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• New Hubble telescope image reveals giant cosmic ‘keyhole’ in the blackness of space - The Independent

  24-10-2022 23:09 via news.google.com
  New Hubble telescope image reveals giant cosmic ‘keyhole’ in the blackness of space  The IndependentCosmic Keyhole  HubbleWebbESAHubble Space Telescope Spies a Cosmic Keyhole  SciTechDailyKeyhole in space fascinates social media users  The News InternationalView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• West Ham v Bournemouth: Premier League – live

  24-10-2022 22:19 via theguardian.com
  Live updates from the 8pm BST kick-offGet in touch! Email Will or tweet @Will_UnwinPeep! Peep! Peep! Here we go! The teams wander through the bubbles onto the pitch. Continue reading...
  
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• Working a 65-hour week and struggling to make ends meet: welcome to Phoenix

  24-10-2022 22:12 via theguardian.com
  Residents plan to ‘pay double’ in the Arizona metropolis, which has the highest inflation rate in the USJosé Beltrán wakes up at 4.45am, has a cup of coffee and lets his dog out before heading to the hospital for his 6.30am shift. For the next 12 hours, he works as a certified nursing assistant in a Covid unit, helping patients who are on mechanical ventilation. When he gets home, he has a couple of hours before bedtime – time he’ll spend having dinner with
  
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• North-west London’s Hindus are proud but some still want an election

  24-10-2022 22:09 via theguardian.com
  On the main day of Diwali locals in Brent are rooting for Rishi Sunak but aware of the challenges facing them and the countryRishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updatesEaling Road in Brent is bustling with people on the main day of the Hindu religious festival of Diwali and, along with preparation for festivities, there is pride and joy at the news that Rishi Sunak is becoming prime minister.Brent is home to one of the largest populations of Indian Hindus within London, and the former chan
  
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• Chinese spy duo charged in Huawei case as US condemns ‘egregious’ interference

  24-10-2022 21:57 via theguardian.com
  Pair allegedly tried to bribe top US official as attorney general says DoJ ‘will not tolerate attempts to undermine the rule of law’Two Chinese intelligence officers tried to bribe a US law enforcement official as part of an effort to obtain inside information about a criminal case against the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment unsealed on Monday.The announcement of charges against the two alleged agents came as attorney general Me
  
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• Harvey Weinstein faces 11 charges of rape and assault in Los Angeles court

  24-10-2022 21:30 via theguardian.com
  The disgraced Hollywood producer denies accusations from five women who say he abused them between 2004 and 2013Opening arguments in the Los Angeles trial of Harvey Weinstein are set for Monday, as the once-powerful Hollywood producer faces 11 charges of rape and sexual assault.Weinstein, 70, is serving a 23-year sentence after being convicted of sex crimes in New York in February 2020. Continue reading...
  
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• Actor Leslie Jordan dies at 67 in car accident

  24-10-2022 21:19 via theguardian.com
  Reports suggest that the character actor appears to have suffered a medical emergency before crashing his car in HollywoodActor Leslie Jordan has died following a car accident in Los Angeles on Monday at the age of 67.Law enforcement sources told TMZ and then the Los Angeles Times that they suspected the beloved actor suffered a medical emergency before crashing his BMW into the side of a building in Hollywood. Continue reading...
  
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• Aston Villa confirm Unai Emery as manager after paying €6m clause

  24-10-2022 21:13 via theguardian.com
  Head coach leaves Villarreal and takes charge on 1 NovemberAston Villa keen for quick appointment after sacking GerrardAston Villa have named Unai Emery as their new manager after the Premier League club paid the Spaniard’s €6m (£5.25m) release clause at Villarreal. Villa approached Emery as they looked to make a quick appointment following the sacking of Steven Gerrard.Emery will take over from 1 November after his work permit formalities are completed, meaning Villa’s ca
  
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• Rishi Sunak tells Tories to ‘unite or die’ as he prepares to become PM

  24-10-2022 21:07 via theguardian.com
  New Tory leader says he will put an end to party’s psychodrama and focus on ‘policies not personalities’Rishi Sunak to be UK PM - live news updatesRishi Sunak warned the Conservatives it was time to “unite or die” as he prepared to enter No 10 as the first person of colour to become UK prime minister.He said he would put an end to the Conservative psychodrama and vowed to prioritise “policies not personalities”, starting with a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesd
  
