for 19 minutter sidenSp vil at turister skal betale full pris
Senterpartiet vil innføre 50 prosent rabatt for lokalbefolkning og andre som er avhengige av ferge. Det opplyser Sp-leder Trygve Slagsvold Vedum til NRK. – Vi har et klart mål om få ned kostnadene for folk til transport både på ferje og hurtigbåt, skriver partilederen i en tekstmelding. I sitt partiprogram går partiet til valg for å gjøre hurtigbåtrutene gratis etter samme prinsipper som for fergene. Nå varsler Vedum at partiet i første omgang vil redusere kostnadene til lokalbefolkningen. – Målet vårt er at vi neste omgang skal ha gratis hurtigbåt til de minste samfunnene og øyene, men der må det også rammes inn slik at vi tar høyde for turisttrafikken. På store turistruter, som den jeg i dag tok fra Tromsø til Senja, ønsker vi å sikre at lokalbefolkningen får 50 prosent rabatt, men at turister betaler full pris, skriver Vedum, som i disse dager er på reise i Nord-Norge. Rabatten skal innføres gjennom «beboerbevis», opplyser partilederen.
for 1 time sidenFederal agency opens inquiry into ex-special counsel Jack Smith over Trump investigations
Smith led investigations into Trump’s part in the January 6 Capitol attack and the mishandling of classified documents The US office of special counsel, an independent federal agency, confirmed to NBC News on Saturday that it is investigating former Department of Justice prosecutor Jack Smith for possible violations of the Hatch Act. Smith led investigations into Donald Trump’s part in January 6 US Capitol riot and alleged mishandling of classified documents. Continue reading...
for 1 time sidenStørste Utøya-leir på ti år: – Aldri vært så stort engasjement
Over 1300 unge har vært på AUFs sommerleir på Utøya denne uka. Det er det høyeste deltakerantallet siden 2015.
for 2 timeer sidenOpprørske nonner okkuperer eit gammalt kloster
No har ein domstol beordra tvungen utkasting.
for 3 timeer sidenLabour does not deserve to win next election without change, Reeves says
Chancellor admits voter frustration as government faces renewed calls from Labour politicians for a wealth tax Labour does not “deserve” to win the next election if it does not change the country, Rachel Reeves has said, as she acknowledged some voters were disappointed with the party’s record since entering government. The chancellor said she understood the unhappiness felt by some voters towards a government that has U-turned on winter fuel allowance and welfare policies in recent months. Continue reading...
for 3 timeer sidenForged signatures listed on New York City mayor’s re-election campaign petition – report
More than 50 signatures were revealed to be fraudulent on Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent in election More than 50 signatures on New York mayor Eric Adams’ petition to run as an independent candidate in November’s election are fraudulent, according to a report published on Friday. The Gothamist said it had found 52 signatures from people who said their names were forged, including signatures of three people who turned out to be dead. The publication cited others who said they were deceived into signing the petitions. Continue reading...
for 3 timeer sidenKorrupsjon rundt dronekjøp avdekket i Ukraina
Ukrainas antikorrupsjonsmyndigheter sier de har avdekket storstilt korrupsjon rundt anskaffelse av droner og såkalte jammere. Myndighetene NABU og SAPO kommer med kunngjøringen to dager etter at nasjonalforsamlingen gjenopprettet deres uavhengighet. Det skjedde etter at et forslag om å begrense deres uavhengighet og gi riksadvokaten mer kontroll over etterforskninger ble møtt med massive demonstrasjoner. Ifølge de to korrupsjonsorganene ble en sittende folkevalgt, to lokale embetsfolk og flere i nasjonalgarden fersket i å ta imot bestikkelser. Ingen av dem er navngitt i uttalelsen fra myndighetene. – Essensen i ordningen var å inngå statlige kontrakter med selskaper som forsynte staten med droner, til oppblåste priser, skriver de. Videre heter det at gjerningspersonene satt igjen med opptil 30 prosent av det kontrakten kostet. Fire personer er pågrepet. – Det må være nulltoleranse for korrupsjon, tydelig lagarbeid for å avdekke korrupsjon og som følge av det, en rettferdig dom, skriver president Volodymyr Zelenskyj på Telegram. (NTB)
for 3 timeer sidenChancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance scandal branded ‘disgraceful’
Defending industry over consumers sends ‘really bad message’, says Treasury committee member Bobby Dean Rachel Reeves’ efforts to intervene in the supreme court case on the car finance scandal were “unprecedented and disgraceful” and send a “really bad message” to consumers that the government is willing to defend wrongdoing by banks, Treasury committee member and Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean has said. While the supreme court largely sided with finance companies on Friday – helping lenders avoid a £44bn compensation bill – Dean said the chancellor had gone too far to show she was on the side of business. Continue reading...
for 4 timeer sidenProtesters oppose one another at London hotel housing asylum seekers
Anti-racism protesters outnumber those opposing hotel being used as Home Office accommodation Anti-racism demonstrators have turned out in large numbers outside a London hotel where asylum seekers are being housed to counter-protest against those opposed to it being used as Home Office accommodation. Both groups of protesters gathered near the Thistle City Barbican hotel in Islington, north London. Continue reading...
for 4 timeer sidenBevilger 19 milliarder til nytt storsjukehus
Regjeringa sier ja til å bevilge penger til det omdiskuterte Mjøssjukehuset i Innlandet.
for 5 timeer sidenRepublicans slam Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief
President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown was ‘rigged’ to make him look bad Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July. The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs and data showing that economic output and consumer spending slowed in the first half of the year – point to an overall economic deterioration in the US. Continue reading...
for 5 timeer sidenTrump says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s past comments make pardoning him ‘more difficult’
They partied together and called each other friends in the past, but in 2020 Combs said Trump should be ‘banished’ Donald Trump says he considers Sean '“Diddy” Combs “sort of half-innocent” despite his criminal conviction in federal court in July – but the president called pardoning the music mogul “more difficult” because of past criticism. Trump spoke about Combs during an interview on Friday night on the friendly environs of Newsmax. Combs was found guilty on 2 July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, with each leaving him facing up to 10 years in prison – but he was acquitted of more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. Continue reading...
for 6 timeer sidenPalestine Action ban coupled with Online Safety Act ‘a threat to public debate’
Rights bodies say new law and proscription of direct action group create risk of censorship of Gaza-related content The Online Safety Act together with the proscription of Palestine Action could result in platforms censoring Palestinian-related content, human rights organisations have warned. Open Rights Group, Index on Censorship and others have written to Ofcom calling on it to provide clear guidance to platforms on distinguishing lawful expression from content deemed to be in support of terrorism. Continue reading...
