Video shows Israeli soldiers shooting surrendering Palestinians in Jenin
Israeli soldiers have been filmed shooting two Palestinians who were seen on their knees with their hands in the air.
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Australia news live: more wild weather on the way for Queensland; Iran denounces terror designation
Storms to return after week of battering. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCentre for Public Integrity says government’s $560m grant scheme ripe for ‘pork barrelling’The Centre for Public Integrity has raised concerns that a $560m invitation-only grant program established by the Albanese government is ripe for pork-barrellingWhen election promises are channelled through grants without open or transparent eligibility criteria, the distinction between policy delivery and political patronage becomes blurred.Both major parties have used such mechanisms in the past – including through the community development grants program and Building Better regions fund – to direct taxpayer money toward electorally advantageous projects. Continue reading...
Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre to be witness in trial brought by Prince Harry and others
Judge warns he will not permit case ‘to descend into a wide-ranging public inquiry’The former editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, is to be called as a witness in the legal action brought by the Duke of Sussex and six other household names against the newspaper’s publishers over allegations of unlawful information gathering, the high court was told.Antony White KC, for Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), said Dacre, 77, now the editor-in-chief of ANL’s DMG Media company, and Peter Wright, a former editor of the Mail on Sunday, could be called as early witnesses in the trial, scheduled to begin on 19 January. Continue reading...
More than 40 people killed as heavy rains trigger floods in Sri Lanka
Traffic and trains disrupted as Sri Lanka battles severe weather and rising floodwaters across multiple regions.
What was 'Operation Allies Welcome,' which allowed some Afghans entry into the U.S.?
The Afghan man suspected of shooting two National Guard members entered the U.S. under the program in 2021. Here's a look at why it was set up and how those who entered the U.S. were vetted.
Peru’s ousted ‘president of the poor’ gets 11-year sentence for rebellion
Pedro Castillo was sentenced by the supreme court for trying to disband Congress and rule by decree in 2022Peru’s supreme court on Thursday sentenced the former leftwing president Pedro Castillo to 11 years, five months and 15 days in prison for trying to disband Congress and rule by decree in December 2022.Labelled Peru’s first poor president, the former rural schoolteacher, who had never held elected office before winning the presidency, was impeached by Congress and jailed on the same day after his attempted power grab. Continue reading...
Tens of thousands displaced as floods sweep across South Asia
Heavy rains have unleashed devastating floods and landslides across South Asia.
At Least 55 Dead in Hong Kong Apartment Fire
Firefighters were still trying to fully extinguish the blaze more than 24 hours after it engulfed several towers in the complex. Dozens of people were still missing.
Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with agency-backed military units during US war in AfghanistanWashington DC national guard shooting: what we know so farThe suspected shooter of two national guard members in Washington DC on Wednesday worked with CIA-backed military units during the US war in Afghanistan, the agency has confirmed.The alleged gunman, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, came to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program that gave some Afghans who had worked for the US government entry visas to the US. Continue reading...
‘Mortified’ OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week
Reuters news agency says it obtained document after visiting URL it predicted file would be uploaded toHow Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes earlyThe chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said he felt mortified by the early release of its budget forecasts as the watchdog launched a rapid inquiry into how it had “inadvertently made it possible” to see the documents.Richard Hughes said he had written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the chair of the Treasury select committee, Meg Hillier, to apologise. Continue reading...