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Judge blocks suspension of Snap food aid during shutdown – US politics live
Federal court ruling comes hours before more than 40 million Americans could lose food stamps benefits
Trump administration blocked from suspending Snap benefits for millions of Americans
One judge issued temporary restraining order while another judge ruled the government must continue to fund program that helps low-income households
M&S launches ‘secret support’ pants that offer men a ‘subtle lift’
Retailer says underwear that could become male equivalent of push-up bra is intended to help men feel their most confident'For men who lament the decline of the codpiece, or who lack confidence at the office when their pants are not pushing up their genitals all day, Marks & Spencer is riding to the rescue.The retailer, the UK market leader in selling underwear, has launched what could be considered the male equivalent of the push-up bra. Continue reading...
Palace’s statement on Andrew is ‘vindication’ for Virginia Giuffre, says her family
Women's rights groups say announcement sends important message to survivors of abuseThe historic statement from Buckingham Palace stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his title is an acknowledgment" that something happened to the late Virginia Giuffre, her family has told the Guardian.In its announcement on Thursday, the palace said Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - as he is now known - will also leave his mansion in Windsor, Royal Lodge, as his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continue to cause controversy. Continue reading...
Nexperia halts chip supplies to China in threat to global car production
Dutch-controlled company informs customers about suspension but is said to want to de-escalate trade warNexperia, the EU-based automotive chipmaker at the centre of a geopolitical dispute, has suspended supplies to its Chinese factory, stepping up a trade war that threatens to halt production at carmakers around the world.The company wrote to customers this week informing them all supplies to a Chinese plant had been suspended. Continue reading...
‘How do you rebuild all this?’ Black River residents assess damage after Hurricane Melissa
People of Jamaican coastal town described as storm's ground zero are traumatised and desperate for helpIt is a treacherous journey to Black River, a coastal town in Jamaica's southwestern parish of St Elizabeth, which this week bore the brunt of Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.Uprooted trees and lamp-posts, rubble from landslides, huge potholes and miles of thick, slippery silt from severe flooding have turned the route into a dangerous obstacle course. Continue reading...
US electricity bills increased by 11% in Trump’s second term, data shows
New analysis prompts letter to Trump from Elizabeth Warren: Your administration has no answers for families hit by high energy costs'Donald Trump promised to slash US electricity bills, but they have increased by 11% since he retook the White House, new data shows.Democratic lawmakers highlighted the figures in a letter sent to Trump on Friday. Your administration has no explanations for its failures and no answers for American families that are hit hard by high energy costs, and it continues to actively pursue policies to make this cost crisis worse," reads the missive, led by Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator. Continue reading...
JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking
Bank says it alerted US of suspicious' transactions just weeks after paedophile was found dead in New York jail cellJP Morgan warned the US government about more than $1bn in transactions linked to Jeffrey Epstein that were possibly related to reports of human trafficking, new documents confirm.The largest bank in the US filed a suspicious activity report (SAR) in 2019, just weeks after Epstein was found dead in a New York jail cell, about transactions linked to the paedophile financier and prominent business figures. It also flagged wire transfers made by Epstein to Russian banks. Continue reading...
Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘PR stunt’ after arresting fighters behind civilian killings
Reports of indiscriminate violence and ethnic targeting in El Fasher have led to growing global outrageSudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim to have arrested several of their fighters after outrage over the extent of killing in the city of El Fasher continues to build.But the paramilitary group's move has been greeted with scepticism from human rights campaigners and Sudanese people, who see it as an attempt to temper criticism over the violence. Continue reading...
Worries about immigration are ‘manufactured panic’ says charity as poll shows issue not a local concern – UK politics live
YouGov poll say only 26% of people say immigration is an issue locally but more than half believe it to be a national issueThere were six council byelections yesterday. Here are the results, from Election Maps UK.Reform gained two seats, from Labour and from an independent group. Continue reading...
