Pelosi calls Trump ‘the biggest con job in American history’ in reply to climate comment 20. November 2025 (22:20) US speaker emerita criticizes Trump’s anti-climate stance and his remarks to the UN general assembly“President Trump is the biggest con job in American history,” said Nancy Pelosi, the US speaker emerita, to reporters on Thursday while criticizing his anti-climate agenda.Donald Trump told the UN general assembly in September that the climate crisis was “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”. But he was “projecting”, Pelosi said at a press conference. The meeting was convened by Democrats on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to comment on the US’s official absence from the United Nations Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, where 195 countries are represented. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Initial examination completed at site of fatal plane crash 20. November 2025 (22:11) Investigators have completed an initial examination of the site of a fatal plane crash in which a person died on the southeast coast of Ireland.(London News)
Nicola Sturgeon wrongly excluded colleagues from Covid decisions, inquiry finds 20. November 2025 (20:58) Official report condemns handling of pandemic by leaders of the UK’s devolved nations Nicola Sturgeon excluded senior advisers from decision-making during the pandemic by holding “gold command meetings” with a small circle, reducing transparency and accountability, the Covid inquiry has found.In a damning report on how UK politicians handled Covid, former prime minister Boris Johnson was criticised for presiding over a “toxic and chaotic” culture and making late decisions that cost lives. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia news live: Mark Dreyfus calls for republic referendum; Albanese heads to G20 in South Africa 20. November 2025 (20:47) Former attorney general says it is ‘past time’ for another vote. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhile constitutional change has been taken off the table by Albanese, the prime minister has said he would support four year terms, which was also recently endorsed by former PM John Howard.Dreyfus said Australia is an “outlier” on having an election every three year, when other countries, and Australia’s states and territories have longer terms.It’s time to renew the campaign to establish an Australian Republic. Australia – and Australians – have changed in many ways over the past quarter century.In my view it is time – past time – for Australia to break its residual constitutional ties with the United Kingdom and its monarchy. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ministers call on Farage to address alleged ‘repulsive’ teenage racism 20. November 2025 (20:38) Liz Kendall and Jo Stevens react after about 20 people claim they either witnessed or were victims of Reform leader’s abusive behaviourCabinet ministers have described detailed and multiple allegations of teenage racism by Nigel Farage as “repulsive” and doubled down on the prime minister’s call for him to address the claims.Liz Kendall, the secretary for science and innovation and technology, said she was appalled by the descriptions reported by the Guardian. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Documents reveal Gerald Ford’s effort to block report on CIA assassination plots 20. November 2025 (20:34) Release of report comes amid conjecture Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuelan presidentThe White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA’s role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report’s publication reveal.The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research group, as it sought to highlight the report’s significance amid conjecture that Donald Trump may have authorized the agency to assassinate Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, amid a massive US military build-up against the country. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