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• Narwhals adapting to climate crisis by delaying migration, study finds

  24-10-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Discovery raises hopes that species may be able to survive global heating despite slower genetic evolution due to their long lifespanNarwhals have been delaying their seasonal migration because of the impact of the climate crisis, suggesting an ability to adapt to the changing Arctic but increasing the risk that they may become trapped in ice, according to new research.Narwhals, recognisable by their long spiralled tusk that has earned them the nickname “unicorns of the sea”, inhabit
  
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• Last morning in No 10 is straightforward – but what now for Liz Truss?

  24-10-2022 20:46 via theguardian.com
  Practicals may be sorted, yet Truss will face her most difficult task, carving out role on Tory backbench as former PMRishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updatesWhile Liz Truss’s official spokesperson insisted she was still “working from Downing Street” on Monday, in reality she has just one more real task left from what will be precisely 50 days as prime minister: departing from the role.In a chronology now familiar to UK politics watchers, after chairing a farewell cabi
  
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• Gunman kills two at St Louis school and at least eight others are injured

  24-10-2022 20:31 via theguardian.com
  Police exchanged fire with the 20-year-old shooter, who died at a nearby hospitalA gunman broke into a St Louis high school and shot two people to death before police shot him dead.Several other people were wounded in a deadly intrusion that is certain to reignite debate about gun control in the US even after Congress passed a bill earlier this year that tightened restrictions on access to firearms for some people who are considered to be at risk of carrying out violence. Continue reading...
  
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• Kanye West: industry backlash continues as Kim Kardashian speaks out

  24-10-2022 20:20 via theguardian.com
  Antisemitic comments from US rapper have led to the shelving of a finished documentary and major talent agency CAA cutting ties as ex-wife calls hate speech ‘never ok’A completed documentary about Kanye West, also known as Ye, has been scrapped amid concern and industry backlash over the rapper’s string of antisemitic statements in recent weeks.“This morning, after discussion with our film-makers and distribution partners, we made the decision not to proceed with any dist
  
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• Mark Carney denies big banks threatened to quit climate finance group

  24-10-2022 20:16 via theguardian.com
  Former BoE governor admits his net zero alliance weakened veto on coal investment because of ‘antitrust concerns’The former Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, has denied that big banks threatened to leave the climate finance group he leads after it was forced to soften a previous promise to stop financing all coal projects.Carney said that big US banks had not indicated “any intention” to leave the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), a body Carney set up
  
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• Nearly man to next PM: Rishi Sunak’s rapid change of political fortune

  24-10-2022 20:15 via theguardian.com
  Former chancellor looked finished when he lost to Liz Truss – but out of chaos has come a ‘coronation’Rishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updatesOne of the many unlikely knock-on effects of Liz Truss’s ultra-brief time as prime minister is the fact that when her successor walks into No 10, the political obituaries that calmly wrote him off as the nearly man of modern UK politics will be just seven weeks old.Had Boris Johnson successfully returned it would have been
  
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• The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak: profits in the City, austerity in the country | Editorial

  24-10-2022 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Symbols are important, but the Tory leader’s background as a hedge fund manager rather than his race explains his politicsIt is a sign of democratic progress that Britain’s next prime minister will be of Indian heritage. The Conservative party is not the natural home for many of the country’s non-white voters. Yet so many Tory MPs wanted Rishi Sunak to be their leader that he was elected unopposed. Mr Sunak will be the first prime minister of colour and the first Hindu in Downi
  
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• The Guardian view on 222 lost children: shame on the Home Office | Editorial

  24-10-2022 20:09 via theguardian.com
  The cruel and chaotic asylum system has hit a new low with the revelation that more than 200 teenagers have disappearedThe revelation that 222 children have gone missing from hotels in which they were placed under a scheme for unaccompanied young asylum seekers should shame the government and, above all, the Home Office. The risks to young people who are invisible to the authorities are well-known, and include exploitation by criminal gangs. Even if some of these teenagers find a way to get by i
  
