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Dec 7, 2025 - World

Minnesota representative says ‘hateful rhetoric’ can lead to ‘dangerous actions by people who listen to the president’US House member Ilhan Omar on Sunday defended the Somali community in her Minnesota congressional district, saying it was “completely disgusting” when Donald Trump recently referred to them as garbage.“These are Americans that he is calling ‘garbage,’” Omar, a Somalia-born Democrat, said while responding to the president’s remarks on CBS’s Face the Nation. “I think it is also really important for us to remember that this kind of hateful rhetoric – and this level of dehumanizing – can lead to dangerous actions by people who listen to the president.” Continue reading...

Dec 7, 2025 - World

Member of national parks firefighting team killed by tree at Bulahdelah in ‘deeply distressing turn of events’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA firefighter has died on the New South Wales mid-north coast, as the state’s premier issued a warning about a “foreboding beginning” to the bushfire season.The deputy secretary of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Alex Graham, on Monday confirmed the death of one of their firefighters. Continue reading...

Dec 7, 2025 - World

Disaster payments announced after 16 homes destroyed in Koolewong and four at Bulahdelah in NSW. Nineteen homes were lost in TasmaniaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has warned of a “difficult” summer bushfire season ahead, as a natural disaster was declared in parts of New South Wales and crews battling more than 70 fires gained the upper hand on Sunday.The most destructive blaze – an out-of-control bushfire at Koolewong, not far from built-up areas of the Central Coast – destroyed 16 homes on Saturday. The threat had eased by midday on Sunday as strong winds gave way to a cool change.Central CoastMid coastUpper HunterMuswellbrookWarrumbungleDubbo Continue reading...

Dec 7, 2025 - World

Georgia lawmaker says colleagues who made fun of president before 2024 win now support him out of fearRepublicans in Congress privately made fun of Donald Trump only to come around to support him when he won their party’s 2024 White House nomination, outgoing GOP House member Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Sunday.“I watched many of my colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks, making fun of me constantly for supporting him, to when he won the primary in 2024, they all started – excuse my language, Lesley – kissing his ass,” Greene, a Georgia Republican, said in a clip of an interview that is set to air on Sunday on CBS’s 60 Minutes program. Continue reading...

Dec 7, 2025 - World

Israel has urged India to formally designate Hamas as a terrorist organisation, citing that the group's growing ties with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other Iranian proxies pose a growing security threat to both India and Israel.