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Garcia White, convicted in killings of Annette and Bernette Edwards, sixth person put to death in US in the last 11 daysA Texas man convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago was executed on Tuesday evening.Garcia Glenn White was pronounced dead at 6.56pm CDT following a chemical injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the December 1989 killings of Annette and Bernette Edwards. The bodies of the twin girls and their mother, Bonita Edwards, were found in their Houston apartment. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/texas-execution-garcia-glenn-white Author : Associated Press Publish

The French Pacific territory has been hit by violent unrest between communities loyal to Paris and pro-independence Indigenous KanaksFrance’s new prime minister, Michel Barnier, has announced that a provincial election scheduled for December in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has been postponed for a year.During his inaugural address to parliament on Tuesday, Barnier also said a controversial bill proposed by President Emmanuel Macron to amend the constitution to change voting lists in the territory would not be forwarded to a joint meeting of parliament for ratification. The territory’s Indigenous Kanak people fear changes to the voting registry would

Republican nominee visits Wisconsin, pledges to ‘solve’ inflation, and calls Biden and Harris ‘grossly incompetent’Donald Trump reprised his role of a reality TV character during a rally in Waunakee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, telling voters in the key swing state that his Democratic rival Kamala Harris wouldn’t have succeeded on his business competition show.“Kamala, you’re fired!” the ex-president said, invoking his contestant-eliminating tagline from The Apprentice after he urged voters to support him. “Get out of here!” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/trump-kamala-harris-apprentice Author : Victoria Bekiempis Publish date : 2024-10-02 00:02:12 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

JD Vance and Tim Walz will go head to head in New York just weeks ahead of the general electionHow to watch tonight’s VP debateCan’t get enough of the US election? Get our free app and sign up for election alertsThe White House Correspondents’ Association said it has grown “increasingly concerned” about the “lack of media access” inside debate halls.For tonight’s vice-presidential debate, CBS is only allowing one print representative, one television representative and six still photographers, who will not be permitted to move around to take photos during the event, the group said.The WHCA’s insistence on having a full

Prosecutor general investigating drone footage apparently showing summary executions of surrendering soldiersAuthorities in Ukraine have launched an investigation into what they said was the apparent summary execution by Russian troops of 16 Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered on the eastern frontline.“This is the largest reported case of the execution of Ukrainian PoWs on the frontline and yet another indication that the killing and torture of prisoners of war are not isolated incidents,” Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, said on X. “This is a deliberate policy of the Russian military and political leadership.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/01/ukraine-accuses-russia-of-executing-16-pows-on-eastern-front Author :

Iran sends more than 180 ballistic missiles in dramatic escalation of conflictIsrael has vowed to retaliate after Iran launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at targets across Israel in a dramatic intensification of a conflict that appeared to be escalating out of control.“Iran made a big mistake tonight – and it will pay for it,” Benjamin Netanyahu told a meeting of his security cabinet late on Tuesday. “The regime in Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and our determination to retaliate against our enemies.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/01/israel-vows-to-retaliate-after-iran-launches-unprecedented-missile-attack Author : Andrew Roth and Peter Beaumont

Tory leadership contender claims at party conference that a minority leak official secrets and undermine ministersKemi Badenoch has said she believes up to 10% of civil servants are so bad they should be in prison, claiming they leak official secrets and “agitate” against ministers.At a fringe event at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, the leadership contender said she did not want to criticise all civil servants but said there were a few who were obstructive. “There’s about 5-10% of them who are very, very bad. You know, should-be-in-prison bad,” Badenoch said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/01/some-civil-servants-should-be-in-prison-says-kemi-badenoch Author :

National Retail Association says sector is struggling and business owners need ‘every win they can’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast15,000 Australians still in Lebanon, minister saysThe housing minister, Clare O’Neil, spoke with Sunrise just earlier about the Iranian missile attack on Israel – which she described as a “hugely concerning development” the Australian government “utterly condemn”.There roughly 15,000 still in Lebanon and the Australian government is doing what it can to assist those people. Clearly to those people in Lebanon it is not a safe place for you to be. Please

