TV presenter Jonathan Ross said he was horrified by allegations of sexual misconduct against David Walliams and Russell Brand’s rape conviction. Ross said he had been unaware of the men’s conduct when he was friendly with them and called a joke he made about Walliams in 2004 tasteless.
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ITV News and the Guardian reported that several women accused Walliams of sexual misconduct, including alleged conduct when they were teenagers.
Walliams denies the allegations and says he is not a sexual predator and has not broken the law.
Ross said his thoughts were with the women who had come forward.
Ross said he understood his 2004 joke about Walliams and a 15-year-old as comic exaggeration, and would not have used it if he had suspected it referred to real events.
Brand was sentenced on Monday to 10-and-a-half years in prison for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
The Metropolitan Police said several people had contacted them about Brand since his conviction.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy described the allegations against Walliams as the latest in a long line of reported abuses of power in the media.
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A vehicle struck pedestrians in the North Hollywood district of Los Angeles on Tuesday, killing three people and critically injuring at least three others, the city fire department said. The injured people were taken to area hospitals; officials had not yet released details about how the crash happened.
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The crash occurred in Los Angeles’ North Hollywood district shortly before 6 p.m. Pacific time.
Three people died, according to the city fire department.
At least three other people were critically injured.
The injured people were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
Officials had not released details about the circumstances of the crash.
KCAL-TV reported that a car hit a food stand near a bus stop.
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The Albanese government says it will not replace the ABC and SBS ombudsmen with an external oversight body, as the antisemitism envoy proposed. The government says the Australian Communications and Media Authority can already review escalated complaints, and it may consider further changes after a royal commission reports in mid-December.
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Antisemitism envoy Segal proposed an external independent ombudsman to review ABC and SBS coverage of the Gaza war.
Segal said the body should assess whether the broadcasters meet their stated standards for accuracy and impartiality.
The ABC and SBS said their complaints processes are subject to external review by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Government sources said the authority can investigate complaints escalated beyond the broadcasters’ ombudsmen.
A spokesperson for Communications Minister Anika Wells said the government would continue working with Segal and others to combat antisemitism and strengthen social cohesion.
The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is scheduled to report in mid-December.
Jewish and Palestinian advocacy groups expressed differing views about Segal’s proposal and its effects on oversight and freedom of speech.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury said a traffic incident and a police escort kept her and other lawmakers from reaching the Capitol in time to vote on a Republican effort to block the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The article excerpt does not identify the other lawmakers or give the vote’s outcome.
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Stansbury represents New Mexico in the House and is a Democrat.
She said the incident occurred Tuesday.
Stansbury said traffic and a police escort delayed lawmakers from reaching the Capitol.
The vote concerned a Republican effort to block Hegseth’s impeachment.
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El Salvador’s military fired rockets at a compound in Haiti that was allegedly linked to the leader of the 400 Mawozo gang. The gang leader had asked the United Nations to begin talks days before the strike, and 2,500 Salvadoran troops are in Haiti supporting the government’s fight against gangs.
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El Salvador’s military fired rockets at a compound in Haiti.
The compound was allegedly linked to the leader of the 400 Mawozo gang.
The 400 Mawozo leader had asked the United Nations to begin talks.
The request for talks came days before the strike.
El Salvador has 2,500 troops in Haiti.
The Salvadoran troops are helping the Haitian government fight gangs.
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A Republican-led House committee released a 137-page report criticizing federal authorities’ handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-crimes cases. The report cited failures in the 2007 plea agreement and in the jail supervision before Epstein died in 2019, and urged the Justice Department to conduct further interviews and investigations.
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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said its inquiry lasted 15 months and included 19 transcribed interviews and depositions.
The committee said federal investigators and prosecutors missed warnings and mishandled the case beginning in 2005.
The report criticized a 2007 non-prosecution agreement that ended the federal case in South Florida after Epstein pleaded guilty to state offenses.
Epstein received an 18-month sentence with work-release privileges under the agreement, according to the report.
The committee flagged potential conflicts of interest involving former prosecutors Matthew Menchel and Bruce Reinhart.
The report said guards at the Metropolitan Correctional Center skipped 12 patrols and three inmate counts on the night Epstein died in August 2019.
The committee said Epstein’s cell went unmonitored for nearly eight hours and urged the Justice Department to interview or re-interview key witnesses.
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A week after the midterm elections, Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi remained uncalled. Official results for Mississippi could be released as soon as Friday.
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The article reports that the Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi remained uncalled a week after the midterm elections.
Official results for Mississippi could be released as soon as Friday.
CBS News correspondent Mark Strassman reported on the races.
The article does not provide a winner for either race.
The article does not state when Alaska's results will be finalized.
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Mississippi’s Senate race remains undecided, with Democrat Scott Colom ahead of Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 2,500 votes, less than 1% of the total. Thousands of mail and provisional ballots remain to be counted; a Colom win would make him Mississippi’s first Black senator in more than 140 years and increase the Democratic Senate majority-elect to 55 seats.
