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• ‘I will be back’: Barcelona legend Gerard Piqué announces retirement aged 35 - The Guardian

  03-11-2022 23:37 via news.google.com
  ‘I will be back’: Barcelona legend Gerard Piqué announces retirement aged 35  The GuardianBarcelona's Gerard Pique RETIRES: 'A legend of club & country! One of the best in history' | ESPN FC  ESPN UKGerard Pique: Barcelona defender announces retirement from football  Sky SportsPIQUÉ'S BEST MOMENTS IN LA MASIA ❤️  FC BarcelonaGerard Pique is the best defender in Barca's HISTORY but don't be shocked if he returns a
  
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• Paul Pelosi reportedly released from San Francisco hospital after hammer attack

  03-11-2022 23:24 via theguardian.com
  Husband of House speaker Nancy Pelosi underwent successful surgery for a fractured skull and other injuries after assaultPaul Pelosi, the husband of House speaker Nancy Pelosi, has reportedly been released from the San Francisco hospital where he was recovering after being attacked by a man wielding a hammer in the couple’s home.Paul Pelosi underwent successful surgery for a fractured skull and other injuries following the attack last Friday, which has been widely condemned as an act of po
  
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• Manchester Arena inquiry: Ways to improve response of emergency services - The Guardian

  03-11-2022 23:24 via news.google.com
  Manchester Arena inquiry: Ways to improve response of emergency services  The GuardianManchester Arena bombing: Inquiry criticises emergency response failings  Channel 4 NewsMobilising miles from scene 'led to fire crews arriving two hours later'  Bracknell NewsManchester failures can't be allowed to happen again  The TelegraphManchester Arena inquiry: firefighter keen to help victims is held back  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Arsenal seal Europa League top spot after Kieran Tierney strike sinks Zürich

  03-11-2022 23:02 via theguardian.com
  Three matches left before Arsenal sign off for the World Cup. Their European objective of reaching the last 16 without extending their schedule was achieved here, though not especially stylishly. A Sunday derby at Chelsea and keeping noses in front of Manchester City had clearly taken priority.Though at this point in this concertinaed season, with games every three days, squads permanently reshuffled, results are all that matter. Zürich had not come to lie down and gave Arsenal some late sc
  
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• FBI says it has credible information of ‘broad’ threat to New Jersey synagogues

  03-11-2022 22:59 via theguardian.com
  Specific details weren’t released but Jersey City mayor said police have been posted at city’s seven synagoguesThe FBI said on Thursday it had received credible information about a “broad” threat to synagogues in New Jersey.The FBI’s Newark office released a statement urging synagogues to “take all security precautions to protect your community and facility”. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I am staying here’: Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city - The Guardian

  03-11-2022 22:41 via news.google.com
  ‘I am staying here’: Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city  The GuardianVladimir Putin set to withdraw forces from Kherson in big setback for his Ukraine invasion - western officials  Evening StandardRussian troops begin leaving Kherson city – but Ukraine warns of a trap  The TelegraphKherson residents describe reign of terror under Russian rule  Financial TimesPutin faces humiliation as Russian commanders flee Kherson 
  
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• Beauty queens Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina marry in a secret ceremony

  03-11-2022 22:18 via theguardian.com
  Fabiola Valentín and Mariana Varela posted a video highlighting their two years together and their courthouse weddingThe former pageant queens Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina have revealed a romantic secret: not only have they been in a relationship, but last weekend they tied the knot.After two years together, Fabiola Valentín of Puerto Rico and Mariana Varela of Argentina posted an Instagram reel celebrating their romance. Continue reading...
  
