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• New Quest Update Reimagines the Landing Page, Once Again Sequestering Your App Library - Road to VR

  11-09-2023 20:56 via news.google.com
  New Quest Update Reimagines the Landing Page, Once Again Sequestering Your App Library  Road to VRQuest v57 update makes a key mixed-reality fix before the Quest 3 launch  Android CentralThe last Quest 2 update before the Meta Quest 3 launch is underwhelming  TechRadarMeta Quest VR headset adds new avatar creator customization tools, Horizon Feed, more  HT TechMeta is adding new customization options to its avatar creator  The VergeView Full cove
  
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• Has the UK woken up to the China spy challenge?

  11-09-2023 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The allegation a parliamentary researcher may have been spying for China has thrown a spotlight on Chinese intelligence activity in the UK.
  
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• Covid booster: Who can get another jab this autumn?

  11-09-2023 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Covid vaccine rules are changing, but those most at risk will be offered another jab in the autumn.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Kim Jong-un invited to visit Russia by Putin, Kremlin says; Germany tells Kyiv it can ‘rely on us’

  11-09-2023 13:49 via theguardian.com
  
  South Korean media says North Korean leader is already on train to Russia; German foreign minister makes surprise visit to KyivWhat we know on day 565 of the invasionSuspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, reports that Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced trip. It is her fourth such visit since the war began.Serhiy Lysak, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk oblast, has reported that overnight there were no casualties in the region, despite Ru
  
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• German economy ‘will shrink this year as part of eurozone slowdown’

  11-09-2023 13:48 via theguardian.com
  
  European Commission forecasts 0.4% contraction for country amid high inflationGermany’s economy will shrink this year as part of a wider eurozone slowdown triggered by higher inflation and the dampening impact of rising interest rates, the European Commission has warned.In its interim quarterly update, the commission said Europe’s powerhouse economy would be the worst-affected major country in the 20-nation single currency bloc and would suffer a 0.4% contraction in 2023. Continue re
  
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• BMW announces £600m package to save Oxford Mini plant; Wilko rescue hopes fade – business live

  11-09-2023 13:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands of jobs secured as BMW pledges to build its next-generation electric Mini in the UK, but all Wilko stores are expected to close within weeksBMW to make electric Mini in UK after securing millions in government fundingAll 400 Wilko shops to close with loss of more than 12,000 jobsA group of the UK’s largest retailers are lobbying the government not to increase their property taxes, saying it would cost them around £400m.Bosses from 44 firms, including Tesco, M&S and B&am
  
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• Agatha Christie statue takes seat on bench in Oxfordshire town

  11-09-2023 13:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Memorial by Ben Twiston-Davies is sited in Wallingford, where the mystery writer lived for more than 40 yearsA life-sized bronze statue of Agatha Christie has been unveiled in the Oxfordshire town of Wallingford, near where the detective novelist resided for more than 40 years.The statue depicts the writer holding a book and seated on a bench overlooking the Kinecroft, an area of open grassland. Sculptor Ben Twiston-Davies – who also designed the Agatha Christie memorial in London –
  
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• Mandatory anti-slavery declarations risk becoming ‘box-ticking exercise’, say UK MPs

  11-09-2023 13:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Criticism comes after it emerged ministers took assurances from one previously slavery-linked firm on trustUK politics live – latest updatesCampaigners and MPs have warned that anti-slavery declarations made mandatory by Theresa May risk becoming “a pointless box-ticking exercise” after it emerged that ministers took assurances from one previously slavery-linked company on trust.Ministers gave IGT, a US gaming corporation that is the technology partner to the Nationa
  
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• Daniel Khalife appears in court charged with escaping Wandsworth prison

  11-09-2023 13:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Former soldier allegedly absconded from London jail by attaching himself to underside of food delivery vehicleDaniel Khalife, the terror suspect who became the subject of an intensive four-day manhunt, has appeared in court charged with escaping from Wandsworth prison.The former British soldier is accused of fashioning a strap to attach himself to the underside of a van leaving the prison – possibly from bedsheets – and going on the run. Continue reading...
  
