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EU unable to retrieve €150m paid to Tunisia despite links to rights violations
Concerns are growing that funds from the migration deal are connected to abuses by the repressive regime in TunisThe EU will be unable to claw back any of the €150m (£125m) paid to Tunisia despite the money being increasingly linked to human rights violations, including allegations that sums went to security forces who raped migrant women.The European Commission paid the amount to the Tunis government in a controversial migration and development deal, despite concerns that the north African state was increasingly authoritarian and its police largely operated with impunity. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-11 14:30:11
Cameroon bans discussing president’s health as absence fuels speculation
Health of Paul Biya, 91, declared matter of national security and any debate prohibited after denial that he has diedCameroonian authorities have banned discussions about the health of the president, Paul Biya, after the latest round of speculation about his prolonged failure to appear in public.In a 9 October letter to regional governors, the interior minister, Paul Atanga Nji, said discussing the 91-year-old president’s health was a matter of national security and “any debate in the media about the president’s condition is therefore strictly prohibited”. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-11 12:11:26
Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century
More than year’s worth of rain fell in two days in south-east Morocco, filling up lake that had been dry for decadesDramatic pictures have emerged of the first floods in the Sahara in half a century.Two days of rainfall in September exceeded yearly averages in several areas of south-east Morocco and caused a deluge, officials of the country’s meteorology agency said in early October. In Tagounite, a village about 450km(280 miles) south of the capital, Rabat, more than 100mm (3.9 inches) was recorded in a 24-hour period. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-11 11:32:32
Mozambique ruling party likely to win elections despite dissatisfied youth
Venâncio Mondlane is enthusing young voters in presidential elections but Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo still likely winnerMozambicans go to the polls on Wednesday in elections that the ruling Frelimo party is expected to win easily, even as an outsider candidate is shaking up the presidential race and winning over young voters in a country where the median age is just 17.Frelimo has ruled the southern African country since the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1975. For the first time, it is fielding a presidential candidate born after independence, Daniel Chapo, a provincial governor who was relatively unknown until being picked in May as the candidate to succeed the outgoing president, Filipe Nyusi. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-09 04:00:06
Tunisia’s president wins landslide second term after cracking down on opponents
Kais Saied secured 90.7% of the vote in election on a turnout of just 27.7%, after detaining rival Ayachi ZammelTunisia’s president, Kais Saied, has secured a second five-year term with a landslide victory, although the election had one of the lowest turnouts in the north African country’s history.The Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) declared on Monday evening that Saied had won 90.7% of the vote in Sunday’s election, on a turnout of 27.7%. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-07 20:34:03
Suddenly, all MPs know where the Chagos Islands are and what’s best for them | John Crace
Many who last week couldn’t have got within 500 miles of Mauritius on a map now can’t bear it taking the archipelagoWhat a difference a week makes. Just last Wednesday, you could have put money on most MPs being totally clueless about the exact location of the Chagos Islands. Give them a map and many would have better luck being blindfolded.Even a hint wouldn’t have made much difference. Are they east, west, south or north of Mauritius? To be in with a shout, you have to know where Mauritius is. And most MPs wouldn’t get within 500 miles. The Indian Ocean is bigger than you think. And don’t get them started on Diego Garcia. Surely he’s the younger brother of the titular character in the 1974 Sam Peckinpah film Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.A year in Westminster: John Crace, Marina Hyde and Pippa CrerarOn Tuesday 3 December, join Crace, Hyde and Crerar as they look back at a political year like no other, live at the Barbican in London and livestreamed globally. Book tickets here or at guardian.liveTaking the Lead by John Crace is published by Little, Brown (£18.99). To support the Guardian and Observer, order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-07 19:09:01
Canadian police accuse Indian diplomats of ‘criminal’ activities including homicides
Accusations made hours after both countries expel senior diplomats in escalating row over killing of Sikh activistCanadian police accused Indian diplomats and consular staff of “clandestine” and “criminal” activities in the country on Monday night, hours after senior diplomats were expelled from both countries in an escalating geopolitical row.Speaking to reporters at a hastily organised press conference, the head of the Royal Canadian Mounted police (RCMP) said the force had evidence of “agents” acting on behalf of the Indian government engaging in extortion, intimidation, coercion and harassment. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 23:21:48
