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One Nation leader granted special leave to appeal after full federal court earlier this year agreed Hanson portrayed Faruqi as a ‘second-class citizen’ Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s high court has agreed to hear Pauline Hanson’s appeal against a ruling that she engaged in racial discrimination against Mehreen Faruqi when she told the Greens senator to “pack your bags and piss off back to Pakistan”. The One Nation leader was granted special leave to appeal on Thursday after the full federal court earlier this year unanimously upheld a 2024 decision . Continue reading...

Rights groups say a security law was used as a political weapon against the 30-year-old protest leader.

Police and prosecutors open investigation into death of the 55-year-old Bavarian state deputy leader A prominent German politician was found dead in a Berlin hotel on Wednesday, police said, adding they had launched an investigation. The cause of death of Hubert Aiwanger, 55, who was deputy leader of southern Bavaria state, was not immediately clear. Continue reading...

Footballer Kylian Mbappé sparked a wave of condemnation across China when he implied that Chinese leader Mao Zedong was a dictator. In China, information about this controversy is being censored by Chinese AI chatbots.

Democratic leader says party expects at least 255 House seats and promises to deliver on affordability.

The US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer talked to the press after the midterm election results. Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era, eager to meet voter demands for change with plans to tackle high costs of living and confront President Donald Trump's final years in the White House.

Reported move from the Republican speaker of the House comes in light of the party’s disastrous midterms defeat US midterms 2026 live – latest updates Tell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election results? Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House, has said he is not planning to pursue the role of minority leader once his party loses its majority in the chamber, according to multiple reports. Coming in light of Republicans’ disastrous midterm defeat, Johnson’s decision effectively yields the position of highest ranking Republican in the House to whichever member of his party can claim it. Continue reading...

Iranian officials see Republican midterm losses in a positive light, but supreme leader says US policy will not shift.

Ethiopia is looking to position itself as an African leader in clean energy, as it prepares to host next year’s COP32 climate summit. Alongside the GERD, the country is building another massive hydropower project on the Omo River in the southwest, as it expands electricity production and exports power to neighbouring countries. This report from our correspondent Tom Canetti.

The 2026 US midterm elections will go down in history for the Democrats' dramatic takeover of both houses of Congress but also for a surge of historic firsts for women, LGBT, Black, and Native American candidates, as well as the election the first Muslim US senator. 

In today’s newsletter: A thumping night for the Democrats has seen the party take control of Congress, altering the course of Trump’s second presidency Good morning. While you were sleeping, a political earthquake hit the United States and it’s still climbing up the Richter scale. Voting in Alaska and Hawaii wrapped up only hours ago, but early midterm results streaming in from across the US are making history for the Democrats, as they cash in on Trump’s plummeting popularity. Democrats have taken control of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the scale of their successes are far larger, and the speed at which they’ve materialised far quicker, than had been expected. Some of the most hotly contested races of the night have already been called, with Democrats flipping seats in Texas, Ohio and Kansas. EU trade deal | Andy Burnham is preparing to announce billions of pounds of trade deals with the EU covering everything from youth visas to pet passports under his vision of a much closer relationship with the bloc. UK news | A “well-known individual” has failed in his bid to stop two media organisations from publishing allegations of inappropriate sexual activities, the high court has ruled. UK politics | Reform UK’s leader on Hampshire county council has been charged with 12 counts of rape and one of distributing indecent images of a child. UK news | King Charles has said that deepening his understanding of the horrors of slavery has made him more determined to address the wrongs of the past, as Caribbean leaders and campaigners intensified demands for an apology and reparations from Britain. Climate crisis | Countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic changes, Brazil’s government has said ahead of a global climate summit. Continue reading...

The top Democrat in the US House of Representatives vowed Tuesday he would use his expected majority to go after corruption, in an election when alleged grift by President Donald Trump has been top of voters' minds. "We're going to bring accountability to those who have visited unprecedented corruption on this country," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is on track to become speaker of the House in the new Congress, told supporters.

Top US Democratic politician Hakeem Jeffries has called the midterm results the start of a ‘great American comeback’.

South Africans have begun voting in local elections that are seen as an evaluation of the party that led the country out of white minority rule

Donalds, who billed campaign as ‘a continuation of the DeSantis-era of success’, becomes state’s first black governor Republican Byron Donalds will be the next governor of Florida, and its first Black leader, after defeating Democrat David Jolly in one of the country’s most-watched midterm races. Donalds was endorsed by Donald Trump and appeared twice with the president at rallies in the campaign’s closing days despite previously appearing to distance himself . He will succeed Ron DeSantis, the former presidential candidate who will be termed out of office in January. Continue reading...