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• Rita Ora gushes that her husband Taika Waititi is 'her favourite person' - Daily Mail

  03-11-2022 22:11 via news.google.com
  Rita Ora gushes that her husband Taika Waititi is 'her favourite person'  Daily MailRita Ora on hosting the MTV EMAs with her 'favourite person' Taika Waititi  Independent.ieView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• UK was ‘hours’ from potential financial meltdown after mini-Budget, Bailey confirms - The Independent

  03-11-2022 22:08 via news.google.com
  UK was ‘hours’ from potential financial meltdown after mini-Budget, Bailey confirms  The IndependentGovernor: "If we do not act forcefully now it will be worse later on"  Sky NewsBank of England Governor says Liz Truss's mini-budget left Britain 'hours' from financial meltdown  Daily MailIt's time for Andrew Bailey to put his money where his mouth is, says LEO MCKINSTRY  ExpressBailey Q&A: We do think the market curve is too high but we don
  
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• AMD announces 7900 XTX and 7900 XT graphics cards with FSR 3 - Eurogamer.net

  03-11-2022 21:50 via news.google.com
  AMD announces 7900 XTX and 7900 XT graphics cards with FSR 3  Eurogamer.netAMD announces Radeon RX 7900XTX and 7900XT with Navi 31 "RDNA3" GPU  VideoCardz.comMore Video Cards Need This: AMD RX 7900 XTX Reference Design Hands-On  Gamers NexusAMD challenges Nvidia with Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT graphics card reveal  TechRadarAMD announces Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Merky FC: Stormzy’s initiative to boost off-pitch diversity in football

  03-11-2022 21:42 via theguardian.com
  Brands including Adidas, Manchester United and Sky Sports will provide access to paid professional placements for young people of black heritageFirst publishing, then education – now football.Not content with launching his own books imprint and sponsoring a new generation of Cambridge graduates, Stormzy has turned his attention to Britain’s biggest sport, in an attempt to make football as diverse behind the scenes as it is on the pitch. Continue reading...
  
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• Urgent warning to parents as number of Brit kids hospitalised with dangerous virus soars - The Mirror

  03-11-2022 21:38 via news.google.com
  Urgent warning to parents as number of Brit kids hospitalised with dangerous virus soars  The MirrorUrgent warning as soaring number of kids in hospital with killer virus – the 5 signs you must know...  The SunUrgent warning to parents as medics confirm rise of fast-spreading virus cases in children  Daily RecordPeople with cold symptoms urged to stay away from babies  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Golden asteroid worth £9 quadrillion targeted by NASA in audacious mission - Express

  03-11-2022 21:28 via news.google.com
  Golden asteroid worth £9 quadrillion targeted by NASA in audacious mission  ExpressGravitas: NASA to send a mission to 'golden' asteroid  WIONNASA to Discuss Psyche Independent Review Board Results  NASAGold rush! NASA Asteroid Psyche Mission back from the dead  HT TechNASA Sets Launch Date for Mission to $10 Quintillion Asteroid  FuturismView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Judge orders independent monitor to oversee Trump’s real estate empire

  03-11-2022 21:18 via theguardian.com
  Move will restrict his company’s ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structureA Manhattan judge said Thursday that he would appoint an independent monitor to oversee Donald Trump’s real estate empire.The move will restrict his company’s ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structure. Continue reading...
  
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• Garnacho earns win at Real Sociedad but Manchester United fail to top group

  03-11-2022 21:12 via theguardian.com
  Squali faliti José Mourinho called them and they await Manchester United.A first goal for 18-year-old Alejandro Garnacho was enough to defeat Real Sociedad but was not enough to progress as winners of the group, so Erik ten Hag’s team will be thrown into a playoff against one of those “failed sharks” from the Champions League: one of Ajax, Barcelona, Juventus, Leverkusen, Salzburg, Sevilla, Shakhtar or Sporting CP will have to be overcome to continue in this competition.
  
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• Super High Resolution review – compelling exploration of a crumbling NHS

  03-11-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
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  Directed by Blanche McIntyre, Nathan Ellis’s drama serves as a reminder of what cuts are doing to our health service but it tells more than it showsThe bone-deep exhaustion is palpable. The impact of being constantly relied upon is laid bare in Nathan Ellis’s strong but predictable NHS drama, where Anna (Jasmine Blackborow), a drained junior doctor, spends her too-long days apologising for the structure that is disintegrating around her. She is a good doctor who
  
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• Sadiq Khan calls for urgent review after asylum seekers stranded in London