House of Commons defeats oppositional Conservative party’s bid to topple Canadian prime minister’s reignJustin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, has survived a second parliamentary confidence motion in less than a week after opposition parties vowed to keep his minority Liberal government alive for now.Legislators in the House of Commons voted 207-121 to defeat a bid by the official opposition Conservative party to topple Trudeau, who faces increasing voter fatigue after almost nine years in power. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/01/justin-trudeau-confidence-vote-house-commons Author : Reuters in Ottawa Publish date : 2024-10-01 20:23:43 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ex-president refers to climate crisis as ‘one of the great scams’ and plans to attend two fundraisers in oil-rich TexasA day after visiting hurricane-ravaged Georgia, Donald Trump is continuing to deny the climate crisis and court donations from the industry most responsible for planetary heating. Environmentalists worry that he will also gut flood protections and climate policy if he wins November’s presidential election.Hours before Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night as a major category 4 hurricane, Trump said, baselessly, nuclear “warming”, not the climate crisis, is “the warming that you’re going to have to be very

Raisin takes £15,000 prize with ‘a brilliantly rendered glimpse into life in the edge-lands’• Read the story belowBritish novelist Ross Raisin has won the 2024 BBC national short story award for Ghost Kitchen, a story narrated by a bicycle courier and inspired by the gig economy.Raisin was announced as the winner of the £15,000 prize, which is run in collaboration with Cambridge University, on Tuesday evening. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/01/ross-raisin-ghost-kitchen-wins-2024-bbc-national-short-story-award-with-dark-gig-economy-tale-read-it-here Author : Ella Creamer and Ross Raisin Publish date : 2024-10-01 19:00:18 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Oil prices rose by more than 4% as Israeli troops moved into Lebanon and Iran launched missiles on IsraelMiddle East crisis – live updatesAs Israeli troops moved into Lebanon and Iran launched a missile attack on Israel, the risk of a jump in oil prices that could trigger another global inflation shock appeared to be materialising.Oil prices rose by more than 4% to about $75 a barrel on Tuesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/01/financial-markets-oil-price-risk-middle-east-crisis Author : Richard Partington and Jillian Ambrose Publish date : 2024-10-01 18:21:34 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ambulance technician says policy of only donning protective equipment at scene cost vital minutesDying patients experienced vital delays in being treated by paramedics because of the time it took ambulance crews to put on protective personal equipment, the Covid inquiry has been told.An ambulance technician, Mark Tilley, came close to tears on Tuesday as he described how the experience still “played on his mind”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/01/covid-inquiry-ppe-delayed-paramedics-dying-patients Author : Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent Publish date : 2024-10-01 17:30:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Two waves of missiles pass over Jerusalem towards coastal cities with some being intercepted en routeMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran has launched a wave of missiles at Israel hours after White House officials warned Tehran was “imminently” planning to attack.Guardian reporters in Jerusalem witnessed dozens of missiles flying overhead towards Israel’s main coastal cities in a huge attack not long after 7.30pm, with the engines of the rockets clearly visible from below. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/01/iran-imminent-ballistic-missile-attack-israel-us-warns Author : Andrew Roth and Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and William Christou in Beirut Publish date : 2024-10-01 17:11:21 Copyright for

Leadership candidate tells Conservative conference he thought it was good way to remind her of a great PMThe audience at Conservative conferences is not generally easy to surprise, but Robert Jenrick’s revelation drew some audible gasps: yes, he said, his daughter’s middle name was really Thatcher.The unexpected diversion took place on the main conference stage, where Jenrick was the third of four candidates for the party leadership to face an hour-long interview with Christopher Hope of GB News in front of 4,000 delegates in Birmingham. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/01/tory-gasps-as-robert-jenrick-reveals-daughters-middle-name-is-thatcher Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Publish date

New prime minister receives applause and boos in national assembly as he urges political forces to work togetherIn his first address to the French parliament, the new prime minister, Michel Barnier, has said “colossal” debt is a financial “sword of Damocles” hanging over the country, requiring cuts in public spending and tax increases.In an hour-long inaugural address, Barnier was alternately heckled and applauded as he outlined his minority government’s political programme in the national assembly, which remains deeply divided. The lower house is split between three political blocs, none of which emerged with a majority after June’s snap general election.

