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Former Sydney childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith hit with 202 more abuse charges
<p>NSW police say charges include child rape and relate to 23 alleged victims aged between one and five at a Sydney childcare centre</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>One of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles is facing hundreds more child abuse charges, including for the alleged rape of children as young as one.</p><p>Days after being extradited from Queensland to NSW, Ashley Paul Griffith, 48, was hit with 202 charges dating from between 2014 and 2017, with police labelling the allegations “deeply disturbing”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/30/ashley-paul-griffith-queensland-paedophile-childcare-worker-additional-charges-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 30, 2026The Guardian World World03
El Niño-driven drought in Papua New Guinea a ‘national crisis’ as rivers dry up and local farms fail
<p>As many as 8 million people have been affected by food shortages, electricity blackouts and health clinic closures</p><p>Extreme drought driven by an historic El Niño is affecting as many as 8 million people in Papua New Guinea, causing a cascade of issues from shortages of food and water, to electricity scarcity and schooling disruption.</p><p>An influential coalition that includes churches, trade unions and business groups has said the Pacific nation is in the midst of a “national crisis”, but there appears to be “no coordinated plan to protect vulnerable communities from the worsening impacts of El Niño.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/png-el-nino-drought-papua-new-guinea">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 30, 2026The Guardian World World04
Trump administration renews bid to block Alaska election results
The updated lawsuit cites a new report that Democratic operatives recruited a competitor to confuse voters.
QA Oct 30, 2026Al Jazeera English