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• No 10 refuses to say if UK raised alleged spying case with China before weekend; suspect says he is innocent – UK politics live

  11-09-2023 13:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson ‘can’t get into issue ofinterference with democracy’Simon Clarke, who was the levelling up secretary during the Liz Truss premiership, has defended the government’s decision not to explicitly label China as a threat. In posts on X, or Twitter as many of us still call it, he said:There are legitimate reasons why it is difficult for ministers to say China is a threat – that’s the nature of international relations. What matters mo
  
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• The big idea: are memories fact or fiction?

  11-09-2023 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Truth and illusion are woven together as we tell ourselves into beingOne of my earliest memories is of being teased on my first day of school for speaking with a Dutch accent. I blamed my mother for this humiliation and returned home furious. “It’s three, not tree. Th-ree!” I told her. The strange thing about this memory is that it is probably false. My mother swears it was my brother who did this.This kind of confusion is common in families. As stories are told and retold, the
  
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• Morocco earthquake: foreign aid teams join efforts to find survivors

  11-09-2023 13:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities ‘respond favourably’ to help from some countries but other offers not yet taken up as death toll nears 2,500Select foreign aid and rescue teams have joined desperate efforts to find any remaining survivors high in Morocco’s Atlas mountains, as the death toll rose to 2,497 people three days after a powerful earthquake.Moroccan authorities said they had “responded favourably” to offers of help from visiting search and rescue teams from Spain, Qatar, Britai
  
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• England falter, Scotland soar and Flick’s off for Germany – Football Weekly

  11-09-2023 13:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay, Philippe Auclair and Archie Rhind-Tutt to round up the latest international fixturesRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today: a limp performance from England as they draw 1-1 against Ukraine in Poland. The panel ponder just why Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson started. Continue reading...
  
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• BMW announces £600m package to save Oxford Mini plant

  11-09-2023 13:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Government-backed investment will help secure 4,000 jobs in electric vehicle productionBusiness live – latest updatesBMW will spend £600m to upgrade its factory in Oxford to electric production of the Mini, in a U-turn that will provide a further boost to the UK car industry.The plant will start production of the electric Mini Cooper and the new electric Mini Aceman crossover SUV, lifting a threat to the future of the model after the UK government agreed to spend £75m in subsid
  
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• All 400 Wilko shops to close with loss of more than 12,000 jobs

  11-09-2023 13:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Talks with HMV owner Doug Putman to save about half of retailer’s stores failBusiness live – latest updatesAll of Wilko’s 400-plus stores are to close with the loss of more than 12,000 jobs after talks with potential buyers failed to deliver a rescue deal for the stricken retailer.The GMB union said on Monday that the administrators, PwC, had informed staff that all of the chain’s 408 stores were set to close by early October. Continue reading...
  
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• Luis Rubiales resignation hailed as win for feminism but questions remain

  11-09-2023 13:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Decision to quit over World Cup kiss welcomed in Spain but manner of announcement leaves many confoundedNews that Luis Rubiales had resigned, three weeks after his unsolicited kiss and defiant refusal to step down sparked outrage across Spain and around the world, was welcomed as a win for feminism even as questions swirled about his decision to make the announcement in an English-language interview.Late on Sunday evening, the head of the Spanish football association said that after speaking wit
  
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• Tour of Britain race director blames Brexit and funding crisis amid criticism

  11-09-2023 13:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Only 96 riders started the race in Altrincham last weekCritics complained of too many flat stages before finaleRace organisers are blaming Brexit and funding challenges after the latest Tour of Britain was labelled “boring” by critics with repetitive, flat stages and the lack of participants a noticeable feature of this year’s edition.The peloton was thinned out in the race which finished on Sunday with victory for Wout van Aert and that was due to Britain’s departure fro
  
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• Blades, grades and custom-mades: inside the world of cricket batmaking