  03-11-2022 20:58 via theguardian.com
  Mayor tells Suella Braverman of his shock at people from Manston facility being left cold and hungry in capital‘We were left by the road’: asylum seekers stranded in London describe experienceSuella Braverman is facing demands from Sadiq Khan to launch an urgent review of how dozens of people once held in Manston holding centre were abandoned without food or accommodation in the capital.The mayor of London has also raised concerns with the home secretary that overcrowding and poor sa
  
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• Martin Rowson on the rise in interest rates – cartoon

  03-11-2022 20:30 via theguardian.com
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• Ben Chilwell expects to miss World Cup as England’s defensive woes grow

  03-11-2022 20:25 via theguardian.com
  Chelsea left-back’s torn hamstring likely to keep him outReece James, Kyle Walker and Kalvin Phillips are also doubtsBen Chilwell is braced for confirmation that he has been ruled out of the World Cup with a torn hamstring, handing England another defensive headache before they name their squad for Qatar.Chilwell pulled up injured during Chelsea’s victory against Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday and the left-back expects the results of a scan to confirm his worst fears. Continue reading...
  
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• NUS president plans to fight dismissal over antisemitism claims

  03-11-2022 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Shaima Dallali ‘considering all available legal remedies’ after ousting from national student bodyShaima Dallali, the president of the National Union of Students, plans to fight the organisation’s move to oust her, as supporters expressed alarm at the handling of the antisemitism allegations that led to her dismissal.The NUS said Dallali was dismissed as president this week after an independent investigation into the allegations found “significant breaches of NUS policies
  
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• Russian ambassador claims UK involved in drone attack on Black Sea fleet

  03-11-2022 20:13 via theguardian.com
  Andrei Kelin says Britain ‘too deep in this conflict’ as speculation grows over Russian withdrawal from Kherson regionThe Russian ambassador to the UK has claimed UK special forces were involved in a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow’s Black Sea fleet.Andrei Kelin told Sky News: “We perfectly know about [the] participation of British specialists in [the] training, preparation and execution of violence against the Russian infrastructure and the Russian fleet in the Black Se
  
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• Man pleads guilty to racist assault on teacher in Stockport

  03-11-2022 20:10 via theguardian.com
  Video footage showed Robert Browne, 56, hurling abuse at man on a street in CheadleA former soldier has pleaded guilty to a racist assault on a man of Asian heritage after chasing him down the street with two umbrellas and using a racial slur.Robert Browne, 56, pleaded guilty on Thursday at Tameside magistrates court to racially/religiously aggravated common assault/beating on 26 July this year after a video showed him hurling racist abuse at a man and striking him with umbrellas. A second charg
  
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• Bank warns of longest recession in 100 years as it raises rates to 3%

  03-11-2022 20:05 via theguardian.com
  UK economy faces ‘very challenging outlook’ with recession now expected to last until middle of 2024Analysis: Bank signals rates probably won’t go much higherHow will the UK interest rate hike affect you?The Bank of England has warned the UK risked being plunged into the longest recession in 100 years after it pushed up the cost of borrowing to 3% in the biggest single interest rate rise since 1989.A 0.75% increase, the latest in a series of eight interest rate rises since last
  
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• Non-dom tax breaks being reviewed by the Treasury in effort to raise revenue

  03-11-2022 20:03 via theguardian.com
  Officials are also looking at incorporating cut in tax-free allowance for dividends into autumn statementTreasury officials are examining whether the autumn statement could include changes to non-dom status and moves to raise taxes on dividends by cutting tax-free allowances.No final decisions have been taken but Whitehall sources said options were being examined by the Treasury’s high net worth individuals policy team. Continue reading...
  
