Research by NHS trust found simple blood test could help people avoid complications from type 2 diabetesThousands of people unaware they have type 2 diabetes could be diagnosed and avoid serious complications if screening was introduced in emergency departments, a study suggests.The prevalence of the disease has risen dramatically in countries of all income levels in the last three decades, according to the World Health Organization. More than 400 million people have been diagnosed, but millions more are estimated to be in the dark about the fact they have the condition. Continue reading...
Intimidating behaviour beside procession of worshippers seen as another sign of victimisation and was condemned by NetanyahuA video of ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on the ground beside a procession of foreign Christian worshippers carrying a wooden cross in the holy city of Jerusalem has ignited intense outrage and a flurry of condemnation in the Holy Land.The spitting incident, which the city's minority Christian community lamented as the latest in an alarming surge of religiously motivated attacks, drew rare outrage on Tuesday from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other senior figures. Continue reading...
Butler becomes only the third Black female senator in history, following the death of Feinstein last week at age 90In a unique and historic moment on Capitol Hill, former union leader and Democratic strategist Laphonza Butler was sworn in by Kamala Harris on Tuesday as the newest member of the Senate, replacing California Senator Dianne Feinstein after her death last week and becoming only the third Black female senator in history.Butler, 44, was appointed by California's governor, Gavin Newsom, on Sunday, just two days after Feinstein died at her home in Washington DC. Butler is a longtime fundraiser and strategist in California's Democratic circles and was the head of Emily's List, a national organization that raises money for female candidates who support abortion rights. Continue reading...
Cause unclear as coach veers off road and falls near railway lines in Mestre outside VeniceAt least 20 people have died after a coach crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy, the city's mayor told Italian newspaper la Repubblica.The coach veered off the road and fell close to railway lines in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge, Italian news agencies and television reported, but the cause of the accident was still unclear. Continue reading...
Maria Rooney's action against Leicester city council is first tribunal case to consider the symptoms as a disabilityA former children's social worker has told an employment tribunal that she felt colluded against" by the council she worked for due to suffering symptoms of menopause.Maria Rooney initiated legal action against Leicester city council in the first tribunal case to consider the symptoms as a disability. She has alleged she was constructively dismissed after discrimination over suffering menopause symptoms. Continue reading...
The second day of Trump's trial got off to another combative start after Trump branded the case a fraud' and scam'The judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial issued a gag order on Tuesday after the former president made comments about the judge's clerk.Consider this statement a gag order forbidding all parties from posting, emailing or speaking publicly about any of my staff," the judge, Arthur Engoron, said on Tuesday afternoon. Personal attacks on members of my court staff are unacceptable, inappropriate and I will not tolerate them in any circumstances. Continue reading...
Louis Feutren joined a nationalist group in occupied France and went on to teach at a prestigious Dublin schoolThere was never any mystery about the fact that Louis Feutren, a French teacher at St Conleth's school in south Dublin, was a Nazi collaborator.He had a taste for violent punishments and bizarre humiliations that terrorised pupils. He liked to reminisce about the second world war, when he had joined a Breton nationalist group that fought on the side of Germany. And he showed pictures of himself in uniform. Continue reading...
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Half-baked' plan unveiled at Tory conference is a sign of failure to tackle problem of overcrowding, say Labour and reformersThe UK will seek to rent prison space from foreign countries to combat the shortage of domestic jail places, under plans announced at the Conservative party conference.The Tories said that they have already begun exploratory discussions with possible partners in Europe, with plans that would be introduced when parliamentary time permits. Continue reading...
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UK and Nato says suppliers must ramp up production; General Oleksander Tarnavskyi says Russian forces sustaining losses in south. This live blog is closedVeterinary and sanitary controls of Ukrainian agricultural cargo bound for the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda will in the next two days be transferred from the Polish-Ukrainian border directly to Klaipeda under a deal reached by Kyiv, Warsaw and Vilnius, the Ukrainian farm ministry said on Tuesday.A ministry statement quoted agriculture minister Mykola Solsky as saying the move was aimed at speeding up transit. Continue reading...