Party hopes disapproval with Trump’s presidency gives them advantage as Republicans defend slim majority Republicans are defending their majority in the US Senate against resurgent Democrats, who believe voters’ dissatisfaction with Donald Trump will put them back in control of Congress’ upper chamber just two years after being driven into the minority. The first race results have begun trickling in, with the Associated Press calling the Virginia Senate election for Democratic incumbent Mark Warner, who was expected to win. Continue reading...

Haiti’s leader has spoken publicly for the first time since four Salvadoran aviation technicians went missing, prompting El Salvador to deploy more than 2,000 troops to the troubled Caribbean country as scrutiny over their operations intensifies

Party leader Ed Davey ‘disappointed and upset’ at decision by independent panel after claims original investigation was flawed The Liberal Democrat peer Chris Rennard has been told there will be no further investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against him, after an independent panel concluded it could not reopen the claim. The party leader, Ed Davey, said he was “disappointed and upset” by the conclusion, having suspended Rennard from the party after an investigation was reopened earlier this year amid claims a previous inquiry was flawed. Continue reading...

DR Congo senior opposition leader Prince Epenge has been arrested and transferred to prison. He is being held on charges of spreading fake news. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Kinshasa, Emmet Livingstone, has more.

The world's most vulnerable populations bear the brunt and the costs of the climate crisis, while the wealthy and powerful profit. Oxfam France’s Climate Inequality Advocacy Officer Selma Huart examines the relationship between concentrated wealth, unequal exposure to disasters and investors profiting from both polluting industries and reconstruction. “They are burning the planet, benefiting from it, but they are also benefiting from rebuilding,” she explains. Huart places redistribution at the centre of climate policy, calling for taxes on wealthy polluters to finance protection for vulnerable communities.

This comes as leading opposition leader returns to Venezuela and hints at criticism of Trump administration.

One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders has written the U.N. Secretary General and requested that the organization deploy a delegation to Haiti for dialogue and mediation as clashes between gangs and an international force intensify

Some sources suggest owners have terminated contract but others close to Farage say Reform leader has resigned Nigel Farage will no longer write a regular column for the Telegraph, becoming the latest prominent rightwing figure to leave the title’s roster under its new ownership. The Reform UK leader wrote for the broadsheet as recently as last week, condemning the first budget of Andy Burnham’s premiership and pledging to “scrap benefits for foreigners, abolish net zero targets” and “slash foreign aid”. Continue reading...

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not broadcast a Real Madrid La Liga match on Sunday after star forward Kylian Mbappé caused a furore in China with remarks he made about former leader Mao Zedong. FRANCE 24's correspondent Jan Camenzind Broomby reports.

Frustration grows over the economy with one Labor MP saying voter anger is already high ahead of Reserve Bank of Australia decision Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The NSW premier, Chris Minns, has warned an expected interest rate increase will force job losses and cause businesses to close, insisting the federal government and states should rein in spending to take pressure off the economy. The intervention from the leader of the country’s biggest state will heap yet more pressure on the Albanese government ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s cash rate decision on Tuesday. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

Yousef Jabareen says he is ready to join forces with opposition bloc to oust Benjamin Netanyahu after winning record number of seats in Knesset The leader of Israel’s main Palestinian coalition, which holds the balance of power after Tuesday’s elections, has said the country is facing a historic opportunity to change direction. Yousef Jabareen, the head of the Joint List, said he was ready to join forces with the “Change” bloc to oust Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition, and to wrest control of the Knesset. Continue reading...

Tilt comes after Michelle Landry announced she will not recontest her Queensland seat of Capricornia Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, will run in a lower house Queensland seat at the next federal election, in a move that may see him face off with Pauline Hanson’s chief of staff. The announcement follows the retirement of the Capricornia MP Michelle Landry, and could result in a contest against James Ashby in a major battle for regional seats. Continue reading...

The opposition leader returns after months in exile. Elections are possible in July.

One of the most famous addresses in the world, 10 Downing Street in London, is home not just to prime ministers, but also to a 19-year-old tabby cat named Larry. Correspondent Holly Williams looks at how the official pet of the British leader's residence and Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office has become a favorite of the press – and a political fixture whose nine lives have so far outlasted six prime ministers.