Woman pleads guilty over attempt to smuggle turtles by kayak into Canada
Wan Yee Ng was arrested in June with a bag of 29 turtles as she prepared to paddle across Lake Wallace, affidavit saysA woman who wanted to smuggle turtles across a lake and into Canada by hiding the creatures using socks in a duffle bag has pleaded guilty to a smuggling charge.Wan Yee Ng was arrested in June in Vermont as she was about to enter an inflatable kayak with the bag of 29 eastern box turtles and paddle across Lake Wallace to the border with Canada, according to an affidavit filed in federal court. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 17:44:14
Alleged Pinochet agent turned Bondi nanny Adriana Rivas launches last-ditch appeal to block extradition to Chile
Rivas, who is accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper, launches challenge in the federal courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former Bondi nanny and cleaner accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper for Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s has launched a last-ditch legal appeal to avoid extradition.Adriana Rivas, 70, has been in prison in Australia since 2019, when she was arrested on an extradition request from Chile – seeking her for trial on seven counts of aggravated kidnapping relating to the disappearance, and presumed murder, of seven members of Chile’s communist party who disappeared in 1976.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 07:03:29
BHP to face 620,000 claimants in Mariana dam collapse trial in London
Claimants seeking damages from Anglo-Australian mining company over 2015 environmental disaster in BrazilThe mother of a seven-year-old boy who was torn from the arms of his grandmother and drowned in one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters is among more than 620,000 claimants who will have their case heard this month in the largest group claim in English legal history.Gelvana Aparecida Rodrigues da Silva, 37, lost her son Thiago on 5 November 2015 when the Fundão dam, near Mariana in eastern Brazil, collapsed, releasing about 50m cubic metres of toxic waste. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-13 10:00:53
‘Vengeful’ Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn
Former administration officials say Trump deliberately denied funds to states he deemed politically hostileDonald Trump deliberately withheld disaster aid to states he deemed politically hostile to him as US president and will do so again unimpeded if he returns to the White House, several former Trump administration officials have warned.As Hurricane Helene and then Hurricane Milton have ravaged much of the south-eastern US in the past two weeks, Trump has sought to pin blame upon Joe Biden’s administration for a ponderous response to the disasters, even suggesting that this was deliberate due to the number of Republican voters affected by the storms. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-13 10:00:52
Venezuela has cancelled passports of dozens of activists and journalists
Rights group in Caracas says at least 40 people affected, as Maduro government continues clampdown on oppositionThe Venezuelan government has cancelled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolás Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups said is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times has reported.At least 40 people, mostly journalists and human rights activists, have had their passports annulled without explanation, the newspaper reported on Saturday, citing Caracas-based rights group Laboratorio de Paz. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-12 19:34:39
China conducts military drills around Taiwan in warning to island’s president
PLA and Chinese coastguard approach Taiwan by sea and air in move linked by state media to ‘separatist’ National Day speechChinese military and coastguard personnel surrounded Taiwan’s main island on Monday for a day of large-scale drills that Beijing said were a warning against “separatist acts”, in the wake of a recent speech by Taiwan’s president.State media linked the drills to a National Day speech last Thursday by Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, in which he repeated that the People’s Republic of China “has no right to represent Taiwan”, but that he was willing to work with it to maintain peace and stability. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 12:55:26
Families seek to clear names of men who refused to fight for former Dutch colony
Conscientious objectors refused to take part in military campaign against Indonesian independence in 1940sFamilies of 20 men who were jailed for refusing to fight to preserve the former Dutch colony in Indonesia have formally asked for their names to be cleared, arguing that instead of “deserters, traitors and cowards” their relatives deserve to be recognised as having been on the right side of history.An official investigation into the period when Dutch colonies asserted their independence after the second world war found a failed military campaign in Indonesia had systematically used “excessive violence” and massacred hundreds of innocent villagers, whose families eventually won compensation. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 04:00:12
Russia and China accused of blocking Asean statement due to dispute over South China Sea
