Crowdy Bay shark attack: woman killed on NSW beach and man taken to hospital in critical condition
Swimmers aged in their 20s bitten at Kylies beach in Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning, with woman dying at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has died after a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast at Kylies beach.The woman and a man, both aged in their 20s, were swimming together at the beach at Crowdy Bay on Thursday morning when they were bitten, police said. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Temperatures to stay up to 8C above average for Queensland and northern NSW into next week after storms wreak havoc
BoM advises people to stay indoors out of heatwave while Sydney recovers from severe storms that triggered thousands of SES callsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland is in for more hot days and warm nights, with weather officials warning cooler temperatures won’t arrive until early next week.The Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday morning that parts of the state and northern New South Wales were expected to see temperatures two to eight degrees above the November average, continuing “multiple days in a row where we’ve seen such... [Continue Reading]
Leaked Transcript of Witkoff Call Shows U.S. Deference to Russia
The White House envoy’s conversation suggests that President Trump is determined to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine, even if it is mostly on Russia’s terms. [Continue Reading]
Georgia's pro-EU protesters defiant year after accession process was halted
The demonstrations began when Georgia's prime minister called a four-year halt on moves towards joining the EU. [Continue Reading]
Woman killed in shark attack in Australia
The woman died at the scene and a man was critically injured after the attack in New South Wales. [Continue Reading]
Nine ways the Budget could affect you if you're under 25
The chancellor's Budget contained a slew of measures which will impact young people specifically. [Continue Reading]
Games Inbox: What is the best RPG on PS5?
The Thursday letters page thinks Destiny 3 is a good idea for Bungie’s next game, as one reader looks forward to the last Final Fantasy 7 remake. [Continue Reading]
Washington DC shooting: suspect in attack on national guard members identified as 29-year-old Afghan national – latest updates
Law enforcement officials tell AP and other outlets the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered the US in 2021; two guardsmen remain in critical conditionTwo West Virginia national guard members shot in Washington DCBloomberg’s scoop showing how Trump aide Steve Witkoff coached the Kremlin on the best way to get into Trump’s good graces is extraordinary for what it tells us about Witkoff’s dubious loyalties, and the Kremlin’s potential influence over US negotiation efforts. But equally interesting is the leaked material itself and where it may have come from.The story covers two intercepted phone calls: one between Witkoff and top Kremlin aide... [Continue Reading]
Two national guard members in critical condition after Washington DC shooting
Suspect in custody after two West Virginia guard members shot in ‘targeted’ incident, Washington mayor saysUS politics live – latest updatesTwo West Virginia national guard members shot near the White House are in critical condition.The incident happened near the Farragut West metro station and comes amid a controversial deployment of troops to the capital ordered by the Trump administration. FBI director Kash Patel, Washington mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials confirmed in a press conference that both the guardsmen were in hospital in critical condition. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
UK net migration predicted to drop to pre-Brexit levels, figures show
The British Future thinktank’s data predicts net migration to the UK will fall to about 300,000, less than a third of 2023’s figuresNet migration figures due on Thursday are predicted to drop to pre-Brexit levels of about 300,000, according to a thinktank.British Future, which calculated the drop in overall migration, also found that most Britons remain unaware of the falling numbers, and expect the figures to rise or stay the same. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Lilie James victim of ‘calculated premeditated killing’ by ex-boyfriend, coroner finds after inquest
James was murdered in October 2023 at St Andrew’s cathedral school in Sydney by her former boyfriend Paul Thijssen ‘in context of gendered violence’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA coronial inquest into the murder of Lilie James by her ex-boyfriend Paul Thijssen has found she died from multiple blunt force injuries in a premeditated homicide.The 21-year-old’s death was “a result of homicide in the context of domestic violence and gendered violence”, the New South Wales state coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan, said when delivering her findings. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Nationals colleagues make last-ditch appeals as Barnaby Joyce expected to announce defection to One Nation
