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• Canada accuses China fighter jets of ‘reckless’ interception of military plane

  16-10-2023 23:54
  
  Defence minister says Chinese jet came within five meters of Canadian surveillance plane on UN operation over international watersCanada’s defence minister has accused China fighter jets of carrying out a “dangerous and reckless” interception of a Canadian military plane over international waters.Bill Blair spoke after Canada’s Global News said a Chinese jet had come within five meters (16ft) of a Canadian surveillance plane taking part in a UN operation to enforce sancti
  
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• FBI report shows stark increase in US hate crimes and drop in violent crime

  16-10-2023 23:38
  
  New statistics for 2022 show decrease in violent offenses and rise in hate crime incidents, a majority of which targeted Black peopleData from the FBI’s annual crime report shows an overall dip in US violent crime, but a stark increase in hate crimes.The new statistics from the federal agency, released on Monday, show that in 2022, violent offenses decreased to pre-pandemic levels. Continue reading...
  
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• Steve Clarke was ‘100% confident’ Scotland would qualify for Euro 2024

  16-10-2023 23:30
  
  Clarke assured SFA last year that team would reach finals ‘I told the board we would qualify so I didn’t break a promise’Steve Clarke has thanked his Scotland squad for allowing him to fulfil a guarantee he made to the Scottish Football Association board before the start of Euro 2024 qualifying.Spain’s victory against Norway on Sunday ensured Scotland have reached the finals in Germany next summer with two Group A matches to spare. Clarke revealed on the eve of the friend
  
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• No spending spree for Erik ten Hag if £1.3bn Manchester United deal is passed

  16-10-2023 23:30
  
  Board expected to agree Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s bid for 25% of clubFinancial fair play rules mean extra transfer funds are unlikelySir Jim Ratcliffe’s proposed £1.3bn purchase of a 25% share in Manchester United is unlikely to have much impact on the club’s ability to spend in the transfer market.The United board is expected this week to approve a deal to make the British billionaire a minority shareholder. Ratcliffe would take over running the sporting side of the business b
  
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• Two British teenage sisters believed captured by Hamas

  16-10-2023 23:07
  
  Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, named as Rishi Sunak says six Britons are dead and 10 missing after attack on IsraelIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesTwo British teenage sisters are thought to be being held captive by Hamas after last weekend’s attack on communities in southern Israel. The girls were named as Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, by a spokesperson for British families whose relatives are suspected hostages.Their mother, Lianne, who was born in Bristol, was killed in last Saturday&
  
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• ‘You have to attack it’: England get set for brutal tussle against South Africa

  16-10-2023 23:00
  
  They may be unfancied, but the northern hemisphere’s last hope can draw inspiration from their last World Cup semi-finalMonday morning, barely 12 hours after full time in their World Cup quarter-final win against Fiji, Marcus Smith’s lip still fat from one of the numerous whacks he received, and the England coaches have already held a meeting to plot a victory against South Africa that few believe they have much of a chance of pulling off.They will hold another before the day is out
  
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• Israel-Hamas war: a visual guide in maps, video and satellite images

  16-10-2023 22:43
  
  Hamas launches an unprecedented sea, air and ground offensive against Israel. The group fires a barrage of rockets towards Israeli cities and thousands of militants breach the frontier fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel. Continue reading...
  
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• From the three causes to why going on diet is a bad move, how to beat weight gain in menopause like Lisa... - The Sun

  16-10-2023 22:23 via news.google.com
  From the three causes to why going on diet is a bad move, how to beat weight gain in menopause like Lisa...  The SunHot fuss: 10 ways that perceptions are shifting around menopause - Positive News  Positive.NewsLaw Firms Must Break the Stigma Around the Menopause  Law.com International'I'm a doctor and these five foods can relieve menopause symptoms'  Wales OnlineWorld Menopause Day 2023: Foods to Avoid During Menopause  The Quint FITView Full co
  