Russian foreign minister says final declaration not adopted because of attempts by US, Japan, South Korea, Australia and NZ ‘to turn it into a purely political statement’Russia and China blocked a proposed consensus statement for the East Asia Summit drafted by south-east Asian countries, mainly over objections to language on the contested South China Sea, a US official said on Saturday.A draft statement arrived at by consensus by the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations was put to the 18-nation East Asia Summit meeting in Laos on Thursday evening, the official said. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-13 03:24:04
Foreign Office ‘asked for UK visit by Taiwan ex-president to be deferred’ to not anger China
Exclusive: Request to postpone Tsai Ing-wen’s trip came before ‘goodwill visit’ to China by David Lammy next weekThe UK Foreign Office (FCDO) asked for a visit by the former Taiwanese president to be postponed so as not to anger China ahead of a trip by David Lammy, the Guardian has learned.Lammy is due to travel to China next week for high-level meetings in his first trip to the country as foreign secretary. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-12 04:00:15
Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group
Nihon Hidankyo receives accolade for campaign to rid world of nuclear weapons by ‘describing the indescribable’Nobel peace prize 2024 – latest updatesSurvivors of the atomic bombings of Japan almost eight decades ago have won the Nobel peace prize for their campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons.The Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisations – commonly known as Nihon Hidankyo – received the accolade one year before the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and at a time of growing concern about the possible use of nuclear weapons. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-11 10:02:48
Spanish couple detained in Singapore over protest against Valencia owner
Police say pair ‘assisting with investigations’ after Dani Cuesta posted photo of himself with ‘Lim go home’ signA Spanish couple have been detained after the man held a banner to protest against Peter Lim, the billionaire Singaporean owner of Valencia football club.Dani Cuesta had shared photos on social media of himself holding a sign that said “Lim go home” at various locations in Singapore, including the residences where Lim reportedly lives and the tourist landmark Merlion Park. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-10 13:43:28
Australia news live: Hanson-Young calls for investigation of live music ticketing allegations; culprit flees botched ram raid with arm on fire
Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on five Iranian individuals it says is “contributing to Iran’s missile program.”A statement from the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, said Iran’s missile program “poses a material threat to regional and international security”, with the 1 October attack on Israel a “dangerous escalation that increased the risk of a wider regional war.”Australia will continue to hold Iran to account for its reckless and destabilising actions.We’re holding ministers accountable when the premier of Tasmania refused to. This project – for people who don’t know – is $500m over budget, five years delayed.It’s a completely debacle. Someone needed to take responsibility. The premier [was] saying he wouldn’t do that, the parliament decided it would act and, at the last moment, the deputy premier resigned. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 23:44:47
Battery-operated items from Temu tested by Choice fail Australian safety standards
Consumer advocate says results are a ‘worrying reminder’ children are at risk from insecure battery components on most itemsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn LED-lit tutu skirt, a spinning top and a set of building blocks are among a number of dangerous toys that were sold by Chinese-owned shopping platform Temu, Choice has found.Choice tested 15 toys operated by circular coin or button-style batteries, including watches, a writing tablet, a musical keyboard, a cartoon projector and a electronic pet game from Temu in May.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 14:13:44
Shoppers to no longer pay fees when using debit cards under new Albanese government plan
Treasurer says uncovering ‘unfair’ practices also part of proposed surcharge revamp designed to give consumers better deal and cut small business’s costsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government is preparing to ban debit card fees and instruct the consumer watchdog to investigate excessive card costs, as the unpopular system of transaction charges gets set for an overhaul.The proposed changes would mean consumers no longer pay a fee when using their debit card to buy their morning coffee or make a major retail purchase. Credit card fees would still apply.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 14:00:11
‘We’re not going to do deals’: Queensland premier favours LNP rule over Labor governing with minor parties
Steven Miles says he would prefer Crisafulli minority government over horse-trading if he fails to win absolute majority at October electionSee all our Queensland election 2024 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland premier, Steven Miles, says he would rather see a minority LNP government in power after the 26 October state election than horse-trade with independents and minor parties.In an interview with Guardian Australia, Miles says he wants a majority in his own right, ruling out any sort of supply and confidence agreement with One Nation, the Katter party, the Greens or independents.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 14:00:09
