New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and Australia’s race discrimination commissioner criticised One Nation candidate Stuart Bonds after he claimed at an anti-immigration rally that Australians were being “demographically replaced.” The commissioner said claims that migrants cannot truly be Australian risk fuelling division and racism.
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Stuart Bonds leads One Nation’s ticket for the New South Wales upper house and is the party’s first-listed candidate.
Bonds made the comments at an anti-immigration rally in Sydney on Sunday, attended by several hundred people.
Bonds said mass migration needed to be curtailed and warned that demographic change would be impossible to reverse.
Chris Minns called Bonds’ remarks outrageous and racist and described replacement theory as a conspiracy theory imported from the United States.
Australia’s race discrimination commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, said migrants are central to Australia’s history and warned against blaming them for the country’s challenges.
The article says Bonds was likely to win a seat in the March state election based on then-current polling.
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President Donald Trump said on “60 Minutes” that the hostility between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin is a major obstacle to ending the Russia-Ukraine war. CBS News correspondent Ross Douthat questioned Trump about his promise to end the conflict.
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Trump described the hostility between Zelensky and Putin as one of the primary obstacles to resolving the war.
Trump made the remarks during a Sunday appearance on “60 Minutes.”
CBS News’s Ross Douthat asked Trump about his promise to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Moldova inaugurated a new high-voltage power line linking Vulcanesti to Chisinau and connecting the country more closely to Romania and Europe’s electricity grid. President Maia Sandu said the link would diversify energy supplies and reduce reliance on Russian energy, while officials said two more lines to Romania are planned.
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The new 400-kilovolt line runs from Vulcanesti to Chisinau.
Moldova says the connection strengthens its link to Romania and the European energy system.
The line allows Moldova to reduce reliance on the Cuciurgan power plant in the separatist region of Transnistria.
European Commissioner for Energy Marta Kos said Moldova could buy electricity from the cheapest available source.
Sandu said two additional power lines to Romania are planned.
The line was inaugurated two years later than Moldovan authorities initially promised.
Moldova’s parliament approved a state of emergency through November 20 amid gas shortages and rising global energy prices.
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Pope Leo XIV criticized Argentine President Javier Milei’s austerity measures during a visit to Buenos Aires, saying economic growth should serve people and calling for concern for poor people, pensioners and people with disabilities. He also urged public officials to listen and use their words carefully as Argentines hoped his visit would help ease divisions in the country.
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Leo arrived in Argentina on the second leg of a 12-day Latin America tour.
He said the economy should serve people rather than people serving the economy.
Leo raised concerns about people struggling to meet household needs and called for particular care for people affected by illness, dependency and disability.
He said democracy requires a willingness to listen and careful use of words.
Milei has pursued austerity measures that include cuts affecting public hospitals, universities and pensioners.
The article reports Argentina’s poverty rate was 32.3% in September.
Leo planned to visit a home for disabled people and a prison, and to celebrate three open-air masses.
A University of Buenos Aires poll cited in the article found that 57.7% of respondents identified as Catholic, compared with about 90% in the 1960s.
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Authorities around the world are trying to identify the source of a series of bomb threats and cyberattacks. The headline says the hacking affected supermarkets and water control systems in the United States and elsewhere, but the provided article text gives few details about the incidents.
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Authorities around the world are investigating a series of bomb threats and cyberattacks.
The headline says supermarkets were among the targets of hacking.
The headline also names water control systems as targets.
The incidents affected locations in the United States and other parts of the world, according to the headline.
CBS correspondent Ramy Inocencio reported from Paris.
The provided text does not identify the source of the threats or attacks.
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G7 foreign ministers are meeting in Paris for two days to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and the possibility of further U.S. strikes on Iran. European officials want Ukraine to secure a fair settlement, while France says it will take part in U.S.-mediated talks with Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.
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The G7 foreign ministers represent Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to attend both days of the Paris meeting.
U.S.-mediated talks with Moscow and Kyiv are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said France would participate in the Abu Dhabi talks.
President Donald Trump has not ruled out further U.S. strikes on Iran, including against a site known as Pickaxe Mountain.
European governments want a resolution with Iran and the return of normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
France is hosting a donor conference to raise money to repair the protective dome over the Chernobyl reactor damaged in a Russian strike last year.
