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Ex-president likely to face questions about rally remarks at press conference before heading to Pennsylvania town with large population of Puerto RicansDon’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsThe Democrats are fending off a Republican offensive aimed at overturning their tiny majority in the Senate.Retaking control of the US Congress’s upper chamber may represent the GOP’s best opportunity of success in November’s election, according to analysts, surpassing their chances of retaking the White House or even retaining control of the House of Representatives. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/oct/29/us-elections-trump-puerto-rico-harris-latest Author : Daniel

Downward trend in oil price from higher production, falling demand in China and clean energy to continueBusiness live – latest updatesPetrol and food prices will fall over the next two years thanks to a glut in oil production, the World Bank has said, offering hope to consumers that the cost pressures of the past three years could start to ease.Its analysis found that this year’s downward trend in the oil price resulting from increased production, falling demand in China and the transition to clean energy is set to continue even if the conflict in the Middle East worsens. Continue reading...

Survivor Oleksii Sivak has set up a support group for others who have suffered widespread but unspoken abuseRussian troops tortured Oleksii Sivak for weeks, applying electric shocks to his genitals in a freezing basement in his home city of Kherson in punishment for resisting their rule.When Ukrainian troops freed the city in the autumn of 2022, Sivak was presented with a long list of medical specialists who could help his recovery and asked to tick the ones he needed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/29/carved-on-bodies-and-souls-russias-use-of-male-sexual-torture-in-ukraine Author : Emma Graham-Harrison and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv Publish date : 2024-10-29 10:05:12 Copyright

Wes Streeting says private schools have hiked fees above inflation for over a decade and can prevent pupils leaving if they really are charitableJeremy Hunt has stepped up his attack on the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) this morning, posting to social media:The OBR must be politically impartial and the public and markets need to know that it is holding the government to account without fear or favour. I have written to the cabinet secretary to ask why basic rules of fairness are not being followed. If we are to keep the OBR out of the political fray he needs

Energy company says it plans to cut at least $2bn of cash costs from the business by the end of 2026Business live – latest updatesBP has reported its weakest quarterly profits in almost four years after the slump in global oil prices and falling margins in its refinery business.The oil company revealed underlying profits of almost $2.3bn for the third quarter, its weakest quarterly result since the fourth quarter of 2020 when Covid travel restrictions caused oil prices to crash. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/29/bp-profits-lower-oil-prices-energy-refinery-business Author : Jillian Ambrose Publish date : 2024-10-29 08:19:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Women and children said to be among the dead after Israeli airstrike on town of Beit LahiyaHere is a little more detail on the Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya this morning that, according to reports, killed at least 55 Palestinian civilians, many of whom were women and children.Among the people who were killed included a mother and her five children, and another mother with her six children, according to an initial casualty list provided by the emergency service. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/oct/29/middle-east-israel-unrwa-gaza-un-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah Author : Yohannes Lowe Publish date : 2024-10-29 07:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

The score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name, was discovered by a curator at the Morgan Library and Museum in New YorkAn unknown waltz by Chopin, written nearly 200 years ago, has been discovered in the vault of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.The score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name, was found by a curator in the spring, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/29/unknown-waltz-by-frederic-chopin-found-morgan-library-vault-new-york Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2024-10-29 06:10:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Prime minister insists he has been ‘completely transparent’ with all of his financial disclosuresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has refused to answer whether he personally called Qantas’ former chief executive Alan Joyce to receive free flight upgrades, with the prime minister saying the accusations are being made without any “specifics”.Peter Dutton said Albanese should refer the matter to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nacc) after the opposition leader questioned whether upgrades had influenced the government’s decision to block more Qatar Airways flights – a move that

KAP leader questions motives of LNP candidates who concurred with his anti-abortion position during election campaign The Queensland crossbench MP, Robbie Katter, says he thinks Liberal National party candidates who made anti-abortion comments prior to the state election were “dog whistling” but have little intention of deviating from the party line.The Katter’s Australian party leader told ABC Radio National on Tuesday that he would still seek to “test the parliament” on a potential private member’s bill to wind back some elements of Queensland’s 2018 laws that decriminalised abortion. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/29/queensland-election-lnp-kap-robbie-katter-abortion-policy-crisafulli Author : Ben Smee Queensland state