Former leader Michael McCormack says he spent an hour with Joyce on Wednesday and gave him his pitch to remain in the foldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBarnaby Joyce should “reflect on what the National party gave him”, colleague Michael McCormack says, as speculation increases that the maverick New England MP will quit the party on Thursday afternoon to switch to One Nation.Sources in the Nationals and One Nation expect an announcement from Joyce, the former deputy prime minister, after weeks of speculation he was planning to... [Continue Reading]
Crowdy Bay shark attack: woman killed on NSW beach and man taken to hospital in critical condition
Swimmers aged in their 20s bitten at Kylies beach in Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning, with woman dying at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has died after a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast at Kylies beach.NSW police said the woman, aged in her 20s, had been killed at the beach at Crowdy Bay on Thursday morning. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Australia politics live: Turnbull says Coalition energy policy dictated by ‘ideology and idiocy’ as Ley attacks Labor-Greens environment deal
Anthony Albanese announces Greens have agreed to support Labor’s rewrite of the EPBC Act. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We are very close’ on environment bill, Hanson-Young saysHanson-Young says she’s feeling more positive about a deal on the environment bill than she was at the start of the week.I don’t expect that we will get everything we want. We’re just trying one last time [on the basis] that I wanted more protections for our forests, and protections for climate, of course.If we can get movement on those issues, I’ve always said that... [Continue Reading]
The Real Meaning of MAHA Is ‘You’re On Your Own’
The N.I.H. director has learned all the wrong lessons from Covid. [Continue Reading]
Campbell’s Says Executive Accused of Offensive Remarks Has Left the Company
The comments came to light after an audiotape was released, tied to a lawsuit filed by a former employee. [Continue Reading]
Trump Orders 500 More National Guard Troops to D.C. After Shooting
The deployment also follows a monthslong debate about the role of the National Guard in American cities. [Continue Reading]
Budget 2025: Key points at a glance
Changes to tax, pensions and welfare - here’s what you need to know from Rachel Reevesher second Budget. [Continue Reading]
What is the two-child benefit cap and when will it be lifted?
Since 2017, some benefits have been limited when parents have a third child or more, so how does it work? [Continue Reading]
'I earn £20k and live with my son. The Budget means we will pay more tax'
BBC News hears from people with a range of incomes about what they think of the Budget. [Continue Reading]
Two National Guard members in critical condition after shooting near White House
The lone suspect - whose motive is unknown - is in custody after opening fire on the soldiers, before being subdued. [Continue Reading]
The 'nice' neighbour behind Liverpool parade carnage
Paul Doyle was considered a steady, dependable family man before a 'calculated' act of violence. [Continue Reading]
Stranger Things season 5 volume 1 made me want to scream – it’s a masterpiece
The beginning of the end is here for the Netflix phenomenon. [Continue Reading]
Neon Inferno review – the best-looking video game of 2025
Stunning 2D artwork and old school arcade gameplay combine in this new cyberpunk style shooter, but does it play as good as it looks? [Continue Reading]
Shock and dismay after national guard troops shot near White House
Amid a frenetic scene, some residents said Trump’s militarization of the capital had much to answer forThe scene around Washington’s Farragut Square on Wednesday afternoon seem to fit Donald Trump’s most lurid stereotypes of a crime-ridden capital in need of federal troops to bring a firm smack of law and order.An area normally the preserve of professional office workers, coffee shops and lunch venues instead bore the hallmarks of a major crime scene as news spread that two national guard troops had been shot. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Washington DC shooting: suspect in attack on national guard members identified as 29-year-old Afghan national – latest updates
Law enforcement officials tell AP and other outlets the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, entered the US in 2021; two guardsmen are being treated for gunshot wounds, DC police officials sayTwo West Virginia national guard members shot in Washington DCBloomberg’s scoop showing how Trump aide Steve Witkoff coached the Kremlin on the best way to get into Trump’s good graces is extraordinary for what it tells us about Witkoff’s dubious loyalties, and the Kremlin’s potential influence over US negotiation efforts. But equally interesting is the leaked material itself and where it may have come from.The story covers two intercepted phone calls: one... [Continue Reading]
Two national guard members in critical condition after Washington DC shooting