  11-09-2023 13:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Cricketers have been honing their craft for centuries in search of perfection. The people who make their bats are no differentBy Phil Walker for Wisden Cricket MonthlyDeep in the thickets of the Essex countryside, a grand institution goes about its vast, mysterious business. JS Wright & Sons is into its third century as the world’s principal provider of willow for cricket bats. In an average year, they source and dispatch 400,000 clefts – blocks of willow – to all corners o
  
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• Why are women turning to TikTok for advice about the pill? Because doctors won’t listen to us | Kate Muir

  11-09-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  To counter social-media conspiracy theories, we need more honest information about contraception and its side-effects“Birth control is this generation’s cigarettes,” says a woman on TikTok. “When women start taking the pill they get massively depressed,” says another. “It’s a class-one carcinogen,” continues the feed. “It was 99.9% effective in ruining my life.” Then there’s the meme of a woman unfolding a contraceptive pill side-
  
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• ‘Uncharted territory’: elections officials weigh Trump’s presidency eligibility

  11-09-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The constitution bars anyone from holding public office if they ‘engaged in insurrection’ – but political vitriol makes it a tough call After defending the integrity of US elections from an onslaught of threats over the last several years, secretaries of state across the US are now turning to a new high-stakes question: Is Donald Trump eligible to run for president?Several secretaries are already working with attorneys general in their states and studying whether Trump is disqu
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 565 of the invasion

  11-09-2023 12:59 via theguardian.com
  
  German foreign minister says EU enlargement to include Ukraine is ‘necessary geopolitical consequence of Russia’s war’; Putin visits Vladivostok where he may meet Kim Jong-unSee all our Ukraine coverage Continue reading...
  
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• The Holdovers review – Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti reunite for charming comedy

  11-09-2023 12:57 via theguardian.com
  
  The director makes a welcome return to form with a warm and melancholic 70s-set comedy drama led by a trio of note-perfect performancesAs annoyingly cliched as it might be when someone (usually after a deep, dramatic sigh) complains that they just don’t make them like they used to, it doesn’t make it any less true. In fact, it’s truer than ever right now, with streamers focused more on smartphone content than movies for cinema screens. When someone actually does make one like t
  
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• UK building group Vistry to focus solely on social housing

  11-09-2023 12:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Streamlining operations will result in some job cuts while investors will receive £1bn over next three yearsBusiness live – latest updatesThe British housebuilder Vistry is to shift its focus solely to social housing as soaring mortgage costs hurt sales completions across its wider business.The strategic shift was welcomed by investors, which sent shares in the company – which acquired the affordable housing specialist Countryside Partnerships last year – soaring by almos
  
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• From prime time to lurid tales in a shed: the rapid descent of Tucker Carlson

  11-09-2023 12:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Carlson, once seen as a Republican powerbroker and even a presidential candidate, has grown more extreme and less relevantFor years, Tucker Carlson seemed untouchable at Fox News. His position as the channel’s most popular host allowed him to wield power over viewers and the Republican party alike, his political influence reinforcing his position as the king of rightwing cable TV.That changed in April, however, when Fox News, after settling a defamation lawsuit for $787m, gave Carlson the
  
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• Biden impeachment inquiry ‘eight months of abject failure’, watchdog report says

  11-09-2023 12:40 via theguardian.com
  
  The Congressional Integrity Project reports on several inconsistencies and untruths in James Comer’s House investigationThe man leading the Republican charge for an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden has endured “eight months of abject failure” in trying to prove the US president guilty of wrongdoing, a watchdog report says.James Comer, the ambitious chairman of the House of Representatives’ oversight committee, has repeatedly overhyped allegations of bribery and corrupti
  
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• Margherita, this is malt: eight foods and the whiskies to pair them with

  11-09-2023 12:35 via theguardian.com
  
  If you understand the basics of pairing food and wine, then you’re halfway there with whisky too. From stilton to seafood, here’s how to find the right single malt to matchWhisky is the kind of drink that makes friends with everyone at a party. When it comes to food pairings, whisky is, in many ways, more versatile than wine as it goes down nicely neat, on the rocks or in a multitude of cocktails. Innovative flavour pairings and informal serving styles have brought the spirit right u
  
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• Dorchester: Hundreds dance Hokey Cokey on closed street

  11-09-2023 12:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The moment is captured on video as Dorchester in Dorset celebrates its annual Heritage Open Day.
  
