Ex-police officer David Carrick guilty of raping ex-partner and molesting girl 19. November 2025 (16:02) Former Met officer convicted of offences in pattern of ‘horrific’ offending dating back 35 yearsThe former police officer and convicted sex offender David Carrick has been found guilty of further offences including molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping an ex-partner.Carrick, 50, who served as an armed officer in the Metropolitan police, sexually assaulted the child in the late 1980s. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Harvard to investigate Larry Summers’s Epstein ties as he exits OpenAI board 19. November 2025 (15:07) Newly released Epstein documents drag the ex-treasury secretary into deeper scrutiny as Harvard widens its reviewHarvard is set to launch a new investigation into its former university president and Bill Clinton economic adviser Larry Summers about his ties to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as it also emerged Summers has resigned from the board of OpenAI.The moves comes after Summers said he would be stepping back from public engagements after emails revealed the extent of his relationship with the late sex offender. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Krysty was diagnosed with breast cancer months after getting the all-clear. New Australian guidelines aim to help women like her 19. November 2025 (15:00) Exclusive: New federal guidelines advise GPs to provide additional care to patients with higher breast density, which can make cancers harder to detect in mammogramsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Krysty Sullivan had a routine mammogram in 2019, she was given the all-clear.Eleven months later, she felt a lump. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’ 19. November 2025 (15:00) Report commissioned by conservationists suggests some recorded new growth is misclassified or otherwise not equivalent to losses in species-heavy forestsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt face value, the amount of forest in Australia is officially increasing, and has been since 2008.But if an old-growth tree is felled in a forest and seedlings grow elsewhere, is the official account ecologically sound? Not according to new analysis, which suggests that the way Australia calculates forest cover obfuscates the impacts of ongoing deforestation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’ 19. November 2025 (15:00) Environment minister Murray Watt says other parties must decide ‘whether they want to see us do a deal with the other side of politics’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Liberal MPs are optimistic a deal can be reached with Labor on a watered-down version of its new nature laws, allowing them to be passed in parliament’s final sitting week of the year.The environment minister, Murray Watt, is open to a deal with the Coalition that would require a raft of concessions, including revising a new provision designed to block projects that cause an “unacceptable impact” on the environment. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest 19. November 2025 (15:00) Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 yearsIsrael used widely banned cluster munitions in its recent 13-month war in Lebanon, photos of munition remnants in south Lebanon seen by the Guardian suggest.The images, which have been examined by six different arms experts, appear to show the remnants of two different types of Israeli cluster munitions found in three different locations: south of the Litani River in the forested valleys of Wadi Zibqin, Wadi Barghouz and Wadi Deir Siryan. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Pope Leo criticises ‘disrespectful’ treatment of immigrants in US 19. November 2025 (14:21) Pontiff backs statement by US bishops condemning raids and mass deportations under Trump administrationPope Leo has reiterated his disapproval of Donald Trump’s immigration policies, saying foreigners in the US are being treated in an “extremely disrespectful way”.Leo, the first US pontiff in the history of the Catholic church, made the remarks in response to questions about a statement adopted last week during a special assembly of US bishops that criticised the Trump administration’s mass deportations and lamented the fear and anxiety caused by immigration raids. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Russian spy ship enters British waters and shines lasers at military pilots 19. November 2025 (14:12) Defence secretary reveals details of recent incursions as he warns UK is facing ‘new era of threat’ from hostile countries A Russian spy ship has entered British waters and shone lasers at military pilots, the defence secretary has said, as he warned the UK was facing a “new era of threat” from hostile countries.John Healey said on Wednesday that the Yantar surveillance ship had crossed in and out of the UK’s exclusive economic zone multiple times in recent weeks, not for the first time this year. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Starmer urges Farage to explain himself over claims of past racist behaviour 19. November 2025 (14:08) PM raises Guardian reporting of allegations from more than a dozen school contemporaries of FarageUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to explain himself after the Reform leader wholesale denied numerous detailed allegations of racist behaviour during his teenage years.Responding to the Reform MP Lee Anderson at prime minister’s questions, Starmer raised the Guardian’s reporting of allegations from well over a dozen school contemporaries of Farage. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Meta starts notifying Australian teens of account shutdowns as social media ban looms 19. November 2025 (14:01) Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December when ban will beginGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be notified starting Thursday that their accounts will be deactivated by 10 December, as Meta begins to comply with the Albanese government’s social media ban.Users affected by the ban will receive 14 days’ notice of their pending account deactivation through a combination of in-app messages, email and SMS before their access is cut off. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
