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World’s richest man solicits applications for ‘tedious work’ in newly formed Department of Government EfficiencyElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are asking Americans who are “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” and willing to work over 80 hours a week to join their new Department of Government Efficiency – at zero pay.In a new X post on Thursday that doubled as a job announcement and another one of...

Skirmish quickly quashed by security guards at stadium as riot police are deployed at ‘high-risk’ gameA skirmish involving Israel fans broke out in the stands of the Stade de France during a tense match between Israel and France’s men’s football teams, but a heavy police presence ensured a repeat of the serious violence in Amsterdam was avoided.The game had been designated as “high risk”...

Tens of thousands deported from Caribbean states, as Dominican Republic pledges to return 10,000 people a weekActivists have called on Caribbean governments to halt the mass deportation of Haitians fleeing escalating gang violence that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.In the past month, tens of thousands of people have been deported to Haiti, including 61,000 from the neighbouring...

Massachusetts senator now joins Bernie Sanders in endorsing joint resolution of disapproval against Joe BidenElizabeth Warren, a leading progressive voice in the US Senate, has denounced the Biden administration’s failure to punish Israel over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and endorsed a joint resolution of disapproval in Congress.The amount of aid reaching the territory has dropped to the lowest level in 11 months,...

Turkish national accused of supplying engines and boats to cross-Channel smugglers in Belgium and northern France A suspected supplier of “hundreds” of small boat engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the Channel has been arrested in Amsterdam, officials said.A 44-year-old Turkish national was arrested on Wednesday after arriving at Schiphol airport, the UK’s National Crime Agency said. The suspect was...

Confession met with scepticism after other war criminals made similar statements to win early release from prisonA Bosnian Serb general jailed by the war crimes tribunal in The Hague for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre has confessed to having “aided and abetted the genocide”.Survivors and families of the more than 8,300 people who died in the mass killing reacted with scepticism to the confession by...

IDF hits Gaza, Syria and Beirut suburbs, as analysts say raids could be aimed at forcing hand of Hezbollah in negotiationsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael has intensified its air offensives on three fronts, launching dozens of new strikes in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria as negotiations for a ceasefire on its northern border reach a critical point.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said about 30...

Judge considering complaint by fishing firm Samherji rules artist Odee unlikely to be able to defend work as parodyThe property rights of Iceland’s largest fishing company prevail over the right to artistic expression of an artist who spoofed the firm’s website to draw attention to a high-profile corruption scandal, London’s high court has ruled.For his 2023 work We’re Sorry, the Icelandic artist Oddur Eysteinn...

Colleagues speak up in Paulina Brandberg’s support after leaked emails reveal efforts to spare her from the fruitA Swedish government minister’s fear of bananas has become a national talking point after emails revealed that such is the strength of her aversion that aides try to clear rooms of the fruit before she enters.Paulina Brandberg, the minister for gender equality and work life, has previously...

Group says it has identified the Galix defence system on armoured vehicles imported from the UAE and calls for government to investigateFrance must investigate the use of its military systems by Sudan’s paramilitary forces, which could be in breach of an arms embargo, Amnesty International has said.The group said it had identified the French-made Galix defence system being used in Sudan on armoured vehicles...

Temperatures in Guangzhou fail to drop below level that meteorological service uses to mark change in seasonOne of China’s biggest cities is still officially in summer, despite it being mid-November, as temperatures have failed to drop below the threshold considered necessary to mark the change in season.This week, Guangzhou, a hot and humid city of nearly 19 million people in southern China’s Guangdong province,...

Celebrated authors discuss the somewhat connected stories of their shared surname at literary event in RioBorn more than 5,500 miles apart, the Booker prize winner Bernardine Evaristo, 65, and Brazil’s most celebrated living Black author, Conceição Evaristo, 77, share the same surname, though they are – as far as is known – unrelated.But their surnames’ stories are somewhat connected, and shed light on aspects...

Signs of resistance to artemisinin in tenth of children with severe malaria similar to situation in Asia, say researchersResearchers have found “troubling” evidence for the first time that a lifesaving malaria drug is becoming less effective in young African children with serious infections.A study of children being treated in hospital for malaria in Uganda, presented at a major conference on Thursday, found signs of...

Former human rights commissioner Chris Sidoti says ‘there is no end in sight’ as ongoing bombardment is sowing seeds for generations of hostilitiesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“Kids aren’t terrorists,” Chris Sidoti told the handful of journalists assembled in the quiet of the UN’s New York headquarters.Thousands of kilometres from the...

Country closes 137-year legal loophole, becoming one of 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean to entirely ban marriage for minorsColombian lawmakers have approved a bill to eradicate child marriage in the South American country after 17 years of campaigning by advocacy groups and eight failed attempts to push legislation through the house and senate.After five hours of heated, drawn-out debate on Wednesday evening,...

Mark Rowley says ‘cumulative effect of decisions over the last decade’ means Met now in a ‘precarious position’Good morning. We’re two weeks on from the budget, and from the government’s point of view it seems to have landed quite well. Nothing has unravelled, there have not been any U-turns (yet?) and Labour is confident that it has manoeuvred the Tories into a position where...

Report by Human Rights Watch says use of repeated evacuation orders against civilians amounts to crimes against humanityOvernight the IDF announced that six soldiers had been killed in clashes with Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon.The Times of Israel reports “it was one of the heaviest single-day losses in the operation that began in late September,” and that “according to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers...

Shares in fashion brand jump as ‘urgent’ cost-cutting programme announced following half-year lossesBusiness live – latest updatesBurberry has unveiled a £40m cost-cutting programme as its new chief executive pledged to “stabilise the business” with a turnaround plan aimed at reviving the fortunes of the ailing British luxury fashion brand.Joshua Schulman, the former Coach boss who replaced his ousted predecessor, Jonathan Akeroyd, in July, said...

Request in embezzlement trial threatens to undermine National Rally’s efforts to polish image before 2027 pollsA Paris prosecutor has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial in which she and 24 others are accused of embezzling EU funds.The trial, which comes almost a decade after initial investigations started, threatens...

Voting temporarily suspended amid disruptions including a Māori party MP ripping up a copy of the billNew Zealand’s parliament has erupted into fiery debate, personal attacks and a haka over a controversial bill that proposes to radically alter the way New Zealand’s treaty between Māori and the crown is interpreted.The treaty principles bill was tabled by the libertarian Act party – a minor partner...

Asset manager Oaktree out of running as backer but businessman has ‘high confidence’ he will get financeBusiness live – latest updatesThe British owner of the New York Sun has said his £550m offer to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph is still on track, despite a big potential backer not joining the bid.Dovid Efune entered exclusive talks to buy the Telegraph titles last month...

Union members hit out at LNP as deputy premier announces pause on pay and conditions policyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA “sweetheart deal” for the CFMEU has been suspended in an unprecedented crackdown after the embattled union was blamed for major project cost blowouts.Construction union “perks” were put on ice as the Queensland government stepped up a campaign to...

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland calls for tougher laws after three-month-old Roxie dies from Bonfire Night stressThe owner of Edinburgh zoo has linked the death of a baby red panda on Bonfire Night to fireworks and called for tighter regulations.The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said vets blamed the death of three-month-old Roxie on 5 November on her reaction to fireworks in the...

The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public.The opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic” was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head...