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• EU ‘very worried’ about Swedish official Johan Floderus jailed in Iran

  11-09-2023 12:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Ylva Johansson says EU is supporting Swedish government in attempt to get 33-year-old home after 512 daysThe European Commission has said it is “very worried” about the plight of a Swedish EU official who has spent more than 500 days in jail in Iran.Ylva Johansson, the home affairs commissioner, who was previously in charge of the work of the detained Johan Floderus, said every effort was being made to get him released as she spoke publicly for the first time on Monday since the veil
  
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• Third party candidates will help Trump win | Robert Reich

  11-09-2023 12:21 via theguardian.com
  
  If a third-party candidate takes even a small part of the anti-Trump vote away from Biden, Trump is likely to be returned to the White HouseWhether they intend to be or not, third-party groups such as No Labels and the Green party are in effect front groups for Trump in 2024.No Labels has pledged to spend $70m to support a third-party candidate in 2024 who could easily draw enough votes from President Biden to tip the presidential election to Trump. Continue reading...
  
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• What if ‘ghosting’ people isn’t just rude, but psychologically harmful? | Nancy Jo Sales

  11-09-2023 12:07 via theguardian.com
  
  A study found that 76% of people dating have either ghosted or been ghosted. Why is this considered acceptable?When The Banshees of Inisherin became such a hit last year, I couldn’t help wondering if one of the reasons it was resonating so powerfully was that – despite being set on a fictional island off the coast of Ireland in the 1920s – it was essentially about ghosting. A man stops talking to his friend without explanation, and the emotional fallout is devastating.In the 19
  
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• The US can rebuild trust abroad – by declassifying embarrassing intelligence | David Adler and Misty Rebik

  11-09-2023 12:02 via theguardian.com
  
  We just returned from a delegation to Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Each country is still seeking answers about the history of US interventionOn the morning of 11 September 1973, the Central Intelligence Agency briefed President Richard Nixon about the Chilean military’s imminent plan to “trigger military action against the Allende government”. By noon, bombs and bullets rained down on Chile’s presidential palace from planes, armored cars and helicopters circling the center
  
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• The pet I’ll never forget: Tony the carthorse shared our breakfasts – and our war with the Nazis

  11-09-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  He was one of the much-loved working horses my dad looked after at Liverpool docks. But then, after a heavy German bombing raid, he went missingTony was a magnificent white carthorse who, every morning of my early childhood, knocked his head on our kitchen window for a sugar buttie – a thick piece of white sliced, thinly spread with margarine and dipped in sugar. How we must have loved that horse, as this was just a few years after the second world war ended, and sugar was still rationed.T
  
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• ‘Shein is targeting colleges’: the student battling fast fashion’s ‘hypocritical’ scholarships

  11-09-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lexy Silverstein, a student at Los Angeles’s FIDM, takes stand against fast-fashion brand ‘greenwashing’ with partnershipLexy Silverstein, a 20-year-old Los Angeles fashion student, can list the fast-fashion brand Shein’s many controversies in one breath.Shein raked in a reported $23bn in revenue last year, while earning criticism from US lawmakers over its alleged forced labor practices. It has surpassed Amazon as the most-downloaded shopping app, even as designers have
  
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• ‘A fascist tried to electrocute us on stage’: the musicians who took on the Chilean junta

  11-09-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Under Pinochet, artistic expression in Chile was its own form of resistance. Fifty years on from the coup, performers are keeping the flame of protest alightBy the time Los Pinochet Boys formed in Santiago, Chile, in 1984, its teenage members had already spent a decade living under the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. You’d hear of their gigs only through word of mouth, while the few flyers that circulated held just the bare details of the event; their name alone meant they were un
  
