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• Zambia police accuse ex-president of 'political' jogging

  25-09-2023 21:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Morning runs by Edgar Lungu and party supporters amount to ‘activism’ that requires clearance, police sayA former president of Zambia has been warned that his morning jog is turning into “political activism” for which he must seek police approval.The police said the runs by Edgar Lungu and some of his party supporters requires their clearance to ensure the safety of the man who lost power in 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• Bob Menendez says money found in police search was for personal use – live

  25-09-2023 21:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Democratic senator says he has withdrawn cash over 30 years and expects to be exonerated of corruption chargesWe’re awaiting a press conference from Robert Menendez scheduled for 11.30am, where the Democratic senator will reportedly vow not to leave office and instead run for re-election next year, despite being indicted last week for using his position to assist the government of Egypt.We’ll follow the press conference live, and let you know what he says. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I will never go back’: Death stalks the exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh

  25-09-2023 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 6,000 ethnic Armenian refugees have left region following Azerbaijan victoryAzerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh victory highlights limits of Russia’s powerThe day the shelling began, Genadi Hyusunts had just taken his four-day-old son home from the hospital.Within hours, he had to hustle his wife, the newborn child and his six other children to the shelter in his native Martakert, which sits in Nagorno-Karabakh on the frontline of a three-decade conflict with Azerbaijan. Continue
  
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• Nagorno-Karabakh: Erdoğan praises Azerbaijan as thousands flee to Armenia

  25-09-2023 21:07 via theguardian.com
  
  The Turkish president described last week’s offensive in the disputed territory as a ‘matter of pride’The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, have lauded Baku’s military victory in Nagorno-Karabakh as thousands of ethnic Armenians fled their homes in the breakaway region and headed to Armenia.Aliyev hosted his Turkish counterpart on Monday in the autonomous Nakhchivan exclave, a strip of Azerbaijani territory separated f
  
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• Scientists hail pioneering software in hunt for alien life

  25-09-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers hope to analyse materials from Mars using program that can detect ‘biosignatures’ of other life formsIt is the cloud that overshadows the search for alien life: for all the spacecraft sent to faraway worlds, researchers do not really know what to look for when it comes to evidence of life elsewhere.Now, scientists are claiming progress with the puzzle after training a computer program to distinguish chemical mixtures made by living organisms from those created in more pro
  
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• Black girl at centre of Irish gymnastics race row ‘badly let down’, says ministry

  25-09-2023 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Statement comes as it emerges that head of Ireland’s sporting authority told family girl’s treatment was not racistIreland’s sports ministry has said that a young gymnast at the centre of a racism row was “badly let down”, as it emerged that the head of the country’s sporting authority told the family last year that the girl’s treatment wasn’t racist.Una May, the CEO of Sports Ireland, said the judge who ignored the only black gymnast in the compet
  
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• Back to business? Explaining the potential end of the Hollywood writers’ strike

  25-09-2023 20:55 via theguardian.com
  
  A tentative agreement has been announced but what does it mean for the industry and the viewers?After nearly five months – 146 days, to be exact – the Hollywood writers’ strike appears to be nearing its end, as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) reached a provisional deal with the group representing the studios and streamers. If ratified by union membership, the deal would conclude one of the longest work stoppages in the union’s history; the current record was set in 198
  
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• Top Trump aide burned so many papers wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell, book says

  25-09-2023 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark Meadows’ wife complained of cost of dry-cleaning to remove smell from suits, Cassidy Hutchison writes in new memoirMark Meadows burned so many papers in his office fireplace as Donald Trump’s presidency came to its chaotic end that the then White House chief of staff’s wife complained about the cost of dry-cleaning his suits to remove the “bonfire” smell, Cassidy Hutchinson writes in her eagerly awaited memoir.The New York Times reported the passage about Meado
  
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• Los Angeles police investigate heist of $1.5m Buddha statue from gallery

  25-09-2023 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The Barakat Gallery reported the theft of the 250lb bronze statue, which the director alleges took place after it was ‘scoped out’Los Angeles police are investigating after a thief carried out an overnight heist and stole a $1.5m Buddha statue, weighing almost 250lb, from an antiquities gallery.Authorities received a report of a burglary on Monday at the Barakat Gallery, which offers “museum quality” ancient art. According to surveillance footage, the thief had stolen the
  
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• Did Tigist Assefa’s ‘super shoes’ make her a record-breaking marathon winner?

