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After debris balls were widely reported to be tar, testing coordinated with EPA revealed they were consistent with human-generated waste, or ‘likely lumps of fatberg’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW environment watchdog allegedly knew for more than a week that thousands of mystery balls that washed up on Sydney beaches last month were probably consistent with human-generated waste before it made the news public as US election results dominated headlines.A statement from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) on Wednesday revealed the balls comprised fatty acids, petroleum hydrocarbons and other organic and inorganic materials – including traces of drugs, hair, motor oil, food waste, animal matter and human faeces. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-09 00:13:32

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Exclusive: Publisher takes responsibility for the failure to consult Indigenous groups, who say the fantasy novel trivialises complex and painful historiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJamie Oliver says he is “devastated” by the offence he has caused to First Nations people and has issued an apology, after calls by Australia’s peak body for Indigenous education for the British celebrity chef to withdraw his children’s book from sale.Oliver is in Australia promoting his latest cookbook, Simply Jamie, but it is his decision to join a growing flock of celebrity children’s book authors with a 400-page fantasy novel for primary school-age children that has come under fire.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-08 23:04:57

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Jonathan J Batt, assigned in Crystal City, Virginia, accused of three charges with 76 specifications of sexual abuseA US army major has been accused of raping or otherwise sexually assaulting at least 20 victims during a span of three years, according to the military branch’s office of special trial counsel.On Thursday, the office of special trial counsel confirmed to the Army Times that it had accused Jonathan J Batt – a major assigned to the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center in Crystal City, Virginia – of three charges involving 76 specifications of sexual abuse. Continue reading…



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Author : Maya Yang

Publish date : 2024-11-08 22:11:10

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Congress likely not to renew extended ACA coverage next year as Trump’s ‘concepts of a plan’ for US healthcare are unknownUS elections 2024 – live updatesMillions of Americans are at risk of losing health coverage in 2025 under Donald Trump’s forthcoming administration.More than 20 million Americans rely on the individual private health insurance market for healthcare, private insurance which is subsidized by the federal government.Trump wins the presidency – how did it happen?With Trump re-elected, this is what’s at stakeAbortion ballot measure results by stateA masculinity researcher on the Democrats’ ‘fatal miscalculation’Election deniers use Trump victory to sow more doubt over 2020 resultWhat a second Trump presidency means for big US tech firmsWho could be in Trump’s new administration Continue reading…



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Author : Marina Dunbar in New York

Publish date : 2024-11-08 21:14:50

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Force refers itself after two women complained about handling of inquiries into allegations against Mohamed Al FayedThe Metropolitan police has referred itself to the police watchdog over complaints from two women about the handling of investigations into allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed first made in 2008 and 2013.More details soon …
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Publish date : 2024-11-08 19:02:26

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UK has had average of just three hours of sun over past week, but skies should start to clear from SundayAn “anticyclonic gloom” has been blamed for cloudy weather across parts of England, with one village receiving absolutely no sunshine since October.Odiham, in Hampshire, has reportedly recorded zero minutes of sunshine since October, but forecasters are predicting that the fog, drizzle and low cloud should start clearing from Sunday. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-08 18:03:09

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Creator of the wedge cut dies after being diagnosed with terminal cancerThe hairdresser Trevor Sorbie, who was celebrated for pioneering the wedge haircut and inventing scrunch drying, has died aged 75, his company has announced.The stylist, who frequently appeared on TV and had his own line of hair products, revealed in October he had weeks to live after his bowel cancer spread to his liver. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-11-08 17:05:13

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Cash stops short of hoped-for ‘bazooka option’ with critics calling it ‘an accounting exercise’ unable to boost growthChina has announced 10tn yuan in debt support for local governments and other economic measures, but stopped short of the “bazooka” stimulus package that many analysts had expected.The fiscal package included raising debt ceilings for local governments by 6tn yuan (£646bn) over three years, so they could replace hidden debt, which authorities said stood at 14.3tn yuan by the end of 2023. Continue reading…



