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Under proposal, Greens would remove cap of 10 subsidised mental health sessions a year after it was halved from 20 in late 2022. Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUp to 55% of schools and childcare centres are unsafely close to main roads in some Australian suburbs, exposing children to deadly car pollution, according to a new report.A Climate Council report, released today, finds that about one in six schools and childcare centres across our capital cities are located within 100 metres of a busy road. That equates to more than 2,300

Lloyd Austin said deployment near Ukraine border was dangerous and destabilising developmentNorth Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving to the Russian region of Kursk, near Ukraine, according to the US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, who described the deployment as a dangerous and destabilising development.Austin was speaking at a press conference at the Pentagon with the South Korean defence minister, Kim Yong-hyun, as concerns grow about Pyongyang’s deployment of as many as 11,000 troops to Russia. The US and South Korea said some of the North Korean troops are heading to Kursk, on the border with

Rachel Reeves has finally laid out Labour’s spending plans in the party’s first budget in almost 15 years. The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by political editor Pippa Crerar and political correspondent Kiran Stacey to discuss the fallout Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2024/oct/30/budget-2022-rachel-reeves-labour-politics-weekly-uk-podcast Author : Presented by John Harris with Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey, produced by Frankie Tobi, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producers are Maz Ebtehaj and Nicole Jackson Publish date : 2024-10-30 19:29:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The roughly £9bn unveiled in budget expected to disappear rapidly due to rising costs and years of underinvestmentSchools in England are to get a multibillion-pound injection of funding, with extra money for children with special educational needs, but experts have said it will be rapidly swallowed up by rising costs and much more will be needed after years of underinvestment.Among a raft of measures designed to show the government’s commitment to education, the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, announced £6.7bn in capital investment for next year, which she said was a 19% real-terms increase on this year’s settlement. Continue

Secretary general’s comments come at time of mounting civilian casualties, including children, in mass Israeli strikes on northern GazaMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UN secretary general, António Guterres has warned Israel could carry out the “ethnic cleansing” of Gaza if the international community does not make a determined stand to prevent it.Guterres made his appeal at a time of mounting civilian casualties from the Israeli bombardment of northern Gaza. A strike on Tuesday in Beit Lahiya district left at least 93 dead, in what the UN said was just one of at least seven “mass casualty incidents” across Gaza

Knocked-over bag led to unintended use of drug to counter nerve agents, which may have saved former Russian spy’s lifeA paramedic has described the extraordinary moment he knocked over a drugs bag as he treated the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and then by chance gave him a nerve agent antidote that may have saved his life.Emergency services workers who went to help Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, after they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok, initially suspected they may have been experiencing the effects of a recreational drugs overdose. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/30/paramedic-gave-sergei-skripal-novichok-antidote-by-chance-inquiry-hears Author : Steven

The fuel duty freeze led to ire, but there were boosts for renewable energy investment and heat decarbonisationSo how did Rachel Reeves’ ambition to be the “green chancellor” survive contact with battle in the budget? Reactions are, honestly, mixed.The decision to freeze fuel duty and keep the 5p cut made by the Conservatives in 2022 is attracting some fury, not least because the tax relief is estimated to have raised UK greenhouse gas emissions by 7% since 2010. Reeves has been accused of doing “completely the wrong thing” for climate by making this decision at the same time as raising

Admission made at meeting chaired by Andy Burnham in which rail operator is asked to account for poor performanceThe rail operator Northern has said it still uses fax machines to communicate vital messages to train crews.The train company made the admission at an extraordinary meeting of the Rail North Committee, chaired by the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, on Wednesday morning, at which Northern was asked to account for its poor performance, including repeated “do not travel” messages issued to passengers on Sundays. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/30/northern-uses-fax-machines-send-messages-train-crews Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent Publish date

