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Politician cites ‘cruel and unnecessary policies’ as she lambasts prime minister’s ‘managerial and technocratic approach’A Labour MP has resigned from the parliamentary party after criticising Keir Starmer’s “cruel and unnecessary” policies and lambasting the prime minister’s “managerial and technocratic approach” to politics.In a furious letter announcing her decision, Rosie Duffield, the Canterbury MP, said she felt relief in making the decision. She said the row over freebies handed to Starmer and his top team demonstrated that “sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice are off the scale”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/28/rosie-duffield-resigns-as-labour-mp-with-scathing-attack-on-keir-starmers-leadership Author : Michael Savage Policy Editor Publish date :

Incident at London’s National Gallery came just hours after other members of group jailed over similar protestThree protesters have been charged with criminal damage and will appear in court after soup was thrown at two Vincent van Gogh paintings on Friday.Just Stop Oil activists poured soup over two paintings in the National Gallery, London, just hours after other members of the group were jailed for damaging the gold frame of the artist’s Sunflowers painting. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/28/three-just-stop-oil-activists-charged-after-soup-thrown-at-van-gogh-paintings Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2024-09-28 17:47:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Rain has been pouring since Friday night and is expected to continue over the weekendFlooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 66 people in Nepal, and a further 69 are missing, officials said Saturday. Rain has been pouring down since Friday night and is expected to continue over the weekend. Home ministry spokesperson Rishiram Tiwari told reporters there were 66 people reported dead across the country, of whom 34 were in the capital, Kathmandu. Sixty people were injured and 3,010 rescued across the Himalayan country, he added. He said all divisions of security forces in the

Schools that are part of the Harris Federation accused of taking too long to help staff get UK teaching qualificationTeachers recruited from Jamaica to work for a major chain of academy schools in London have spoken of their “devastation” on finding out that they are being paid thousands of pounds a year less than English-trained recruits with similar levels of experience.The Harris Federation, England’s second largest academy chain, with 54 state-funded schools, has been recruiting from Jamaica in recent years, bringing teachers to the UK who are attracted by higher salaries than they can earn in the Caribbean. Continue reading...

The former president will speak a day after Harris accused him of ‘playing political games’ on immigrationAfter Harris’s speech focused on immigration yesterday, the Democratic senator Chris Murphy said the Democrats’ goal of new pathways to citizenship will take a back seat.“The priorities have to be getting the border under control,” Murphy told NBC News. “The numbers are very low right now, but you can’t guarantee that that will remain the case.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/sep/28/us-election-blog-trump-harris-walz Author : Coral Murphy Marcos Publish date : 2024-09-28 15:29:32 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Flooding and landslides strike southern Appalachians after hurricane pummeled the region and caused 44 deathsAt least 44 people are confirmed dead and almost 4 million are without power on Saturday, after strong winds and torrential rain from Hurricane Helene wreaked unprecedented havoc across large swathes of the south-eastern United States.Historic flooding continued over parts of the southern Appalachians on Saturday, as first responders worked to reach stranded communities in trying conditions while local authorities began to assess the scale of the damage and displacement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/28/hurricane-helene-devastation-us-south-east Author : Nina Lakhani and agencies Publish date : 2024-09-28

Police hunting for suspects in attacks that took place in same neighbourhood in Eastern Cape provinceSeventeen people, including 15 women, have been killed in two mass shootings that took place close to each other in a rural town in South Africa, police said.A search was under way for the suspects, the national police spokesperson, Brig Athlenda Mathe, said in a statement on Saturday. One other person was in critical condition in the hospital, she added. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/28/south-africa-eastern-cape-mass-shootings Author : Associated Press in Johannesburg Publish date : 2024-09-28 13:40:40 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Days after floods hit, further heavy rain likely to cause travel delays and flooding from 4pm on SundayWeather warnings have been issued as strong winds and heavy rain are on the way to the UK, days after some areas were hit by flooding.A yellow rain warning has been issued by the Met Office – meaning further heavy rain is likely to cause some travel delays and flooding – covering much of southern England and south Wales between 4pm on Sunday and 9am on Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/28/uk-weather-wind-rain-warnings-issued-southern-england-south-wales Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-09-28 12:09:48 Copyright

Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a ‘proponent of scientific racism’New College of Florida (NCF) will host the extremist writer Steve Sailer, who has been described as a “white supremacist” and a “proponent of scientific racism”, at a college-branded public event next month.New College has made headlines since January 2023, when the rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis, vowed to transform it from a university known for liberal values into a conservative institution, and installed a new board of trustees including the rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo. That board in turn appointed DeSantis’s “close ally”

Former PM says leadership candidates must understand that party lost election because it ‘trashed our brand’The Conservatives “failed to see the threat from the Liberal Democrats” while focusing too much on the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, Theresa May has said.Writing in the Times on the eve of the party’s annual conference in Birmingham, Lady May said the remaining candidates for the Tory leadership could “play into Reform’s hands” by failing to understand the reasons behind their electoral humiliation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/28/tories-too-focused-reform-lib-dem-threat-theresa-may Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2024-09-28 11:35:12 Copyright for syndicated

Long-understood rules governing balance of deterrence between militant group and Israel have been blown awayMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesIsrael’s claimed assassination of Hezbollah’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a massive strike on an underground headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs marks the most alarming escalation in almost a year of war between the Shia militant organisation and Israel.Immediately after a bellicose speech by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the UN general assembly – where he appeared to directly threaten Iran as well as promise to continue “degrading” Hezbollah – the first reports of a major strike began

While election almost certain to be decided by swing states, pollsters explain why growth in national polls is meaningfulKamala Harris has stretched her lead over Donald Trump in the US presidential election race, the latest polling averages show, even while the two candidates appear to be running neck-and-neck in most battleground states.The Guardian’s newest poll tracker, based on a range of surveys conducted across a 10-day period, shows the vice-president and Democratic nominee at 48.2%, compared with 44.4% for Trump, the Republican candidate and former president – giving Harris a 3.6-point advantage. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/28/harris-stretches-lead-over-trump Author :

IDF says southern front commander Ali Karki and other senior leaders killed in bombing of Beirut headquartersMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesThe Israeli military has said it has killed Hezbollah’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a series of strikes on a southern suburb of Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in the Lebanese capital.The announcement on Saturday morning came after overnight speculation about the fate of Nasrallah, who has led Hezbollah for three decades. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/28/israel-says-it-has-killed-hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah Author : Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and William Christou in Beirut Publish

‘I believed things he told me that I now understand to be … lies,’ Dave Hancock says in new Rittenhouse documentaryA former spokesperson for Kyle Rittenhouse says he became disillusioned with his ex-client after learning that he had sent text messages pledging to “fucking murder” shoplifters outside a Chicago pharmacy before later shooting two people to death during racial justice protests in Wisconsin in 2020.Dave Hancock made that remark about Rittenhouse – for whom he also worked as a security guard – on a Law & Crime documentary that premiered on Friday. The show explored the unsuccessful criminal prosecution of

Ukraine’s interior minister said one person killed in initial attack before the site was hit again during the evacuation Australia’s ABC News is rejecting Moscow’s claims that two of its journalists acted illegally by entering the Ukrainian-occupied Kursk region in Russia.The Russian news agency Tass reported on Friday that the Russian Federal Security Service had “initiated and is investigating criminal cases” against the broadcaster’s Europe correspondent Kathryn Diss and camera operator Fletcher Yeung, as well as Romanian journalist Barbu Mircea, for the crime of “Illegal crossing of Russia’s State Border” – a crime punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment.

Self-styled ‘image architect’ helped turn Zendaya into a household name – and catapulted himself into the spotlightHe is the man behind some of the most memorable moments in fashion – but you have probably never heard of him.Law Roach is the 46-year-old stylist who put Céline Dion in a pink frothy millefeuille-esque coat on the cover of Vogue France, dressed the actor Hunter Schafer in little more than a feather at a 2023 Oscars party, and convinced the model Bella Hadid to wear solely vintage on the Cannes red carpet. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2024/sep/28/law-roach-celebrity-styling-zendaya-image-architect Author : Chloe Mac

Witnesses hear more than 20 airstrikes before dawn on Saturday in southern Beirut a day after Israel launched attack apparently targeting Hezbollah leaderNumerous reports have said that Hezbollah’s long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of Israel’s strikes on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday evening. There has been no official confirmation of whether Nasrallah is dead or not.The Israeli Defense Forces said the military carried out a “very accurate” strike on Hezbollah headquarters, but did not mention Nasrallah’s name. Media outlets quoted Hezbollah sources as saying he was “alive and well” but the Iran-backed militant