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The latest tally gives Colom a lead of about 2,500 votes over Hyde-Smith.
Mississippi’s deadline to certify the results is Friday, while the deadline for mail and provisional ballots is Tuesday.
State officials estimate that 12,000 to 20,000 provisional ballots were cast; about 15,500 had been processed by Tuesday morning.
A Colom victory would end Mississippi Republicans’ Senate winning streak, which began in 1982.
Colom would be the state’s first Black senator in more than 140 years if he wins.
The article says the Alaska Senate race also remains uncalled.
Both parties have sent legal teams to Mississippi, raising the possibility of challenges over the result.
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NASA is recruiting new astronauts, with applications due by December 3. Astronaut Nichole Stilwell discussed the job requirements and her experience in space on “The Daily Report.”
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NASA has opened a new astronaut recruitment effort.
Applications close on December 3.
Astronaut Nichole Stilwell appeared on “The Daily Report.”
Stilwell discussed astronaut job requirements.
Stilwell spoke about her experience in space.
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said Salvadoran forces and Haiti’s National Police attacked a complex near Port-au-Prince that he described as the headquarters of the 400 Mawozo gang. The BBC said it could not verify the video or the site’s identity, and authorities had not confirmed the damage or reports of deaths.
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Bukele said the attack destroyed the home of gang leader Wilson “Lanmò San Jou” Joseph and the gang’s headquarters.
The attack involved ground and air forces and took place near Croix-des-Bouquets, a 400 Mawozo stronghold, according to the article.
Video posted by Bukele showed helicopters firing on a complex as people fled; the BBC could not verify the video.
Several media outlets reported that as many as 20 people were killed, but authorities had not confirmed the reports.
The Miami Herald reported that Joseph was not at the complex during the attack.
Haiti’s National Police drone task force took part in the attack, supported by Salvadoran soldiers, the Miami Herald reported, citing sources.
About 2,000 Salvadoran soldiers were deployed to Haiti last month after four Salvadoran air force technicians were abducted in October.
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé thanked El Salvador for its support and said the countries would continue working with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force.
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Foo Fighters paused their Sydney concert on Tuesday to honor Todd Russell, who died at 54 after an illness. Frontman Dave Grohl recalled Russell’s survival in the 2006 Beaconsfield mine collapse and the band’s connection with him.
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Russell and co-worker Brant Webb were trapped underground for 14 days after the Beaconsfield mine collapsed in Tasmania on Anzac Day 2006.
The collapse killed miner Larry Knight; Russell and Webb were rescued.
During the rescue, Russell requested an iPod loaded with Foo Fighters music.
Grohl promised Russell and Webb tickets and beers at a Foo Fighters concert if they survived.
Grohl later met the miners backstage at a Sydney Opera House show in 2006.
Grohl wrote “Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners” and included it on a Foo Fighters album.
Russell announced a week before his death that he was moving home to spend his remaining days there.
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Newcastle council has barred climate group Rising Tide from holding events on council land after consulting New South Wales Premier Chris Minns. The decision comes ahead of a smaller protest this Saturday and the group’s next annual blockade, planned for February.
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Lord Mayor Gavin Morris used his casting vote on Tuesday night to block council licenses for Rising Tide events on council land.
Rising Tide holds protests at the Port of Newcastle, where participants use kayaks and rafts to try to block coal ships.
The group calls for an end to new fossil fuel projects, a stop to Newcastle coal exports by 2030, and a 78% tax on fossil fuel profits.
A court invalidated a four-day maritime exclusion zone the New South Wales government imposed around the port ahead of Rising Tide’s 2024 protest.
Police charged 173 protesters in 2024; they later withdrew charges against 125 people.
Police charged 129 protesters who entered the water during the 2025 blockade, which stopped three coal ships from entering the port; those cases remain before the courts.
Rising Tide went to the New South Wales Supreme Court on Wednesday after police rejected its application for a permit for Saturday’s event.
Minns told the council that licensing the events could make it complicit in illegal activity and put lives at risk.
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Democrats are discussing changes to their leadership, but no one has formally challenged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer or House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. Republicans have settled their leadership contests: John Thune won the Senate GOP leadership vote without opposition, while Jim Jordan defeated Steve Scalise to lead House Republicans.
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John Thune won the Senate Republicans’ leadership vote by acclamation after no challenger stepped forward.
Jim Jordan defeated Steve Scalise by 33 votes to lead House Republicans.
Schumer said he was confident he would be elected Senate majority leader.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen is considering calls to run for Democratic leader and is also weighing a presidential campaign.
Sen. Bernie Sanders called for change, while Sen. Elissa Slotkin said she wanted a plan but was not actively seeking the leadership job.
Jeffries said he believed he had enough votes to remain House Democratic leader.
Rep.-elect Don Leonard signaled he might oppose Jeffries, while several other incoming Democrats and progressive incumbents voiced support for him.