Clip of Russian and Ukrainian flags with angry face and heart emojis accused of ‘discrediting’ armyPolice in Russian-annexed Crimea have charged a woman with child neglect after her 10-year-old daughter allegedly posted a video online that “discredited” the Russian army, authorities said on Wednesday.The video, shared on Russian Telegram channels, showed a girl choosing between Russian and Ukrainian flags, with an angry-face emoji next to the Russian flag and a heart emoji next to the Ukrainian one. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/30/russian-police-charge-woman-crimea-daughters-pro-ukraine-video Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2024-10-30 15:27:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Keir Starmer’s appeal at PMQs follows Tory leadership candidates questioning police handling of investigationKeir Starmer has warned the two Conservative leadership candidates, Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch, against undermining police efforts in the investigation into the Southport attack.Speaking at prime minister’s questions, Starmer said it was important to allow police and prosecutors to “do their difficult job” and that all MPs had a choice to make to “either support the police in their difficult task or they could undermine the police in their difficult task”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/30/southport-attack-keir-starmer-warns-badenoch-jenrick-against-undermining-police Author : Aletha Adu Political correspondent Publish date :

Ex-president said Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico ‘an island of garbage’, ‘probably’ shouldn’t have been at rallyThe Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, continued to insist on Tuesday night that he doesn’t know the comedian who made racist and offensive jokes at his New York rally on Sunday, and that the comic “probably” shouldn’t have been there.In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, Trump was asked about racist and offensive jokes made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” and made disparaging remarks

GDP rose by 2.8% in the third quarter, short of economists’ expectations of 3.1%, and driven primarily by consumer spendingThe pace of US economic growth slowed over the summer but continued its two-year expansion, according to data released on Wednesday, days before millions of voters decide whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump is best placed to lead it forward.US gross domestic product (GDP) – a broad measure of economic health – rose by 2.8% in the third quarter, short of economists’ expectations of 3.1%, and down from the previous quarter’s 3% reading. The increase was driven primarily by consumer spending,

Rachel Reeves is announcing her financial update – here are the main points, with political analysisPolitics live: latest news and reaction on UK budgetRachel Reeves says the UK voted for change, and the Labour government has a mandate for a decade of “national renewal”.Reeves says Labour inherited a £22bn “black hole” with allegedly unfunded pledges by the Conservative government.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the government’s budget watchdog, has published a review saying that the previous government did not disclose details of spending. Those details would have made forecasts “materially different”, Reeves says.Reeves says the government will implement 10 recommendations

VP delivers speech from site of Trump’s speech before deadly January 6 attack. Plus, a lost Maya city is foundGood morning.With the White House illuminated behind her, Kamala Harris asked the vanishing slice of undecided Americans to elect a “new generation of leadership”, likening Donald Trump to a “petty tyrant” who had stood in the very same spot nearly four years ago and, in a last-gasp effort to cling to power, helped incite the mob that stormed the US Capitol.What was the focus of Harris’s speech? The Democratic nominee’s big speech mentioned Trump by name 24 times and Joe Biden

Critics alarmed by talk of revenge against Democrats and say second Trump term would pose unprecedented dangerDonald Trump’s extremist attacks on top Democrats as “the enemy from within” and talk of deploying the military against political foes if he wins the election are stark signs Trump will endanger the rule of law in America, say former US justice department officials and scholars.Trump’s threats – singling out ex-speaker Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and others as “the enemy from within” and “more dangerous than China Russia” – jibe with his earlier incendiary talk of using a return to the White House to

Parliamentary committee told of Narendra Modi ally’s alleged role in campaign of violence and threatsThe Canadian government has publicly alleged that India’s home affairs minister, Amit Shah, prime minister Narendra Modi’s closest political ally, was behind a recent series of plots to murder and intimidate Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.Testifying before a parliamentary committee, the Canadian deputy foreign affairs minister, David Morrison, acknowledged that he had leaked information to the Washington Post regarding Shah’s alleged role in a campaign of violence and threats against the Sikh diaspora over the last few years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/30/canada-alleges-indian-minister-amit-shah-plot-to-target-sikh-separatists Author :