Suspect in custody after two West Virginia guard members shot in ‘targeted’ incident, Washington mayor saysUS politics live – latest updatesTwo West Virginia national guard members shot near the White House are in critical condition.The incident happened near the Farragut West metro station and comes amid a controversial deployment of troops to the capital ordered by the Trump administration. FBI director Kash Patel, Washington mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials confirmed in a press conference that both the guardsmen were in hospital in critical condition. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Environmental activist Ben Pennings declares ‘massive victory’ after Adani drops its years-long legal pursuit
Queensland supreme court orders Pennings, a campaigner against the Carmichael coalmine, not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential informationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndian mining company Adani has agreed to end its marathon legal pursuit of environmental activist Ben Pennings.Pennings declared victory on Thursday, after the Queensland supreme court signed off on orders on Wednesday, ending the five-and-a-half-year court battle. The order requires Pennings not to seek to acquire Adani’s confidential information or to ask others to do so. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Bamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of Hong Kong tower block fire
Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is widely used by construction workersHong Kong fire – latest updatesFull report: Dozens killed in Hong Kong tower block fire Explainer: what we know so farA deadly fire in an apartment complex in Hong Kong appears to have spread in part because the buildings were sheathed in bamboo scaffolding, a traditional building material that the authorities have been phasing out for safety reasons.Dozens of people died on Wednesday in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades. The blaze tore through the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai... [Continue Reading]
Hong Kong fire live updates: rescue crews search apartment blocks for survivors; dozens killed and hundreds missing after blaze – latest
Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po district. Follow the latest updates liveFull report: Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 36 with 279 reported missingWhat we know so far about the blazeBamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of Hong Kong tower block fireThe death toll has risen again to 44, fire officials say.Officials said they are still having difficulties proceeding into the upper floors in some of the buildings in the residential complex as the fire continues. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 44 with hundreds still missing
Three arrests made after huge blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po district on WednesdayHong Kong fire – latest updatesExplainer: what we know so far Bamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of fireThe death toll from a huge fire that engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 44, with 45 in critical condition and hundreds reported missing.A taskforce has been set up to investigate the cause of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the northern New... [Continue Reading]
What to Know About the Fire at a Hong Kong Apartment Complex
Firefighters struggled to contain the blaze in the high-rise buildings. At least 44 people were killed, and many more were feared trapped inside the towers. [Continue Reading]
'I'm past being angry' - Liverpool look for answers to worst run for 71 years
Where does another humiliating defeat for Liverpool, making it their worst run for 71 years, leave the club and boss Arne Slot? [Continue Reading]
'More identity' - Frank takes heart from Spurs defeat at PSG
Thomas Frank can take encouragement from some aspects of Spurs' latest display, despite defeat to Paris St-Germain, says chief football writer Phil McNulty. [Continue Reading]
The Papers: 'High welfare, high tax' and 'Budget goes as billed'
Budget highlights, lowlights, and an OBR blunder lead all the front pages in Thursday's papers. [Continue Reading]
Peter Schmeichel reveals furious Vincent Kompany reaction to Arsenal defeat
'I've never seen him like that!' [Continue Reading]
BOI to pilot loan to support homeowners trading down
A new loan to support homeowners trading down is to be piloted by Bank of Ireland next year. [Continue Reading]
£15,000 prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds
The Footnote x Counterpoints prize is intended to uncover new literary voices whose work reflects the experiences of migrationFootnote Press and Counterpoints Arts have announced a new fiction award celebrating writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds, offering a £15,000 prize and a publishing deal for the winner.The Footnote x Counterpoints prize for fiction, launching on Thursday, marks the second time the two organisations have collaborated on a prize. In 2023, writers were invited to submit narrative nonfiction, but now the prize will focus on fiction for the first time. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
