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Chancellor will confirm inquiries in conference speech as Labour tries to move on from donations scandalRachel Reeves will announce on Monday that she has ordered investigations into more than £600m worth of Covid contracts awarded under the Conservatives as Labour struggles to get back on the front foot over questions of ethics.After days of bruising allegations over donations, the chancellor will confirm that she will refer more than half of contracts for material such as masks to the incoming Covid corruption commissioner, after the previous government recommended dropping any attempt to investigate them. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/22/rachel-reeves-orders-investigations-into-600m-of-covid-contracts Author

Democratic nominee says she accepted an invitation from CNN to debate Republican rival, who said it was ‘too late’Kamala Harris laid down another challenge to Republican rival Donald Trump to meet her for a second debate before November’s presidential election, telling supporters in New York that her opponent “seems to be looking for an excuse” to avoid a second confrontation.On Saturday, the vice-president and Democratic nominee said she had accepted an invitation from CNN to debate the former president, but Trump said it was already “too late”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/22/harris-trump-second-debate-excuse-cnn Author : Edward Helmore Publish date :

Mark Rowley launches initiative that includes reset of stop and search, but acknowledges ‘there is still a lot to do’Scotland Yard has launched its latest steps to try to rebuild trust with London’s black community, which the Met police commissioner acknowledged had been let down for many years.Mark Rowley said “there remains a long way to go and there is a lot more work to do”, but that the force’s race action plan was a step in the right direction. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/23/met-police-chief-hails-race-action-plan-as-a-step-in-the-right-direction Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-09-22 23:01:22 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Competition watchdog alleges supermarkets briefly increased prices on hundreds of products before placing them in discount promotionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesThe competition regulator is suing Coles and Woolworths over allegations they misled shoppers by engaging in “illusory” discounts on hundreds of common supermarket products.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claimed on Monday that the major chains derived significant revenue from the sale of tens of millions of products sold through promotions that the regulator says breached consumer law. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/23/accc-suing-coles-woolworths-discounts-misleading Author : Jonathan Barrett Publish date : 2024-09-23 00:29:31 Copyright for

Prof Rawinia Higgins tells the Guardian that te reo Māori is under threat from the rightwing coalition despite long-running efforts to revive itNew Zealand’s Māori language commissioner has described government policies to limit the use of the Indigenous language in the public service as “a risk” to the half-century effort to revive it.“Any affront to the efforts that we have been making has to be taken seriously,” the commissioner, Prof Rawinia Higgins, told the Guardian. “We’re seeing a reaction – only from a small corner of people, but enough that we don’t want that to snowball.” Continue reading... Source link

Health secretary shares light-hearted quip at party’s conference over embattled No 10 aide Wes Streeting has joked that Keir Starmer’s embattled senior aide Sue Gray also “shot JFK” and was “hiding Lord Lucan” amid a continuing row over her salary.The health secretary made light of suggestions of mounting acrimony at the heart of government as he spoke at an event on the sidelines of the Labour party conference in Liverpool. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/22/sue-gray-shot-jfk-and-is-hiding-lord-lucan-jokes-wes-streeting Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-09-22 22:47:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says gross debt at the end of 2023-24 was $907bn. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKaty Gallagher was also up on ABC RN this morning, where she was again asked about the Greens’ position regarding the RBA reforms. She responded:Well, I just think the Greens are out of control at the moment, full of self importance and out seeking populist approach to everything. It’s crazy what they’re saying to us.So if that’s their ultimatum – and you know, it’s a bit unseemly, Nick McKim going around issuing ultimatums

Exclusive: Welsh secretary will use conference speech to announce measure for elective treatment and outpatientsNHS patients in Wales will be allowed to travel to England to receive care for the first time ever under plans to be announced by the Welsh secretary on Monday.Jo Stevens will tell the Labour conference in Liverpool that she is drawing up proposals to allow patients to travel between England and Wales to receive outpatient or elective treatment. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/22/labour-plans-to-allow-travel-between-england-and-wales-for-nhs-treatment Author : Kiran Stacey Political correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-22 21:00:19 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

As Chinese carmakers become more powerful, US fears installed sensors and software could be used for espionageThe Biden administration has proposed new rules that would in effect prohibit Chinese-made vehicles from US roads after a months-long investigation into software and digital connections that could be used to spy on Americans or sabotage the vehicles.The proposed rules come as Chinese automakers become more powerful in global markets, exporting a flood of high-tech vehicles and posing new challenges to western manufacturers, with governments fearing that installed sensors, cameras and software could be used for espionage or other data collection purposes. Continue reading...