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• Gagging for Rish! It’s a second coming for Sunak, the silent messiah | John Crace

  24-10-2022 20:05 via theguardian.com
  As Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt drop out, the 1922 Committee manages to dodge a democratic voteRishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updatesIt all panned out about as well as the Conservative party could have hoped. A new leader – the right leader, as far as MPs were concerned – elected in a matter of days. No general election. Heaven forbid. A failed state couldn’t be doing with that level of democracy. Never trust the people you’re intending to govern.Not even a
  
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• Steve Bell on Rishi Sunak meeting King Charles – cartoon

  24-10-2022 20:04 via theguardian.com
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• UK rail union announces week of industrial action

  24-10-2022 19:46 via theguardian.com
  Members at South Western Rail, Southeastern, West Midlands Trains, Northern and Great Western will strike starting from 3 NovemberA rail union has announced nearly a week of industrial action, including strikes in November in their ongoing dispute over pay, job security and conditions.Thousands of members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association at Network Rail will strike on Thursday 3 November, Saturday 5 November and Monday 7 November, while members at individual train companies wi
  
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• California bakery wins case over refusal to make cake for same-sex wedding

  24-10-2022 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Owner of Tastries Bakery in Bakersfield argued right to free speech and expression of religion trumps anti-discrimination lawA California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs.California’s department of fair housing and employment had sued Tastries Bakery in Bakersfield, arguing that the owner, Cathy Miller, intentionally discriminated against the couple in violation of California’s
  
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• Man faces life in prison after confessing to 40-year-old murder

  24-10-2022 19:36 via theguardian.com
  Death of Anthony Bird in 1980 had remained a mystery until John Paul gave himself up to police in 2021A man is facing life behind bars after walking into a police station and confessing to a murder from more than 40 years ago.Anthony Bird, a 42-year-old porter and part-time barman, was found naked with his wrists bound at his flat in Kensington Gardens Square, west London, on 6 June 1980. Continue reading...
  
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• Boasts and bitterness: how Boris Johnson’s bid to return as PM fell apart

  24-10-2022 19:26 via theguardian.com
  Supporters taken aback by decision not to stand after scramble to build campaignRishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updates“I would think twice. Having been led up to the top of the hill and then back down all the way again. Twice now,” says one Boris Johnson backer, Michael Fabricant, about the idea of supporting him again.Fabricant was one of Johnson’s many supporters among Tory MPs who were taken aback by the announcement at 9pm on Sunday that he was not standing to be
  
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• Tentative business welcome for Sunak amid deepening economic gloom

  24-10-2022 19:09 via theguardian.com
  UK industry leaders hope for urgent steps from new PM to repair battered business confidenceRishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updatesAnxious business leaders have cautiously welcomed Rishi Sunak as prime minister amid signs the UK economy is heading for recession after a sharp fall in confidence among company bosses during Liz Truss’s brief premiership.The latest snapshot from the economy showed optimism among business leaders collapsed in October to the lowest level since April 20
  
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• 28 Days Haunted review – the ghost-hunting show that will make you roll your eyes like never before

  24-10-2022 19:01 via theguardian.com
  Do homemade helmets really give you special access to demons? Is there such a thing as ‘a sensitive’? This occasionally tasteless, OTT paranormal show seems to think soLooking back, those halcyon days of Living TV’s Most Haunted were a tepid treat. That show, very much a product of its time, had spooky sleepovers; celebrities screaming when brushing past walls/cobwebs/anything; showbizzy mediums claiming to be conversing with the spirits of dead people via their own deceased sp
  
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• ‘If it swings around, I’m happy’: Woakes hopes World Cup remains a bowler’s dream

  24-10-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Pitches at Perth and MCG have been fast and bouncyEngland’s only concern is Adil Rashid’s poor formWhen England played their first match against Australia, back at the start of this already long tour, and Jos Buttler cracked the first ball of the game for four, a sense of easy familiarity settled over many observers. We knew this story.England reached a total of 208, with Buttler and Alex Hales scoring fast and free, and the team followed the path to success that had been widely plot
  
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• Ex-Minneapolis officer pleads guilty to abetting murder of George Floyd