UK net migration predicted to drop to pre-Brexit levels, figures show
The British Future thinktank’s data predicts net migration to the UK will fall to about 300,000, less than a third of 2023’s figuresNet migration figures due on Thursday are predicted to drop to pre-Bexit levels of about 300,000, according to a thinktank.British Future, which calculated the drop in overall migration, also found that most Britons remain unaware of the falling numbers, and expect the figures to rise or stay the same. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Woman killed in shark attack on NSW beach and man taken to hospital in critical condition
Pair aged in their 20s bitten at Kylies beach in Crowdy Bay early on Thursday morning, with woman dying at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has died after a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast at Kylies beach.NSW police said the woman, aged in her 20s, had been killed at the beach at Crowdy Bay on Thursday morning. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Australia politics live: Sussan Ley claims ‘dirty deal’ between Labor and Greens to pass landmark environment bill will raise energy prices
Anthony Albanese announces Greens have agreed to support Labor’s rewrite of the EPBC Act. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We are very close’ on environment bill, Hanson-Young saysHanson-Young says she’s feeling more positive about a deal on the environment bill than she was at the start of the week.I don’t expect that we will get everything we want. We’re just trying one last time [on the basis] that I wanted more protections for our forests, and protections for climate, of course.If we can get movement on those issues, I’ve always said that... [Continue Reading]
Thailand’s pork industry fears influx of cheap US imports under Trump
Thai pork producers are bracing for intense competition as the US seeks duty-free access to a $3bn market. [Continue Reading]
Thierry Henry makes huge Arsenal claim after statement Champions League win over Bayern Munich
Can the Gunners go all the way this season? [Continue Reading]
Daily horoscope November 27, 2025: Today’s predictions for your star sign
Venus in Scorpio aligns with Saturn in Pisces, bringing precision, sincerity and focus to centre stage. You will achieve if you listen to the cosmos. [Continue Reading]
Microsoft announces €4m AI investment in Ireland
Microsoft has announced plans to invest an additional €4 million in AI skilling in Ireland over the next three years, on top of €8m already invested since 2018. [Continue Reading]
Judges allow North Carolina to use Republican-drawn congressional map
New map takes aim at state’s only swing sweat and gives Republicans chance to flip seat as part of Trump campaignA federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans as part of Donald Trump’s multi-state redistricting campaign ahead of the 2026 elections.The new map takes aim at North Carolina’s only swing seat, currently held by Democrat Don Davis, an African American who represents more than 20 counties in the state’s north-east. The first district has been represented by Black members of Congress continuously for more than 30... [Continue Reading]
Australia politics live: PM hails ‘landmark’ environment protection deal with Greens as Coalition fumes at ‘11th-hour’ agreement
Anthony Albanese announces Greens have agreed to support Labor’s rewrite of the EPBC Act. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘We are very close’ on environment bill, Hanson-Young saysHanson-Young says she’s feeling more positive about a deal on the environment bill than she was at the start of the week.I don’t expect that we will get everything we want. We’re just trying one last time [on the basis] that I wanted more protections for our forests, and protections for climate, of course.If we can get movement on those issues, I’ve always said that... [Continue Reading]
Hong Kong fire live updates: three reportedly arrested with dozens dead and hundreds missing in apartment complex blaze – latest
At least 44 killed and hundreds missing after huge blaze at the Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po district on Wednesday. Follow the latest updates liveFull report: Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 44 with hundreds still missingBamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of Hong Kong tower block fireThe death toll has risen again to 44, fire officials say.Officials said they are still having difficulties proceeding into the upper floors in some of the buildings in the residential complex as the fire continues. Continue reading... [Continue Reading]
Washington DC shooting live: 2 National Guard troops hurt, suspect detained
Officials in Washington, DC, say one suspect is in custody after the 'targeted shooting' one block from the White House. [Continue Reading]
Trump Says South Africa Is Not Invited to G20 Summit in U.S. in 2026
The president did not attend this year’s annual gathering in South Africa, which has been a frequent target of his attacks. [Continue Reading]