- Poland to temporarily suspend right to asylum after Belarus border tensions, Tusk says Reuters
- Poland May Suspend Asylum Rights to Fight Undocumented Migration Bloomberg
- Poland won't respect EU right to asylum if it threatens security- PM Euronews
- Poland to temporarily suspend asylum rights amid Belarus border tensions Al Jazeera English
- Poland's leader plans to suspend the right to asylum as country faces pressure on Belarus border The Associated Press
Pope Francis writes letter to new cardinals: You express the Church’s unity – Catholic News Agency
- Pope Francis writes letter to new cardinals: You express the Church’s unity Catholic News Agency
- Pope to Cardinals-elect: Keep your eyes raised, your hands joined, your feet bare Vatican News
- The 'red hat challenge' for Ukrainian synodality The Pillar
- Pope Francis, further cementing his legacy, names 21 new cardinals National Catholic Reporter
- Snubs and Surprises: Making Sense of Pope Francis’ Latest Cardinal Picks National Catholic Register
Russian Su-34 Supersonic Fighter-Bomber Shot Down by F-16: Reports – Newsweek
Risk of nuclear war rising amid global conflicts, Nobel peace laureate says
'Path to self-destruction': Survivors recall horrors of nuclear bombings as they draw parallels to ongoing wars.
Israel’s mass detention of Palestinians is aimed to break our spirit
But my own imprisonment without charge has made me more resilient.
‘He’s just a bro’: Trump’s attempts to woo the ‘manosphere’
There's a huge gender divide in this election but will the young men Trump is courting go out and vote for him?
Israeli attack on northern Gaza hints at retired general’s ‘surrender or starve’ plan for war
Giora Eiland tells Jeremy Bowen that Israel should tell Palestinians to leave northern Gaza before sealing it off as a way of pressuring Hamas.
Relentless Russian bombardments push Kyiv forces in eastern Ukraine – Euromaidan Press
- Relentless Russian bombardments push Kyiv forces in eastern Ukraine Euromaidan Press
- General Staff update: 94 clashes on frontline; fighting continues in four sectors Ukrinform
- Intense Urban Battles Pitch Russia’s Numbers Against Ukraine’s Agility The Wall Street Journal
- Ukraine destroys Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Kharkiv Oblast, military says Kyiv Independent
- General Staff: Russian army conducts 14 assaults in Kupiansk direction Gwara Media En
Frontline report: Toretsk becomes kill zone as Ukraine launches counterattacks in high-rises – Euromaidan Press
- Frontline report: Toretsk becomes kill zone as Ukraine launches counterattacks in high-rises Euromaidan Press
- Russia Claims Ukrainian Town As Grinding Offensive Rolls On Newsweek
- Russia says it captures another village near Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine Reuters
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 960 Al Jazeera English
- Russia Says Captured Another East Ukrainian Village Near Key Town The Moscow Times
Calls for investigation of Uber Eats and Deliveroo after raid on Bristol caravan camp
Migrant workers accuse Home Office of targeting the victims of labour exploitation rather than companies profiting from them
Migrant workers living in a caravan encampment raided by immigration enforcement officers have accused the Home Office of targeting the victims of labour exploitation rather than companies profiting from the hidden economy.
The Observer reported in August that about 30 mainly Brazilian delivery riders working for large companies such as Deliveroo and Uber Eats were living in dilapidated caravans in the centre of Bristol. Many claimed they were, in effect, earning below the minimum wage and could not afford to rent in the city.
Continue reading...Private equity barons lean on Rachel Reeves to water down proposals for higher taxes
With the budget and Starmer’s investment summit approaching, the industry’s lobbyists are in full cry over ‘carried interest’
When the future deputy prime minister Angela Rayner walked the floor of a bespoke kitchen outfitter’s warehouse in October 2022, she was doing more than gladhanding local workers in her Greater Manchester constituency.
The real reason Rayner had been invited to tour Goyt Kitchen Fabrications in Ashton-under-Lyne was not to see how the firm had fared through the Covid pandemic, but to be sold the benefits of private equity. Goyt’s bosses had taken a £200,000 investment from Welsh-government-backed FW Capital.
Continue reading...Pressure mounts on Rachel Reeves to drop ‘dangerous’ £1.3bn cut to benefits for disabled
Thousands could lose up to £4,900 a year if the plan is retained in the forthcoming budget
Rachel Reeves is coming under intense pressure to use the budget to abandon a £1.3bn cut to benefits for people with disabilities, first announced by the Tory government, amid warnings it will lead to hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable people losing almost £5,000 a year.
The leading independent thinktank, the Resolution Foundation, has called on the chancellor to drop or delay changes to the work capability assessment (WCA), arguing that key aspects of the policy have not been thought through, and that around 420,000 people who are unable to work through disability or ill-health could lose up to £4,900 a year.
Continue reading...Takeaways from Hurricane Milton: The ‘fingerprints of climate change’
While storm surge was lower than feared, destructive tornadoes and heavier rainfall are part of new trend, experts warn.
UK overseas aid budget faces £900m raid to pay for housing asylum seekers
With the amount spent on refugees and asylum seekers this year on course to hit £3.6bn, the sum available for international projects must be cut again, warns thinktank
Ministers have been warned that £900m will have to be raided from UK overseas aid projects to meet the costs of supporting asylum seekers in Britain this year.
Projections seen by the Observer show that the amount of overseas aid set to be spent in the UK on refugees and asylum seekers this year is still on course to reach £3.6bn, despite a big fall in the costs of housing people from Ukraine.
Continue reading...Woman who did not get leaving card loses UK employment claim
Karen Conaghan brought 40 complaints to tribunal including for sexual harassment and victimisation
A woman who sued her former employer over not being given a leaving card lost her case when it was revealed it had been hidden from her after only three people signed it.
Karen Conaghan claimed that the “failure to acknowledge her existence” at IAG, the parent company of British Airways, was a breach of equality law.
Continue reading...Israeli army threatens to attack ambulances in southern Lebanon
After hitting UN peacekeepers, military claims without evidence that Hezbollah is using ambulances for fighters.
‘The Killing of These Innocent Laborers Will Be Avenged’ – Newser
- 'The Killing of These Innocent Laborers Will Be Avenged' Newser
- Armed attackers storm Pakistan coal mines, killing at least 21 The Guardian
- Gunmen kill 20 miners in southwest Pakistan attack ahead of Asian security summit NPR
- Gunmen Kill 20 Miners Ahead of Security Summit Newsweek
- Gunmen kill 21 miners in southwest Pakistan ahead of an Asian security summit The Associated Press
King Charles won’t stand in the way if ‘Australia wants to become a republic’
Charles said to be adopting ‘anti-confrontational approach’ to republican campaigners before visit
King Charles has said he will not stand in the way if Australia wishes to replace him as the country’s head of state, it has been reported.
Ahead of his visit later this month, the king is said to be adopting an “anti-confrontational approach” to Australian republican campaigners, the Daily Mail reported.
Continue reading...Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals
The Russian opposition leader's posthumous memoir traces his final years, including his captivity.
One year in, Israel’s ‘new Middle East’
A ferocious assault on north Gaza, unprecedented attacks on the West Bank and intensifying bombings of Lebanon.