  24-10-2022 18:58 via theguardian.com
  J Alexander Kueng to serve 3.5 years in prison to run concurrently with previous sentence he was given in federal trialOne of two former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the killing of George Floyd, the Black man whose violent death prompted street protests around the world, has pleaded guilty as part of an agreement with prosecutors hours before jury selection in his trial was to start.J Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty on Monday to aiding and abetting second-degree ma
  
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• ‘Crazy Inter’ are back but Simone Inzaghi has them on an upward swing | Nicky Bandini

  24-10-2022 18:47 via theguardian.com
  Internazionale’s rollercoaster 4-3 win against Fiorentina sums up a side on a good recent run despite their defensive woesSimone Inzaghi never did fear the madhouse. His predecessor at Internazionale, Antonio Conte, made it a mission to end the club’s reputation as “Pazza Inter” – Crazy Inter – insisting they should instead be “regular and strong”. That goal was achieved as they marched to the 2020-21 Scudetto. Once they claimed top spot, they neve
  
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• UK banks pull half of first-time buyer friendly mortgages after mini-budget

  24-10-2022 18:24 via theguardian.com
  Data indicates there are only 137 such products now available compared with 353 in December last yearThe number of low-deposit 95% mortgages on sale has fallen by more than half since last month’s scrapped mini-budget, stoking fears that financial uncertainty could lead some banks to scrap the deals that are often the only way first-time buyers with small deposits can own a home.Data from Moneyfacts shows that the number of new 95% mortgages stood at 137 on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Penny Mordaunt was fewer than 10 MPs shy of making ballot against Rishi Sunak

  24-10-2022 18:23 via theguardian.com
  Allies show evidence MP had almost 100 backers and blame Boris Johnson for thwarting her campaignRishi Sunak to be UK PM - live news updatesSunak wins Tory leadership - full reportPenny Mordaunt came within 10 MPs of making the ballot against Rishi Sunak, with her allies blaming Boris Johnson for spooking Conservative MPs who told her they had no choice but to try and block his return.Sources in Mordaunt’s campaign team showed evidence that Mordaunt had almost reached the requisite number
  
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• Funerals should be as varied as life itself | Letters

  24-10-2022 18:21 via theguardian.com
  Jed Prins thinks unique funerals should be accessible by all, Michael Payne says singing is funeral medicine, and Gabriella Falk recalls the celebration of her husband’s lifeYour article on funerals was interesting; the more we’re exposed to all the options available at death, the better (Ditch the hearse, bring the kids, have a picnic: an alternative undertaker’s tips for a better funeral, 19 October). But it paints a binary picture. I’m a funeral celebrant. My first was
  
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• Rishi Sunak should bin the EU law bill | Letters

  24-10-2022 18:20 via theguardian.com
  Conservative MPs should vote against the retained EU law bill, which could sweep away 2,000 laws, says Shaun SpiersJonathan Freedland speculates that Liz Truss’s failure may have killed off the extreme “ideological project” of a “low-regulation society” (Truss has discredited high-octane, free-market economics – perhaps for ever, 20 October). If Conservative MPs agree, they will vote against the retained EU law bill, which is due to be debated in the House of
  
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• Tory MPs chose Rishi Sunak - but don’t assume they’ll vote for his policies | Henry Hill

  24-10-2022 18:18 via theguardian.com
  The Conservative party is now so fractious and divided that the business of government may become impossible So there we have it. In the end, Penny Mordaunt couldn’t quite scrape together enough nominees to make it over the threshold and trigger a full leadership election. Perhaps if Boris Johnson had pulled out a day or two earlier, she might have been able to build the requisite momentum. But it wasn’t to be.Now Rishi Sunak will be the UK’s latest prime minister. His mission,
  
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• Bob Woodward to publish Trump interviews detailing his ‘effort to destroy democracy’

  24-10-2022 18:17 via theguardian.com
  The investigative journalist’s new audiobook, The Trump Tapes, digs deep into the threat the former president poses to democracyExplaining his decision to publish tapes of his 20 interviews with Donald Trump, renowned journalist Bob Woodward said he had finally recognized the “unparalleled danger” the former president poses to American democracy.His three books on the Trump presidency, Woodward said, “didn’t go far enough”. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Grace Jones was in a state’: legendary producer Trevor Horn relives his mega-hits

