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Groups providing vital services say impact of tax and minimum wage rises will lead to cutbacksCharities have warned of “life-changing consequences” for a million vulnerable children and adults as a result of cuts to state-funded disability services driven by tax changes and wage rises announced in the budget.The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), which represents 100 charities in England, said Rachel Reeves’s decision to raise employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) had been “ill thought through” and would put many local charity services at risk. Continue reading…



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Author : Patrick Butler and Sally Weale

Publish date : 2024-11-12 00:03:09

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Foreign minister says talks continuing over Israel’s stated objectives of pushing Hezbollah away from Israeli borderIsrael’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, said on Monday that “certain progress” had been made on ceasefire talks in Lebanon, where Israel has been engaged in fighting Hezbollah for more than 13 months.“We will be ready to be there if we know, first of all, that Hezbollah is not on our border, is north of the Litani River, and that Hezbollah will not be able to arm with new weapons systems,” Saar said. He added that diplomatic efforts were taking place through US mediation, but that the lack of enforcement mechanism in any future deal remained a stumbling block.

Israel’s stated objective in its ground invasion of south Lebanon was to enable the return of residents of north Israel, of which tens of thousands have been displaced since Hezbollah began firing rockets “in solidarity” with Hamas on 8 October 2023. Israel has said that Hezbollah would need to retreat north of the Litani, 18 miles from its northern border, to ensure the security of north Israel. Continue reading…



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Author : William Christou in Beirut

Publish date : 2024-11-11 23:13:14

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Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s proposed legislation also includes powers for judges to cross-examine patientsA historic bill to legalise assisted dying will set out hardline safeguards, including lengthy prison sentences for coercion and powers for judges to cross-examine patients.The Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said she believed she had put forward “the best possible legislation” but warned wavering MPs that parliament may not get another chance to vote again on the issue for another decade.Patients must be over 18, have the mental capacity to make a choice about the end of their life and must be terminally ill and expected to die within six monthsThey must express a ‘clear, settled and informed’ wish in two separate witnessed declarationsTwo independent doctors must be satisfied that the person is eligibleThe application must be approved by a high court judge who would hear from at least one of the doctors and may question the patient or anyone else involvedMedicine must be self-administered with doctors banned from assistingCoercion of a patient would be a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison Continue reading…



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Author : Jessica Elgot and Harriet Sherwood

Publish date : 2024-11-11 22:07:25

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Australian navy discovered USS Edsall late last year near Christmas Island, 80 years after its 1942 sinking by JapanThe wreck of the long-lost US warship USS Edsall, sent to the bottom of the sea during the second world war by the Japanese, has been discovered, US and Australian officials announced on Monday.The warship was sunk on 1 March 1942, three months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The Edsall was traveling across the Indian Ocean south of Java when it was sunk by Japanese dive bombers. Continue reading…



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Author : Marina Dunbar

Publish date : 2024-11-11 21:01:12

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Senate examines proposed laws on flights at Sydney airport. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCharlotte Wood, who has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, “is a writer of the most intense attention”, according to the British screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s review of her shortlisted book, Stone Yard Devotional.The book’s protagonist is a woman retreating from the world to a convent in New South Wales and is the story, Cottrell-Boyce writes, “of a small group of people in a tiny town, but its resonance is global. This is a powerful, generous book”. Continue reading…



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Author : Martin Farrer

Publish date : 2024-11-11 20:05:34

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Miller worked in the first Trump administration as a senior adviser and is known for his extremist rhetoricUS politics live – latest updatesPresident-elect Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will appoint immigration hardliner and close adviser, Stephen Miller, as his White House deputy chief of staff for policy.Miller worked in the White House during Trump’s first administration, serving as a senior adviser to Trump and as director of speechwriting. He played a key role in developing several of Trump’s immigration policies, including the Muslim travel ban and the family separation policy. Continue reading…



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Author : Anna Betts in New York

Publish date : 2024-11-11 18:44:41

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Even if president-elect rolls back climate progress, John Podesta reaffirms commitment to a clean planet at Cop29US climate envoy John Podesta said the fight “for a cleaner, safer” planet will not stop under a re-elected Donald Trump even if some progress is reversed, speaking at the Cop29 UN climate talks on Monday as they opened in Baku, Azerbaijan.“Although under Donald Trump’s leadership the US federal government placed climate-related actions on the back burner, efforts to prevent climate change remain a commitment in the US and will confidently continue,” said Podesta, who is leading the Biden administration’s delegation at the annual talks. Continue reading…



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Author : Dharna Noor in Baku and Oliver Milman in New York

