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An estimated 150-200 Intermarche shops were targeted, along with almost 100 Cooperative U outletsFrench supermarket chains Intermarche and Cooperative U have been hit by an unprecedented" cyber-attack that caused their refrigerators to defrost, the two retailers have said.An estimated 150-200 Intermarche shops were targeted, along with almost 100 Cooperative U outlets, in the attack, they said on Monday. Continue reading...

The prime minister tells MPs the next summit with the EU will be held on 20 NovemberBurnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EUZia Yusuf, Reform UK's home affairs spokesperson, is speaking now. He started his speech with an account of a 73-year-old woman dying in North Wales after having to wait 23 hours for an ambulance, and he sought to link this to immigration.He said:The Royal College of Emergency Medicine estimates that 15,000 people across Britain died last year due to excess wait times for emergency treatment. That's 300 people a week, 300 lives destroyed, 300 families devastated.And that number has increased tenfold over the last decade. This is a moral outrage, and it is a direct result of decisions made by Tory and Labour governments.I don't think that's because he wants to have a fight over the European Union. I think that's because he knows what we're talking about today impacts hard in what is known as the red wall. Continue reading...

Mayor calls for end to agency's operations in city after agents shot and wounded man with five-year-old in carThe New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, on Sunday compared US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s recent shooting of a man in the Manhattan enclave of Marble Hill to a mass shooting scene - and called for an end to the agency's operations in his city.Mamdani's joined MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff for his first media interview since ICE agents shot and wounded Oscar Belgal, 28, during an enforcement operation while he was in his car with his five-year-old child also inside. Continue reading...

Regina Romero draws on unique biography to connect with voters in Arizona battleground - can she flip a key swing seat?On a recent morning, Tucson mayor Regina Romero knocked on a yellow door above a mat emblazoned with a cat's silhouette and the words go away, peasants". A young man cracked the door open and stood there silently, a toothbrush dangling from his mouth.After giving him a moment to finish brushing his teeth, the mayor introduced herself and asked if the man had heard of JoAnna Mendoza, the Democrat running to unseat Republican congressman Juan Ciscomani. Romero handed him a pamphlet and rattled off her candidate's virtues. The young man stood stone-faced, until she mentioned that Mendoza had served for nearly two decades as a US marine. Continue reading...

Zelenskyy had proposed a 60-day total ceasefire to allow Ukraine to hold presidential elections

Ukrainian leader says he was surprised by Trump's energy ceasefire' announcement, which was posted as Russian drones hit Kyiv

Prime minister has reopened the debate over whether Russia did seek to influence the 2016 referendumAndy Burnham unexpectedly reopened an old Brexit debate when he said he had been told after becoming prime minister that Russia had interfered in the 2016 EU referendum.It was a contentious issue in the second half of the previous decade, but one that had largely been forgotten about as the UK finally adjusted to the reality of leaving the EU. Now Burnham's comments have given the topic a fresh impetus. Continue reading...

The revelation comes after the four-hour film's Venice premiere drew a string of criticisms and insults from the founder of SpaceXAIAlex Gibney, director of the new four-hour documentary about Elon Musk, said that Universal, owners of the film's international distribution rights wavered" over releasing the film outside North America.Gibney was speaking to the New York Times as the film opened in the US (where it is being released by the independent distributor Bleecker Street), and appeared to confirm a story in the Hollywood Reporter that Universal, which had acquired the international rights to the film in 2023, had got cold feet. Asked by the New York Times, Did Universal Pictures waver in setting up its international release plans?" Gibney replied: Yes." Continue reading...

Gibney, 78, has faced justice for abusing athletes in the 1970s and 80s after decades of effort to track and extradite himMore than half a century after he started sexually abusing children, and enjoyed prestige as Ireland's Olympic swimming coach before fleeing to the United States, George Gibney has faced justice.The 78-year-old was sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison at the central criminal court in Dublin on Monday for abusing four young female athletes in the 1970s and 1980s. Continue reading...

Fragile coalition suffers another blow as labour minister and co-leader of SPD Barbel Bas leaves both postsGermany's labour minister and co-leader of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), Barbel Bas, has quit both posts, citing the death of her stepdaughter and subsequent political attacks against her, in a stinging blow to the fragile coalition government.After my stepdaughter's death, I realised that I need time to come to terms with my grief," Bas said in a statement posted on Facebook, without giving further details. Continue reading...

A businessman wanted in the US for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials has been taken into custodyA businessman wanted for years in the US for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody.Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the state department had been offering a reward of up to $10m for information leading to his arrest. Continue reading...

Israeli PM calls for criminal investigation into soldiers and officers interviewed in Guardian-produced documentaryThe Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the country's attorney general and the head of the Shin Bet security service to reveal the identities of soldiers and officers interviewed in the investigative documentary NAZA and prosecute them for causing harm to Israel's diplomatic and security interests".The award-winning documentary, directed by the Oscar-winning film-makers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor and produced by the Guardian, details Israel's mass killing of civilians in Gaza. The film is in cinemas, including in the UK and the US, and will be shown in more than 50 countries. Continue reading...

