Europe overhauls funding to Tunisia after Guardian exposes migrant abuse | Global development

The European Commission is fundamentally overhauling how it makes payments to Tunisia after a Guardian investigation exposed myriad abuses by EU-funded security forces, including widespread sexual violence against migrants. Officials are drawing up “concrete” conditions to ensure that future European payments to Tunis can go ahead only if human rights have not been violated. The…

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Australia news live: PM rules out any referendums if he wins election; second man charged over attempted arson of Sydney synagogue | Australian politics

PM says there will be no referendum on any issues if he wins second term Our own Josh Butler asked the prime minister about the Indigenous voice referendum – which was unsuccessful, but the question of constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians remains unresolved. He asked: Peter Dutton obviously at some point spoke about symbolic recognition…

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