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Far-right congresswoman says ‘they control the weather’ as top disaster relief official decries those making false claimsFar-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing condemnation following several conspiratorial comments amid the devastation of Hurricane Helene that seemed to suggest she believed the US government can control the weather.In a post last week shared with her 1.2 million X followers, the US House representative from Georgia wrote: “Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/07/marjorie-taylor-greene-hurricane-helene Author : Marina Dunbar Publish date : 2024-10-07 18:35:39 Copyright for

Registrar who exchanged more than 1,000 messages with nurse tells public inquiry he believes he was misledA doctor who exchanged more than 1,000 “inappropriate” and “frivolous” Facebook messages with Lucy Letby secured her a placement at another hospital while she was suspected of murdering babies, a public inquiry has heard.The registrar, who can only be named as Dr U, said he had supported the nurse because she was “struggling with her mental health” but that he now believed he had been “misled and maybe manipulated”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/07/doctor-secured-lucy-letby-hospital-placement-while-she-was-suspected-of Author : Josh Halliday North of England editor Publish

Storm could make landfall on Wednesday as state prepares what could be biggest evacuation since 2017Hurricane Milton has rapidly intensified into a category 5 hurricane, just two days before it is due to make landfall in Florida.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami issued the updated forecast on Monday after saying the storm had become a category 4 hurricane more quickly than initially expected. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/07/hurricane-milton-florida-evacuation Author : Anna Betts and agencies Publish date : 2024-10-07 17:48:27 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

President condemns ‘vicious surge in antisemitism in America’ and also references ‘dark day for Palestinian people’Joe Biden commemorated the anniversary of the 7 October attacks in Israel with a candle-lighting ceremony at the White House on Monday.The US president was joined by Jill Biden and Rabbi Aaron Alexander, who said a short prayer. Biden did not speak at the ceremony, but he paid tribute earlier in a statement to “the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust” and condemned the “vicious surge in antisemitism in America” since the attacks. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/07/harris-7-october-hamas-israel Author : Alice

Low sobs and prayers for those killed by Hamas punctuated by sound of artillery fire towards nearby GazaMiddle East crisis – live updatesOne year ago, nearly 400 young Israelis were massacred at the site of the Nova music festival during the 7 October Hamas attack. As mourners gathered at the site of the festival to commemorate the victims on Monday, their low sobs and murmured prayers were punctuated by the sound of artillery and machine guns being fired by soldiers into nearby Gaza.Perhaps no single scene across Israel more expressly exhibited the horrific violence meted out against hundreds of civilians

Wife of Leicester City footballer Jamie Vardy lost ‘Wagatha Christie’ case in July 2022 after suing Rooney for libelRebekah Vardy has challenged the “sheer magnitude” of Coleen Rooney’s £1.8m legal costs from the “Wagatha Christie” libel trial, which include her lawyer’s stay at the Nobu Hotel and minibar bill, the high court has been told.Vardy, the wife of the Leicester City footballer Jamie Vardy, lost the high-profile case in July 2022 after she sued Rooney for libel. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/07/coleen-rooney-claims-libel-battle-with-rebekah-vardy-cost-her-18m-wagatha-christie Author : Emine Sinmaz Publish date : 2024-10-07 16:02:47 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Donald Trump Jr leads charge to penalize consultancy firm after critical messages about his father were made publicDonald Trump’s supporters have threatened the consultancy firm Deloitte with the loss of lucrative government contracts if he returns to the White House after the election in November because one of its employees leaked critical comments about his presidential performance made by his running mate JD Vance.The Republican nominee’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, led the warnings of retribution after the Washington Post published correspondence that showed Vance expressing negative views about the Trump administration long after he claimed he had become a

Pupil, who was 13 at time of attacks, tells Swansea court she carried weapon as she self-harmed and was bulliedA girl who stabbed two teachers and a fellow pupil in a playground has told a jury that she had taken knives into school since she was seven or eight.The girl, who was 13 at the time of the attacks, said she carried blades every day because she used them to self-harm and she was frightened of being bullied and didn’t trust the system to protect her. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/07/girl-stabbed-teachers-pupil-knives-school Author : Steven Morris Publish date : 2024-10-07