  24-10-2022 18:09 via theguardian.com
  From Frankie Goes to Hollywood to Grace Jones, ABC and Tatu, he gave pop some of its greatest, most forward-looking moments. He also sang for prog rockers Yes. The trailblazing button-twirler recalls his best – and worst – decisionsWhen I ask if I can use the toilet in Trevor Horn’s house, he shows me the way there himself. “Bob Hoskins’ old thunderbox,” he smiles as he opens the door. “He used to sit there and read his scripts, apparently.”There&r
  
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• Coke, car trouble and class: some awkward Rishi Sunak moments

  24-10-2022 18:01 via theguardian.com
  Incoming PM presents smart, impeccably turned out exterior but seems prone to more than the odd gaffeRishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updatesHe has never claimed to be a man of the people but with his Prada shoes and bespoke suits, the soon-to-be prime minister, Rishi Sunak, tries to be meticulous about his presentation.Yet the past seven years in politics have not been gaffe-free for the former Goldman Sachs banker and ex-chancellor. Continue reading...
  
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• Immune system-evading hybrid virus observed for first time

  24-10-2022 17:55 via theguardian.com
  Researchers found the RSV and influenza viruses fused together to form a new type of virus pathogenTwo common respiratory viruses can fuse to form a hybrid virus capable of evading the human immune system, and infecting lung cells – the first time such viral cooperation has ever been observed.Researchers believe the findings could help to explain why co-infections can lead to significantly worse disease for some patients, including hard-to-treat viral pneumonia. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘He’s a believer’: will Sunak rebuild green agenda torn up by Truss?

  24-10-2022 17:55 via theguardian.com
  Environmental groups see new PM as welcome relief but restoring climate credentials will be difficultRishi Sunak to be UK PM – live news updatesRishi Sunak wins Tory leadership – full reportThe fact that some environment groups and green Tory MPs are welcoming the prospect of Rishi Sunak as prime minister perhaps shows how far the Overton window has shifted in recent weeks.Sunak has never been considered a fully signed up member of the green agenda, and even allies admit he saw the &
  
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• Myanmar airstrike kills 60 people at concert, says Kachin separatist group

  24-10-2022 17:54 via theguardian.com
  Reported attack by military comes days before Asean meeting to discuss widening violence in countryMyanmar’s military has killed 60 people, including musicians, in a devastating airstrike that targeted a concert held by a rebel faction of the country’s minority Kachin ethnic group, according to organisers and a rescue worker.The reported attack came three days before south-east Asian foreign ministers were due to attend a special meeting in Indonesia to discuss the widening violence
  
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• Swedish archaeologists find 17th-century warship

  24-10-2022 17:50 via theguardian.com
  Maritime experts believe wreck is sister ship of Vasa, which sank off Stockholm in 1629Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister ship of the 17th-century warship Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks has said.Launched in 1629, Applet (Apple) was built by the same shipbuilder as the famed 69-metre Vasa, which was carrying 64 cannon when it went down in a strait off the island of Vaxholm, just outside the capital, Stockholm. Continue reading
  
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• Lewis Hamilton believes his chances of winning a race this season have gone

  24-10-2022 17:48 via theguardian.com
  Seven-time Formula One champion was second in US GP‘It’s highly unlikely we will have the pace to compete’Lewis Hamilton has conceded his chances of winning a race this season have gone. The seven-time champion’s unique Formula One record of taking at least one victory every season since he made his in debut in 2007 is likely to come to an end this year with just three races remaining and Hamilton admitting his Mercedes team could not match the frontrunners Red Bull.At th
  
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• Ukraine war heading for ‘uncontrolled escalation’, says Russia

  24-10-2022 17:35 via theguardian.com
  Moscow appears to be preparing ground for further escalation with discredited claims that Kyiv may use ‘dirty’ bombRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesRussia’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, has told western counterparts that the war in Ukraine is heading for an “uncontrolled escalation” amid evidence that the Kremlin is weighing how to respond to yet another anticipated battlefield defeat around the key southern city of Kherson.With Russian troops setting up
  