for 6 timeer sidenTror ikke at Listhaug kan bli statsminister
Partileder i KrF, Dag-Inge Ulstein, sier partiet som har mest tillit bak seg, får statsministeren. Han er ikke enig i at det største partiet får topposisjonen.
for 6 timeer sidenKrF-Ulstein tror ikke at Listhaug kan bli statsminister
Partileder i KrF, Dag-Inge Ulstein, sier partiet som har mest tillit bak seg, får statsministeren. Han er ikke enig i at det største partiet får topposisjonen. De siste ukene har diskusjonen rundt Sylvi Listhaugs statsministerkandidatur økt på. Frp har vært det største partiet på borgerlig side siden nyttår, og Frp-lederen har flere ganger uttalt at «det er naturlig at det største partiet får statsministeren». KrF-leder Dag-Inge Ulstein vil derimot ikke støtte at Listhaug blir statsminister, selv om Frp skulle komme til å bli størst. – Det er ingen automatikk i at det største partiet får statsministeren. Men det er partiet med mest tillit bak seg, og det er jeg helt overbevist om at vil være Høyre, sier Ulstein til Vårt Land. Ulstein tror det blir vanskelig for Listhaug å bli statsministeren: – Det er utopisk å se for seg at Fremskrittspartiet skal bli større enn Høyre, Venstre og KrF til sammen. (NTB)
for 7 timeer sidenDurham disclosures further undermine Gabbard’s claims of plot against Trump
Declassified document contains deflating conclusion for DNI director that Russian spies were behind key 2016 emails Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligence, hoped to uncover evidence that Barack Obama and his national security team conspired to undermine Donald Trump in a slow-motion coup. But if her crusade was aimed at proving that Obama embarked on a “treasonous conspiracy” to falsely show that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election to help Trump, Gabbard made a mistake. A previously classified annexe to a report by another special counsel, John Durham – appointed towards the end of Trump’s first presidency – has further undermined Gabbard’s case. Continue reading...
for 7 timeer sidenVIP contract introduced by Tory peer left government owed £24m
DHSC rejected as ‘unusable’ PPE supplied by company linked to Lord Chadlington, which later went bust They were the lucrative deals that epitomised the “VIP lane” set up by Boris Johnson’s government during the Covid pandemic, which gave priority for personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts to people with political connections. Peter Gummer, a former PR boss who has been Tory peer Lord Chadlington since 1996, had smooth access at his fingertips. The erstwhile adviser to John Major has “close personal friendships with many senior Conservative party politicians”, he has said, and as president of the Witney constituency association in the Cotswolds is “close friends” with its most notable MP: David Cameron. Continue reading...
for 9 timeer sidenHow the courts became the biggest roadblock to Trump’s plans
Judges issued about 35 nationwide injunctions blocking various Trump orders before the supreme court stepped in, according to independent analysis from the Guardian A federal judge’s ruling last week to maintain a sweeping nationwide ban on Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order highlights the dizzying legal battle that has defined the administration’s opening months, with courts issuing dozens of such sweeping orders to systematically halt abrasive elements of the president’s agenda. US district judge Leo Sorokin in Boston rejected Trump administration arguments to narrow his nationwide injunction, a court order that prohibits the federal government from enforcing a law or policy against anyone across the nation, and not just the people who filed the legal challenge. Continue reading...
for 10 timeer sidenWes Streeting said to be eyeing up No 10 – but how will doctors’ strikes affect his chances?
Some MPs question Streeting’s framing of dispute as a ‘war’, but wider mood is likely to depend on how NHS holds up From Jeremy Hunt and Alan Johnson to Andy Burnham and Ken Clarke, politics is littered with ambitious former health secretaries who did not make it into No 10. The aspirational current health secretary, Wes Streeting, is believed by colleagues to have his sights on bucking that trend, and one day replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street. Continue reading...
for 10 timeer sidenAmerikansk museum fjernet skilt om Trumps riksrettstiltaler
Smithsonian-museet fjernet i juni en plakat som nevnte at Donald Trump ble stilt for riksrett to ganger etter påtrykk fra Det hvite hus, ifølge Washington Post. Plakaten ble satt opp i 2021, men fjernet nylig etter at Det hvite hus hadde lagt press på museet, noe som senere førte til at en av museets direktører valgte å gå av, skriver avisa. Trump undertegnet i mars en presidentordre som beordret fjerning av «antiamerikansk ideologi» på alle Smithsonian-museer. (NTB)
for 11 timeer sidenPalestinian statehood vote at Victorian Labor conference heaps more pressure on PM
Labor Friends of Palestine’s motion also called on federal government to extend sanctions to all members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victorian Labor members have voted to immediately recognise Palestine, heaping further pressure on the Albanese government to join Canada, France and the UK in their push for a sovereign state. Rank and file members at Labor’s state conference on Saturday also carried an urgent resolution to review the Aukus submarine deal. However, the wording of the motion was watered down before the vote. Continue reading...
for 11 timeer sidenKrev kompensasjon: – Dei skyldar fiskarane å rydde opp
Fiskenæringa ber om kompensasjon etter at regjeringa varsla fiskestans i store delar av Oslofjorden utanfor Østfold og Vestfold.
for 13 timeer sidenLanguage on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’
Pattern of ‘hostile language’ in media and debates likely to describe people of colour with less sympathy, report says A pattern of “hostile language” in news reports and UK parliamentary debates is more likely to describe people of colour as immigrants, or with less sympathy, researchers have found. The race equality thinktank the Runnymede Trust analysed more than 63m words from 52,990 news articles and 317 House of Commons debates on immigration between 2019 and the general election in July 2024. Continue reading...
for 13 timeer sidenUndersøkelse viser et flertall for SVs forslag
En ny undersøkelse utført av Respons Analyse for Sosialistisk Venstreparti (SV) svarer 55 prosent av de spurte støtter gratis barnehage.
for 14 timeer sidenOpprørske nonner okkuperer spansk kloster
En gruppe nonner som er utestengt fra Den katolske kirke, har okkupert et kloster i Spania. Nonnene tilhører den katolske ordenen Klarissene. I mai i fjor kunngjorde gruppen at de brøt med Vatikanet. Nå har en domstol beordret at de skal kastes ut.
