Australia news live: ANU reverses cuts to music and humanities; Wells says Lemon8 may be added to social media ban
Australia news
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Australia news live: ANU reverses cuts to music and humanities; Wells says Lemon8 may be added to social media ban

University releases updated implementation plan for arts and social sciences college after initial proposal was widely criticised. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW RFS urges holidaymakers to have a fire plan while travelingWith 36 fires burning across NSW at 6pm yesterday, the NSW Rural Fire Service told Guardian Australia it’s important for anyone living or travelling in a fire-prone area to have a discussion with their families about what you will do should a blaze threaten your location over the warm summer months. Continue reading...

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Trump holds talks with advisers on Venezuela as top Democrat says war is decided by Congress, ‘not Donald Trump’ – live
Trump administration
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Trump holds talks with advisers on Venezuela as top Democrat says war is decided by Congress, ‘not Donald Trump’ – live

Senior US official tells Reuters that Oval Office meeting included senior members of Trump’s national security team. No details of talks were immediately availableTrump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in VenezuelaThe president has picked up where he left off before Thanksgiving, when it comes to his anger at the six Democratic lawmakers who took part in a video urging service members to “refuse illegal orders”.A reminder, that Trump initially went on a Truth Social tirade, accusing the members of Congress (all of whom are veterans or former intelligence officials) of sedition, adding that their actions are “punishable by death”. Continue reading...

Siri-us setback: Apple’s AI chief steps down as company lags behind rivals
Apple
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Siri-us setback: Apple’s AI chief steps down as company lags behind rivals

Amar Subramanya will replace John Giannandrea after firm has struggled to catch up with AI rollouts by competitorsApple’s head of artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea, is stepping down from the company. The move comes as the Silicon Valley giant has lagged behind its competitors in rolling out generative AI features, in particular its voice assistant Siri. Apple made the announcement on Monday, thanking Giannandrea for his seven-year tenure at the company.Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said his fellow executive helped the company “in building and advancing our AI work” and allowing Apple to “continue to innovate”. Giannandrea will be replaced by longtime AI researcher Amar Subramanya. Continue reading...

Int’l Criminal Court says Libyan war crimes suspect now in custody
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Int’l Criminal Court says Libyan war crimes suspect now in custody

Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri allegedly committed crimes at Libya's Mitiga Prison from 2015 to 2020, the ICC says.

Trump Becomes the Wild Card in Razor-Thin Honduras Election
Voter Fraud (Election Fraud)
about 1 hour ago

Trump Becomes the Wild Card in Razor-Thin Honduras Election

President Trump warned that if his favored candidate didn’t win, the United States would “not be throwing good money after bad” at the country.

Right to Jury Trial in England and Wales to Be Restricted in Some Cases
Great Britain
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Right to Jury Trial in England and Wales to Be Restricted in Some Cases

The British justice secretary, David Lammy, is set to announce the contentious move as part of a broader overhaul of the criminal justice system, amid a yearslong backlog.

People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act
Thames Water
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People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act

Residents claim raw sewage and poorly treated effluent as result of Thames Water’s failings are threat to healthCommunities across south-east England are filing the first coordinated legal complaints that sewage pollution by Thames Water negatively affects their lives.Thames Water failed to complete upgrades to 98 treatment plants and pumping stations which have the worst records for sewage pollution into the environment, despite a promise to invest in them over the last five years. Continue reading...

Almost 4 million children in UK affected by economic abuse, charity finds
Children
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Almost 4 million children in UK affected by economic abuse, charity finds

Research shows perpetrators use methods such as stopping mothers accessing bank accounts and child benefitsAlmost 4 million children in the UK are suffering the impact of economic abuse in their families, with some having pocket or birthday money stolen by the perpetrators, a charity has found.Data from charity Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) showed that over the past year 27% of mothers with children under 18 had experienced behaviour considered to be economic abuse, where a current or former partner has controlled the family’s money. Continue reading...

‘We have to rebuild from scratch’: Sri Lankans relive the devastation of Cyclone Ditwah
Sri Lanka
about 1 hour ago

‘We have to rebuild from scratch’: Sri Lankans relive the devastation of Cyclone Ditwah

Many uncertain about the future after losing everything in the country’s deadliest natural disaster for yearsWhen the rains began, Layani Rasika Niroshani was not worried. The 36-year-old mother of two was used to the heavy monsoon showers that drench Sri Lanka’s hilly central region of Badulla every year. But as it kept pounding down without stopping, the family started to feel jittery.Some relocated to a relative’s house, but her brother and his wife decided to stay behind to collect the valuables. As they were inside, a landslide hit the family home. Continue reading...

Lammy lambasts ‘courts emergency’ as he prepares to face MPs over plans to slash jury trials
Trial by jury
about 1 hour ago

Lammy lambasts ‘courts emergency’ as he prepares to face MPs over plans to slash jury trials

Justice secretary expected to announce plans to tackle backlog of cases as he says system has been pushed to brink of collapse A “courts emergency” that will surpass 100,000 outstanding cases without radical reforms is leaving victims waiting years for justice, David Lammy has said as he prepares to face MPs over plans to drop thousands of jury trials.The justice secretary proposed last week to reduce the 78,000 outstanding cases in England and Wales by allowing jury trials only for serious crimes such as murder, rape and manslaughter. Continue reading...

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