Ministers’ claims to have helped JLR in doubt as £1.5bn support left untouched
Exclusive: No cyber-attack assistance cash has gone into carmaker's accounts or to struggling suppliersJaguar Land Rover has not drawn down any of a 1.5bn loan facility guaranteed by the government, with suppliers expressing anger over ministers' claims to have supported the carmaker's supply chain after a crippling hack.Britain's biggest automotive employer was forced to shut down all of its wholly owned factories from 1 September for more than a month, after cyber-attackers compromised key computer systems. Continue reading...
Stupidity and royal self-entitlement sank Andrew, and it may not be over yet
Indulged by his mother and ignored for too long by his siblings, it is behaviour like Andrew's that could ultimately kill the monarchyIt started with a simple photograph, probably the most consequential ever taken of a member of the royal family.There was Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, Baron Killyleagh and Knight of the Garter, with his arm around a young woman, while Ghislaine Maxwell stood wolfishly grinning in the background. Continue reading...
Madrid regional government co-funding Woody Allen’s new film – but it must feature ‘Madrid’ in the title
Regional authority is investing 1.5m in the project but has stipulations about featuring identifiable locations' on screen and the film premiering at an international film festivalThe Madrid regional government is hoping to harness the power of film tourism by investing 1.5m (1.3m) in a new Woody Allen movie that will be shot in and around the Spanish capital and which will be contractually obliged to feature the word Madrid" in its title.Regional authorities are confident the 89-year-old film-maker's next project could do for Madrid what Roman Holiday did for Rome tourism in the early 1950s, and what Sex and the City and Emily in Paris have more recently done to increase visitor numbers to New York and the French capital. Continue reading...
D66 has shown the world populists can be beaten, says Jetten, as party is projected to win Dutch election – as it happened
This blog has now closed. You can see the rest of our Europe coverage hereThe ANP news agency offered a bit more colour on how they reached their conclusion, via De Telegraaf.The agency looked at various scenarios of what could happen with the outstanding votes - in Venray and from overseas postal voters - and concluded that, accounting for historical patterns, the PVV could no longer catch up D66, which currently leads by just over 15,000 votes. Continue reading...
Liberal-progressive party D66 wins election, Dutch media report
Party will take lead in first round of talks to form coalition government after securing majority of votesThe Dutch liberal-progressive party D66 won the most votes in Wednesday's general election, the news agency ANP has reported, putting its 38-year-old leader, Rob Jetten, on course to become the youngest prime minister in the Netherlands.While the last few thousand votes are still being counted, Dutch media reported on Friday that Geert Wilders' anti-immigration, anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) could no longer win. Continue reading...
The Next wave: how the clothing retailer spread its wings and made sales surge
From snapping up labels to growing its fanbase overseas, Next is dusting off its dull image while increasing profitsWhatever Next? One of the UK's largest clothing retailers is shrugging off its rather dull image and spreading its wings internationally, even as many high street rivals suffer.You may think of Next as a place to buy reliable work clothes, a nice cushion or to kit out the kids - it is the UK's biggest children's clothing seller. However, it has quietly been morphing into something much bigger. Continue reading...
About 700 killed in Tanzania election protests, opposition says
Demonstrators took to streets after president's main challengers were excluded from ballotAbout 700 people have been killed during three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party has said.Protests erupted on election day on Wednesday over what demonstrators said was the stifling of the opposition after the exclusion of key candidates from the presidential ballot. Continue reading...
Ex-army sergeant major sentenced to six months for sexually assaulting soldier who went on to kill herself
Michael Webber admitted attack on Jaysley Beck, then 19, which was not investigated properly by senior officersA former British army sergeant major has been sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting Jaysley Beck, a teenage soldier who killed herself after senior officers failed to investigate the attack properly.Michael Webber, who has left the army, assaulted Gunner Beck during a training exercise in Hampshire in July 2021, when she was 19, the court martial centre in Bulford, Wiltshire, heard. Continue reading...