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• Church of England should allow same-sex marriage, says Bishop of Oxford

  03-11-2022 19:57 via theguardian.com
  Steven Croft apologises for church’s history on LGBTQ+ rights, but calls for ‘love and respect for those who take different views’The Church of England should allow same-sex marriage for congregation and clergy, the Bishop of Oxford has said, becoming the most senior figure to weigh in on the subject.The Rt Rev Dr Steven Croft also acknowledged the “acute pain and distress of LGBTQ+ people in the life of the church”, and apologised for his own views being “slo
  
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• National World plots takeover of Mirror and Express owner Reach

  03-11-2022 19:49 via theguardian.com
  David Montgomery says the publisher is in the early stages of a potential offerThe owner of the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post has revealed it is plotting a surprise takeover of much larger rival Reach, the parent company of the Mirror and Express titles and hundreds of regional newspapers including the Manchester Evening News.National World, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and run by the former boss of the Mirror newspaper group David Montgomery, has said that it is in the early stage
  
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• Trump sues New York attorney general, claiming ‘war of intimidation’

  03-11-2022 19:41 via theguardian.com
  The former president claims civil suit mounted by Letitia James could cause ‘great harm’ to his company and reputationDonald Trump has sued the attorney general of New York state, Letitia James, over what he claims is a “relentless, pernicious, public, and unapologetic crusade” against him, in the shape of her recent civil lawsuit against the former president and three of his adult children, Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric.Filed on Wednesday in a circuit court in Florida, the
  
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• Nuclear attack on US or allies would end Kim regime, says defense secretary

  03-11-2022 19:40 via theguardian.com
  Lloyd Austin makes remark while Kim Jong-un’s government in Pyongyang has in recent days mounted a number of missile testsThe US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, said on Thursday any nuclear attack on the US or its allies by North Korea would “result in the end of the Kim regime”.Kim Jong-un’s government in Pyongyang has in recent days mounted a number of missile tests. The South Korean military said a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday may have end
  
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• Just when refugees thought Manston couldn’t get any worse, here comes Leaky Sue | John Crace

  03-11-2022 19:37 via theguardian.com
  Home Office fiascos are coming so thick and fast they obscured the futility of Suella Braverman’s visit to the refugee centreIt never rains … Rishi Sunak must have been hoping for at least one day when his home secretary didn’t dominate the headlines. He could just about cope with her being malicious and vindictive. What he hadn’t banked on was her being hopeless with it.So there was no chance for Rish! to plan ahead for his day trip to Cop27 on Monday. Not that he neede
  
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• BT is feeling the squeeze as inflation clouds its future | Nils Pratley

  03-11-2022 19:36 via theguardian.com
  Telecoms company warns of job cuts as cost pressures and energy bills threaten its financial plansInflation, cost pressures and soaring energy prices. No, not the Bank of England, but BT, which is providing in miniature an illustration of how the squeeze from many directions has intensified at pace. A share price that was 195p in mid-July is now 116p, down 9% on Thursday’s half-year update. The chief executive, Philip Jansen, talks bullishly about how BT’s Openreach subsidiary is bui
  
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• The Guardian view on Olaf Scholz’s visit to Beijing: treading a fine line | Editorial

  03-11-2022 19:29 via theguardian.com
  There are no easy solutions to Germany’s China problemThe brevity of Olaf Scholz’s one-day visit to China, where he will meet President Xi Jinping on Friday, means that there will be little scope for the kind of colourful photo-ops that his predecessor, Angela Merkel, enjoyed during 12 visits to Germany’s most important trading partner. For Mr Scholz, who becomes the first G7 leader to visit Beijing since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, that is just as well. The optics of
  
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• The Guardian view on policing: another damning verdict | Editorial

  03-11-2022 19:26 via theguardian.com
  The snapshot provided by a report into vetting failures is a dark oneHard on the heels of Louise Casey’s interim report on failures at the Met leading up to Sarah Everard’s murder comes another damning verdict on British policing. A review of eight forces from the watchdog for England and Wales concluded that a culture of sexism and predatory behaviour is a problem in each one. Many female officers spoke of harassment, while inspectors highlighted 131 vetting files (18% of the total)
  
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• Row over Max Verstappen’s F1 ‘cost cap championship’ rumbles on | Giles Richards

  03-11-2022 19:22 via theguardian.com
  Red Bull’s breach of budget cap during driver’s 2021 title season continues to create a toxic atmosphere with in the sportFormula One’s budget cap was intended to draw financial lines in the sand. With the furore of its breach by Red Bull still echoing, it appears to have instead become a rallying call to form battle lines in what is an increasingly combative and toxic atmosphere bemoaned by many within the sport.Red Bull were deemed to have broken the £114m budget cap fo
  