Adrian Ramsay says some new members would be ‘more at home’ in Your Party or Socialist Workers party The former Green party leader Adrian Ramsay has said the party must fix its internal democracy to avoid a takeover by the hard left, saying that some new members “might be more at home” in Your Party or the Socialist Workers party. Ramsay, who has been critical of the handling of the row over a “Zionism is racism” motion passed at the Green party conference, said there were a “small number” of individuals who used “divisive” tactics to influence the party’s agenda. Continue reading...

The conflict that tore through New England 350 years ago was the bloodiest per capita in colonial or US history Massachusetts is proud of its ties to the American Revolution. From Paul Revere’s Ride to the siege of Boston, the past year-plus has been devoted to celebrating 250 years of US independence. Yet during this time, the state, and New England in general, has given far less attention to an older, more complex remembrance: The 350th anniversary of King Philip’s war. King Philip, or Metacom, was an Indigenous leader from the Pokanoket people. Alarmed by English colonists’ infringement of Indigenous rights, from seizing land to proselytizing, Metacom led an alliance of New England tribes – including the Pokanoket, Nipmuc and Narragansett – in an existential struggle for control of the region. He gave his name to the conflict, but paid with his life – as did many others, soldiers and civilians alike. With an estimated 800 dead on the colonial side, and three to five thousand Indigenous slain, the war claimed more deaths per capita than any other in colonial American or US history. Continue reading...

Tory leader says apology would be ‘navel-gazing distraction’ and would be used as lever for financial compensation Kemi Badenoch has said an apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade would be a “navel-gazing distraction”, describing slavery as an evil “in which people from every continent and region participated”. Speaking to broadcasters on Sunday, Badenoch also questioned whether it was worth future leaders attending the Commonwealth summit, given that it was now dominated by calls for reparations. Continue reading...

Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.

Ahead of a meeting with Commonwealth leaders, Andy Burnham wrote that Britain needed to ‘acknowledge its complicated history’ Good morning and welcome to our Sunday UK politics blog. Budget week conversation has moved on a bit; Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is doing the rounds of the politics shows this morning and she has an op-ed in the Telegraph railing against the delayed defence spending commitment, claiming instead that the Conservatives could find that spend while cuting the deficit and lowering taxes. I do not think that British people today can be held liable for historical wrongs, however heinous, that happened in a different age under different laws and in which they played no personal part. Let me be very clear that will not involve financial reparations, because the British people today shouldn’t be held liable for historic wrongs, wrongs that they had no part in. Continue reading...

Turkey has moved Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan to a new section of his island prison

Opposition says hundreds of thousands of people expected to participate in march demanding election chief resign over voter list changes Indian security personnel carrying batons and shields and accompanied by riot control vehicles surrounded the site of a planned opposition ⁠protest in Delhi on Sunday that is set to demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists. Authorities warned of traffic diversions ⁠ahead of the protest march ⁠and rally ​that will be led by Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi. The opposition says it expects hundreds of thousands of people to participate in what it says ⁠will be a major challenge to the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his Bharatiya Janata party (BJP). Continue reading...

Yasin Ayari goal hands third-placed Brighton 1-0 win at Manchester City, with two points separating top three in EPL.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned the United States and Israel on Saturday against further strikes as fears mount over a resumption of fighting in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump and his Israeli ally Benjamin Netanyahu have recently threatened fresh military action on the Islamic republic.

Iran's supreme leader has threatened an immediate response to any potential attack from the U.S. or Israel

Former Muslim rebel leader Abdulraof Macacua has been elected chief minister of the Philippines' Bangsamoro region.

Iran’s supreme leader says Tehran’s potential response will not be restricted by geography.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wanted to campaign on inequality and housing, but the second major rail accident this year has put his government’s competence on trial.

The joint statement comes as US President Donald Trump seeks a new meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

What does Joseph Kabila launching a new rebel movement mean for DR Congo?

The departing leader of the European Central Bank wagers that her brand of politics still has a place in a world increasingly driven by polarization.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calls for “absolute superiority” in drone capabilities.

Benjamin Netanyahu, facing a possible election ouster, has made a contentious claim that a foreign country meddled to boost voting by Israel's Arab minority.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un attended a drone-only exhibition and called for rapidly expanding the country’s drone technology

Xi Jinping has enforced loyalty as he prepares to claim a fourth term as leader. Among those removed was a prominent former diplomat, Liu Jianchao.

Finally home in Caracas, María Corina Machado called for elections next year, and said her return was organized by her team, not any government.