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Storm Boris has caused rivers to burst banks and trapped people in their homes across Austria, Poland and SlovakiaSeven people have drowned in Austria, Poland and Romania and four others are missing in the Czech Republic as Storm Boris continues to lash central and eastern Europe, bringing torrential rain and floods that have forced the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes.Swathes of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have been battered by high winds and unusually fierce rains since Thursday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/catastrophe-of-epic-proportions-six-drown-in-europe-amid-heavy-floods-storm-boris-poland-austria-slovakia-hungary Author : Sam Jones and agencies Publish date : 2024-09-15

Film producer’s former assistant says decision calls into question justice system’s attitude to sexual assault and rapeWomen who were key to exposing the disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein have told of frustration at the decision by UK prosecutors to discontinue two indecent assault charges against him.Zelda Perkins, a former personal assistant to Weinstein who broke a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to help expose him as a rapist, said the decision called into question the justice system’s attitude towards sexual assault and rape. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/women-attack-uk-decision-to-halt-harvey-weinstein-charges Author : Ben Quinn Publish date : 2024-09-15 15:00:58 Copyright for syndicated

Prince and Princess of Wales echo birthday wishes sent from royal family’s X account despite strained relations The Prince and Princess of Wales have delivered a small peace offering in their rift with the Duke of Sussex by wishing Prince Harry happy birthday for the first time in three years.In a post on X, the royal family shared a photograph of a smiling Harry, to mark his 40th birthday, complete with a cake emoji. The message said: “Wishing The Duke of Sussex a very happy 40th birthday today!” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/15/royal-family-posts-40th-birthday-wishes-to-prince-harry Author : Matthew Weaver Publish date

Proponents of more homes, turbines and infrastructure – even on the green belt – prepare for rally at party conferenceFewer than one in five UK voters are ‘hard nimbys’, finds surveyOn the Sunday night of Labour conference, one rally is expected to attract the biggest crowd of the season. Its theme is a subject which was once deemed one of the most difficult in politics – yimbyism.Yimby stands for “yes in my back yard” – a play on the traditional nimbys, who have been a dominant force in British politics where planning has been one of the thorniest battlefields. It

Lobbyists are increasingly confident about expansion plans as concerns for the economy start to deepenThe younger, tormented minister mulling his position before the Labour government granted Heathrow’s third runway in 2009 might have been greatly relieved to know that, 15 years later, not a shovel would have touched the ground.But now, returning to power with a revamped energy and climate brief, Ed Miliband again finds himself in a cabinet which, many in aviation hope, may usher in bigger airports and more flights – as well as enough CO2 emissions to outweigh any new solar farms. Continue reading... Source link :

Some people with form of skin cancer that once had grim prognosis now live long enough to die from other causesMore than half of people diagnosed with advanced melanoma now survive for at least 10 years when they receive a double hit of immunotherapy drugs, a trial has found.The combined treatment has transformed survival rates for a form of skin cancer that once had a grim prognosis, with some patients now living long enough that they die from other causes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/15/double-drug-treatment-raises-survival-rate-for-half-of-advanced-melanoma-to-10-years Author : Ian Sample Science editor Publish date : 2024-09-15 12:35:56 Copyright for syndicated

Football club announces cancellation or rescheduling of gigs at refurbished Santiago Bernabéu stadiumReal Madrid has cancelled or rescheduled all concerts at its Santiago Bernabéu stadium and is working to comply with council noise regulations after local people complained that a series of loud, late gigs had turned the arena into a “torture-drome”.Although best known as the home of one of Spain’s greatest football teams, the Bernabéu – which has just undergone a five-year, €900m (£760m) refurbishment – has played host to a string of high-profile concerts over the spring and summer. Recent headliners have included Taylor Swift, Luis Miguel and

One candidate revels in AI-generated images of cats and geese, while the other posts real photos of her grandparentsIn their first, and likely only debate, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump argued about artificial intelligence. They spoke of China, chips and “domestic innovation”. The country learned how Harris, Trump and their allies would – or intentionally wouldn’t – use artificial intelligence for their own ends.But the real lessons were in the aftermath. The online furor over the IRL confrontation revealed that Republicans use AI to illustrate their political points. Democrats do not. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/15/ai-harris-trump-debate Author : Blake

