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California state officials seek public’s help in identifying person shown in two photos posted to social mediaInvestigators on Saturday identified a “person of interest” in the Los Angeles arson fire last week that closed a central freeway for days, snarling traffic as repair crews continue to work around the clock to fix it.The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, and the state fire marshal released two photos in a “crime alert notification” posted to social media and said it was seeking the public’s help to identify the person. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2023-11-18 22:55:35

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Record crowds expected at pro-Palestine rally in Melbourne, with protests also planned in Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. Follow today’s news updates liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPeople told to leave ‘fast-moving’ Queensland fireResidents in a southeast Queensland town have been told to leave immediately as crews battle a large fast-moving bushfire.Big roads and metropolitan highways might get a lot of the attention, but we spend most of our driving lives on local roads around where we live and where we work. Continue reading…



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Author : Royce Kurmelovs

Publish date : 2023-11-18 22:10:57

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The book, Famous Composers, was last borrowed in 1919 from the St Paul library; mayor assures that there will be no late feeThe book on famous composers from the St Paul public library in Minnesota must have been a really good read.It was more than a century overdue when it was finally returned recently. Continue reading…



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Author : Diana Ramirez-Simon

Publish date : 2023-11-18 20:25:35

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Fears mount for Gaza refugees as nowhere is deemed safe for civilians in effort to destroy HamasIsrael-Hamas war – live updateAirstrikes on crowded UN shelters in north Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp killed more than 80 people on Saturday, as Israeli plans to expand operations into south Gaza deepened fears for hundreds of thousands of civilians who have sought refuge there.Underlining the reminder that there is nowhere safe for Gaza’s civilians, an airstrike outside the southern town of Khan Younis killed at least 26 people in the early hours of Saturday morning. Continue reading…



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Author : Emma Graham-Harrison

Publish date : 2023-11-18 19:41:44

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Thousands had marched for five days to demand action by the Israeli prime minister to bring home the 240 people captured by HamasIsrael-Hamas war – live updates“I am wounded and bleeding. Mummy, I think I’m going to die,” were some of the last words Romi Gonen, 23, said to her mother, Meirav Leshem Gonen, after Hamas stormed southern Israeli towns and kibbutzim on 7 October.Leshem Gonen, 54, could hear shooting during the frantic 40-minute phone call but tried to comfort her daughter, who was at the Supernova music festival, saying: “Everything will be OK” and “You’ll feel better. You are not alone, you are with me, my darling.” Continue reading…



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Author : Emine Sinmaz in Jerusalem

Publish date : 2023-11-18 19:00:29

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Former Labour leader argues Hamas and Israel both guilty of targeting civilians, after he avoided term in TV interviewJeremy Corbyn has described Hamas as a “terrorist group” in a magazine article after repeatedly refusing to use the term in a television interview earlier this week.The former Labour leader has written an article accusing the Israeli army of being guilty of “acts of terror too”, arguing that the comparison was necessary because Israel had killed thousands of children in strikes on Gaza in retaliation for Hamas’s attacks. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/18/jeremy-corbyn-calls-hamas-terrorist-group-after-previous-demurral

Author : Nadeem Badshah

Publish date : 2023-11-18 18:04:15

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Authorities say it could be months before people evacuated from town of Grindavik can go home even if danger subsidesPeople in south-west Iceland remain on edge as they wait to see whether a volcano rumbling under the Reykjanes peninsula will erupt.Civil protection authorities said that even if it does not, it is likely to be months before residents evacuated from the danger zone can safely return home. Continue reading…



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Author : Associated Press in Reykjavik

