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Starmer in Paris for Armistice events but will also discuss implications of Republican’s victory in US presidential electionToday the i has splashed on a report claiming Home Office insiders do not think the government’s plan to smash the people smuggling gangs organising small boat crossings will work. In her story Lizzie Dearden says:Home Office officials do not believe Labour’s plan to “smash the gangs” will work as a way of bringing down illegal migration to the UK, i can reveal.They say that civil servants in the department have been “underwhelmed” by the approach that was being outlined again this week

Reports that the US president-elect advised the Russian leader not to escalate Ukraine war are dismissed as ‘fiction’Vladimir Putin has demanded Ukraine withdraw from swathes of its eastern and southern territory as a precondition to peace talks, Agence France-Presse reports.Following Donald Trump’s election, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned there should be “no concessions” to Putin. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/11/kremlin-denies-reports-of-trump-putin-ukraine-war-call-us-politics-live Author : Vicky Graham Publish date : 2024-11-11 09:42:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ishiba’s governing coalition lost majority and needs to find new partner or get consent from opposition to enact policyJapan’s parliament re-elected the prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade.Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) and its junior partner, Komeito, together lost their majority in the 465-seat lower house, the more powerful of Japan’s two-house parliament, in the 27 October election amid voter outrage over financial misconduct by his party and its lukewarm response. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/japan-parliament-re-elects-pm-shigeru-ishiba-amid-political-uncertainty Author : Associated Press in Tokyo Publish date

IDF says fires in Bet Shemesh area, west of Jerusalem, were sparked by debris from intercepting missile fired from YemenIsrael’s military reports on its official Telegram channel that overnight it “successfully intercepted four UAVs that approached Israel from the east.”When IDF statements say generically “from the east” they usually mean from the direction of Iraq. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/11/israel-claims-projectile-yemen-gaza-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2024-11-11 07:43:31 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Scottish government drops proposed partnership with charity after backlash from violence against women sectorThe Scottish government’s strategy to support women working in the sex industry has been cast into disarray after it was forced to ditch a proposed partnership with a charity whose founder has suggested most sex workers have had exposure to “occult” activities, citing yoga as one example.The Scottish government abandoned plans to partner with the Luton-based Christian charity Azalea, which offers “practical, emotional and spiritual support to women sexually exploited through prostitution”, after a backlash from the violence against women sector. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/11/scottish-sex-work-strategy-a-mess-as-charity-ditched-after-occult-claim

Police say one person died at the scene after a truck crashed into the facility at about 2.20pm MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne person is dead and a child has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a truck crashed into a kindergarten in a regional Victoria town, police say.Victoria police said the truck was believed to have crashed into a kindergarten in Riddells Creek, about 45km north-west of Melbourne, at about 2.20pm on Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/11/riddells-creek-truck-crash-victoria-kindergarten-ntwnfb Author : Guardian staff

Party wants to amend government’s bill that would end tradition of hereditary peers to make reforms go furtherThe Liberal Democrats will attempt to hijack the government’s bill to ban Lords from inheriting their seats in parliament this week in an attempt to force a vote on an entirely elected upper chamber.The government’s hereditary peers bill, which is heading for its committee stage on Tuesday and is likely to clear the House of Commons the same day, will put an end to the tradition and ban the the current 92 lords who inherited their titles from sitting in the second chamber.

Nationals senator Matt Canavan and MP Keith Pitt both spoke out about the party’s climate policy in the wake of Donald Trump’s winFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNationals leader David Littleproud, shadow transport minister Bridget McKenzie and Senate Liberal leader Simon Birmingham have all rejected a backbench push to use Donald Trump’s election in the US to abandon support for net zero by 2050.The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has said he is completely committed to the target, attempting to fight the next election on the Coalition’s vague