Facebook posts by Rob Pyne conveyed imputation that Greg Hallam was ‘corrupt’ and were defamatory, district court judge findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former Queensland Labor MP has been ordered to pay more than $150,000 for making Facebook posts depicting a lobby group CEO as Jabba the Hutt.Rob Pyne, now a Cairns councillor, was the MP for Cairns from 2015 until 2017.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/30/greg-hallam-rob-pyne-queensland-labor-mp-defamation-trial-jabba-the-hutt-ntwnfb Author : Andrew Messenger Publish date : 2024-10-30 09:35:41 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Chair suggests company will not make fourth takeover offer and will instead focus on other growth opportunitiesThe global mining company BHP has “moved on” from its three unsuccessful attempts to take over the rival Anglo American earlier this year and will focus on other growth opportunities instead, its chair has said.Speaking at BHP’s annual general meeting in Brisbane on Wednesday, Ken MacKenzie suggested the Australian miner would not be resurrecting its bid for its London-based competitor after a six-month block on trying again lifts at the end of November. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/30/mining-firm-bhp-says-it-has-moved-on-from-failed-anglo-american-bid Author : Jack Simpson Publish

The chancellor will deliver the budget at around 12.30pm GMT, just after PMQsFive key charts that underpin the budgetTax changes to look out forGood morning. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will today seek to reset the trajectory of public spending and taxation for the rest of this parliament – perhaps for a decade, based on Labour’s pre-election rhetoric – with what is set to be the biggest tax-raising budget in history, at least in cash terms. Larry Elliott and Pippa Crerar preview it here, in our overnight story.In recent years budgets have become two-week news events, with many of the main

Israel hits towns of Sarafand and Haret Saida, says Lebanese health ministry; ‘large number’ of tanks cross Israeli border, local media reportsThe US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has said the US “rejects any Israeli efforts to starve Palestinians in Jabaliya or anywhere else” and called on the Netanyahu government to tackle the “catastrophic humanitarian crisis” in Gaza.You can listen to Thomas-Greenfield’s comments in the below video:This sobering report makes clear the stark reality that many people are facing the risk of famine. Access to basic services is becoming harder by the day. This dire situation cannot continue.The UK

Auburn South primary school community mourns car crash victim Jack Davey, 11, as four students remain in hospital Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt was an afternoon recess on what should have been an ordinary, sunny spring Tuesday at Auburn South primary school.Within the grounds of the Melbourne school, five primary school students were seated around an outdoor table overlooking a soccer pitch. Moments later, the scene turned to one of horror. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/30/melbourne-school-crash-boy-killed-tributes-auburn-south-primary-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore Publish date : 2024-10-30 07:22:54

The first polls will be opening in the US not long after the RBA’s board meeting wraps up next TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen the Reserve Bank board meet next week to discuss interest rates, it will have an inescapable “best-laid schemes of mice and men” feel about it.For sure, there will the usual meticulous assembly and assessment of data, including Wednesday’s relatively benign inflation figures. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/30/the-rba-will-likely-hold-the-cash-rate-but-are-their-calculations-at-risk-of-being-overtaken-by-us-election-chaos Author : Peter Hannam Publish date : 2024-10-30 06:14:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Residents told to stay indoors with doors and windows closed as emergency services say there is no nuclear risk from ongoing fire at BAE Systems complexTwo people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in Cumbria where British nuclear submarines are built, police said.Cumbria constabulary said the fire at the nuclear submarine shipyard broke out at about 12.45am. Police said there was “no nuclear risk” but residents should stay inside with doors and windows closed. The two people taken to hospital had suspected smoke inhalation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/30/nuclear-submarine-shipyard-fire-at-barrow-in-furness-leaves-two-in-hospital Author :

‘Very sharp increase’ in children arriving in emergency after crashes, doctors warn, as assessment of how to best legalise e-scooters continuesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChildren as young as five end up in hospital with e-scooter and e-bike injuries as officials warn growing use could further clog emergency rooms.As New South Wales contemplates how best to legalise the electric transport devices, doctors have urged MPs to impose strict regulation including bans on riders aged under 16.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link

Labor considering expert report’s call for judges to have discretion to not cancel licences of those using the drugFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDrivers who use medicinal cannabis in Victoria will be able to remain behind the wheel under a proposed interim measure being considered by the state government.In an expert report tabled in parliament on Wednesday, the former magistrate Tony Parsons called on the government to provide the courts with judicial discretion not to cancel the licences of medicinal cannabis users.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking