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This week a flurry of controversial and extremist picks for Trump’s cabinet came at a hectic pace with a level of provocation that made heads spin“Welcome back,” Joe Biden told Donald Trump, his predecessor and successor, as the pair shook hands in the Oval Office. For Biden, it was important to show the world that America can still conduct a peaceful transfer of power. “A transition that’s so smooth it’ll be as smooth as it can get,” Trump said.It was an outward show of permanence and stability. But behind the two men a fire was burning fiercely in the grate.

Terrier is a break-out star on social media after absconding from the second-story window of his guardian’s houseThere are escape artists, and then there is the elusive dog from New Orleans known as Scrim.A local pet-adoption service owner rescued the terrier from a dog pound where he faced the possibility of euthanasia – but Scrim then fled the home of a family that adopted him and spent about six months on the run before an elaborate effort to capture him succeeded in October, according to media outlets, including Nola.com. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/new-orleans-escape-artist-dog-scrim Author : Ramon Antonio Vargas

Allegations that tutors in the fast-growing sector are letting bullying between students go uncheckedWhen Sally Mumford enrolled in a training course to become a psychotherapist in 2020, she was excited to start a new career.She hoped to help people understand how their feelings and behaviour were shaped by their pasts. But she quickly realised that the course might not be what she had expected. “I arrived like a lamb to the slaughter,” she said. “There was a real nastiness that percolated down from the top.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/17/real-nastiness-therapist-training-courses-in-uk-can-be-toxic-and-need-regulating-say-students Author : Jessica Bradley Publish date : 2024-11-17 08:00:02

Researchers are baffled by 12th-century corpses uncovered at a heritage learning centre built in the garden of Leicester Cathedral after discovery of Richard III’s remainsIn gardens a few metres from Leicester Cathedral, archaeologists have made a disturbing discovery. Their excavations have revealed a narrow vertical shaft filled with the remains of 123 men, women and children.It is one of the largest pit burials ever excavated in the UK, with subsequent research suggesting the bodies were dumped there more than 800 years ago, early in the 12th century. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/17/mystery-surrounds-800-year-old-leicester-burial-pit-containing-123-bodies Author : Robin McKie Publish date :

Biggest air strike in months raises fears for Ukraine energy infrastructure ahead of winter monthsUkraine’s largest private energy provider says that the early morning Russian air strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure has “seriously damaged” equipment at thermal power stations.In a statement on X, DTEK said its employees were working on repairing the equipment, but did not specify what exactly had been hit.A massive combined attack targeted all regions of Ukraine. Overnight and this morning, Russian terrorists used various types of drones, including Shaheds, as well as cruise, ballistic, and aeroballistic missiles – Zircons, Iskanders, and Kinzhals. In total, approximately 120

New data reveals an extra 5,000 tonnes of waste is sent to landfill or incineration from November to MarchPlastic bottles are reviled for polluting the oceans, leaching chemicals into drinks and being a source of microplastics in the human body.They even cause problems with recycling. When plastic bottles are mixed with cardboard in recycling bins, in the wet winter months the sodden cardboard wraps around the plastic bottles and trays, causing havoc at recycling plants. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/17/how-winter-makes-recycling-harder-with-40-jump-in-contamination Author : James Tapper Publish date : 2024-11-17 08:00:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Milorad Zaric, 47, appears at Melbourne magistrates court on Sunday while withdrawing from drugs and alcohol, hearing is toldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne man has been charged with murdering his neighbour after a woman was allegedly stabbed to death in front of three teenagers.Milorad Zaric, 47, appeared at Melbourne magistrates court on Sunday while he was withdrawing from drugs and alcohol, the court heard.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/17/melbourne-man-charged-with-stabbing-neighbour-in-front-of-three-teenagers-ntwnfb Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date :

With the hearings in their final phase, there has been less movement on the issues besetting the organisation than might have been hopedThe final phase of the long-running inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has delved into the current operations and culture at the Post Office, as well as the issue of compensation payments to the hundreds of branch operators who were wrongly prosecuted.If the expectation was to find an organisation transformed – the reformation of a toxic culture, repair of the broken relations with staff and government and a well-oiled compensation process – testimony has shown that in many

