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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.

Lifesize hologram of Betty Szabó in red light district is intended to jog memories and help find 19-year-old’s killerCold-case detectives in the Netherlands are hoping that an innovative lifesize hologram of a young sex worker who was murdered in Amsterdam 15 years ago will jog people’s memories and help bring her killer, or killers, to justice.Bernadett Szabó, known as Betty, was born in Hungary and left for Amsterdam when she was 18. Once there, she started earning money as a sex worker in the red light district. She continued to work after becoming pregnant and gave birth to a son

People with vouchers for Glynn Purnell’s Michelin-starred restaurant, Purnell’s, told they cannot be refundedA Michelin-starred restaurant run by the Saturday Kitchen chef Glynn Purnell has left customers with gift vouchers hundreds of pounds out of pocket after announcing its sudden closure.Purnell said he could “only apologise for this difficult situation” after customers were told their vouchers, many worth hundred of pounds, could not be refunded or redeemed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/10/customers-hundreds-of-pounds-out-of-pocket-after-closure-of-celebrity-chef-glynn-purnell-birmingham-restaurant Author : Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-10 10:55:03 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Prince and Princess of Wales will join the king and senior politicians to remember those who have died in conflictKing Charles will lay wreaths at the Cenotaph and lead the nation in a two-minute silence at 11am to remember the dead who gave their lives in two world wars as well as those who have died in other conflicts involving British and Commonwealth forces.The Prince and Princess of Wales will join the king and senior politicians for the national service of remembrance at the Cenotaph to honour all those killed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/10/king-charles-to-lay-wreath-and-lead-nation-in-remembrance-sunday-silence Author : Donna Ferguson

President-elect completes clean sweep of seven battleground states; Republican representative defeats former Navajo Nation president for House seatDonald Trump won the presidential election in Arizona, the Associated Press (AP) declared on Saturday, completing a clean sweep of all seven battleground states and locking in a decisive electoral college victory over the Democratic vice-president, Kamala Harris.Trump, who had secured the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the White House by early Wednesday, now has what is expected to be a final total of 312 votes to Harris’ 226.Protests against Trump erupted in the US on Saturday as people on both

Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick is planning to stack the incoming White House staff with Trump loyalistsScrambling to construct an administration in the wake of his shock victory eight years ago, Donald Trump looked far beyond his inner circle, and those who ardently embraced his agenda. Not this time.The president-elect has charged Howard Lutnick, a longtime friend, and one of the few high-profile figures in corporate America to vocally endorse his campaign, with recruiting officials who will deliver, rather than dilute, his agenda.A masculinity researcher on the Democrats’ ‘fatal miscalculation’Election deniers use Trump victory to sow more doubt over 2020

Director sets out to unmask the secret underwater agent known as Hvaldimir in new documentary When a white whale, mysteriously kitted out with covert surveillance equipment, was first spotted in icy waters around Norway five years ago it seemed like an improbable chapter from a spy thriller. But working out the true identity and secret objectives of this beluga, nicknamed Hvaldimir by the Norwegians, quickly became a real-life puzzle that has continued to fascinate the public and trouble western intelligence analysts.Now missing clues have surfaced that finally begin to make sense of the underwater enigma. The makers of a new

Calls for UK to work more closely with the EU on everything from defence and trade to immigration grow following Trump’s re-electionKeir Starmer’s government is coming under fire for having failed over more than four months to appoint new MPs and peers to a key EU-UK inter-parliamentary forum, as pressure grows for closer co-operation with the European Union after Donald’s Trump re-election to the White House.Today in an article for the Observer online the MEP and former Italian government minister Sandro Gozi, recently elected as the new chair of the 70-strong UK-EU parliamentary partnership assembly (PPA), and the chair of

The region’s president responds to criticisms that he was slow to act by attacking the prime ministerThe sun still hadn’t risen on Tuesday 29 October when the mayor of Utiel, Ricardo Gabaldón, took another look at the warnings from Spain’s state meteorological office and ordered all the schools in the small Valencian town to close.“The warning early that morning – at 5am or 6am – was orange,” he said. “That’s when I was weighing up whether to close the schools here. In the end, I ordered them to close at six or seven that morning. Soon after, the alert went

Terra Verde’s contract demonstrates the ‘huge competitive interest’ from global construction companies, Jacinta Allan saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government’s contentious Suburban Rail Loop “cannot be stopped” as a cloud hangs over the rollout of its new public transport ticket system.Global consortium Terra Verde has been awarded a $1.7bn tunnelling contract for the $34.5bn eastern section of the rail line.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/10/no-stopping-suburban-rail-loop-after-victorian-government-inks-17bn-deal-with-global-consortium Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-10 04:36:16 Copyright for

