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Noah Jones and Macy Neyland argue the ban disregards the rights of children
Ban harmful content from social media instead of us, say Australian teens
SYDNEY — Social media companies and the Australian government should be using their resources to remove predators and harmful content from platforms rather than banning under-16s, teenagers challenging the law have said.From 10 December, social media firms — including Meta, TikTok and YouTube — must ensure that young Australians cannot hold accounts on their platforms.Campaigners and the government say the law is necessary to protect children from harmful content and algorithms that can promote it to users.But the policy is being challenged in the nation's highest court by two 15-year-olds, backed by a rights group, who say it robs them of their right to free communication.One of them, Noah Jones, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme there were bad things online but that did...
November 28, 2025

Ban harmful content from social media instead of us, say Australian teens

Chung believes his wife died with their cat in the fire
'Hang in there': Agonizing wait for the missing after Hong Kong blaze
HONG KONG — "Hang in there."Those were the last words Chung said to his wife after a huge fire broke out in their high rise public housing complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district.It was around 15:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Wednesday when he got her panicked phone call. She said she couldn't get out of their flat with their cat.He rushed home from work to find the 31-story building in flames, with black smoke billowing out of it. Firefighters in the Chinese territory took nearly 24 hours to tame the blaze that tore through seven tower blocks, including theirs, claiming at least 94 lives so far.Nearly 300 people are still unaccounted for — Chung's wife is among the many missing.The BBC spoke to several residents who were not at home or managed to escape in time. Some,...
November 28, 2025

'Hang in there': Agonizing wait for the missing after Hong Kong blaze

The blaze spread rapidly and went on for more than a day in some blocks
Fury and questions after Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades
HONG KONG — Shock is giving way to anger in Hong Kong after a massive fire ripped through a densely populated subsidised housing estate on Wednesday, killing at least 94 people and critically injuring dozens.Authorities say substandard mesh and plastic sheets on the buildings' windows may have spread the blaze, which raged for more than a day in some blocks. Nearly 300 people are still unaccounted for.Questions are mounting as to how the fire at Wang Fuk Court spread so rapidly and who to hold responsible, with many Hong Kongers calling it a "man-made disaster".Three people in charge of renovation works in the complex are under arrest for manslaughter, and authorities have launched a corruption inquiry.A post that has gone viral on social media in the wake of the blaze reads:...
November 28, 2025

Fury and questions after Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades

Smoke billows from an apartment fire in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, China, 27 November 2025. The fire, which started on 26 November, has killed at least 44 people. — EPA
At least 55 dead and hundreds missing in Hong Kong high-rise fire
HONG KONG — Firefighters battled one of Hong Kong’s deadliest modern blazes for a second day Thursday, police said.The inferno, which killed at least 55 people and left almost 300 others missin, blackened several high-rise towers.Thick smoke still poured out of the Wang Fuk Court complex in Tai Po district, a northern suburb near the border with the mainland, Thursday morning.Police said the fire, which tore through the complex while maintenance work was underway, may have spread rapidly due to unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used on the buildings’ exterior.The fire started on the external scaffolding of a 32-story tower, then spread on the bamboo scaffolding and construction netting to the inside of the building and then spread across seven of the complex’s eight buildings,...
November 27, 2025

At least 55 dead and hundreds missing in Hong Kong high-rise fire

Reforms to Australia's environment laws include a limit on the fast-tracking of coal and gas projects
Australian environment laws set for biggest overhaul in decades
SYDNEY — Australia is set to to overhaul its decades-old nature laws with a raft of major reforms including the country's first independent environment regulator.After a years-long deadlock, the Labor government struck a last-minute deal with the minority Greens party to get the laws passed, after talks with the opposition stalled.The changes include more protections for native forests, stricter rules for land clearing and a limit on fast-tracking of coal and gas projects but critics say more is needed.Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the laws were a win for nature and business and would speed up major projects linked to housing, renewable energy and critical minerals.With support from the Greens, Labor's proposed changes are expected to pass through the...
November 27, 2025

