How serious are Europe’s car industry problems?
France calls for delaying EU fines for missing EV production targets.
Suspected homicide of politician shocks Antigua and Barbuda
Prime minister of Caribbean island expresses ‘deep shock and sadness’ at death of MP Asot Michael
The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda has expressed “deep shock and sadness” after the suspected homicide of one of the country’s most prominent MPs.
Asot Michael, 54, was found unresponsive with what appeared to be “multiple puncture wounds about his body” at his home just after 8am, according to police on the Caribbean island. The representative for the country’s St Peter constituency was declared dead at the scene.
Continue reading...Boots says it will ‘draw lessons’ from research into links to slavery
Report looked into donations to Nottingham universities by Jesse Boot, who expanded pharmacy chain
The high-street pharmacy Boots’s links to the transatlantic slave trade have been revealed in new research that shows how the proceeds of enslavement became entangled with British capitalism.
Jesse Boot, the son of the company’s founder, expanded the chemist with the help of banks and premises linked to slavery. He was not identified as involved in the enslavement of people, the trade of enslaved people or trade in goods made by enslaved people.
Continue reading...Benjamin Netanyahu fires defence minister Yoav Gallant, triggering protests across Israel
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv and outside PM’s home condemn sacking of Gallant, widely seen by Israel’s allies as a brake on far-right elements of Israeli government
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has fired his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, a figure widely considered by Israel’s international allies to be a brake on the far-right elements of the country’s coalition government, prompting protests around Israel.
Netanyahu said in a video statement late on Tuesday that “significant gaps on handling the battle” in Gaza had emerged.
Continue reading...Video: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu fires Defence Minister Yoav Gallant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired his defence minister Yoav Gallant, replacing him with Israel Katz.
Fight on French train involving axe and samurai sword leaves 4 students wounded, including one victim with hand cut off – CBS News
- Fight on French train involving axe and samurai sword leaves 4 students wounded, including one victim with hand cut off CBS News
- Axe Attack On Paris Train Leaves 4 Teens Injured NDTV
- Four wounded after axe used in fight on Paris suburban train The Guardian
- At least four wounded by axe in fight on France train The Independent
- Four injured in violent axe attack on train near Paris Euronews
Software glitch hits Pennsylvania county forcing extension of voting hours
Officials say a software issue which stops ballots being scanned has delayed many people from casting their vote.
Meta to let US national security agencies and defense contractors use Llama AI
Company typically prohibits its use for ‘military, warfare, nuclear industries or applications, [and] espionage’
Meta announced Monday that it would allow US national security agencies and defense contractors to use its open-source artificial intelligence model, Llama. The announcement came days after Reuters reported an older version of Llama had been used by researchers to develop defense applications for the military wing of the Chinese government.
Meta’s policies typically prohibit the use of its open-source large language model for “military, warfare, nuclear industries or applications, [and] espionage”. The company is making an exception for US agencies and contractors as well as similar national security agencies in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, according to Bloomberg.
Continue reading...XL bully dog put down after fatal attack on North Yorkshire girl, 10
Savannah Bentham, from the Malton area, killed by family pet in attack police said was out of character
An XL bully dog has been put down after fatally attacking a 10-year-old girl in North Yorkshire last week.
Savannah Bentham, from the Malton area, was fatally attacked by her family’s pet dog at home on Friday. On Tuesday, the dog was identified as an XL bully and was euthanised by a vet, North Yorkshire police said.
Continue reading...French court jails 18 members of English Channel people-smuggling network
The longest sentence of 15 years is given to Iraqi national Mirkhan Rasoul, who was accused of leading the network.
Nearly all of US states are facing droughts, an unprecedented number
More than 150 million people and 318m acres of crops are affected by droughts after summer of record heat
Every US state except Alaska and Kentucky is facing drought, an unprecedented number, according to the US Drought Monitor.
