Japan to Alaska: What’s behind Russia-China joint military drills?
Russia and China have ramped up joint drills since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
Canada’s Tories target Trudeau as they seek seismic shift in political landscape
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to introduce motion of non-confidence in long-shot bid to force an election
Canada’s Conservative party will make its first bid to unseat prime minister Justin Trudeau this week, the latest attempt in its decade-long aim of restoring the Tories to power.
Buoyed by favourable polls, a cost of living crisis and an increasingly unpopular prime minister, the Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, will introduce a motion of non-confidence in the minority government: a long-shot bid to force the government to call an election.
Continue reading...Gambling lobby pushes Labor to consider age verification to block minors from betting
Meanwhile anti-gambling campaigner Tim Costello fears Albanese government will ‘squib’ on broad reform
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Opponents of a gambling ad ban are pushing the federal government to instead consider using age verification to block minors from sports betting content.
Earlier this month the government announced plans to ban young children from accessing social media using age verification technology.
Continue reading...Campaign demanding University of Sydney vice-chancellor resigns is ‘dangerous’, Jewish Council warns
JCA’s Sarah Schwartz says targeting Mark Scott’s handling of pro-Palestinian encampment risks conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism
A “concerted campaign” calling for University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott’s resignation is “dangerous” and conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism, the Jewish Council of Australia says.
Scott is facing calls to resign over the university’s handling of a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. He has apologised and conceded the university must do better.
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Continue reading...A police strip-search left Mysa feeling dehumanised. New data reveals the extent of the practice in NSW
Exclusive: Figures made public for the first time expose ‘problem with police accountability’, lawyer says
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Mysa Le felt “vulnerable and completely helpless” when she was ordered by police to undress in front of them so they could search her body for drugs.
Le was strip-searched at Sydney’s Midnight Mafia music festival in May 2018, where she said two female police officers took her into a booth and told her to take off her clothes without explaining what was happening.
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Continue reading...Firm disclosed phone data of shot Tanzanian politician, UK tribunal hears
Tigo’s former investigator claims he was unfairly dismissed for raising concerns over 2017 attack on Tundu Lissu
Gunmen tried to assassinate a Tanzanian opposition politician after a telecoms company secretly passed his mobile phone data to the government, according to evidence heard in a London tribunal.
The mobile phone company Tigo provided 24/7 phone call and location data belonging to Tundu Lissu to Tanzanian authorities in the weeks before the attempt on his life in September 2017.
Continue reading...‘Gaza nightmare threatens to take region with it’, says Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted the war on Gaza and the attacks on Lebanon.
Thousands of lives will be lost if Kyiv denied permission to use western weapons in Russia, Zelenskyy says – as it happened
Ukraine president expected to reiterate plea to use western weapons deep inside Russia when he meets Joe Biden. This live blog is closed
Russia plans to maintain defence spending at an historic high in 2025, Bloomberg News reports, suggesting that the Kremlin intend to continue its invasion of Ukraine for the foreseeable future.
The Kremlin is increasing up the spending as its forces slowly advance in eastern Ukraine. The Russian government has raised personal and corporate taxes to plug holes in the budget.
Draft three-year budget proposals seen by Bloomberg News show the government intends to increase defense spending to 13.2tn rubles ($142bn) in 2025 from 10.4tn rubles projected for this year, putting it at 6.2% of gross domestic product.
Military expenditure is planned to decline to 5.6% of GDP in 2026 and 5.1% in 2027, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the draft data.
Continue reading...Has Israel broken international law with its attacks on Lebanon?
Lebanon has come under the worst Israeli bombardment in decades and experts accuse Israel of violating international law
Two die in mudslide as Hurricane John makes landfall in Mexico
Tropical storm intensified to category 3 hurricane before weakening as slow pace threatens severe flash flooding
Two people have died after former hurricane John barreled into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, blowing tin roofs off houses, triggering mudslides and toppling scores of trees.
It came ashore near the town of Punta Maldonado late on Monday as a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120mph (190km/h). It weakened back to tropical storm status early on Tuesday with maximum sustained wind speeds of 50mph (85km/h) and was expected to weaken rapidly.
Continue reading...Zambian president suspends judges who ruled in favour of rival
The three judges were among those set to decide whether ex-President Lungu can stand in next year's poll.
Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Acapulco
Hurricane John hit the same coastal area of Mexico where Hurricane Otis ravaged Acapulco last year, killing 47 people.
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Equality ‘downgrade’ in European Commission dismays rights groups
Ursula von der Leyen criticised for merging equality commissioner role into brief including crisis management
More than 50 rights organisations from across Europe have expressed their “shock and dismay” at Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to do away with the standalone EU position of equality commissioner, describing it as a “downgrading” of the fight against discrimination.
Von der Leyen presented her lineup for the new commission in Brussels earlier this month. Her 27 commissioner designates – senior EU officials who hold positions akin to government ministers – included Hadja Lahbib, currently Belgium’s foreign minister, who was tasked with a portfolio that spans preparedness and crisis management as well as equality.
Continue reading...How AIPAC shapes unconditional US support for Israel
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Watch: BBC visits Beirut school sheltering 1,000 people
As Israel continues to bombard southern Lebanon, thousands of civilians are fleeing their homes.
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Fresh Egypt arms shipment to Somalia raises regional tensions
Ethiopia fears weapons could worsen security situation amid regional rows over water, territory and Red Sea access
Egypt has sent a second arms shipment to Somalia’s federal government in the space of a month, drawing criticism from its longstanding rival Ethiopia, amid concern about rising tensions in the Horn of Africa.
Egypt’s foreign ministry confirmed that a shipment had been sent, which it said was intended to “build the capabilities of the Somali army” to “achieve security and stability, combat terrorism, and uphold its sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity”.
Continue reading...Germany and France call for Europe-wide deal with UK on migration
Letter sent to EU said Brexit had gravely affected ‘the coherence of policies’ on asylum and migration
Germany and France have called for a Europe-wide deal on migration and asylum with the UK government, to capitalise on Labour’s more “constructive” approach to EU-UK relations.
In a letter to the EU home affairs commissioner, the German interior minister, Nancy Faeser, and her former French counterpart, Gérald Darmanin, said Brexit had gravely affected “the coherence of migration policies”.
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