Potentially lifesaving Blue Mountains fire trails obstructed as bushfire season begins
Exclusive: Residents who fought the black summer bushfires are concerned access tracks are not being maintainedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastResidents of a Blue Mountains town who were forced to defend themselves against an out-of-control backburn during the black summer bushfires are concerned fire trails in the area are not being maintained ahead of the fire season.Guardian Australia has seen photographs of fallen trees obstructing two fire trails in Bilpin near the Tutti Fruitti cafe and surrounding homes, which were destroyed when the Rural Fire Service lost control of the backburn it lit near Mount Wilson in December 2019.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 14:00:09
‘Easier to buy your 10th house than your first’: Unions NSW joins push to reform negative gearing and capital gains tax
Exclusive: Survey finds 72% of 2,158 workers want Albanese government to rethink housing tax breaks – particularly renters and over-65sFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUnions NSW has thrown its support behind reform of the negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions, arguing that the housing market is “fundamentally broken”.The Unions NSW secretary, Mark Morey, is now calling on the Albanese government to reform the tax concessions and reinvest “profound savings” in housing, such as by expanding the Housing Australia Future Fund.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 14:00:08
Only one-third of Europe’s surface water qualifies as good or better, study finds
Data compiled by EEA shows quality of water bodies falls far short of target first set for 2015 and since extended to 2027Only about one-third of Europe’s surface water is in good health or better, a report has found, despite an EU target first set for 2015 to bring all bodies of water up to good quality.About 37% of Europe’s surface waters qualified as having at least a good ecological status and 29% a good chemical status in 2021, according to data from 19 member countries compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The original deadline for the EU target has been extended to 2027 but data suggests this is on track to be missed by a wide margin. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 22:01:39
Italy sends first asylum seekers to Albania under controversial pact
Men from countries deemed safe are transferred to Albania to have asylum claims processed The first people to be intercepted at sea by the Italian navy under a controversial migration deal with Albania are on their way to the Balkan nation to have their asylum claims processed.As part of the pact signed off on by Italy’s far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, a navy ship set off on Monday “with some irregular migrants onboard”, the interior ministry confirmed. The ministry did not provide a precise figure. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 19:00:14
Vauxhall owner to make decision on future of UK plants ‘in next few weeks’
Stellantis chief says company is nearing decision on Ellesmere Port and Luton amid row over EV quotasBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of the Vauxhall, Citroën and Peugeot brands has said a decision will be made on the future of its UK plants “in the next few weeks”, amid a row over government electric vehicle quotas.Carlos Tavares, the outgoing chief executive of Stellantis, has said the company is nearing a decision on the future of Ellesmere Port and Luton. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 16:57:02
Marine Le Pen questioned in court over alleged fake EU jobs scam
French far-right leader denies embezzling EU funds and compares European parliament to a ‘blob’The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denied embezzling EU funds in a fake jobs scam when questioned in court for the first time, and used her appearance in the dock to attack the European parliament as a slow-moving, alien “blob”.Le Pen is one of 27 members and employees of the party then known as the National Front (FN) who are on trial in Paris for allegedly using EU money to finance domestic political activities between 2006 and 2016. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 16:55:59
British man dies in fall from Spanish bridge ‘while creating online content’
Unnamed 26-year-old fell while climbing 192-metre-high Castilla-La Mancha Bridge, authorities sayA 26-year-old British man has died after falling from a Spanish bridge while attempting to create social media content, according to local authorities.The man, who has yet to be named by police, fell while climbing the Castilla-La Mancha Bridge in the central city of Talavera de la Reina, the local mayor’s office said in a statement on Sunday. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 16:47:56
Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers grows despite western sanctions
Poorly maintained and uninsured vessels transporting up to 70% of country’s seaborne oil, says reportRussia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers is expanding, according to research, transporting up to 70% of the country’s seaborne oil despite western efforts to curb Moscow’s wartime energy revenues.The volume of Russian oil being transported by poorly maintained and underinsured tankers has almost doubled in a year to 4.1m barrels a day by June, according to a report published on Monday by the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 15:28:45
