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The election was a celebration of democracy in some ways - but it has left Israel with no clear path to a new government, writes James Landale.
The election was a celebration of democracy in some ways - but it has left Israel with no clear path to a new government, writes James Landale.
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Hundreds of Indonesian students protested against the government's handling of forest fires and rising costs.
President Laura Fernandez inaugurated the $35m mega-prison built to house up to 5,100 inmates near San Jose.
<p>Keaton Denlay says agents handed him ‘poorly formatted Excel spreadsheet’ and threatened to criminally prosecute him</p><p>A California county elections official is speaking out about the Department of Justice’s campaign against purported “voter fraud”, saying federal officials provided him a disorganized list of names filled with inaccuracies – and threatened to criminally prosecute him if he didn’t take action.</p><p>Keaton Denlay, the county clerk-recorder for Butte county, a region north of Sacramento, said a federal agent on Friday hand-delivered what appeared to be a printout of a “poorly formatted Excel spreadsheet with missing and jumbled information”. The DoJ claimed the list was of 47 “likely” noncitizens who were unlawfully registered to vote and demanded the county set aside their ballots. But Denlay said the document was riddled with errors and lacking crucial details, and he declined to act on it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/california-elections-federal-agents-voter-fraud">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Bush Heritage hopes to buy Wooroora station, which links wet sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland and is home to 12 endangered species </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>A majestic tract of land in far north Queensland that links wet tropics world heritage rainforest and contains headwaters that flow to the Great Barrier Reef could be bought and protected by Christmas, after a conservation group raised more than $19m in private donations to buy the cattle station.</p><p>Wooroora spans more than 20,000 hectares of largely intact wet sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland on the lands of the Jirrbal people about 100km south-west of Cairns – and borders Bush Heritage’s existing 43,575-hectare Yourka Reserve in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/22/conservationists-rubbish-plan-to-build-a-windfarm-near-protected-north-queensland-rainforests">one of the most biodiverse regions in Australia</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/29/worldwide-legacy-almost-20m-raised-to-protect-majestic-tract-of-land-in-far-north-queensland">Continue reading...</a>