  25-09-2023 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The Ethiopian smashed the women’s record in Berlin, reviving the debate about the role of hi-tech shoes in athletic performanceThey say shoes maketh the man. But did a pair of trainers make Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa a record-breaking runner? Her shattering of the women’s marathon world record by more than two minutes – while wearing a pair of Adidas’s new Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1s – has reignited the debate about the role of “super shoes” in athletic
  
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• Antoine Dupont may return to World Cup action in protective face mask

  25-09-2023 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  France eager to have their scrum-half availableWorld Rugby regulations could cause complicationsAntoine Dupont is to explore the possibility of having a custom-made mask fitted this week in an effort to return to spearhead France’s World Cup campaign. Dupont had surgery last Friday after fracturing his cheek against Namibia but could return as early as the quarter-finals with the hosts desperate to have their talisman back in action.According to reports in France, Dupont will see a special
  
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• Police in London launch investigation into allegations against Russell Brand

  25-09-2023 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Force says allegations against performer are non-recent and there have been no arrestsScotland Yard has launched an investigation into a number of sexual offence allegations from across the country after media reporting of claims against Russell Brand.The 48-year-old comedian and actor has been accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013, when he was at the height of his fame working for the BBC and Channel 4 and starring in Hollywood films. He denies the allegations. Cont
  
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• Dangerous AI systems need a ‘smoke alarm’, warn UK ministers

  25-09-2023 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Technology secretary, Michelle Donelan, hopes safety summit will help to establish early warning signs in technologyA “smoke alarm” for dangerous artificial intelligence systems is needed in order to head off a range of serious threats such as mass loss of life, cyber-attacks and AI technology spiralling out of control, UK ministers have warned.The technology secretary, Michelle Donelan, said she hoped a forthcoming safety summit hosted in the UK would help to establish an early warn
  
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• Scotland Yard hopeful that rebellion by firearms officers is subsiding

  25-09-2023 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  More officers return to carrying weapons after promises of a review to examine greater protectionsScotland Yard chiefs were hopeful on Monday that the rebellion by their own firearm officers was subsiding, with more returning to carrying weapons assuaged by promises that a review would examine greater protections.The crisis was triggered when officers refused to carry out armed patrols after the announcement last Wednesday by prosecutors that a firearms officer would face a murder charge for sho
  
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• Gareth Davies hails Warren Gatland for bringing feelgood factor back to Wales

  25-09-2023 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Wales first team to reach quarter-finals after three wins ‘We are all back to where we want to be,’ says scrum-halfIt is just four months since Wales lost 264 caps’ worth of Test experience in a single day and yet, somehow, they have overcome that disastrous preparation to become the first team to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup.Warren Gatland’s magic touch seemed absent on his return as Wales coach during a disastrous Six Nations campaign marred by strike threa
  
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• Sunak may seek to limit HS2 fallout with new transport projects in north

  25-09-2023 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Sources suggest PM could announce new spending on bus, tram and train schemes if he decides to axe part of HS2Rishi Sunak could announce a series of transport improvements for the north of England including bringing forward the high-speed link between Manchester and Leeds as he seeks to limit the political fallout over the future of HS2.Government sources suggested the prime minister still planned to press ahead with a proposal to axe the Birmingham to Manchester link of HS2 despite a furious re
  
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• ‘Quite a surprise’: Angela Rippon stuns viewers and experts with Strictly splits

  25-09-2023 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  The 78-year-old, the show’s oldest ever contestant, demonstrated advanced moves in the cha-cha-chaWhether you can do the splits is a favoured test of flexibility in the playground, but it’s generally assumed that most people over 40 can’t. So when 78-year-old Angela Rippon kicked her leg into a standing split on Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing, she caused a stir among viewers.Rippon is the show’s oldest ever contestant, yet experts say her move is difficult for mos
  
