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Mr Justice Fancourt says ‘campaign between two obdurate but well-resourced armies’ is taking up too much court timeThe Duke of Sussex’s legal action against the publisher of the Sun resembles a campaign between “two obdurate but well-resourced armies” and is taking up more than an appropriate amount of court time, a high court judge has said.Prince Harry, 40, alleges he was targeted by journalists and private investigators working for News Group Newspapers (NGN), which also published the now-defunct News Of The World. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/04/high-court-judge-criticises-legal-battle-between-prince-harry-and-the-sun Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-10-04 11:11:37 Copyright for syndicated

Former president will kick off battleground tour with all-important Pennsylvania next weekDonald Trump pledged to bring back drilling in the Alaska arctic wildlife refuge if he becomes president.Trump said:We would have supplied the entire Asian continent. We would have supplied Asia. We would have supplied everybody. But we’ll have it redone very quickly … I actually got it approved in Congress as part of … the biggest tax cuts in history for this country. I got that approved in Congress. We got ANWR so they didn’t kill it in Congress, and I don’t think they ever could. So we’ll get

Exclusive: Broadcaster joins board of Climate Emergency Fund and says there needs to be new ways of pushing for changeClimate activists need to stop blocking roads and start holding fossil fuel executives personally to account, Chris Packham has said, after being appointed to the board of one of the biggest activist funds in the world.The naturalist and broadcaster is the first non-US-based director of the Climate Emergency Fund, which has given almost $15m (£11.4m) to activists taking part in non-violent civil disobedience around the world since 2019. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/oct/04/chris-packham-appointed-to-board-of-climate-emergency-fund Author : Damien Gayle Environment correspondent Publish

App that doesn’t require users’ emails or phone numbers secured over $1m in funding with help from Jack DorseySome far-right extremists have fled Telegram for a new haven: SimpleX, a messaging service that just secured over $1m in funding with the help of Jack Dorsey, once the CEO of Twitter, now known as X.The migration from Telegram began after the app’s founder and chief executive, Pavel Durov, announced a crackdown on illegal content and cooperation with law enforcement requests. Just weeks ago, Durov was arrested in France on a litany of charges that allege Telegram helped spread child sexual abuse

Tim Martin criticises schooner suggestion and urges UK government not to restrict pub licensing hoursThe boss of Wetherspoon’s has urged the government not to heed calls to restrict pub licensing hours or swap pint glasses for smaller schooners, arguing that pubs have “changed radically in recent decades”.Amid reports, denied by the health department, of moves to cut alcohol consumption, Tim Martin, the pub chain’s chief executive, said the industry had moved away from a focus purely on beer, and Pepsi, tea and coffee were now the most popular drinks in his establishments. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/04/wetherspoons-boss-tim-martin-calls-academics-smaller-beer-glass-proposal-slightly-daft Author :

Brian ‘Smash’ Chladil made the coments while speaking at the Australian Women in Music Awards conference on TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe co-founder of Oztix has apologised for saying women’s clothing at work can be a “distraction” to “pent-up” male colleagues who are away from their wives, while speaking at a conference for women in the music industry.Brian “Smash” Chladil made the comments as part of the all-male “Brothers for the Sisterhood” panel at the Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA) conference in Brisbane held on

Labour’s proposals for carbon capture and storage will be part of biggest change to UK economy 200 years, says Ed MilibandWhile we are talking about the environment, my colleague Damian Carrington, our environment editor, has just published this article, looking at a study in which researchers found that people are significantly more willing to reduce their own carbon footprint if they see political leaders doing the same.Energy minister Ed Miliband has conceded that the government needs to do more to persuade people to switch to EVs, after plans were criticised by industry bosses.There’s two particular problems that I would identify.