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• Kim Jong-un reportedly heading to Russia to meet Putin

  11-09-2023 11:58 via theguardian.com
  
  West fears North Korea plans to supply Moscow with weapons to use in war against UkraineRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, appears to have departed for Russia by train for a meeting with Vladimir Putin, South Korean media has reported, amid concerns in the west that Pyongyang plans to provide weapons to Moscow to use in the war against Ukraine.According to the South Korean broadcaster YTN, an armoured train carrying Kim was headed on Monday to Nor
  
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• Novak Djokovic vows to ‘keep going’ after setting new grand slam record

  11-09-2023 11:44 via theguardian.com
  
  US Open champion says: ‘I feel good in my own body’Djokovic won a historic 24th slam at Flushing MeadowsNovak Djokovic has bad news for Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and all the other grand slam hopefuls in men’s tennis: “I’m going to keep going.”Djokovic secured a record 24th grand slam title when he beat Medvedev in three gruelling sets to win the US Open. The 36-year-old capped another dominant year, during which he won the Australian and French Opens and
  
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• ‘This family is being devoured’: Lemn Sissay on why Kafka’s Metamorphosis is a tale for our times

  11-09-2023 11:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The poet has teamed up with Frantic Assembly to bring the novella, about a man who turns into an insect, to the stage. He explains why this story of family meltdown is all about modern lifeLemn Sissay’s latest collection of poetry is a kind of celebration of light, filled with verse written at the break of dawn over the course of a decade. It’s coming out soon, but right now he’s sitting in a windowless rehearsal room, working through the daylight hours on a new production of M
  
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• Jackdaws ditch friends to gain food but stick with family, study finds

  11-09-2023 11:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers in Cornwall find birds stick with offspring, siblings and mating partners even at risk of going hungryBlood may be thicker than water when it comes to humans relationships – and it appears that the same is true of jackdaws after scientists found they readily switch friends to gain food but stick with family even at the risk of going hungry.A study of jackdaw colonies in west Cornwall established that the small crows ditch old friends and make new ones if it helps them get rewar
  
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• How have you been affected by the earthquake in Morocco?

  11-09-2023 11:26 via theguardian.com
  
  We want to speak to people affected by the earthquake that struck MoroccoFollowing the 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco on Friday, we want to hear about how people in the region are coping with the disaster’s aftermath.How have you and your loved ones been affected? What is the situation where you are? We would also like speak with people who are helping in the humanitarian response to the disaster. Continue reading...
  
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• Why can’t the EU power ahead with green subsidies like Biden’s? It isn’t just political procrastination | Yanis Varoufakis

  11-09-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Unlike their US counterparts, EU policymakers still face the roadblocks of no money and no common treasuryInglorious procrastination is one of the European Union’s standard responses to major crises. This is not merely due to the difficulty of getting 27 prime ministers and presidents to agree on something. It is also because of their motivated tendency to ask themselves the wrong questions, and thus head slowly but inexorably to self-harming policy solutions.After the demise of Lehman Bro
  
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• The vaginal microbiome: how to look after it – and what to avoid

  11-09-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Probiotic supplements claimed to ‘support the vaginal flora’ are being promoted online. But is there even a problem to be fixed?‘Us girls, we have a lot of problems down there and it’s an absolute nightmare,” one influencer says on TikTok, like a seasoned teleshopping host. She reels off a list that includes thrush, bacterial vaginosis (BV) and urinary tract infections – common issues that many women are too shy, insecure or squeamish to talk about. But she ha
  
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• New horizons: music, art, books and more to get out of a rut

  11-09-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From hit novels by late bloomers to artists turned chess masters, our critics select culture that revels in reinventionFor a band who have experienced their fair share of internal hard times, US pop-rock titans Paramore have always found ways to bounce back. Although their permanent lineup hadn’t quite solidified on 2013’s self-titled album, it was chockful of songs that nodded to the restless need for change, with Moving On, Grow Up and Future all noting the urge to strive forwards
  