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• Imran Khan shooting is latest incident in Pakistan’s violent political history

  03-11-2022 19:22 via theguardian.com
  From the assassination of its first PM in 1951, the country has suffered waves of brutal sectarian conflict and murders Last month, Pakistan summoned the US ambassador in Islamabad for a dressing down after President Joe Biden described the south Asian country as “one of the most dangerous nations in the world”. Biden was apparently referring to Pakistan’s combination of nuclear weapons and apparent instability. He might have been talking about the threat faced by the country&r
  
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• ‘It’s OK to take risks in concerts because there it’s safe to do so’: Conductor Daniel Harding on his double life as an airline pilot

  03-11-2022 19:15 via theguardian.com
  He’s been on the podium with the world’s leading orchestras but, he says, his new parallel career flying for Air France has taught him things he never learned in 30 years of music makingSitting in a smart hotel foyer a stone’s throw from Berlin’s Philharmonie concert hall, there’s little indication of the dramatic week Daniel Harding has had. He is in town conducting the Berlin Philharmonic in a programme of Vaughan Williams, Strauss and Unsuk Chin’s intensely
  
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• Manchester attack: family of victim who might have lived say he was ‘totally failed’

  03-11-2022 19:14 via theguardian.com
  John Atkinson ‘should have survived’, say relatives, as emergency services issue unreserved apologies after inquiryWho were the Manchester Arena victims who might have lived?Timeline of the night of the bombingThe family of a man who would probably have survived the Manchester Arena attack had he not been left to bleed to death by the emergency services said he had been “totally failed at every stage”.On Thursday the inquiry into the atrocity identified failures in the em
  
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• Players to wear yellow laces in support of ban on gambling adverts in football

  03-11-2022 19:13 via theguardian.com
  FA Cup games among those to see the Big Step on-pitch protestFootballers will wear yellow laces to help press for actionBritish footballers will stage their first on-pitch protest against the effects of gambling harm this weekend, with more than 100 players showing support for a ban on advertising by bookmakers.Players in FA Cup, Scottish Women’s Premier League Cup, Women’s Championship and non-league matches will wear yellow laces as they try to heighten the pressure on government t
  
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• Rishi Sunak in No 10 puts Britain’s racial progress in the spotlight | Letters

  03-11-2022 19:11 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to an article by Nesrine Malik on the significance of having an ethnic minority prime minister As an individual from a minority background in the UK – I am a Commonwealth citizen of Chinese heritage – I found Nesrine Malik’s article powerfully insightful (Yes, Sunak at No 10 is a ‘win’ – in exposing the emptiness of elite diversity rhetoric, 31 October). It would indeed be a huge folly to consider Rishi Sunak becoming prime minister as some sor
  
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• Wes Streeting can see this GP any time | Letter

  03-11-2022 19:09 via theguardian.com
  Dr Chris Williams urges the shadow health secretary to engage with doctors before the next election and work together on policy to improve standards of careAs a GP, I was pleased to see Wes Streeting express concerns about access, timeliness and quality of NHS care (It is not true the NHS is ‘envy of the world’, says Wes Streeting, 27 October), but concerned that he struck an adversarial tone towards providers. His comment about “waiting on the phone at 8am” suggests that
  
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• Richard Branson will stop ‘turning girls upside down’ on Virgin planes

  03-11-2022 19:09 via theguardian.com
  The airline owner says he is still physically capable of ‘picking up ladies’ but ‘times have moved on’In the clearest sign yet of aviation’s changing culture, the Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson has said he will almost certainly no longer be “turning girls upside down”, signalling an end to a long-established fixture of the airline’s flight promotion.Branson, who turned 72 in July, said he still remained physically capable of “picki
  
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• Johnny Depp to appear in Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty fashion show

  03-11-2022 19:07 via theguardian.com
  The actor will become the first male to model the brand’s men’s collection, the latest instance of his rehabilitation by the entertainment industryRepresentatives for Johnny Depp have confirmed that he will appear in Rihanna’s November fashion show for her Savage X Fenty lingerie brand.The US publication IndieWire confirmed rumours, first reported by TMZ, that Depp would be a featured surprise guest in the fashion show, which streams on Amazon Prime Video on 9 November. Continu
  