Energy minister says fear has no place in the Saudi lexicon' as paramilitary group again breach stretched defencesSaudi Arabia was forced to extend the suspension of all flights to and from its main international airport in Riyadh on Monday after a further round of Houthi missile attacks caused more damage and left one dead.The Gulf nation said it was taking the step after Houthi missiles killed 13 people on Saturday and left more than 300 injured. Saudi state TV broadcast CCTV footage that showed passengers deluged in smoke and falling masonry as they queued at the airport terminal to board a plane just as the Houthi missile struck. Continue reading...

Inquest hears paediatricians pleaded with child safety for action to protect the eight-year-old from her parents and other Toowoomba sect members

Brussels uses WTO rules to quickly impose quota, which will halve Chinese market share to 3%

Bethany Antonia wore a T-shirt with the slogan Protect the Dolls' in rehearsals, but the words were edited out on Saturday's showThe BBC has defended its decision to edit out a transgender rights slogan from a T-shirt worn by a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, stating it was standard practice to avoid overt branding or slogans".The actor Bethany Antonia was filmed wearing the T-shirt, which bore the slogan Protect the Dolls", during rehearsals before her live performance on Saturday night. Continue reading...

Gwinnett county is home to many immigrants and other newcomers, and how it votes could be decisive for CongressJohanna Park might just be an ambassador for Gwinnett county, Georgia, one of the 10 most ethnically diverse counties in the United States.Park owns Cafe Amico at Suwanee Town Center, one of her three Italian coffee shops in the area just north of Atlanta. She was born in Korea and lived much of her life in Argentina and Peru. She's been in Gwinnett for more than 20 years, part of an early wave of Korean immigration that's built Korean American car dealerships, banks, insurance agencies, supermarkets and restaurants like her own. It's also a population that's increasing in influence and not just numbers. Continue reading...

Descendant of 19-century artist demands removal of Marc Chagall's 1960s canvases that cover original frescoIn 1962, the then French culture minister, Andre Malraux, reportedly bored by the ballet he was watching at Paris's opera house, raised his eyes to the classical ceiling and determined it needed a makeover.In his ennui, Malraux decided his friend and artist Marc Chagall, sitting next to him at the Palais Garnier at the time, was the man for the job and commissioned him to make a new ceiling. Continue reading...

MEP Raphael Glucksmann issues call after becoming social democrat candidate for 2027 presidential electionThe European lawmaker Raphael Glucksmann has urged the French centre left to wage an existential battle" to prevent Marine Le Pen's far right winning the 2027 presidential election after he was chosen as the social democrat candidate for the presidency.We've got to rid our hearts of the spirit of defeat," Glucksmann, the founder of the small party Place Publique, said on Monday morning after his decisive win in a centre-left primary race held by the Socialist party. Continue reading...

Survivors had criticised outrageous' appointment of Laura Johnson to 150,000 job with Barnet GroupA housing director who oversaw cost cutting at Grenfell Tower before the fatal fire has left a 150,000-a-year senior council housing role after a backlash from bereaved families and survivors.Laura Johnson was the director of housing at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) at the time of the 2017 Grenfell fire which killed 72 people, and was criticised in the subsequent inquiry for her role in budget-cutting decisions prior to the blaze. Continue reading...

Opinion piece by head of union Michael Slezak sparks disagreement with new ABC director of news, Simon Robinson

The carnival is over for use of Australian band's song they say was played without permission at conservative conference

Exclusive: Finds suggest account in medieval folklore of a camp near Frenni Fawr hill was rooted in realityMagnus Maximus, the Roman emperor who ruled Britain in the fourth century, led his troops against the Picts and Scots, but a theory that he also established a military camp near Frenni Fawr hill in Wales has so far been based on folklore.Now fourth-century coins, among other finds at a newly identified Roman fort in Pembrokeshire, suggest the medieval tale was rooted in reality, to the excitement of archaeologists. Continue reading...

Former student says nothing untoward happened to her during stays but tells NSW parliamentary inquiry culture of Redeemer Baptist School left much to untangle' as an adult

Online appeal and detective work by local historian help to return keepsake to couple's son after it had been stolenWhen Andrew Bedford discovered an old wedding album dumped outside his city centre cafe in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, he considered chucking it into a nearby wheelie bin.But when he opened the album, the vintage photographs of the happy couple on their wedding day in 1957 seemed too precious to throw away. Continue reading...

Calls for planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped as analysis finds average fuel bill could hit 1,965, up from 1,294Millions of British van drivers face a combined 2.5bn cost to cover the rising price of diesel this year, according to figures, fuelling calls for the government to scrap its planned fuel duty rise.The owners of diesel vans and pickups can expect to collectively spend almost 8.5bn at the pump this year, according to analysis for the Guardian, after diesel prices climbed to record highs due to a global fuel shortage caused by disruption to refineries in the Middle East and Russia. Continue reading...

Council car parks have switched away from ticket machines to cut costs, leading to extra fees for usersDrivers are unwittingly paying up to 40% more to park as more councils switch to app-only payments and force customers to pick up the tab.Many councils across England have removed pay and display machines and replaced them with app payments, including a number in London. Most local authorities encourage drivers to pay by app to beat queues, while apps are often the only way to pay when ticket machines are out of order. However, many car park signs fail to mention that app payments may incur an additional service fee. Continue reading...

