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Prosecutors say they charged someone who was close to the singer, a hotel employee and a suspected drug dealerThree people have been charged in connection with Liam Payne’s death in Argentina for supplying narcotics and the abandonment of a person followed by death.Toxicology tests found that when he died, Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine, a prescription drug and antidepressants in his body prosecutors said in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/07/liam-payne-argentina-investigation Author : Harriet Barber in Buenos Aires Publish date : 2024-11-07 22:20:23 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Republican ousts incumbent Democratic senator Bob Casey after contentious and expensive race, widening GOP majorityThe Republican Dave McCormick won the Senate race in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday, denying the Democratic incumbent, Bob Casey, a fourth term and expanding his party’s majority in the upper chamber.When the Associated Press called the race at 4.09pm ET on Thursday, two days after polls closed in Pennsylvania, McCormick led by 0.4 points. The narrow margin raised the possibility of a recount, although his victory is expected to stand given his lead of roughly 30,000 votes.Trump wins the presidency – how did

The ACCC is holding an inquiry into the nation’s supermarkets. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRacism, colonialism ‘driving Indigenous self-harm’Australia’s dark colonial past and ongoing racism are driving self-harm in Indigenous communities, according to a respected Aboriginal psychologist.That whole process has left communities suffering from intergenerational trauma, disadvantage and ongoing racism, as well as the exclusion from the benefits of society and a lack of acknowledgement and respect for their different cultural values.We still want clinical approaches but we want to see culture at the centre of that.13YARN 13 92 76;

Newfoundland Memorial Univeristy team find white masses are likely material used to clean pipes in oil industryWhen the chemist Chris Kozak finally got his hands on a sample of the mysterious blobs that recently washed up on the shores of Newfoundland’s beaches, Project Unknown Glob officially began.At his disposal, Kozak and a team of graduate students had the “gorgeous” new science building and “world class facilities” of Newfoundland’s Memorial University to run a battery of tests on the white, doughy blob. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/07/canada-blob-mystery-solved Author : Leyland Cecco in Toronto Publish date : 2024-11-07 20:26:46 Copyright for

Competition to resemble Normal People star is markedly lower-stakes than chaotic Timothée Chalamet event in New York last monthTwo weeks ago, a mobbed competition to find a Timothée Chalamet lookalike in New York led to one arrest, a $500 fine for an “unpermitted costume contest” and a surprise appearance by the real-life Chalamet, fuelling further chaos.But a similar event in Dublin on Thursday, this time to find a doppelganger for Paul Mescal, the star of Normal People and the upcoming Gladiator II, unfolded rather more sedately. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/nov/07/paul-mescal-lookalike-competition-dublin-20-euro Author : Catherine Shoard Publish date : 2024-11-07

Gambling Commission figures shows shock surge to 85,000, in number of children deemed to have addictionThe proportion of young people in Great Britain with a gambling problem has more than doubled, according to “astonishing” official data that prompted calls for urgent government intervention.New figures from the Gambling Commission, which regulates bookies, online casinos and the national lottery, revealed a shock surge, to 85,000, in the number of children classified as having a gambling problem under widely used diagnostic criteria. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/07/proportion-of-young-people-in-the-uk-with-gambling-problem-has-more-than-doubled-official-data-reveals Author : Rob Davies Publish date : 2024-11-07 18:28:38 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

X-Men and Deadpool writer Simon Kinberg has been hired to write and produce a new trilogy with new charactersA new Star Wars trilogy is in the works from Lucasfilm and X-Men’s Simon Kinberg.According to Deadline, the new films will reportedly take place after the most recent trilogy that concluded with The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. It will allegedly involve new characters and a new storyline, although the return of known names popping up has not been ruled out. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/07/new-star-wars-trilogy Author : Benjamin Lee Publish date : 2024-11-07 17:44:54 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Experienced envoy is considered best person to help guide Labour government during potentially fraught periodUK politics live – latest updatesUS elections 2024 – live updatesThe British ambassador to Washington, Dame Karen Pierce, is to be asked to stay in post as Donald Trump takes power, ahead of a complex shuffle of UK security and diplomatic jobs in the new year.Pierce, with her deep knowledge of the Republican party, is considered to be the best person to help guide the Labour government during what could be a perilous transition from the Biden to Trump administrations. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/07/uk-us-ambassador-karen-pierce-stay-in-post-trump-transition