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• Lib Dems members rebuff leadership with vote to keep housebuilding targets

  25-09-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Overwhelming conference vote defies Ed Davey strategy of reshaping policy to court wavering Tory votersLiberal Democrat members have handed a very public rebuke to Ed Davey before his key speech to the party conference, rebelling in large numbers over a plan by the leadership to scrap national targets for housebuilding.In a first tangible sign of internal pushback against the Davey-led idea of shaping the Lib Dems’ policy platform to tempt wavering Conservative voters to backing the party
  
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• Italian PM ‘astonished’ at Germany paying charities for refugee rescues

  25-09-2023 19:57 via theguardian.com
  
  In stern letter to Olaf Scholz, Giorgia Meloni criticises support provided for saving people in the MediterraneanItaly’s far-right prime minster, Giorgia Meloni, has written a stern letter to the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, telling him she was “astonished” to learn that Berlin was paying charities to rescue people in the Mediterranean.The row between Italy and German broke out after the Catholic charity Sant’Egidio said it had signed a fresh deal with Berlin to fund a
  
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• The TikTok mouth-taping trend may not be as beneficial as you’re told

  25-09-2023 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  The social media fad championed by Gwyneth Paltrow is said to have multiple health benefits – but experts aren’t convincedIt’s a TikTok trend, has been championed by Gwyneth Paltrow, and was recently revealed as a habit of the former Countryfile presenter, Julia Bradbury. But is taping your mouth shut at night actually good for you?According to the Kent Community Health NHS foundation trust, breathing through the nose has benefits. Continue reading...
  
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• Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh victory highlights limits of Russia’s power

  25-09-2023 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  With Moscow’s resources ‘clearly finite’ the Kremlin has had to adapt to Baku’s rising powerAzerbaijan’s military victory in the extended 35-year conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is a notable geopolitical setback for Russia, traditionally Armenia’s partner and ally.Moscow’s post-Soviet strategy has often been to stoke conflicts to weaken its near neighbours, creating crises in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. But on this occasion the
  
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• The Guardian view on armed police: there should be no culture of impunity | Editorial

  25-09-2023 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  By throwing doubt on the CPS’s decision to charge an officer, ministers and Sir Mark Rowley risk weakening their own reformsWhen Sir Mark Rowley was appointed as commissioner of the Metropolitan police, he pledged to oversee “the renewal of policing by consent” by rooting out corruption and rebuilding public trust. The force is widely acknowledged to be facing its worst crisis since the 1970s. Addressing past wrongdoing would, Sir Mark warned earlier this year, take time. While
  
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• The Guardian view on Kosovo’s future: Europe must do more | Editorial

  25-09-2023 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Spiralling tensions between Pristina and Belgrade have again spilled over into violence. The European Union’s mediating strategy is not workingAt the weekend, Kosovo’s prime minister, Albin Kurti, spoke despairingly in relation to a decade of talks about normalising relations with Serbia, which continues to refuse to recognise his country’s independent status. In an interview with the Guardian, Mr Kurti claimed that the negotiations, mediated by the European Union, were in dang
  
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• Italy culls tens of thousands of pigs to contain African swine fever

  25-09-2023 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Outbreaks in the Lombardy ‘pork belt’ were extinguished, say experts, but wild boar could act as a reservoirHuge pig culls took place last week in Italy in an attempt to contain the country’s largest outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) virus since the 1960s, which threatened the entire pig-farming sector.ASF is deadly to pigs and poses a serious threat to the global pig industry but is not a danger to humans, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). Conti
  
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• Macron launches ‘ecological plan’ to end France’s use of fossil fuels by 2030

  25-09-2023 19:28 via theguardian.com
  
  50-point plan also aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% and includes new offshore wind projectsEmmanuel Macron has unveiled a national “ecological plan” to reduce France’s greenhouse gas emissions by 55% and end the use of fossil fuels by 2030.Speaking after a special ministerial council at the Elysée, the French president said an extra €10bn (£8.7bn) would be put towards the 50-point programme, which he described as “ecology à la Fran&c
  