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• Brazilian politician attacks police with rifle and grenades, wounding two

  24-10-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  Bolsonaro ally Roberto Jefferson said he was resisting arrest ‘in the name of freedom, democracy and family values’Brazil’s toxic presidential election has taken a surreal and violent turn after a radical ally of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, used hand grenades and a rifle to attack federal police officers as they attempted to arrest him.Roberto Jefferson, a former congressman who has called Bolsonaro a “personal friend”, launched the attack on Sunday aft
  
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• UK university staff vote for strike action over pay, conditions and pensions

  24-10-2022 17:20 via theguardian.com
  Union calls on vice-chancellors to negotiate to prevent higher education being brought to ‘complete standstill’The entire UK higher education sector could be brought to “a complete standstill” before Christmas after university staff voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in two national ballots over pay, working conditions and pensions.More than 70,000 staff at 150 universities could now strike, after turnout among members of the University and College Union (UCU
  
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• It’s the beginning of the Sunak era – and the end of Britain’s Brexitist delusions | Timothy Garton Ash

  24-10-2022 17:16 via theguardian.com
  The new PM faces big challenges and will probably have diehard Brexiters in his cabinet. But as a realist, he will see the need to steer a new courseThe chaotic emergence of Rishi Sunak as Britain’s new prime minister signals the end not of Brexit but of Brexitism – the ideology of delusions about Britain’s ability to go it alone that culminated in the world-beating farce of Liz Truss’s short-lived government.Trussonomics took the logic of Brexitism to an absurd extreme,
  
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• Rishi Sunak urged to scrap ‘undemocratic’ proposals to axe 2,400 laws

  24-10-2022 17:14 via theguardian.com
  Charities and trade unions among those calling on new PM to shelve bill that would scrap EU-era legislation protecting workers’ rights and the environmentEmployers, trade unions, lawyers and environmentalists are calling on Rishi Sunak to scrap Jacob Rees-Mogg’s legislation that would sweep away 2,400 laws derived from the EU.The retained EU law (revocation and reform) bill is due for its second reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday, which would scrap protections including the b
  
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• The Fiver | Premier League dithering and a reliance on blind loyalty from travelling fans

  24-10-2022 17:09 via theguardian.com
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The Fiver didn’t get where it is today planning things well in advance. Why, just this afternoon we’d sat through a 13-minute Gary O’Neil press conference on YouTube with a view to writing some biting satire about tonight’s match between West Ham and the Bournemouth side he remains in caretaker charge of through his third prime minister, only for the arrival of an email in our inbox to prompt the kind of U-turn to rival t
  
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• Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain - Nature.com

  24-10-2022 17:06 via news.google.com
  Dual ancestries and ecologies of the Late Glacial Palaeolithic in Britain  Nature.comOldest British human DNA yet analysed reveals at least two distinct groups came to UK at end of ice age  Sky News'Ritual cannibalism' in stone age DNA discovery  Evening StandardUK's Oldest Human DNA Reveals Two Distinct Ancient Tribes of Britain  Ancient OriginsUK had at least two genetically distinct human groups at end of last ice age, DNA reveals  The Guardia
  
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• UK had at least two genetically distinct human groups at end of last ice age, DNA reveals

  24-10-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Analysis of oldest DNA in Britain from pair of individuals unexpectedly shows two distinct ancestriesBritain was home to at least two genetically distinct groups of humans at the end of the last ice age, the oldest human DNA from the UK has revealed.About 19,000 years ago, ice sheets that had covered much of Britain were melting and the landscape once again became habitable to humans. Evidence of their return dates back to about 15,500 years ago. These early groups crossed now submerged land tha
  
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• Is it OK to lie to your partner to avoid TV spoilers? I hope so, or I’m a monster | Patrick Lenton

  24-10-2022 17:00 via theguardian.com
  When my partner recently decided to watch Game of Thrones for the first time, I concluded that the best way to help her enjoy it would be to lie my head offGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFor the past three months, I have been lying to my partner: routinely, systematically and often extremely creatively. I’ve been appalled by how good I am at it, while also being thrilled at the results. Every moment spent whispering poisoned words to the love of my life has simply confirmed a t
  
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