Sally Stevenson, who is on assignment with MSF, tells of ‘appalling living conditions’, with no water or sewerage system and ‘loss of hope’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian health worker who is helping to manage emergency care in Gaza is blunt when asked what her fellow Australians need to know about the situation in the besieged territory after a year of war.“That it is worse than you can imagine,” Sally Stevenson tells Guardian Australia. “The destruction is everywhere, as far as the eye can see, it is in the air we breathe. There is

Met Office issues yellow thunderstorm warning and says flooding and lightning strikes most likely in coastal areasThunderstorms and heavy rain may cause travel disruption across parts of southern England and Wales, the Met Office has forecast.The weather service has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning from 4pm to 11.59pm on Monday across much of south Wales, south-west England and parts of southern England. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/07/thunderstorms-heavy-rain-southern-england-wales-met-office Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-10-07 13:21:12 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Vice-president begins week-long run of media appearances as polling continues to show race is too close to callJoe Biden and Kamala Harris are among the global leaders commemorating the anniversary of the 7 October attack in Israel today, as is Donald Trump.At 11.45am ET, the president will hold a ceremony at the White House, where he’ll conduct a yahrzeit candle lighting alongside an unnamed rabbi. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will at 4pm plant a tree on the grounds of the vice-president’s residence in honor of the lives lost in the attack. Harris will also give a speech. Continue

Protests have been broken up with violence and opposition politicians from Imran Khan’s party arrestedPakistani authorities have unleashed a draconian crackdown on dissent, breaking up opposition protests with violence and mass arrests and banning a movement to promote the rights of the ethnic Pashtun community under terrorism laws.Hundreds of riot police fired teargas and charged with batons as supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of the incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, gathered to protest over the weekend in the cities of Islamabad and Lahore. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/07/pakistan-bans-pashtun-group-ptm-crackdown-dissent Author : Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent Publish

A sombre crowd was urged to ‘honour and remember’ those who have died amid the Israeli military campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs the sun began to set at Sydney’s Town Hall, some quietly lit candles while a person began reading the first few stanzas of a poem. Calls for resistance echoed throughout the city’s CBD.Eighteen year old activist Hussein Abdullah took the microphone, identifying himself as Lebanese-Muslim. “I’m angry,” he started. “I’m outraged - 365 days of genocide, 365 days since the world abandoned us. The only other emotion that has outweighed my rage

Trump’s ‘comfort blanket’ told to focus on surrogate work in New Hampshire after losing to campaign chiefsTwo months after he swept into the 2024 campaign as a senior adviser and suggested he would be taking it over, Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s onetime 2016 campaign chief, has lost that power struggle and been told to focus on being a surrogate, according to people familiar with the matter.The reassignment may sting for Lewandowski, who technically returned to Trump’s orbit in a leadership role in the summer but quickly made enemies over his suggestion he would mount a power play and questions about

Scope of oil and gas influence underscores concerns technology will prolong demand for planet-heating natural gasThe UK government’s move to award £22bn in subsidies to carbon capture projects followed a sharp increase in lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, it can be revealed.Oil and gas giants such as Equinor, BP, and ExxonMobil attended 24 of 44 external ministerial meetings to discuss carbon capture and storage (CCS) in 2023, according to official transparency records. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/07/uks-22bn-carbon-capture-pledge-follows-surge-in-lobbying-by-fossil-fuel-industry-records-show Author : TJ Jordan Publish date : 2024-10-07 10:00:15 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Hurricane activity is strong in Atlantic while months of below-average rainfall in South America leads to droughtHurricane Kirk is heading towards Europe. At its peak strength in the mid-Atlantic, Kirk reached category 4 status with maximum wind speeds of 145mph. As Kirk tracks north-east towards Europe, leaving the warm seas behind, it is expected to be downgraded to a category 1 hurricane by Monday.Over the next few days, Kirk will undergo extratropical transition, becoming an ex-hurricane by the time it reaches Europe’s shores on Tuesday or Wednesday. Although there remains some model differences in the exact path of extratropical cyclone