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• Charity Commission to review its handling of actors’ fund feud

  25-09-2023 19:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Regulator accused of taking sides and disregarding law in supervision of boardroom dispute at Actors’ Benevolent FundThe Charity Commission has launched a formal review of its controversial handling of an acrimonious long-running dispute at an actors’ charity supported by King Charles after complaints that it endorsed law-breaking and discrimination.The move follows furious criticism of the commission by the actor Dame Penelope Keith, who has accused the regulator of legitimising an
  
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• Abolishing HS2 and inheritance tax? Rish! would not speculate on speculation he started

  25-09-2023 19:11 via theguardian.com
  
  For far too long Rishi Sunak had been held back by successive Tory governments. Time for some unspecified actionThat Inaction Man jibe had really hurt. Rishi Sunak had come back from that prime minister’s questions in a right strop. After all he had done for the country, the sacrifices he had made, how dare the country be so ungrateful. Worse still, take the piss out of him. He was on the go non-stop. Only that morning he had done 15 miles on his Peloton. No one had the heart to tell him h
  
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• Nicola Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s attempts to win over voters – cartoon

  25-09-2023 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
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• England open to releasing trio after Ireland clash for key county fixtures

  25-09-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Will Jacks, Jamie Smith and Zak Crawley could double upEngland bidding to wrap up 2-0 ODI series victory in BristolThe final week of the English cricket season could involve players hopping from national duty into the last round of the County Championship, with Will Jacks, Jamie Smith and possibly Zak Crawley having a chance to be released for battles at the top and bottom of Division One.All three are in the squad for the third one-day international against Ireland in Bristol on Tuesday, with C
  
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• ‘Coming-of-age moment’: Bee Network creates a buzz in Greater Manchester

  25-09-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The first buses bought back into public control since the 1980s roll out the depot in a ‘new dawn’ for public transportThe revolution, when it came, was thankfully on time. The first bus in England to be brought back into public control since the 1980s steered out of its depot near Bolton at 4.30am sharp, beginning what one passenger (the mayor, Andy Burnham) hailed as “a new dawn” for public transport.The service – a 521 from Farnworth to Westhoughton – marke
  
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• Russian Black Sea fleet commander killed in Crimea, Ukraine claims

  25-09-2023 18:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian military says attack that apparently killed Viktor Sokolov was timed to coincide with meeting of naval officialsRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine has claimed it killed Adm Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, along with 33 other officers, in one of Kyiv’s boldest attacks yet on the occupied peninsula of Crimea.The Ukrainian military said Friday’s attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol was ti
  
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• Refereeing controversies will not go away but Jenas should know better | Paul MacInnes

  25-09-2023 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  BBC pundit’s criticism of Rob Jones was a mistake – though the handball rule continues to confuse fans and managers alikeEmbarrassing. After another weekend of controversial VAR decisions, it would seem the only appropriate word. Yes, expectations are unduly high. Yes, everyone makes mistakes. But at the end of the day it’s not brain surgery: when Jermaine Jenas got his phone out to call the referee Rob Jones a “sh**house”, he should have taken a deep breath, counte
  
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• Talking Horses: Dance ban latest twist in story of debts and alleged fraud

  25-09-2023 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Horses of prominent racehorse owner have again be suspended from competing at racecourses with immediate effectThe “now-you-see-them, now-you-don’t” story concerning horses linked to the former owner John Dance took another turn last week, when the British Horseracing Authority issued a brief statement to confirm that runners under the banner of Coverdale Stud and Titanium Racing Club would be suspended from competing with immediate effect.From racing’s point of view, thi
  
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• Wheel meet again: mystery of the missing bike that came back | Letters

  25-09-2023 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Gerard Donaldson was dismayed to find his stolen bike had been flogged by the local police station. Plus letters from Des Murphy and Kevin NorthropYour article on bicycle thefts and police inaction called to mind my experience a few years ago (Life in bike theft Britain: ‘Afterwards, I couldn’t face going outside’, 21 September). Having locked my bike securely to railings while meeting a friend, I returned to find it stolen. I promptly reported the theft to the police with all
  