Destruction of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure puts botanical garden’s rare and exotic species in dangerZhanna Yaroslavska showed off a barrel-shaped stove in the middle of a tropical greenhouse. Nearby was a large pile of logs. “It’s a pretty neanderthal arrangement,” she explained. “When the power shuts off we feed the stove with wood. In winter we do this round the clock. Our plants require constant temperatures. They don’t like cold and hot.”Inside the glass nursery were dozens of rare specimens. All were bromeliads native to the Americas. Silvery wisps of beard-like Tillandsia descended from a pipe. A pineapple poked out of

The move is widely expected – but will still be studied closely as dark clouds loom on the US horizonEconomic moments are often forecast with great certainty, but few will have been as widely expected as an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve this week.Analysts have included a reduction in the cost of borrowing by the US central bank in their forecasts for more than a month and investors have placed their bets accordingly. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/15/the-federal-reserve-is-about-to-cut-rates-but-by-how-much Author : Phillip Inman Publish date : 2024-09-15 10:00:55 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Free publication of Lucio Silla by JS Bach’s youngest son could see his talent recognised once more in the city he made his home0London is about to recognise the significance of one of its greatest composers. But rather than being a British genius, he is a long dead German whose surname is already very famous. The work of Johann Christian Bach, once lauded as “the London Bach”, has been largely overlooked by the city he made his home from 1762.This is despite the string of popular operas he created and his early influence on an eight-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whom

Jared Isaacman splashes down in SpaceX capsule in the Gulf of Mexico after first ever private spacewalkA billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has travelled since Nasa’s moonwalkers.SpaceX’s capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the predawn darkness, carrying the tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers and a former air force Thunderbird pilot. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/sep/15/mission-complete-billionaire-returns-to-earth-after-spacewalk-jared-isaacman Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-09-15 08:47:17 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad was the first Unrwa employee killed in the West Bank in more than a decade; missile hit unpopulated area, Israel military saysA missile fired at central Israel from Yemen hit an unpopulated area, causing no injuries according to Israel’s military on Sunday, Reuters reports.Moments earlier, air raid sirens had sounded in Tel Aviv and across central Israel, sending residents running for shelter. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/15/middle-east-crisis-live-un-worker-killed-by-israeli-sniper-in-west-bank-israel-reports-missile-from-yemen Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2024-09-15 08:02:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Exact number of victims not yet known as officials say 200 people were rescued in 24 hours over Friday and SaturdaySeveral people have died overnight trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French regional authorities have said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year.“Several migrants lost their lives,” the Pas-de-Calais prefecture said, without specifying the number of victims. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/several-dead-in-attempt-to-cross-channel-say-french-authorities Author : Agence France-Presse in Lille Publish date : 2024-09-15 07:38:50 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Union says Melbourne dropped from 120 to 90 available ambulance crews due to sick leave, while regional Victoria also had 20 fewer crewsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHigh levels of sick leave led to Victoria being down 50 ambulances over the weekend, with one man dying while waiting for treatment, the head of the state’s paramedics union claims.The Victorian Ambulance Union secretary, Danny Hill, said he’d been told a 69-year-old Melbourne man died after waiting hours for an ambulance during the shortage on Saturday night and Sunday

A new film looks at the restriction of broadcasting on named political groups in Northern Ireland – and the actors and comedians who benefited ‘People age can vaguely remember a few examples, maybe,” says director Roisin Agnew. “But they didn’t think of the broadcasting ban as a phenomenon – the only thing that comes up is that Chris Morris sketch.”Agnew is speaking to me as her new film The Ban is being screened at festivals. The 26-minute documentary tracks the genesis, enactment and fallout of the law which barred spokespeople from Sinn Féin from speaking on the British airwaves between

Premier Steven Miles says scheme saves money because ‘it takes cars off the road, gets people home sooner and is great for the environment’The Queensland opposition says it will match the state government’s commitment to keep 50-cent public transport fares in place beyond the October election.The cut-price bus, train and ferry tickets were initially slated as a trial – to run three months before and after election day – and had been criticised as a “desperate political gimmick” from a government struggling in the polls. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/15/queenslands-50-cent-public-transport-fares-to-remain-with-support-of-both-major-parties Author : Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent Publish date