Publish date : 2023-11-18 16:52:41

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Drug firm Novo Nordisk proposed singling out those most likely to return to work with its weight-loss injectionObesity jab maker Novo Nordisk suggested to senior government officials that they could “profile” benefit claimants so that those most likely to return to work could be targeted with its weight-loss injections.Internal documents obtained by the Observer reveal that Pinder Sahota, corporate vice-president of Novo Nordisk UK, told the then health secretary Steve Barclay, England’s chief medical officer and Treasury officials that “data from the Department for Work and Pensions [DWP] could help profile those who are most likely to return to the labour market”. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/18/obesity-jab-maker-data-to-profile-benefits-claimants

Author : Shanti Das and Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Publish date : 2023-11-18 15:15:54

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Prosecutors said that Kaitlin Armstrong gunned down cyclist in jealous rage because Wilson dated her boyfriend months earlierA Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in a case that sent investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer.Jurors deliberated for just over three hours before delivering the sentence for Kaitlin Armstrong, who investigators say tracked Wilson to the apartment where she was staying and shot her three times. They took only two hours on Thursday to convict her of murder. Continue reading…



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Author : The Associatd Press

Publish date : 2023-11-18 14:20:22

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Authorities say cracking sound caused ‘panic’ at site in Uttarakhand where 41 men remain trappedIndian rescuers have paused efforts to reach 41 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel after a cracking sound created a “panic situation” over the possibility of a further cave-in.Excavators have been removing debris from the tunnel in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand since Sunday after a section that the workers had been building collapsed. Continue reading…



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Author : Agence France-Presse in Dehradun

Publish date : 2023-11-18 13:14:13

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Man, 37, had attempted to kill himself at Brook House removal centre and died in hospital on FridayThree investigations have been launched after the death of a 37-year-old Albanian immigration detainee, the Home Office has said.The man, who died on Friday, had attempted to kill himself just over a week ago in Brook House immigration removal centre near Gatwick airport and was subsequently taken to East Surrey hospital, where he was cared for in the intensive care unit. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/18/investigations-launched-after-death-of-albanian-man-detained-by-home-office

Author : Diane Taylor

Publish date : 2023-11-18 11:12:46

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Pop star ‘devastated’ by death of woman, named in media as Ana Clara Benevides, 23, who reportedly fainted and had cardiac arrestTaylor Swift has said she is “devastated” after a fan died before her concert in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.The singer posted on Instagram before the first of three concerts in the Brazilian city as part of her Eras world tour. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/18/taylor-swift-fan-dies-before-brazil-concert-amid-sweltering-conditions

Author : Harry Taylor

Publish date : 2023-11-18 09:40:12

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Social media firm boss says he will sue media watchdog that said ads were being placed alongside antisemitic contentElon Musk has said he will be filing a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against Media Matters and others, after major US companies paused their adverts on his social media site over concerns about antisemitism.Media watchdog Media Matters said earlier this week that it found corporate advertisements by IBM, Apple, Oracle and Comcast’s Xfinity were being placed alongside antisemitic content, including that praising Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/18/elon-musk-to-file-thermonuclear-lawsuit-as-advertisers-desert-x

Author : Harry Taylor

Publish date : 2023-11-18 08:58:47

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Opposition and unions call on Grant Shapps to take action after 60 senior women report widespread abuseLabour and civil service unions have called on the defence secretary, Grant Shapps, to launch an urgent investigation after 60 senior female staff at the Ministry of Defence reported a widespread culture of sexual assault, harassment and abuse by male colleagues.The opposition party called on Shapps to take action to “root out this behaviour from top to bottom”, while the heads of the FDA and PCS trade unions called for a meeting with the department’s permanent secretary, David Williams. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/18/calls-for-investigation-into-complaints-of-toxic-sexual-behaviour-at-mod

Author : Dan Sabbagh, Rowena Mason and Peter Walker

Publish date : 2023-11-18 08:00:15

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Israel tells people to relocate from parts of southern city to avoid crossfire; Palestinian doctor says strike on Hamad Town kills 26See all our Israel-Hamas war coverage Continue reading…



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Author : Adam Fulton

Publish date : 2023-11-18 06:26:51

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