Low-tax scheme launched during financial crisis has stoked housing inflation that has drawn protests across countryTax breaks for foreign residents in Portugal are no longer justified", the prime minister, Antonio Costa, has declared, promising to close the scheme for new applicants in 2024 after it stoked housing prices in one of western Europe's poorest nations.Launched in 2009, the scheme allows people who become residents by spending more than 183 days a year in the country to benefit from a special 20% tax rate on Portuguese-sourced income derived from high value-added activities", such as doctors and university teachers. Continue reading...
Home secretary uses populist speech at Tory conference to attack Human Rights Act and luxury beliefs' of liberal-leaning votersSuella Braverman has warned of a hurricane" of mass migration and attacked the luxury beliefs" of liberal-leaning people in a populist speech aimed at cementing her position as a standard bearer of the Conservative right.In a claim that will anger lawyers, judges and some within her own party, the home secretary told delegates at the Tory party conference that the Human Rights Act should be renamed the Criminal Rights Act". Continue reading...
Head of campaigning group says criticism of Emmanuel Macron's government for Islamophobia is reason for forced return to BritainThe UK director of the campaign group Cage has claimed that he has been deported from Poland at the behest of the French authorities because he criticised Emmanuel Macron's government for Islamophobia.Muhammad Rabbani, who heads a group that campaigns on behalf of those affected by the war on terror", was due to give a speech this week at an international security conference in Warsaw that would have been critical of France's handling of anti-government protests. Continue reading...
Test by Federal Emergency Management Agency scheduled for 2.20pm eastern timeA test for the US emergency alert system will be conducted on Wednesday, but it is already being met with internet conspiracy theories.The nationwide test is scheduled for 2.20pm ET and will play on US cellphones, TV, and radio stations. Continue reading...
Kosovo deputy prime minister says incident on 24 September was open act of aggression' and says it represents risk to entire regionThe French foreign minister, Catherine Colonna, who is visiting Armenia today, welcomed the country's ratification of the international criminal court's founding statute.The fight against impunity for crimes is a condition for peace and stability," she wrote on social media. Continue reading...
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Search also carried out on office of news website under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from ChinaPolice have carried out early morning raids on a news portal office and the homes of almost 50 journalists, activists and comedians across India under anti-terrorism laws, deepening concerns over a crackdown on freedom of expression in the country.Delhi police carried out the searches on numerous locations on Tuesday morning. Several journalists were detained, with their phones and laptops confiscated, and some were taken in for questioning. Delhi police confirmed that two journalists had been arrested in the case. Continue reading...
Incident puts country back on edge a year after mass protests erupted over death in custody of Mahsa AminiThe hospitalisation of a 16-year-old girl in Tehran has led to accusations by a rights group and activists that she was beaten into a coma by Iran's feared morality police", putting the country back on edge a year after mass protests erupted over the treatment of women.Footage of the incident showed a girl being carried off a train by other girls at a metro station and placed on the platform, where she stays still, apparently unconscious. Continue reading...
Acting prime minister has until 27 November to put candidacy before MPs after conservative rival's failure to take officeSpain's acting prime minister, the socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, has been invited to try to form a government two months after July's inconclusive snap general election, and four days after the leader of the conservative People's party (PP) failed in his bid to take office.King Felipe on Tuesday formally nominated Sanchez to attempt to secure congress's backing to form a new coalition administration with the leftwing Sumar alliance. Continue reading...
Jury finds failures in police custody and in prison contributed to death of Jack Zarrop at Wormwood Scrubs in 2021An inquest report has warned that prisoners are at risk of death" due to failures in the healthcare system, after a man took his own life at Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London 48 hours after arriving there.A jury at the inquest into the death at the prison of Jack Zarrop, 23, on 20 March 2021, found that a number of failures contributed to his death, both while he was in police custody and after he was taken to Wormwood Scrubs on remand. Continue reading...