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• Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas review – bulging tights, pervy plinths and kinky boots

  25-09-2023 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
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  In this gloriously filthy show, the sculptor collides old and new work to make an exhilarating cornucopia of sex, jokes and deathA wax-cast erect penis is planted on a chair, and a pair of pink dentures sit upright on the other. The chairs are corralled behind a low barrier, to deter the adventurous from taking a seat and doing themselves a mischief. Those pesky Tate barriers also prevent you from sitting on another chair, beneath a plain wooden box cantilevered above it, wh
  
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• Families should be informed if students struggling with mental health at university | Letter

  25-09-2023 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  One reader says they had no idea their son was at rock-bottom and had been withdrawn from his courseThank you for your article highlighting the challenges to mental health that many students may face and outlining potential self-help measures (Self-care to support: how to look after your mental health at university, 15 September). Sadly, it came a little too late for my son, who attempted suicide in June. He was supposedly at the end of his second year of a physics degree, but, unbeknown to me,
  
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• 1m NHS appointments and operations cancelled in England since strikes began

  25-09-2023 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest figures show 1,015,067 ‘episodes of care’ have been postponed since end of last yearMore than 1m outpatient appointments and operations have been cancelled since strikes began in December across the NHS in England, figures reveal.Last week’s four-day stoppage by consultants and junior doctors forced hospitals to reschedule 129,913 more “episodes of care”, taking the total to just over 1m, NHS England said. Continue reading...
  
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• Spanish prosecutor investigates if shared AI images of naked girls constitute a crime

  25-09-2023 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Police submit dossier about images allegedly spread on social media in Almendralejo by teenagers aged 13 to 15A Spanish prosecutor’s office has said it will investigate whether AI-generated images of naked teenage girls, allegedly created and shared by their peers in south-western Spain, constitute a crime.The rise in use by children of such technologies has sparked concern among parents worldwide. The FBI warned in June that criminals were increasingly using artificial intelligence to cre
  
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• Crypto king or conman: is Sam Bankman-Fried about to be sent down for a century?

  25-09-2023 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  His company managed billions in assets and made him one of the world’s richest people. Then, almost overnight, it collapsed. With a fraud trial beginning next week, a documentary asks how he bewitched so manySunil Kavuri is not a novice investor. Sure, he hasn’t always been involved in finance: 20 years ago, he was a model. He and his identical twin brother were the stuff of local newspaper human-interest stories, straight-A lads from Rugby in Warwickshire who got firsts in economics
  
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• LIV rebel Brooks Koepka arrives in Rome separately to rest of US team

  25-09-2023 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Zach Johnson insists Koepka’s solo trip was purely logisticalEurope captain Luke Donald defends Sergio García’s absenceEveryone can afford to be courteous on the Monday of Ryder Cup week. The two team captains, Luke Donald and Zach Johnson, were all charm and laughter at their opening press conference, but part of the fun of it is knowing that only one will be come Sunday evening.You could pick up hints of the storylines that will shape the week of whichever of them loses in t
  
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• Not even bankers wear ties and blazers any more. So why should schoolchildren? | André Spicer

  25-09-2023 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspended for wearing the wrong socks: there’s no way this is ‘preparing children for the world of work’André Spicer is professor of organisational behaviour at the Bayes Business School at City, University of LondonRecently I dropped off my daughter at school. Dressed up in a tie and blazer, she squirmed with discomfort in the late summer heat. After she disappeared through the gate, I headed to my office in the City of London. Walking from the tube station to my buildi
  
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• Gatwick restricts flight numbers for week amid air traffic control problems

  25-09-2023 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Airport will share 164 cancellations between airlines until Sunday as it seeks to avoid diversionsThousands of passengers flying to and from Gatwick this week will have their flights cancelled after the airport announced a cap on movements because of a shortage of staff in air traffic control.Gatwick imposed an immediate cap on Monday of 800 flights taking off or landing a day. Continue reading...
  
