20+ min ago (889+ words) The infection is responsible for 800,000 newborn deaths each year, but clinics in eight countries are working together to find new treatments Just a few minutes from the turquoise waters of Kenya's Kilifi Creek, a world away from the tourists enjoying their time on the estuary, a team of clinicians, technicians and microbiologists is helping to shape a new era of care for newborns. NeoSep1 is a pioneering clinical trial that aims to identify effective and safe antibiotic combinations to treat sepsis in newborns. One of the centres leading the second phase of this study is the Kemri-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in Kilifi. Newborn babies are particularly vulnerable to sepsis, a life-threatening infection, because their underdeveloped immune systems struggle to fight off pathogens. Each year, neonatal sepsis is responsible for an estimated 800,000 deaths worldwide, while in Africa it accounts for 28% of…...

20+ min ago (533+ words) The actor is a slightly distracting narrator in this documentary about a local ranger's efforts to protect a group of rhinos from poachers " and from killing each otherHere is a rare wildlife success story. The world's black rhino population has plummeted to just over 6,000 as rhinos are pushed to the brink of extinction by habitat loss and poaching. But conservation efforts have resulted in a rhino comeback in Kenya, where numbers are growing in fenced-off sanctuaries known as conservancies that employ local people and keep poachers out.Tom Hardy provides a slightly distracting narration to this documentary, channelling David Attenborough with a dash of 19th-century aristo-explorer. The film opens with the fact that in the past three years, 1,900 rhinos have been poached across Africa, but not a single one in Kenya. In the Borana Conservancy we meet charismatic head ranger…...

21+ min ago (1082+ words) Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson are increasingly espousing Christian "values, and a wealthy US legal group is becoming influential " this could have dire consequencesEarlier this year, not long after Tommy Robinson embraced evangelical Christianity while in prison, the then Conservative MP Danny Kruger spoke in parliament about the need for a restoration of Britain through the "recovery of a Christian politics. Less than two months later, Kruger joined Reform, and shortly after that, James Orr, a vociferously conservative theologian who has been described as JD Vances "English philosopher king, was appointed as one of Reforms senior advisers. The partys leader, Nigel Farage, now frequently invokes the need for a return to "Judeo-Christian values.The British right is increasingly invoking the Christian tradition: the question is what it hopes to gain from doing so.Lamorna Ash is the author of Dont…...

21+ min ago (1017+ words) Exclusive: NHS websites pointed women to factsheet featuring podcast by "dangerous" influencers linked to baby deaths Full story: How the FBS is linked to baby deaths around the world The NHS has been directing pregnant women to a website that connected them to the Free Birth Society, an organisation that has been linked to baby deaths around the world after promoting labour without medical support. A number of NHS trusts are directing women who are contemplating a "free birth" to a charity website that until Monday referred to FBS podcasts as a source of "empowering stories" that can help British women "preparing for their own birth". It contained a link to the FBS podcast, which medical experts warn is being used to radicalise women with misinformation. FBS advocates an extreme version of free birth, otherwise known as unassisted birth. It…...

21+ min ago (665+ words) Products sold by retailers including John Lewis and Very among those cheaper outside of November discount period Shoppers holding out for a Black Friday bargain on 28 November may not get the best prices, according to Which? research that found none of the offers on the day were at their lowest level over a 12-month stretch. The consumer group compared prices for 175 home, tech and health appliances across eight retailers, ranging from Amazon to John Lewis. Prices were tracked over a full year, from May 2024 to May 2025, including the 2024 Black Friday period. It found that on the day of Black Friday 2024 none of the items it looked at were at the cheapest price they had been over the surrounding year. Britons are expected to spend "9.52bn over this year's four-day Black Friday weekend " 4.2% more than last year " according to separate research from…...

21+ min ago (215+ words) A comforting bowl of soupy curry noodles that's ready in well under an hour Prep 15 minInfuse Overnight (optional) Cook 35 min Serves 4 For the dashi 2 x 12cm pieces kombu 1 litre cold water Now for the curry. Melt the butter in a heavy-based saucepan or donabe on a medium heat, then stir in the ginger, onion, aubergine and salt. Stir to coat everything in the buttery ginger for about two minutes, being careful the onion doesn't burn, then add the carrot and potato. Tip in the curry powder and garam masala, and stir to coat the vegetables. Pour in the mirin, followed quickly by the dashi and soy, then bring to a simmer and leave the vegetables to cook for about 10 minutes, until tender. Add the green pepper and cook for a couple of minutes more. Meanwhile, make a slurry by mixing the…...

36+ min ago (381+ words) Pauline Hanson has been censured by the Senate after her burqa stunt on Monday and suspended from the chamber for seven days, and will be barred from representing the parliament in overseas delegations. The deputy Greens leader, Mehreen Faruqi, said the parliament "drips now in racism" during debate over the censure motion against the One Nation leader. Hanson was suspended after refusing to apologise, instead using a five-minute address to defend her actions. It is only the fifth time since 1901 that a seven-day suspension has been put in place and the first time since 1979. Labor's attempts to woo Greens and Coalition on nature laws revealed amid criticism of "coin toss' More than 87,000 still without power after Brisbane storms downed trees and stripped roofs Boy, 15, to remain behind bars over Christmas after allegedly murdering fellow teenager in Sydney Bevan Shields steps…...

51+ min ago (520+ words) Hayle, Cornwall: Grey seals are born in winter and have to quickly become self-sufficient. With the water crashing in, this one is seeking shelterThe waves are hurling themselves against the shore. This coastline is weather-sculpted; notches, cliffs and coves expertly carved by wind and water. One such cove has become a popular spot for locals to gather " grey seals.From the viewing point, I can see about 30 on the beach like sea-smoothed pebbles, a kaleidoscope of browns, greys and whites, all flecked and mottled with individual patterns. Most lie clustered at the foot of the cliffs; some sleep almost on top of each other, occasionally slapping a fellow seal in the face with a flipper. Continue reading... Country diary: The lone seal pup isn't ready for the sea yet Hayle, Cornwall: Grey seals are born in winter and have to…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago (299+ words) The strikes come a day after a suicide attack on a security compound in Pakistan's Peshawar city Pakistan strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan have killed 10 people " among them nine children " a Taliban government spokesperson has said, a day after a suicide attack on a security compound in Pakistan's Peshawar city. Air strikes targeting the border regions of Kunar and Paktika wounded another four civilians, he added. Pakistan government officials and the military have not commented on the raids. The bombardment follows a suicide attack that targeted the headquarters of Pakistan's paramilitary Federal Constabulary force in Peshawar, killing three officers and wounding 11 others. No group has claimed responsibility, but state broadcaster PTV reported the attackers were Afghan nationals and Pakistan's president Asif Zardari blamed the "foreign-backed Fitna al-Khawarij" " Islamabad's term for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants it accuses of operating from Afghan…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (328+ words) Shields told SMH staff in an email that working in the role had been the honour of his life The editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Bevan Shields, has resigned after four years and will be replaced in the role at Nine's Sydney masthead by Jordan Baker, the chief reporter. Shields told staff in an email the job had been the "honour of my life" and he would return as a senior writer after a break. "The time has come for me to focus on my health and wellbeing, and to think about the next chapter in my career," Shields, 40, said. "I would like to thank you all for the privilege of being your editor." In the internal announcement, Luke McIlveen, the executive editor of Nine's metro mastheads, credited Shields with achievements including the establishment of a Parramatta bureau and…...