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Ex-president hurtles through four rallies across three states as vice-president puts focus on PennsylvaniaUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump began hurtling through four Maga rallies across three battleground states – and delivered a dark and dystopian speech about the supposed “migrant invasion” of murderers and drug dealers – while Kamala Harris put all her last chips on Pennsylvania in a frantic final day of campaigning from both candidates.With the polls showing the contest essentially deadlocked between two vastly different political visions, both the ex-president and the vice-president were scrambling on Monday to drive home their message. Though early voting

Since 2010 government travellers have been banned from accepting frequent flyer points for work-related travel. But ban did not extend to status creditsFight or flights: the six days it took Albanese to deny he contacted Alan Joyce for Qantas upgradesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe accrual of personal airline status credits by public servants, politicians and their staff travelling for work may influence which carrier they fly with despite rules that insist on the cheapest fare, an expert in aviation loyalty programs says.Adele Elisio, publisher of The Champagne Mile frequent-flyer website, says many regular travellers

Case follows numerous attacks on the voting process and threats of violence, even as officials say voting is safeA man in Illinois punched an election judge at a polling location and was arrested Sunday, two days before the US presidential race, according to authorities.The man, identified as 24-year-old Daniel Schmidt, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a victim over 60, two counts of aggravated battery in a public place, and five misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest and one count of disorderly conduct. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/04/illinois-man-punch-election-judge-polls Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2024-11-04 20:36:35

Labor will announce a defence recruitment and retention plan that includes extra payments for permanent personnel. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank of Australia is widely tipped to keep rates on hold but a dovish turn in its post-meeting statement could lay the foundations for a pre-Christmas cut, Australian Associated Press reports.The clear consensus of economists and the market is that the RBA board will keep the cash rate at 4.35% at Tuesday’s meeting, given underlying inflation persists higher than they would like.While inflation fell again in the September

Court won’t hear arguments until early next year and the 2024 elections are proceeding under the challenged mapUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court said Monday it will take up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana’s congressional map with two mostly Black districts.The court won’t hear arguments until early next year and the 2024 elections are proceeding under the challenged map, which could boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the closely divided US House.When do polls close?How the electoral college worksWhere is abortion on the ballot?Senate and House races to watchLessons from the key swing statesTrump v Harris on

Students, apprentices and care leavers over 18 can apply for travel discount cards in phased reopening of serviceTransport for London has reopened applications for some Oyster photocards after a cyber-attack in September forced it to close down many online services.Students, apprentices and care leavers over 18 can now apply for the discount cards that permit travel at reduced rates, but over-60s and schoolchildren will have to wait until later in the month as TfL tackles the backlog in a phased reintroduction. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/04/tfl-reopens-some-oyster-card-applications-after-cyber-attack Author : Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-04 17:51:31 Copyright for

Security and defence will be difficult areas if the Republicans triumph but neither candidate seems keen on a trade deal with BritainEarly on Wednesday morning the results will start to trickle in from the most consequential US presidential election in a generation.The result will set the path for the US’s relationship with a UK led by its first Labour government in 14 years. Keir Starmer and his team have sought to prepare themselves for either eventuality: a Kamala Harris victory, with its easier, more predictable consequences, or a second Donald Trump administration and the volatility that would bring. Continue reading...

John Rodgers also received written reprimand for posting: ‘If you support the Democrat Party I will not help you’An Ohio sheriff’s lieutenant has apologized – and been only reprimanded – after authoring social media posts boasting about how he would refuse to assist people who voted for Democrats during Tuesday’s elections – and would require proof of a person’s voting choice before providing aid.John Rodgers, a veteran lieutenant with the Clark county sheriff’s office, reportedly posted on Facebook that he would consider a person’s voting record when responding to calls for service in his jurisdiction, which includes the city of

RFK Jr, an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control over public health policy if he winsDonald Trump suggested vaccines could be banned if he becomes president, in the clearest sign yet of a radical shake-up in public health policy should he put his ally Robert F Kennedy Jr in charge of it.Trump on Sunday told NBC that Kennedy, the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and former independent candidate who dropped out and endorsed Trump, would have a “big role in the administration” if wins Tuesday’s presidential election. Trump said he would talk to Kennedy about vaccinations. Continue reading... Source link