Republican nominee says in interview that he ‘doesn’t see that at all’ and he hasn’t made deals with Musk or RFK JrDonald Trump said in an interview released on Sunday that he did not think he would run for president again in 2028 if he loses this year’s race for the White House.In an interview on the Full Measure television show with Sharyl Attkisson, the former US president – who ran in 2016 and 2020 – was asked whether he saw himself running yet again in four years time. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/22/trump-wont-run-2028 Author : Coral Murphy Marcos

Both sides engage in significant escalation in conflict, prompted UN to say region is on ‘brink of imminent catastrophe’Hezbollah has said it has entered an “open-ended battle of reckoning” with Israel after launching a series of rocket attacks on the north of the country as world powers implored both sides to step back from the brink of all-out war.In a significant escalation of the conflict, Israeli warplanes carried out their most intense bombardment in almost a year across southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah responded with its deepest rocket attacks into Israel since the start of the Gaza war. Continue reading... Source

Tributes paid to one of the UK’s foremost economics commentators who was also ambassador to WashingtonPeter Jay, the former BBC economics journalist and diplomat, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced.Tributes have been paid by colleagues in the political and media world after he died “peacefully at home” on Sunday. Jay had been one of the country’s foremost economics commentators, with time spent as the economics editor for the BBC and the Times.Additional reporting by PA Media Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/22/peter-jay-journalist-and-diplomat-dies-aged-87 Author : Nadeem Badshah and agency Publish date : 2024-09-22 18:52:44 Copyright for

Olaf Scholz’s SPD appears to have made late comeback after trailing far-right party throughout Brandenburg campaignEurope live – latest updatesThe far-right Alternative für Deutschland party appears to have narrowly missed securing victory in an election in the German state of Brandenburg, according to exit polls, three weeks after making historic gains in two other regions.In what had been widely interpreted as a referendum on the federal government of Olaf Scholz ahead of next autumn’s general election, his Social Democratic party (SPD) appeared at the 11th hour to have clawed back its lead over the anti-immigrant populists who had been on

More serious exchanges of fire could lead to cross-border attack but it is a move that is fraught with riskSo serious were the exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah this weekend, it is hard to be sure that the two sides have not already crossed the threshold of “all-out” war.Israel’s air force said it had struck 290 targets in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least three. Hezbollah responded by launching 150 missiles, rockets and drones into Israel overnight, the deepest seen since violent hostilities broke out when the Iran-aligned group began launching rocket attacks in support of Hamas

Labour leader must ditch aloof attitude to controversies as donations scandal rumbles on into conferenceLabour conference – live updatesKeir Starmer had a very specific comms strategy during the election campaign: fight on your own turf and don’t get dragged into someone else’s agenda. Don’t get distracted by the fight the Tories want to have on culture or tax – stick to the script and rise above it.The problem with this tune is that it is one – to coin a football phrase – that you can sing when you’re winning. And even in the election campaign there were times when

Mateusz Kulik says Home Office has informed his lawyer that removal flight on Monday has been cancelledA Polish man who has lived in the UK since he was seven has been granted a last-minute reprieve after facing deportation because officials said he had not provided enough proof of living in the country for the last 20 years.Officials were planning to remove Mateusz Kulik to Poland on Monday morning despite the fact he completed primary and secondary education in Britain as well as a college course in travel and tourism. He pays tax in the UK and works for a transport