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• ‘There’s no respect’: England’s Beth Mead will not support Qatar World Cup

  03-11-2022 19:03 via theguardian.com
  Euros Golden Boot winner makes stand against anti-gay lawsMead is in relationship with Arsenal teammate MiedemaThe England forward Beth Mead said on Thursday she would not show her support for this year’s men’s World Cup in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal.Mead, who is in a relationship with her Arsenal teammate Vivianne Miedema, told BBC Radio 4 the ban on homosexuality in Qatar was “the complete opposite to what I believe and respect”. Continue reading...
  
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• Israel’s Yair Lapid congratulates Benjamin Netanyahu on election victory

  03-11-2022 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Longest serving prime minister, who is still facing corruption charges, is expected to lead far-right coalitionIsrael’s prime minister, Yair Lapid, has called Benjamin Netanyahu to offer his congratulations on the opposition leader’s election win following the conclusion of vote counting in this week’s election.Netanyahu, the chair of the conservative Likud party and Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, is expected to begin an unprecedented third term as PM after hold
  
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• Trump’s third run for the White House appears a matter of when not if

  03-11-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Flurry of reports suggests former president will move swiftly after midterms to announce candidacy – but who will challenge him?As the midterm elections loom in the US and Republican hopes of retaking Congress rise, it appears it is now a matter of when, not if, Donald Trump will announce his third White House run.The former president has trailed another campaign ever since his 2020 defeat by Joe Biden, a contest Trump refused to concede, pursuing the lie about electoral fraud which fueled
  
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• Billy Vunipola put England future before lucrative speaking engagements

  03-11-2022 19:00 via theguardian.com
  No 8 rejected jobs at Twickenham during spell on sidelinesHe did not want to be ‘with 100 drunk people asking about Eddie’Billy Vunipola has revealed he turned down the chance to earn a small fortune in guest speaking at Twickenham during his England exile, as he prepares for what will feel like a “new debut” in his first Test appearance there in front of a bumper crowd in more than three years.Due to a combination of Covid restrictions, injuries and falling out of favour
  
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• Is it right to raise interest rates in a recession?

  03-11-2022 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  An economic downturn would usually mean an easing of rates, but there's inflation to tackle too.
  
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• Spanish minister urges Sunak to commit to climate crisis fight

  03-11-2022 18:51 via theguardian.com
  Teresa Ribera says she was ‘hugely surprised’ and saddened by PM’s initial refusal to go to Cop27 summitThe Spanish government has urged Rishi Sunak to demonstrate a clear commitment to fighting the climate emergency, describing the British government’s flip-flopping over the prime minister’s attendance of the forthcoming Cop27 summit as “sad” and “surprising”, given the UK’s global reputation and its current presidency of the conferenc
  
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• The ground near Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano is shaking. What does it mean?

  03-11-2022 18:44 via theguardian.com
  Scientists say the world’s largest volcano could erupt and officials are telling residents to be preparedThe ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the legendary volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii and the largest active volcano in the world.Scientists say the shaking indicates it could erupt, though they don’t expect that to happen right away. Regardless, officials on the island are telling residents to be prepared. Continue reading...
  
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• Bank of England: Five things we now know about the UK economy - BBC

  03-11-2022 18:38 via news.google.com
  Bank of England: Five things we now know about the UK economy  BBCBoE outlines two bleak scenarios for taming inflation  Financial TimesIt may sound paradoxical, but Britain needs to spend its way out of recession  The GuardianThe UK economy is about to be thrown into a black hole – by its own government  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Here’s the best way for Britain to solve the migrant crisis: give them work visas | Simon Jenkins

  03-11-2022 18:19 via theguardian.com
  Our plight is rich in absurdity. The UK needs new workers and people want to come here. The real problem is populist politics There is an unmarked warehouse outside Hull station that should be a museum. It is where hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of Jews fleeing eastern Europe’s pogroms at the end of the 19th century were isolated before crossing to Liverpool for ships to America. There is nothing new in the squalor of migration. It is about desperate people, and increasingly des
  
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