Who is Jeannette Jara, the communist leading Chile’s presidential election?
Polls show Jara with strong support in the first round of voting. But will that carry her through a likely run-off?
Octopus Goes Serial: Ukraine Begins Mass Output of New Shahed-Interceptor Drone – UNITED24 Media
- Octopus Goes Serial: Ukraine Begins Mass Output of New Shahed-Interceptor Drone UNITED24 Media
- From florist to drone maker: How the weapon became so mainstream BBC
- Ukraine war briefing: mass production of Ukrainian ‘Octopus’ interceptor drones begins The Guardian
- Ukraine's first 'drone wall' is about to see action combating menacing Russian threats, its Western maker says Business Insider
- Ukraine begins mass production of interceptor drones to bolster air defence Reuters
UNIFIL says parts of new Israeli border wall violate Lebanese sovereignty – The Times of Israel
- UNIFIL says parts of new Israeli border wall violate Lebanese sovereignty The Times of Israel
- Lebanon to file UN complaint accusing Israel of building border wall beyond Blue Line The Times of Israel
- UN says Israeli wall crosses Lebanon border Reuters
- UN peacekeepers say Israel built walls inside Lebanese territory Al Jazeera
- Israel army denies building wall inside Lebanon after UN forces say de facto border crossed France 24
Joint Statement on the UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza – United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)
- Joint Statement on the UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)
- At U.N. Security Council, Russia Counters Trump Gaza Plan With Its Own The New York Times
- Trump wants to recreate the British mandate in Palestine Al Jazeera
- Gaza stabilization force proposal by U.S. gets pushback from Russia, China and Arabs PBS
- Opinion | The path to peace in Gaza comes to a crossroads at the U.N. The Washington Post
Call of Duty is back, and it’s got a battle on its hands
The annual instalment of the massive series faces new challenges from competitor Battlefield 6.
Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live
Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bn
This is from Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, on the market reaction to the chancellor’s reported budget U-turn.
Investors will have 2 broad concerns about news that Chancellor won’t increase income tax rates
1. Does it signal less willingness to do politically difficult things
Britain’s long-term borrowing costs were sent soaring as reports suggested the latest U-turn would leave Rachel Reeves scrambling to fill a gaping black hole in the nation’s finances just two weeks before the 26 November budget.
Yields on 30-year UK government bonds, also known as gilts, jumped as much as 14 basis points in early trading, and the yield on 10-year gilts also shot up 12 basis points – rising the most since July.
Continue reading...Drones and Mass Salvo Attacks: Lessons Learned from the American Defense of Israel – Foreign Policy Research Institute
Drones and Mass Salvo Attacks: Lessons Learned from the American Defense of Israel Foreign Policy Research Institute
First Thing: Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon during 2018 pro-Trump media campaign
Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging. Plus, readers’ favourite photo booth moments 100 years after its invention
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The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media ventures.
What else has been released in the flood of recent Epstein emails? Among many, many other things, one email shows an exchange between him and an associate in which they discuss “girls” and travel. The justice department continues to downplay the possibility that other men were involved in Epstein’s abuse of teen girls.
What’s happening with rest of the Epstein files? Trump is facing the prospect of a politically damaging congressional vote to release the files, after attempts to press two members of Congress to withdraw their backing for it appeared to have failed.
What exactly is climate finance? Who pays it? And who gets it? Sixteen years ago, at the climate summit in Copenhagen, rich and polluting countries pledged to provide $100bn (£76bn) each year by 2020 so that poorer countries could cut their emissions and adapt to a hotter world. Last year, they set a new target of $300bn (£227bn) a year by 2035.
Continue reading...Coach featured in Netflix’s Last Chance U dies after Oakland campus shooting
Mayor Barbara Lee calls John Beam ‘a man who dedicated himself to building up the young people of this city’
A US football coach who starred in the Netflix documentary Last Chance U, about struggling college teams, has died after being shot on campus, authorities in California said.
John Beam, director of athletics at Oakland’s Laney College, was hurt in a Thursday lunchtime incident at the school’s field house, its downtown sports training complex. He later died, the Oakland police department said on Friday.
Continue reading...‘We’re sick of being the story’: what next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?
Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdles
The withdrawal of the bid for the Telegraph led by RedBird Capital has once again plunged the future of the titles into uncertainty, and raises questions over the dogged refusal of its sellers to drop the eye-watering £500m asking price that had driven away other potential suitors.