Publish date : 2024-11-11 17:49:48

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Memory deficits could have longer-term consequences and increase risk of conditions such as dementia, researchers sayAsthma is linked to memory issues in children – and the condition appearing early may make memory difficulties worse, research suggests.The study found that children with asthma performed worse in memory tasks than children without the lung condition. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-11 16:12:55

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Tom Homan previously said he’d ‘run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen’; New York congresswoman to be US ambassador to United NationsAfter Homan and Stefanik, who else could be in Trump’s cabinet?Republicans close to House majority – results from all 50 US statesUS president-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), will be in charge of the country’s borders in his new administration.Homan’s areas of control will include “the southern border, the northern border, all maritime, and aviation security”, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump added that “border czar” Homan will be in charge of the deportation of illegal immigrants. Continue reading…



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Author : Chris Stein (now); Yohannes Lowe and Vicky Graham (earlier)

Publish date : 2024-11-11 15:29:42

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Jean Langan suffered fatal head injuries while leaving Derriford hospital in Plymouth, jury hearsAn 87-year-old woman suffered fatal head injuries when she was blown over by a search and rescue helicopter as it landed at a hospital, an inquest jury has heard.Jean Langan had attended Derriford hospital in Plymouth, Devon, to have a hearing aid fitted and was walking with a relative back to their vehicle in the hospital car park. Continue reading…



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Author : Steven Morris

Publish date : 2024-11-11 14:18:29

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New figures show ability to work from home differs greatly by factors such as age, job type and educationBusiness live – latest updatesWorkers with degree-level education are 10 times more likely to hybrid work than those with no qualifications, according to official figures that suggest a new societal divide has formed since the first Covid lockdowns.Almost five years since the start of the pandemic, the Office for National Statistics said hybrid working – part travelling to work, and part at home – appeared to be “here to stay” for some workers more than others. Continue reading…



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Author : Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Publish date : 2024-11-11 13:06:08

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French president offers ‘fraternity and solidarity’ as Israel discourages wearing of ‘recognisable Jewish symbols’ abroadEmmanuel Macron will attend the France-Israel football match at the Stade de France on Thursday in a gesture of “fraternity and solidarity” after attacks on Jewish fans in Amsterdam last week.Thousands of extra police will be on duty for the game taking place against a backdrop of high tension caused by the conflict in Gaza. Continue reading…



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Author : Kim Willsher

Publish date : 2024-11-11 12:18:52

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Workers face being targets in what could be Environmental Protection Agency’s biggest upheaval since its foundingAfter several years of recovery after the tumult of Donald Trump’s last administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now bracing itself for even deeper cuts to staff numbers and to work protecting Americans from pollution and the climate crisis as Trump prepares to return to the White House.When he was last president, Trump gutted more than 100 environmental rules and vowed to only leave a “little bit of the EPA” left “because you can’t destroy business”, prompting hundreds of agency staff to leave amid a firestorm of political interference and retaliation against civil servants. An even greater exodus is expected this time, with staff fearing they are frontline targets in what could be the biggest upheaval in the agency’s 50-year history. Continue reading…



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Author : Oliver Milman and Tom Perkins

Publish date : 2024-11-11 11:00:04

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Traders hope president-elect will favour cryptocurrencies when he returns to the White HouseBusiness live – latest updatesThe price of bitcoin has risen above $81,000 for the first time as the it benefited from traders’ hopes that Donald Trump will favour cryptocurrencies when he returns to the White House.Bitcoin touched a record high of $81,899, before dropping back to about $81,100, a gain of about 2.7% on Monday. The price has more than doubled from about $37,000 12 months ago. Continue reading…



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Author : Jasper Jolly

Publish date : 2024-11-11 10:01:12

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Comments by John Healey come as Starmer is in Paris to meet Macron and discuss implications of Trump’s victoryGood morning. Keir Starmer is in Paris this morning for talks with the French president, Emmanuel Macron. The prime minister is visiting to attend the French Armistice Day service, but the real interest will lie in what the leaders of Europe’s two military powers have to say as they discuss the implications of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.Here is Jessica Elgot’s overnight preview story.Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.The US president-elect advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of “Washington’s sizeable military presence in Europe”, the Post reported.Ukraine is certainly under pressure. Russia is certainly escalating, and President Trump has reportedly told Putin and warned him against further escalation. If he’s done that, he’s right to do so.Russia is escalating with massing North Korean troops on their territory. It’s escalating with more than 2,000 one-way attack kamikaze drones aimed at Kyiv and the rest of the Ukrainian cities in the last month alone. And one person is responsible for that escalation, and that’s Putin. Continue reading…



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Author : Andrew Sparrow

Publish date : 2024-11-11 08:59:08

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