for 15 timeer sidenThe inside story of the Murdoch editor taking on Donald Trump
Since her arrival at the Wall Street Journal, British editor-in-chief Emma Tucker has shaken up not only her own newsroom but also the White House The danger posed to Donald Trump was obvious. It was a story that not only drew attention to his links to a convicted sex offender, it also risked widening a growing wedge between the president and some of his most vociferous supporters. The White House quickly concluded a full-force response was required. It was Tuesday 15 July. The Wall Street Journal had approached Trump’s team, stating it planned to publish allegations that Trump had composed a crude poem and doodle as part of a collection compiled for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday. Continue reading...
for 16 timeer sidenIn wartime, demonstrations in Ukraine can never be more than a peaceful protest
Zelenskyy forced to U-turn on anti-corruption bodies but protesters know unrest only plays into Russia’s hands Once a decade, Ukraine has a moment in which street protests redefine the country’s political direction. The Orange revolution of 2004; the Maidan revolution of 2014; and now, over the past 10 days, the first major wave of protest since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. A series of unexpectedly boisterous and well-attended demonstrations forced Volodymyr Zelenskyy to execute a swift U-turn on his decision to scrap the independence of two anti-corruption bodies. On Thursday, MPs reversed the contentious changes they had adopted a week previously. Outside the parliament building, crowds whooped and cheered as the result of the vote was announced. Continue reading...
for 18 timeer sidenTrump: Sentralbanksjefen blir trolig sittende ut perioden
USAs president Donald Trump gjentar sin oppfordring om at sentralbanksjef Jerome Powell bør gå av, men sier også at Powell trolig blir sittende ut perioden. I et intervju med Newsmax fredag sa Trump at han ville ha fjernet Powell «på flekken», men la til at andre har fortalt at å fjerne Powell vil «forstyrre markedet». Trumps konklusjon er dermed at Powell mest sannsynlig blir sittende ut perioden. Powells åremål utløper i mai neste år. – Han er ute om sju eller åtte måneder og jeg skal innsette noen andre, sa Trump i intervjuet. Trump begrunner ønsket om å fjerne Powell med at sentralbanksjefen ikke vil følge Trumps oppfordring om å sette ned styringsrenten. (NTB)
for 19 timeer sidenNSW supreme court rules in favour of pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge
Palestine Action Group claims as many as 50,000 people will take part in the march on Sunday Pro-Palestinian protesters will be legally protected while marching across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Sunday after a New South Wales supreme court decision. The Palestine Action Group has claimed as many as 50,000 people will take part in the march across the iconic bridge, protesting against Israel’s conduct in Gaza and the starvation of children. Continue reading...
for 22 timeer sidenPro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Chuck Schumer’s office in New York City
Demonstrators were banging pots and pans at one of several gatherings that took place across major US cities Dozens of Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at US senator Chuck Schumer’s New York City office on Friday, leading to mass arrests as elected officials joined activists from Jewish Voice for Peace outside the Midtown office. Tiffany Caban, a New York City council member, and Claire Valdez, a state representative, were among those arrested. Demonstrators were seen banging together pots and pans, a form of noise protest. Continue reading...
for 22 timeer sidenUS appeals court indiciates it might declare Trump’s birthright citizenship order unconstitutional
Judges expressed deep skepticism about a key piece of the US president’s hardline immigration agenda Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship appeared on Friday to be headed toward being declared unconstitutional by a second federal appeals court, as judges expressed deep skepticism about a key piece of the US president’s hardline immigration agenda. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based first US circuit court of appeals sharply questioned a lawyer with the federal justice department as to why they should overturn two lower-court judges who blocked the order from taking effect. Continue reading...
for 22 timeer sidenCorporation for Public Broadcasting to close after US funding cut
Closure of public broadcaster follows House Republicans’ decision to eliminate $1.1bn in funding over two years The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced on Friday it will shut down operations after losing federal funding, delivering a blow to America’s public media system and the more than 1,500 local stations that have relied on its support for nearly six decades. The closure follows the Republican-controlled House’s decision last month to eliminate $1.1bn in CPB funding over two years, part of a $9bn reduction to public media and foreign aid programs. Continue reading...
for 22 timeer sidenSocial media ads promoting small boat crossings to UK to be banned
Change to border security bill will also make it a crime to advertise fake passports, visas and work opportunities Ministers are to outlaw social media adverts promoting journeys on small boats across the Channel to asylum seekers. The government will create a UK-wide criminal offence that could lead to perpetrators being sentenced for up to five years in prison and a hefty fine. Continue reading...
for 23 timeer sidenBønder dropper klimatiltak: – Jeg blåser i det
Klimakalkulatoren skulle bidra til å redusere utslipp fra landbruket. Men kun tre av ti bønder har tatt den i bruk.
for 1 dag sidenVictorians could soon have the right to work from home two days a week under Australian-first laws
Premier Jacinta Allan to announce proposal that if legislated would make Victoria the first state to enshrine in law the right to work remotely Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victorians could soon have a legal right to work from home two days a week, under proposed Australian-first laws to be introduced to parliament by the state Labor government in 2026. The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, will use Labor’s state conference on Saturday to announce the proposal, which, if passed by parliament, would make the state the first in the country to legislate the right to work remotely. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenEuroparådets korrupsjonsgranskere kritiserer Norge
Politiske interessekonflikter i Norge har de siste årene ført til statsrådsavganger, regelendringer og politietterforskninger. Men til tross for skandalene, blir det ikke gjort mye på det strukturelle planet, ifølge rapporter fra Europarådet og OECD, gjengitt i Aftenposten. OECDs gjennomgang trekker fram at Norge mangler en nasjonal strategi mot korrupsjon. Det finnes heller ikke regelverk om lobbyvirksomhet eller et lobbyregister. I tillegg bærer arbeidet med å hindre interessekonflikter preg av manglende rutiner og systematikk. Norge har ligget høyt oppe på den såkalte CPI-indeksen, som går fra 0 til 100, der 100 innebærer minst korrupsjon. Siden 2015 har Norge falt fra 88 til 81 poeng på CPI-indeksen. (NTB)
for 1 dag sidenColombia’s ex-president Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years’ house arrest for witness tampering
It marks the first time in country’s history that an ex-president has been convicted of a crime and sentenced Colombia’s still-powerful former president Álvaro Uribe has been sentence to 12 years of house arrest, capping a long and contentious career that defined the country’s politics for a generation. Uribe, aged 73, received the maximum possible sentence after being found guilty of witness tampering, a legal source told AFP. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump orders firing of labor statistics chief hours after data showed jobs growth slowed
US president claimed without evidence that Erika McEntarfer had ‘faked’ employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has ordered the firing of the federal government official in charge of labor statistics, hours after data revealed that jobs growth had stalled this summer. The US president claimed that Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, had “faked” employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election, in a bid to boost Kamala Harris’s chances of victory. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump administration reportedly suspends $200m in grants from UCLA
University chancellor said ‘life-saving research’ will be defunded as Trump’s academic crackdown continues The Trump administration is suspending some research grants to the University of California, Los Angeles, claiming “antisemitism and bias”, the school announced in a statement on Thursday. “UCLA received a notice that the federal government, through its control of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies, is suspending certain research funding to UCLA,” Julio Frenk, the university chancellor, said in a letter to the campus. The move means “life-saving research” will be defunded, he said. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump har sparket USAs ansvarlige for jobbstatistikk
Trump sier at han hat gitt teamet sitt beskjed om å sparke Erika McEntarfer. Hun er økonom og er ansvarlig for tall og statstisikk i USAs arbeidsdepartement. Presidenten hevder at McEntarfer forfalsket tallene over hvor mange som er i jobb i USA for å styrke Kamala Harris sine sjanser under presidentvalget i fjor høst. – Vi trenger nøyaktige jobbtall. Jeg har bedt mitt team om å avskjedige denne Biden-politiske utnevnelsen, umiddelbart. Hun vil bli erstattet med en person som er mye mer kompetent og kvalifisert, skriver Trump. I samme melding skriver han at USAs sentralbanksjef, Jerome Powell, også burde «settes på sidelinjen».