Candidate passed over in 2022 when former Labor senator Kristina Keneally was parachuted into seat before losing to independent Dai LeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor has set up the electoral battle for Fowler that could have taken place in 2022, announcing Tu Le as its candidate to take on the popular independent Dai Le.Tu Le was considered the shoo-in for preselection in the western Sydney seat, having won the backing of the former long-term Labor MP Chris Hayes before his retirement ahead of the last election.Sign

Freedom of information documents reveal mining magnate lobbying National Gallery chair over Vincent Namatjira portraitsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBillionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart not only wanted two unflattering portraits of her removed from exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia; she wanted them “permanently disposed of”.According to emails released by the museum under freedom of information laws on Thursday, Rinehart sought the assistance of the NGA’s chair, Ryan Stokes, on 8 April, sending the following email: “Hi Ryan, I know but now that I’m told you’re

NSW police fired at two men in a car allegedly driven at them, while in Hillside, Victoria police shot a man allegedly armed with a knife at scene of stabbingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree men have been shot by police in two separate and unrelated incidents – with two fighting for their lives in hospital – in Sydney and Melbourne. New South Wales police said that at about 12.10pm on Friday, officers responding to a report of a stolen car in a Wentworthville car park, in

Reports suggest the strikes on Dahiyeh were targeting Hashem Safieddine, who is seen as the most likely candidate to replace Hassan NasrallahMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Israeli military launched a series of strikes on southern Beirut on Thursday night, in one of the most intense bombardments on the city since the campaign began last week.A source close to Hezbollah told the AFP news agency that Israel had conducted 11 consecutive strikes on the group’s stronghold in the Lebanese capital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/04/israel-hezbollah-strikes-lebanon-beirut-hashem-safieddine Author : William Christou in Beirut and agencies Publish date : 2024-10-04 05:24:33 Copyright

Target in Lebanese capital thought to be Nasrallah successor Hashem Safieddine, Israeli media report; West Bank Israeli airstrike kills 18, Palestinian media sayIsrael orders evacuation of southern Lebanese city as Beirut strikes continueThe latest apparent Israeli attack on Hezbollah leadership, in which Hashem Safieddine, the presumed next leader of Hezbollah, was reportedly the target, comes almost exactly a week after leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a massive Israeli strike on Beirut that flattened several apartment blocks.Israel has a long history of assassinating its enemies, often causing civilian casualties, and has also killed around 20 other senior Hezbollah figures in

Defamation trial told of message from Sky News host to John Pesutto’s chief of staff while helping to set up officeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSky News host Peta Credlin warned against expelling Moira Deeming from the Victorian Liberal party room in a text message to John Pesutto’s chief of staff, whose office she was then helping to set up, a court has heard.Deeming, now an independent MP after her expulsion, is suing the Victorian opposition leader for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser after

Bosses say cost of complying with zero-emission vehicle mandate is ‘astronomical, and unsustainable’UK electric car sales hit a record high in September, even as bosses from big carmakers told the chancellor that government targets were putting too much pressure on the industry.The British industry sold 56,300 electric cars during the month, the highest on record, according to preliminary data published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/04/carmakers-ramp-up-pressure-on-chancellor-for-ev-sales-subsidies Author : Jasper Jolly Publish date : 2024-10-04 04:00:44 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Party follows the recommendations of independent Parliamentary Workplace Support Service, leader saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens leader, Adam Bandt, has said the party takes the issue of bullying “very seriously” and follows the recommendations of the independent parliament workplace support service after allegations were made in recent media reports against a West Australian senator.Bandt defended his party’s approach on Thursday afternoon after bullying allegations against Dorinda Cox were published by Nine newspapers.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/04/dorinda-cox-bullying-allegations-wa-greens-adam-bandt-ntwnfb

Democratic vice-presidential candidate spoke virtually at advocacy group Emgage Action’s eventIn a final push to engage Muslim voters ahead of the election, Tim Walz called for the end of the war in Gaza and pledged that, if elected, the Harris administration would work “side by side” with Muslim Americans.The vice-presidential candidate joined Muslim advocacy group Emgage Action’s Million Muslim Votes: A Way Forward virtual summit the day after the vice-presidential debate. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/03/tim-walz-muslim-voters Author : Melissa Hellmann Publish date : 2024-10-04 02:11:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Republican and former Wyoming representative appeals to undecided voters in Ripon, Wisconsin, on ThursdayLiz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s most prominent conservative critics, appealed to the millions of undecided Americans who could decide the outcome of the 2024 election, asking them to “reject the depraved cruelty” of the former president.A former representative from Wyoming, Cheney cast the stakes in November as nothing less than the future of American democracy as she appeared alongside Kamala Harris in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Thursday, the symbolic birthplace of the modern Republican party. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/03/liz-cheney-kamala-harris-wisconsin Author : Lauren Gambino in Washington

