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• Erik ten Hag says he will deal with Cristiano Ronaldo after early exit down Old Trafford tunnel - Sky Sports

  19-10-2022 23:57 via news.google.com
  Erik ten Hag says he will deal with Cristiano Ronaldo after early exit down Old Trafford tunnel  Sky SportsJamie O'Hara & Jason Cundy SLAM Cristiano Ronaldo as he walks down the tunnel before full-time!  talkSPORTLisandro Martinez's comments on Cristiano Ronaldo storming down tunnel speak volumes  The MirrorCristiano Ronaldo storms down the Old Trafford tunnel before full-time  Daily MailTen Hag responds as Cristiano Ronaldo walks down the tunnel befor
  
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• Chinese consul-general defends actions after being seen pulling protester's hair in Manchester - Sky News

  19-10-2022 23:56 via news.google.com
  Chinese consul-general defends actions after being seen pulling protester's hair in Manchester  Sky NewsI was dragged into China consulate, protester Bob Chan says  BBCChinese protester 'scared' and 'shocked' to be attacked in the UK  Guardian NewsManchester Scuffle Provokes UK Parliament Reaction Over Xi's China  BloombergChinese diplomat defends grabbing Hong Kong protester’s hair in Manchester  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google
  
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• Liz Truss latest news: Wendy Morton still Chief Whip after day of chaos, No 10 confirms - The Telegraph

  19-10-2022 23:35 via news.google.com
  Liz Truss latest news: Wendy Morton still Chief Whip after day of chaos, No 10 confirms  The TelegraphSturgeon blasts ‘utter shambles’ at Commons vote as Blackford calls for PM to go  Evening StandardBraverman quits and Tory MPs in fracking vote chaos  BBCTruss's Press Office Says Chief Whip Will Remain in Post  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Chelsea player ratings vs Brentford: Mason Mount nullified as Kepa Arrizabalaga continues fine form - Evening Standard

  19-10-2022 23:31 via news.google.com
  Chelsea player ratings vs Brentford: Mason Mount nullified as Kepa Arrizabalaga continues fine form  Evening Standard'Disappointed not to win - a draw was a fair result' | Graham Potter post match  Chelsea Football ClubLiverpool 1-0 West Ham, Brentford 0-0 Chelsea: Premier League clockwatch – as it happened  The Guardian"Broja showed what he is about" I Graham Potter I Brentford 0-0 Chelsea  HaytersTVGraham Potter defends Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's
  
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• Bloober's Silent Hill 2 remake is official, and a timed PS5 console exclusive - Eurogamer.net

  19-10-2022 23:31 via news.google.com
  Bloober's Silent Hill 2 remake is official, and a timed PS5 console exclusive  Eurogamer.netSilent Hill 2 - Teaser Trailer | PS5 Games  PlayStationSilent Hill is FINALLY back: Watch the Silent Hill live transmission right here  ExpressEverything announced in Konami's Silent Hill October 2022 showcase  Eurogamer.netSilent Hill 2 remake announced as Konami exhumes hit horror series  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• What Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens have told Steven Gerrard about Aston Villa position - Birmingham Live

  19-10-2022 23:30 via news.google.com
  What Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens have told Steven Gerrard about Aston Villa position  Birmingham LiveSteven Gerrard: 'I won't feel sorry for myself' - Aston Villa boss believes he can turn form around  BBCSteven Gerrard's up for a fight to get Aston Villa to safety  Metro.co.ukAston Villa eyeing Thomas Tuchel move  FootballFanCast.comSteven Gerrard channels Liverpool heroics in defiant message to Aston Villa critics  The MirrorView Full coverage
  
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• Wales’ World Cup wait goes on as they are denied by Cook Islands comeback

  19-10-2022 23:26 via theguardian.com
  Pool D: Wales 12-18 Cook IslandsJohn Kear’s side led 12-6 at half-time in LeighThe reactions of John Kear and his players at full time told the story. Make no mistake about it, neither Wales nor the Cook Islands will be lifting the Rugby League World Cup trophy aloft next month but, as the Cook Islands coach Kevin Iro said, World Cup wins do not come easy.How both nations know that all too well. The Cook Islands did not even qualify for the last World Cup in 2017, and Wales haven’t w
  