Israeli attacks on UN forces in Lebanon must stop, say UK, Italy, France and Germany – as it happened
This blog has now closed. You can read our latest full report here and all our coverage from the region here.More now on the Hezbollah strike on an IDF training base we reported on earlier (see post 7.33BST)The drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others on Sunday, the Israeli military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago.Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina city retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut on Thursday that killed 22 people. It later said it targeted Israel’s elite Golani brigade, launching dozens of missiles to occupy Israeli air defence systems during the assault by “squadrons” of drones. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 23:12:22
Israeli airstrike kills more than 20 in Christian town in northern Lebanon
Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv in apparent response, while Israeli attacks on Gaza include a hospital courtyardMore than 20 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Christian town in northern Lebanon, prompting Hezbollah to fire rockets at Tel Aviv, as Israel’s multifront war continues to escalate.It was also a particularly bloody 24 hours in the Gaza Strip. Four people were killed in an Israeli bombing of a hospital courtyard in central Gaza, another strike on a nearby school used as a shelter killed at least 20 people, and a drone strike killed five children playing on the street in al-Shati camp in Gaza City, according to local health authorities. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 21:12:12
Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters outside of New York Stock Exchange
Hundreds partake in demonstration, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, against Israeli attacks on Gaza and LebanonNew York City police arrested numerous pro-Gaza protesters outside the New York Stock Exchange on Monday after a demonstration highlighting Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza and Lebanon.Demonstrators voiced chants such as “Let Gaza live!” and “Up up with liberation, down down with occupation!” and managed to get inside a security fence outside the exchange on Broad Street in downtown Manhattan. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 20:14:16
US intervention points to growing concerns over Israel’s air defences
After Hezbollah drone strike, any tit-for-tat strikes with Iran could pose a bigger problem still for Israel’s defencesMiddle East crisis – live updatesAs Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah and Iran has escalated, it has begun to show a degree of vulnerability. A Hezbollah drone evaded Israel’s much vaunted air defences on Sunday and struck a military canteen when it was busy with soldiers eating dinner. Four were killed and 58 wounded, seven seriously, at a location 40 miles south of the Lebanese border.The drone that hit the canteen of the Golani base near Binyamina appears to have been part of a synchronised attack that allowed it to elude the country’s well organised air defences. Three drones flew from Lebanon over the Mediterranean, and though they were all initially spotted, and two shot down, the other was able to reach its target. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 17:53:55
US officials attend Gaza aid meetings on site of Israeli prison accused of ‘horrific’ torture
Revealed: USAid officials meet Israeli counterparts at Sde Teiman base, where detainees say abuse runs rampantOfficials from the US’s main humanitarian agency attend daily meetings on an Israeli military base that also hosts a notorious prison for Palestinian detainees where torture reportedly runs rampant, the Guardian has learned.According to three officials with the US Agency for International Development (USAid), Israel’s humanitarian relief hub began operating at the desert military base Sde Teiman on 29 July, with a regular US presence. USAid is tasked with facilitating urgently needed humanitarian assistance to Gaza. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 11:00:42
Iranian journalists who covered Mahsa Amini’s death face five years in prison
Hopes of pardon dashed for Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were cleared of collaboration with USTwo young female journalists who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for reporting on the death of Mahsa Amini have been cleared of charges of collaborating with the United States government but will still spend up to five more years behind bars, the Iranian authorities have announced.Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were arrested in 2022 after reporting on the death and funeral of Amini, the young Kurdish woman who died in police custody in 2022, sparking the nationwide Women, Life, Freedom protests. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 10:57:53
Muslims in India face discrimination after restaurants forced to display workers’ names
Muslim business owners in two states fear policy will lead to targeted attacks or economic boycottsMuslims in India say they have been fired from their jobs and face the closure of their businesses after two states brought in a “discriminatory” policy making it mandatory for restaurants to publicly display the names of all their employees.The policy was first introduced by Yogi Adityanath, the hardline Hindu monk who is the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Last month the state of Himachal Pradesh, governed by the opposition Congress party, announced it would also make it compulsory for all names of workers and employees to be put on display. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-13 15:10:20
