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The top prize, known as El Gordo or the Fat One, was won by ticket holders in the northern city of LogroñoPlayers with winning tickets in Spain’s huge Christmas lottery draw celebrated with sparkling wine, cheers and hugs on Sunday in a 200-year-old tradition that marks the beginning of the festive season.The total prize pot in the state-run national lottery event reached €2.71bn (£2.25bn) this year, slightly more than last year’s €2.59bn Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/22/spain-el-gordo-huge-christmas-lottery-logrono-winners Author : Reuters in Madrid Publish date : 2024-12-22 14:23:39 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Man crashes into mall after a police pursuit, striking four people before he was fatally shot by law enforcementA fleeing motorist drove a pickup truck into a busy JCPenney store in Texas on Saturday, injuring five people before he was fatally shot by law enforcement, authorities said.Four of the injured people were taken from the Killeen mall to hospitals and the fifth went on their own, Sgt Bryan Washko of the Texas department of public safety said in an evening media briefing. They ranged in age from six to 75 years old, and their conditions were not immediately known. Continue

Customers face ‘severe consequences’ as banks and building societies close accounts typically set up to help vulnerable peoplePeople with disabilities are facing potential hardship because banks are scrapping trust accounts that allow money to be managed safely on their behalf.Victims awarded personal injury settlements and those with learning difficulties are among those facing “severe consequences” as accounts are closed or frozen by high street banks and building societies, according to campaigners. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/22/banks-scrapping-of-trust-accounts-cuts-lifeline-for-disabled-people-say-charities Author : Anna Tims Publish date : 2024-12-22 13:00:48 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Physical residence permits proving right to live and work in Britain will cease to be valid at end of DecemberAbout 1 million people who need to obtain eVisas to prove their right to live and work in the UK or return after travelling abroad have not yet done so even though the deadline to register is just over a week away.The eVisa programme set up by the previous government is a digital system to prove the right to reside in the UK for British residents who are not citizens or holders of British passports. No other country is known to

People from tech executives to foreign leaders and even some mainstream media figures are ‘acquiescing in advance’, experts say, because of greed and fearWhen “Justice for All”, a dirge-like version of the national anthem sung by defendants jailed over their alleged roles in the January 6, 2021 insurrection, was played last month at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, guests stood with hand on heart.Among them was Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/key-leaders-seeking-trump-approval Author : David Smith in Washington Publish date : 2024-12-22 12:00:45 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

More than 100 Heathrow flights expected to be called off, along with ferries between Northern Ireland and ScotlandThousands of people in the UK are facing a Christmas travel nightmare as strong winds led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and ferries.A Met Office yellow weather warning was in place until 9pm on Sunday from John o’Groats to Land’s End, with gusts of up to 60mph widespread and some as strong as 70mph on hills and around exposed coasts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/22/uk-weather-winds-christmas-travel-ferries-flights-cancelled Author : Mark Brown Publish date : 2024-12-22 11:32:36 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Final outcome expected after rigging allegations, weeks of protests and crackdown in which dozens have been killedMozambique is on edge ahead of a ruling expected on Monday to determine the final results of October’s disputed elections, after allegations of rigging triggered weeks of protests in which security forces have killed dozens of people.The opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane has threatened “chaos” if the constitutional council confirms the initial election results, which gave the ruling party candidate, Daniel Chapo, 70.7% of the vote and Mondlane 20.3%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/22/mozambique-constitutional-council-results-disputed-election Author : Rachel Savage Southern Africa correspondent Publish date

Removal of director from band’s parent company threatens to derail Netflix adaptation of divisive memoirA movie based on New York band the Ramones could be coming apart after a legal battle that in many ways mirrors the trajectory of the dysfunctional punk pioneers.After years of legal turmoil over the Ramones estate, co-owned by the families of late singer Joey and guitarist Johnny, a legal ruling appears to have put a stop to a Netflix book adaptation of the band’s story by the singer’s brother. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/dec/22/ramones-family-row-puts-the-skids-on-us-punk-pioneers-biopic Author : Edward Helmore Publish date : 2024-12-22 10:00:43 Copyright