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• Canada to host meeting on Iran protests for world’s female foreign ministers

  19-10-2022 23:25 via theguardian.com
  Canada’s foreign minister Melanie Joly said they will meet to discuss protests ignited by the death of Mahsa AminiCanada is to host a virtual meeting of female foreign ministers to discuss Iran’s “brutal” crackdown on protests ignited by the death of a young woman who was detained by morality police for “improper” use of the hijab.Canada’s foreign minister, Melanie Joly, said she and 14 others will meet virtually on Thursday to discuss the state of women
  
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• Channel 4 News host Krishnan Guru-Murthy swears at Tory MP in off-air gaffe - The Telegraph

  19-10-2022 23:23 via news.google.com
  Channel 4 News host Krishnan Guru-Murthy swears at Tory MP in off-air gaffe  The TelegraphHot mic catches presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy call Steve Baker 'a c***' after heated interview  The IndependentChannel 4 presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy caught on camera calling Tory minister 'a c**t'  Manchester Evening NewsVeteran Channel 4 correspondent calls Tory MP a c***  Wales OnlineKrishnan Guru-Murthy apologises for calling Steve Baker ‘a c***’ du
  
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• Bruno Fernandes seals Manchester United’s worthy win against blunt Spurs

  19-10-2022 23:15 via theguardian.com
  When Bruno Fernandes curled in Manchester United’s second goal on 69 minutes a seated Erik ten Hag raised his arms in delight. The strike directly followed Harry Kane missing a gilded opportunity to equalise when smashing against David de Gea from close range. From this the hosts raced 80 yards upfield with Antony and the excellent Fred involved before United’s talisman bent a supreme finish past Hugo Lloris for only a second of the season.Ten Hag had spoken of how more goals would c
  
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• Arsenal stun defending WCL champions Lyon with historic five-star humbling

  19-10-2022 23:07 via theguardian.com
  The Arsenal manager, Jonas Eidevall, had said that the team’s Champions League group stage opener against the reigning champions, Lyon, would be a “reality check to see where we’re at.” The small contingent of travelling Gunners fans could be forgiven for thinking they had stepped into an alternate reality: where they were “at” was in seventh heaven, as the Ballon d’Or runner-up, Beth Mead, and Australian forward Caitlin Foord both scored twice in a 5-1
  
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• Darwin Núñez header edges Liverpool to win against wasteful West Ham

  19-10-2022 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Jürgen Klopp found respite from a poisonous few days in the sanctuary of Anfield. Victory over Manchester City had offered a springboard for Liverpool’s Premier League campaign, something that was almost forgotten amid the fallout from Sunday, and they capitalised with a leap from Darwin Núñez and Alisson’s acrobatics.Liverpool’s £64m summer signing scored his first Anfield goal with a textbook header to deliver a second successive home league win. The
  
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• Liz Truss’s government on the brink after Suella Braverman’s parting shot

  19-10-2022 22:57 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister at risk of mass exodus of ministers as home secretary forced to resignLiz Truss’s beleaguered government appeared at risk of collapse on Wednesday as Suella Braverman launched a stinging attack on the prime minister after being forced to resign as home secretary.Braverman’s dramatic departure, coming just five days after Truss sacked her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, risks the prime minister experiencing the sort of mass exodus of ministers that forced Boris Johnson to q
  
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• More rail strikes announced for 3 and 5 November, this time involving train operators - Sky News

  19-10-2022 22:55 via news.google.com
  More rail strikes announced for 3 and 5 November, this time involving train operators  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Che Adams heads Southampton out of bottom three and sinks Bournemouth

  19-10-2022 22:38 via theguardian.com
  A few minutes after the final whistle Ralph Hasenhüttl and his players linked arms in front of the away support to toast a much-needed victory and a long overdue first clean sheet of the season, Southampton the last team in England’s top four divisions to claim one.Was it a defiant show of unity? A symbol of togetherness despite the never-ending, engulfing sense of crisis? Or a chance to celebrate only their second away win since February with fans, safe in the knowledge that his futu
  
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• Black footballers come together to demand fair leadership opportunities