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• Jamie’s 5 Ingredient Meals review – his shows get bleaker by the second

  16-10-2023 22:00
  
  As so many of us are pushed into poverty, Jamie Oliver’s shtick has become more basic – but his overhyping of cheap eats is starting to grate. Is cheesy pea pasta really worth televising?Times are hard for Jamie Oliver. Yes, the other week he was gadding around Europe like the good old days in Jamie Cooks the Mediterranean, but his bread-and-butter, stand-there-and-cook shows have long since acquired an austere vibe. First there was Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders, which led to last ye
  
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• Why I believe the BDS movement has never been more important than now | Omar Barghouti

  16-10-2023 21:47
  
  The most profound ethical obligation in this time of carnage is to act to end complicityAt times of carnage, herd-like agitation and tribal polarization, many may dismiss ethical principles as a nuisance or an intellectual luxury. I cannot and shall not. I desire nothing more than seeing an end to all violence in Palestine and everywhere else, and this is precisely why I am committed to struggling against the root causes of violence: oppression and injustice.I have dear friends and colleagues in
  
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• Biden campaign joins Trump’s Truth Social platform: ‘Converts welcome!’

  16-10-2023 21:39
  
  President’s re-election campaign joins rightwing social media platform ‘mostly because we thought it would be very funny’Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign has joined Truth Social, a rightwing social media platform created by the Republican former president Donald Trump.Using the handle @BidenHQ, the account says it is a “project of Biden-Harris 2024” and includes a banner image that says “the malarkey ends here”, referencing the president&rsquo
  
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• ‘I can’t stop shaking’: student describes evacuating her home in Gaza – video

  16-10-2023 21:34
  
  Following Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel on 7 October, the Israeli army launched a heavy campaign of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. The air raids have caused widespread damage, displacing more than a million people and killing more than 2,800 civilians, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Afaf al-Najjar, a resident of Gaza City, lived in a district that was bombarded by airstrikes, and, after Israel issued an evacuation order through leaflets dropped from the sky, she left wi
  
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• Poland election: Law and Justice party on course to be ousted from power

  16-10-2023 21:06
  
  Former PM Donald Tusk hails ‘the end of evil times’ as early results suggest opposition parties will be able to form governing coalition Poland’s ruling populists appear to be heading for electoral defeat in what would be one of the most consequential European political turnarounds of recent years. With the majority of votes counted, results suggest an opposition led by Donald Tusk should have a path to create a new governing coalition.A Tusk government would probably transform
  
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• UK lockdowns were a policy ‘failure’, health expert tells Covid inquiry

  16-10-2023 21:05
  
  Stay-at-home measures should have been last resort due to harmful effects, says epidemiologistNationwide lockdowns in the UK during the pandemic were a “failure” of public health policy as they were not considered a last resort, an epidemiology expert has said.Giving evidence at the Covid-19 public inquiry on Monday, Prof Mark Woolhouse of the University of Edinburgh – a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M-O) – said the group failed to ad
  
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• ‘Survival of the fittest’ may also apply to the nonliving, report finds

  16-10-2023 21:00
  
  Proposed law of nature says systems such as stars and hurricanes are made up in varying ways, with some succeeding and others failingDarwin’s theory of evolution, with natural selection at its core, conjures up images of flourishing life. But now researchers have suggested a similar mechanism may apply to the realm of the nonliving too, underpinning what they have called nature’s “missing law”.A team of scientists and philosophers say many systems – including minera
  
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• Labour councillors quit party in protest at Keir Starmer’s Israel stance

  16-10-2023 20:28
  
  Amna Abdullatif, the first Arab Muslim woman elected to Manchester city council, among those to resign The first Arab Muslim woman elected to Manchester city council is one of a number of Labour councillors to resign from the party in protest at Keir Starmer’s pro-Israeli stance.Amna Abdullatif, a councillor in Ardwick since 2019, said she had been left “no choice other than to resign the Labour whip and resign from the Labour party due to Keir Starmer and a number of his senior fron
  