Blaze called Mountain fire expands to 14,187 acres since erupting on Wednesday as officials order thousands to fleeHundreds of firefighters in California are battling a fast-moving fire that erupted on Wednesday, and has grown to over 14,000 acres (5,665 hectares), prompting evacuations.The fire, named Mountain fire, ignited on Wednesday morning in Ventura county near the city of Camarillo. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/07/california-wildfire-evacuations Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2024-11-07 15:39:36 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Original purpose of King Arthur’s Hall is a mystery and archaeologists say it is unique anywhere in EuropeAn enigmatic stone and turf structure on Bodmin Moor that was previously thought to be a medieval animal pen has been found to be 4,000 years older – and unique anywhere in Europe.The rectangular monument was built not in the early medieval period to corral livestock, as recorded by Historic England, but rather in the Middle Neolithic, between 5,000 and 5,500 years ago, archaeologists have discovered. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/07/cornish-monument-king-arthurs-hall-4000-years-older-without-parallel Author : Esther Addley Publish date : 2024-11-07 14:34:29 Copyright for

Israeli army says officer’s comments that Palestinians will not be allowed return home were taken out of contextThe Israeli army has distanced itself from comments made by a brigadier general that ground forces are getting closer to “the complete evacuation” of the northern Gaza Strip and residents will not be allowed to return home.In a media briefing on Tuesday night, the Israel Defense Forces’ Brig Gen Itzik Cohen told Israeli reporters that “there is no intention of allowing the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to return”. He added that humanitarian aid would be allowed to “regularly” enter the south

Prime minister’s chief fixer, Pat McFadden, says he thinks government can get by without Nigel Farage’s assistanceYesterday Ed Balls, the former Labour shadow chancellor, said Donald Trump’s victory in the US showed that, if Labour did not improve living standards by the end of this parliament, it too would be voted out. During his interviews this morning Pat McFadden did not quite go that far, but he said the American election showed why Labour was focusing on the cost of living. (See 10.47am.)In an article for LabourList, Liam Byrne, the former Labour Treasury minister who now chairs the Commons business

Partner in company due to receive shipment arrested after 13 tonnes of drug discovered at port of AlgecirasSpanish police and customs officers have intercepted the largest consignment of cocaine ever to reach the country, seizing more than 13 tonnes of the drug, hidden in a cargo of bananas shipped from Ecuador.Spain’s Policía Nacional said the seizure was the second largest recorded in Europe and one of the largest anywhere in the world. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/07/spanish-police-seize-record-cocaine-haul-in-banana-shipment-from-equador Author : Sam Jones in Madrid Publish date : 2024-11-07 12:02:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Unexpected move throws Europe’s largest economy into political disarray and is likely to lead to snap elections in MarchThe German government has collapsed after the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, unexpectedly sacked his finance minister, plunging Europe’s largest economy into political disarray.Christian Lindner was thrown out of the three-way coalition during a meeting of high-level government members on Wednesday evening, after months of bitter infighting that has contributed to the administration’s growing unpopularity. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/06/german-government-on-brink-of-collapse-after-olaf-scholz-sacks-finance-minister Author : Kate Connolly in Berlin Publish date : 2024-11-07 11:04:40 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Angela Rayner says restrictions may be placed on new social housing to prevent loss of stockMinisters may stop new council houses in England from being sold under the right to buy scheme, Angela Rayner has indicated.The deputy prime minister said the government would introduce restrictions on new social housing “so we aren’t losing that stock”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/07/new-council-housing-in-england-may-be-removed-from-right-to-buy-scheme Author : Eleni Courea Political correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-07 10:17:24 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Half-year pre-tax profits drop 10% to £967m in ‘competitive retail environment’Business live – latest updatesThe telecoms company BT has cut its annual sales outlook and revealed another 2,000 jobs have gone under a long-term plan to cut costs.It reported a 10% drop in pre-tax profits to £967m for the six months to 30 September as revenues fell 3% to £10.1bn amid a “competitive retail environment”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/07/bt-trims-sales-forecast-says-cut-another-2000-jobs Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-11-07 09:03:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chair of Climate Change Authority says ‘climate change waits for no one’ as pressure mounts on Coalition to dump net zero commitmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe chair of the Climate Change Authority, Matt Kean, has declared Australia must take “strong and decisive action” to address the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s return to the White House, arguing the world needs cheap renewable energy and the country can provide it.Kean, a former News South Wales Liberal treasurer and energy minister, told Guardian Australia there were “enormous opportunities

