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Thousands of schoolchildren in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas miss classes and risk violence as Brazil’s police battle drug gangsTextbooks and marker pens are not all that science teacher Roberto Brandão, 54, takes with him each morning when he sets off for work in a school in one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favelas. He also carries a first-aid kit in case he or any of his students is hit by a bullet.“I always have it in my backpack because I could be shot at any time,” he said, displaying the red waterproof bag after attending a seminar on how police

Enthusiasm among all voters has jumped significantly in recent weeks, Gallup poll finds; Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to sit for CNN interviewKamala Harris to give first big interview as nomineeWhat to know about the Harris-Walz CNN interviewGood morning, US politics blog readers. There’s no doubt that Kamala Harris’s candidacy has transformed the presidential race, with poll after poll showing her drawing even or overtaking Donald Trump in the support of voters nationally, and in the swing states expected to decide the election. Gallup reported this morning that enthusiasm among all voters has jumped in recent weeks, after Harris ascended

Deaths in Tulkarm bring toll to 16 during Israel’s deadliest operation in occupied territory since 7 OctoberMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe Israeli military said it had killed five Palestinian fighters inside a mosque in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, in the midst of one of the largest assaults on the occupied territory for months.The overall toll of 16 Palestinians killed in less than two days would make it the deadliest Israeli operation in the West Bank since 7 October and the attack in Israel by Hamas which ignited the Gaza war. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/29/palestinian-fighters-killed-in-mosque-tulkarm-west-bank

Letter shows Peter Hendy, now the rail minister, threatened to withhold public contracts until firm disciplined workerThe new rail minister threatened in a previous role to withhold public contracts from one of the UK’s largest engineering groups until it disciplined a senior engineer for raising concerns about safety at one of London’s busiest train stations.In his former role as chair of Network Rail, Peter Hendy threatened Systra UK, which counts Network Rail among its main clients, with losing business not only from the public body but also its supply chain. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/29/peter-hendy-ex-network-rail-chair-threatened-firm-engineer-euston-criticism Author : Amelia Hill