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Ahead of opening of inquiry into death of Dawn Sturgess, former PM says attackers showed ‘utter recklessness’Theresa May has said “justice is highly unlikely” to come for the victims of the novichok attacks in Wiltshire, in an interview broadcast days before an inquiry opens into the Russian state poisonings.The former prime minister said she hoped that the family and friends of Dawn Sturgess, who was killed in 2018 after she was exposed to the nerve agent, would find comfort from the inquiry into her death and feel that it had “got to the truth” of what happened. Continue reading... Source

Lawyers predict more claims after ‘perfect win’ for two Syrian asylum seekers pushed back to LebanonA ruling by the European court of human rights ordering authorities in Cyprus to pay damages to two Syrian refugees found to have been prevented from applying for asylum has been welcomed as a “perfect” victory by campaigners.Lawyers said Tuesday’s judgment would encourage others to follow suit, including an ever-growing group of asylum seekers stranded in the UN-patrolled buffer zone of the war-split country. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/11/echr-ruling-for-cyprus-asylum-seekers-may-embolden-refugees-in-buffer-zone Author : Helena Smith in Athens Publish date : 2024-10-11 06:43:16 Copyright for syndicated content

Billionaire says autonomous car expected ‘before 2027’ will have a pricetag of less than US$30,000, with a ‘Robovan’ that can carry 20 people to followTesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the company’s robotaxi, Cybercab, promising it will cost less than US$30,000, and announced plans to bring autonomous driving to its Model 3 and Model Y cars in California and Texas by next year.At the much-anticipated We, Robot event hosted at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, the billionaire arrived in the Cybercab in his trademark black leather jacket, accompanied by a man dressed in a space suit. Human-like robots mingled

Deputy opposition leader expresses concern for Jo Tarnawksy’s welfare after chief of staff claims she was effectively sackedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe deputy opposition leader, Sussan Ley, says Richard Marles should resign if he has failed to provide a safe and respectful workplace as required under the ministerial code of conduct.Ley said on Friday that allegations from the deputy prime minister’s chief of staff, Jo Tarnawksy, were “extremely serious”, and expressed concern for her welfare.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link

Operational activity of Unifil peacekeepers has virtually come to a halt, UN official tells security councilUN peacekeepers say Israel has fired on them deliberatelyHow a year of war laid waste to the Gaza Strip – visualisedEuropean Council president Charles Michel said an “attack” on UN peace operations was “not acceptable”, after peacekeepers said Israeli forces fired on their headquarters in south Lebanon, injuring two blue helmets from Indonesia.“An attack against a UN peace mission is not responsible, is not acceptable and that’s why we call on Israel and we call on all sides to fully respect international humanitarian law,” he

Survivor of blaze which killed 72 ‘disgusted’ Quentin Marshall gave £5,000 to candidate promoting deregulationOne of Kemi Badenoch’s Tory leadership campaign funders is a councillor who had oversight of Grenfell Tower and dismissed some residents’ complaints about the pre-fire refurbishment as “grossly exaggerated”.One survivor of the blaze that killed 72 people said he was “disgusted” that Quentin Marshall, a senior politician at the Conservative-controlled Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) which owned the block, has given £5,000 to the current shadow housing secretary to help her become the leader of the opposition. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/11/councillor-who-oversaw-grenfell-works-donated-to-kemi-badenoch-tory-leadership-bid Author

Conservation trust says Boki ‘not out of the woods’ yet but doing well after operation to drain buildup of fluidA brown bear that underwent brain surgery in the first operation of its kind in the UK is doing well but is “not out of the woods” yet, a charity has said.Boki went under the knife on Wednesday after an MRI scan revealed he had hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/10/brown-bear-in-kent-recovering-well-after-uk-first-brain-surgery Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2024-10-10 22:33:21 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police discovered ‘much-loved’ Martin Forgie dead at property in Ellon on WednesdayA 44-year-old man has been arrested after the death of a “much loved” 36-year-old man in Aberdeenshire.At about 8.35pm on Wednesday, police were called to a property on Gordon Place, Ellon, where Martin Forgie was found dead. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/10/man-44-arrested-after-death-of-36-year-old-in-aberdeenshire Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-10-10 22:20:38 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Shadow foreign affairs minister says about 15,000 Australians in Lebanon have ‘for months and months and months ignored the advice’ to leave, or not travel to Lebanon. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRowland questioned on gambling ad banMichelle Rowland was also asked why it has taken 16 months for the government – as yet – to make no decision on gambling ads. The communications minister said the government has “been working diligently in this space” but action “should have been taken on this some 10 years ago”.We’re working very closely with the

