Epstein sought to restore his reputation after guilty plea, documents reveal 14. November 2025 (15:05) Documents include emails depicting coordinated effort to influence online search results and journalistsJeffrey Epstein and his associates worked to suppress negative press and rebuild his image in the years after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges in Florida of solicitation of prostitution and of solicitation of prostitution with a minor, newly released documents reveal.The documents, among 20,000 pages released on Wednesday by Republican members of the House oversight committee, include emails and memos that depict a coordinated effort to influence online search results and journalists, and restore Epstein’s reputation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
David Pocock condemns delay in establishing job ready graduates body to end $50,000 arts degrees 14. November 2025 (15:00) Senator accuses the government of not treating reform with ‘urgency it deserves’ – with no modelling done on the cost of reversing or replacing the JRG schemeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastReversing the program that has left Australia’s arts students paying $50,000 degrees is facing more delay, as the body tasked with reforming the controversial job ready graduates scheme is unlikely to be ready on Labor’s timeline.The education minister, Jason Clare, is set to introduce legislation to formally establish the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (Atec) in the final sitting week of the year. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bus chaperone kept working at school during months-long police investigation into alleged child sexual abuse 14. November 2025 (15:00) Exclusive: Victorian education department apologises to mother who alleged her nonverbal child was sexually assaulted by the man. He denied the allegations and no charges were laidGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA school bus chaperone who allegedly sexually assaulted a nonverbal child continued working with students for months during the subsequent Victorian police investigation, prompting an apology to the girl’s mother from the state’s education department.The allegation was denied by the chaperone and did not lead to charges. But Victoria’s education department apologised to the mother last year for failing to implement risk mitigation strategies during the police investigation.In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800; adult survivors can seek help at Blue Knot Foundation on 1300 657 380. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helpline International Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US catholic bishops issues rare condemnation of Trump administration’s immigration enforcement – live 14. November 2025 (14:54) US Conference of Catholic Bishops calls for ‘meaningful immigration reform’ in first message of its kind in 12 years Trump reposted a Fox News segment on Truth Social a short while ago, with the caption “THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN HOAX”. In the clip, host Jesse Walters accuses Democrats of “launching a smear campaign disguised as a bombshell”, referring the tranche of emails released this week, which include correspondence from Epstein to his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, calling Trump the “dog that hasn’t barked” and noting that the president “spent hours” at Epstein’s home.Since House oversight Democrats released the emails, Trump has called them a “deflection” from the party’s performance during the record-breaking government shutdown. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump’s targeting of alleged drug vessels strains UK-US intelligence ties 14. November 2025 (14:50) Suspension of intelligence cooperation in Caribbean is unusual move and there is potential for political falloutExplainer: is US preparing to attack Venezuela?It is an intelligence relationship that predates even the Five Eyes: the UKUSA alliance that began, naturally enough, in secret in 1946. But this week the strain of trying to be the closest security ally to a freewheeling White House has begun to show.Britain, it emerged, had quietly suspended intelligence cooperation with the US in the Caribbean because London does not consider the deadly US military campaign against ships accused of drug trafficking to be in line with international law. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jaguar Land Rover slides to loss of almost £500m after cyber-attack 14. November 2025 (14:41) Carmaker reports £196m of exceptional direct costs in addressing hack as it returns to full outputBusiness live – latest updatesThe cyber-attack that closed Jaguar Land Rover factories has pushed the company from profit into a quarterly loss of almost £500m, the carmaker has revealed.JLR made pre-tax losses of £485m in the three months to 30 September, with production shut down throughout September due to the hack – a brutal turnaround from the £398m profit it recorded in the same period a year earlier, and ending 11 consecutive quarters of profit. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
RedBird Capital drops £500m Telegraph takeover bid 14. November 2025 (14:35) US private equity group’s deal collapses amid newsroom criticism and threat of regulator interventionBusiness live – latest updatesRedBird Capital has dropped its £500m bid for the Telegraph Media Group, throwing the future of its daily and Sunday titles into further uncertainty.The private equity group founded by Gerry Cardinale has been under intense attack in recent weeks with the Telegraph newsroom – and allies including the former editor Charles Moore and the ex-Spectator chief Fraser Nelson – publishing a string of pieces calling for its links to China to be investigated. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Venezuela’s Maduro urges Trump to avoid Afghanistan-style ‘forever war’ 14. November 2025 (13:35) Authoritarian leader calls for US to make peace amid military buildup and strikes against alleged drug smugglersExplainer: is US preparing to attack Venezuela?Venezuela’s authoritarian president, Nicolás Maduro, has urged Donald Trump not to lead the US into an Afghanistan-style “forever war”, as the American military buildup in the region intensified and Trump’s defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed to purge the Americas of “narco-terrorists”.Speaking to CNN outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, Maduro called on Trump to make peace, not war, after the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford, arrived in the region. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump puts intense pressure on Republicans to block release of Epstein files 14. November 2025 (13:17) Representatives Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace have been summoned to Situation Room or phoned by Trump himselfDonald Trump has cranked up his intense pressure campaign on congressional Republicans to oppose the full release of the justice department’s files related to Jeffrey Epstein, before a crucial and long-awaited House vote on the matter next week that scores of Republicans are slated to support.The belated swearing-in on Wednesday of the Democratic representative Adelita Grijalva – which the House speaker, Mike Johnson, had refused for almost two months during the government shutdown – brought the number of signatures on Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna’s discharge petition to the 218 needed to force a floor vote on legislation demanding the Department of Justice release all of its investigative files on Epstein within 30 days. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Weather tracker: US hit by exceptional early winter cold spell 14. November 2025 (13:11) Midwest struck by extreme snowfall and 80 southern weather stations tied or broke low-temperature recordsThe eastern half of the US has been gripped by an exceptional early winter cold spell this week, breaking a multitude of low-temperature records. Eighty weather stations across the deep south either tied or broke their daily minimum record on 11 November. Jacksonville in northern Florida experienced temperatures as low as -3C early on Wednesday morning, 17C below the average minimum for the time of year.The cold outbreak also brought extreme snowfall to parts of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Areas along the southern and western coasts of Lake Michigan experienced a phenomenon known as lake effect snow on Monday. This develops when cold air – which covered the US this week – moves over the relatively warm water of a lake or inland sea. This produces convection and heavy showers that move inland downwind of the lake, and can continue for hours or even days on end. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