for 1 dag sidenTrump har sparket sjefen for arbeidslivsstatistikk
Trump sier at han hat gitt teamet sitt beskjed om å sparke Erika McEntarfer. Hun er økonom og er ansvarlig for tall og statstisikk i USAs arbeidsdepartement. Presidenten hevder at McEntarfer forfalsket tallene over hvor mange som er i jobb i USA for å styrke Kamala Harris sine sjanser under presidentvalget i fjor høst. Han reagerer også på at tallene etter at han ble president ikke er bedre. – Vi trenger nøyaktige jobbtall. Jeg har bedt mitt team om å avskjedige denne Biden-politiske utnevnelsen, umiddelbart. Hun vil bli erstattet med en person som er mye mer kompetent og kvalifisert, skriver Trump. I samme melding skriver han at USAs sentralbanksjef, Jerome Powell, også burde «settes på sidelinjen».
for 1 dag sidenUnge Venstre: – Erna må stå på lag med palestinerne
Høyre har vært for passive overfor krigen i Gaza, mener Unge Venstre, som krever at en ny borgerlig regjering må trekke oljefondet ut av Israel.
for 1 dag sidenFrp skuffa over regjeringas tollforhandlingar
I natt kom Donald Trump med nye tollsatsar. For Noreg betyr det at norske varer i USA blir 15 prosent dyrare enn før. Hans Andreas Limi, finanspolitisk talsperson og stortingsrepresentant for Frp, meiner regjeringa burde ha forhandla fram ei avtale lik Storbritannia. – Det som er litt skuffande og som eg er overraska over, sjølv med atterhaldet om at forhandlingane held fram, er at Noreg ikkje har fått på plass ein eigen avtale. Limi meiner Noreg burde hatt same avtale som Storbritannia – med ein tollsats på ti prosent – No er vi i ein situasjon der vi må forhalde oss til kva Trump ønskjer å gjennomføre. Næringsminister Cecilie Myrseth (AP) meiner at Frp sine utsegn er naive då forhandlingane med USA er ufortsigbare.
for 1 dag sidenKemi Badenoch says she no longer sees herself as Nigerian despite upbringing
The Conservative party leader, who grew up in Nigeria and the US, said she has not renewed her Nigerian passport in decades Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer considers herself Nigerian and does not possess a Nigerian passport. The Conservative party leader, who was born in London, but grew up in Nigeria and the US and did not return to the UK until she was 16, said she had not renewed her Nigerian passport in two decades. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenGavin Newsom may call special election to redraw California congressional maps
Governor announces possible move as Democrat-led states seek to respond to planned Texas redistricting California’s governor Gavin Newsom may call a special election in November to begin the process of redrawing the state’s congressional maps in response to Texas’s plans to change their own maps to help Republicans keep their majority in the House of Representatives. Donald Trump is pushing Texas and other Republican-dominated states to carry out mid-decade redistricting that will favor the GOP and potentially stop Democrats from retaking control of the House in next year’s midterm elections. Governors in Democratic-led states have responded by warning they will move to redo their own maps if Texas goes ahead with its plans, which could create an additional five Republican-leaning districts. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenKulturdirektoratet kan ha brutt loven – ga innsyn i uutgitt bok
Kulturdirektoratet kan ha brutt åndsverkloven da E24 fikk lese den upubliserte boka til oljefondssjef Nicolai Tangen. Forlaget har skaffet juridisk bistand.
for 1 dag sidenEpstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to lower-security prison in Texas
Move comes after Maxwell met with deputy attorney general about those involved in late sex offender’s crimes Ghislaine Maxwell has been transferred from a federal prison in Florida where she was serving her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking as an associate of Jeffrey Epstein to a lower-security facility in Texas, the US Bureau of Prisons said on Friday. “We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas,” a spokesperson said. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenBrazil judge put under sanctions for overseeing Bolsanaro case blames ‘treacherous’ plot
US put sanctions on Judge Alexandre de Moraes as an apparent move by Donald Trump to help his ally The supreme court judge presiding over the trial of Brazil’s ex-president, Jair Bolsonaro, has a “cowardly and treacherous” plot is afoot to pave the way for another attack on the South American country’s democracy. Judge Alexandre de Moraes was put under sanctions by the US on Wednesday, as part of an apparent push by Donald Trump to help his ally Bolsonaro escape punishment for allegedly masterminding an attempted coup after losing the 2022 election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Trump also slapped a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports in response to what he called the “witch-hunt” against the far-right former president. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenSmithsonian removes references to Trump impeachments at history exhibit
Changes at National Museum of American History come amid president’s push to reshape US cultural agencies The Smithsonian Institution has scrubbed all mention of Donald Trump’s impeachments from a prominent display at the National Museum of American History, temporarily eliminating any acknowledgement of the president’s unique status as the only US leader the House impeached twice. The alterations to the presidential power exhibit, first reported by the Washington Post, occurred in July, with museum officials replacing contemporary signage with an older version that excludes Trump’s impeachment proceedings entirely. Visitors now see only a generic reference to three presidents facing potential removal from office. Continue reading...