Salford council is first signatory to Unison agreement intended to prevent exploitation of migrant workers Care workers from countries such as India, Nigeria and the Philippines who faced losing their immigration status in the UK if they left their employers have been promised new protections by a landmark, grassroots deal.The migrant care workers charter is an agreement designed by care workers and the trade union Unison to prevent the exploitation of people on sponsored visas – and Salford council is the first in the country to sign up to it. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/04/unison-migrant-care-workers-charter-salford-greater-manchester Author : Chris Osuh

Nearly 70 people committed to Project Veritas founder’s election scheme, whistleblower saysUS elections 2024 – live updatesThe far-right political influencer James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, has reportedly assembled a group of election personnel and monitors in the US to secretly film voting and ballot counting procedures on election day.According to documents given by a whistleblower to the New York Times, the people involved would use hidden cameras “to record and then publicise video to support their claims of fraud and irregularities” at polling locations. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/04/james-okeefe-alleged-plan-secretly-film-us-voting-and-ballot-counts Author : Lorenzo Tondo Publish date : 2024-11-04 13:39:26

Children for Change contains stories, poems, and illustrations from more than 80 collaborators including Jamie Oliver, Mary Portas, David Baddiel and Adam KayKonnie Huq, Jamie Oliver, David Baddiel, Adam Kay, Mary Portas and Joseph Coelho are among those collaborating on an ebook about the climate crisis which will be free to access for every UK primary school.The ebook, Children for Change, is edited by Huq and features contributions from more than 80 writers, illustrators, environmentalists and young people including Tom Gates author Liz Pichon, The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler and TV presenter Chris Packham. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/04/konnie-huq-free-climate-crisis-ebook-primary-schools-jamie-oliver-mary-portas-david-baddiel-adam-kay

History teacher stabbed and decapitated near his school in a Paris suburb in 2020 in case that shocked FranceEight people have gone on trial in Paris for their alleged role in events leading to the beheading of the history teacher Samuel Paty in 2020, in a case that horrified France and heightened fears of terrorist attacks on schools.Paty, a 47-year-old history teacher, was stabbed and then decapitated near his secondary school in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, by Abdoullakh Anzorov, a radicalised 18-year-old who arrived in France aged six with his Chechen parents and had been granted asylum. Continue reading...

Starmer to urge world to ‘wake up’ to severity of illegal migration threat at Glasgow’s Interpol meetingSir James Dyson, the entrepreneur, has written an article for the Times today accusing the government of “spiteful” changes to inheritance tax rules.Farmers are furious because farms used to be exempt from inheritance tax, but under changes announced in the budget the 100% agricultural property relief (the exemption) will no longer apply on farms worth more than £1m. The government is also changing the rules on business property relief, which means that some shares in family businesses will no longer be exempt from inheritance

A source says one person’s hand was severed in altercation involving several people, including minorsFour people have been wounded, two of them seriously, by an axe wielded during a fight that erupted on a suburban train outside Paris, a police source said.One of the victims had a hand severed and another had their skull split open, the source added, asking not to be named. Two others were less seriously injured. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/04/paris-suburban-train-axe-wounded Author : Agence France-Presse in Paris Publish date : 2024-11-04 09:54:54 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

As 26 American states record driest October on record, South Africa hit by early season heatwave with temperatures reaching 41CAcross the US, a combination of weeks of dry conditions and record-breaking temperatures has led to the emergence of “flash droughts.” A persistent area of high pressure over North America has limited rainfall across much of the country, with 100 weather stations across 26 states recording their driest October on record, despite high rainfall totals from Hurricanes Helene and Milton across southeastern states in late September and early October. In the southern Appalachians, where Helene dropped nearly 800 mm of rain,