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• France’s party ended sooner than hoped, but it has been a hell of a bash | Andy Bull

  16-10-2023 20:20
  
  Les Bleus fans reflect on how a bold project to lift the Rugby World Cup on home soil ended in yet another glorious failureThere was anger, of course. There always is on the morning after a loss like the one France suffered on Sunday night. And at Le Rugby bistro, on Rue Roquépine in Paris’s 8th district, one of the four old men standing at the bar was venting his. The referee, Ben O’Keeffe, was a fool, he explained again, it had been a deliberate knock on, he repeated. The ot
  
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• Player safety is priority for South Africa after HIA calls, insists Rassie Erasmus

  16-10-2023 20:10
  
  ‘We really care about our players,’ says Boks’ director of rugbyCoaching team called for multiple assessments against FranceSouth Africa’s director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus, says he and his coaching team called for multiple head injury assessments during the second half of Sunday’s quarter-final triumph against France because “there is life after rugby” and they are serious about prioritising the safety of their players whatever is at stake in the match.
  
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• Northamptonshire police chief suspended over Falklands war medal complaint

  16-10-2023 20:01
  
  Nick Adderley also under criminal investigation over claims he wore medal despite not fighting in conflictA chief constable has been placed under criminal investigation and suspended over claims that he wore a military medal from the Falklands campaign despite not having fought in it.Nick Adderley, the chief constable of Northamptonshire police, is under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which will examine whether the offences of misconduct in public office and f
  
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• The Guardian view on Poland’s election: a record turnout delivers a landmark result | Editorial

  16-10-2023 19:47
  
  A mass mobilisation of voters appears to have ousted the radical right from power. That is good news for Polish democracy, and for EuropeBack in 2018, as Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) neared the end of its first term in office, its leader, Jarosław Kaczyński, told one newspaper that his radical right project had only just begun. “We are preparing a long march,” said Mr Kaczyński, “one needs, not two, but three terms.”On Sunday, Poles tur
  
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• The Guardian view on probation: the service has not recovered from a privatisation disaster | Editorial

  16-10-2023 19:46
  
  To ease the prisons crisis, improved management of offenders in the community is essentialThe crisis in English and Welsh prisons is, reportedly, so acute that judges have been told to hold off jailing anyone else for the moment. The total number of prisoners last week reached an all-time high of 88,225, as reports on the malign effects of overcrowding, staff shortages, violence and self-harm continue to pile up. To relieve the pressure, the justice secretary, Alex Chalk, will allow more people
  
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• Billy B on Rishi Sunak’s first day back – cartoon | Billy B

  16-10-2023 19:44
  
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• Water level at Amazon port in Brazil hits lowest point in 121 years amid drought

  16-10-2023 19:38
  
  Port in Manaus records lowest water level since 1902, leaving boats stranded and unable to deliver food and water to remote villagesThe water level at a major river port in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has hit its lowest point in at least 121 years, as a historic drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem.Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon river have left boats stranded, cutting off food and water supplies to remote jungle villag
  
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• England have little option but to pick Stokes for World Cup rescue mission

  16-10-2023 19:00
  
  The squad does not allow for any flexibility so against in-form South Africa it is time to play the joker, fully fit or notThe logo for this World Cup features nine square symbols, each intended to represent – quite how is not always obvious – a word with which the tournament may be associated. It is mostly a pretty banal list: joy, respect, power, pride, bravery, glory, wonder, passion. But there is one that stands out, completely unexpected in this company but absolutely deserving
  
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• Trump given limited gag order in criminal case over efforts to overturn 2020 election

  16-10-2023 18:53
  
  Former president is prohibited from making public statements attacking prosecutors, court staff and potential trial witnessesDonald Trump has been issued a limited gag order by the federal judge overseeing the criminal case over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, prohibiting him from making public statements attacking prosecutors, court staff and potential trial witnesses.The former president was not prohibited from generally disparaging the Biden administration, the US ju
  
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• Misbehaving MPs: some of the 24 suspended from the current parliament

  16-10-2023 18:51
  
  This is ‘the worst parliament in history’, according to the former chair of its standards committee. We examine some of the most high-profile casesBadly behaving MPs have made this “the worst parliament in history”, according to Chris Bryant, the former chair of the House of Commons standards committee.He put the number of MPs who have faced at least a one-day suspension since the 2019 general election at 24. Continue reading...
  
