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Move by US authorities comes after plane was shot at on Monday, injuring attendant and forcing airport shutdownThe US Federal Aviation Administration has banned civilian flights into Haiti for 30 days after a jetliner was shot at on approach to Port-au-Prince.Bullets hit the Spirit Airlines plane when it was about to land on Monday, injuring a flight attendant and forcing the airport to shut down. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/faa-ban-us-haiti-flights Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-12 21:32:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Meteorologists track disturbance in Caribbean Sea predicted to become storm named Sara Florida is at risk of being hit by yet another major tropical storm only weeks after Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated towns across the state.Meteorologists are currently tracking a new disturbance predicted to evolve into a storm in the Caribbean Sea. The storm, to be named Sara, will form in the western Caribbean later this week and may make a turn towards south Florida as a powerful hurricane next week if wind patterns change, according to the Hurricane Tracker App. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/florida-tropical-storm-sara Author :

Girls now see porn for the first time before they are 14, on average. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGirls are now seeing porn for the first time at 13.6 years, on average – two years younger than they were in 2018.And more than 70% of young people say porn often shows aggression and violence towards women, a new report from Our Watch has found.Our Watch’s concern is with the representation of certain people, particularly women, rather than porn itself.It’s the frequent viewing of violent porn, that is sexist and derogatory, associated

Ombudsman’s report on death of Katie Simpson, 21, adds to concerns at levels of gender-based violence in Northern IrelandThe Police Service of Northern Ireland “failed” the family of a 21-year-old woman after her death two years ago in Derry, initially treating it as suicide rather than a suspected murder, the police watchdog has said.The report by the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland comes amid renewed concerns that gender-based violence is not being taken seriously enough in the region with the highest rate of femicide per capita of all nations in the UK and in the island of Ireland. Continue reading...

US may soon impose sanctions as organisations say Israel has failed to help relieve dire humanitarian situationA coalition of international aid organisations have accused Israel of ignoring a US ultimatum that threatened sanctions if Israel did not implement a series of measures to counter the acute humanitarian crisis in Gaza.The 30 day ultimatum– due to expire on Tuesday or Wednesday – was delivered on 13 October, and almost none of its demands have been met, the humanitarian groups say. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/aid-groups-accuse-israel-of-ignoring-us-ultimatum-on-apocalyptic-gaza-crisis Author : Jason Burke in Jerusalem Publish date : 2024-11-12 17:52:31 Copyright for syndicated content

Doctor involved in review of deaths and collapses at hospital says she was not ‘adequately briefed’A neonatal expert who reviewed the deaths and collapses of babies harmed by Lucy Letby has said she feels misled over her commissioning by hospital bosses.Dr Jane Hawdon, a consultant neonatologist, said she was not “adequately briefed” about the suspicions of senior doctors about Letby before she carried out her analysis. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/12/expert-claims-she-was-misled-over-lucy-letby-analysis Author : Josh Halliday North of England editor Publish date : 2024-11-12 16:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President-elect’s eldest son says he will join ‘anti-ESG’ firm 1789 Capital, which focuses on conservative investmentsDonald Trump Jr, the eldest son of president-elect Donald Trump, has decided to join a venture capital firm and will not be part of his father’s administration.Trump Jr told crowd of donors over the weekend that he will be joining the Florida-based venture firm 1789 Capital, according to a report in the New York Times. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/donald-trump-jr-1789-capital Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2024-11-12 15:37:14 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

UK’s biggest pharmaceutical company ‘committed to China’ as it raises 2024 profit forecast and announces $3.5bn US investmentBusiness live – latest updatesAstraZeneca’s chief executive has said it is taking investigations by Chinese authorities into its business in the country “very seriously” and insisted it is committed to China in the long run.Authorities are thought to be investigating the importation of two cancer treatments manufactured by Britain’s biggest pharmaceutical company into China. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/12/astrazeneca-china-investigation-pharmaceutical-profit-us Author : Julia Kollewe Publish date : 2024-11-12 14:48:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Billionaire provided vast majority of funds to America Pac in winning bid to return Trump to White HouseElon Musk’s super political action committee (Pac) spent about $200m to help elect Donald Trump to a second presidency, according to a person familiar with the group’s spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how billionaires can influence elections.The billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla and SpaceX provided the vast majority of the money to America Pac, which focused on low-propensity and first-time voters, according to the Associated Press source, who was not authorized to disclose the figure publicly and

Prime minister says victims of serial abuser John Smyth ‘failed very, very badly’Keir Starmer has refused to back the archbishop of Canterbury, who has faced growing demands to resign over his handling of an abuse scandal.Pressure on Justin Welby has been intensifying since the publication last week of a damning report on the church’s cover-up of John Smyth’s abuse in the UK in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and later in Zimbabwe and South Africa. About 130 boys are believed to have been victims. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/12/starmer-refuses-to-back-justin-welby-after-clamor-for-archbishop-to-resign Author : Emine Sinmaz Publish date : 2024-11-12 12:53:29

Gregory Aymond’s offer, required because he turns 75, says he wants to stay for resolution of institution’s bankruptcy but adds it is up to Pope FrancisNew Orleans’ Roman Catholic archbishop Gregory Aymond is submitting his resignation Tuesday, on his 75th birthday, fulfilling a church requirement – though it is unclear if Vatican officials would immediately accept it with his scandal-plagued organization’s expensive, highly contentious bankruptcy case still unresolved.In a letter issued on Friday to priests and deacons under his command, Aymond cited canon – or church – law that required him to offer to retire because of his age. But

Former Republican challenger likely to become secretary of state as further developments expected in Trump’s legal battlesRobert Tait is a journalist based in Washington DCDonald Trump has demanded that the three frontrunners to lead the Senate allow him to appoint officials to his new administration without confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, as a future Republican government began to take shape the week after his election victory. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/12/donald-trump-marco-rubio-juan-merchan-stormy-daniels-us-politics-live Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2024-11-12 11:16:09 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Charlie Falconer says current law ‘completely broken’ in press conference with MP behind bill, Kim LeadbeaterLeadbeater introduces the next speaker, Nat Dye, who has terminal cancer. She says she thinks his views are the most important for people to hear at this press conference.He says he has known “positive” experiences of death. His fiance and his mother both had relatively peaceful deaths. He says palliative care can work for some people. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/nov/12/keir-starmer-labour-kim-leadbeater-assisted-dying-bill-uk-politics-news-updates Author : Andrew Sparrow Publish date : 2024-11-12 10:16:33 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Comments from Israel Katz follow remarks from fellow minister yesterday that ‘certain progress’ had been madeLebanese media is reporting that two people have been killed and six wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Hermel, which is in the north-east of the country near the border with Syria.In Iran, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani has been asked about the impact on Iran-US relations of the re-election of Donald Trump, Reuters reports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/12/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-lebanon-ceasefire Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2024-11-12 09:19:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Keir Starmer can show UK is ‘open for business’, says former Bank of England chief economist Andy HaldaneBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK can strike a US trade deal with Donald Trump while also rebuilding EU relations after Brexit to cement its status as a “beacon of stability” in an increasingly volatile world, a leading economist has said.Andy Haldane, the former Bank of England chief economist, said Keir Starmer’s government could show the UK was “open for business at a time when so much else of the world is looking inward – whether to the EU, or the US, it

Seismologist says it is ‘too early’ to link fourth event of sequence to mining activity in the Hunter regionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 4.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked the New South Wales town of Muswellbrook is likely part of an “earthquake swarm” that could see “hundreds to thousands” of small to moderate shocks over the coming months, according to a government seismologist.The earthquake, which hit around midday on Tuesday and was shallow at 3km deep, is the fourth event over magnitude four in three months in the