On Friday, a consortium that also included UAE fund International Media Investments (IMI) as well as the owner of the Daily Mail and the billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik, abruptly dropped its bid with no explanation given.
Continue reading...Almshouse in Dorset discovers its 15th-century Flemish triptych is worth £3.5m
Artwork that hung for centuries at St John’s Almshouse in Sherborne will be sold to raise funds for social housing
“The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it,” so says the Bible, Proverbs 10:22.
On Friday, a church almshouse was counting its blessings after discovering that a triptych painting that has hung in the chapel for centuries is a 15th-century Flemish masterpiece worth £3.5m.
Continue reading...Satisfaction with democracy below 50% in eight out of nine western countries, poll finds
Ipsos survey reveals fake news, lack of accountability, extremism and corruption seen as biggest threats
Satisfaction with democracy is below 50% in eight out of nine western countries surveyed in a poll, and majorities in all but one fear for its future, with fake news, lack of political accountability, extremism and corruption seen as the biggest threats.
An Ipsos survey of almost 10,000 people in Croatia, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US found satisfaction with democracy low in all except Sweden, with deep concerns about the future state of electoral politics.
Continue reading...Thames Water tried to make MP pay its legal fees of up to £1,400 an hour
Exclusive: Charlie Maynard, public interest representative in case, accuses utility of ‘retaliation’ for failed bid for costs in supreme court appeal
Thames Water argued that an MP should be forced to pay its hefty legal costs after he represented the interests of the British public in court, a move he described as “retaliation” for pushing for government control of the crisis-hit utility, the Guardian can reveal.
The UK’s highest court this week rejected Thames Water’s arguments that the Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard should pay legal fees as high as £1,400 per hour.
Continue reading...Portugal remains on alert as Storm Claudia moves towards UK – Euronews.com
- Portugal remains on alert as Storm Claudia moves towards UK Euronews.com
- Storm Claudia kills three in Portugal, causes flooding in Britain Reuters
- Earth Is Spinning Too Quickly - Clocks Aren’t Keeping Up MSN
- Depression Claudia still affecting weather Madeira Island News Blog
- Train services being suspended due to bad weather The Portugal News
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza – CNN
- Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza CNN
- Displaced Gazans Face More Misery as Torrential Rain Lashes Enclave The New York Times
- IDF demolishes Hamas tunnel in north Gaza used in deadly 2024 attack on troops The Times of Israel
- Displaced Palestinian families suffer as heavy rains flood Gaza tent camps Al Jazeera
- Heavy winter rains batter Gaza, destroying makeshift shelters PBS
Man who grabbed Ariana Grande at Wicked sequel premiere charged
Footage shows the man jumping the red carpet barricade of the Singapore premiere of Wicked: For Good, then rushing towards and embracing the star
A court in Singapore has charged a man who grabbed Ariana Grande at a premiere of Wicked: For Good on Thursday night with being a public nuisance.
Video footage shows Johnson Wen jumping over a barricade at Universal Studios Singapore and rushing at Grande on the red carpet. Grande’s co-star Cynthia Erivo immediately jumped in to help protect her and Wen was moved away.
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Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards
Malak A Tantesh, 20, ‘showed immense talent and bravery’, said judges at Media Freedom awards in London
The UK’s Society of Editors has named Malak A Tantesh, the Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent, as young journalist of the year in the national press category at this year’s Media Freedom awards.
The judges said Tantesh “showed immense talent and bravery in some of the hardest conditions ever faced by a journalist, she continued to report while having to forage for food and facing the constant risk of bombing and the threat of targeted killing”.
Continue reading...Carney’s ‘nation-building’ programme misses mark to be truly transformative for Canada
The $C56bn plan focused on investing in a resource economy falls short of changing Canadians’ day-to-day lives
Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney likes to say that when he was young, “we used to build big things in this country, and we used to build them quickly.”
That idea – of sprawling projects that transform nations, has influenced both his narrative as an economist-turned politician and his government’s multibillion dollar investment spree. “It’s time to get back at it, and get on with it,” he said in September.
Continue reading...Epstein sought to restore his reputation after guilty plea, documents reveal
Documents include emails depicting coordinated effort to influence online search results and journalists
Jeffrey Epstein and his associates worked to suppress negative press and rebuild his image in the years after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges in Florida of solicitation of prostitution and of solicitation of prostitution with a minor, newly released documents reveal.
The documents, among 20,000 pages released on Wednesday by Republican members of the House oversight committee, include emails and memos that depict a coordinated effort to influence online search results and journalists, and restore Epstein’s reputation.
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