A little more than 45% of the US and Puerto Rico is in drought this week, according to the tracker. About 54% of land in the 48 contiguous US states is affected by droughts.
Continue reading...Sara Sharif’s father says stepmother was ‘true villain’ as he denies murder
Jury heard that Urfan Sharif tried to call an ambulance for his daughter but was told to ‘leave it'
The father of Sara Sharif denied killing his daughter as he claimed the 10-year-old’s stepmother was the “true villain of the piece”, a court was told.
Urfan Sharif tried to save his “limp” daughter and begged for an ambulance, only to be told: “Leave it; she’s dead,” jurors heard.
Sharif wept as he described Sara as a “beautiful angel” and denied abusing her, saying: “I did slap her; I never beat her … I have lot of flaws. I’m not even an average father. I never beat her any of the time. Never.”
Continue reading...Shetland man’s bond with otter becomes subject of award-winning film
Documentary about Billy Mail’s connection with orphaned pup Molly airs on National Geographic next week
National Geographic will be streaming a new documentary about an unlikely bond between a man and an otter in Shetland.
Billy Mail met Molly, a starving pup, in 2021 when he saw her jumping off a pontoon into the sea near his Shetland home. Mail wanted to see how close he could get to her before she fled. But it turned out that Molly had no intention of running away.
Billy and Molly: An Otter Love Story will be available from 14 November on Disney+, and will air on 15 November on National Geographic
Continue reading...Asia’s export-driven economies brace for upheaval under Trump
Former US president's proposals for sweeping tariffs threaten to hobble exports that drive the region's growth.
Video: Donald Trump ‘first to acknowledge’ if he loses a fair election
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has cast his vote in Florida.
Senior Tories urge Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick to settle differences
Leader names rival in shadow cabinet but announcement marred by leaks suggesting Jenrick wanted bigger job
Senior Conservatives have urged Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick to rapidly settle any differences after the unveiling of the full shadow cabinet was marred by briefings and concern over lingering rivalries.
Badenoch, who became leader after defeating Jenrick in a vote of Tory members, held her first shadow cabinet meeting on Tuesday, having named a team including three rival candidates, Jenrick among them, and a series of party centrists.
Continue reading...Algeria silent after civil war book wins top French award
Algerian Kamel Daoud wins the Prix Goncourt for his novel Houris, a searing account of his country’s 1990s conflict.
Endangered pygmy hippo calf Haggis born at Edinburgh zoo – BBC.com
- Endangered pygmy hippo calf Haggis born at Edinburgh zoo BBC.com
- ‘Moo Deng? Who Deng?’ Meet Haggis the Baby Pygmy Hippo. The New York Times
- 2 adorable pygmy hippos pitted against each other in cuteness contest The Associated Press
- Is Haggis, The Pygmy Hippo Born In Scotland, The New Moo Deng? TODAY
- Baby Haggis is the new Moo Deng: A pygmy hippo is born in Edinburgh NPR
Mystery cargo-plane fires linked to Russian plot to plant bombs on aircrafts: officials – New York Post
- Mystery cargo-plane fires linked to Russian plot to plant bombs on aircrafts: officials New York Post
- Russian Plot Placed Incendiary Devices on Cargo Planes in Europe, Officials Say The New York Times
- Russia suspected of sending incendiary devices on US- and Canada-bound planes, Wall Street Journal reports CNN
- Exploding parcels in Europe part of plot to target US flights, officials say Reuters
- Western officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary packages on cargo planes The Associated Press
Iran claims German-Iranian dissident died before he could be executed
Top Iranian officials previously referred to an execution when reacting to Jamshid Sharmahd’s death on 28 October
Iran has claimed that an Iranian-German duel national who had been sentenced to death died last week before his execution could be carried out.
“Jamshid Sharmahd was sentenced to death, his execution was imminent, but he died before it could be carried out,” the judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir told reporters without elaborating. It is understood Tehran claims he suffered a stroke.
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