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• The prison system is failing inmates and the public alike | Letters

  16-10-2023 18:47
  
  Andy Stelman writes that the entire criminal justice system is broken, Dr Michael Peel calls for more mental health and drug misuse support, and other readers respond We should not be surprised by the president of the Prison Governors Association’s view that politicians have reduced the Prison Service to “lunacy” (Prison places in England and Wales are ‘bust’, says governors’ union chief, 9 October). The roll call of shame is long: first, England and Wales hav
  
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• With this election victory, Poland is smiling again – and that’s good for all of Europe | Timothy Garton Ash

  16-10-2023 18:44
  
  The country’s populist nightmare is almost over, but it’s still early days and there are tough tasks aheadTo be in Poland on Sunday night was to experience a rare moment of political joy. Young voters queued until the early hours to see off the xenophobic, nationalist populists who have been dragging their country backwards; to prove that even an unfair election can be won against the odds; and to turn Poland towards a modern European future. If you were already in the queue at 9pm,
  
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• What you need to know about the loophole hiding the extent of US wildfire pollution

  16-10-2023 18:44
  
  Exceptional events rule has become ‘regulatory escape hatch’ for states that want to meet federal air-quality standardsRevealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of AmericansWhen smoke from the Camp fire poured down over northern California in 2018, schools across the region closed to protect kids from breathing dangerous air. When wildfires blanketed the Willamette valley with soot and ash in 2020, hundreds of Oregonians sought urgent care for short
  
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• Suella Braverman is gaslighting us on multiculturalism | Letter

  16-10-2023 18:27
  
  Dr Bradley Hillier writes that the home secretary is capitalising on a psychological ‘split’ in her commentsAs a psychiatrist I recognise Suella Braverman’s “failure of multiculturalism” comments as capitalising on a “split”, particularly as she embodies the success of multiculturalism herself (In one vulgar swoop, Suella Braverman has humiliated every single migrant in the UK, 2 October).In psychiatry, “splits” describe primarily unconscious
  
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• Did you solve it? Are you a lion of logic?

  16-10-2023 18:00
  
  Solutions to today’s feline flummoxersEarlier today I set you the following three puzzles, loosely inspired by my new book, the Football School Encyclopedia. (To see why here’s the original post.)1. Dogged delivery Continue reading...
  
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• Hull set to allow ‘right to grow’ on unused council land in UK first

  16-10-2023 17:46
  
  City councillors pass motion to let community groups, charities and neighbours cultivate fruit and vegHull is set to become the first city in Britain to give people a “right to grow” on unused council land.Community groups, charities and even small groups of neighbours would be able to cultivate fruit and vegetables on suitable council land in what campaigners say will provide healthy local food, boost mental health and revive neglected spaces. Continue reading...
  
