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Nov 2, 2026 - World

From 1945 to 1989 security police relied on tens of thousands of spies to suppress dissent. To rebuild trust, their files will finally be made publicHungary’s new government will on Wednesday reveal the names of tens of thousands of state informants from the communist era in an attempt to confront the past and rebuild public trust.From 1945 to 1989, Hungary’s communist state-security services relied on an extensive network of informants to monitor society and suppress dissent. Some were blackmailed or coerced into reporting on neighbours, friends, colleagues and even family members; others were recruited through promises of various advantages. Continue reading...

Nov 2, 2026 - World

Woman among hundreds asking why electronic trackers not fitted before offenders leave prisonA domestic violence survivor who was punched, threatened with a knife and had her front door kicked in by her former partner is “living in terror” because he has still not been fitted with a tracking tag, weeks after his release from prison.Michelle, 38, who now lives in a static caravan with her four children, said relatives were sleeping on her floor in case the man tried to attack again. He had been recalled to prison on several occasions before for breaching his probation conditions. Continue reading...

Nov 2, 2026 - World

Australia’s central bank expected to hit mortgage holders again on Tuesday, as war in Middle East combines with collapsing house pricesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s economy is set for a “sharper, longer slowdown”, major bank economists say, as the Reserve Bank is forced to keep interest rates higher to rid the nation of persistent inflationary pressures.The RBA is widely expected to hit mortgage holders with a fifth rate hike on Tuesday, in a move that will push the cash rate to its highest since 2008 amid rising worries the economy could even be tipped into recession. Continue reading...

Nov 2, 2026 - World

Deployments of surveillance vans over five months resulted in nine false alerts and led officers to engage with 146 registered sex offendersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a million people have had their faces scanned in a trial of real-time facial recognition technology in Western Australia, resulting in 122 arrests and nine incorrect alerts.WA police said under the five-month trial, which concluded on Saturday, the technology scanned 1,380,882 faces after 100 deployments across 43 regional and metropolitan locations. Continue reading...

Nov 2, 2026 - World

Frustration grows over the economy with one Labor MP saying voter anger is already high ahead of Reserve Bank of Australia decisionGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW premier, Chris Minns, has warned an expected interest rate increase will force job losses and cause businesses to close, insisting the federal government and states should rein in spending to take pressure off the economy.The intervention from the leader of the country’s biggest state will heap yet more pressure on the Albanese government ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s cash rate decision on Tuesday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...