Magic Notes tool records and analyses face-to-face meetings and suggests follow-up actionsHundreds of social workers in England have begun using an artificial intelligence system that records conversations, drafts letters to doctors and proposes actions that human workers might not have considered.Councils in Swindon, Barnet and Kingston are among seven now using the AI tool that sits on social workers’ phones to record and analyse face-to-face meetings. The Magic Notes AI tool writes almost instant summaries and suggests follow-up actions, including drafting letters to GPs. Two dozen more councils have or are piloting it. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/28/social-workers-england-ai-system-magic-notes Author

Supporters rally to Rachel Kyte after criticism of appointment over link to investment firm Quadrature CapitalThe UK’s new climate envoy will retain her role on the board of a charity whose founders made a multimillion-pound donation to the Labour party and have investments in fossil fuels, the Guardian has learned.Rachel Kyte, the former World Bank climate chief who was announced as the UK’s special representative on climate this week, is on the climate advisory board of Quadrature Climate Foundation, a charity set up by the founders of the Quadrature Capital investment company. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/28/uk-climate-envoy-to-keep-role-at-charity-whose-founders-invest-in-fossil-fuels Author :

Exclusive: Calls for urgent reform after figures show almost half of donations since 2010 given in last two yearsMPs have declared more than £6m in “freebies” since 2010 with the cash price of gifts given almost tripling over two years, analysis reveals, leading to calls for urgent reform.The value of “gifts, benefits and hospitality” declared by MPs was £1.3m in 2023, analysis shows, up from £483,507 in 2021. And the amount of gifts increased to 768 from 337 during the same period. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/28/mps-have-declared-more-than-6m-in-freebies-since-2010-analysis-shows Author : Michael Goodier and Eleni Courea Publish date : 2024-09-28 05:00:06

Police watchdog finds boy restrained for longer than necessary by officers involved in stop and search in London Officers who handcuffed and restrained a 14-year-old black schoolboy on the ground during a stop and search in London committed misconduct, the police watchdog has said.PC McCorley Clewes and former PC Benjamin Morgan were among four Metropolitan police officers involved in the stop in Blackhorse Lane, Croydon, on 23 June 2022 at about 5.30pm after reports of a stolen mobile phone. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/27/met-officers-who-restrained-boy-14-on-ground-committed-misconduct Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-09-27 20:16:39 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

There will be ‘meet our candidates’ Q&As, and fringe events – but limited self-reflection at the gathering in BirminghamThe first party conference after a defeat generally tends to be a cross between a wake, an inquest, and a beauty contest for those who believe they have the answers to what went wrong. The Conservatives’ gathering in Birmingham is set to be no different – but with a particular emphasis on the third.So what is in store from Sunday for the embattled party faithful and remaining MPs, plus sections of the media and lobbying industry who decide it’s worth going along

To half-empty chamber, Israeli PM says his country ‘seeks peace’ but will continue ‘degrading’ HezbollahMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesBenjamin Netanyahu shrugged off global appeals for a ceasefire in a defiant speech to the United Nations that was delivered barely an hour before massive airstrikes targeting Hezbollah’s leader levelled several apartment blocks in Beirut.Addressing the general assembly in New York, Israel’s prime minister presented his country as a champion of peace and prosperity for the Middle East, even as its security forces prepared an attack that spread terror in the streets of the Lebanese capital and heightened fears of

Speaking in Arizona, vice-president seeks to turn one of her biggest vulnerabilities into a political strengthKamala Harris accused Donald Trump of “playing political games” on immigration – his signature issue – as the vice-president sought to turn one of her biggest vulnerabilities into a political strength during a visit to the US-Mexico border on Friday.Speaking in the Arizona border town of Douglas, Harris declared the US both a “sovereign nation” and a “country of immigrants” and said as president, she would strengthen controls at the southern border, while working “to fix our broken system of immigration”. Continue reading... Source link

Ex-president complains search results unfairly favor Kamala Harris and display negative stories about himDonald Trump threatened on Friday to direct the justice department to pursue criminal charges against Google if he is elected president, claiming the company was unfairly displaying negative news articles about him but not his 2024 election opponent Kamala Harris.The complaint – the latest threat on the campaign trail from Trump to wield the power of the presidency in response to enemies real or perceived – came in an abrupt post on Truth Social. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/trump-google-threat-criminal-charges Author : Hugo Lowell in Washington Publish