PM told his downbeat tone risks putting off investors and that his conference speech must temper realism with hope The government’s gloomy diagnosis of the state of Britain is imperilling the private investment needed to secure economic growth, City figures are warning, amid widespread calls for Keir Starmer to inject more optimism in his Labour conference speech later this month.The prime minister has spent his first months in power setting out the dire inheritance his party has been left by the outgoing Conservative government, most notably a £22bn black hole left in the public finances this year. The forthcoming spending

Mourners in Uganda pay respects to Olympic athlete whose death prompted renewed calls for more protection for women in sportThousands of mourners in Uganda paid their respects on Saturday to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire. The military funeral took place in a remote town near the Kenyan border.Military officers played a prominent role in the funeral because Cheptegei held the rank of sergeant in Uganda’s army, said military spokesperson Brig Felix Kulayigye, adding that she deserved a “gun salute that befits her rank”. Continue reading... Source link

President and vice-president highlight importance of Black voters for November win and warn against Trump threatPresident Joe Biden and vice-president Kamala Harris spoke on Saturday at the Congressional Black Caucus’s Phoenix Awards dinner, bringing a message that its members were in a “battle for the soul of the nation”.Biden highlighted his relationship with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and Black voters. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/15/biden-harris-address-congressional-black-caucus-the-baton-is-in-our-hands Author : Adria R Walker Publish date : 2024-09-15 03:36:06 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Outrage at ordeal of woman raped after being drugged by husband leads to marches across the countryHundreds of protesters gathered across France on Saturday in support of Gisèle Pélicot, the woman whose husband drugged her and invited more than 80 men to rape her at their home over the course of a decade.Feminist groups organised about 30 protests in cities including Paris and Marseille. Demonstrators also gathered in Brussels. At Place de la République in Paris, protesters held placards with messages of support for victims of sexual violence. One read: “Gisèle for all. All for Gisèle.” Continue reading... Source link

Exclusive: On a per capita basis, ACT residents posted the heaviest gambling losses and Western Australia the least, according to new dataFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s gambling losses have surged from $25.6bn annually pre-Covid to $32bn in 2022-23, according to new data from the Queensland government.The data, released on Tuesday, revealed Australians are now losing $1,555 per capita, up from $1,395 in 2021-22.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/15/australia-gambling-annual-losses-ads-ban-calls Author : Paul Karp Chief political correspondent Publish

Oversupply and deflation are spooking markets, while falling demand for coal and iron ore threatens to further hamper anaemic Australian growthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“Because most Chinese are satisfied with the economy’s performance, Beijing would probably resist major adjustments in savings, consumption and investment incentives that did not serve its industrial policy goals.“Only the prospect of closed foreign markets or deep recession at home, neither of which Beijing believes is likely in the near term, would change this view.”Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/15/whats-causing-chinas-economic-downturn-and-what-does-it-mean-for-australia Author :

State department says allegations of American collusion are ‘categorically false’ as US navy member identified among foreign citizens detainedThe US state department rejected wild allegations of CIA involvement in an alleged assassination plot against Nicolás Maduro after Venezuelan officials announced the arrest of three Americans, two Spaniards and a Czech on Saturday.The claims of a plot against Maduro – the Venezuelan president, whose recent re-election is contested – were made on state television by Diosdado Cabello, the interior minister. Cabello said the foreign citizens including a US navy member were part of a CIA-led plot to overthrow the Venezuelan government

Mixed messaging for government as they try to conquer the ‘Queensland paradox’ – wooing both urban and regional votersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSix weeks out from the Queensland election, two polls dropped this week. They both told remarkably different stories.Resolve Strategic, published in the Brisbane Times, put Labor’s primary vote across the state at 23%. That’s disaster territory. For context, when Anna Bligh’s Labor government was obliterated at the 2012 election, its primary vote was 26.7%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/15/queensland-election-labor-polls-steven-miles Author : Ben Smee