Lebanese capital’s south hit after Israel orders evacuations; Israeli PM’s office says he and US president-elect ‘agreed to work together for Israel’s security’Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing live coverage of Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon and the wider Middle East crisis. Here are the latest headlines.Israel launched new strikes on southern Beirut early on Thursday. Hours earlier, Benjamin Netanyahu said he spoke to US president-elect Donald Trump and they “agreed to work together for Israel’s security”.The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, expressing confidence that he would support Palestinians’ “legitimate aspirations” for statehood.

Former tax office employee who spoke publicly about the agency’s pursuit of debts has pleaded not guilty to all chargesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA South Australian court’s decision that federal whistleblower protections do not grant immunity for criminal acts committed while gathering evidence will stand, after the high court refused Richard Boyle’s attempt to appeal it.The decision on Thursday will mean Boyle, a former Australian Taxation Office official, will soon face a criminal trial in Adelaide for 24 offences, including the alleged use of his mobile

Women have had to share bedrooms with unrelated men and some have faced further sexual violence, charities sayThe UK asylum system is retraumatising women and girls who have fled rape and sexual abuse and putting them at risk of further harm, leading charities have said.Sexual violence and abuse is often a major driver for women to leave their country of origin, as well as a common experience on their journey to the UK, but when they get here they are failed, according to Rape Crisis England and Wales (RCEW) and Imkaan. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/07/uk-asylum-system-retraumatises-women-fleeing-sexual-abuse-says-report Author : Haroon

Trump says he will choose personnel who will make life ‘affordable, safe, and secure’ as Harris says, ‘this is not a time to throw up our hands’US election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerShare your reactions to Donald Trump’s seismic victoryDemocratic Representative Raul Ruiz won reelection to a US House seat representing California on Wednesday. Ruiz was first elected to the House in 2012 when he defeated Republican incumbent Mary Bono.His district encompasses all of Imperial County and parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including the cities of Indio, Coachella, Calexico,

Meta says it will comply if required, but the technology is not ready to enforce proposed age limit across up to 40 appsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has pledged to legislate an age limit of 16 years for social media access, with penalties for online platforms that don’t comply.But the Labor government has not spelled out how it expects Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and others to actually enforce that age limit.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/07/australian-government-to-legislate-social-media-age-limit-of-16-but-cant-say-how-platforms-will-enforce-it Author

Actor and wife filmed promotional ad in UAE, a country which strives to present itself as tolerant ‘while carrying out repression against dissent’Australian movie star Chris Hemsworth has been criticised for starring in a slick advertisement promoting Abu Dhabi as a tourism destination in partnership with the United Arab Emirates government, the latest celebrity to use their influence to promote the gulf state.Hemsworth features in the minute-long ad with his actor and model wife, Elsa Pataky, which they posted on their Instagram accounts on Wednesday. The ad was also shared by the Experience Abu Dhabi Instagram account.Sign up for Guardian

Black balls that washed ashore and closed a string of famous beaches contained scores of different materials – but their source remains a mysteryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of mystery balls that washed up on Sydney beaches last month are confirmed as gunk globules made of products such as motor oil, hair, food waste, animal matter and wastewater bacteria – but their source is yet to be traced.A statement from NSW Environment Protection Authority on Wednesday confirmed the balls comprised fatty acids, petroleum hydrocarbons and other

Trump world was jubilant after his election win, while confusion and foreboding reigned on the other side of AmericaUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerMillions of Americans woke up to a transformed country and a rattled world on Wednesday following the realisation of Donald Trump’s stunning return to power.As the extent of Trump’s victory began to sink in – including clear dominance not only in the electoral college but also probably in the popular vote, with at least 72 million votes cast for him, as well