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A UK inquiry is beginning a new phase focused on improving education outcomes for white working-class children, including early-years support and routes for 14- to 19-year-olds. Its co-chair says schools alone cannot address the barriers, while the education secretary has backed the inquiry’s work to develop practical recommendations.
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The inquiry was commissioned by multi-academy trust Star Academies and is supported by the Department for Education.
Its first report said the education system was not serving the interests of white working-class children and called for major reforms.
The inquiry examined data on 1.25 million white British pupils in England who receive free school meals.
The inquiry said its data may understate disadvantage because it did not include all low-income families who were not receiving free school meals.
The next phase will study early education, the move from primary to secondary school, and education and career pathways for teenagers aged 14 to 19.
The inquiry plans to develop recommendations for government, schools, colleges and other organisations working with white working-class communities.
The article says nearly one million young people are classed as not in education, employment or training.
An interim report found children who are not ready for school at age four or five are nearly three times as likely to be not in education, employment or training at ages 16 to 17.
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Three members of the family of Adam Mark Perrim, who is accused of killing Danielle Madgwick, have been charged with being accessories after the fact to murder. Police allege the three knew Madgwick; the charges relate to her death in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, in September.
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Emergency services found 23-year-old Danielle Madgwick with multiple stab wounds at a Wagga Wagga home on 19 September; she died at the scene.
Adam Mark Perrim, 31, was arrested that evening and charged with alleged domestic violence murder.
Police arrested two men, aged 18 and 56, and a 53-year-old woman after raiding the home over the weekend.
Court documents identify the three as Perrim’s brother Bailey, father George Maxwell Richard, and mother Julie Ann Collins.
Each was charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder and refused bail.
The three are due to appear in court again on 23 December; Perrim is due back on 18 November.
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A drone attack caused a fire at Iraq’s Khor Mor gasfield, suspending gas supplies to power plants across the semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Officials said the disruption left more than 70 percent of the region without electricity, and authorities formed a joint committee to investigate the attack; no casualties were reported in an initial assessment.
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The attack struck the Khor Mor gasfield in Sulaimaniyah governorate on Sunday night.
The attack caused a fire, and verified footage showed smoke and flames near the facility.
The suspended gas supply affected power plants in Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Bazian, Chamchamal and Duhok.
Kurdish regional officials said the attack removed 2,500 to 2,800 megawatts of electricity generation from the grid.
Officials said they would use hydroelectric and alternative-fuel plants to supply critical sites, including hospitals and water treatment plants.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said an initial assessment found no casualties and directed authorities to form a joint investigative committee.
No group had claimed responsibility, and officials had not established whether the attack was linked to the United States and Israel’s war on Iran. The same facility was hit by a drone strike the previous year.
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A woman identified as Jill told BBC Scotland that Salah Fayed, brother of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, trafficked her to the family’s Balnagown estate in the Scottish Highlands in the 1990s, drugged and sexually assaulted her, and restricted her freedom. Police Scotland said three people had been identified in connection with alleged offences against multiple victims at the estate, and its inquiries are ongoing.
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Jill’s name was changed for legal reasons.
Jill said she was a young Harrods employee when she was recruited for what she believed was an executive training scheme.
She said she flew to Balnagown Estate on the Fayed family’s private jet and was assaulted there on two visits.
Jill alleged Salah Fayed gave her illegal drugs, controlled aspects of her daily life, and held her in a locked room.
Salah Fayed died of pancreatic cancer in 2010 and has been accused of abuse by numerous women.
Police Scotland said three people had been identified in connection with alleged offending against a number of victims at Balnagown.
Since Mohamed Al Fayed died in 2023, hundreds of women and girls have alleged sexual abuse by him; more than 400 alleged victims or witnesses have come forward to lawyers since a 2024 BBC documentary.
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Monitoring data suggests hazel dormouse numbers in England and Wales rose by almost 10% between 2020 and 2025, after falling sharply for decades. Researchers say warmer, drier springs and summers may have helped, but the estimate is uncertain and protecting woodland and hedgerow habitat remains important.
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The hazel dormouse is the only dormouse species found in the UK.
The species is now largely limited to southern England and parts of Wales.
Native dormouse populations have disappeared from about 20 English counties.