Plan aimed to expand protection of endangered ecosystems but opponents say it posed risk to business developmentVoters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to make authorities do more to protect natural habitats from pollution and development, preliminary results of a referendum showed.The biodiversity initiative, which the government and parliament had already rebuffed, envisaged changing the law to set aside more land for conservation beyond areas that were already protected. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/switzerland-swiss-voters-reject-biodiversity-initiative-proposal-conservation Author : Reuters in Zurich Publish date : 2024-09-22 15:55:53 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Following AfD’s victory in Thuringia, race in one of smallest German states in terms of population becomes focus of attentionVoters in the northern German state of Brandenburg are today deciding not only on the future make up of the regional parliament but holding what is being seen as the equivalent of a referendum on the future of the embattled coalition government of Olaf Scholz.His Social Democrats have ruled in Brandenburg, the state that surrounds Berlin like a doughnut, since reunification in 1990. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/22/germany-brandenburg-state-election-afd-spd-exit-poll-latest-live-news-updates Author : Lili Bayer Publish date : 2024-09-22 15:22:14 Copyright for syndicated

Outgoing president congratulates Marxist rival Anura Kumara Dissanayake after second-round victoryThe outgoing Sri Lankan president has congratulated his Marxist rival, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, for winning the island nation’s presidential election in a second-round runoff.“With much love and respect for this beloved nation, I hand over its future to the new president,” Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a statement. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/sri-lanka-presidential-election-runoff-second-round-vote-count Author : Reuters in Colombo Publish date : 2024-09-22 14:47:28 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sharon Graham worries chancellor’s Treasury is hampering investment in UK and criticises winter fuel allowance cutsLabour conference – live updatesLabour’s biggest supporter among the unions has accused Rachel Reeves’s Treasury of showing a lack of vision in government and hampering investment in the UK.Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, accused the chancellor of being too focused on fiscal prudence at the expense of economic reform and growth. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/22/leader-of-unite-calls-on-labour-to-ditch-fiscal-caution-and-be-visionary Author : Eleni Courea, Political correspondent Publish date : 2024-09-22 13:56:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Coins are latest merchandise launch by Republican, who raised third of the amount brought in by Harris in AugustDonald Trump has launched a range of $100 commemorative coins, which join Trump sneakers, Trump Bibles, Trump playing cards, Trump NFTs and strips of the suit he wore when he was booked in Georgia last year, in his hunt for campaign cash.The latest addition to the Trump entrepreneurial universe – one that four bankruptcies and a recent financial fraud conviction only begin to attest to – display a profile of Trump’s face and an image of the White House with the words

Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhereAs a Rust belt town of 65,000 people in eastern Indiana, Muncie may not be the most exciting place in the world. It doesn’t have beaches, year-round warm weather or much in the way of cosmopolitanism.But for Laura Rivas, a cybersecurity engineer formerly of North Miami Beach, Florida, Muncie is perfect. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/22/climate-crisis-americans-move-midwest Author : Stephen Starr in Muncie, Indiana Publish date : 2024-09-22 12:00:09 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police say multiple victims were caught in crossfire in nightlife area of Five Points SouthFour people have died and more than 20 were wounded in a shooting in a nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama, according to police and news reports.Police said say multiple victims in the mass killing were caught in crossfire and offered an reward for information leading to the arrest of those involved. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/22/birmingham-alabama-shooting Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2024-09-22 12:21:36 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The long-running investigation will enter a new phase this week with findings from a revealing survey of current operatorsTo date, the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has heard or received written testimony from more than 500 witnesses over 152 days of hearings, amassing a vast paper mountain of evidence.What has been exposed has been a litany of cover-ups and poor management, as well as an at-best dysfunctional relationship with supervising government ministers stretching over decades. This is in addition to the many harrowing stories from post office operators the panel has heard. Continue reading... Source link

First case of person to contract H5N1 after no known animal contact highlights federal-state agency relationshipsThe first case of a person to contract bird flu after no known contact with animals is raising questions about the possibility of human-to-human transmission and highlighting the complicated relationship between states and federal agencies in outbreak response.An extensive investigation into the case of a patient in Missouri who was hospitalized on 22 August has revealed no links to animals, officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told reporters on Thursday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/22/missouri-bird-flu-case-no-animal-contact Author : Melody Schreiber