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Indonesian troops are being stationed in Jakarta amid wiretapping allegations implicating the president's chief of staff. Suspects are being accused of illegally tapping the president's phones.
Indonesian troops are being stationed in Jakarta amid wiretapping allegations implicating the president's chief of staff. Suspects are being accused of illegally tapping the president's phones.
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Though vote counts are still ongoing, Democrats have won clear majorities in both the US House and Senate. DW takes a look at who voted Republican, who voted Democrat, and what it all means.
<p>Home secretary Shabana Mahmood maintains rigorous rules for those who arrive on small boats</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/nov/04/ed-miliband-andy-burnham-king-charles-labour-louise-haigh-alex-burghart-pmqs-conservatives-uk-politics-latest-news">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The United Nations refugee agency has said a government plan to make refugees wait up to 30 years before they get permission to settle in the UK “raises significant concerns”.</p><p>The strategy was unveiled <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/02/shabana-mahmood-softens-immigration-plans-cabinet-backlash-leave-to-remain">earlier this week</a> by Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, as she announced a softening of aspects of her immigration plans, but kept some of the rigorous rules drawn up by her office last year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/unhcr-criticises-uks-30-year-earned-settlement-plans-for-refugees">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Phoebe Waller-Bridge joins stars signing up to scheme aimed at tackling class barriers in theatre</p><p>Phoebe Waller-Bridge has donated a London flat so that early-career writers can afford to live in the capital.</p><p>The creator of the hit show Fleabag bought the property specifically for Writers’ Block, a new scheme tackling class barriers in theatre. The flat will be offered to writers from disadvantaged backgrounds, who will pay only bills. Waller-Bridge has also made what the initiative described as a “generous financial contribution”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/nov/04/fleabag-creator-phoebe-waller-bridge-donates-flat-to-help-writers">Continue reading...</a>
<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Advocacy group will put volunteers on the ground in Labor-held outer suburban seats that could swing towards Pauline Hanson’s party</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily 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>Muslim Votes Matter will relax its anti-Labor position at this month’s Victorian election, putting volunteers on the ground in key outer suburban seats the incumbent government risks losing to One Nation.</p><p>The grassroots advocacy group will direct its supporters to vote for Labor ahead of Pauline Hanson’s party in all lower house Victorian electorates and will aim to have volunteers on the ground in the seats of Greenvale, in Melbourne’s north, and Narre Warren South, in the city’s south-east, which the party fears could be seized by One Nation.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/28/politics-really-newsletter-guardian-australia-free-best-daily-auspol-email-subscribe?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/05/muslim-votes-matter-softens-anti-labor-stance-victoria-election-one-nation-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>