Palestinian security services say attack on Tulkarm refugee camp is deadliest on West Bank in 24 yearsMiddle East crisis: latest updatesAt least 18 people were killed in a West Bank refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry has said, following an airstrike that the Israeli military claimed killed a local Hamas leader.A source within the Palestinian security services told the AFP news agency that the attack was the deadliest in the West Bank since 2000. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/04/israel-west-bank-refugee-camp-tulkarm-strike-death-toll Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2024-10-04 01:10:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The Born to Run singer praises Harris and Tim Walz’s commitment to ‘the vision of America I’ve been consistently writing about for 55 years’Bruce Springsteen has officially thrown his support behind Kamala Harris, endorsing her for president and simultaneously opposing Donald Trump, calling him “the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime”.The Born to Run singer made the announcement in a video posted to his Instagram on Thursday evening (US time) in which he described the upcoming election as “one of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/04/bruce-springsteen-endorses-kamala-harris-for-president-while-criticising-dangerous-trump Author : Dee Jefferson

Hurricane that made landfall as category 4 last week is described as one of deadliest storms in US historyA week after Hurricane Helene made landfall in the US, search-and-rescue teams continue to look for missing people in parts of the south-east that were devastated by the storm, and nearly a million people in the region remain without power.Officials have reported at least 215 deaths across six states, and have warned that the toll is expected to rise as recovery efforts continue. A separate NBC News tally found that at least 202 people have died, including at least 98 in North

Investment will fund two CCS clusters – but environmental campaigners have criticised plansRachel Reeves is paving the way for a multibillion-pound increase in public-sector investment at the budget after the government announced plans to commit almost £22bn over 25 years to fund carbon capture and storage projects.In what is expected to be one of the biggest green spending promises of the parliament, the chancellor, prime minister and the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, will unveil the details on a visit to the Liverpool city region on Friday declaring a “new era” for clean energy jobs. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/04/labour-to-commit-almost-22bn-to-fund-carbon-capture-and-storage-projects

International Longshoremen’s Association announces agreement for wage hike and immediate work resumptionThe US ports strike that shut down shipping on the east coast for three days came to an end on Thursday after dock workers and port operators reached an agreement for a wage hike.The International Longshoremen’s Association announced that the union agreed to a tentative deal with the United States Maritime Alliance on wages and will extend the contract through January 2025. Work would resume immediately, the union said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/03/dock-workers-ports-strike-deal Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2024-10-03 22:59:38 Copyright for syndicated

Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith were convicted of witness tampering in the death of NicholsA jury has convicted three former Memphis police officers of violating Tyre Nichols’s civil rights in a 2023 beating that led to the 29-year-old father’s death.Jurors convicted Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith of witness tampering in the death of Nichols. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/03/tyre-nichols-verdict-police-officers-memphis Author : Guardian Staff and agencies Publish date : 2024-10-03 22:19:46 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Business students at £9,250-a-year Regent College London raised series of complaints with Office for StudentsStudents at a private higher education college charging £9,250 a year were taught by staff reading out bullet points and showing videos, according to an investigation that found one tutor held an online class while appearing to be on public transport.The students attending Regent College London told investigators from England’s higher education regulator that teaching staff changed frequently, including one cover tutor who “arrived almost half an hour late” to host an online class and “was clearly travelling or in a public place”. Continue reading... Source

Activists have agreed that no Hezbollah flags will be flown, police say. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFull Story: the right to protest and Peter Dutton’s strongman politicsAfter protests against strikes on Lebanon at the weekend included some people holding the Hezbollah flag, opposition leader Peter Dutton suggested parliament should be recalled to enact new anti-terrorism laws that would cover such actions if it was not already illegal. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/oct/04/australia-news-live-pro-palestine-rally-police-qld-election-youth-justice-teeth-dentists-healthcare-cost-of-living-ntwnfb Author : Rafqa Touma Publish date : 2024-10-03 21:12:52 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.