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Only 1.4 percent of all new wealth created between 2019 and 2025 went to the poorest 50 percent, report finds.
Only 1.4 percent of all new wealth created between 2019 and 2025 went to the poorest 50 percent, report finds.
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<p>Advance warnings of missile attacks were seemingly suspended last week by the White House, but Ukraine’s president says: ‘Now it works’</p><p>The US has resumed sharing intelligence with Kyiv about Russian missile strikes, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday after a meeting with the US envoy Steve Witkoff in Norway.</p><p>Zelenskyy said Ukraine was again receiving advance warnings of ballistic missile attacks, which were seemingly suspended last week by the White House. “Now it works. It’s great,” he said, saying the US move would save lives.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/20/us-has-resumed-sharing-intelligence-with-ukraine-about-russian-strikes-says-zelenskyy">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Follow the day’s news live.</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/19/mp-helen-haines-injured-incident-wangaratta-ntwnfb">Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after Helen Haines critically injured</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/19/who-is-helen-haines-the-mp-allegedly-attacked-in-victoria-ntwnfb">Helen Haines, the principled MP respected across parliament</a></p></li></ul><p>Helen Haines’ alleged attacker, Brendan Nugent, has been charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally cause serious injury and the commonwealth offence of causing harm to a commonwealth public official.</p><p>He was held overnight to appear at Wangaratta magistrates court this morning at 9.30am, Victoria police confirmed in a statement, adding that it would be alleged the attack was targeted.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/oct/21/helen-haines-independent-mp-alleged-attack-wangaratta-vigils-court-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
Qatar and France sign a three-year action plan for security cooperation on the sidelines of the Milipol exhibition.
Facing online harassment and police detentions, women are taking to the streets of Indian cities in large numbers for the youth-led "Cockroach" protests. Amid a large-scale crackdown, they refuse to be seen as victims.