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• ‘I prefer women’s jeans – men’s lack design subtlety’: why men are buying womenswear

  11-09-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Men are finding some women’s clothes are better designed and cut, made of better fabric – and cheaper. From cotton vests on influencers to designer blazers on Prince Harry, men borrowing womenswear is on the riseEarlier this year, a frenzy of unisex affordability gripped TikTok’s menswear followers when a series of videos championed a stretchy, sleeveless vest from the women’s section of Target, the US supermarket.Made by Good Day, male influencers took to the platform to
  
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• Former Foreign Office chief admits telling colleagues he voted to stay in EU

  11-09-2023 10:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Simon McDonald says department was in ‘mourning’ after 2016 referendum, leading him to reveal his personal viewsThe former top Foreign Office civil servant has acknowledged revealing to colleagues – including government ministers – that he voted to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum.Simon McDonald said he was speaking to colleagues shocked at the result in an effort to maintain credibility by stressing they must deliver the government’s policies, regardless
  
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• The great meter mix-up: are you paying for your neighbour’s gas?

  11-09-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Database errors mean customers have been getting huge demands from firms that don’t even supply themThe British Gas bill came out of the blue. It demanded £10,529 for a month’s worth of electricity and required payment within 10 days. Jessica* rents a modest flat in London and is a customer of E.ON Next. Her E.ON bill for the same month was £50.60.“We moved into the flat two years ago when it was supplied by EDF,” she said. “We switched to E.ON six month
  
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• Post your questions for Joan Baez

  11-09-2023 09:59 via theguardian.com
  
  The activist and hugely popular folk singer is the subject of a new documentary, Joan Baez: I Am a Noise, and will answer your questions later this weekOne of the great US folk singers, as well as one of the country’s most committed and astute activists, Joan Baez is now the subject of a new documentary, Joan Baez: I Am a Noise, which charts her final tour and the richness of her 82-year life. Ahead of its US release on 6 October, she is joining us to answer your questions – post the
  
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• No Rodgers, no problem: the Packers may have aced their succession plan once again

  11-09-2023 09:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Green Bay have moved on from a Hall of Fame quarterback before with some success. The plan for Jordan Love looks like it is working in its early stagesSunday saw the start of a new era for the Packers-Bears rivalry and, frankly, it did not look much different from recent incarnations, in which Green Bay have dominated Chicago. If the Bears thought that facing Jordan Love rather than Aaron Rodgers would change their fortunes, the Packers’ comprehensive 38-20 victory proved them wrong. It wa
  
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• What is Mo Farah’s legacy after retirement from running? Well, it’s complicated | Sean Ingle

  11-09-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Track legend provided plenty of memories and medals but link with Alberto Salazar leaves a troubling cloud over his careerNo sooner had the final race of Mo Farah’s career come to an end on Sunday than the eulogies began. “Thanks for the memories, the medals, the excitement, the smile, the Mobot, it’s all been memorable,” the BBC’s Steve Cram proclaimed after Farah had finished fourth in the Great North Run, before hailing him as “one of the greatest athletes
  
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• US activist at ‘risk of death penalty’ in custody battle with Saudi father, rights group says

  11-09-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Bethany Alhaidari escaped kingdom in 2019 and faces risk of ‘corporal punishment’ if US court sends her daughter back An American activist who escaped Saudi Arabia in 2019 is at risk of being forced to send her daughter back to the kingdom by a US court because of an ongoing custody dispute.Bethany Alhaidari is facing a 24 October court date that will determine her future life with her eight-year-old daughter, Zaina. Continue reading...
  
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• The expressions of dissent and art from the women’s protests in Iran – in pictures

  11-09-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Mahsa Amini died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police on 16 September 2022, sparking protests across the country, and an eruption in creative resistance followed. Woman, Life, Freedom, a book edited by Malu Halasa, documents the people and art of the struggle and is published by Saqi Books Continue reading...
  
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