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Mountain fire in Ventura county has destroyed 132 homes and damaged 88, and fire is 5% contained, officials sayA wind-driven wildfire roared through rural and residential communities north-west of Los Angeles, charring more than 20,500 acres and leveling scores of homes.The Mountain fire in Ventura county, California, continued to burn on Thursday morning, as footage showed dozens of structures turned to smoldering ruins now lining the streets where neighborhoods once stood. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/07/california-wildfire-evacuations Author : Gabrielle Canon in Oakland and Anna Betts Publish date : 2024-11-08 03:09:16 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The historical series, Time in the Northwest, chronicles the life of Xi Zhongxun from peasant roots to Communist revolutionary in ChinaXi Jinping’s father is the subject of a rousing new historical drama that premiered on Chinese state television on Tuesday.Funded by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), Time in the Northwest chronicles the life of Xi Zhongxun, the father of the Chinese president, who was himself a CCP elder and key figure in the party under Chairman Mao Zedong. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/08/time-in-the-northwest-xi-jinping-father-zhongxun-time-in-the-northwest-china Author : Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-08

Independent David Pocock calls for disclosure reform, while Liberal James Paterson says many politicians don’t update the log fast enoughGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor is unlikely to pursue formal Senate action against the Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie for not disclosing 16 flight upgrades over her time in parliament, despite parliamentary rules around declaring travel requiring disclosures within 35 days.The independent senator David Pocock said it highlighted the need for reforming parliamentary transparency rules. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/08/bridget-mckenzie-flight-upgrades-nationals-senator-ntwnfb Author : Josh Butler Publish date : 2024-11-08 01:26:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Wealthy Democratic outsider unseats incumbent mayor London Breed in expensive raceAfter years of negative headlines and post-pandemic economic struggle, San Francisco has picked a wealthy Democratic outsider with no government experience to serve as the city’s new mayor.Daniel Lurie, 47, is one of the heirs to the Levi Strauss jeans company fortune, and previously spent 15 years as the executive of a San Francisco non-profit he founded. He defeated several Democratic challengers, including the current mayor, London Breed, in an election that was expected to break local campaign spending records. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/07/san-francisco-mayor-election Author : Lois Beckett

Wiles, who the president-elect often publicly praised for her leadership, will be first woman to hold influential roleUS elections 2024 – live updatesPresident-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the influential role.Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign, and was seen as the leading contender for the position. She largely avoided the spotlight, even refusing to take the mic to speak as Trump celebrated his victory early

Hersant in October became the first Victorian convicted of intentionally performing a Nazi salute in publicAn Australian far-right extremist has been sentenced to one month in jail for performing the Nazi salute in public.In October Jacob Hersant, 25, became the first Victorian convicted of intentionally performing the salute in public. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/08/nazi-salute-jail-jacob-hersant-far-right-victoria-melbourne-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2024-11-07 23:13:50 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Republican ousts incumbent Democratic senator Bob Casey after contentious and expensive race, widening GOP majorityThe Republican Dave McCormick won the Senate race in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday, denying the Democratic incumbent, Bob Casey, a fourth term and expanding his party’s majority in the upper chamber.When the Associated Press called the race at 4.09pm ET on Thursday, two days after polls closed in Pennsylvania, McCormick led by 0.4 points. The narrow margin raised the possibility of a recount, although his victory is expected to stand given his lead of roughly 30,000 votes.Trump wins the presidency – how did

The ACCC is holding an inquiry into the nation’s supermarkets. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRacism, colonialism ‘driving Indigenous self-harm’Australia’s dark colonial past and ongoing racism are driving self-harm in Indigenous communities, according to a respected Aboriginal psychologist.That whole process has left communities suffering from intergenerational trauma, disadvantage and ongoing racism, as well as the exclusion from the benefits of society and a lack of acknowledgement and respect for their different cultural values.We still want clinical approaches but we want to see culture at the centre of that.13YARN 13 92 76;

