South Africa declares gender-based violence a national disaster amid G20 protests 22. November 2025 (14:57) Women’s groups welcomed the announcement on the eve of the international leaders’ summit in Johannesburg Hundreds of women gathered in cities across South Africa on Friday to protest against gender-based violence in the country before the G20 summit in Johannesburg this weekend.Demonstrators turned out in 15 locations – including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban – wearing black as a sign of “mourning and resistance”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Supreme court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased 22. November 2025 (14:49) Temporary hold on lower court ruling will remain in place while supreme court considers whether to allow new mapThe US supreme court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’s 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by Donald Trump likely discriminated on the basis of race.The order, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map, which is favorable to Republicans, to be used in the midterm elections. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bad season of bird flu in UK hits supply of Christmas turkeys 22. November 2025 (14:00) Availability of chickens and ducks also expected to be tight, with 5% of the seasonal flock culled so farUK poultry producers are battling a “bad season” of bird flu, with cases much worse than at this point last year, putting a squeeze on supplies of Christmas birds including turkeys, chickens and ducks.Two industry insiders said they expected supplies of all poultry to be tight ahead of the festive season, especially for organic and free-range birds, which are seen as the most vulnerable to infection. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal 22. November 2025 (14:00) The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents revealThe prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers.Such comments from Chomsky, or attributed to him, suggest his association with Epstein – who officials concluded killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges – went deeper than the occasional political and academic discussions the former had previously claimed to have with the latter. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Marjorie Taylor Greene could have led the anti-Trump resistance but the mob boss got his way 22. November 2025 (13:00) The Maga star won on the Epstein files and could have founded a Republican resistance movement but is instead the latest dissenter to head for the exitIt has been a head-spinning 48 hours in Washington. Liberal TV host Rachel Maddow showed up at the funeral of conservative vice-president Dick Cheney. Donald Trump embraced Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist set to be the first Muslim mayor of New York, like a brother.And then Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump acolyte-turned-nemesis who bested him over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, stunned the political establishment again. In what should have been her hour of triumph, the Maga star abruptly announced that she was quitting the House of Representatives. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
EU and US to restart trade talks as sticking points on July tariff deal remain 22. November 2025 (13:00) US officials to hold high-level talks in Brussels amid unhappiness in Washington at slow action on July dealThe EU and US are set to restart trade negotiations next week after a two-month pause to try to settle unresolved sticking points in their controversial tariff deal struck in July.The US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and trade representative Jamieson Greer will hold high-level meetings in Brussels on Monday with ministers, EU commissioners and industry bosses. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘I still get humiliated’: the perils of appearing on a celebrity gameshow 22. November 2025 (13:00) Agents claim it can increase their clients’ profile and show off their human side. Is that your final answer?For Monty Panesar, it was answering that Germany played their home football matches in Athens. For David Lammy, it was saying Henry VIII’s heir was Henry VII. And for actor Amanda Henderson it was responding with the name Sharon to a question about Greta Thunberg.Panesar’s disastrous appearance on Celebrity Mastermind six years ago was used to taunt him this week by Australia’s cricket captain Steve Smith. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
