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Ukraine can keep on fighting Russia — but the 'victory' it wants might be out of reach
With future military aid looking uncertain, uncomfortable questions are being asked as to what "victory" Ukraine could realistically achieve against Russia.
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Australia news live: figures show budget on track for surplus; Sussan Ley backs Dutton saying Australia cannot be ‘internet police for the whole world’
Homicide detectives begin three-day search for 30-year-old in NSW central tablelands; peak Muslim bodies deny police consulted them in lead-up to Sydney raids. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAs we reported, X has provided an update on its legal challenge against Australia’s eSafety commissioner, stating it had complied with a direction to remove content from the Wakeley church stabbing.However, underneath the post from the...
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UK policy denying visas to children of care workers faces legal challenge
Exclusive: Action by organisation supporting migrants argues new rules are discriminatoryAn organisation that supports migrant workers has launched a legal challenge against the government’s new policy to bar care workers from bringing children and partners to the UK, warning that it is “tearing families apart”.According to Migrants at Work, care workers have to choose between family life with their children and partners or getting a job as a health or social carer in the UK – they can no longer...
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India’s farmers are up in arms again. Will it hurt Modi’s reelection campaign?
While the protestors are beginning to up the ante by blocking railway tracks, the agitation this time seems a pale shadow of their movement in 2020.
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Poverty experts tell Labor jobseeker payments should be lifted to 90% of age pension
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee warns that unemployment benefits are still too low Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJobseeker payments should be raised to 90% of the age pension and indexed to prevent people going “without life’s essentials”, the government’s poverty experts say.The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee released its pre-budget report on Friday, warning that jobseeker and other...
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Security law: EU parliament calls for sanctions on Hong Kong leaders; city slams ‘hypocrisy with double standards’
The Hong Kong government has “strongly opposed” a resolution adopted by the European Parliament, which condemned the enactment of the city’s domestic security law and called for sanctions against Chief Executive John Lee and other government officials. The European Union had made “exaggerating remarks” and demonstrated “typical political hegemony and hypocrisy with double standards” with […]
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Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest – podcast
Organising is a kind of alchemy: it turns alienation into connection, despair into dedication, and oppression into strength. By Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix Continue reading
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‘We end up with nothing’: east Midlands mayoral candidates say role could transform region
Those vying for job say it will put region on more equal footing with areas such as West Midlands and Greater ManchesterThe Conservatives are “not taking accountability” for their part in leaving regions such as the east Midlands to suffer with poor infrastructure, growing inequalities and a skills gap, Labour’s candidate for the region’s first mayor said.Claire Ward, the former MP for Watford, said there was not enough to keep young people in the east Midlands and that people had “lost hope”....
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Is there humour left in the White House? – podcast
The annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner returns this Saturday for a night of comedy ‘roasting’ – where the great and the good are ruthlessly mocked in celebration of the freedom of the press.In recent years, however, the night has taken on a different tone, with the atmosphere of warm self-deprecation and bipartisan bonhomie replaced by something more scathing and serious.This week Jonathan Freedland is joined by Jeff Nussbaum, a former senior speech writer to Joe Biden, to...
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Home Office considered antisemitism campaigner for counter-extremism unit
Gideon Falter was in running to be adviser but government’s antisemitism tsar warned against appointmentWho are CAA, the group headed by campaigner in Met police antisemitism row?The Home Office considered appointing campaigner against antisemitism Gideon Falter as an adviser to its counter extremism unit but was warned against the appointment by the government’s antisemitism tsar.The Guardian understands there were strong objections to Falter being offered the part-time civil service role...
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SEAN HANNITY: Nothing is stopping Donald Trump from speaking to you directly
Fox News host Sean Hannity breaks down the latest in New York v. Trump and the Supreme Court hearing the case on presidential immunity Thursday on "Hannity." LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP NY TRIAL TESTIMONY RESUMES AS SUPREME COURT HEARS IMMUNITY ARGUMENTS SEAN HANNITY: Well, important – very important – oral arguments today at the U.S.Supreme Court on presidential immunity. A decision here will not only have an immediate impact on the weaponized DOJ quest to prosecute Trump from now until Election Day in...
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McConnell reiterates that presidents should not have absolute immunity
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stood by his past comments that presidents should not have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for their actions while in office. After the Supreme Court heard arguments on the issue Thursday, NBC News’ Kristen Welker pressed McConnell about 2021 remarks he made