Malmesbury sanctuary pays tribute to ‘jolly’ bird, which is thought to have drowned after falling into swollen river at nightThe tale of Irwin the missing emu has ended sadly with the “jolly” big bird’s body found in a river close to the sanctuary where he was last seen alive a week ago.Staff at the Malmesbury animal sanctuary in Wiltshire believe Irwin slipped into the swollen river while playing with other emus and drowned. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/07/missing-emu-irwin-found-dead-wiltshire-river-search Author : Steven Morris Publish date : 2024-10-07 08:41:22 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Government needs to get better at communicating what it stands for, veterans from New Labour era argueGood morning. Opposition parties are fond of accusing a prime minister in difficulties of attempting a relaunch, and sometimes you hear the claim every time there is a big speech after a single bad week. But what we are seeing from Keir Starmer this week is a genuine relaunch, triggered by a recognition that things were going wrong. It is a big moment for the government – although how much difference it will make will not be clear for a while.Here is our overnight

Body believed to be that of missing 31-year-old babysitter located at destroyed townhouse in ThornesideFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland police have found the body of a second person at the scene of a house fire at Thorneside, south of Brisbane, believed to be that of a missing 31-year-old woman.It comes after the body of an eight-year-old girl was found by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services after the fire was extinguished on Sunday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/07/queensland-house-fire-death-thorneside-baby-sitter-missing Author

Rising pay and falling interest rates help make mortgages more affordable for some homebuyersBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices climbed for the third month in a row in September as rising worker pay and falling interest rates helped make mortgages more affordable for some homebuyers, according to a leading index.Data released by Halifax, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, showed that prices climbed by 0.3% in September, extending a streak of rising prices that began in July this year. The month-on-month increase matches the 0.3% rise recorded in August. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/07/uk-house-prices-rise-halifax-pay-interest-rates Author : Kalyeena Makortoff Publish date

Trade groups warn against government’s idea that those further from power projects should pay more The bruising debate over UK zonal energy pricingA plan to redraw the energy market risks undermining Britain’s industrial sector and its mission to attract billions in green energy investments, according to major business groups.In a letter to Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, trade groups representing some of the biggest investors in green energy and manufacturing have spoken out against the government’s proposal for a “radical” overhaul of the market that could mean higher energy bills for those based farther away from energy projects. Continue reading...

Northern Thailand has been hit by severe floods over recent weeks, with Typhoon Yagi worsening the seasonal monsoon rainsTwo elephants have drowned, while power was cut and hotels were forced to evacuate guests after the Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai was hit by its worst flooding in decades over the weekend.Across Thailand, 20 provinces are flooded, including nine in the northern region, where 8,625 households are affected according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/07/thailand-typhoon-yagi-elephants-rescued-chiang-mai Author : Rebecca Ratcliffe, south-east Asia correspondent Publish date : 2024-10-07 06:02:01 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah intelligence and weapons storage, as rocket hits Haifa injuring at least 5 peopleMiddle East crisis: follow live updatesCeremonies were held across Israel on Monday as the country marked the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks, with the war it launched in response raging in Gaza and escalating in Lebanon, while conflict threatened to spread across the Middle East.In the hours leading up to the anniversary, Israel bombed targets in Beirut and Gaza, while Hezbollah rockets struck Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city, causing damage to buildings, police said. Israeli media reported 5 people

Bethan McKernan visits Nir Oz in southern Israel to talk to survivors about Hamas’s attack on 7 October last year, and to discuss what has happened to their kibbutz and the wider region sinceAbout a quarter of kibbutz Nir Oz’s population was killed or kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October last year. Proportionally, nowhere in Israel was affected more.Twelve months later, our Jerusalem correspondent, Bethan McKernan, travels down southern Israel to visit the settlement, just a few miles away from the Gaza Strip, to talk to survivors. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/oct/07/7-october-one-year-on-a-return-to-kibbutz-nir-oz-podcast Author : Presented by Michael Safi with

All crew safe after specialist dive and hydrographic vessel ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu as it was conducting a reef surveyA Royal New Zealand Navy vessel has run aground and sunk off Samoa, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday.Manawanui, the navy’s specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu on Saturday night as it was conducting a reef survey, Commodore Shane Arndell, the maritime component commander of the New Zealand Defence Force, said in a statement. All 75 crew and passengers were safe. Continue reading... Source link