2 h. ago Brazil’s former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct

Brazil’s federal police have formally accused former human rights minister Silvio Almeida of sexual misconduct

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12 h. ago Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister

Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industryCountries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said.Sonia Guajajara, a longtime Indigenous activist before being appointed a minister by President Lula da Silva, said: “[Among the goals of the Cop30 summit is] a request that countries recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as climate policy.” Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Starmer’s predecessor as Director for Public Prosecutions to lead major review of protest laws

Exclusive: Home secretary commissions review into laws amid ‘growing concern about protests and hate crime in this country’

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54 h. ago The Guardian view on 10 Downing Street: not up to the job | Editorial

The Labour leadership briefing furore highlights failures at the centre of government. Keir Starmer needs to raise his gameSir Keir Starmer went to north Wales on Thursday to announce the building of a new nuclear power station. This is a significant policy event, with local and national implications. However, the prime minister did not spend much time in Wales promoting solutions to UK energy needs. Instead, he spent it trying to draw a line under the Labour leadership briefing row, telling reporters that No 10 had not, in fact, briefed against the health secretary’s ambitions earlier this week.As such, Sir Keir’s day was a microcosm of what his prime ministership has now become more generally. On the one hand, he wants his government to be doing, and to be seen to be doing, important things. On the other hand, he is unable to achieve this because of the way he – and to an extent the country more generally – now does politics and government.Do you have an opinion on the issues...

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56 h. ago Trump faces prospect of congressional vote on releasing Epstein files

President’s attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw backing for vote appear to have failedDonald Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote on releasing the Jeffery Epstein files after attempts to press two female members of Congress to withdraw their backing for it appeared to have failed.The reported refusal of Lauren Boebert, a Republican representative from Colorado, and Nancy Mace, from South Carolina, to remove their names from a discharge petition to force a vote leaves Trump exposed on an issue that carries the possibility of turning segments of his Maga base against him. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago What happens to Andy Burnham and Kate Green after police and crime commissioners scrapped

The decision was announced in the Commons on Thursday

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59 h. ago Mahmood to scrap ‘failed experiment’ of police and crime commissioners

The elected officials are in charge of setting police budgets and appointing the chief constable for their area

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59 h. ago Swinney ‘open’ to grooming gangs inquiry as he praises courage of survivors

The First Minister is been pressed by one young victim to launch a probe.

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60 h. ago Police and Crime commissioners will be abolished by Labour in bid to cut red tape with policing oversight handed to councils and mayors instead

The Home Office is getting rid of the position and handing oversight over local policing to mayors and councils.

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60 h. ago Minister says police and crime commissioners will be abolished in 2028 because system has failed – UK politics live

Elected policing roles will be phased out and their powers transferred to mayors in England in move that could save £100mPA Media has more on what the monthly performance figures from NHS England show. PA says:The data shows 180,329 people in England had been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of September, down from 190,549 at the end of August.Some 2.4% of people on the list for hospital treatment had been waiting more than 52 weeks in September, down from 2.6% the previous month.The NHS waiting list is 230,000 lower than July last year, even as the health service ‘approaches its limit’ with A&E and ambulances facing record demand ahead of winter.The overall waiting list for September was 7.39m (an estimated 6.24m patients) down 15,845 compared to the previous month and 230,000 fewer than July 2024.Thanks to the investment and modernisation this government has made, waiting lists are falling and patients are being treated sooner The past ye...

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6 d. ago Why world will fail to tackle climate change unless politicians realise one simple fact

Politicians need to maintain the support of their electorates if they are to succeed in the fight against climate change

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8 d. ago Brianna Ghey’s mother praises plan to fund locking away phones at school

Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner Dan Price said he wants the county to become the first where all state schools have pouches to lock away phones

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9 d. ago Workers 'face tax hammer blow' as John Swinney fails to rule out SNP government hikes

John Swinney, the First Minister, was repeatedly asked about possible tax increases in Holyrood

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2 w. ago Yvette Cooper slams world's failure to grasp deadly conflict in Sudan

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned horrific scenes in the Darfur region after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city of el-Fasher om Sudan

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2 w. ago 'Plastic patriot' Nigel Farage slated over 'Britain is lawless' claims

Labour Policing Minister Sarah Jones dismissed Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as a 'plastic patriot' and said she is 'not interested' in his griping - pointing to her party's record in power

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2 w. ago Defence lawyers would have used Tories’ statements to dismiss China spy case, attorney general says

Richard Hermer says failure by Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly to describe China as a threat would have been seized on in trialDefence lawyers would have used Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly’s statements about China to dismiss a case against two men charged with spying for Beijing, the attorney general has argued.Richard Hermer told parliament that “there would have been plenty of reference” by Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry’s lawyers to Conservative ministers’ policy positions had the trial gone ahead. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Shutdown stretches into 28th day as Senate again fails to pass spending legislation

As funding for food aid program is about to be exhausted, Congress fails for 13th time to advance Republican billUS politics live – latest updatesThe US government shutdown stretched into its 28th day with no resolution in sight on Tuesday, as the Senate remained deadlocked over spending legislation even as a crucial food aid program teeters on the brink of exhausting its funding.For the 13th time, Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-backed bill that would have funded federal agencies through 21 November. The minority party has refused to provide the necessary support for the bill to clear the 60-vote threshold for advancement in the Senate because it does not include funding for healthcare programs, or curbs on Donald Trump’s cuts to congressionally approved funding. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police probe claims of sexual abuse during Army enlistment medicals

The alleged abuse took place at several Army locations in the UK between the 1970s and 2016, Wiltshire Police said

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2 w. ago Trust did not give ‘safe care’ for girl who died on hospital grounds, court told

Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, died after absconding in the grounds of Worthing Hospital whilst she was a mental health inpatient in March 2022.

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2 w. ago Top Tory fails SIX times to name his party's leader in Wales in humiliating TV clash

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp was left floundering when GB News presenter Chris Hope asked him the simple question of who leads the Conservative party in Wales

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