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West Side Story actor soon to take on iconic Disney role backs down after re-election response led to backlashWest Side Story and Snow White actor Rachel Zegler has apologised after criticising Donald Trump and his supporters.The 23-year-old, currently starring in Broadway’s re-imagined Romeo + Juliet, had posted a lengthy response to the re-election of Trump and the “four years of hatred” he would bring about in America. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/15/rachel-zegler-election-post-apology Author : Benjamin Lee Publish date : 2024-11-15 16:09:30 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Humanoid called Digit fuelled boosterism at Web Summit, but also raised concerns about jobs, safety and climateThis year’s Web Summit, in Lisbon, was all about artificial intelligence – and a robot sorting laundry.Digit, a humanoid built by the US firm Agility Robotics, demonstrated how far AI has come in a few years by responding to voice commands – filtered through Google’s Gemini AI model – to sift through a pile of coloured T-shirts and place them in a basket. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/15/laundry-sorting-robot-digit-web-summit-ai-future Author : Dan Milmo in Lisbon Publish date : 2024-11-15 15:00:12 Copyright for syndicated content

Tea sales in the UK have been declining for years, with drinkers switching to coffee, energy drinks and newer trends such as bubble tea Typhoo Tea is to call in administrators, as Britain’s oldest tea brand struggles with more than £70m in debt amid a sales slump in the highly competitive drinks market.The 121-year-old company has filed a court notice to appoint administrators EY to explore rescue options, in a bid to give it some breathing space from creditors and to try to pay back its debts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/15/typhoo-tea-to-call-in-administrators-amid-sales-slump Author : Mark Sweney Publish date :

At least 100 white-clawed crayfish, the UK’s only native species, have been found dead since the end of SeptemberA “rescue mission” for native crayfish is under way in Northumberland after a population were found dead with mysterious patches on their shells.The Environment Agency is working to save the internationally important species of native white-clawed crayfish in the River Wansbeck by searching for females with eggs to be taken and reared in a hatchery. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/15/rescue-mission-begins-mysterious-white-clawed-crayfish-deaths-northumberland Author : Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-15 13:15:10 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Exclusive: Person who complained tells Guardian that columnist’s post was ‘racist and inflammatory’Daily Telegraph readers have woken up this week to successive front-page headlines alleging a grave threat to free speech, triggered by a star columnist’s “Kafkaesque” encounter with police.The rightwing broadsheet described how Essex police had told Allison Pearson on her doorstep last weekend that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in a tweet last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/15/allison-pearson-jew-haters-tweet-is-at-centre-of-telegraphs-row-with-police Author : Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-15 12:39:18 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Widespread criticism of health secretary role for anti-vaccine activist and purveyor of debunked conspiracy theoriesFears that Donald Trump’s second presidency will be more extreme than his first have intensified amid a flurry of senior nominations that opponents have criticised as going from bad to worse.Dismay over some of the president-elect’s early picks escalated to outrage after the far-right Florida congressman Matt Gaetz was unveiled as his selection to be attorney general – a position Trump has previously said he views as the most important in his administration. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/15/donald-trump-rfk-jr-matt-gaetz-us-politics-live Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date :

Man charged with assaulting police, false imprisonment, threats to kill and other offences following a carjacking and siegeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been charged over carjacking and a siege involving an innocent father and his toddler, who were held inside their own home for hours.The ordeal stared on Tuesday when a police helicopter followed a car in Melbourne’s west that was believed to have been stolen in a carjacking in Snake Valley earlier in the day, Victoria police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/15/melbourne-snake-valley-man-charged-melton-siege-alleged-carjacking-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date

UK economy at near-standstill as uncertainty over the budget and high interest rates weighed on consumer spendingMy colleague Heather Stewart has this analysis of today’s GDP figures:Few could have expected Labour to kickstart an economic renaissance from day one, despite its “mission” to deliver the highest sustained growth in the G7.Today’s disappointing figures underline the scale of the challenge facing our economy after years of reckless mismanagement by the previous Conservative government.After a budget promising to deliver little by way of growth and an unfair tax on small businesses, we need to see a real growth plan from the government.