Fast fashion retailer expects annual sales to fall by between 12% and 17% as buyers return to high streetBoohoo has warned that sales will fall by more than expected this year as shoppers buy fewer items than hoped for amid heavy competition from the Chinese rival Shein and the revival of high street shopping.The online fast fashion specialist said it expected annual sales to fall by between 12% and 17%, a dive from the maximum 5% drop previously forecast, as analysts said the group had lost market share despite price cuts. Continue reading...
RMT industrial action on Wednesday and Friday will not take place, but Aslef train strike will go aheadPlanned strikes by London Underground workers on Wednesday and Friday have been called off, the RMT union announced.Its members had been due to strike, closing the tube over plans to reduce staff numbers by up to 600 posts to save costs. Continue reading...
At least three people dead and three wounded in incident at Siam Paragon shopping centreA 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a shooting at a busy luxury mall in the centre of Bangkok, Thai police have said.Emergency services said at least three people were killed and three injured in the incident at the Siam Paragon shopping centre at about 5pm local time. Medics said one of the wounded was a foreign national. Continue reading...
The Broadway hit, written by Tina Fey and now on its second North American tour, will open at the Savoy in JuneFor Mean Girls fans, this is so fetch: the film's musical adaptation, which ran for almost two years on Broadway, is to be staged in London next summer.The musical, now on its second North American tour, will open at the Savoy theatre in June. It has a book by Tina Fey (who co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 teen comedy), is composed by Jeff Richmond, has lyrics by Nell Benjamin and is directed by Casey Nicholaw (who is also the choreographer). Casting for the musical, in which home-educated Cady Heron struggles to fit in with the intimidating clique of Plastics" at her new high school, is yet to be announced. Continue reading...
Boy pleads guilty at Sheffield crown court to causing death by dangerous driving of Marcia Grant, 60A 13-year-old boy has admitted killing a woman by driving over her in her own car.Marcia Grant, 60, died outside her home in the Greenhill area of Sheffield on 5 April. Continue reading...
Singer says we really can't go any further with this - there's no reason to' when asked about future of bandStevie Nicks has said Fleetwood Mac will not tour again after the death of Christine McVie in November 2022.In an interview with Vulture, she referred to the band's 2018 tour,An Evening With Fleetwood Mac. We had a really great time and it was a huge tour. That was there in the realm of possibility. But when Christine died, I felt like you can't replace her. You just can't. Without her, what is it?", Nicks said. Continue reading...
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At least 5.4 million people have been displaced by the fierce fighting that broke out in the country in AprilHumanitarian officials say the widening conflict in Sudan has left them trying to plan for the apocalypse" as aid supply lines are disrupted and more people are displaced both internally and across the country's borders.At least 5.4 million people have already been displaced by the fighting that broke out in April between between the Sudanese armed forces, led by Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces loyal to his rival Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo - known as Hemedti. Continue reading...
The London museum has been granted special access to the world-famous toy's archives in California and will explore her history through a design lens'If this summer's blockbuster movie has left you longing for more Barbie in your life, help is at hand. An exhibition on the history of the world-famous long-legged doll is to open at the Design Museum in London next year.The museum says it has been granted special access to the Barbie archives in California, and dozens of rare and unique items will be displayed to tell the story of the brand over the course of 65 years. Continue reading...
Demonstrators stage protest outside Indian high commission questioning UK government's response to killingsSupporters of the Sikh separatist Khalistan movement gathered outside the Indian high commission in central London to call for the UK government to stand alongside Canada after the killing of a prominent Sikh leader.Monday's protest on Aldwych came two weeks after Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said his government was looking at credible allegations potentially linking" India with the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia. Nijjar, who was 45, was killed on 18 June in a hail of gunfire outside his place of worship. Continue reading...
Justice secretary to tell conference he will introduce Jade's law' this year to protect families from jailed abusersNew powers to stop people who have killed their partners from gaining parental rights to surviving children will be introduced before the end of the year, the UK justice secretary will say.Alex Chalk will introduce Jade's law" this year to protect families from the manipulation of jailed abusers.In the UK, call the national domestic abuse helpline on 0808 2000 247, or visit Women's Aid. In Australia, the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. In the US, the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Other international helplines may be found via www.befrienders.org Continue reading...