Exclusive: groups fear government may resurrect Tory plan for mass algorithmic surveillance of bank accountsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have been warned not to resurrect Conservative plans to tackle welfare fraud by launching mass algorithmic surveillance of bank accounts.Disability rights, poverty, pensioner and privacy groups fear the government is poised to deliver a “snooper’s charter” by using automation and possibly artificial intelligence to crack down on benefit cheats and mistakes which cost £10bn a year. They fear it will mean a “huge blow for privacy in the UK”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/01/monitoring-uk-bank-accounts-for-benefits-would-be-huge-blow-to-privacy Author : Robert Booth Social

Actor, who appeared in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Waitress, Hair and Hello, Dolly!, has died of a rare form of cancerGavin Creel, a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony award for Hello, Dolly! opposite Bette Midler and earned nominations for Hair and Thoroughly Modern Millie, died Monday of a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was 48.Publicist Matt Polk said Creel died at his home in Manhattan of metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma. He was diagnosed in July of this year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/oct/01/gavin-creel-dies-broadway Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-10-01 14:43:14 Copyright

Businesses in England and Wales say they are paying for ‘historic errors’ by water suppliersBusiness live – latest updatesSmall businesses have accused water suppliers of saddling them with the cost of “historic errors” made by bosses in the scandal-hit industry, as it emerged their prices could rise nearly 30% by 2030.The water industry regulator, Ofwat, has told businesses that it expects average wholesale charges for non-household customers – which include small firms, charities and hospitals – to increase by about 27% before inflation over the next five years, outstripping the anticipated rise in household bills. Continue reading... Source link :

One worker said Impact Plastics managers would not let employees leave, which company deniesSeveral employees at a plastics factory in eastern Tennessee were killed during Hurricane Helene or are missing, amid warnings that the storm’s current death toll of more than 130 is likely to rise substantially as subsiding floodwaters allow rescuers to search through the wreckage.Impact Plastics confirmed there had been fatalities at its plant in Erwin but did not say how many people had been killed. The company said there were missing and deceased employees as well as a contractor. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/tennessee-plastics-factory-hurricane Author :

ONS figures show there were 14,850 people aged 100 or over in 2023, a decrease of 0.5% on previous yearExtreme longevity might have peaked, with new government data showing fewer centenarians living in England and Wales.According to Estimates of the Very Old, a population analysis by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there were 14,850 people aged 100 or over living in England and Wales in 2023. Among these, an estimated 560 people were aged 105 or older. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/01/peak-longevity-number-of-centenarians-falls-in-england-and-wales Author : Amelia Hill Publish date : 2024-10-01 12:48:43 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Henry Staunton tells inquiry Post Office and government ‘dragged their feet’ on compensation for Horizon IT failuresThe former chair of the Post Office has told a public inquiry there was no interest at all in the exoneration of post office operators at the state-owned body, arguing it and the government “dragged their feet” making compensation payments.Henry Staunton, who was sacked by the former business secretary Kemi Badenoch in January, said that his first impression upon taking up the role in late 2022 was that there wasn’t an acceptance among management of the conclusions of damning high court judgments that the

WikiLeaks founder says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in deal for his release and calls for protection of press freedomJulian Assange has said he chose freedom “over unrealisable justice” as he described his plea deal with US authorities and urged European lawmakers to act to protect freedom of expression in a climate with “more impunity, more secrecy more retaliation for telling the truth”.In his first public statement since the plea deal in June ended his nearly 14 years of prison, embassy confinement and house arrest in the UK, the WikiLeaks founder argued that legal protections for whistleblowers and journalists “only

Exclusive: police say they will fight to prevent the protests due to safety concerns as Palestine Action Group says it ‘unequivocally opposes’ moveThe organisers behind the weekly pro-Palestine protests have criticised New South Wales Police for their decision to apply to the state’s supreme court to prevent two pro-Palestine protests from going ahead on 6 and 7 October.Palestine Action Group (PAG) had informed police of the protests and submitted a Form 1 for both. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/01/nsw-police-attempt-to-block-pro-palestine-rally-on-7-october-an-attack-on-fundamental-democratic-rights-protesters-say Author : Mostafa Rachwani Publish date : 2024-10-01 11:15:46 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Vice-presidential candidates will go head to head in New York City in a crucial contest weeks before the US general electionJoe Biden said entire communities have been “wiped out” by the “catastrophic” impact of Hurricane Helene which has left about 600 people missing or unaccounted for, according to White House estimates.In a video clip of Biden speaking with North Carolina governor, Roy Cooper, the US president said thousands of federal personnel are being deployed to help support search and rescue missions and remove debris from collapsed buildings.I want to express condolences to all the families, to all the families whose