Initiated by the Albanese government in 2023, the 866-page report finds people still feel ‘resentment about what they lost’ during pandemic lockdownsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMany citizens lost trust in Australian governments through the early Covid period and work must focus on rebuilding that faith for future health emergencies, the federal government’s inquiry into the pandemic has warned.The long-awaited report into Australia’s Covid response said national cabinet must be more transparent and less secretive with its decision-making in future. It also flagged that delays in procuring

The ex-president, who spoke after Bruce Springsteen, ripped into Trump with a mix of criticism and humorBarack Obama made an impassioned pitch for Kamala Harris at a Philadelphia rally with Bruce Springsteen on Monday, telling voters: “It’s not just policies that are on the ballot, it’s who we are.“Whether this election is making you feel excited or scared, or hopeful, or frustrated, or anything in between: do not sit back,” the former president said. “Put down your phone and vote.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/obama-bruce-springsteen-rally-harris Author : Matthew Cantor and Lois Beckett Publish date : 2024-10-29 02:24:44 Copyright for

Addition of North Korean soldiers will stoke regional tensions and further stretch Ukraine’s weary army in the almost three-year warNorth Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and fight in the Ukraine war within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon has said, in a move that western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the region.Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said on Monday, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push

On the heels of racist New York rally remarks, Trump hits at Harris, Fani Willis and Michelle Obama at Georgia TechDonald Trump yet again descended upon Atlanta with a week and a day to go, looking for votes in a state that is rapidly running out of voters to woo.“I do hear the votes are coming in very nicely,” the former president said. When he asked the crowd who had voted, about half raised their hands and cheered. “We’ve got to finish it off.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/trump-atlanta-rally Author : George Chidi Publish date : 2024-10-29 00:17:24 Copyright

Above-inflation increase would give pay rise to more than 1 million low-paid workersThe national minimum wage is to increase by up to 6% next year, with more than 1 million low-paid workers in line for a pay rise, the Guardian understands.Rachel Reeves is expected to announce an increase above inflation and even higher than what had been predicted last month. Ministers, who will herald the rise as good news for working people, said that 18- to 20-year-olds ought to eventually be paid the same as older workers, according to a recommendation first reported in the Times. Continue reading... Source link

Funding for more surgical hubs and radiotherapy machines planned in what PM says will be budget to ‘fix foundations’The budget will revive a “broken but not beaten” NHS, Labour ministers have said, with billions of pounds of funding to be announced in an effort to cut record waiting lists.The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said measures to be announced on Wednesday would “end the neglect” of the health service, delivering more surgical hubs and radiotherapy machines in a drive to lay on an extra 40,000 appointments a week. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/28/budget-will-end-neglect-of-nhs-labour-reeves-streeting-starmer Author : Jessica Elgot, Anna Bawden and Kiran

Professor who was impugned for allegations against Clarence Thomas says the sexist, racist remarks ‘must sting’Anita Hill, former clerk to US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, has said “racist, misogynist and sexist insults” aimed at Kamala Harris “must sting”.In a New York Times opinion piece published Monday, the Brandeis University professor who was famously brought before Thomas’s confirmation hearings only to have her sexual harassment allegations against him picked apart by sitting senators, wrote that she sympathizes with the US vice-president. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/anita-hill-harris-op-ed Author : Edward Helmore Publish date : 2024-10-28 20:17:56 Copyright for syndicated content

Critics condemn ‘sinister’ remark that suggests potential Trump-Mike Johnson plot to settle contested electionDonald Trump faced mounting suspicion of hatching a plot to steal next week’s presidential election as Democrats and commentators focused on his references to a “little secret” at Sunday night’s tumultuous Madison Square Garden rally.The allusions initially attracted little notice amid the angry backlash provoked by racist jokes and incendiary rhetoric from a succession of warm-up speakers, including an offensive comment about Puerto Ricans that even Trump’s own campaign felt obliged to disavow. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/trump-mike-johnson-little-secret-election Author : Robert Tait in Washington Publish date