Newfoundland Memorial Univeristy team find white masses are likely material used to clean pipes in oil industryWhen the chemist Chris Kozak finally got his hands on a sample of the mysterious blobs that recently washed up on the shores of Newfoundland’s beaches, Project Unknown Glob officially began.At his disposal, Kozak and a team of graduate students had the “gorgeous” new science building and “world class facilities” of Newfoundland’s Memorial University to run a battery of tests on the white, doughy blob. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/07/canada-blob-mystery-solved Author : Leyland Cecco in Toronto Publish date : 2024-11-07 20:26:46 Copyright for

Competition to resemble Normal People star is markedly lower-stakes than chaotic Timothée Chalamet event in New York last monthTwo weeks ago, a mobbed competition to find a Timothée Chalamet lookalike in New York led to one arrest, a $500 fine for an “unpermitted costume contest” and a surprise appearance by the real-life Chalamet, fuelling further chaos.But a similar event in Dublin on Thursday, this time to find a doppelganger for Paul Mescal, the star of Normal People and the upcoming Gladiator II, unfolded rather more sedately. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/nov/07/paul-mescal-lookalike-competition-dublin-20-euro Author : Catherine Shoard Publish date : 2024-11-07

Leon Panetta says he also expects US president-elect to favor letting Russia retain control of areas of UkraineDonald Trump will as president give Benjamin Netanyahu a “blank check” in the Middle East, possibly opening the way for all-out war between Israel and Iran, the former CIA director and US defense secretary Leon Panetta predicted.“With regards to the Middle East, I think he’s basically going to give Netanyahu a blank check,” Panetta said of Trump, who won the presidential election this week and will take office again in January. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/07/trump-blank-check-netanyahu-war-iran-panetta Author : Martin Pengelly in Washington

Judges suspend Dylan Willis’s jail term on account of his ADHD and low IQ but uphold sentences of three other menA teenager jailed for smashing a restaurant window during rioting in Middlesbrough is to be freed after appeal judges ruled that a court had not considered his complex developmental and mental health background.Dylan Willis, 18, who pleaded guilty to violent disorder after repeatedly smashing the window with a brick, had his 14-month sentence suspended by court of appeal judges on Thursday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/07/teenager-who-smashed-window-during-middlesbrough-riots-freed-on-appeal Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-07 17:58:22

Mildura’s Powerhouse Place won for sustainable architecture and urban design, while Sydney renovation for Atlassian offices wins top awardGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith its whirring engines and towering smoke stacks, Mildura’s power station was rarely out of the news as a technological marvel of the early 20th century.When a new engine was installed to help light up the regional Victorian city in June 1925, the local newspaper proclaimed there would finally be enough “juice” for everyone. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/07/power-station-turned-event-space-lights-up-australian-architecture-awards Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-07 16:53:49 Copyright for

Experienced envoy is considered best person to help guide Labour government during potentially fraught periodUK politics live – latest updatesUS elections 2024 – live updatesThe British ambassador to Washington, Dame Karen Pierce, is to be asked to stay in post as Donald Trump takes power, ahead of a complex shuffle of UK security and diplomatic jobs in the new year.Pierce, with her deep knowledge of the Republican party, is considered to be the best person to help guide the Labour government during what could be a perilous transition from the Biden to Trump administrations. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/07/uk-us-ambassador-karen-pierce-stay-in-post-trump-transition

Original purpose of King Arthur’s Hall is a mystery and archaeologists say it is unique in EuropeAn enigmatic stone and turf structure on Bodmin Moor that was previously thought to be a medieval animal pen has been found to be 4,000 years older – and unique in Europe.The rectangular monument was built not in the early medieval period to corral livestock, as recorded by Historic England, but rather in the middle Neolithic, between 5,000 and 5,500 years ago, archaeologists have discovered. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/07/cornish-monument-king-arthurs-hall-4000-years-older-without-parallel Author : Esther Addley Publish date : 2024-11-07 15:00:23 Copyright for syndicated content

Australian Communications and Media Authority says telco did not do welfare check on 369 people who tried to make a call while lines were downGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOptus has paid a $12m fine over its mobile network outage last year that resulted in more than 2,000 people being unable to make triple zero calls.One year ago on Friday, a routine software upgrade to Optus’s mobile network brought down the service for 14 hours across the country for the company’s 10 million customers.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link

