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Former chancellor accuses Rachel Reeves of politicising Office for Budget Responsibility by release on budget dayJeremy Hunt has called on the cabinet secretary, Simon Case, to prevent the release of a review by the Office for Budget Responsibility into his spending plans, which is scheduled to be released on the day of the budget.The former chancellor has accused Rachel Reeves of politicising the Office for Budget Responsibility, after she announced she would release a review into the spending forecast published during his time at the Treasury. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/29/jeremy-hunt-calls-on-government-not-to-release-obr-review-into-his-spending-plans Author : Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor Publish

Other UN agencies say it would be impossible to fill the void left by UnrwaAl Jazeera has spoken with the director-general of the Gaza government’s media office, Ismail al-Thawabta, who has said at least 93 people were killed in the Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza’s town of Beit Lahiya. Gaza’s health ministry said earlier today that 60 people were killed in the strike this morning, which hit a residential building housing displaced civilians. Al-Thawabta said that the building Israel attacked housed 200 people. Dozens of people are reported missing and 150 others estimated to be injured. Medics said 20 children

Ex-president likely to face questions about rally remarks at press conference before heading to Pennsylvania town with large population of Puerto RicansDon’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsPennsylvania is investigating potential voter fraud after an “overabundance” of voter registration forms and requests for mail ballots were sent to the York County elections office.The York County elections office received a “large delivery containing thousands of election-related materials from a third-party organization,” including voter registration forms and mail-ballot applications, York County President Commissioner Julie Wheeler said in a statement to the York Daily

Trump ally served four-month sentence for defying subpoena in congressional investigation into t 6 January attack on US CapitolLongtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon has been released from prison early, after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.Bannon left the federal correctional institution in Danbury, Connecticut, according to Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons. He planned to hold a news conference later in the day in Manhattan, his representatives said. He is also expected to resume his podcast on Tuesday.

Ryan James Girdusky removed from NewsNight show after telling fellow guest ‘I hope your beeper doesn’t go off’CNN has apologised to its viewers after a panellist on its NewsNight programme made derogatory remarks implying that a fellow guest on the show, the broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, was a terrorist.Ryan James Girdusky, a conservative commentator, told Hasan, a Guardian US columnist and former host on MSNBC, who is Muslim, that he hoped his “beeper doesn’t go off”, in an apparent reference to Israel’s targeting of Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon with exploding pagers last month. The wave of coordinated explosions killed 12 and

Survivor Oleksii Sivak has set up a support group for others who have suffered widespread but unspoken abuseRussian troops tortured Oleksii Sivak for weeks, applying electric shocks to his genitals in a freezing basement in his home city of Kherson in punishment for resisting their rule.When Ukrainian troops freed the city in the autumn of 2022, Sivak was presented with a long list of medical specialists who could help his recovery and asked to tick the ones he needed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/29/carved-on-bodies-and-souls-russias-use-of-male-sexual-torture-in-ukraine Author : Emma Graham-Harrison and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv Publish date : 2024-10-29 10:05:12 Copyright

Wes Streeting says private schools have hiked fees above inflation for over a decade and can prevent pupils leaving if they really are charitableKemi Badenoch, who is the bookies’ favourite to be the next Conservative leader, has told Times Radio that the contest is poised “neck and neck”.Interviewed by Kate McCann, Badenoch told listeners:People are tired of the party looking like it is not out working for the people out there. That is what I want to bring: integrity, and a focus on conviction and conservative values.There is something very significant that is going on, we are picking a leader

US bank accuses four users of stealing about $660,000 in total from ATMs using fake chequesJPMorgan Chase is suing customers in the US it accuses of stealing thousands of dollars from ATMs by exploiting a technical glitch that went viral on TikTok this summer.The US bank has filed lawsuits in at least three federal courts against people who withdrew funds before a cheque bounced, in the so-called “infinite money glitch”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/29/jpmorgan-sues-customers-glitch-tiktok-bank-atm-checks Author : Julia Kollewe Publish date : 2024-10-29 08:49:17 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Energy company says it plans to cut at least $2bn of cash costs from the business by the end of 2026Business live – latest updatesBP has reported its weakest quarterly profits in almost four years after the slump in global oil prices and falling margins in its refinery business.The oil company revealed underlying profits of almost $2.3bn for the third quarter, its weakest quarterly result since the fourth quarter of 2020 when Covid travel restrictions caused oil prices to crash. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/29/bp-profits-lower-oil-prices-energy-refinery-business Author : Jillian Ambrose Publish date : 2024-10-29 08:19:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

