MPs warned not to campaign alone ahead of UK election

Police in the United Kingdom have warned candidates in the upcoming December general election to not campaign alone or in the dark.  

Female MPs have also been told to install panic buttons in their homes as threats of death and sexual violence rise. 

In 2016, a Labour MP, Jo Cox, was stabbed to death when meeting with her constituents a week out from the EU referendum. 

Imbi The Girl: Back Then

- The last couple of years have been big for Imbi The Girl. Their second EP in as many years is about to drop, accompanied by a heavy touring regimen and plenty of media presence. Me though? I might be stuck in the past, because I can’t get beyond the first ever song of Imbi’s that I heard. Acidic, which ended up featuring on 2018 EP, for me, is a towering creation. Effortlessly combining a mastery of hiphop and soul, aching with feeling and personal honesty; easily one of my songs of the year.

YL Hooi: Untitled

- Newcastle-based label Altered States Tapes has just delivered a new series of musical gems on the humble cassette tape format, with new releases from Australian artists like Yuta Matsumura of Sydney new-wave punk band Orion and the latest from Simon J Karis of Melbourne’s own prolific tape label Nice Music. Of the new releases though, the Untitled debut solo release from Melbourne artist YL Hooi stands out for a few reasons.

Billy Woods: Terror Management

Boddhi: Billy Woods is a New York rapper who's been kicking around the underground for 20 years or so. This decade he's turned his focus toward solo albums and put out what I believe is some of the most lyrically impressive hip-hop of our time. Terror Management is his second album this year after the phenomenal Hiding Places with Kenny Segal. Jack, what did you think when you found out Billy was dropping another project?

The View From Madeleine's Couch: Bossa Nova Sunset Club

<p><span><span>- Ten years on from their second award winning release <em>Casa de Boa Vida, </em>The View From Madeleine's Couch have put the finishing touches on their fourth and latest, <em>Bossa Nova Sunset Club</em>.<em> Y</em>ou get the crystalline vocals from <strong>Anje West</strong> and the airborne vibes of <strong>Kym Ambrose,</strong> all underpinned with the rhythms of Rio.

School Shooting in America

America has been rocked by another school shooting that left two students dead after a teen gunman opened fire.

Los Angeles police said a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy died from the shooting at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita. A number of other students are severely injured.

The weapon — a .45 semiautomatic pistol that had no remaining bullets — was recovered at the scene, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Capt. Kent Wegener said.
 

Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong

Pro-democracy protesters have again paralysed parts of Hong Kong, forcing schools to close and blocking highways as students built barricades and stockpiled makeshift weapons, setting the stage for campus showdowns.

Canberra urges an "effective political solution" and police accountability

Chinese state media suggests a weekend curfew will be imposed