Health secretary risks tainting the debate by turning it into an issue of pounds and pence, Labour grandee saysLabour divisions over the controversial bill on assisted dying have intensified as party grandee Harriet Harman demanded the immediate cancellation of work ordered by the health secretary, Wes Streeting, into the potential costs to the NHS of legalisation.In an interview with the Observer, Harman said Streeting’s intervention – making clear he regarded the bill as a “slippery slope” and saying that he had commissioned work on the financial implications – had not only breached “neutrality” rules for cabinet ministers but risked “tainting”

They celebrated his victory - but Trump’s trade tariffs and America first policies could backfire on the likes of Orbán, Meloni and WildersIn the end Viktor Orbán didn’t, as he’d promised, celebrate Donald Trump’s win with “several bottles of champagne”. He was in Kyrgyzstan, he apologised, “where they have different traditions” – so it was vodka. But it was still a “fantastic result”.“History has accelerated,” Orbán crowed at an EU summit in Budapest last week. “The world is going to change, and change in a quicker way than before. Obviously, it’s a great chance for Hungary to be in a

Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect’s favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the regionRightwing settlers and extremist nationalist Zionists in Israel have described top officials in Donald Trump’s new administration as a “dream team” which will offer a “unique and special opportunity” to expand Israel’s hold on occupied territory and permanently end any prospect of a Palestinian state.Palestinian groups and leftwing NGOs in Israel have been shocked by Trump’s appointment of outspoken supporters of the projects of far-right Israeli activists and say the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has been emboldened by Trump’s victory. Continue reading... Source link :

Amount paid at auction is highest ever for memorabilia related to ship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912A gold pocket watch presented to the captain of a steamship which rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56m.The sum – the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia – was paid by a private collector in the US, said auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son of Devizes, Wiltshire. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/16/watch-given-to-captain-who-saved-700-titanic-passengers-sells-for-156m Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-11-16 22:48:08 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Karolyi trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and help turn the US into an international gymnastics powerBela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the US into an international power, has died. He was 82.USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/17/bela-karolyi-gymnastics-coach-who-mentored-nadia-comaneci-dies-aged-82 Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-17 02:24:19 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

PM seeks to reassure Australians about the fate of their businesses under US Trump administrationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese is seeking to reassure Australian exporters about the fate of their businesses under an incoming US Trump administration, insisting he is confident they will be spared tariffs of up to 20% that the president-elect is threatening to impose.The prime minister said on Sunday that he did not expect any US move to slap tariffs on incoming goods to include imports from Australia.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s

Firefighters battle two out-of-control blazes as other communities brace for winds, storms and possible flash floodingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo out-of-control bushfires in Victoria have forced townships to evacuate and destroyed at least one home as parts of Australia’s east remain on alert for fires, wild winds and storms.Firefighters were on Sunday morning working to contain the fires in Victoria’s west, with flash flooding and heavy rainfall possible in the state’s north-east, south-east New South Wales and north-east Tasmania.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email

Northamptonshire police say they believe 24-year-old Harshita Brella was attacked by someone she knewPolice have named the woman found dead in a car boot in east London and said they believe she was attacked by someone she knew.A murder investigation was launched by Northamptonshire police after the body of 24-year-old Harshita Brella was found inside the boot of a vehicle on Bristane Road, Ilford, in the early hours of Thursday morning. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/16/police-name-woman-found-dead-in-car-boot-in-east-london Author : Donna Ferguson Publish date : 2024-11-16 23:40:19 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

PM silent on demands for Rudd apology over past remarks calling Trump ‘the most destructive president in history’ and ‘the village idiot’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese says Kevin Rudd will remain as Australia’s ambassador to Washington despite the apparent disquiet about Rudd’s past commentary on president-elect Donald Trump among some in Trump’s inner circle.Albanese is digging in against media speculation that Trump could demand Rudd’s withdrawal or that others in his administration could make the ambassador’s position untenable, insisting he will stay in the job