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Author : Helen Davidson in Taipei

Publish date : 2024-11-08 15:40:17

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CMA sets out potential measures, including price cap on retailers, to combat high prices and lack of choiceThe government could offer its own low-cost baby formula under a brand such as the NHS to combat the high prices and lack of choice in the market, the UK competition watchdog has suggested.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said another “backstop” measure could be for the government to regulate and set a price or profit-margin cap on retailers as a way to bring prices down for parents more quickly. Continue reading…



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Author : Mark Sweney

Publish date : 2024-11-08 14:34:58

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Shares in UK retailers fall as investors digest Rachel Reeves’s changes to NICs and tax thresholdsBusiness live – latest updatesAsda has warned that measures in the government’s budget will be a “big burden” for the supermarket chain, costing it £100m, and could prevent it from raising wages or hiring as many staff, as it struggles to turn around falling sales.The company’s warning on Friday came as other UK retailers’ share prices took a hit as stock market investors continue to digest the implications of the changes to employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) announced in the Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves’s first budget. Continue reading…



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Author : Joanna Partridge

Publish date : 2024-11-08 13:33:40

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Police launch investigation into ‘multiple violent incidents’ and say five people taken to hospital and 62 arrestedThe leaders of Israel and the Netherlands have condemned “antisemitic” attacks on fans of an Israeli football team after a match in Amsterdam, while a leading Jewish group has said the Dutch capital should be “deeply ashamed”.The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, cancelled plans announced early on Friday to send two rescue planes to Amsterdam, after what his office called “a horrific antisemitic incident”. Israeli citizens are instead expected to return home via commercial airlines. Continue reading…



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Author : Senay Boztas in Amsterdam and Jennifer Rankin

Publish date : 2024-11-08 12:46:52

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Powell returns to heart of Whitehall after serving as chief of staff for Tony BlairIt is quite a week for comebacks. Jonathan Powell’s return to No 10 is not up there with Donald Trump getting back to the White House, but it is big news for anyone interested Whitehall machinery. Powell started his career as a Foreign Office civil servant but he started working for Tony Blair when Blair was Labour leader in 1995 and, unlike Sue Gray, who made a similar leap into party politics, Powell survived as chief of staff for Blair’s entire premiership.Now he’s back – as the new national security adviser.Jonathan has devoted his career to protecting the interests of the country, having served for 17 years as a diplomat in the Foreign Office and 10 years as chief of staff in No 10, and I am delighted to appoint him to this important role.Together with his experience helping to negotiate the Belfast (Good Friday) agreement and work on some of the world’s most complex conflicts, he is uniquely qualified to advise the government on tackling the challenges ahead and engage with counterparts across the globe to protect and advance UK interests.[Trump] will attempt to engineer a rapid solution, but he’s been pulled in two directions.There will be a land swap. That is a terrible thing for the people who end up living under Russian rule. But fundamentally, it’s not the main argument. The main argument is whether Ukraine is a western or eastern country in future. Continue reading…



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Author : Andrew Sparrow

Publish date : 2024-11-08 11:37:42

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Firm issues another profit warning after review into ‘understated’ build costs in south divisionShares in the FTSE 100 housebuilder Vistry plunged on Friday after it issued a second profit warning in as many months and said cost overruns on building projects were worse than previously thought.Vistry was the top faller on the blue chip index of stocks, with shares down 18%, wiping about £500m off the value of the company. Continue reading…



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Author : Mark Sweney

Publish date : 2024-11-08 10:29:05

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Security minister says fans ‘encountered antisemitism and were attacked with unimaginable cruelty just because of their Jewishness’The UN human rights office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.The UN count covers the first seven months of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip that began more than a year ago.It is essential that there is due reckoning with respect to the allegations of serious violations of international law through credible and impartial judicial bodies and that, in the meantime, all relevant information and evidence are collected and preserved.” Continue reading…



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Author : Amy Sedghi

Publish date : 2024-11-08 09:27:33

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