  19-10-2022 21:45 via theguardian.com
  Black Footballers Partnership aims to break ‘grass ceiling’Only 4.4% of managers in England are blackMore than 100 black professional footballers have come together to demand change within the game and to break what they describe as the “grass ceiling” of representation in coaching and leadership roles.The Black Footballers Partnership comprises luminaries from both the men’s and women’s game and crosses generations of current and former pros. Viv Anderson, Ch
  
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• 'It's hard to see a way back': Liz Truss reels from deepening chaos - Financial Times

  19-10-2022 21:36 via news.google.com
  'It's hard to see a way back': Liz Truss reels from deepening chaos  Financial TimesWho could replace Liz Truss as Prime Minister as she desperately clings to power?  Daily RecordExplainer: UK PM Truss: how could she leave and who could replace her  Reuters UKThis might not be the best time to focus on building a new Scotland  The TimesForeign Secretary warns Tories against ‘defenestrating’ another PM  Evening StandardView Full covera
  
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• Bank of England officials were excluded from mini-budget discussions - The Guardian

  19-10-2022 21:32 via news.google.com
  Bank of England officials were excluded from mini-budget discussions  The GuardianSimon Nixon: 'Moron premium' after mini-budget remains despite Hunt's intervention  The TimesBank of England ‘blindsided’ by unexpected elements of mini-budget  The IndependentWhat does Huntonomics mean for Britain?  The New StatesmanBank of England not tipped off about contents of mini-budget  The TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Apple iPad mini (2021) prices quietly went up yesterday - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

  19-10-2022 21:21 via news.google.com
  Apple iPad mini (2021) prices quietly went up yesterday - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Newcastle United 1-0 Everton highlights as Miguel Almiron's stunner wins it for Magpies - Chronicle Live

  19-10-2022 21:19 via news.google.com
  Newcastle United 1-0 Everton highlights as Miguel Almiron's stunner wins it for Magpies  Chronicle LiveAlmiron scores stunning winner | Newcastle 1-0 Everton | Premier League Highlights  Sky Sports Premier LeagueNewcastle 1 Everton 0 – The three big points that I'm taking from the match  The MagNEWCASTLE 1-0 EVERTON | Premier League highlights  Everton Football ClubAnthony Gordon can earn future Newcastle transfer on Wednesday  Geordie Boot
  
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• Vladimir Putin declares martial law in occupied regions of Ukraine - Financial Times

  19-10-2022 21:18 via news.google.com
  Vladimir Putin declares martial law in occupied regions of Ukraine  Financial TimesUkraine war: Russians start leaving Ukraine's Kherson city  BBCUkraine round-up: Kherson evacuation and Putin's letters to Berlusconi  BBCRussia Begins Kherson 'Evacuations' as Ukrainian Forces Advance  The Moscow TimesUkraine's power, water supplies under Russian attack again • FRANCE 24 English  FRANCE 24 EnglishView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Salford museum pays £7.8m for LS Lowry’s Going to the Match

  19-10-2022 21:05 via theguardian.com
  Purchase of 1953 painting beloved by football fans made possible by gift from charitable foundationA painting by LS Lowry beloved by football fans and art enthusiasts has been bought by the Lowry arts centre in Salford, saving it from disappearing into a private collection.The arts centre paid £7.8m including fees for Going to the Match, painted in 1953, at an auction on Wednesday evening. The purchase was made possible by a gift from the Law Family charitable foundation, which was set up
  
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• Maternity care is not on a journey of obvious improvement

  19-10-2022 21:03 via theguardian.com
  History suggests that reports exposing NHS failings do not banish the culture that harms babies and mothers Reports showing that babies and mothers died or were harmed as a result of failures by, and sometimes heartless cruel treatment in, NHS maternity units are becoming worryingly common. Dr Bill Kirkup’s just-published 192-page exposé of an appalling catalogue of failings at East Kent NHS trust between 2009 and 2020 is the second in the last 12 months. As many as 45 babies and 23
  
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• What will new UK home secretary Grant Shapps bring to the role?

  19-10-2022 21:02 via theguardian.com
  Johnson’s former transport secretary, an aviator with multiple names, has been parachuted in to replace Suella BravermanAnswering the question “who is Grant Shapps?” is more complicated than it would be for most MPs.The new home secretary has had a varied political career, with rapid rises and precipitous falls – serving as transport secretary, international development secretary, Conservative party chairman, housing minister and now home secretary. Continue reading...
  