Lebanon’s state-run national news agency said the Ghobeiry area ‘witnessed heavy gunfire’ from Israeli forcesThe UN security council’s 10 elected members – Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland, Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia – have circulated a draft resolution demanding “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza. The draft resolution, which was sent to the council’s five permanent members yesterday, reiterates the council’s demand “for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages” seized during the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage. Israel

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsBank of England governor says Brexit has undermined UK economyThe UK economy ended the summer on a weak note, with GDP contracting in September.Today’s GDP report shows that monthly real GDP is estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in September. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/nov/15/uk-gdp-report-growth-economy-labour-pound-ftse-stock-market-business-live-news Author : Graeme Wearden Publish date : 2024-11-15 07:08:02 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Robert Jenrick and Oliver Dowden were on committee that supported paying £15m for asbestos-ridden former prisonLeading Tories Robert Jenrick and Oliver Dowden were on the committee that backed plans for the “rushed and misjudged” £15m purchase of an asbestos-ridden site for asylum accommodation, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has disclosed.The then immigration minister and the former chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster were members of the small ministerial group that oversaw the purchase of the Northeye site in Bexhill, East Sussex, as the government attempted to move asylum seekers from hotels. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/15/tory-pair-backed-rushed-misjudged-asylum-site-purchase-watchdog-northeye Author : Rajeev Syal and

Handle depicting secutor gladiator found on ‘edge of empire’ to go on displayA rare and pristine example of gladiator memorabilia found in the River Tyne is to go on display, shining light on a 2,000-year-old culture of celebrity and sex appeal.English Heritage said the copper alloy figurine would have been a decorative handle on a folding knife. Found near Corbridge, Northumberland, it provides proof that the superstar status of gladiators extended to the far edges of the Roman empire. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/15/gladiator-knife-handle-found-in-tyne-reflects-spread-of-roman-celebrity-culture Author : Mark Brown North of England correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-15 05:01:17 Copyright for

Agency hopes tens of thousands of people will log details of their flatulence on an app to help researchers better understand gut healthFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSmelly, thunderous, lingering or silent, Australians are being asked to log their farts for science.The CSIRO is hoping to capture flatulence data from tens of thousands of people, including frequency, stench, loudness and duration, to help researchers better understand the nation’s gut health.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/15/wind-power-csiro-asks-australians-to-chart-their-farts-for-research Author : Australian Associated

Victorian premier ‘furious’ as unveiling of festive season attraction in Melbourne’s Bourke Street mall scrappedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPro-Palestine protesters have called off a planned demonstration outside Myer’s annual Christmas windows display in Bourke Street Mall after the retail giant cancelled its launch event.The “Crash the Christmas Windows” protest, organised by an anti-war activist Amy Settal and shared on social media by Disrupt Wars, was condemned as divisive by Victoria’s premier . Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/15/victoria-myer-christmas-windows-cancelled-pro-palestine-protests-disrupt-wars Author : Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent Publish

Billionaire mining executive made headlines earlier this year when he said of workers ‘I want to hold them captive all day long’ in officeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMineral Resources has conceded its processes to manage related party transactions “were not as good as they could have been” after revealing the miner provided rent relief to corporate entities linked to the daughter of its embattled chief executive, Chris Ellison.MinRes said in an ASX notice late on Thursday that it had now cancelled the rent subsidies and required

Dismay as president-elect picks Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr for key rolesUS politics live – latest updatesFears that Donald Trump’s second presidency will be more extreme than his first have intensified amid a flurry of senior nominations that opponents have criticised as going from bad to worse.Dismay over some of the president-elect’s early picks escalated to outrage after the far-right Florida congressman Matt Gaetz was unveiled as his selection to be attorney general – a position Trump has previously said he views as the most important in his administration. Continue reading... Source link :

Nominee for health secretary decried as ‘vaccine denier and conspiracy theorist … this is going to cost lives’Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F Kennedy Jr as US secretary of health and human services has prompted widespread criticisms towards Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist who has embraced a slew of other debunked health-related conspiracy theories.In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump claimed that Americans have been “crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies” and that Kennedy will “will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic,