Anthony Albanese to launch schemes in NSW and Victoria today; Domain says rate of price increases is cooling. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore on that housing price story from AAP:Domain’s Nicola Powell said apartments performing better than houses in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne was evidence of stretched affordability and buyers seeking out the less expensive options. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/oct/29/clean-energy-renewables-solar-thermal-house-prices-property-market-victoria-nsw-e-scooters-qld-election-cost-of-living Author : Martin Farrer Publish date : 2024-10-28 19:56:27 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Hundreds of ballots damaged after fire in Vancouver drop box and incendiary device set off in box in PortlandUS politics live – latest updatesHundreds of early ballots cast for the US presidential election have been burned in two suspected attacks in Washington and Oregon, exacerbating tensions ahead of next Tuesday’s knife-edge contest.Firefighters went to the scene after smoke was reported coming from a ballot drop box in the city of Vancouver in Washington state at 6.30am on Monday, according to local media. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/ballot-box-on-fire-washington-oregon Author : Robert Tait in Washington DC and Rachel Leingang Publish date

Seven Met officers accused of accessing X-rays and witness information after Wayne Couzens was arrestedPolice viewed confidential information about the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard such as her X-rays out of “curiosity”, a disciplinary hearing heard.Seven Metropolitan police officers were accused of looking at sensitive information relating to the case after the arrest of firearms officers Wayne Couzens, The Times reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/28/met-police-sensitive-files-sarah-everard-curiosity Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2024-10-28 18:18:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The authors are among 1,000 books industry figures pledging not to work with any publishers, festivals or publications ‘complicit in violating Palestinian rights’Sally Rooney, Arundhati Roy and Rachel Kushner are among more than 1,000 writers and publishing professionals who have signed a letter pledging to boycott Israeli cultural institutions that “are complicit or have remained silent observers of the overwhelming oppression of Palestinians”.Signatories to the pledge say they will not work with Israeli publishers, festivals, literary agencies and publications that are “complicit in violating Palestinian rights”, including operating “discriminatory policies and practices” or “whitewashing and justifying Israel’s occupation, apartheid or

Co-op/Demos report details how people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are far less likely to earn good incomesA lack of social mobility is costing the UK £19bn a year, a report produced by the cross-party thinktank Demos and the Co-op has found.The Social Mobility Commission, which advises the government, defines social mobility as “the link between a person’s occupation or income and the occupation or income of their parents”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/28/uk-loses-out-on-19bn-in-annual-gdp-growth-due-to-lack-of-social-mobility Author : Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent Publish date : 2024-10-28 16:43:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Far-right activist whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon sentenced over false claims about refugee and ordered to pay costs of £80,350.82The far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months for contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee, in breach of an injunction.He was told that “nobody is above the law” by a judge who said the “flagrant” breaches had been done in a “sophisticated” way to ensure the false claims would achieve “maximum coverage”, reaching tens of millions of people. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/28/tommy-robinson-admits-contempt-of-court-over-false-claims-about-refugee Author : Ben Quinn Publish date : 2024-10-28

Dominique Pelicot has admitted drugging and raping his wife. Fifty other men may face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty in case that has shocked the worldWarning: this article contains descriptions of alleged rape and sexual assaultA total of 51 men are on trial over their alleged attacks on Gisèle Pelicot, recruited by her then-husband Dominique Pelicot, who has admitted drugging and raping her. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/23/a-soldier-a-nurse-a-lorry-driver-and-dozens-more-who-are-the-men-accused-over-and-assault-of-gisele-pelicot Author : Angelique Chrisafis in Avignon Publish date : 2024-10-28 14:58:32 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Survey reveals distrust between political parties but finds most voters believe US election results will be accurateUS politics live – latest updatesNearly half of US voters think government does poor job of representing ordinary people, half are skeptical that self-governance is working, and three-quarters think democracy is under threat, according to one of the last polls before the 5 November presidential election.The survey, published Sunday by the New York Times in collaboration with Siena College, sketched out a deeply divided political landscape. Both sides of the divide expressed distrust of the other – and doubts in general about the US’s