatesCriminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing jury trials in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Justice department has 30 days to release all Epstein files after Trump signs bill – US politics live 20. November 2025 (12:01) Trump attacks Democrats as he seeks to shape the narrative surrounding his links with the late sex offender Jeffrey EpsteinIt’s one outrage in days full of outrageous material.“Quiet, piggy,” Donald Trump told a female reporter in a press gaggle, pointing his finger at her angrily. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