Isaac Levido and Michael Brooks warned ex-PM on 3 April voters ‘less likely to feel financially optimistic’Rishi Sunak’s top aides advised him not to call an early election, warning him that voters would be less likely to feel “financially optimistic” in the summer and that Conservatives would not be able to “hit Labour hard with both fists”.Isaac Levido, who directed the election campaign for the Conservatives, and Michael Brooks, a Tory strategist, issued the warning to the former prime minister in a blunt memo on 3 April, seven weeks before the election was called. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/16/rishi-sunaks-top-aides-advised-against-early-election-memo-reveals

Jose Zamora, 14, of Santa Clara had been spat on and hit on the back of the helmet by students, says Jose BautistaA teenage boy in Santa Clara, California, has taken his own life after being bullied by other students for being unhoused, his father said.Speaking to KTVU, Jose Bautista, the father of 14-year-old Jose Zamora, said his son died last Tuesday after being taunted by students, including those on his junior varsity football team. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/16/california-suicide-bullying Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2024-11-16 22:50:01 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Leaders at Apec summit in Peru acknowledge ‘ups and downs’ as well as longstanding ‘frank’ and ‘candid’ talksJoe Biden met with Xi Jinping on Saturday afternoon, marking what is believed will be the last meeting between the two leaders before Donald Trump assumes the US presidency in January.Meeting at a hotel on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru, the two leaders shook hands before each delivering opening remarks on the China-US relationship. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/16/biden-xi-jinping-apec-peru Author : Lauren Aratani, Maya Yang and agencies Publish date : 2024-11-16 22:44:22 Copyright for syndicated content

Follow today’s news live.There are a number of emergency fire warnings in Victoria’s western district this morning after soaring temperatures in the mid-30s on Saturday.A “watch and act” alert has been issued for those living in Chapple Vale, Crowes, Gellibrand Lower, Johanna, Johanna Heights, Lavers Hill, Stalker, Wangerrip, Wattle Hill, Yuulong and Wattle Hill to the Great Ocean Walk.Don’t wait, leaving now is the safest option - conditions may change and get worse very quickly. Emergency services may not be able to help you if you decide to stay.By choosing to stay, you and your family may be at risk

In closed hearing, lawyer Alison Battisson says Australia has a ‘terrifying’ record of detaining people unlawfully for indefinite periodsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian human rights lawyer and a former long-term immigration detainee have given private testimony to the United Nations on Australia’s detention and consular practices, condemning successive governments for “criminalising immigration” and alleging inadequate support for victims of hostage diplomacy.Lawyer Alison Battisson, from charitable law firm Human Rights for All, and former detainee Said Imasi addressed the United Nations Working Group on Arbritrary Detention in Geneva this week, in special closed sessions

Liz Truss is the only former party leader of past five years to rank lower in terms of starting popularityKemi Badenoch’s personal approval ratings at the start of her Tory leadership are worse than those recorded by Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson at the start of their reigns, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.The new Tory leader’s net approval rating – the difference between those who approve or disapprove of the job she is doing – sits at -5%. The only former party leader of the past five years that she beats in terms of her starting

Person acquired clade Ib while traveling to east Africa and treated in California for mild illness, said health officialsUS health officials reported Saturday the first known case of a person infected with the new mpox strain in the country.The person acquired mpox while traveling to east Africa and was treated for a mild illness in San Mateo, California, according to health officials. The person is isolating at home and is recovering, and there is no evidence that mpox is spreading in the United States. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/16/first-known-us-case-mpox-clade-ib Author : Lauren Aratani Publish date : 2024-11-16 19:48:04 Copyright

Exclusive: ‘Failure to rescue’ charge withdrawn years after coroner found woman died of untreated head injuryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Northern Territory police officer who faced criminal charges after an inquest found his partner died amid a “history of family violence” has returned to work after the case against him was dropped.A coroner found the officer’s partner, who was herself a former police officer in her late 30s, died in 2020 after 17 complaints were made to NT police about violence and “domestic disturbances” in the five years before her death.Sign up for Guardian