London-headquartered bank is poised to launch one of the biggest shake-ups in its 159-year historyHSBC has reported better-than-expected profits in the third quarter, allowing the bank to launch another multibillion-dollar stock buyback as it embarks on one of the biggest overhauls in the lender’s 159-year history.The London-headquartered bank said strong performance in its wealth division and wholesale banking arm helped push pre-tax profits up 10% to $8.5bn (£6.6bn) in the three months to the end of September. HSBC had been expected to report a 1.3% drop in profits to $7.6bn, according to average analyst estimates. Continue reading... Source link :

Boy, 11, dead and four children in hospital after collision at Auburn South primary school in Hawthorn EastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA child has died and four others remain in hospital with serious injuries after a car crashed into a school in Melbourne’s inner east.Emergency services rushed to the collision that occurred just after 2.30pm on Tuesday afternoon at Auburn South primary school in Hawthorn East. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/29/children-injured-after-car-crashes-into-melbourne-primary-school-ntwnfb Author : Adeshola Ore and Elias Visontay Publish date : 2024-10-29 07:02:19 Copyright for

The score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name, was discovered by a curator at the Morgan Library and Museum in New YorkAn unknown waltz by Chopin, written nearly 200 years ago, has been discovered in the vault of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.The score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name, was found by a curator in the spring, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/29/unknown-waltz-by-frederic-chopin-found-morgan-library-vault-new-york Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2024-10-29 06:10:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Foreign ministers and aid organisations criticise Israel over vote to oust UN agency from operating in war-torn territory, with US saying it had an ‘irreplaceable role’See all our Middle East coverageWorld leaders and international aid organisations have voiced fears for the delivery of crucial aid in Gaza after the Israeli parliament’s vote to ban the UN relief and works agency (Unrwa), with secretary general Antonio Guterres saying on Monday night: “There is no alternative to Unrwa.”Guterres said the UN agency would be prevented from doing UN general assembly-mandated work if Israel implemented the laws, which would ban the agency from

Exclusive: ‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind barsPrisoners serving controversial indeterminate sentences were given minimum terms of less than six months but have remained in jail for at least 16 years, newly released data shows.A total of five inmates serving sentences known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP) in England and Wales were handed tariffs less than six months, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data shows.If you have any information about the five prisoners serving IPP sentences who were given tariffs of less than six months, please email rajeev.syal@theguardian.com Continue

Rogerson, 83, who was serving a life sentence for the 2014 murder of Jamie Gao, had received ‘appropriate care,’ deputy NSW coroner saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe disgraced former New South Wales police officer Roger Rogerson died after suffering a major stroke while bedridden and receiving “end-of-life care”, an inquest has confirmed.The former NSW detective died in Prince of Wales hospital on 21 January, 2024 after suffering an intracerebral haemorrhage.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/29/nsw-detective-roger-rogerson-cause-of-death-stroke-inquest-ntwnfb Author : Australian

Hospitality giant rejects claims by multiple staff of ‘toxic environment’ in reporting by Nine newspapersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHospitality behemoth Merivale has appointed a top human rights lawyer to investigate any allegations female staff at the exclusive Level 6 club were exploited.The hire was prompted by Nine newspapers’ report on Tuesday that detailed allegations from multiple employees that the Level 6 penthouse – part of Merivale’s Ivy complex in Sydney – had a “toxic environment that exploited women, encouraged them to have sex with customers, perpetuated