Senators plan to work at the Capitol on Veterans Day, and Thune committed to adding workdays during the lame-duck session to advance judicial appointments.
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UK newspapers report allegations of sexual misconduct against actor and comedian David Walliams, following his unsuccessful legal bid to prevent the claims from being published. Walliams denies grooming or sexually exploiting women and says he regrets behaving thoughtlessly in some relationships; the BBC is removing some programmes featuring him.
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The Guardian and ITV News conducted a joint investigation lasting three years into allegations against Walliams.
Walliams lost a legal bid to stop the claims from being made public.
Walliams said he was not a sexual predator, had not broken the law and regretted not always considering other people’s feelings.
A woman identified as Lilly Creighmore alleges Walliams groomed her when she was 18; he denies grooming her or acting inappropriately.
Walliams denies that gifts or offers of help to Creighmore were attempts to manipulate or coerce her into sex.
The Sun reports that the BBC is removing some programmes featuring Walliams, including Little Britain.
The Daily Telegraph reports that London’s Metropolitan Police contacted the Guardian and ITV News to say potential victims could report criminal allegations to police.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters threw milk toward Joe Biden during a visit to Trinity College Dublin, where his son Hunter was receiving an award for public discourse. The article says the protest was over Biden’s support for Israel.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters threw milk toward Joe Biden.
The incident took place in Dublin, Ireland.
Biden visited Trinity College Dublin without announcing the visit in advance.
Hunter Biden was receiving an award for public discourse.
The article links the protest to Joe Biden’s support for Israel.
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Nvidia’s board named Joon H. Kim, a former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to lead an independent investigation involving CEO Jensen Huang. The article says the investigation follows reports of Huang’s affair with a person described as an alleged Chinese spy.
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Nvidia’s board announced the appointment on Tuesday.
Joon H. Kim will lead the independent investigation.
Kim previously served as acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
The investigation concerns Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
The article links the investigation to reports of Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
Columbia Business School professor Shivaram Rajgopal discussed the matter on CBS’s The Daily Report.
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging the incoming Congress to impeach FCC Chair Brendan Carr. RSF accuses Carr of using the agency’s regulatory authority to target news outlets critical of President Donald Trump and his administration.
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RSF called for Congress to impeach FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
RSF made its appeal to the incoming Congress.
RSF said Carr has undermined press freedom.
RSF accused Carr of punishing news outlets critical of President Trump and his administration.
RSF alleged that Carr used the FCC’s regulatory authority for politically motivated purposes.
RSF is an organization that advocates for journalists worldwide.
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The Senate advanced an infrastructure and energy bill in a 62-21 procedural vote Tuesday night. The bill aims to speed construction of energy and other projects and limit environmental challenges.
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The Senate held the procedural vote Tuesday night.
The vote was 62-21.
The bill concerns infrastructure and energy projects.
The bill aims to speed the buildout of energy and other projects.
The bill would curtail environmental challenges.
The vote moved the bill closer to a final Senate vote.
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Former Iraqi lawmaker Ahmed al-Alwani was found dead in an apartment in Beirut on Monday. Lebanese authorities opened a murder investigation; preliminary findings reported by a judicial source indicate he was strangled, and a suspect has been arrested.
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Al-Alwani’s body was found in Beirut’s Tariq Al-Jadeeda neighbourhood.
Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces are investigating under the oversight of Judge Ahmed Rami al-Hajj.
A Lebanese judicial source told AFP that a Lebanese national suspected of involvement had been arrested.
The same source said authorities were searching for two Syrian suspects.
Al-Alwani’s office called his death an assassination and demanded a transparent investigation.
Al-Alwani represented Iraq’s western Anbar province in parliament and was released from detention in April 2025 under Iraq’s General Amnesty Law.
Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon said the embassy was following the case and awaiting the final report from Lebanese security agencies.
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Former CFMEU official Paul Tzimas told Victoria’s Big Build royal commission that underworld figure Mick Gatto attended a meeting after Tzimas and a colleague were seriously assaulted at a construction site. Tzimas also described receiving a gold bracelet from Gatto and gave evidence about union activity linked to the Gap Road level crossing project.
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Tzimas said an assault left him with a fractured ankle and his colleague with a broken eye socket, dental damage, severe PTSD and partial vision loss.
He said the assault may have involved people linked to an outlaw bikie gang; the article gave no details about when or where it occurred.
About a week after the assault, builders arranged for Gatto to attend a meeting with union officials, Tzimas told the commission.
Tzimas said he accepted a gold bracelet from Gatto after initially refusing it, and said he never wore it.
Tzimas said he knew other union officials had also received gold bracelets from Gatto.
He said 11 of 15 men named during his testimony were both union members and affiliated with bikie gangs.
The commission is examining the Gap Road level crossing project in Sunbury, where union action halted construction.
At a meeting on 7 June 2022, the union demanded that its health and safety representative and affiliated traffic management and labour hire firms be installed before work resumed, the commission has previously heard.
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