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Nov 27, 2025 - World

US president’s threat to seize territory prompts intelligence briefings reminiscent of Game of Thrones patrolThe Danish government has set up a “night watch” in the foreign ministry, not to keep out the wildlings and White Walkers like the Night’s Watch of Game of Thrones, but rather to monitor Donald Trump’s pronouncements and movements while Copenhagen sleeps.The night watch starts at 5pm local time each day and at 7am a report is produced and distributed around the Danish government and relevant departments about what was said and took place, the Politiken newspaper reported. Continue reading...

Nov 27, 2025 - World

President called the shooting in Washington an ‘act of terror’. Plus, Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 65Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump has said the government should review every Afghan immigrant who entered the US during Joe Biden’s administration, after authorities identified the suspect in the shooting of two national guard members in Washington as an Afghan national.What is the latest on the condition of the national guard members? They remained in critical condition overnight.Have there been arrests? Yes – police have arrested two directors and an engineering consultant at a construction company.Our live blog will update you on new developments. Continue reading...

Nov 27, 2025 - World

Christopher Hopkins also named the Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year for work published in Al Jazeera, The Age, and the GuardianGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGuardian Australia has won a Walkley award for excellence in journalism for a series on Australians facing the truth of their family’s involvement in frontier violence.Guardian Australia won the Walkley Indigenous affairs at Thursday night’s ceremony for the The Descendants series, which built on Guardian Australia’s 2019 Walkley award-winning series The Killing Times. The series explored the deeply personal process of truth-telling about some of the most horrific incidents in Australia’s past, from both sides of the frontier. Continue reading...

Nov 27, 2025 - World

Oleksandra Matviichuk warns any amnesty could encourage authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours Any peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine that includes an amnesty for war crimes could encourage other authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours, Ukraine’s only Nobel peace prize winner has warned.Oleksandra Matviichuk said the leaked 28-point US-Russia plan did not account for “the human dimension” and she supported President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s efforts to rewrite it in dialogue with White House. Continue reading...

Nov 27, 2025 - World

Contamination of wildlife with Pfas, which can increase risk of cancer, a growing problem in USHunters in Maine have been warned not to eat wild turkeys in parts of the state, after the birds were found to contain “forever chemicals” that can cause an increased risk of cancer.Maine officials warned that high levels of Pfas – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – have been detected in wild turkey and deer killed and harvested in areas in the south-west of the state. Continue reading...