Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests

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Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful

Centrelink has been issuing payment suspension notices to jobseekers and those on disability support pensions at a rate of more than five a minute, new analysis suggests, amid concerns over the legality of the troubled system.

In total, government data collated by the Antipoverty Centre shows there were 2,683,605 suspension actions between June 2024 and July 2025.

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After Days of Protests, Tanzania’s President Is Declared Election Winner – The New York Times

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  1. After Days of Protests, Tanzania’s President Is Declared Election Winner  The New York Times
  2. Tanzanian president wins disputed election with more than 97% of the vote  NPR
  3. Tanzania election: Hundreds feared dead in crackdown on protests  BBC
  4. Tanzania political opposition says 700 people killed amid unrest over election that excluded leader's foes  CBS News
  5. Hundreds feared dead in election riots after president claims 98pc of votes  Yahoo
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Flights delayed across US amid air traffic controller shortages as shutdown drags on

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Nearly 50% of 30 busiest airports facing absences as staff are forced to work without pay and shutdown hits 31st day

Nearly 50% of the 30 busiest US airports faced shortages of air traffic controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday, leading to flight delays nationwide as a federal government shutdown hit its 31st day.

The absence of controllers on Friday is by far the most widespread since the shutdown began, with one of the worst-hit regions being New York, where 80% of air traffic controllers were out, the agency said.

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JD Vance repeats comments he wants wife Usha to convert to Christianity

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US vice-president announces to 10,000 attenders of Turning Point USA that he prefers wife, who is Hindu, to be Christian

JD Vance is doubling down on comments he made about wanting his wife, Usha Vance, to convert to Christianity – remarks that drew political backlash from some quarters.

At an event with Turning Point USA at the University of Mississippi to honor the conservative group’s slain founder Charlie Kirk, an audience member questioned the US vice-president about how he sees the links between American patriotism and Christianity.

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Man killed in South Yorkshire helicopter crash named as Peter Smith

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Seventy-year-old, who died in incident near Bentley, said by family to be ‘a beloved husband, father and grandfather’

A man who was killed in a helicopter crash in Doncaster, South Yorkshire on Thursday has been named by his family as Peter Smith.

The family described Smith, 70, as “a beloved husband, father and grandfather” and said they were “all devastated by this sudden loss”, in a statement released by South Yorkshire police.

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South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks – AP News

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  1. South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks  AP News
  2. Can South Korea Manage the Competing Needs of the U.S. and China?  The New York Times
  3. South Korean president Lee asks China's Xi for help engaging North Korea  Reuters
  4. China’s Xi in the limelight at Pacific summit with Trump conspicuous by his absence  Yahoo News Singapore
  5. Xi, Lee Will Hold Talks in South Korea Saturday to Rebuild Ties  Bloomberg.com
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Hurricane Melissa: Britons to be evacuated from Jamaica as UK sends aid – BBC

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  1. Hurricane Melissa: Britons to be evacuated from Jamaica as UK sends aid  BBC
  2. In One Jamaican Town, Hurricane Melissa Left Behind Floodwaters and Dead Livestock  The New York Times
  3. Hurricane Melissa leaves 28 dead after tearing through Jamaica  Sky News
  4. Hurricane Melissa death toll tops 60; 'apocalyptic' Caribbean damage. Updates.  USA Today
  5. DeSantis announces 28 Floridians evacuated from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa  Spectrum News 13
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Missing Louisiana girl, 13, rescued from box in Pennsylvania basement

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Police say Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, met girl through Snapchat, and charged him with human trafficking and sexual assault

A 13-year-old Louisiana girl who went missing after meeting a man online was found alive in a box at his home several states away in Pennsylvania – along with evidence that she had been sexually assaulted, according to authorities.

Ki-Shawn Crumity, 26, faces charges of human trafficking, sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of a child after police in Pittsburgh said they arrested him on Thursday. He is one of at least three men who had been arrested as of Saturday amid an investigation involving law enforcement agencies in multiple states.

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Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana gets driving ban for speeding on hard shoulder

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Footballer pleads guilty to one count of driving dangerously after his offence was caught on camera

A Chelsea footballer who was caught on camera speeding down the hard shoulder of a busy A road in his Lamborghini has been handed a lengthy driving ban.

Wesley Fofana, 24, pleaded guilty at North East Surrey magistrates court to one count of driving dangerously on 20 April along the A3 Esher bypass in Hook, Hampshire. The incident came to light after another motorist captured the footage on a dashcam and reported it to the police.

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Police charge 11 after cannabis worth nearly £14m seized at Birmingham airport

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Officers confiscated more than half a tonne of class B drug in 22 suitcases from air passengers travelling from Thailand

Police have charged 11 people in connection with an attempt to smuggle 22 suitcases packed with cannabis from Thailand to Birmingham worth nearly £14m.

More than half a tonne of the class B drug, described by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as an “enormous amount”, was seized at Birmingham airport in August 2024. The 11 people charged, aged from 21 to 35, all travelled to the UK from Thailand via Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.

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How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees – The Guardian

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  1. How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees  The Guardian
  2. Al Qaeda Is on the Brink of Taking Over a Country  The Wall Street Journal
  3. Jihadis encircle Mali’s capital as they close in on power  Financial Times
  4. Bamako under siege: why Mali’s army is struggling to break the jihadist blockade of the capital  The Conversation
  5. Mali has not just plunged into crisis. It has been unraveling for years.  Atlantic Council
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