Former New York City mayor ordered to report to court after date passed to surrender valuables as part of $148m defamation judgementRudy Giuliani will appear in a New York City courtroom on Thursday to explain to a federal judge why he hasn’t surrendered his valuables as part of a $148m defamation judgment.Lewis Liman, a US district judge, ordered the former New York City mayor to report to court after lawyers for the two former Georgia election workers who were awarded the massive judgment visited Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment last week only to discover it had been cleared out weeks earlier. Continue

Runcorn and Helsby MP, 55, to appear in court at later dateMike Amesbury, the MP suspended by Labour pending an investigation, has been charged with assault after an incident following a night out.Amesbury, 55, was suspended by the party and lost the Labour whip on 27 October after a clip was published by MailOnline. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/07/suspended-labour-mp-mike-amesbury-charged-with-assault Author : Kevin Rawlinson and Rowena Mason Publish date : 2024-11-07 12:19:12 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Met inquiry looking into historical accusations against former Radio 1 hip-hop DJProsecutors are considering bringing charges against the former Radio 1 hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood, after detectives investigating allegations of non-recent sexual abuse submitted a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).The criminal inquiries began after a joint investigation by the Guardian and BBC News in 2022 heard from women who accused the DJ of sexual misconduct and misusing his position in the music industry to take advantage of them. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/07/police-submit-file-to-cps-over-tim-westwood-sexual-abuse-allegations Author : Alexandra Topping Publish date : 2024-11-07 11:20:30 Copyright for syndicated

Prime minister’s chief fixer says UK relationship with US is strong and will continue with Trump in the White HouseAt the weekend, in response to a story in the Independent about an allegation that Kemi Badenoch made a joke about rape in a social media post in 2008, a spokesperson for the new Conservative leader said that Badenoch has been clear “she believes this sort of ‘offence archaeology’ has no place in political debate”.But, when it comes to what Labour politicians have said about Donald Trump in the past, Badenoch is no slouch at offence archeology herself. She devoted her

Pat McFadden say he thinks UK and US governments will ‘get on well’ despite past criticism by senior Labour figuresUS elections 2024 – live updatesDonald Trump is “capable of looking past” things people have said about him in the past, one of Keir Starmer’s closest allies has said.Pat McFadden, a Cabinet Office minister, said he thought the new US and UK governments would “get on well” despite the history of senior Labour ministers criticising Trump. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/07/trump-is-able-to-look-past-things-people-have-said-about-him-says-labour-minister Author : Eleni Courea Political correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-07 09:31:02 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Chair of Climate Change Authority says ‘climate change waits for no one’ as pressure mounts on Coalition to dump net zero commitmentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe chair of the Climate Change Authority, Matt Kean, has declared Australia must take “strong and decisive action” to address the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s return to the White House, arguing the world needs cheap renewable energy and the country can provide it.Kean, a former News South Wales Liberal treasurer and energy minister, told Guardian Australia there were “enormous opportunities

Lebanese capital’s south hit after Israel orders evacuations; Israeli PM’s office says he and US president-elect ‘agreed to work together for Israel’s security’Overnight Israel’s military released the name of a soldier it said was killed on the northern front in IDF operations targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.The army also said that one soldier was “severely injured during combat” in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/07/middle-east-israel-netanyahu-gaza-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2024-11-07 07:39:19 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Party leader threatens to take Labor’s Emily Kim to Human Rights Commission over ‘racial comments’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson has threatened to take Emily Kim, a Brisbane city councillor to the Human Rights Commission, claiming racial vilification for Kim describing One Nation as “racist”.Kim, a Labor councillor received a letter from Hanson’s legal representative Donald Bundesen by email on 25 October, the day before Queensland’s state election.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/07/pauline-hanson-emily-kim-racial-vilification-allegation-one-nation-ntwnfb Author : Andrew Messenger Publish

Meta says it will comply if required, but the technology is not ready to enforce proposed age limit across up to 40 appsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has pledged to legislate an age limit of 16 years for social media access, with penalties for online platforms that do not comply.But the Labor government has not spelled out how it expects Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and others to actually enforce that age limit. Anthony Albanese is facing pressure from the Coalition opposition to rush the bill