Tribal clashes in north-west Pakistan kill at least 11 people
Shooting incident in Kurram district between rival tribes follows attack on coalmine in south-west Pakistan At least 11 people have been killed in tribal clashes in the north-west of Pakistan, a local official has said.Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after two people were critically injured in a shooting incident between rival tribes. It was not immediately clear what caused the shooting. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-12 15:44:31
Armed attackers storm Pakistan coal mines, killing at least 21
About 40 assailants fired rockets and hurled grenades at mines and miners’ quarters in country’s south-west, days before regional summit in IslamabadDozens of attackers armed with guns, rockets and hand grenades have stormed a cluster of private coalmines in south-western Pakistan on Friday, shooting some miners in their sleep and others after lining them up, killing at least 21, police have said.The attack by about 40 armed men days before Pakistan hosts a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation grouping is the worst in weeks in the restive, mineral-rich province of Balochistan bordering Afghanistan and Iran. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-12 02:43:29
Indian tycoon Ratan Tata dies at age 86
Tata, described as ‘a truly uncommon leader’, credited with transforming Tata Group into a global conglomerateThe Indian business tycoon and former Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has died, aged 86.Tata, who had headed India’s largest conglomerate for over 20 years, had been receiving intensive care at Mumbai hospital, according to Reuters.Additional reporting by Reuters Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-09 19:28:56
Opposition Congress party wins power in Indian-administered Kashmir
Narendra Modi’s BJP loses first election since stripping the region of its autonomy and statehoodThe Indian prime minister’s hopes of his party gaining power in Kashmir were dashed on Tuesday as it emerged that his BJP had lost the first election held since the national government stripped the region of its autonomy and statehood.The elections instead delivered a resounding victory to India’s main opposition party, Congress, and its regional partner, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), which had come together in a alliance to defeat Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), which also rules at the national level. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-08 15:40:46
Indian police charge man over doctor’s rape and murder in Kolkata hospital
Sanjay Roy charged with crime that prompted nationwide anger and protests over violence against womenA man has been charged in the high-profile case of a doctor’s rape and murder in a Kolkata hospital, a crime that prompted widespread anger and protests over the threat of sexual violence faced by women in India.The suspect, Sanjay Roy, was arrested the day after the young doctor’s bloodied body was discovered on 9 August in a room at RG Kar hospital, where she had gone to rest after a 36-hour shift. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-08 10:17:29
UK ‘risks repeat of surging energy bills’ amid continued reliance on gas
Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quicklyBritain is at risk of experiencing a repeat of the sharp increase in energy costs which has fuelled the continuing cost of living crisis because it relies too heavily on gas, according to an expert panel of industry leaders.The Energy Crisis Commission has warned that the UK is still “dangerously underprepared” for another crisis because it continues to rely on gas for its power plants and home heating. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 23:01:41
Unemployed could be given weight-loss jabs to get back to work, says Wes Streeting
Health secretary announces trials to assess impact of medicines such as Ozempic or Mounjaro on worklessnessNew weight-loss jabs could be given to unemployed people to help them get back into work, Wes Streeting has suggested.The health secretary said “widening waistbands” were placing a burden on the NHS. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 22:45:16
New cervical cancer treatment regime ‘cuts risk of dying from disease by 40%’
Process tested in patients over 10-year period involves short course of chemotherapy before chemoradiationDoctors are hailing a “remarkable” new treatment regime for cervical cancer that reduces the risk of dying by 40%, in the biggest advance against the disease in 25 years.Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally, with about 660,000 new cases and 350,000 deaths every year, according to the World Health Organization. In the UK, there are about 3,200 cases and 800 deaths each year. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 22:30:40
Cheating alleged after men’s world conker champion found with steel chestnut
Metal replica conker found in pocket of David Jakins AKA King Conker, first-time winner after competing since 1977The World Conker Championships is investigating cheating allegations after the men’s winner was found to have a steel chestnut in his pocket.David Jakins won the annual title in Southwick, Northamptonshire, on Sunday for the first time after competing since 1977. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 21:26:58