for 1 dag siden‘It’s his safe place’: searching for Tommy Robinson in Tenerife
Far-right activist flew to the Spanish island again this week in a moment of peril – but friends deny seeing him there “As far as I am aware, he is on mainland Spain,” said Barry Armstrong, a convicted fraudster and longtime friend and benefactor of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson. It was difficult to fit with what the staff at Robinson’s favourite breakfast place in Costa Adeje, in southern Tenerife, had said just that morning. “He was in here yesterday,” a member of the waiting staff said of Robinson. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenScientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation
Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research A new Trump administration report which attempts to justify a mass rollback of environmental regulations is chock-full of climate misinformation, experts say. On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal to undo the 2009 “endangerment finding”, which allows the agency to limit planet-heating pollution from cars and trucks, power plants and other industrial sources. Hours later, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a 150-page report defending the proposal, claiming scientific concern about the climate crisis is overblown. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenUK Online Safety Act risks ‘seriously infringing’ free speech, says X
Elon Musk’s social media platform says lawmakers made a ‘conscientious decision’ to increase censorship UK politics live – latest updates Elon Musk’s X platform has said the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of “seriously infringing” free speech as a row deepens over measures for protecting children from harmful content. The social media company said the act’s “laudable” intentions were being overshadowed by its aggressive implementation by the communications watchdog, Ofcom. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenJoyce and Canavan call for new coal plants to replace renewable energy projects
Coalition opponents of net zero spruik coal, nuclear and gas as emissions policy divides opposition Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Barnaby Joyce and other leading opponents of net zero by 2050 want Australia to build new coal-fired power plants, focus on gas and nuclear energy and abandon all efforts to cut carbon emissions. As the former Nationals leader pushes a private member’s bill to block net zero – sparking new divisions within the Liberals and Nationals this week – he said any long-term emissions reduction from renewables would not make a meaningful difference to the climate and would cost households too much. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump steps up attacks on Fed’s independence amid interest rates row
US president called on top Fed officials to seize control from chair Jerome Powell if he fails to cut interest rates Donald Trump called on top Federal Reserve officials to seize control from its chair Jerome Powell if he fails to cut interest rates, stepping up his extraordinary attacks on the central bank’s independence. The US president called Powell “a stubborn MORON” in a series of critical social media posts on Friday, days after the Fed held rates steady for the fifth consecutive time. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenStaffordshire police chief suspended after concerns raised about off-duty conduct
IOPC also investigating Chris Noble over allegations he shared confidential information without policing purpose A police chief has been suspended after serious concerns were raised about his behaviour outside of work. The Staffordshire police chief constable, Chris Noble, is under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for the matters, which pre-date his employment with the force. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenAbstract verbs in, long descriptors out: How do you name a political party?
600,000 people have signed up for updates on Corbyn and Sultana’s leftwing party. What is it called? You name it What’s in a name? Potentially a lot, if you are launching a movement with ambitions “to shape something truly transformative” in British politics. That’s the challenge facing Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, the former Labour MPs who announced plans last month, if not in the most coordinated fashion, to launch a leftwing political party. More than 600,000 people have already signed up for updates on the new group, which will be called … what? Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenUK government has ‘got the balance right’ on tax, says Rachel Reeves
Chancellor responds to calls for wealth tax on millionaire households The government has “got the balance right” on tax, Rachel Reeves has insisted after a former Labour shadow chancellor said she should consider introducing a wealth tax. The chancellor said she had already increased taxes on the wealthiest in society with higher levies “on private jets, on second homes, and increased capital gains tax”. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenKamala Harris says she doesn’t plan to return to ‘broken’ system of US politics
Former vice-president talked to Colbert in first interview since election, after declining bid for California governor Kamala Harris has said that she currently has no desire to re-enter “the system” of American politics because it is “broken”. On Thursday night the defeated Democratic party’s presidential nominee, who replaced Joe Biden late in the 2024 campaign after he dropped his re-election bid, gave her first interview since losing the election to Donald Trump, talking to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenOpposition leaders say ‘democracy in El Salvador has died’ after scrapping of presidential term limits
Legislation allows rightwing president Nayib Bukele to seek unlimited terms, sparking fears of dictatorship Activists and opposition leaders have that warned El Salvador is following Venezuela’s path towards dictatorship after the Central American country’s congress scrapped presidential term limits, paving the way for Nayib Bukele to seek indefinite re-election. “Democracy in El Salvador has died,” opposition congresswoman Marcela Villatoro declared late on Thursday as the legislature – in which Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas party controls 90% of seats – approved the highly controversial constitutional reform, by 57 votes to three. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenAUF-leder: – Jeg var sint etter Utøya fordi livet mitt var ødelagt
Han er en litt bråkjekk AUF-leder og en trøndersk ordmitraljøse. Men det er ingen selvfølge at det nettopp er Gaute Skjervø som i helgen leder sommerleiren på Utøya.
for 1 dag sidenTexas’s redistricting is a Republican power grab at the hands of Trump
Redrawn congressional maps could secure five seats for Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections When Texas Republicans redrew their congressional map this month at the urging of Donald Trump, they faced a difficult task. They needed to find a way to pick up five seats that the president wanted ahead of the midterm elections next year without spreading their voters too thin and jeopardizing the 25 seats they already held. Republicans unveiled their plan to pick up the seats on Wednesday, revealing a map that could dilute Hispanic voting power. Under the new proposed districts, they would be favored in five new seats, giving them a hold on 30 of Texas’s 38 congressional districts. Had the district been in place for the 2024 election, Trump would have won all 30 by at least 10 points. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenPalestinaaktivister avbrøt statsministerduell
Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) og Erna Solberg (H) ble avbrutt av tilrop da de begge forsvarte at oljefondet ikke har solgt seg ut av Israel under en debatt i Trondheim.
for 1 dag sidenSolberg: – Ikke blitt noen effekt av det arbeidet regjeringen har sagt at de har jobbet mye med
Erna Solberg (H) håper regjeringen når fram i forhandlinger med USA. Støre tørr ikke love lavere tollsatser.