India's opposition parties and supporters of the cockroach' youth movement have been demonstrating against a controversial revision of election voter listsAuthorities in India's capital closed six metro stations and warned of traffic disruptions on Monday, as opposition parties planned to march to the supreme court in protest against a controversial revision of voter lists that has sparked days of unrest in Delhi.Opposition parties and supporters of the cockroach" youth movement have taken to the streets almost daily this month to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the revision that critics say benefits prime minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP). Continue reading...

Penny Wong welcomes Iraqi government's decision to allow engineer to leave Baghdad but Pether's team criticise timing of media statement

Thinktank's influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next yearJohn Healey has been warned by Britain's leading tax and spending experts that his budget risks being a work of fiction" unless he sets out plans to cover 35bn in spending pressures.As the war in the Middle East rattles the public finances, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the damage from higher inflation meant the chancellor would need to either top up funds for his current government spending plans or impose deep real-terms cuts by the end of the decade. Continue reading...

Mark Rowley says inclusivity is crucial for the force and he refuses to be blown off course' by critics

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The 36-year-old victim had withdrawn cash to give to some young people when he was allegedly stabbed, according to police

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Suspension of provincial government escalates standoff with Khan's PTI party a week after his supporters began marching to demand his releasePakistan has declared a state of emergency in a province led by Imran Khan's PTI party and suspended its government, a move a party spokesperson described as more of a coup disguised as emergency".President Asif Ali Zardari declared the emergency in the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, after the federal government said authorities there had failed to tackle Islamist militancy in the province bordering Afghanistan. Continue reading...

The production marks the Hollywood director's first play written for the stage, which he will also directSacha Baron Cohen will headline Quentin Tarantino's play The Popinjay Cavalier when it premieres on the West End in London in March 2027.The production marks the Hollywood director's first work written for the stage - which he will also direct. Continue reading...

In first half of this year 1,600 tags also had no signal for over two weeks, highlighting scale of probation crisisMore than 5,000 offenders went unmonitored in the first half of the year because probation staff failed to install electronic tags, while 1,600 tags had no signal for more than two weeks due to faults, a report has found.The Institute for Government (IfG) has revealed the full scale of the crisis in the probation system in England and Wales, concluding that rationing probation supervision" due to a lack of staff meant sentences imposed by the court had become essentially a fiction" for most offenders. Continue reading...

Unidentified projectile strikes King Khalid airport, killing one and injuring 11, as escalating attacks threaten to draw more countries into Yemen conflict

Move comes after criticism of remarks in support of football club's owners following financial regulations breach rulingAndy Burnham has said he will publish all details of his dealings with Manchester City in his previous mayoral role after his intervention in support of the football club's owners raised eyebrows.Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader, had urged the prime minister to publish everything related to his work with the club as Greater Manchester mayor and the Liberal Democrats wrote to him asking him to release minutes of meetings and declare all hospitality gifts received from owners of Manchester City. Continue reading...

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Ukrainian president earlier rejected US call for Kyiv to stop bombing oil refineries, saying Moscow must first end attacks on energy infrastructureDonald Trump has announced an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, apparently without consulting Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the deal to stop long-range attacks was news to me".In a social media post, the US president claimed the two sides had reached an agreement. Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!" he wrote on Truth Social. Continue reading...

Oliver Blume says Made in Europe' rules to counter rapid rise of lower-price Chinese brands must reward real value creation'The boss of Volkswagen has backed EU proposals to boost its domestic industry, arguing European carmakers need to be able to compete under comparable conditions" with Chinese rivals.Oliver Blume said Made in Europe" rules from the EU must reward real value creation in Europe", speaking in Paris before the motor show this week. Continue reading...

PM says he asked question upon entering No 10 but does not reveal who gave him clear answer' that Russia meddledAndy Burnham has said it is clear Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum, after seeking answers on the Kremlin's involvement in the 2016 vote when he entered Downing Street.Burnham said he had asked whether Moscow had attempted to influence the referendum and received a confirmation that it had. Continue reading...

Rapid growth means structures need to change and give leaders greater control, Polanski says in Guardian article

Exclusive: As William Rob' Gilfillan was about to go on trial for sex offences against two schoolgirls, his barrister told a judge his client's history was easily discoverable online

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Ed Miliband, whose constituency includes the park, offers deepest condolences' to family of visitor who entered enclosure on SaturdayA wildlife park in Yorkshire has confirmed the tiger that mauled to death a man who entered its enclosure will not be euthanised.A man, who has not yet been named, was seen entering a tiger enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, located near Doncaster, before police were called at 1.35pm on Saturday. Continue reading...

Bev Craig pledges 2m in funding to nurture local artists by improving access to rehearsal and production spaceThe Manchester mayor, Bev Craig, has said the city's music scene is about more than just Oasis, as she announced funding to nurture a diverse range of local artists, be they guitar bands or not".Craig pledged the 2m investment funding in Greater Manchester, as the city region hosted a conference for the creative industries at MediaCity in Salford. Continue reading...