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Nov 24, 2025 - World

At least three people were killed after gunmen attacked Pakistan's paramilitary force headquarters in Peshawar on Monday.

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Embassy’s employment of Gila Ben-Yakov Phillips is potentially violation of UK sanctions law, say expertsThe British embassy in Tel Aviv may have broken both UK sanctions law and UK government security policies by employing an Israeli citizen who owns a home in an illegal settlement in occupied Palestine, legal experts have said.The embassy’s deputy head of corporate services and HR, Gila Ben-Yakov Phillips, moved to Kerem Reim in 2022. She listed a house she bought there as her home address on financial documents at the time. Continue reading...

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Government panel’s final report calls for ‘radical reset’ of planning and environmental rules to get reactors built faster and cheaperBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK has become the “most expensive place in the world” to build a nuclear power station because of overly complex bureaucracy and regulation, according to a government review.The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up “archaic rules” and slash regulations to “get Britain building”. Continue reading...

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Bureau of Meteorology warns ‘damaging to destructive winds’ possible as thunderstorms track across stateGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTens of thousands of people are without power after severe storms brought destructive winds, giant hail and heavy rain to south-east Queensland.The Bureau of Meteorology said there were reports of hail between 6cm and 8cm falling at Tamrookum, Coombabah and Mount Tamborine. Hailstones up to 9cm in diameter also hit the Gold Coast. Continue reading...

Nov 24, 2025 - World

Survivor tells how she was trapped under ‘hot machinery’ in the wreckage after the choppers crashed over the Gold Coast Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has given a harrowing account of how she was trapped under “hot machinery” after the Sea World helicopter she was travelling in collided with another over the Gold Coast, killing four people.Giving evidence on Monday at the start of the inquest into one of Australia’s worst air disasters, Winnie De Silva relived the moment the two Sea World choppers collided above the Gold Coast Broadwater in January 2023. Continue reading...