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• How a Tusk-led government could bring radical change to Poland | Analysis

  16-10-2023 17:07
  
  Warmer EU and Kyiv relations along with a focus on the rule of law, women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights could ensue if polls are accuratePreliminary results suggest Poland is heading for a new government run by Donald Tusk. The change, after eight years of populist rule by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, would be a remarkable political reversal. A potential Tusk government may be restricted in its legislative manoeuvres by the veto of PiS-aligned president, Andrzej Duda, in office until 2025
  
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• Piper Laurie: a life in pictures

  16-10-2023 16:25
  
  Best known for her roles in The Hustler, Carrie and Twin Peaks, Laurie has died at the age of 91. Here we look back at her life and times• Piper Laurie, Oscar nominee for Carrie and The Hustler, dies at 91 Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The goal shouldn’t be perfect cleanness’: stylish men share their laundry routines

  16-10-2023 16:00
  
  From carefully hanging up trousers to planning for sunny days, three well-dressed men share how they clean and maintain their clothesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailSeeing a well-dressed gentleman on the street gives me great delight. Especially when he’s doing the kind of quiet activity – sitting at a cafe or reading a newspaper – that gives me time to appreciate the subtle details in his outfit: a crisp pleat in the front of his trousers, or the play of textures li
  
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• ‘I see myself as a royal’: artist Vincent Namatjira on colonialism, satire and his great-grandfather’s legacy

  16-10-2023 16:00
  
  The Archibald-winning portraitist and descendant of Albert Namatjira explains why he wields his paintbrush like a weapon – and always has the last laughGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen Vincent Namatjira was living in Perth as a teenage ward of the state, a school excursion brought him face-to-sail with a replica of the HMS Endeavour, the vessel that fatefully delivered James Cook to Dharawal country in 1770. After his teacher announced there would be a prize for whoever drew
  
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• Webb spots quartz crystals in clouds of exoplanet WASP-17b - European Space Agency

  16-10-2023 15:57 via news.google.com
  
  Webb spots quartz crystals in clouds of exoplanet WASP-17b  European Space AgencyNASA's Webb telescope finds giant planet with clouds made of tiny quartz crystals  ExpressWebb Detects Quartz Clouds in Atmosphere of WASP-17b  Sci.NewsSomething Strange Was Spotted Lurking in the Atmosphere of This Peculiar Planet by the James Webb Space Telescope  The DebriefJames Webb Space Telescope detects quartz crystals in an exoplanet's atmosphere  Space.comV
  
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• Scotland reach Euro 2024 and Wales edge closer – Football Weekly

  16-10-2023 15:50
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Philippe Auclair, Lucy Ward, Jonathan Liew, and Ewan Murray to talk about the latest Euro 2024 qualifiersRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today: the panel discusses the weekend’s international football, as Elis James gushes over Wales edging one step closer to qualifying for Euro 2024 with a win over Croatia. Plus Ewan Murray joins to t
  
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• UK weather: Storm Babet to bring heavy rain and strong winds

  16-10-2023 14:41
  
  Widespread disruption forecast with people in parts of Scotland urged to prepare for potential floodingHeavy rain and strong winds are set to hit parts of the UK this week, with the second named storm of the autumn predicted to cause significant and widespread disruption.The Met Office has said Storm Babet – pronounced bah-bet – is forecast to bring wet and windy weather across the UK from Wednesday. There will be heavy downpours in most areas of the country throughout the day, espec
  
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• Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for miso butter noodles with tomatoes and spring onions | Quick and easy

  16-10-2023 14:00
  
  This delicious bowlful is merely a matter of soaking udon noodles while you toast pine nuts and stir-fry ginger, garlic and spring onionsQuick cook, quick carb: this ridiculously lovely noodle dish takes just minutes to put together, and is by far my favourite emergency dinner; I almost always have cherry tomatoes on the worktop, and miso and spring onions in the fridge. Having tried this with every type of noodle imaginable, I can confirm the best are bouncy, thick udon. If you haven’t go
  
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• Brushes with style: fashion at London’s Frieze Art Fair - in pictures

  16-10-2023 14:00
  
  From Fendi to an Oxfam suit, we found out what the stylish visitors to the 20th edition of the art fair are wearing – and what they thought of the artContinue reading...
  
