Thousands of Asda workers have won the latest stage in a decade-long equal pay case against the supermarket that could lead to a payout worth £1.2bn. The GMB union said the workers were on “the cusp of justice” after Manchester employment tribunal ruled that 12 out of 14 lead claimants in the case, which involves…
A senior Taliban minister who expressed support for reversing the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan appears to have been forced to flee the country. Speaking at a graduation ceremony in Khost province, near the Afghan-Pakistani border, on 20 January, Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, criticised the government’s ban on girls attending…
A Sweden-based Libyan activist who has been a vocal critic of Italy and its dealings in Libya was alerted by WhatsApp last week that he had been targeted with military-grade spyware, raising new concerns about the possible use of powerful cyberweapons by European governments. The alleged breach of Husam El Gomati’s mobile phone – as…
Energy experts have rubbished claims by Peter Dutton that his plan to slow the rollout of renewable energy while waiting more than a decade for taxpayer-funded nuclear plants could bring down electricity bills in the short term. Dutton said if there was “a 44% reduction in the model of delivering an energy system, you would…
The US president, Donald Trump, and his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum, have announced a one-month “pause” in threatened US tariffs after what Sheinbaum described as a “a good conversation” between them. The US president upended ties between the countries over the weekend when he announced the 25% levies and accused Sheinbaum’s administration of engaging in…
Donald Trump has claimed South Africa is “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people very badly”, announcing he is cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation. The US president’s intervention into one of South Africa’s most divisive issues was rebutted by the country’s government and criticised by groups across its…