Tory Reform Group declines to endorse either leadership candidate amid fears lurch to the right could split partyUK politics live – latest updatesSenior Conservatives have warned that the party could split if Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick pursue an overtly populist path as leader, after the party’s main centrist group refused to endorse either candidate.With moderate Tories still reeling from the shock ejection of James Cleverly from the contest, leaving a choice of two MPs firmly on the party’s right, shadow ministers and Tory MPs urged the pair to not overly focus on chasing Reform voters. Continue reading... Source link

Graphics show storm that made landfall as category 3 and ushered in intense rainfall, tornadoes and storm surgeHurricane Milton’s destructive power – in picturesHurricane Milton made landfall as a category 3 hurricane on Wednesday night at around 8.30pm near Siesta Key in Florida. For about eight hours, the storm brought intense rainfall, flooding, tornadoes, storm surge and strong winds before moving off over the ocean just north of Cape Canaveral as a category 1 hurricane.Some of the hardest-hit areas included Sarasota, Fort Myers, St Petersburg, St Lucie and other cities on the Gulf coast. Storm surge warnings were in effect

Storm brought up to 10ft of storm surge and left millions at risk from flooding after hitting Florida on WednesdayHurricane Milton has killed at least four people and left extensive property damage across Florida, hitting some areas previously affected by Hurricane Helene last month.Here are the key takeaways from what we know about its impact and what experts are saying about a hurricane that it had been feared could be one of the worst in the state’s history. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/10/hurricane-milton-what-to-know Author : Oliver Milman in New York Publish date : 2024-10-10 16:52:23 Copyright for syndicated content

Measure designed to stem brain drain is pulled from budget at last minute amid conflict between coalition partners Portugal has paused plans intended to stem the country’s brain drain by offering young people a decade of progressive tax breaks that would have seen them paying nothing at all in their first year of work.The proposal, advanced by the centre-right minority government of Luís Montenegro, had been one of the most eye-catching schemes in Portugal’s 2025 budget. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/10/portugal-proposes-decade-of-tax-breaks-for-the-young-to-stem-brain-drain Author : Sam Jones in Madrid and agency Publish date : 2024-10-10 16:04:02 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

French energy firm reported to be in talks over potential investment to cover ballooning cost of nuclear projectThe French energy company EDF is reportedly in talks with investors to raise up to £4bn to finish the delayed Hinkley Point C project in Somerset, Britain’s first new nuclear reactors in a generation.The utilities company, owned by the French state, has approached investors to help cover the ballooning cost of constructing the nuclear plant, which is understood to have reached almost £50bn due in part to supply chain issues and struggles securing skilled engineers, according to Bloomberg. Continue reading... Source link :

Peter Dodge, a meteorologist who died last year at 44, given ‘387th’ flight as tribute to his dedication and researchPeter Dodge, a meteorologist who flew into hurricanes on “Miss Piggy”, a P-3 Orion operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, had his ashes dropped into Hurricane Milton’s eye as it was approaching Florida.Dodge was a Noaa meteorologist of 44 years and died in 2023. Noaa hurricane hunters dropped his ashes inside Milton’s eye on Tuesday in a tribute to his life studying powerful tropical storms. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/10/ashes-hurricane-milton-peter-dodge Author : Edward Helmore Publish date : 2024-10-10

Families of former patients condemn refusal to give evidence, which lawyer say is due to health reasons and ‘inadequate facilities to prepare’The jailed former breast surgeon Ian Paterson has refused to give evidence at an inquest into the deaths of 62 of his former patients, in a move labelled “unacceptable” and “atrocious” by families of the deceased.Paterson had been due to speak at the judge-led inquest at Birmingham and Solihull coroner’s court, which is investigating whether 62 of Paterson’s former patients “died an unnatural death as a result of his actions”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/10/disgraced-breast-surgeon-ian-paterson-refuses-to-attend-inquest Author : Jessica