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• Josh Hazlewood: ‘I hardly watch any cricket. Do I like it? I like playing it’

  19-10-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: The world’s No 1 T20 bowler spent years away from the format but will be crucial to Australia’s World Cup defenceA smile plays upon the edges of Josh Hazlewood’s mouth. This, to be clear, is not a fleeting reaction to some momentary amusement, but a more or less permanent feature. Over the course of a couple of conversations, one in Canberra and the other a few days later in Brisbane, it is almost always there – the smile of a man who seems to have cracked the
  
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• Louisiana pastor admits stealing $900,000 from church and congregants

  19-10-2022 20:56 via theguardian.com
  Baptist minister Charles Southall pleads guilty to money laundering as prosecutors say he used cash to cover billsA Baptist minister renowned in Louisiana has acknowledged stealing nearly $900,000 from his church, affiliated rental properties, his congregants and a charter school.Charles Southall III, who for more than three decades led First Emanuel Baptist church in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of money-laundering. Continue reading...
  
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• Saracens lacking safety certificate to admit 10,000 or more fans to stadium

  19-10-2022 20:52 via theguardian.com
  Club restricted despite opening of new west stand this seasonQuestions raised about Premiership promotion criteriaSaracens are not able to safely admit 10,000 or more supporters to their stadium because they do not have the necessary certificate, the Guardian can reveal, raising questions over the stringent criteria that govern promotion to the Premiership.When Saracens won promotion back to the Premiership in June 2021 they had to be given special dispensation to compete in last season’s
  
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• ‘Be careful what you wish for’: Suella Braverman mocked after resignation

  19-10-2022 20:37 via theguardian.com
  Jokes at home secretary’s expense came thick and fast on social media after her departureUK politics live – latest news updatesJokes at Suella Braverman’s expense were served thick and fast on social media after she resigned as home secretary – featuring lashings of tofu.On Tuesday in the Commons, her last full day as home secretary, Braverman sprayed accusations over the disruption caused by the climate protest groups Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil. “It’s
  
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• Death of baby in Lucy Letby case ‘completely out of blue’, says witness

  19-10-2022 20:33 via theguardian.com
  Newborn twin allegedly murdered by nurse died just over a day after birth, trial hearsThe death of a baby allegedly murdered by the nurse Lucy Letby came as a “big surprise” and was “completely out of the blue”, her trial has heard.The newborn twin died at the Countess of Chester hospital following a sudden collapse just more than 24 hours after his premature birth. Continue reading...
  
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• Biden implores US oil companies to pass on record profits to consumers

  19-10-2022 20:32 via theguardian.com
  President announces release of 15m barrels of oil from strategic reserve as he fights to keep gas prices in check before midtermsJoe Biden has called on oil companies to pass on their massive profits to consumers as he announced the release of 15m barrels of oil from the US strategic petroleum reserve.Biden is fighting to keep gas prices in check ahead of November’s midterms. He blamed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine for the global spike in oil prices and said his administration
  
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• Ukrainian people win European parliament’s Sakharov prize

  19-10-2022 20:19 via theguardian.com
  Annual prize awarded to Ukraine’s citizens to honour their fight against Russia’s invasionRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThe European parliament has awarded the people of Ukraine its annual Sakharov prize for freedom of thought to honour their fight against Russia’s invasion.“They are standing up for what they believe in. Fighting for our values. Protecting democracy, freedom and rule of law. Risking their lives for us,” the European parliament president,
  
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• ‘Seattle icon’: dog who rode bus solo to the park dies aged 10

  19-10-2022 20:16 via theguardian.com
  Trips began in 2015 when Eclipse’s owner failed to notice the black Labrador got on the bus by herself and exited the correct stopA beloved Seattle-area dog known for riding the bus around the major US city by herself in order to get to the dog park has died at the the age of 10.Eclipse, a black Labrador, had become a firm Seattle favorite and also famous around the world for her solo trips on public transport. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on Liz Truss and the Tories: it’s time to go | Editorial

  19-10-2022 20:10 via theguardian.com
  The prime minister has caused chaos in government and made Britain poorer.She must not be allowed to stay in office to do more harmLiz Truss is finished. Her authority as prime minister is spent. The government she formed six weeks ago no longer exists and Britain needs a general election to choose a new one. Last week, the chancellor was sacked for enacting the prime minister’s will in a “mini-budget” that destroyed the UK’s credibility on global markets. On Wednesday, S
  