The National Dormouse Monitoring Programme has tracked sites in England and Wales since 1998.
The monitoring data shows dormouse numbers have fallen by almost 60% since 2000, an average annual decline of 3.5%.
The data estimates numbers increased by almost 10% from 2020 to 2025, but researchers say there is considerable uncertainty.
Warmer summers may reduce the time dormice spend in torpor, or short periods of deep sleep, allowing more time for feeding and breeding.
Researchers say more study is needed to assess climate change effects, including the impact of warmer, wetter winters.
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The five love languages, introduced by U.S. pastor Gary Chapman in 1992, remain popular in dating and couples counseling. Experts cited in the article say research does not support the idea that everyone fits neatly into five categories, though the framework can help people discuss relationship needs and can also oversimplify them or be used to pressure a partner.
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The five categories are Quality Time, Acts of Service, Words of Affirmation, Receiving Gifts, and Physical Touch.
Chapman said the idea grew from his observations of couples during counselling sessions.
The Love Languages website says more than 150 million people have taken its quiz.
Counselling psychologist Sarah Emmerson said clients often bring their quiz results to sessions.
Psychotherapist Georgina Sturmer said the framework can prompt people to discuss what they like in relationships.
Experts warn that the five-category model lacks strong research support and may oversimplify relationships.
The article describes a case in Chapman's book in which he advised a woman with a verbally abusive husband to have sex more often, relying on her faith.
Therapists warn that people may use a claimed love language to pressure partners into gifts or physical intimacy.
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Pope Leo, 71, arrived in Buenos Aires after visiting Uruguay as part of a three-country tour. Argentina’s President Javier Milei and a military band greeted him at the airport; the article title says the tour comes weeks after lung cancer surgery.
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Pope Leo is 71 years old.
He arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
His visit to Uruguay ended before his arrival in Argentina.
The tour includes three countries, according to the article title.
President Javier Milei greeted the pope at the airport.
A military band was also present at the airport.
The article title says the pope had lung cancer surgery weeks before the tour.
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UK newspaper front pages focus on Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s warning about possible abuse in the media industry after Russell Brand’s conviction on rape and sexual assault charges. Other coverage includes reported plans to reduce electric-vehicle sales targets, concerns about cyber risks to Britain’s railways, and calls to improve access to dementia diagnosis and treatment.
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The Daily Mirror reports that Nandy fears the media industry may be shielding other predators.
The Daily Star quotes Nandy saying the media industry has not learned from the Russell Brand scandal.
The Metro reports that Brand is transferring a mansion worth £5 million to his wife; the Sun says he moved nearly £9 million from one of his companies.
The Guardian reports that ministers may cut a key electric-vehicle sales target by about a quarter.
The Independent reports on Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh’s comments ahead of the COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey.
The Daily Telegraph reports that David Cameron and 48 dementia specialists and former health ministers are calling for better access to dementia drugs and a maximum 18-week wait for diagnosis.
The i Paper cites transport department concerns that a hostile-state cyberattack could disrupt British train services for a week and cost the economy £1.8 billion.
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Marine Le Pen said France should expel immigrants who reject French laws or culture, and denied that discrimination exists in the country. The article says protests and economic stagnation have coincided with rising support for Le Pen, who leads polls ahead of France’s spring presidential election.
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Le Pen blamed economic problems and what she called extreme-left rioters for recent protests.
The article reports that protests damaged 2,500 businesses and injured 1,500 police officers.
Le Pen argued that immigrants who do not assimilate should be expelled, and said authorities might force some to leave.
She called France “the least racist” country in the world and said discrimination does not exist there.
Le Pen said immigrants are more likely to be unemployed than French citizens and argued France should not bring in unemployed people.
The article says Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement and has appealed the conviction.
The article reports that Le Pen leads polls ahead of France’s presidential election in the spring.
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A CBS News 60 Minutes report examines protests in France and their possible effect on the country’s political landscape. It interviews Marine Le Pen, a populist, far-right politician who could benefit from the unrest.
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The report focuses on protests in France.
It considers how the protests may shift France’s political landscape.
60 Minutes visits France for the report.
The coverage looks at who and what is driving the protests.
The report interviews Marine Le Pen.
The article says Le Pen could benefit from the unrest.
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