Hewlett Packard, American Express and Pfizer among firms to have frozen increases in payouts despite inflationSome of the world’s richest companies are accused of exploiting a loophole in pension law to freeze increases in payouts for many former UK employees, despite the cost of living crisis.The companies, which include Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), American Express and Pfizer, are being urged to “do the right thing” and increase these frozen pension payouts in line with inflation. MPs have condemned the failure of companies to increase the payments in the face of high inflation in recent years as “heartless” and “unethical”. Continue

A diary bought at auction reveals the antics of two intrepid gourmands in search of the perfect English ChristmasOn 23 December 1935, a woman called “Mouse” set off from her home in Earl’s Court in search of Christmas in England.“In some remote corner of this island there must be a shining blazing hearth, beams laden with holly and mistletoe, and bustling happiness when the turkey and the plum pudding are cooking away in the big, old fashioned oven,” Mouse writes of her festive road trip in a diary that has been bought at auction by the Dorset History Centre with

The strikes came a day after Pope Francis condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as ‘cruelty’Hello, and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza and developments in the Middle East more widely.Israeli military airstrikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 17 Palestinian people, 8 of them at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said.Several people have been injured by Israeli attacks on northern Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital, according to Al Jazeera, with Israeli forces reportedly firing directly on the facility’s ICU and maternity ward, as well as at the nearby

Disturbing discovery of animals cared for by students made at Corrimal high school, south of SydneyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating “horrific acts of cruelty” against 29 chickens that were found killed in the grounds of a high school in New South Wales.Police were called to Corrimal high school, about an hour south of Sydney, at about 9:30am on Sunday and discovered the chickens dead in their enclosure.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/22/police-investigate-horrific-acts-of-cruelty-against-29-chickens-found-dead-at-nsw-high-school Author : Kate Lyons Publish date : 2024-12-22 07:16:00 Copyright for syndicated

Pilots recovered alive – one with minor injuries – after ejecting from fighter jet as US military says its guided missile cruiser ‘mistakenly’ fired on the F/A-18Two US navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea on Sunday in an “apparent case of friendly fire”, the US military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in more than a year of the country targeting Yemen’s Houthis.Both pilots were rescued alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft, with one suffering minor injuries. But the incident underlines just how dangerous the Red Sea corridor has become amid the ongoing

Automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest show images of the Massaco people, who are flourishing despite environmental threatsRead more on this story: New images show Brazil’s uncontacted people are thriving – but with success comes a new threatRemarkable images taken by automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest reveal an isolated community that appears to be thriving despite pressure from ranchers and illegal encroachment into the Amazon.The pictures, of a group of men, offer the outside world its first glimpse of the community – and give further evidence the population is growing. The group is known as the Massaco after the

Despite ‘spy’ scandal, Philip Hammond says Britain should now adopt a ‘pragmatic approach to Beijing’China should be encouraged to build electric cars and renewable energy technology in the UK as part of a new pragmatic trading relationship that would benefit both countries, a former Tory chancellor has said ahead of a landmark visit by Rachel Reeves to Beijing early in the new year.Philip Hammond, who was chancellor from 2016 to 2019, and the last UK minister to take part in formal economic discussions with China before the process was abruptly ended, told the Observer that while Reeves should never “compromise

Women are challenging the law that prevents them giving their kids both family names without father’s consentWhen 43-year-old Rebecca Lee took her birth mother’s Korean surname, it was a revelation. “I was adopted and got a Dutch name but I never felt completely Dutch,” she says. “When, a few years ago, I first went to Korea, things fell into place. You don’t just go ‘one, two, three’ and change your name, but now I feel more whole.”The entrepreneur from Groningen split from her husband and wants to give her five-year-old daughter “Lee” as part of a double-barrelled surname – but