for 1 dag sidenAlbanese criticises ‘dry gully’ of culture wars as he promises more funding to close Indigenous gap
In Garma festival speech the PM will promise mobile Tafe, new economic partnerships with Indigenous groups and funding for clean energy Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese says investing in closing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage gap is more useful than the “dry gully” of culture wars. The prime minister will use a major speech to the Garma festival in north-east Arnhem Land on Saturday to promise delivery of the economic sovereignty fundamental to self-determination for First Nations communities, including through $75m in new funding to help native title holders secure better deals and faster project approvals. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenNye tiltak og tøffere kamp mot sosial dumping og a-krim
Regjeringen setter av nye millioner og skjerper innsatsen ytterligere for å få bukt med kriminalitet i arbeidslivet og sosial dumping.
for 1 dag sidenStoltenberg om toll: – Det er grenser for hvor langt Norge bør strekke seg
– 15 prosent toll har blitt en slags minstesats. Det var en avtale vi forhandlet fram for en god stund siden. Det finansminister Jens Stoltenberg. (Ap). – Dette er en ensidig amerikansk beslutning som vi er uenige i. Han sier at samtalene med USA fortsetter, for å se om det kan bli enighet. –Men det er også grenser for hvor langt Norge bør strekke seg for å få til en enighet, hvis det inneholder elementer vi mener er i strid med norske interesser, sier Stoltenberg. – Det er ikke slik at vi bør betale en hvilken som helst pris for å få en lavere tollsats. sier finansministeren.
for 1 dag sidenCanada will be its own best customer, says Carney, after Trump imposes new tariffs on dozens of countries – US politics live
Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday increasing tariffs on Canadian goods imported to the United States from 25% to 35% Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of US politics as Donald Trump has signed an executive order ranging from 10% to 41% on imports from dozens of trade partners in his latest attempt to reshape the global economy. The order applies to 68 countries and the 27-member European Union. Rates were set at 25% for India’s US-bound exports, 20% for Taiwan, 19% for Thailand and 15% for South Korea. World stock rates have fallen. Germany’s DAX index has dropped by 1.1% at the start of trading in Frankfurt, while France’s CAC fell by almost 1% and Spain’s IBEX lost 0.6% – even though Europe reached a trade deal with the US at the start of this week. Historian Rashid Khalidi has cancelled plans to teach this fall at Columbia University in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration. A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s plans and extended temporary protected status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. The US dollar has hit its highest level in two months against a basket of currencies today. The dollar index has risen by 0.1%, on track for its seventh daily rise in a row. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenNew UK civil service internship scheme only open to working-class students
Minister says programme will help ensure Whitehall has ‘broadest range of talent and truly reflects the country’ A new civil service internship scheme will be open only to working-class students as part of a drive to make Whitehall better reflect the country, the government has said. The new programme will give students from lower-income backgrounds the chance to apply for paid government placements. The definition of working class will be based on what jobs applicants’ parents held when they were 14 and replaces an existing programme open to all. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenNSO: – Mangler 12.000 studentboliger
– Vi mangler over 12.000 studentboliger for at bare én av fem skal kunne bo i en studentbolig, sier Sigve Næss Røtvold, leder i Norsk studentorganisasjon i en pressemelding. – Selv om det er kommet på plass flere studentboliger, er studentboligmangelen fortsatt vedvarende, sier Næss Røtvold. NSO forventer at regjeringen, uavhengig sammensetning, gjør det som trengs for å nå målet om 20 prosent dekningsgrad om få år. (NTB)
for 1 dag sidenTrump to blame for high cost of living, Americans say in new poll
Six out of 10 Americans fault president for financial struggles and eight out of 10 worry about tariffs’ impact Americans are struggling financially, grappling with debt and the rising cost of living, and are blaming the Trump administration and corporate interests for worsening economic outlooks for working families, according to a new poll. Six out of 10 Americans place blame on the Trump administration for driving up their cost of living, according to a poll conducted by Morning Consult for the Century Foundation, which asked 2,007 Americans how they are managing the high cost of living in the US economy, who they think is to blame and what are the solutions. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenUS judge whose son was murdered voices dismay as threats to jurists rise
Amid climate of intimidation, Esther Salas tells of how son Daniel was killed by lawyer posing as pizza delivery man A judge whose son was murdered by a disgruntled lawyer posing as a pizza deliveryman voiced anguish that the crime has spawned a spate of copycat threats against other jurists. Esther Salas, a US district judge for New Jersey, fought back tears on Thursday after being asked to respond to a trend of judges receiving home pizza deliveries with the name of her late son attached as a means of intimidation. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenProminent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlement Historian Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said professor emeritus of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, has cancelled plans to teach this fall in response to the school’s recent agreement with the Trump administration. Khalidi made the announcement in an open letter to Columbia’s acting president published in the Guardian on Friday. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenIngen spørsmål om kultur i flere av medienes valgomater: – Veldig skuffende
– Kultur er ikke blant de temaene som velgerne legger mest vekt på når de skal stemme, sier VG.
for 1 dag sidenStoltenberg om toll: – Vi lever i en urolig tid
Finansminister Jens Stoltenberg (Ap) mener det er uheldig at norske varer har fått en tollsats på 15 prosent til USA. – Og det viser at vi lever i en urolig tid. Vi er fortsatt i prosess med USA, med mål om å få til en avtale, sier han i en uttalelse til NRK. Natt til fredag kunngjorde USAs president Donald Trump at og en rekke andre land har nå fått 15 prosent toll på varer som skal eksporteres til USA.
