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Ilhan Omar says she plans to move out of Washington home after federal raid
<p>Democratic lawmaker says family’s safety is at risk amid death threats and raid making apartment’s address public</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/21/immigration-ice-mass-deportation-trump-midterm-elections">Our reporters answer your questions about ICE, immigration and the midterms</a></p></li></ul><p>Minnesota congresswoman <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ilhan-omar">Ilhan Omar</a> said she plans to move out of her Washington DC apartment after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/12/federal-agents-ilhan-omar-home-raid">federal agents raided her residence</a> last week as part of a larger immigration investigation.</p><p>“I mean obviously, I can’t continue to live there,” Omar <a href="https://www.ms.now/news/ilhan-omar-raid-interview-trump">told MS Now</a> in an interview that aired on Wednesday. “So we have to figure out where to move to, because our address has been public and with the death threats that I deal with, it’s no longer going to be feasible to be in that house and have my kids, like, visiting off and on, having people track them.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/21/ilhan-omar-congresswoman-raid-trump">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 22, 2026The Guardian World World03
Sexualised, violent threats: female Victorian MPs fear for their safety as they fight more than just next month’s election
<p>Hostility from constituents is not new for the state’s politicians, including its premiers. But the alleged attack on Helen Haines has sent a chill down the collective spine</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">new political 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>On Monday night, Georgie Purcell shared a statement on social media in support of Helen Haines, who earlier that day had been allegedly attacked by a constituent in her regional Victorian electorate.</p><p>Purcell, a Victorian upper house MP whose region partly overlaps with Haines’s federal electorate, wrote that the alleged attack had sent chills down her spine. Being a woman in politics, she said, had changed the way she moved through the world – where she parked her car, which route she took home, even whether she held public events at all.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/23/victorian-mps-women-high-alert-safety-state-election-helen-haines-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 22, 2026The Guardian World World04
The great moth revival: how bogongs have bounced back
<p>This animated map shows the insect’s population exploding in Australia’s eastern states, with the endangered species coming back from the brink</p><p>If you live anywhere on the eastern side of Australia, you’ve probably noticed that bogong moths <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/28/thrilled-huge-swarms-of-bogong-moths-surprise-nsw-residents-and-may-point-to-species-recovery">are back in a big way</a>.</p><p>While we don’t yet have figures from ecologist-led surveys to compare with previous years, there is a wealth of data on the great moth revival being generated by citizen scientists across the eastern states.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oct/23/the-great-moth-revival-how-bogongs-have-bounced-back">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 22, 2026The Guardian World