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• The Guardian view on big finance: addicted to government handouts | Editorial

  19-10-2022 20:10 via theguardian.com
  Instead of cutting public services, the Treasury should tax the windfall profits of the banking sectorIt was Margaret Thatcher in 1981 who applied a special additional tax on the profits of banks that had experienced windfall gains during a period of excessively high interest rates. The Treasury has had similar thoughts in the run-up to the budget on 31 October. The idea is to revert to the former chancellor Rishi Sunak’s plans to raise corporation tax from 19% to 25% but drop Mr Sunak&rsq
  
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• Gunman on electric bike shot schoolgirl in the neck as he fired six times - Liverpool Echo

  19-10-2022 20:07 via news.google.com
  Gunman on electric bike shot schoolgirl in the neck as he fired six times  Liverpool Echo
  
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• Suella Braverman resignation letter: what she said and totally meant

  19-10-2022 20:03 via theguardian.com
  Outgoing home secretary sticks boot in and throws down gauntlet to embattled Liz TrussUK politics live – latest news updatesThe official release of letters by Downing Street between a prime minister and a resigning member of the cabinet usually offer only the sparsest glimpses of real emotion.They use heavily coded language to hint at anguish, to avoid the departure sparking a bitter divide between two senior members of the same party. Not so with the outgoing home secretary, Suella Braver
  
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• Bank of England officials were excluded from mini-budget discussions

  19-10-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe says Bank did not have usual briefing the night before mini-budgetBank of England officials were excluded from discussions ahead of the mini-budget last month that triggered a “full-scale liquidation event” for pension funds, MPs heard on Wednesday.Deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe, who said the central bank was forced into battle to save the £1.5tn pensions industry from insolvency, also warned ministers against grabbing fresh powers to meddle i
  
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• Authors of original dating profiles rated more attractive, research finds

  19-10-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Pictures attract most attention initially, but a profile’s text and information given is also importantWhen swiping through online dating profiles, the same topics come up with alarming regularity: Sunday roasts, pineapple on pizza and a love of travel being but a few.But rather than sticking with the crowd, the use of metaphor and personal information is more likely to land you a date, research suggests. Continue reading...
  
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• Almost everyone’s a loser: EU-UK trade sharply lower than in a world without Brexit - POLITICO Europe

  19-10-2022 19:53 via news.google.com
  Almost everyone’s a loser: EU-UK trade sharply lower than in a world without Brexit  POLITICO EuropeTrade from UK to EU 16% lower than if Brexit had not happened, report finds  The GuardianNew report exposes extreme damage Brexit has wreaked on UK trade  The NationalBritish Business Travellers Are Being Turned Back From EU Countries for Breaching Post-Brexit Travel Rules - SchengenVisaInfo.com  SchengenVisaInfo.comBrexit Cut Trade Between UK and EU b
  
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• Martin Rowson on Liz Truss going for growth – cartoon

  19-10-2022 19:48 via theguardian.com
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• Asos’s global overstretch shows in share price and operating profits plunge

  19-10-2022 19:46 via theguardian.com
  Long-term shareholders would be immeasurably richer if Asos had stayed in the UK, its ‘core operation’The new boss of Asos was pushing his luck in describing the full-year performance – a collapse in operating profits from £190m to minus £10m – as “resilient”, but then one realised he was referring only to the UK, which has suddenly acquired the label “core operation”. Implication: the rest of the world was a disaster zone.Indeed it was
  
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• French government to use constitutional powers to force through budget

  19-10-2022 19:40 via theguardian.com
  President accused of authoritarianism as PM puts end to days of heated parliamentary debateThe French government is to use special constitutional powers to force through its 2023 budget without a parliamentary vote, sparking accusations of “authoritarianism” from the opposition and underlining President Emmanuel Macron’s weakened domestic position since his centrist grouping lost its absolute majority in elections last spring.“It is our responsibility to make sure our cou
  
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• How Iceland’s legion of shoppers are making ends meet as inflation soars