for 1 dag sidenLabour urged to consider wealth tax as Reeves visits Scotland – UK politics live
Former shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said ministers must be frank about ‘really big decisions’ in autumn budget Good morning and welcome to the UK politics blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news lines throughout the day. We start with news that the Treasury should consider a wealth tax to close the growing gap in the public finances, according to a Labour former shadow chancellor. The UK’s plan to recognise a Palestinian state is compliant with international law, a minister has said, after a group of peers raised concerns that it did not meet the legal bar. Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, defended the fact that the government’s plan for recognising Palestinian statehood does not involve firm “conditions” being placed on Hamas, saying the government could not make the decision conditional on what Hamas does because it does not negotiate with terrorist organisations. Nine out of 10 nurses have rejected their 3.6% pay award for this year and warned that they could strike later this year unless their salaries are improved. Mary-Ann Stephenson has been confirmed as the new chair of the equalities watchdog, after the government overruled the objections of parliament’s equalities committee over her suitability for the job. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenPro-Palestine fundraising gig in Newcastle cancelled after police said ‘credible threat’ made against venue
Palestine Action Group Muloobinba accuses police of ‘bullying tactics’ after cancellation of the Make Some Noise charity event, the second such incident in a week Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A pro-Palestine fundraising gig planned at a Newcastle pub on Friday night was cancelled after police warned a “credible threat” had been made against the venue – but organisers say they have been left in the dark. The Palestine Action Group Muloobinba (PAGM) has accused police of “bullying tactics” after the cancellation of the Make Some Noise charity event at the Hamilton Station hotel, from which all proceeds were meant to go towards aid for Gaza. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenImpartiality concerns raised as LNP appoints former Liberal party member to lead Queensland CFMEU inquiry
Unions chief says industrial relations lawyer Stuart Wood KC is ‘very well experienced’ but queries whether he may bring ‘personal biases’ to the role Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The lawyer leading a commission of inquiry into Queensland’s CFMEU was a former member of the Liberal party and acted for businesses, raising questions about his impartiality, according to the state’s union movement. Deputy premier and industrial relations minister Jarrod Bleijie announced on Friday that Stuart Wood AM KC, an industrial relations lawyer of 30 years experience who has worked in Victoria and Queensland, would be the inquiry’s commissioner. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenRegjeringen innfører nye tiltak for å bekjempe arbeidslivskriminalitet
Regjeringen innfører ny handlingsplan med nye og skjerpende tiltak for å styrke arbeidstakeres rettigheter, for å bekjempe kriminelle aktører gjennom effektivt samarbeid mellom myndigheter. I tillegg økes støtten til Arbeidstilsynet med 10 millioner, samt Fair Play Bygg Norge, som jobber med å avsløre arbeidslivskriminalitet, får 2 millioner i statsbudsjettet for 2026. – Det norske arbeidslivet skal være trygt, uansett hvor man er fra og hvor man jobber. Å bekjempe useriøse aktører er et kontinuerlig arbeid. Nå forsterker vi og utvikler myndighetenes felles innsats, opplyser arbeids- og inkluderingsminister Tonje Brenna i en pressemelding. De viser til rapporter fra Økokrim, Arbeidstilsynet og andre myndigheter, som viser hvordan kriminelle aktører i økende grad opererer profesjonelt og etablerer seg i det lovlige næringslivet
for 1 dag sidenListhaug om tollavtalen: Skuffende
– Det er skuffende dersom regjeringens forhandlinger med USA ikke medfører mindre enn 15 prosent toll all den tid land som Storbritannia har fått til en avtale på 10 prosent. Det er heldigvis fortsatt tid til at det kan komme endringer som vil gjøre hverdagen bedre for norsk næringsliv, skriver Listhaug til NTB i en e-post.
for 1 dag sidenNå blir barnehage billigere: – Vi blir ikke hørt
Fra og med 1. august settes prisen på barnehage ned, men foreldre og ansatte mener regjeringen gjør for lite for å løse bemanningskrisen.
for 1 dag sidenStøre åpner for utvidet ølsalg og pils i park
Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) sier ja til å lette litt på alkohollovgivningen og andre regler. Dermed matcher han flere punkter i Høyres «frihetsplan».
for 1 dag sidenStøre åpner for å utvide pol- og ølsalget – og sier ja til pils i park
– Jeg synes det å kunne drikke pils i parken høres ut som en fin frihet. Så får vi prøve å hindre fyll i parken, sier Støre. Nå svarer han på det NTB omtalte som «Høyres frihetsplan» tidligere i uken. – Det er jeg åpen for å se på. Vinmonopolet er en norsk og svensk tradisjon for å ha rammer rundt alkoholomsetning. Vi skal ha tilgang til å kjøpe gode varer, men det er også en beskyttelse for å ikke få alkoholproblemer. Vi verner om vinmonopolordningen, men jeg er ikke fremmed for at man kan være se pragmatisk på åpningstiden, sier Støre. (NTB)
for 1 dag sidenCanadas statsminister skuffet over ny tollsats
Ifølge statsminister Mark Carney gjelder tollen på all import som ikke allerede er omfattet av frihandelsavtalen Cusma mellom Canada, USA og Mexico. – Deler av økonomien vår, inkludert tømmer, stål, aluminium og biler, vil bli rammet av de nye tollsatsene, sier han. Trump økte tollsatsene på varer fra Canada fra 25 til 35 prosent. Carney sier han er skuffet over avgjørelsen.
for 1 dag sidenLabour urged to revive Sure Start label to win back Reform voters
Commission says new Best Start project should be called Sure Start to rebuild trust in austerity damaged areas The government should greatly expand family centres under the Sure Start brand to help win back Reform voters in former Labour heartlands, a commission backed by Labour politicians has said. Hilary Armstrong, the Labour peer and former cabinet minister, was among those pressing for a fuller reintroduction of family centres under the Sure Start label, saying it would help to rebuild trust in neighbourhoods damaged by austerity. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenEn seks uker lang kavalkade av pinligheter
Seks uker med valgkamp? Med kleine reels, dårlig dansing og «rene ord for penga»? Herregud, som jeg gruer meg.
for 1 dag sidenJudge rules against Trump and extends deportation protections for 60,000 immigrants
San Francisco judge leaves temporary protected status in place for people from Honduras and Nicaragua while case against Trump administration proceeds A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s plans and extended temporary protected status (TPS) for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. TPS is a protection that can be granted by the homeland security secretary to people of various nationalities who are in the United States, preventing them from being deported and allowing them to work. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenJoe Biden says US is facing ‘existential’ fight with marginalized groups ‘dramatically under attack’
Former president says some politicians watch deportations of legal immigrants with ‘glee’ in speech to National Bar Association gala Former United States President Joe Biden took the stage at the National Bar Association’s 100th Annual Awards Gala in Chicago to deliver remarks honoring the United States civil rights legacy, and the state of the country. Speaking amid continual scrutiny around his physical and mental health, Biden played up the importance of a strong judicial branch, and characterized the US as at a moment in time that “makes us confront hard truths.” Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenEl Salvador fjernet president-begrensning
Parlamentet i El Salvador har stemt gjennom en grunnlovsendring som fjernet begrensninger på antall perioder en president kan ha makten i landet. Dette tillater sittende president, Nayib Bukele, å stille til valg på nytt. Bukele er populær i parlamentet og endringsforslaget ble stemt frem med 57 stemmer for og tre stemmer mot. Den nye loven øker også presidentperioden fra fem til seks år.