Australian government won’t say if four reportedly found on Croker Island have been taken to country of departure, of origin, or to regional processing centre on NauruFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour non-citizens reportedly found on remote Croker Island in the Northern Territory have been removed from Australia.The ABC reported the four foreign nationals were found on Monday on the island north of Garig Gunak Barlu national park, near Arnhem land.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/12/four-foreign-nationals-removed-from-australia-after-reportedly-being-found-on-remote-nt-island Author : Paul

The boy, known as Master K for inquest, floated to surface and was undiscovered for more than nine minutesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA two-year-old who drowned in a pool while his mother looked at her mobile phone and cared for another infant two metres away highlights the need for close supervision around water, a Victorian inquest has heard.The boy had been playing in a toddlers’ pool adjoined to an adult pool at Crown Towers, a luxury hotel in central Melbourne, in 2021 when he slipped and

Tropical Storm Usagi is days away from making landfall, after Typhoon Toraji, Severe Tropical Storm Trami, Typhoon Yinxing and Super Typhoon Kong-reyThe Philippines issued new weather warnings on Tuesday as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago, days after thousands were evacuated ahead of Typhoon Toraji.Now a weakened tropical storm, Toraji blew out to sea overnight after causing relatively limited damage and no reported deaths. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/12/typhoon-usagi-the-philippines-weather-path-tracker Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2024-11-12 04:19:16 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

James Graham defends alleged illusory discounts, saying suppliers had asked for higher prices and then supermarkets discounted themFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastColes has hit out at “politicised” attacks on the company amid rising grocery prices, and defended itself amid allegations of illusory was/is discount prices.The supermarket’s chair, James Graham, used his address at the company’s annual general meeting on Tuesday to argue it was wrong to blame supermarkets for rising prices because inflation is a complex, global issue.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue

Low pressure troughs sitting over swaths of the country are being charged by warmer-than-average ocean temperatures, weather expert saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDays of severe storms have been forecast for every mainland state and territory in Australia this week, with possible wind gusts, heavy rain, large hail and flash flooding on the cards.Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino said “millions of lightning strikes” were also expected across the country.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/12/australia-weather-forecast-bom-thunder-storms-hail Author : Petra Stock Publish date

Average cheapest economy tickets increased dramatically on routes formerly serviced by Rex, with Adelaide to Melbourne services up 95% to $296Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDomestic airfares have increased by 13% following the collapse of Rex’s flights between capital cities, the consumer watchdog has found, as Qantas and Virgin’s duopoly has surged to 98% market dominance.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found that since Rex suspended its jet operations between metropolitan cities across 11 routes and entered administration, the average airfare on all major city routes

Foreign minister says talks continuing over Israel’s stated objectives of pushing Hezbollah away from Israeli borderIsrael’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, said on Monday that “certain progress” had been made on ceasefire talks in Lebanon, where Israel has been engaged in fighting Hezbollah for more than 13 months.“We will be ready to be there if we know, first of all, that Hezbollah is not on our border, is north of the Litani River, and that Hezbollah will not be able to arm with new weapons systems,” Saar said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/israel-says-certain-progress-made-in-lebanon-ceasefire-talks Author : William Christou in Beirut Publish

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s proposed legislation also includes powers for judges to cross-examine patientsA historic bill to legalise assisted dying will set out hardline safeguards, including lengthy prison sentences for coercion and powers for judges to cross-examine patients.The Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she believed she had put forward “the best possible legislation” but warned wavering MPs that parliament may not get another chance to vote again on the issue for another decade.Patients must be over 18, have the mental capacity to make a choice about the end of their life and must be terminally ill and expected to die

Ali Musse, 66, charged after Hilkiah McLeggan, 77, pronounced dead at scene in East Street, WalworthA man has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing in south London.Police were called at about 10.40am on Sunday after reports of a number of people stabbed in East Street, Walworth. Three people were found with injuries and Hilkiah McLeggan, 77, from Southwark, was pronounced dead at the scene, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/11/man-charged-with-after-multiple-stabbings-in-south-london Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-11-11 21:57:33 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.