Report shows conditions of state’s largest local jail, noting prisoners tunnel through walls and violence is uncheckedConditions in the Fulton county jail in Atlanta “violate the constitutional and statutory rights of people incarcerated”, a long-running federal investigation concluded today.“Killings, stabbings, and assaults are common in the Jail,” according to a Department of Justice report released today. Contraband is pervasive, lethal violence goes uninvestigated – and is sometimes directly abetted by jail staff – and drug use is common, according to investigators in a 91-page report released today. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/atlanta-fulton-county-jail-conditions Author : George Chidi in Atlanta Publish

A scion of Democratic dynasty, RFK Jr is known for embrace of anti-vaccine beliefs and other conspiracy theoriesDonald Trump has announced he will nominate former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as the US secretary of health and human services (HHS) in his administration.Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, will be a contentious pick to lead the US health department, and the role will need to be confirmed by the Senate. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/trump-administration-rfk Author : Guardian staff Publish date : 2024-11-14 21:27:02 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Tens of thousands deported from Caribbean states, as Dominican Republic pledges to return 10,000 people a weekActivists have called on Caribbean governments to halt the mass deportation of Haitians fleeing escalating gang violence that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.In the past month, tens of thousands of people have been deported to Haiti, including 61,000 from the neighbouring Dominican Republic, whose president recently pledged to deport 10,000 migrants a week. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/haiti-mass-deportation Author : Natricia Duncan, Anthony Lugg in Kingston and agencies Publish date : 2024-11-14 20:08:01 Copyright for syndicated

Students ‘let down’ by cheat sheet fiasco, says minister. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRetail giant Myer has cancelled a special event to mark the opening of its Christmas Windows over concerns for customer and worker safety due to a threatened pro-Palestine protest, AAP reports.Activist Group Disrupt Wars had promoted a ‘Crash the Christmas Windows’ demonstration on Sunday, encouraging supporters to bring banners, flags, placards, noise makers and props. A social media post read:Christmas is cancelled, and there will be no joy or frivolity while children in Gaza are massacred.In light of

Urfan Sharif tells Old Bailey he is ‘a very bad father’ when asked why he lied about 10-year-old daughter’s deathSara Sharif’s father has admitted being “selfish” and a “bad father” by lying to protect himself over the death of his 10-year-old daughter.He told a court on Thursday that his previous lies about what happened meant he had no credibility, now that he had accepted responsibility for her death. It came a day after Sharif dramatically said he took “full responsibility” for Sara’s death and admitted beating her with a cricket bat and a metal pole. Continue reading... Source link :

Rate in 2023 remains at 10.4% due to chronic conditions, inadequate prenatal care and racial disparitiesPremature birth rates in the US remain at a historic high, according to a new report.On Thursday, March of Dimes, a maternal health nonprofit organization, released its latest findings which say that the national premature birth rate of 2023 remains at 10.4%, largely due to chronic conditions, inadequate prenatal care and racial disparities. In contrast, the premature birth rate 10 years ago was at 9.6%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/premature-birth-rates-historic-high Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2024-11-14 17:32:53 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Deller says culture war has ‘maybe made some people a bit fearful’, as he donates to charity auction in support of MSFThe culture war has made artists wary of discussing the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to Jeremy Deller, who has donated work to a charity auction to support Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).Deller is one of more than 260 artists, including Yinka Shonibare, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mark Wallinger, Mona Hatoum, Sir John Akomfrah, Jesse Darling and Dame Sonia Boyce, who have contributed work that will be sold at the exhibition and auction, which is in aid of the medical charity’s work in Palestine.

Temperatures in Guangzhou fail to drop below level that meteorological service uses to mark change in seasonOne of China’s biggest cities is still officially in summer, despite it being mid-November, as temperatures have failed to drop below the threshold considered necessary to mark the change in season.This week, Guangzhou, a hot and humid city of nearly 19 million people in southern China’s Guangdong province, broke a three-decade heat record, according to the local meteorological service. As of Wednesday the city had experienced 235 summer days, beating 1994’s 234-day season. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/chinese-city-still-officially-in-summer-as-30-year-heat-record-broken Author : Amy Hawkins China