Australian environment laws set for biggest overhaul in decades

Displaced residents from an apartment fire in Tai Po district collect food in Hong Kong, China, 27 November 2025. The fire, which started on 26 November, has killed at least 44 people, and left 279 missing. — EPA
Hong Kong residents in disbelief after fire destroys blocks of flats
HONG KONG— "When you get closer the heat rises and you can feel it and the smoke is really heavy."Student Thomas Liu was one of many people drawn to the scene of a deadly fire that tore through much of the eight-block Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district.At least 44 people have died in Wednesday's devastating blaze so far, and with hundreds still missing it's expected this number will rise. The cause is not yet known."It's a disaster," Thomas said of the fire, telling the BBC he had seen a body being taken away."Many people sent us WhatsApp messages or called us, saying they still have relatives inside or can't find them," Mui Siu-fung, a councillor for the Tai Po district, told BBC Chinese.More than a thousand other people were forced to...
November 27, 2025

Hong Kong residents in disbelief after fire destroys blocks of flats

A woman, believed to be in her 20s, died at the scene at the beach in Crowdy Bay
Woman killed in Australia shark attack
SYDNEY — A woman has died and a man has been seriously injured after they were attacked by a shark while swimming at a remote beach in the Australian state of New South Wales.Police said the woman, believed to be aged in her 20s, died at the scene, while the man, also believed to be in his 20s, was airlifted to a hospital in Newcastle in critical condition.Paramedics had been called to Kylies beach, in Crowdy Bay National Park about 300km north of Sydney, early on Thursday morning local time, police said.Authorities praised a bystander who put a makeshift tourniquet on the man's leg before the paramedics arrived, which "potentially saved his life"."The courage from some bystanders is amazing in this situation," NSW Ambulance Superintendent Josh Smyth told reporters."To put yourself...
November 27, 2025

Woman killed in Australia shark attack

A handout photo made available by the Royal Thai Army shows an aerial view of flooded area in Hat Yai, Songkhla province, Thailand, 26 November 2025.  — EPA
'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia
BANGKOK — Parts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have killed at least 33 people and prompted authorities to deploy military ships and helicopters to support relief efforts.The deluge has hit 10 provinces across the country's south over the past week, with the city of Hat Yai, a business hub bordering Malaysia, recording its heaviest rainfall in 300 years — 335mm in a single day.Photos show vehicles and houses submerged in the city, while desperate residents await rescue on their rooftops.Relentless rains have also ravaged neighbouring countries. In Vietnam, the death toll has risen to 98 in a week, while in Malaysia, more than 19,000 people have been forced from their homes.In Indonesia, at least 19 people have been killed and at least seven others remained buried...
November 26, 2025

'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia

Pema Wangjom Thongdok said she was detained at Shanghai airport for 18 hours
India and China trade barbs after passenger detained at Shanghai airport
NEW DELHI— The detention of Pema Wangjom Thongdok, an Indian citizen living in the UK, at Shanghai airport has fuelled a diplomatic row between Delhi and Beijing.Ms Thongdok said she was detained by immigration officials while travelling from London to Japan via Shanghai last Friday because her passport lists her birthplace as the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.China disputes India's claim over the region and considers Arunachal its territory, calling it "South Tibet" — a claim India firmly rejects.On Tuesday, India said it had lodged a protest against Ms Thongdok's detention and reiterated that Arunachal was an "integral and inalienable" part of India.Ms Thongdok, who called the experience "humiliating", contacted the Indian embassies in Shanghai and Beijing for...
November 26, 2025

India and China trade barbs after passenger detained at Shanghai airport

Noah Jones and Macy Neyland argue the ban disregards the rights of children
Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban
SYDNEY — Australia's landmark social media ban for children is being challenged in the nation's highest court, with two teenagers alleging the law is unconstitutional as it robs them of their right to free communication.From 10 December, social media firms — including Meta, TikTok and YouTube — must ensure that Australians aged under 16 cannot hold accounts on their platforms.The law, which is being watched closely around the world, was justified by campaigners and the government as necessary to protect children from harmful content and algorithms.However, 15-year-olds Noah Jones and Macy Neyland — backed by a rights group — will argue the ban completely disregards the rights of children."We shouldn't be silenced. It's like Orwell's book 1984, and that...
November 26, 2025

Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban

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