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Blow to Rachel Reeves as first quarter under Labour shows services and manufacturing struggled in run-up to budgetBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy slowed to a near-standstill in the third quarter as uncertainty surrounding Labour’s first budget and high interest rates weighed on business and consumer spending.In a blow to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, as she attempts push the UK to the top of the G7 growth league, the economy grew by 0.1% in the third quarter of the year, down from 0.5% in the second quarter, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Continue reading...

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

Speaking from his jail cell, the former superstar cricketer had told the Guardian he would be willing to engage with army leadershipPakistan’s military has no intention of entering into negotiations or cutting a deal with incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, senior military sources told the Guardian, after Khan said he would be willing to engage with the army leadership from his jail cell.Khan, who is being held in Pakistan’s Adiala jail, is banned from meeting journalists but the Guardian was able to submit questions through his legal team. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/15/pakistan-military-has-no-intention-of-cutting-deal-with-jailed-former-prime-minister-imran-khan-sources Author : Hannah Ellis-Petersen and

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.

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 podcastHeather knew she farted a lot but didn’t know just how often until she began to track her daily output.“I always thought that I just came from a farty family,” she said. “I’ll eat croissants or pasta or normal bread and I’ll end up having a sore stomach, and then I just be tooting a lot after that.”Sign up for

New analysis on the cost of decarbonising Australia’s power grid runs closely to the national market operator’s own – but you wouldn’t know it from the headlinesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFriday’s front page in Murdoch media’s the Daily Telegraph, declaring a “$500B GREEN HOLE”, could mark the opening salvo of scary claims about the cost of climate action in the run-up to next year’s federal election.Similarly bold claims worked well in the US presidential election to confound or confuse voters. Expect a barrage of such reports,

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

Independent senator David Pocock ‘deeply concerned’ legislation designed to cap donations and electoral spending would lock out community independentsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependents have accused the Albanese government of attempting to “rig” electoral rules in a “major party stitch-up” which the billionaire Clive Palmer has already said he will take to the high court.On Friday the special minister of state, Don Farrell, announced details of Labor’s electoral reform bill, including raising public funding to $5 a vote, a $20,000 cap on individual donations and an $800,000

Paul Brereton says ‘blame culture’ deters people from owning mistakes as he insists watchdog will not be influenced by public pressureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe National Anti-Corruption Commission chief has rejected calls to quit over his handling of referrals from the robodebt royal commission, suggesting he was being made a scapegoat and insisting neither he nor his agency will be influenced by public pressure.Paul Brereton told a governance forum on Friday that he accepted the independent Nacc inspector’s finding that he had failed to adequately manage a declared conflict of interest in relation to

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

World’s richest man solicits applications for ‘tedious work’ in newly formed Department of Government EfficiencyElon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are asking Americans who are “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” and willing to work over 80 hours a week to join their new Department of Government Efficiency – at zero pay.In a new X post on Thursday that doubled as a job announcement and another one of Musk’s trolling attempts, the account for the newly formed Doge wrote: “We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting.” Continue reading...

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

Alleged offences included sexual assault and indecent images, while £152m in congestion charges said to be owedDiplomatic officials and their dependents in the UK allegedly committed offences including sexual assault, possession of indecent images of children and indecent exposure last year, a Foreign Office minister has said.Catherine West told parliament of nine serious offences allegedly committed by individuals with diplomatic immunity in 2023, and gave an update on fines and taxes owed by diplomatic missions. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/14/diplomats-dependents-uk-alleged-serious-offences Author : Geneva Abdul Publish date : 2024-11-14 18:33:20 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

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

Urfan Sharif, who has admitted ‘full responsibility’ for Sara’s death, also admits credibility problem, saying ‘I didn’t tell the truth’Sara Sharif’s father has admitted being “selfish” and a “bad father” by lying to protect himself over he death of his 10-year-old daughter.On Wednesday, Urfan Sharif said he took “full responsibility” for his 10-year-old daughter’s death and admitted beating her with a cricket bat and a metal pole. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/14/sara-sharifs-father-admits-being-selfish-and-a-very-bad-father Author : Matthew Weaver Publish date : 2024-11-14 16:55:16 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Gazprom could stop flow of gas into continent as result of their legal battle with Austrian company OMVEurope’s gas market rose by as much as 5% on Thursday to its highest price in a year after one of the continent’s biggest gas traders said that there could be a halt on gas supplies from Russia.Austrian gas trader OMV has said that a court decision awarding the company compensation after its dispute with a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom could lead the state-owned gas giant to halt supplies. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/european-gas-prices-gazprom-omv-russia-supply Author : Jillian Ambrose Publish date : 2024-11-14

Counter-terrorism police chief tells of difficulty of search for vessel with poison after attack on Sergei SkripalHunting for the container of nerve agent used in the attack on the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was like “searching for a needle in a haystack”, a counter-terrorism forensics chief has said.Keith Asman, head of forensics and digital investigations for the police’s south-east region counter-terrorism unit, told the inquiry into the Wiltshire poisonings that officers combed the area around Skripal’s house for a small container of novichok and for discarded protective clothing the attackers may have used. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/14/salisbury-novichok-inquiry-container-hunt-like-looking-for-needle-in-haystack

Ice-cream brand launches legal action against parent company and claims it threatened to dismantle board and sue directorsBusiness live – latest updatesBen & Jerry’s has launched legal action against Unilever accusing its parent company of attempting to block the ice-cream brand from making public statements supporting Palestinian refugees in the conflict in Gaza.The lawsuit also claims that Unilever has threatened to dismantle its board and sue directors over the issue. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/14/ben-and-jerrys-unilever-support-palestinian-refugees Author : Mark Sweney Publish date : 2024-11-14 13:58:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sir Jamie Colman and his clergy member wife financially supported Smyth despite knowing of abuse allegationsThe heir to the Colman’s mustard dynasty and his wife, a member of the clergy, have been asked by the Church of England to step back from their roles in a Hampshire church after being named in a damning report on a sadistic abuser.Sir Jamie Colman has been asked to cease his volunteering activities at St Leonard’s church, Oakley, and the Rev Sue Colman has been asked to step back from all ministerial duties by the diocese of Winchester. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/colmans-mustard-heir-asked-to-pause-church-role-over-john-smyth-link