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• Extreme global warming could eventually wipe out humans, first-ever supercomputer climate models warn - Yahoo News UK

  25-09-2023 18:19 via news.google.com
  Extreme global warming could eventually wipe out humans, first-ever supercomputer climate models warn  Yahoo News UKScientists reveal the date Earth will face a mass EXTINCTION that wipes out all humans  Daily MailScientists predict that in 250 million years mammals will be extinct and new super continent will form  UNILADScientists reveal date all humans will die - before new 'supercontinent' is created  Daily StarReports: The Next Supercontinent Could Wi
  
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• The inheritance tax debate we should really be having? Whether to set it at 100% | Zoe Williams

  25-09-2023 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Supposedly, Rishi Sunak stands to gain from his proposed tax reforms. Newsflash: he was never going to lose out in our rigged system anywayAccording to the Labour party, if Rishi Sunak goes ahead with his planned changes to inheritance tax, he will save himself £300m. Does that refer to what he will inherit from his in-laws, or is it how much he will save after he’s dead? Are we forgetting that changes to tax law are hardly immutable and, thinking about it, it is unlikely that any of
  
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• ‘Hard to know’ if Bruce Willis is aware of dementia condition, wife says

  25-09-2023 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Emma Heming Willis says she has been ‘care partner’ to husband, 68, after actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal degenerationSix months after Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, it is “hard to know” whether the actor, known for roles in Die Hard and Pulp Fiction, is aware of the extent to which his condition has worsened, his wife has revealed in a new interview.Emma Heming Willis also told Today’s Hoda Kotb in an interview broadcast on Monday
  
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• The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire by Michael Wolff review – a succession of absurdities

  25-09-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A forensic holding to account of Rupert Murdoch and the power of Fox News is desperately needed, but this isn’t itSeveral years ago, I paid a friend to read a boring book about British television so I could pretend to my Channel 4 bosses that, as head of news and current affairs, I had done so. I bought her a slap-up meal, from my own pocket, in recompense. Her job was to report back to me on any points of interest. There were none.I am for you, dear readers, that friend who reads a poor b
  
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• ‘In total shock’: birdwatchers amazed as ‘uber-rare’ American birds land in UK

  25-09-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Birders have flocked in their hundreds to see the songbirds, blown across the Atlantic by Hurricane LeeA record-breaking number of “uber-rare” North American songbirds have arrived in the UK this week, blown over the Atlantic in the aftermath of Hurricane Lee.More than a dozen species of small songbirds – one of which has never been seen in the UK before – were sent veering off their usual migration routes by the high winds. Continue reading...
  
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• Hannibal Mejbri points way forward as Manchester United look to youth | Will Unwin

  25-09-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Youngsters such as Daniel Gore and Omari Forson pushing for Carabao Cup action against Palace offers grounds for optimismManchester United’s performance at the Allianz Arena last Wednesday did not represent the club of previous generations. They were outclassed by Bayern Munich in the Champions League, looking incomparable to previous teams that enjoyed European success.On the bench, however, there was a sign that United are continuing their legacy of bringing through young players. Injuri
  
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• Unions ask Sunak for extra £4.4bn a year to fix crumbling schools in England

  25-09-2023 17:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Eight unions and school governors’ body write to PM saying Raac crisis highlights chronic underfundingUK politics live – latest updatesEight unions representing teachers and school workers, as well the body for governors, have written to Rishi Sunak demanding an extra £4.4bn annually to ensure buildings are safe for children in England.They say the crisis involving reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), which has cast a shadow over the start of the term and has been fou
  
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• Sarina Wiegman praises ‘trailblazer’ Megan Rapinoe after final game for USA

  25-09-2023 17:32 via theguardian.com
  
  England manager says Rapinoe ‘one of the important players’USA forward retired from international football on SundaySarina Wiegman has hailed Megan Rapinoe as “one of the most important players” after the 2019 Ballon d’Or winner played her final game for the US women’s national team and prepares for her retirement at the end of the NWSL season.Speaking before England’s Nations League match against the Netherlands, Wiegman said of Rapinoe: “I think
  
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