State battered by category 3 storm overnight with 10ft storm surge, 120mph winds and tornadoesHurricane Milton – live updatesMore than 3 million Floridians are without power as officials begin to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Milton, a category 3 storm that flashed across a central swath of the state overnight on Wednesday.Parts of Sarasota, Fort Myers and other Gulf coast cities were inundated by up to 10ft of storm surge while tornadoes wrecked buildings, including a sheriff’s department facility, the skies turned purple and winds as high as 120mph turned cars, trees and debris into projectiles. Continue reading... Source

Republican presidential nominee vows ‘no rematch’ before election after he was widely judged to have lost first debateAs the 2024 election enters its final weeks, Voters of Tomorrow says it has made more than 5 million “direct contacts” with young people – a milestone for the gen Z-led voter outreach organisation.“This election will be decided by a few thousand voters in key battleground states – and they could very well be young people,” said Santiago Mayer, the 22-year-old executive director of Voters of Tomorrow. “That’s why every contact we make is critical.”Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail for Harris,

Bent Søndergaard’s children say they want to carry out ‘his final wishes’ and send back antiquities he bought in 1960sTheir father bought the antiquities, a haul of dirt-encrusted Etruscan objects handed to him from the boot of a car, while on holiday in Italy in the 1960s. For decades they remained in the loft of the family home in Denmark, exasperating his wife and perplexing his children.Now, inspired by a growing movement of people choosing to return antiquities apparently looted or illegally excavated from their countries of origin, his children are trying to give the items back to Italy. Continue

Kent and Essex force says files now being submitted to CPS in relation to hundreds of deaths up until 2000Police investigating the deaths of hundreds of patients at the scandal-hit Gosport War Memorial hospital have identified 24 suspects.An independent police investigation was launched into the community hospital in Hampshire after a panel found that hundreds of patients had their lives shortened through the use of opioids. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/10/police-pass-files-to-cps-over-deaths-at-gosport-war-memorial-hospital Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-10-10 11:52:44 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Former BBC host, with millions of social media followers, was arrested in Australia following alleged attack on woman in Perth hotel roomThe British rapper, YouTuber and television personality Yung Filly has been arrested in Australia and charged with rape and assault.The 29-year-old, born Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, who was on tour in the country, was arrested in Brisbane and taken to Perth where the alleged incidents occurred. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/10/yung-filly-rapper-youtuber-charged-rape-assault Author : Ben Beaumont-Thomas Publish date : 2024-10-10 10:59:59 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Campaign group says site is platforming far-right activist by stocking his book which reached No 1 this weekAmazon has been accused of funnelling “thousands of pounds into the pockets of Britain’s best-known far-right extremist” after Tommy Robinson’s latest book topped its bestseller charts.Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is one of Britain’s most prominent far-right activists and was a co-founder of the English Defence League. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/10/amazon-criticised-as-tommy-robinson-book-tops-chart Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent Publish date : 2024-10-10 10:39:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Legal team claim footage of rapper physically assaulting ex-girlfriend was passed on by Department for Homeland Security, which prosecutors denyLawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have alleged that the US government is behind the leak of a video which showed Combs physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, AKA Cassie.A memo filed by Combs’s legal team on Wednesday complains of “a series of unlawful government leaks, which have led to damaging, highly prejudicial pre-trial publicity that can only taint the jury pool and deprive Mr Combs of his right to a fair trial”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/10/lawyers-for-sean-combs-allege-us-government-leaked-assault-footage-to-cnn Author : Ben

Labour promised employment rights bill within first 100 days in officeThe government is set to name and shame employers more regularly who fail to pay staff the national minimum wage, Tom Belger is reporting in a story for LabourList. The Department for Business and Trade has said this in a report on the national minimum wage, and how it is enforced, that has been released today alongside the employment rights bill.The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England fell slightly in August, according to the latest figures – even though the number of procedures waiting to be carried

Feeding America thanks Swift for major donation in response to hurricanes Helene and Milton, following her previous philanthropy for tornado relief in TennesseeTaylor Swift has donated $5m to relief efforts connected to hurricanes Helene and Milton.The charity Feeding America thanked Swift, saying it was “incredibly grateful … This contribution will help communities rebuild and recover, providing essential food, clean water, and supplies to people affected by these devastating storms.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/10/taylor-swift-donates-5m-hurricane-relief-efforts-helene-milton Author : Ben Beaumont-Thomas Publish date : 2024-10-10 08:35:41 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.