Strictly’s Katya Jones defends dance partner Wynne Evans over ‘hand incident’
Appearing alongside Evans on BBC spin-off show It Takes Two, Jones insists incident was ‘a silly joke’The professional dancer Katya Jones has defended her Strictly Come Dancing partner, Wynne Evans, saying he has been “portrayed as someone he is not” after an incident during Saturday’s show when she moved his hand from her waist.Appearing on BBC spin-off show It Takes Two on Monday alongside Evans, Jones said she wanted to “get something out of the way that I feel overshadowed our performance for absolutely no reason”. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 18:53:50
Hundreds of Afghan soldiers to become eligible to live in UK after new information found
Estimated 500 rejected cases expected to be overturned after fresh evidence they were employed by the UK government in AfghanistanAn estimated 500 elite Afghan soldiers who fought alongside the British are expected to become eligible to come to the UK after a previous decision rejecting their applications was overturned.Fresh information has been discovered in about a quarter of the 2,000 rejected cases proving that the at-risk veterans were paid and employed by the UK government in Afghanistan, despite previous claims that no such evidence existed. A review had been launched by the Conservatives in February. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 18:40:21
Kamala Harris holds Pennsylvania rally after Walz denounces Trump’s remarks about ‘the enemy within’ – live
Harris speaking in Erie, Pennsylvania after unveiling new policy proposals aimed at black men Trump sparks outrage after calling for army to handle enemies on election dayThree polls released yesterday show the candidates locked in a close battle for the White House.A New York Times poll found that Harris is underperforming the last three Democratic candidates for the White House among Latino voters. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 23:43:06
Harris to portray Trump as tyrant-in-waiting after his ‘enemy within’ remarks
At Pennsylvania rally, vice-president will hone in on Trump’s threat to use armed forces against his adversariesKamala Harris will this evening seek to portray Donald Trump as a potential tyrant-in-waiting who wants to jail his political opponents by seizing on his threat to use US armed forces against those he has branded “the enemy within”.The US vice-president and Democratic nominee will hone in on the former president’s darkening campaign rhetoric at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, widely deemed the most crucial battleground state in a presidential race that multiple polls suggest will go down to the wire. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 21:49:20
Ka, Brooklyn rapper and New York firefighter, dies aged 52
Kaseem Ryan, a member of Natural Elements and an FDNY captain, died unexpectedly, according to Instagram postKa, a Brooklyn rapper, producer and firefighter, died unexpectedly on Saturday at age 52, according to a post on his Instagram account.Kaseem Ryan was a member of the group Natural Elements and also served in the New York City fire department (FDNY). He collaborated with artists Roc Marciano and GZA and earned praise from artists such as Erykah Badu and Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, BET reported. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 21:35:46
Lilly Ledbetter, equal pay champion who inspired Fair Pay Act, dies aged 86
Ledbetter sued employer Goodyear in 1998 after finding out she was paid $6,500 less than lowest-paid male supervisorLilly Ledbetter, an equal pay advocate whose lawsuit against her employer inspired the Fair Pay Act of 2009, died Saturday in Alabama at age 86.Ledbetter died of respiratory failure, according to a statement from her family provided to the Alabama news organization Al.com. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 20:31:56
Kamala Harris agrees to interview with Fox News
Sit-down with rightwing broadcaster comes as Democrats try to reach swing voters as they continue media blitzKamala Harris will do a sit-down interview with the rightwing broadcaster Fox News on Wednesday, the news channel announced on Monday, in the most dramatic moment yet in a recent media blitz by the Democratic presidential nominee.The interview with Fox News’s chief political anchor, Bret Baier, comes as Democrats have increased their presence on Fox News, part of an outreach to undecided voters and after CBS News’s 60 Minutes became embroiled in a controversy when rightwing critics have said they edited an interview to make Harris appear more succinct. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 18:29:51
Trump sparks outrage after calling for army to handle enemies on election day
Democrats condemn ex-president for saying armed forces should turn against ‘enemy within’ when voters go to pollsDonald Trump has provoked an angry backlash from Democrats after calling for the US armed forces to be turned against his political adversaries when voters go to the polls at next month’s presidential election.In comments that added further fuel to fears of an authoritarian crackdown if he recaptures the White House, the Republican nominee said the military or national guard should be deployed against opponents that he called “the enemy within” when the election takes place on 5 November. Continue reading...
Published: 2024-10-14 18:11:37
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