Police search for two men after 23-year-old found dead on Railway Parade in Caboolture, north of BrisbaneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA manhunt is under way after a 23-year-old woman was fatally shot in south-east Queensland overnight after she was allegedly chased down a street by two men.Queensland police believe the incident in Caboolture, a town around an hour north of Brisbane, was not a “random attack”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/22/manhunt-under-way-after-woman-fatally-shot-in-queensland-ntwnfb Author : Jordyn Beazley Publish date : 2024-12-22 04:08:41 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Magnitude 6.1 quake shakes country’s main island as RAAF flights carrying 144 passengers land in Brisbane and SydneyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVanuatu has been hit by another earthquake after hundreds of Australians landed on home soil from the islands and the federal government announced a new round of financial assistance.The latest magnitude 6.1 quake shook buildings on the country’s main island at 2.30am on Sunday after it struck 30km west of the capital, Port Vila. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/22/vanuatu-hit-by-another-earthquake-as-hundreds-of-australians-return-home Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date : 2024-12-22 02:52:09 Copyright for syndicated

The sinking comes less than four days after another boat capsized in the country’s north-east, leaving 25 people deadA ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in north-eastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and more than 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said on Saturday.Twenty people have been rescued so far. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/22/ferry-capsizes-in-congo-killing-38-and-leaving-100-more-missing Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-12-22 02:52:50 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Dawn of shortest day of year welcomed with drumming, chanting and singing at neolithic monument in WiltshireThousands of people greeted the dawn with cheers and applause at Stonehenge on Saturday as they marked the winter solstice.Those who observed the spectacle at the neolithic monument in Wiltshire encountered a windy morning as they marked the shortest day of the year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/21/thousands-gather-at-stonehenge-to-celebrate-the-winter-solstice Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2024-12-21 22:05:36 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Firefighters battle to contain out-of-control blaze ahead of hotter conditions on Boxing DayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirefighters battled to contain an out-of-control bushfire in Victoria’s west on Sunday before temperatures spike in the region on Boxing Day.The fire in Grampians National park, about three hours west of Melbourne, grew to 34,000 hectares on Sunday after it was ignited by a series of lightning strikes almost a week ago.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/22/victoria-bushfire-fight-continues-in-grampians-as-flood-warnings-persist-in-parts-of-queensland Author : Jordyn Beazley Publish

Military says the strikes aim to ‘disrupt and degrade’ Houthi operations such as attacks against US navy warships and merchant vesselsThe US military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a.In a statement, the US military’s Central Command said the strikes aimed to “disrupt and degrade Houthi operations, such as attacks against US navy warships and merchant vessels in the southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/22/us-launches-airstrikes-against-houthi-targets-in-yemen Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date :

Trump, who is married to Donald Trump’s son Eric, co-chaired Republican National Committee in 2024 electionLara Trump, daughter-in-law of Donald Trump, said on Saturday she had removed her name from consideration to replace the outgoing US senator Marco Rubio.Rubio has been tapped by Trump to serve as secretary of state. The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, will pick a replacement for Rubio, who is expected to resign as senator when Trump takes office on 20 January. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/lara-trump-withdraws-florida-senator Author : Reuters Publish date : 2024-12-22 00:06:39 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Albanese government bows to pressure from Qantas and other airlines and omits compensation scheme from aviation customer rights charterGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has bowed to pressure from Qantas and other airlines advocating against laws that would force them to pay cash compensation to passengers whose flights are delayed or cancelled.The omission of a compensation scheme in the government’s draft aviation customer rights charter follows claims from airlines such as Qantas that compensation rules – which exist in the European Union – would force them to preempt costs and increase air fares.

Plan to go overseas for festive period changed after medical advice not to travel long distances, it is understoodPrincess Beatrice will be joining the royal family at Sandringham this Christmas after changing her travel plans due to medical advice, it is understood.Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, are expecting their second child in early spring and were planning on spending the festive period overseas with the princess’s in-laws. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/21/princess-beatrice-to-spend-christmas-with-royal-family-due-to-pregnancy Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2024-12-21 23:35:03 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.