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A protest outside the European parliament in Brussels against reforms to the common agricultural policy and proposed trade agreements turned violent on Thursday. Some demonstrators were seen smashing windows outside parliament, prompting a charge from riot police. In the footage, one protester can be seen falling before he is repeatedly beaten on the ground by police

As the Trump Administration weaponises state power against critics, America’s self-image as the guardian of a rules-based international order is collapsing in real time, writes Mark Beeson. On the contrary, it is often regarded as the voice of “the Blob”, or the predominantly liberal policy-making elites who have articulated a rather smug and idealised view of America’s role in international affairs. Equally predictably, American power was invariably seen as a positive and “indispensable” force in international affairs and central to the preservation of the “rules-based international order”. The authors detail the pernicious impact of Trump’s policies, which have systematically undermined or weaponised key elements of the American political system, including the judiciary and even the military. If American democracy fails, or if the Trump Administration manages to undermine it in Europe, the future for less powerful outposts of liberal democracy like Australia will be lonely at best, existentially fraught at worst.

Dozens have gathered to mourn Boris and Sofia Gurman, two bystanders who tried to stop a gunman during the early stages of the Bondi beach terror attack on Sunday, before losing their lives. The couple are among the 15 victims of the Bondi beach terror attack. Members of Sydney’s Jewish community and dignitaries were at the service at the Chevra Kadisha in Woollahra, where Alex Kleytman and 10-year-old Matilda were remembered on Thursday

Mobile phones and social media are having an increasing impact on children worldwide. So much so, social media has now been banned in Australia for all those under the age of 16. Should children be allowed to have mobile phones at the Christmas dinner table? The survey found that 48% of parents will allow their children (who are 18 or under) to have mobile phones at the dinner table on Christmas Day in 2025. Will you be allowing your children to have their mobile phones at the Christmas dinner table this year?

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Maxwell maintained in a habeas petition she has promised to file since August, that information that would have resulted in her exoneration at her 2021 trial was withheld and false evidence was presented to the jury. The law, signed after months of public and political pressure, requires the justice department to provide the public with Epstein-related records by December 19. Epstein, a millionaire financier, was arrested in July 2019 on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell, a British socialite, was arrested a year later and was convicted of sex trafficking in December 2021. Last week, Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan granted the justice department’s request to publicly release the materials.

She said while the strategy recognised the scale of the challenge, the level of investment "falls seriously short". The £20m package will also see teachers get training around how to identify positive role models, and how to challenge unhealthy myths about women and relationships. It will include a new helpline for teenagers to get support for concerns about abuse in their own relationships. The government hopes that by tackling the early roots of misogyny, it will prevent young men from becoming violent abusers. Under the new plans, schools will send high-risk students to get extra care and support, including behavioural courses to tackle their prejudice against women and girls.

The team behind a festive lights display said they hoped to give "enjoyment" to visitors of a Cornish village. Organisers of the Angarrack Christmas Lights said preparations for the displays near Hayle began in September with more than 75 frames, including seven reindeers, on show. The displays, which depict the 12 days of Christmas, are set to remain in place until early January with the lights switched on between 17:00 and 22:00 GMT each day. Nikki Vincent, chairperson of Angarrack Christmas Lights, praised the effort of organisers and volunteers who put the displays together, which she said were viewed by thousands of people every year.

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Ministers are set to announce plans to intervene early on worrying behaviour of young people as part of the Government’s strategy to halve violence against women and girls (Vawg) in a decade. Schools to take part in the teacher training pilot will be chosen next year, while ministers aim for all secondary schools to teach healthy relationship sessions by the end of this Parliament. Vawg minister Jess Phillips said: “For too long the scale of violence against women and girls has been treated as a fact of life in our country. “I am determined our groundbreaking strategy will prevent women and girls from actually being harmed in the first place. “Put together, from today, it will deploy the full power of the state to introduce the largest crackdown to stop violence perpetrated against women and girls in British history.”

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