Move over, Claudia: how Jonathan Ross became a Traitors style icon
Leopard print and corduroy? Top Gun jumpsuits? Wossy's wardrobe reveals had as much drama as the round tableSpoiler alert: this article discusses Celebrity Traitors and reveals events contained in episodes one to six.The most exciting moment on each episode of the reality TV show Celebrity Traitors is when the ornate door of the breakfast room swings open to reveal which Faithful has survived another night of murder.This season however, there has been an extra element of anticipation for the contestants and viewers at home. What will Jonathan Ross be wearing? Continue reading...
Digested week: Sometimes it feels the clocks do nothing else but go back | Lucy Mangan
Women need exclamation marks for good reason!! Plus, Andrew is losing everything he holds dear, including his house full of memoriesThe clocks have gone back. Which is to say, something happened overnight for reasons that I am no closer to understanding now than I was half a century ago as a newborn babe. Continue reading...
Gaza sliding into deadly limbo of ‘no war, no peace’, top Qatari diplomat warns
Majed al-Ansari calls for international force to be set up urgently to pave way for Israeli withdrawalGaza is sliding towards a deadly limbo where a ceasefire is nominally in place but killing continues, a top Qatari diplomat has warned, calling for rapid progress in setting up the international security force and administration to pave the way for full Israeli withdrawal.We don't want to reach a situation of no war, no peace," said Majed al-Ansari, adviser to Qatar's prime minister and spokesperson for the foreign ministry. Continue reading...
Tinned tuna maker Princes floats at nearly £1.2bn in boost for London
Business secretary calls IPO huge vote of confidence' but shares are launched at bottom end of target range
Six arrested after €12m armed raid on gold refining lab in France
Robbery in Lyon left five employees slightly injured after explosion in latest high-profile incident to hit countrySix people armed with military-grade weapons have used explosives to break into a gold refining laboratory in Lyon, slightly injuring five employees in the latest high-profile daytime heist to hit France.The audacious raid took place on Thursday afternoon, with police quickly arresting the suspected perpetrators and recovering the loot estimated to be worth 12m (10.5m), officials said. Continue reading...
Zarah Sultana sets sights on replacing Labour and gaining power
MP who left Labour in July to form leftwing grouping with Jeremy Corbyn, says party is not just one of protestThe MP Zarah Sultana has said she hopes her new political party will ultimately replace Labour as she revealed she was committed to winning power.Sultana left the Labour party in July to form the new group, operating under the temporary name Your Party. Continue reading...
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSFDiplomats and senior UN figures speaking at the UN security council have condemned mass killings by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher after the Sudanese city descended into an even darker hell" following the paramilitary group's takeover at the weekend.Widespread reports of ethnically targeted killings in recent days prompted the UK, as the UN penholder on Sudan, to call an emergency session of the security council in New York on Thursday. Continue reading...
Liberals hold cordial party room after public brawling but chasm on net zero remains
Regional and metropolitan MPs at loggerheads as members warned not to verbal' each other over the issue
Warren Tredrea removed from Port Adelaide board after podcast controversy
BoM to revert to former rain radar colour scheme after backlash – as it happened
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Charities and stars call on UK government to set child poverty reduction targets
Signatories of open letter include National Children's Bureau, Barnardo's and celebrities such as Emilia ClarkeCelebrities, MPs and children's charities are among dozens of signatories to an open letter ramping up pressure on the government to set targets for reducing child poverty in the UK.The actor Emilia Clarke, the broadcaster Chris Packham and the presenter George Clarke have put their names to the letter, coordinated by the Big Issue founder John Bird, stating that the government's reluctance to set binding child poverty reduction targets has rung alarm bells". Continue reading...
Drone-blocking technology ‘urgently’ required at jails in England and Wales
Ability to maintain control in prisons critically undermined' by scale of illicit drug use and trade, MPs sayDrone-jamming technology must be rolled out urgently across jails in England and Wales to help stem the endemic use and trade of drugs by organised gangs, MPs have concluded.The Commons justice select committee has found that the Prison Service's ability to maintain safety and control is being critically undermined by the scale of the trade and use of illicit drugs". Continue reading...