In today's newsletter: The education minister has pitched a policy that is popular with many parents, but teachers and education experts say it's a distraction from more pressing issues facing pupils Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Today we're going to take you straight to Newman Catholic College secondary school in Oldham to meet headteacher Glyn Potts, who is reacting to education minister Gillian Keegan's plan to ban pupils from using mobile phones in England's schools. One of the biggest issues facing children and teachers is grappling with the impact of smartphones in our schools," she told Conservative party conference. The distraction, the disruption, the bullying - we know that teachers are struggling with their impact."But are they?Transport | Rishi Sunak is set to confirm he is scrapping the northern leg of HS2 to Manchester at the Conservative conference in the city despite a furious response and Tory fears it will fatally undermine the party's commitment to levelling up. Meanwhile business leaders who warned against Ed Miliband in 2015 have now turned on Rishi Sunak, criticising the prime minister's plans to roll back net zero policies.Education | Schools in England must challenge unconscious bias against the working class, according to the UK's first professor of social mobility. Lee Elliot Major argues the system tries to make working-class children into middle-class clones" when it should celebrate figures such as Stormzy, Tracey Emin, Mary Anning and Michael Faraday.Crime | New powers will stop people who have killed their partners from gaining parental rights to surviving children. Alex Chalk, the justice secretary, will introduce Jade's law" later this year to protect families from the manipulation of jailed abusers.Crime | Russell Brand is facing a second criminal investigation in connection to allegations of harassment and stalking. The 48-year-old comedian and actor has been accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013, when he was at the height of his fame working for the BBC and Channel 4 and starring in Hollywood films. He denies the allegations.Science | Prof Katalin Kariko and Prof Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for their contributions to RNA biology that contributed to the unprecedented speed of vaccine development during the Covid pandemic. Continue reading...
Royal Statistical Society suggests a better understanding of statistics could help NHS trusts act more quickly in similar casesThe Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is calling for the Lucy Letby inquiry to cover statistical evidence used in the trial of the serial baby killer, saying it can be difficult to draw conclusions from suspicious clusters of deaths" in hospitals.In August, Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more at the Countess of Chester hospital, making her the worst child serial killer in modern British history. Continue reading...
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Action expected to add to disruption to health services with consultants and junior doctors also strikingTens of thousands of patients will be unable to have scans on Tuesday when radiographers join consultants and junior doctors in strike action, hospital bosses have said.Radiographers across England will take industrial action from 8am, which will limit the chances of patients using cancer, A&E and maternity services getting a scan or X-ray. Continue reading...
German sandal maker has come a long way from its founding in 1774 as a maker of orthopaedic shoes to going public on the NY stock exchangeBirkenstock, the resurgent German sandal maker once beloved by healthcare workers, is set to be valued at up to 9.2bn ($9.7bn) when it floats on the stock market this month.Around 32.2 million ordinary shares will be put on the New York Stock Exchange in an initial public offering. On Monday, the company priced its shares at $44 to $49 each, which could see the company raise up to $1.58bn. Continue reading...
Thousands affected as government vows to stamp out land grabs in protected areasBrazil's government has begun removing thousands of non-Indigenous people from two native territories in a move that will affect thousands who live in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.The Brazilian intelligence agency ABIN said in a statement that the goal was to return the Apyterewa and Trincheira Bacaja lands in Para state to the original peoples. It did not say whether or not the expulsion of non-Indigenous people had been entirely peaceful. Continue reading...
The 10 listed collections range from zany intimacy' by Sharon Olds to explorations of Black identity from Ishion Hutchinson and Jason Allen-PaisantThe 10 shortlisted poetry collections for the 2023 TS Eliot prize announced today reflect the disruption" of the present moment, said the chair of the judges, with poems drawing on the coronavirus pandemic, loss and war.The winner, to be announced in January, will receive 25,000, while each shortlisted poet will receive 1,500. Continue reading...
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