  19-10-2022 19:37 via theguardian.com
  As UK inflation tops 10%, a discount for over-60s at Manchester’s Urmston branch is proving a lifeline for many“Everything, really,” says Joyce Irlam matter of factly when asked what she has noticed going up in price. “All the shops I go in, I can see the difference in the prices.”Irlam speaks for many as the latest official data shows inflation hitting 10.1%, stoked by a near 15% jump in the cost of food and drink, with staples such as bread, meat, milk, cheese and
  
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• Fracking: Tory MPs set to defy Liz Truss in loyalty vote - BBC

  19-10-2022 19:36 via news.google.com
  Fracking: Tory MPs set to defy Liz Truss in loyalty vote  BBCTruss future as PM more uncertain after day of disarray  BBCLabour motion on vote over fracking ban defeated in House of Commons  Guardian NewsDetails on UK fracking consent mechanism expected on Wednesday, says PM  Reuters UKFracking: Renewable energy production is the way forward, not gas and oil, say West Sussex councillors  SussexWorldView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Liz Truss calls off media visit after promising to keep pensions triple lock

  19-10-2022 19:25 via theguardian.com
  Truss’s PMQs comment at odds with Downing Street and Treasury’s previous refusal to commit to pledgeUK politics live – latest news updatesLiz Truss has pledged to maintain the so-called triple lock guarantee on pension increases, as she fought back against accusations from Keir Starmer that she is “not in charge” of her government or the country.Downing Street and the Treasury had for days refused to commit to the triple lock, under which the state pension would ris
  
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• Naomi Watts, 54, tells InStyle that people warned her her career would be over in her 40s - Daily Mail

  19-10-2022 19:24 via news.google.com
  Naomi Watts, 54, tells InStyle that people warned her her career would be over in her 40s  Daily MailNaomi Watts, 54, Wants to Destigmatize the Menopause Experience  Prevention MagazineNaomi Watts on plastic surgery: I've 'gotten close at times'  Yahoo LifeNaomi Watts admits she has 'been close' to getting plastic surgery in the past  Daily MailNaomi Watts Recalls Feeling Baby Move for the First Time Mid-Filming After Fertility Issues  PEOPLEView
  
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• Laughter fills the pauses as blank Liz Truss is let out to play leader | John Crace

  19-10-2022 19:21 via theguardian.com
  The ghouls gathered, not wanting to miss the action, but it could have been so much worseIt was excruciating. Of course it was. It was never going to be otherwise. Liz Truss is finished. Her MPs know it. The country knows it. We’re all just filling in time waiting for a definite sell-by date. Waiting for the Tory party to do the humane thing.So much for compassionate conservatism. Right now the kindest thing anyone could do is switch off Librium Liz’s life support. Instead they let h
  
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• Malawi police discover mass grave of 25 Ethiopian migrants

  19-10-2022 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Authorities alerted by villagers in Mzimba area, 250km north of capital, to site believed less than a month oldAuthorities in Malawi have discovered a mass grave in the north of the country containing the remains of 25 people suspected to be migrants from Ethiopia.“The grave was discovered late on Tuesday but we cordoned it off and started exhuming today. So far, we have discovered 25 bodies,” said a police spokesperson, Peter Kalaya. Continue reading...
  
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• Anita Kerr obituary

  19-10-2022 19:06 via theguardian.com
  Singer, composer and producer with a prodigious output, once releasing six albums in a yearAs a vocalist, arranger, composer, band leader and producer, Anita Kerr, who has died aged 94, enjoyed a remarkably successful and wide-ranging career. In the 1950s and 60s she sang harmony with her quartet, the Anita Kerr Singers, on thousands of country music sessions – helping to create the “Nashville sound” with her lush vocal arrangements – and became an easy-listening supersta
  
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• Man sues Cardi B for $5m for using his back tattoo in lewd cover art

  19-10-2022 18:56 via theguardian.com
  Kevin Michael Brophy says his back tattoo was superimposed on to a male model who seemingly performs oral sex on the cover of Gangsta Bitch Music Vol 1A “man of faith” is suing Cardi B for superimposing his back tattoo on to a male model who seemingly performs oral sex on the rapper on the cover of her debut mixtape.Kevin Michael Brophy is suing the Grammy-winning musician in a copyright-infringement lawsuit in federal court in southern California, seeking $5m in damages. Belcalis Al
  
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