The firing of Garry Conille is the latest blow to political stability in Haiti, which has been wracked with worsening violenceA transitional council created to restore democratic order in Haiti has fired its interim prime minister Garry Conille and is set to replace him with businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, in a further sign of escalating turmoil in the Caribbean nation.The decision, outlined in a decree by the council that was seen by the Associated Press, is expected to be published on Monday in the official gazette. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/haiti-interim-prime-minister-fired-gary-conille-replacement-alix-didier-fils-aime Author : Agencies Publish date : 2024-11-11 03:39:39

Humanitix co-chief executive calls for ‘proper prosecution’ for people and online sites that buy tickets for the sole purpose of reselling them at huge markupsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe government must ban dynamic pricing and banish scalpers if consumers are to pay fair prices for concerts, the head of Australia’s largest locally owned ticketing platform says.Last month the Albanese government said it planned to change consumer laws to address the practice of inflating tickets while customers wait in online queues, known as dynamic pricing, after tickets

Hamptons says ‘modest’ rises can be expected amid ‘dampening effect’ of higher interest rates overallExpectations that UK interest rates may stay higher for longer, as well as revenue-raising measures in the budget, have prompted a leading estate agent to cut its forecast for house price growth over the longer term.The revised forecast from Hamptons came days after Halifax and Nationwide banks said the annual rate of property price growth had slowed, with the former saying it was likely to be “modest … for the rest of this year and into next”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/11/leading-uk-estate-agent-cuts-its-longer-term-house-price-growth-forecast Author : Rupert

Police say worker was killed at a Rokewood windfarm, north-west of Geelong, at 8am MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has died after being crushed beneath a fan blade while working at a regional Victorian windfarm.Victoria police said the man was working at the windfarm on Bells Road in Rokewood, about 133km west of Melbourne and 69km north-west of Geelong, when the incident occurred shortly after 8am on Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/11/victoria-windfarm-death-rokewood-fan-blade-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore and Emily Wind Publish date : 2024-11-11

Kristian James Samuel White, 34, formally pleads not guilty in NSW supreme court at start of trial that could last three weeksFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales police officer who allegedly tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother has formally pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter in a Sydney court.Snr Const Kristian James Samuel White, 34, spoke only to enter his plea in the NSW supreme court on Monday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/11/clare-nowland-tasering-case-kristian-white-manslaughter-trial-ntwnfb Author : Ben Doherty Publish date : 2024-11-11 00:29:12

Toy company advises parents to ‘discard the product packaging or obscure the link’ on Glinda and Elphaba dollsThe toy company Mattel says it is taking “immediate action” after mistakenly printing a pornographic website address on the packaging for dolls released to tie in with the upcoming Wicked film.Over the weekend, individuals began sharing photos online of the dolls’ packaging, which showed a link to wicked.com, instead of wickedmovie.com. The address was printed on boxes for Glinda and Elphaba dolls, the main characters in Wicked, played in the film adaptation by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo respectively. Continue reading... Source link

Swift wins best artist award for third time as Liam Gallagher, Calvin Harris and Sabrina Carpenter also triumphThere was something different about the announcements on the Manchester tram network this week. Instead of the usual voice calling out Deansgate-Castlefield and St Peter’s Square, passengers have been listening to Rita Ora warning: “Make sure you plan your journey – it’s gonna be busy!”The pop star was in Manchester on Sunday to host the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), one of the highlights of the global music calendar, at the city’s Co-op Live Arena. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/10/mtv-europe-awards-taylor-swift-raye-pet-shop-boys-big-winners-manchester Author :

Greens estimate that forgiving all student debt will save someone owing $27,600 about $5,500 a year. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMatt Keogh on Aukus, second Trump presidencyMatt Keogh was also questioned on what he thinks the challenges will be for the Australian government amid a second Trump presidency?We understand regardless of who is in charge of the White House or what is happening across the globe, what matters to Australians is being able to make ends meet themselves.We expect that to continue even under a Trump Presidency. Continue reading... Source link

Jamison joined Alvin Ailey’s dance company in 1965 and performed there for 15 years, premiering solo Cry in 1971Judith Jamison, an acclaimed dancer and choreographer who for two decades was artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, died on Saturday in New York, at the age of 81.Her death came after a brief illness, according to a post on the company’s Instagram page. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/nov/10/judith-jamison-dead-dancer-alvin-ailey Author : Reuters Publish date : 2024-11-10 20:14:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Expected departure of at least five deputies means party set to be replaced as main oppositionSyriza, the once radical leftwing force that set Europe alight with its anti-austerity rhetoric at the height of Greece’s debt crisis, is on the verge of being replaced as the country’s main opposition party after the removal of its leader Stefanos Kasselakis and his decision to start a new political movement.At least five Syriza deputies are expected to officially inform parliament on Monday of their decision to leave the party, a move that will result in the group’s parliamentary presence being reduced to 30 lawmakers

Senator says he doesn’t support forcing justice to retire so that Biden can pick replacement before finishing his termBernie Sanders said he opposes any move to force Sonia Sotomayor, the senior liberal justice on the US supreme court, to step down so that Joe Biden could nominate a younger liberal replacement before he finishes his term as president.Sotomayor, 70, is known to suffer from health issues, and some Democrats fear a repeat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died during Donald Trump’s first term – giving him a third opportunity to nominate a new justice and further shore up the top

Ukrainian strike on Moscow is biggest since full-scale invasion while Russia sends wave of record 145 dronesUkraine has carried out its biggest drone strike on Moscow since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Russian media said on Sunday, as the Kremlin launched its own record air attack over Ukraine.Three airports in the Russian capital were temporarily closed and flights were diverted. At least one person was injured. Russia said its air defences shot down 70 drones, nearly half of them in the skies above Moscow and the rest in western Russia. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/10/ukraine-russia-drone-attacks-moscow-war Author : Luke

Research into psychology of people in US and UK suggests it is better to submit work on time rather than perfecting it through procrastinationIs there a job you’re putting off finishing so you can read this story? Well, if new research into procrastination is anything to go by, you’d better get back to it.Scientists studying the psychology of people who leave things to the last minute have found that work that is submitted late tends to be judged more harshly than when a deadline is met. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/10/missed-deadlines-procrastination-psychology-study Author : Hannah Devlin Science Correspondent Publish date

Regional vice-president says ‘we cannot abandon the victims’ after huge protest over handling of disasterThe Valencian regional government, which has been heavily criticised over its response to the deadly floods that have killed at least 222 people in Spain, has ruled out any imminent resignations over the matter, arguing that the departure of senior leaders would constitute a betrayal of the victims of the disaster.Growing public anger over the authorities’ handling of the emergency brought 130,000 people on to the streets of the city of Valencia on Saturday night to call for the resignation of the regional president, Carlos Mazón.

Documentary shows the fight to recover paintings that Jewish art dealer was forced to sell by the NazisFrom the Benin bronzes to the Parthenon marbles, debates over the restitution of cultural artefacts are now a fact of life in an international art world forced to reckon with the often controversial history of its treasures.Museums around the world are having to consider implications of retaining items many argue were taken from their owners under persecution or duress. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/10/the-spoils-director-says-film-forces-art-world-to-confront-loaded-issue-of-restitution Author : Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-10 14:41:55 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Chief secretary to the Treasury says security and defence spending are a priority but require ‘trade-offs’US politics – live updatesThe UK is examining all possible options when it comes to the US president-elect Donald Trump’s approach to Ukraine, the chief secretary to the Treasury has said, as the UK’s chief of the defence staff said approximately 1,500 Russian troops were being killed and injured every day.Whitehall officials are “considering and planning lots of different scenarios”, Darren Jones told Sky News on Sunday. During the US election campaign, Trump said he would find a solution to end the war “within a

BBC presenter says unrest over the summer has made her question her beliefs about British toleranceThe BBC presenter Mishal Husain has said her experience of racism in Britain over the last year has been more pronounced than at any other time in her career.The presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme said that she had been left “shaken” at times and the summer riots had made her question her beliefs about British tolerance. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/10/mishal-husain-left-shaken-by-experience-of-racism-in-uk-this-year Author : Emily Dugan Publish date : 2024-11-10 12:02:40 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.