Women who have fled war are being forced into sex work in the UK because of the extreme poverty of their living conditions here, while almost half cannot afford sanitary products, according to research. In a report looking at the impact of the Home Office’s near-total ban on employment for people seeking asylum, the charity…
Adam Bandt is projected to lose his inner-city Melbourne seat in a shock defeat that will see Labor take the reins for the first time since 2010. The long-serving Greens MP trails on more than 4,000 votes behind Labor’s Sarah Witty and is unlikely to catch up with the dwindling preferences remaining, ABC’s election analyst,…
A one-of-a-kind mortgage offering a major financial perk – no repayments for the first three months – has been launched in the UK. The deal, unveiled by Skipton Building Society, is the latest innovation aimed at cash-strapped first-time buyers and is designed to provide them with a bit of breathing space as they settle into…
If train drivers – like police officers – start looking younger, it may not just be you. Britain’s trains could soon have 18-year-olds in the cab, with the government likely to cut the minimum age to plug a shortage of drivers. Currently train drivers can obtain a licence from the age of 20 – although…
New South Wales police commissioner Karen Webb will resign after three years in the role. The NSW police minister, Yasmin Catley, told NSW parliament on Wednesday that Webb had recently indicated she would retire by the end of the year and will leave the job on 30 September. “She has provided a lengthy notice period…
Donald Trump said Tuesday that three more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, bringing the number still alive to 21. At a White House swearing-in ceremony for his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump revealed that three more Israeli hostages have died in Gaza, meaning that just 21 of the hostages taken from…
In about 1300BC, the major civilisations of the eastern Mediterranean made a cultural and technological leap forward when they began using bronze much more widely for weapons, tools and jewellery. While a form of the metal had previously been used in smaller quantities by the Mycenaeans and Egyptians among others, bronze was now abundant –…
Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned the US to “stay out” of his country’s politics after the far-right AfD received strong backing from allies of the US president, Donald Trump. Merz, 69, a conservative who was elected as chancellor of Europe’s biggest economy earlier in the day, also said he planned to speak by…
Sudan’s security and defence council has declared that it will break diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates over its alleged backing of the paramilitary Sudanese Rapid Support Forces. During a televised speech on Tuesday, Sudan’s defence minister, Yassin Ibrahim, said Sudan was “severing diplomatic relations with the UAE” and recalling its ambassador, claiming the…
A man was arrested after crashing a car into the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s home in Los Angeles, California, authorities said on Tuesday. Police told KABC-TV that the Friends star was home at the time of the crash. The incident occurred at about 12.20pm on Monday in the wealthy Bel Air neighborhood, according to…
