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Oct 26, 2026 - World

Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolitical debate should be ‘robust but respectful’: RustonA day after MPs addressed the House of Representatives paying tribute to independent Helen Haines, who was injured after an alleged attack in her electorate, Liberal senator Anne Ruston maintains that respect is necessary in political debate.What we do here sets the tone for what the rest of the nation thinks is acceptable.There is a huge responsibility on politicians, not to shy away from robust debate. I don’t want anyone to think that we shouldn’t be having strong debate.It’s simply out of control in an online world and we’ve got to make the platforms accountable.Facebook is the worst in terms of the platforms, Instagram and TikTok less so, but still bad. Continue reading...

Oct 26, 2026 - World

Far-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judge’s ruling makes reference to money-laundering caseThe far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports just hours after his dramatic loss in the presidential election to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.The ruling was issued by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, the same justice who oversaw the trial of the senator’s father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro, for attempting a coup. Continue reading...

Oct 26, 2026 - World

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Oct 26, 2026 - World

Group was on visit to meet Palestinian children, farmers and civil leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forcesAn international delegation including British politicians has been barred from entering the West Bank on a trip to meet Palestinian children, farmers and society leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forces during olive harvest season.The delegation of 23 people, including four elected representatives, was drawn from countries including France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Holland, Ireland and the US. It included Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, Lara Bird, MP for the Scottish National party, Kate Nevens, MSP for the Scottish Green party and Sam Tarry, a former Labour MP. Continue reading...

Oct 26, 2026 - World

Republican and Democrat come together for a rare joint endorsement of candidate in unexpected competitive raceTwo South Carolina former governors, David Beasley and Jim Hodges, a Republican and Democrat respectively, have come together for a rare joint endorsement for Democrat Annie Andrews’s Senate bid.Andrews, a pediatrician, is looking to flip the seat, currently held by Darline Graham, the Trump-endorsed sister of the late senator Lindsey Graham, in what has become an unexpectedly competitive race for the usually reliably red state. Continue reading...