Statistically, there’s a reliable way to predict a domestic violence homicide like Hannah Clarke’s pred 8 urami in 53 minutami Queensland researchers studying intimate-partner killings found one thing common to more than half the casesPolice made potentially critical mistakes in Hannah Clarke murders, new evidence revealsRead more from Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation hereWhen researchers in Queensland catalogued data from seven years of intimate-partner killings, they found one thing common to more than half of those cases – a victim’s own sense of fear about their impending death.Statistically, the most reliable way to predict a domestic violence homicide is to believe the victim. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Gobsmacking’ solar farm that could power AI data centres ‘possibly unparalleled’ in Australia or world pred 8 urami in 53 minutami SunCable says massive energy project proposed in NT could position Australia as global leader, but critics are concerned about scaleSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereEnergy company SunCable says a massive solar farm it has proposed building in the Northern Territory could power an AI data centre precinct in the region to position Australia as a global leader in “green industrial development”.The development would be Australia’s largest solar farm and would generate up to 20GW of electricity, or 10 times the output of a large coal-fired station. It would add to the company’s plans to build a 12,000 ha solar farm at Powell Creek Station south of Elliott as part of its proposed Australia-Asia Power Link project.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Leaked Coalition talking points direct MPs to argue dumping net zero does not conflict with Paris agreement pred 8 urami in 53 minutami Exclusive: Guidance distributed to MPs seeks to pre-empt questions about plan’s compatibility with Paris agreement, indicating opposition is aware of potential breachGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition MPs are being told to argue that the decision to dump a net zero emissions target is “entirely consistent” with the Paris agreement, despite leaked documents suggesting the opposition is aware such a position could conflict with Australia’s obligations under the climate pact.Guardian Australia has obtained talking points issued to MPs to help them stay on message about Sussan Ley’s new energy and emissions plan, which was finalised on Sunday after months of bitter infighting. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘I lose my liberty in that moment’: Charlotte shuts down as citizens and noncitizens alike face ICE arrests pred 8 urami in 53 minutami As federal agents descend in North Carolina, businesses close as even an after-school program is targetedOn Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manolo’s Bakery has become a focal point for resistance to the upscaled immigration raids since border patrol officers descended on the city at the weekend. The owner closed the bakery to prevent his staff from being targeted. Most of the other shops on Charlotte’s busy immigrant-centric street followed suit.Dozens of people have taken up camp in the parking lot to wave signs of support for immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been active in the city for months as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda but things went up a level when border patrol arrived. Agents swiftly began buzzing through the place to make an armed show of their presence, followed at times by Charlotteans honking their horns in warning. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Joy Crookes says UK and Ireland in ‘dark time’ amid rise of far-right politics pred 9 urami in 4 minutami Musician says seeing national flags on recent visits to London and Dublin ‘doesn’t make me feel safe’The UK and Ireland are entering a “dark time”, according to the singer Joy Crookes, who said the influence of far-right ideology on mainstream politics was comparable to the 1970s when the National Front was at its peak.Crookes, who has just played two sold-out shows at the O2 Academy in Brixton, said the recent wave of nationalism and the far-right march through central London in September made her feel unsafe in the UK. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Do you expect me to talk?’: Dick Van Dyke says he turned down playing James Bond pred 9 urami in 7 minutami As the veteran actor turns 100 he reveals that he was approached to play the British spy in the early 60s, but realised his accent wouldn’t have been up to scratchFor more than six decades, the actor Dick Van Dyke has been pilloried for his attempts at a British accent in Mary Poppins (1964). Now, the actor who has since apologised for the “most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema” as chimney sweep Bert in the Disney classic has revealed he was in the running to play another UK icon on screen: James Bond.Speaking on the Today TV programme in the US, Van Dyke, who turns 100 next month, said that Bond producer Albert Broccoli approached him to ask if he fancied the role of the British spy in his first big screen outing. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US added 119,000 jobs in September in report delayed by federal shutdown pred 9 urami in 9 minutami Job growth is stronger than analysts’ predictions as unemployment rate holds steady at 4.4%The US jobs market added 119,000 jobs in September, according to the latest monthly jobs report, which was delayed by six weeks due to the shutdown of the federal government.Amid heightened uncertainty surrounding the strength of the US economy, the much-anticipated reading was stronger than the 51,000 jobs expected by analysts to be added in September. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, remained steady at 4.4%. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Spanish PM calls for nation to heed past lessons on anniversary of Franco’s death pred 9 urami in 18 minutami Pedro Sánchez says his country must defend the democratic freedom ‘wrenched from us for so many years’Spain has marked the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death with an absence of official events but with a call from the prime minister to heed the lessons of the dictatorship and defend the democratic freedom “wrenched from us for so many years”.Franco, whose military coup against the elected republican government in 1936 triggered a civil war and brought about four decades of dictatorship, died in Madrid on 20 November 1975. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Cop30 live: ‘We need to think about how to live without fossil fuels’ Brazilian president Lula tells summit pred 9 urami in 19 minutami Brazilian president underlines need to reduce emissions as Turkey set to host next year’s summitTwo key pieces of climate jargon – adaptation and mitigation – are sometimes seen as alternative ways to survive a hotter planet. In reality, people’s worlds are already being torn apart by weather that has been made more violent by fossil fuel pollution and more deadly by human mismanagement.A few weeks ago I spoke with Toñi García, who saw this first-hand. Here is her story. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces pred 9 urami in 27 minutami Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looksThe UK government has insisted it will take as much time as necessary to “get right” new rules on access to single-sex spaces after a leak of guidance submitted by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) raised concerns that its publication was being deliberately delayed.The equalities watchdog submitted its formal guidance on how public bodies, businesses and other service providers should respond to April’s landmark supreme court ruling on biological sex to the UK government in September. Since then, its outgoing chair, Kishwer Falkner, has urged the equalities minister, Bridget Phillipson, to approve it “as soon as possible”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