for 1 dag sidenFive Labor MPs defy NSW premier and vow to attend pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge
ALP MLC Stephen Lawrence criticises ‘slow and steady demonisation of protest’ in NSW Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Several New South Wales Labor MPs have defied their premier, Chris Minns, by vowing to march across Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Gaza this weekend as police attempt to challenge the protest in court. Labor’s Stephen Lawrence, Anthony D’Adam, Linda Voltz, Cameron Murphy and Sarah Kaine were among 15 NSW politicians who signed an open letter on Thursday evening calling on the government to facilitate “a safe and orderly event” on Sunday. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenVirginia Giuffre wanted Epstein documents made public, siblings say
Accuser who died in April wanted justice for victims and urged Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, family says The siblings of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers who died earlier this year, said their sister had wanted the so-called Epstein files to be released, and urged Donald Trump not to pardon his longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. In an interview with NBC News on Thursday, Giuffre’s family said she would have wanted the documents – a trove of materials related to the investigation into the years of abuse into the late sex offender – made public. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump to build ‘beautiful’ $200m ballroom at White House
Press secretary says 900 sq ft ballroom will hold up to 650 seats as US president proposes ‘a lot of improvements’ The White House will soon begin construction of a new $200m ballroom to be ready before Donald Trump’s term ends in early 2029. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the building will be 90,000 sq ft and will hold up to 650 seats. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenNews live: Australian activists allege they were ‘brutalised psychologically’ after Israeli military detained Gaza aid boat; NSW politicians back Harbour Bridge march
Tania Safi and Robert Martin back in Australia, with Martin asking why Albanese holding out on recognising Palestinian state. Follow the latest news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Burgess says while money is lost, ‘tens of billions’ has been saved foiling foreign spies Burgess said Asio was publicising the dollar value on the cost of espionage activities against Australia to help raise awareness about safety and security. He told RN Breakfast: Whilst ($)12.5 is an imposing figure, actually, tens of billions of dollars have been saved. Saved by the good work that’s already being done. We’re just saying we need to do a little bit better because $12.5bn is still too high. It is not naive, it’s recklessly inviting the intelligence, the intention of a foreign intelligence service. It’s OK to put what you’re doing on your CV if you’re applying for a job, you’ve got a right to do that. When you advertise it on a professional networking site or your social media profile, that’s just unwise and you are becoming a target. The problem with espionage, it’s highly secretive and hard to see or hard to measure, but actually engaging the Institute of Criminology in an attempt to cost it, to make the cost tangible, will help businesses and individuals understand this is a real threat. And more importantly, we spent some time saying what good security looks like and how they can help catch spies and stop this. … All nations spy, including Australia, so we can’t forget that. So all governments look for covert or sensitive insights that are not publicly available. So all nations do it, and genuinely you would be surprised by who’s doing it. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenTrump announces sweeping new tariff rates for scores of countries – US politics live
Presidential order modifies tariffs first announced in April ahead of Friday deadline for new rates to take effect Donald Trump is at the White House today. His schedule includes lunch with JD Vance, the vice-president, followed by an executive order signing at 4pm EST. Also on the agenda today Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary, will hold a briefing at around 1pm EST. Continue reading...
for 1 dag siden‘Where is the accountability? There is none’: Uluru Dialogue condemns status quo as 25th Garma festival begins
Architects of Uluru Statement criticise government over lack of progress on Closing the Gap in the absence of a voice to parliament Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast As the 25th Garma festival begins in north-east Arnhem Land, the architects of the Uluru statement have criticised a “performative” Albanese government for maintaining a status quo that neglects the rights of First Nations Australians. “Enough is enough,” the Uluru Dialogue, a key advocate for the yes vote in the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, said in a blistering statement shared on social media on Friday. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenPentagon orders removal of 1,350 national guard troops from Los Angeles
Sent by Trump administration to quash LA protests, remaining 250 guards will stay to protect federal assets The Pentagon will remove 1,350 national guard troops from Los Angeles originally sent to the state by the Trump administration to deal with protests over its immigration policies. Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, ordered the national guard members to leave this week. A remaining 250 troops will stay put to protect federal personnel and property, according to the statement attributed to Sean Parnell, chief Pentagon spokesperson. Continue reading...
for 1 dag sidenFar-right extremists using games platforms to radicalise teenagers, report warns
Parents advised to be vigilant over summer holidays to risk of offenders using in-game live chats to target their children Far-right extremists are using livestream gaming platforms to target and radicalise teenage players, a report has warned. The new research, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, reveals how a range of extremist groups and individuals use platforms that allow users to chat and livestream while playing video games to recruit and radicalise vulnerable users, mainly young males. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenStarmer ‘listening to hostages’ but intends to stick to Palestine statehood plan
Freed British-Israeli accuses PM of ‘moral failure’ over move to recognise Palestine at UN unless Israel changes course Keir Starmer has said he is listening to hostages taken by Hamas but still intends to recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel commits to a ceasefire and two-state solution. The prime minister said he had spoken to the freed British-Israeli Emily Damari, held hostage by Hamas for 471 days, after she accused him of “moral failure” over the move to recognise Palestine as a state in September at the UN. Continue reading...
for 2 dager sidenTar grep for lærlinger som Marcus: – Jeg slet med å finne plass
Regjeringen endrer krav om lærlinger for å sikre flere lærlingplasser og fremtidig arbeidskraft.
for 2 dager sidenMary-Ann Stephenson confirmed as EHRC chair despite MPs’ objections
Stephenson to take over at equality watchdog even though committees raised concerns about breadth of experience Mary-Ann Stephenson has been confirmed as the new chair of the equalities watchdog, after the government overruled the objections of parliament’s equalities committee over her suitability for the job. Stephenson, the chair of the Women’s Budget Group, will take on the role at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in December. It includes responsibility for implementing guidance about transgender rights after the supreme court judgment on the definition of a woman. Continue reading...
for 2 dager siden‘Classic tinpot dictator’: Trump exports his assault on democracy to Brazil
US president seems to be weaponizing tariffs to punish Brazil for its coup trial against his ally Bolsonaro Over the past six months, Donald Trump has been accused of rapidly dragging the largest democracy in the Americas towards authoritarianism. Now, the US president seems bent on undermining the region’s second largest democracy too. Since early July, Trump has launched an extraordinary attack on Brazil’s institutions, slapping 50% tariffs on imports from the South American country and sanctions on a supreme court judge – partly in retribution for what he called the political persecution of his ally, Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly masterminding a failed coup. Continue reading...