US warns North Korea of consequences of missile test 'Christmas gift’

US ambassador tells UN security council it must ‘act accordingly’ if regime does not turn from hostility and threats

The United States has warned North Korea of consequences if it makes good on threats of a spectacular weapons test in the new year, while offering flexibility if it stayed in talks.

Frustrated by the lack of sanctions relief after three summits with President Donald Trump, North Korea has vowed an ominous “Christmas gift” if the US does not come up with concessions by the end of the year.

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Senate committee passes bipartisan bill to stop Trump withdrawing from Nato

Senate foreign relations committee voted unanimously for bill which will now await a slot to go to the Senate

Legislation to stop Donald Trump from withdrawing the US from Nato has been approved for a Senate vote, amid uncertainty over the president’s intentions towards the alliance.

The Senate foreign relations committee on Wednesday voted unanimously for the bipartisan bill which will now await a slot to go to the Senate. Senator Tim Kaine, the draft legislation’s lead Democratic sponsor, said it was a response to fears that the Trump administration is actively considering withdrawal.

‘It was like a war’: survivors describe horror of attack at Jewish supermarket

Jersey City is in shock after the deadly attack, as community leaders say hate must be stamped out

Yossi Steinmetz was still in shock when he returned to the scene 24 hours after narrowly escaping with his life during Tuesday’s attack that killed six people in Jersey City.

Just seconds before the shooting started, the 30-year-old had been inside JC Kosher Supermarket – the grocery store where five people, including the attackers, were killed – before going to the synagogue to worship next door.

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Queensland school runs out of water as commercial bottlers harvest local supplies

Parents have been told to consider keeping Tamborine Mountain state school students at home, while trucks take local water to bottling plants for companies including Coca-Cola

The Tamborine Mountain state school has run out of water, even as water miners in the Gold Coast hinterland are sending millions of litres to commercial bottling operations.

Trucks sent by the Queensland government carrying emergency supplies to the school, including Mount Tamborine bottled water, have been passing trucks heading in the opposite direction taking local water to bottling plants for beverage giants such as Coca-Cola.

Charlie Chaplin's body snatched from his grave – archive, 12 December 1978

12 December 1978: Two men are accused of desecrating Chaplin’s tomb in a village graveyard and attempting to extort $600,000 from his family

Vevey, Switzerland
A young Polish refugee told a Swiss court yesterday that he dug up Charlie Chaplin’s body and tried to sell it to the comedian’s family because he was in financial trouble.

Roman Wardas, a 24-year-old car mechanic, said he was out of work, and going through hard times when he read a newspaper report about a similar case in Italy. “As a result I decided to hide Charlie Chaplin’s body and solve my problems,” Wardas told Vevey District Court at the start of his trial.

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From carriages to kiss selfies: 150 years of photos at Stonehenge

Visitor photos dating back to 1875 go on display at ancient site after public appeal

Snapshots capturing 150 years of family holidays, honeymoons, wild parties and emotional goodbyes with Stonehenge as a dramatic backdrop are going on display at the ancient monument.

Many of the photos, taken by visitors to the great stone circle in Wiltshire, feature joyful moments – from children playing hide-and-seek to new age travellers relishing the madness of summer solstices.

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White Island volcano victims cannot bring civil lawsuits for negligence

New Zealand’s accident compensation scheme covers cost of treatment for all injuries and bars victims from taking legal action against operators

In New Zealand, where bodies still lie on a volcano after Monday’s eruption and survivors fill hospital burns units across the country to capacity, questions are mounting about who exactly was responsible for the safety of tourists on Whakaari or White Island, and, if failings are found, who will be held accountable.

Questions are also being asked about the wisdom of allowing tourists on to the island while it was assigned a volcanic alert level of two out of five, signalling volcanic unrest – a practice that has happened for years.