Hurricane Melissa death toll nears 50 as Jamaica relief efforts intensify and storm heads north
Haiti death toll reaches 30, and 19 in Jamaica, as Bermuda weathers tropical storm conditions on Thursday nightThe death toll from Hurricane Melissa has reached 49 as the storm continued to tear through the Caribbean, heading past Bermuda, and workers in Jamaica ramped up efforts to clear roads and reach people in isolated and cut-off areas.In Haiti, the death toll has risen to 30, with another 20 missing, the civil defence agency said on Thursday. A further 20 people were injured, it added. Continue reading...
Soaring costs trigger calls to address transport for Send pupils in England
National Audit Office finds 415m overspend as more children travel farther to schools that meet their needsHome-to-school transport costs in England have risen to 2.3bn a year, as increasing numbers of children with special educational needs and disabilities travel farther afield to schools that can meet their requirements, according to a report.More than half a million children and young people up to the age of 25 now get council-funded transport from their home to school or college, triggering a 415m overspend by local authorities last year, the National Audit Office (NAO) found. Continue reading...
Two million energy customers are due £240m from old accounts, says Ofgem
Regulator is urging anyone who has moved in recent years to check whether they are owed a refundAlmost 2 million energy bill payers could be owed a share of 240m from old accounts that were closed while still in credit, according to the regulator.The latest figures from Ofgem show that about 1.9m energy accounts were closed over the past five years, with outstanding credit balances totalling 240m left unclaimed. Continue reading...
Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build
Grand Egyptian Museum next to pyramids of Giza billed as world's largest archaeological facility for single civilisationA vast $1bn museum billed as the world's largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilisation will open outside Cairo on Saturday, after countless delays over the course of its two-decade construction.The Grand Egyptian Museum, located a mile away from the pyramids of Giza, covers an area of 470,000 sq metres. The complex was announced in 1992 but it was not until 2005 that construction began. Some areas of the museum opened in a soft launch in 2024. Continue reading...
Nurse banned over relationship with mental health patient she kissed and took to Canberra escape room
Dilnoor Kang exchanged up to 5,000 messages and calls with vulnerable young patient over just one year
Australia’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners passed in Victoria
Step towards reconciliation hailed as a historic moment' with premier Jacinta Allan saying it gives Aboriginal Australians the power to shape policies that affect their livesThe Australian state of Victoria has taken a historic step towards reconciliation, passing the nation's first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners.After two days of debate, the upper house of Victoria's parliament passed the statewide treaty bill without amendment by 21 votes to 16, just before 9pm on Thursday. Continue reading...
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year
Older people left in their own excrement and wet beds for hours and forced to watch others die, Age UK report findsAlmost 150,000 people aged 90 and over in England are forced to wait longer than 12 hours in A&E every year, with some experiencing truly shocking" waits of several days stuck in corridors, a report warns.Older people are also being left in their own excrement and wet beds for hours, denied pain relief and forced to watch and hear other patients die next to them because they end up waiting so long for care, according to Age UK. Continue reading...
Lettings agency takes blame in Rachel Reeves licence row
Agency says staff member offered to apply for licence to allow chancellor to rent out family home, but failed to do soKeir Starmer appears to have escaped the huge political damage of potentially losing his chancellor weeks before the budget, after 24 hours of intense scrutiny over whether Rachel Reeves broke the law when she rented out her family home.The Conservatives said Reeves must be sacked if she committed an offence by not obtaining a council licence before letting out her four-bedroom house in south London when the family moved into 11 Downing Street. No 10 was initially unable to explain why Starmer believed an apology from the chancellor was sufficient. Continue reading...
Hamas hands over bodies of two Israeli hostages amid fragile Gaza truce
Remains of Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch returned to Israel for burial after identification process, Israeli military saidHamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by deadly Israeli strikes across the strip.The bodies of the hostages Amiram Cooper and Sahar Baruch were returned to Israel for burial after an identification process was completed, the Israeli military said late on Thursday. Continue reading...
Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and forced to leave Windsor home
King's brother will become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says, in latest fallout from Epstein scandal
Not in this together: King Charles cuts Andrew loose to save royal family’s repute
Jettisoning of ex-prince became unavoidable when king's loyalty to his brother collided with task of keeping public on side
Starmer feels the effects of setting high standards for his party in opposition
Despite pledges to run a squeaky clean administration the prime minister and some in his cabinet have been caught outThere is a theory in British politics, often attributed to Tony Blair, that you need to be careful about throwing a boomerang in opposition, because when you make it to power it could come back and hit you in the face.As opposition leader, Keir Starmer became adept at landing blows on the Conservatives. Over the Partygate scandal in particular, he called for Boris Johnson to quit over his rule-breaking. You cannot be a lawmaker and a lawbreaker and it's time to pack his bags," he said. Continue reading...
Jaywick’s continued decline and intensifying London poverty tell same story of ‘broken’ Britain
Latest deprivation index shows how geography and housing costs shape inequality more than policy ever has
What has Rachel Reeves done wrong – and how serious are things for her?
A few weeks before she delivers budget, timing of revelation chancellor failed to buy rental licence could not be worse
Reeves says she should have checked rental licence had been obtained as letting agent apologises – UK politics live
No 10 releases redacted emails between Reeves' husband and letting agentRachel Reeves' rental error: standards adviser looking at new informationRobert Peston, ITV's political editor, says he thinks it is a mistake for the Conservatives to be saying Rachel Reeves should have to resign over the rental licence error. He explains why in a post on social media. Here is an extract.Kemi Badenoch's call for Starmer to sack Reeves, for failing to register her family home when she rented it on moving to Downing Street, lowers the bar quite significantly for sackable offences by ministers. I am not certain all her shadow cabinet colleagues will thank her.The point is that there is a clear distinction between Rayner's failure to take stamp duty advice and Reeves's failure to register her home with the council for rent. Continue reading...
Four feet higher and rising: Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia becomes world’s tallest church
Antoni Gaudi's masterwork is still under construction but now stands taller than Ulm Minster in southern GermanyBarcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica became the world's tallest church on Thursday after a part of its central tower was lifted into place.The masterwork of the architect Antoni Gaudi now rises to 162.91 metres (534ft 8in) above the city, the church said in a statement. That beats the spire of Ulm Minster in Germany, which tops out at 161.53 metres. Continue reading...
Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections
Rules on quotas to ensure fair representation of women changed on legal advice in light of supreme court rulingLiberal Democrat members have reacted angrily to an unexpected change in rules governing the party's internal elections to reflect the supreme court's ruling on biological sex.The party's LGBT+ group described the move as explicitly trans-exclusionary" while Young Liberals said the changes were unacceptable and untenable". Some Lib Dem MPs are understood to be perplexed at the sudden turnaround. Continue reading...
South Yorkshire police officer jailed for blackmailing suspect
PC Marie Thompson sentenced to 40 months after posing as anonymous paedophile hunter' to extort 3,500A police officer who blackmailed a suspect she had arrested in an indecent images case to fund her gambling addiction has been jailed for more than three years.PC Marie Thompson was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty in September to blackmail and perverting the course of justice. Continue reading...
Government rules out public inquiry into Birmingham pub bombings
Ministers suggest independent commission set up to investigate deaths related to Troubles could look into 1974 attackMinisters have ruled out establishing a public inquiry into the IRA's 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.On 21 November 1974, 21 people were killed and 220 injured when bombs were detonated at the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs in Birmingham, in an attack widely believed to have been orchestrated by the Provisional IRA. Continue reading...
Dutch centrists D66 back in lead in election vote count, edging past far-right PVV – as it happened
Rob Jetten's party now leading by 15,122 votes, putting it back in the pole position to lead the talks on forming the next governmentIn terms of managing our expectations as to when the new Dutch government could be formed, Joost Eerdmans of the right-wing JA21 party - a potential coalition partner in the new administration - has offered a bit of guidance on timing.Speaking to reporters earlier today, he confirmed the party can definitely do business" with other parties, but insisted that he would rather have a stable cabinet in a few months than a messy cabinet before Christmas." Continue reading...
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