Congresswoman condemns ‘horrific’ remarks from Trump’s New York rally: ‘They knew exactly what they were doing’Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez likened Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant remarks to the words of Adolf Hitler and sought to rally progressive support for Kamala Harris with Bernie Sanders at a rally on Monday night in Madison, Wisconsin.The New York congresswoman called the election a “precipice” and condemned the former president’s Madison Square Garden rally, where a comic referred to Puerto Rico as “garbage”, spurring widespread outrage on the island.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading... Source link

Lawsuits are latest in wave of accusations in which people allege they were assaulted by Combs over last two decadesSean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed on Monday of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005.The second lawsuit accuses the jailed hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old would-be contestant on the reality television series Making the Band in 2008. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/28/sean-diddy-combs-sexual-assault-teenage-boys-lawsuits Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-10-29 01:59:14 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

The director of films including Trash, Flesh and Women in Revolt has died in New York after a bout of pneumoniaPaul Morrissey, an early collaborator of Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground and the director of cult films such as Flesh, Trash and Women in Revolt, has died at 86.His archivist, Michael Chaiken told the New York Times that Morrissey died in a New York hospital on Monday after a bout of pneumonia. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/29/paul-morrissey-death-age-86-cause-of-death-pneumonia Author : Dee Jefferson Publish date : 2024-10-29 01:31:25 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Addition of North Korean soldiers will stoke regional tensions and further stretch Ukraine’s weary army in the almost three-year warNorth Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and fight in the Ukraine war within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon has said, in a move that western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the region.Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said on Monday, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push

On the heels of racist New York rally remarks, Trump hits at Harris, Fani Willis and Michelle Obama at Georgia TechDonald Trump yet again descended upon Atlanta with a week and a day to go, looking for votes in a state that is rapidly running out of voters to woo.“I do hear the votes are coming in very nicely,” the former president said. When he asked the crowd who had voted, about half raised their hands and cheered. “We’ve got to finish it off.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/trump-atlanta-rally Author : George Chidi Publish date : 2024-10-29 00:17:24 Copyright

Mood among protesters is one of deflation as some say Georgian Dream has already wonThousands of Georgians have taken to the streets in the capital, Tbilisi, to rally against the results of a contested weekend parliamentary election in which the increasingly anti-western governing party was declared victorious amid reports of irregularities and voter intimidation.The demonstration outside the parliament in the city centre was organised by the country’s pro-western opposition, which has refused to concede defeat and has accused the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party of election rigging. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/28/thousands-of-georgians-demonstrate-against-contested-election-results Author : Pjotr Sauer in Tbilisi Publish

Above-inflation increase would give pay rise to more than 1 million low-paid workersThe national minimum wage is to increase by up to 6% next year, with more than 1 million low-paid workers in line for a pay rise, the Guardian understands.Rachel Reeves is expected to announce an increase above inflation and even higher than what had been predicted last month. Ministers, who will herald the rise as good news for working people, said that 18- to 20-year-olds ought to eventually be paid the same as older workers, according to a recommendation first reported in the Times. Continue reading... Source link

Death of 26-year-old at Brook House comes a year after Albanian man died there after attempting suicide while detainedA man has died in detention at an immigration removal centre near Gatwick airport, Serco confirmed.The security company, which manages and operates the Brook House detention centre in West Sussex, said a 26-year-old man died on Sunday. The Home Office said their condolences are with the man’s family and friends. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/28/man-dies-in-detention-at-immigration-removal-centre-near-gatwick-airport Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-10-28 22:44:57 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Berlin warns of ‘serious consequences’ for ‘inhumane regime’ after 69-year-old Jamshid Sharmahd put to deathIran has executed a 69-year-old German-Iranian political scientist after years in captivity, sparking outrage in Germany and beyond.Berlin warned of “serious consequences” for Iran’s “inhumane regime” after Jamshid Sharmahd was put to death on Monday, while a Norway-based human rights group labelled the execution the “extrajudicial killing of a hostage”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/28/iran-executes-german-iranian-dissident-jamshid-sharmahd Author : Agence France-Presse in Berlin Publish date : 2024-10-28 21:46:42 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.