Premier says ‘misinformation’ and ‘fake news’ should not interfere with efforts to improve society, after opposition MP suggests talks being held in ‘secret’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, has warned against “American-style division” surrounding the state’s nation-leading Indigenous treaty, ahead of negotiations beginning this month.The First Peoples’ Assembly – Victoria’s democratically elected Indigenous body – will begin negotiating a statewide treaty with the Allan government in the coming weeks.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/10/jacinta-allan-warns-american-style-division-indigenous-treaty-negotiations-yoorrook-victoria-ntwnfb Author

Donald Trump now has what is expected to be a final total of 312 electoral college votes with Kamala Harris securing 226Donald Trump has won the presidential election in Arizona, the Associated Press declared on Saturday, completing a clean sweep of all seven battleground states and locking in a decisive electoral college victory over Democratic vice-president Kamala Harris.Trump, who had secured the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the White House by early Wednesday, now has what is expected to be a final total of 312 votes to Harris’ 226. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/10/trump-wins-arizona-completing-sweep-of-all-seven-battleground-states-ap-reports Author : Guardian

Sydney has a high chance of thunderstorms this week, while Melbourne can look forward to 30C weather on SaturdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe heatwave baking northern Australia with temperatures of up to 43C is expected to continue into next week, with southern parts of the country facing warm weather and possible severe storms.A severe heatwave warning was current for much of inland Queensland, with highs of 43C at Longreach, Boulia and Richmond and 41C in Mount Isa expected on Sunday.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news

New support service managed 339 cases of workplace wrongdoing in its first nine months, report showsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe health minister, Mark Butler, says Parliament House is still “an unsafe place to work” after figures revealed there were at least 30 instances of serious wrongdoing – including sexual assault and sexual harassment – reported to its new HR body in the past year.The “deeply concerning” figures published in the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service’s first annual report, reported by Nine newspapers on Sunday, show it managed

With votes still being counted from general election, a win would be critical for Trump to advance agendaUS elections 2024 – live updatesRepublicans on Saturday appeared close to clinching control of the US House of Representatives, a critical element for Donald Trump to advance his agenda when the president-elect returns to the White House in January.With votes still being counted from the 5 November general election, Republicans had won 212 seats in the 435-member House, according to Edison Research, which projected on Friday night that Republican Jeff Hurd had enough votes to keep Republican control of Colorado’s third congressional district.Trump

Alexta Francis, 26, was arrested two days ago after MP Asot Michael found dead at his home on Caribbean islandAntigua police have charged a man over the fatal stabbing of a member of parliament in his seaside home.Police on the Caribbean island charged Alexta Francis, 26, two days after the landscaper was arrested and questioned about the killing of Asot Michael. Francis was due to make his first appearance in court on Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/09/police-in-antigua-charge-suspect-over-fatal-stabbing-of-politician Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-09 23:38:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Olympians and Paralympians attended a Buckingham Palace reception, but only the former were asked to a following event hosted by the luxury food retailerFortnum & Mason has apologised for a “failure of communication” to Paralympians who were not invited to a party which Olympians attended, after the Paris medallists met the king at Buckingham Palace.Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes were hosted at a reception at the royal residence on Thursday 7 November to celebrate Britain’s success this summer. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/09/fortnum-mason-apologises-for-party-snub-to-uk-paralympians Author : Jane Clinton Publish date : 2024-11-09 22:23:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

South Australian to debut at top of batting order in first match in PerthIn-form Josh Inglis also picked as batter in 13-player squadAustralia have settled on Nathan McSweeney to be Usman Khawaja’s opening partner for the start of the blockbuster Test series against India. After an outstanding start to the domestic season, McSweeney has beaten Marcus Harris for the vacant spot in the Australian XI.Harris, who last played a Test in January 2022, has even missed out on being part of the extended squad after selectors chose Australia’s white-ball wicketkeeper Josh Inglis to be the spare batter. Left-hander Harris top-scored

Ten people have been injured so far by the Mountain fire, which was 17% contained by Saturday morningAs firefighting crews continued to battle the Mountain fire on Saturday, some residents were allowed to return to areas destroyed by the blaze to sift through the destruction to their homes.As of 7am Pacific time on Saturday, the fire had been 17% contained, according to Cal Fire, the state’s wildfire-fighting agency. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/09/california-mountain-fire-destroyed-homes Author : Maya Yang and agencies Publish date : 2024-11-09 20:50:44 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Military regime considering move after death penalty abolished in west African country in 2018Burkina Faso’s military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the west African country abolished it in 2018, a government source told Agence France-Presse on Saturday. The last execution in Burkina Faso was carried out on 19 September 1988, according to Amnesty International. The nation’s final executions killed four leaders accused of an attempted coup d’état to depose president Blaise Compaoré – defence minister Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani, minister of economic promotion Henri Zongo, and two unidentified men. Reintroducing capital punishment to the penal code “is being