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Mother of alleged Alan Jones victim ‘absolutely trusted’ the radio host, court told
<p>Witness breaks down in tears, tells court ‘I was scared’ after son declined to report alleged kissing and touching by broadcaster</p><ul><li><p>Listen to the podcast <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/alan-jones-on-trial">Alan Jones on Trial</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/28/weekly-beast-email-austrailan-media-diary-free-newsletter-subscribe-sign-up?CMP=cvau_sfl">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here</a></p></li></ul><p>The mother of the youngest alleged victim of Alan Jones has told a Sydney court she “trusted” the 2GB broadcaster and was “comfortable” her teenager was going to spend a weekend at his Fitzroy Falls property.</p><p>The young man, known as complainant A, has testified that when he was 17 he was alone at the southern highlands farm when Jones <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/alan-jones-court-financial-help-13-year-old-ntwnfb">allegedly kissed him, put his tongue</a> inside his mouth and touched him on the bottom. “I felt violated and I felt gross,” he told the court earlier.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/alan-jones-alleged-victim-mother-trusted-radio-host-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
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US Supreme Court to hear case on race in school admissions
A group of parents claims local admission policy boosts Black and Latino students while constraining Asian applicants.
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In ruby-red Kansas, Trump contemplates the possibility of a Democratic win in the state
<p>The president came out in support of Senator Roger Marshall, who is facing and unexpectedly strong challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton </p><p>The fact that Donald Trump was here at all said more about a looming electoral disaster facing his Republican party next month than anything contained in his dark and discursive 98-minute stump speech.</p><p>On Monday, amid raucous chants of “USA! USA!”, the president held his first campaign rally in Kansas for eight years. No Democrat has won a US Senate seat in this ruby-red state since 1932, the year Herbert Hoover was president, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/amelia-earhart-purdue-expedition-clump-of-trees-nikumaroro-kiribati">Amelia Earhart</a> was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and the Nazis became the biggest party in the German Reichstag.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/trump-kansas-rally-us-midterm-election-possibility-state-democratic-win">Continue reading...</a>
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