Trump signs antisemitism order amid concerns it targets critics of Israel

Measure lets US penalise colleges seen as tolerating antisemitism by allowing criticism of Israel

• Trump accused of crackdown on free speech

Donald Trump has signed an executive order that empowers the US education department to penalise college campuses by withholding federal funds from those that are deemed to be tolerating antisemitism by allowing debate critical of Israel.

Trump’s order, announced on Wednesday evening from the White House, was pitched as a move to push back on rising antisemitism on American campuses. In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, who is an orthodox Jew, said the action would “support and defend Jewish students in the United States”.

Furious shareholders front 'incompetent' Westpac executives at AGM

Shareholders blast culture they say led to the money laundering and child exploitation scandal, telling the board ‘just go’

Furious shareholders in scandal-ridden Westpac have blasted the bank’s board and management as “incompetent” – or worse – over its handling of the money laundering and child exploitation scandal arising from breaches of Austrac obligations at its annual meeting in Sydney on Thursday.

The mood was grim among the approximately 600 shareholders in attendance at the International Convention Centre. They heckled the board with cries of “just go” and saved their applause for calls from the floor for more of the bank’s directors and executives to leave the bank over the scandal.

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Myanmar's Rohingya say 'world will judge' Suu Kyi's denial of genocide

Leaders in refugee camps says justice will be delivered based on the evidence they have provided of Myanmar atrocities

Rohingya refugees have hit back at Aung San Suu Kyi’s claims at the international court of justice in testimony on Wednesday after she denied that Myanmar’s armed forces were guilty of genocide against the Muslim minority.

Suu Kyi told the court that the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to neighbouring Bangladesh was the unfortunate result of a battle with insurgents.

Wider Definition of Judaism Is Likely to Aid Crackdown on Colleges

EU leaders 'should put pressure on Malta's PM to quit immediately'

Media coalition wants guarantee of impartial investigation into murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia

Malta’s prime minister, Joseph Muscat, is facing renewed pressure to quit immediately as EU leaders are urged to take a stand on the “desperate” situation in the country at a summit this week.

Muscat, who is under fire over his role in the investigation into the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, plans to attend a regular summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.

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New Zealand volcano: police plan body retrieval on Friday despite eruption risk

Deputy commissioner says police have been facing increasing pressure from victims’ families to recover bodies from White Island

New Zealand police have revealed they are in the final stages of planning a body retrieval mission to White Island on Friday morning, despite the volcano being in a higher state of unrest than at any other point since Monday’s eruption.

Deputy commissioner of police John Tims said family were being briefed on the plan on Thursday afternoon and police were hopeful it could get underway in the morning.

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Fox host lambasts Trump over 'most sustained assault on press freedom in US history'

Chris Wallace, admired for breaking ranks with some in the conservative network, drew applause with most stinging critique yet

A leading host on Fox News, a conservative network notorious for its loyalty to the White House, has lambasted Donald Trump for mounting the most direct attack on press freedom in American history.

Chris Wallace, widely admired for breaking ranks from Fox colleagues by putting tough questions to administration officials, delivered his most stinging critique yet of the US president at an event celebrating the first amendment.

‘She was so dangerous’: where in the world is the notorious Ghislaine Maxwell?

In the months since Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, his former partner has disappeared. Will she ever return to face her accusers?

Riding up on a white horse, Ghislaine Maxwell made quite the impression. “She’s got the whole equestrian attire. She’s so elegant,” recalls Maria Farmer. Farmer was 26 and trying to build a career as an artist when she was invited to stay at a ranch in Ohio with Maxwell and run an art project.

It was the mid-90s and this was the second time the two had met. Farmer had encountered Maxwell and her friend Jeffrey Epstein at her New York Academy of Art graduate show. She would go on to work for the pair for a year, at the front desk of Epstein’s Manhattan mansion. She was perfectly placed to see who came to the house – and says she witnessed young teenagers being brought through the doors by Maxwell. Following an alleged sexual assault by Maxwell and Epstein, Farmer went to the police. She was ignored.

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