IDF says it has killed Abu Ali Rida and claims he was responsible for rocket attacks on Israeli troopsIsrael’s foreign ministry has said in a statement, reported by AFP, that it has formally notified the UN that the country will ban the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, Unrwa, from operating inside Israel.Unrwa operates 96 schools in the Israeli-occupied West Bank serving 45,000 students, as well as 43 health centres, food distribution services for refugee families, and psychological support services, according to the agency’s website. It has played a crucial logistical role in facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza, as

Democratic and Republican candidates set to blitz rallies in Pennsylvania and Michigan as polls shows race too close to callHello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the 2024 US presidential election.Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will begin a blitz of rallies and media appearances across the vital battleground states in the rust belt, as the final day of campaigning gets under way.Kamala Harris pledged to “do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza” in her final rally in Michigan on Sunday, as she attempted to appeal to the state’s large Arab American and Muslim American

Some of the east coast and the north will bake in a furnace of potentially life-threatening heat, the Bureau of Meteorology forecastsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet ourbreaking news email,free app ordaily news podcastA heatwave is due to strike Australia’s east coast, with temperatures expected above 40C, making the country’s north “one of the hottest places in the world” this week, the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast.Residents in northern New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory are being warned to brace for unsettled weather through the week, starting on Monday, as a mass of heat moves

Republican effort comes despite criticism that the efforts could threaten the voting rights of recently naturalized US citizens in the electionA federal judge ruled Sunday that Iowa can continue to challenge the validity of hundreds of ballots from potential noncitizens despite criticism that the efforts could threaten the voting rights of recently naturalized US citizens.In the ruling, US district judge Stephen Locher sided with the state in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of an Iowa Latino group and four recent citizens who had been placed on a list of questionable registrations by local elections

Pilot scheme said to have ‘groundbreaking’ potential for the hospitality industryOne thousand workers in the UK will get extra time off with no loss of pay in the first official pilot by the four-day week campaign under the Labour government.The British Society for Immunology and Crate Brewery in Hackney, east London, are among the businesses to have joined the latest trial, which is being led by the 4 Day Week Campaign, as it launches on Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/nov/04/one-thousand-uk-workers-to-join-first-four-day-week-trial-under-labour Author : Jasper Jolly Publish date : 2024-11-04 05:00:04 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chief executive says company is cooperating with the investigation, which is related to individuals who have left the firmFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian federal police (AFP) officers have commenced a search for documents at the headquarters of PwC Australia in response to the damaging tax leaks scandal.Treasury referred the matter – which relates to the sharing of confidential multinational tax proposals within the firm – to police in May last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/04/afp-pwc-headquarters-search-tax-leaks-scandal-documents-ntwnfb Author : Henry Belot Publish date : 2024-11-04 04:14:46

Samir Shah’s speech to say public service broadcasting is a British success story that must not be allowed to die outThe “fight is on” for the future of British programming at the BBC, the corporation’s new chair is expected to say in his first big speech.Samir Shah will characterise public service broadcasting as a “very British success story” and will say that ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 face similar challenges. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/04/new-bbc-chair-samir-shah-to-say-fight-is-on-for-future-of-uk-programme-making Author : Tom Ambrose and agency Publish date : 2024-11-04 00:01:58 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Speaking in Macon city, the former president said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1790 if he won electionDonald Trump’s final Georgia rally filled the Atrium Health amphitheater in the city of Macon on Sunday, with early voting tallies showing that supporters from the state’s middle could prove to be decisive in the waning days of the election.Trump was an hour and a half late to the event and wore a black-and-gold “Make America Great Again” cap. Sticking to familiar themes, the former president said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1790, the law under which

Victim’s brother Nyot Bidong attacks stereotyping of Africans after attack outside North Melbourne nightclubFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet ourbreaking news email,free app ordaily news podcastThe brother of a rapper gunned down outside a Melbourne nightclub has hit out at the “false narrative” surrounding the shooting and the way some community leaders have handled the attack.The man aged in his 20s was found with gunshot wounds on Langford Street in North Melbourne about 3.15am on Saturday. He died at the scene.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/04/pal-bidong-melbourne-rapper-shooting-brother-gang-link-claims-denied Author : Australian