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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

Trump says he will choose personnel who will make life ‘affordable, safe, and secure’ as Harris says, ‘this is not a time to throw up our hands’US election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerShare your reactions to Donald Trump’s seismic victoryKuo was also asked by lawmakers about concerns Trump might cancel subsidies for TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, which is investing $65bn in the US state of Arizona for new factories. Kuo said there was a contingency plan, including helping more companies in the supply chain to move to the United

But banning political donations or restructuring firms to reduce conflict of interest was not part of recommendationsBig four firms should be banned from providing a client both audit and consultancy services at the same time, and have their number of partners slashed by up to 600, a parliamentary inquiry has recommended.But it stopped short of calling for a ban on political donations or for the structural separation of consultancy firms to reduce conflicts of interest, as recommended by former competition watchdog chair Allan Fels. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/07/big-four-firms-should-have-partner-numbers-slashed-by-up-to-600-parliamentary-inquiry-says Author : Henry Belot Publish date : 2024-11-07 04:06:42 Copyright

Copernicus Climate Change Service says 2024 marks ‘a new milestone’ and should raise ambitions at Cop29 summitIt is “virtually certain” that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, the European Union’s space programme has found.The prognosis comes the week before diplomats meet at the Cop29 climate summit and a day after a majority of voters in the US, the biggest historical polluter of planet-heating gas, chose to make Donald Trump president. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/07/this-year-virtually-certain-to-be-hottest-on-record-finds-eu-space-programme Author : Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-07 03:00:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Mountain fire scorches thousands of acres north-west of Los Angeles as officials demand more help for fire crewsFast-moving fires erupted across California on Wednesday as the state was lashed by powerful winds that complicated firefighting efforts, necessitated power shutoffs and raised the danger for more ignitions.Just hours after igniting in Ventura county, the Mountain fire rapidly swept through more than 10,000 acres as flames jumped into rural and residential communities tucked close to the burning hillsides, leaving devastation in its wake. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/06/california-wildfire-risk-santa-ana-winds Author : Gabrielle Canon and agencies Publish date : 2024-11-07 01:50:27 Copyright for

Xiaozheng Lin could be eligible for parole in seven years after striking deal to plead guilty to manslaughter of Yuqi Luo and Hyun Sook Jeon in 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA student who killed two sex workers within 24 hours has been sentenced to at least nine years in prison after admitting downgraded manslaughter charges.Xiaozheng Lin, 24, was sentenced to at least nine years behind bars on Thursday after admitting two charges of manslaughter in July.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source

Trump world was jubilant after his election win, while confusion and foreboding reigned on the other side of AmericaUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerMillions of Americans woke up to a transformed country and a rattled world on Wednesday following the realisation of Donald Trump’s stunning return to power.As the extent of Trump’s victory began to sink in – including clear dominance not only in the electoral college but also probably in the popular vote, with at least 72 million votes cast for him, as well

The border region can expect ‘fresh and gusty winds’ as temperatures climb into the high 30s to low 40sFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere is a high chance of lightning strike fires around the New South Wales-Queensland border as thunderstorms develop in heatwave conditions, meteorologists have warned.Senior meteorologist Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meterology said Thursday would mark another hot and windy day for southern Queensland and northern NSW, where crews are attending a number of fires – including the blaze at Dirranbandi, which has been

Unexpected move throws Europe’s largest economy into political disarray and is likely to lead to snap elections in MarchThe German government is on the brink of collapse after the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, unexpectedly sacked his finance minister, plunging Europe’s largest economy into political disarray.Christian Linder was thrown out of the three-way coalition during a meeting of high-level government members on Wednesday evening, after months of bitter infighting that has contributed to the administration’s growing unpopularity. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/06/german-government-on-brink-of-collapse-after-olaf-scholz-sacks-finance-minister Author : Kate Connolly in Berlin Publish date : 2024-11-06 22:53:09 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Missouri, which voted for Trump, backed increasing minimum wage, while blue California said yes for a tough-on-crime propositionUS election results 2024: live map and trackerUS election 2024 – live news updatesWhile Donald Trump comfortably cruised to victory over Kamala Harris, , voters in a handful of red states cast their ballots for policies favored by centrists and progressives – such as minimum wage protections.Meanwhile voters in some deep-blue states favored measures that are conventionally associated with conservatism, such as tough-on-crime initiatives.Democrats ask: ‘How do you spend $1bn and not win?’How Trump won the presidency – in maps‘Goodbye, America’: celebrities react

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Australian prime minister ‘has to stand up’ to Donald Trump. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStill on Birmingham on the ABC, host Patricia Karvelas asks whether he thinks cost of living, immigration, abortion and character of the candidate will shape Australia’s next election, as it did the US’s. Birmingham says cost of living will be the number one issue, and Karvelas presses him on abortion, and whether he would vote to remove an anti-abortion bill brought in by his colleagues Matt Canavan and Alex Antic.