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• Tory MP Peter Bone hit and abused staff member, watchdog says

  16-10-2023 13:51
  
  Independent panel finds Bone bullied and harassed staff member over a three-month period in late 2012The Conservative MP Peter Bone repeatedly hit and verbally abused a member of his staff, often asked him for massages and on one occasion put his bare genitals in the other man’s face, according to a report by a Commons regulator.Bone, one of the most prominent members of the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, was found by the independent expert panel to have bullied and harassed his sta
  
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• Cop28 in Dubai: detention risk warning at UN climate summit

  16-10-2023 13:00
  
  The emirate brands itself as a travel hub open to the world, but has seen a string of high-profile detentions of activistsRead more: Iran accused of threatening ‘terrified’ BBC staff in LondonJamshid Sharmahd’s wife watched in fear as the pixellated dot marking his location moved away from Dubai airport and towards the border with Oman.The Iranian-German journalist and software engineer was supposed to be on a flight from Dubai to India, in late July 2020, for a business meetin
  
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• The peril now facing us: Israel invades, Iran intervenes – and this war goes global | Simon Tisdall

  16-10-2023 12:59
  
  Calls for restraint are right but unlikely to be heeded. A conflict setting Israel and the US against Iran has rarely seemed closerThe foremost concern of western governments as the Israel-Hamas war enters a murderous second week is not the plight of Palestinians in Gaza. It is the alarming prospect of a swiftly spreading conflict pitting Israeli and US forces against Iran and its militia proxies. Recent, ominous signs suggest a rapid deterioration. Iran holds the key.The two issues are intimate
  
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• Why we should all dig into poo – all you need is a spoon

  16-10-2023 12:49
  
  Cowpats in a Cambridge meadow offer vital lessons in how a host of tiny creatures sustain our planetSummer is ending, and Coe Fen meadow in Cambridge is entering a period of slumber. The cows are sheltering under a tree, whisking away flies and defecating as they lie down. Spring’s succulent grasses have been supplanted by scruffier dock leaves, thistles and nettles. Berries on the trees and the reddening of leaves show that autumn is waiting backstage.We are exploring the delights of faec
  
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• Dog skydiving training and a mummy discovery: photos of the day – Monday

  16-10-2023 12:48
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Mum lives on her own, carers provide companionship’: how one family found support for a loved one

  16-10-2023 12:36
  
  When a brother and sister realised their elderly mother required more care than they could provide on their own, they decided to bring in professional helpFour years ago, Mark Hornby and his sister Andrea faced a situation that will be familiar to many adults with ageing parents. Their mother, Margaret Wallace, then aged 79 and living alone in a large house just outside St Albans, was becoming increasingly frail as a consequence of Parkinson’s disease and osteoporosis. Because Mark lived n
  
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• Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans

  16-10-2023 12:00
  
  Major investigation shows local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realizeWhat you need to know about loophole hiding extent of US wildfire pollutionA legal loophole has allowed the US Environmental Protection Agency to strike pollution from clean air tallies in more than 70 counties, enabling local regulators to claim the air was cleaner than it really was for more than 21 millio
  
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• UK parents: do you worry about stretched finances during half-term?

  16-10-2023 11:40
  
  We want to hear from people who are concerned about financial pressures when children are home from schoolMany schools in England and Wales break up for half-term next week, causing fears among parents and poverty researchers about the rise of holiday hunger.Households continue to suffer amid the cost of living crisis, with the consumer prices index including housing costs (CPIH) rising by 6.3% in the year to August 2023, according to Office for National Statistics inflation data. Continue readi
  
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• ‘My self-worth plummeted every month’: the hidden disorder that can ruin women’s lives

  16-10-2023 11:00
  
  PMDD is a little-known condition that causes depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts for a significant proportion of women. Sufferers and experts talk about its devastating effects, and the fight to improve diagnosisBy the time Emily got her diagnosis, she was under 24-hour supervision by her mum, suffering with anorexia and routinely self-harming. Her suicide attempts had numbered “too many to count”. She had seen doctors, was working with a therapist and “doing everything e
  
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