The Guardian - September 21, 2024

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September 21, 2024

Israel says Hezbollah military chief killed in airstrike

Israel carried out an airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday that killed at least 12 people and wounded 66, in what it said was a targeted assassination of a senior Hezbollah leader.

4 mins

We won't take any more clothes as free gifts - PM

Labour's first party conference as a new government risked being overshadowed by the donations row as Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner caved in to pressure to stop accepting clothes as free gifts.

4 mins

Not sci-fi: a full-body scanning chamber that can assess your health risks in minutes - for £299

In the 2016 movie Passengers, the crew of a spacecraft bound for a distant planet had access to a scanning chamber known as Autodoc that could instantly diagnose their medical problems and even predict the time of their death.

3 mins

A monster': Abusive Fayed likened to Savile by lawyers acting for alleged survivors

The former Harrods owner Mohamed AI Fayed was a \"monster\" whose sexual abuse of women could be compared to the cases of Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein, lawyers representing dozens of alleged survivors have said.

3 mins

Mossad mystery Chequered history of spy agency that is yet to admit sabotage

Israel's foreign intelligence service, usually known as the Mossad, has scored many spectacular wins in almost 80 years of undercover operations, earning a unique reputation for audacious espionage and ruthless violence.

3 mins

Jewish Chronicle How fabrications of writer who came 'out of nowhere' shook the paper

Elon Perry gave the impression he was a mover and a shaker.

4 mins

The Perfect Couple Were cast right to try to veto opening dance?

Anyone who has been watching The Perfect Couple - Nicole Kidman's glossy whodunnit, which is Netflix's most popular show this month - will have many questions.

3 mins

Angela Rayner 'Within five years, people will have a better life'

A longside Michael Foot's \"donkey jacket\", an empty can of BrewDog's Barnard Castle Eye Test beer and a pike from Peterloo, sits a new exhibit at the People's History Museum in Manchester: the jacket Angela Rayner wore when she first stood in at prime minister's questions against Boris Johnson.

3 mins

Labour Party must focus on cost of living and NHS to keep voters-study

Keir Starmer won the election owing to a ruthless focus on winning over people who voted Conservative in 2019, but the party has been left with a \"fragile coalition\" of supporters who will abandon it if it fails to deal with the cost of living crisis and the NHS, a thinktank has found.

2 mins

Reform can win election, Farage tells conference full of hard-right rhetoric

Nigel Farage has predicted he can win the next general election at a packed Reform UK conference that announced a new structure for the party but also leaned heavily into hard-right tropes and occasional conspiracy theories.

2 mins

EU's new proposals on youth mobility will put Starmer 'reset' to test

Fresh proposals to allow young people to move between Britain and the EU will be presented to the British government within weeks, in what is seen as a significant early test of Labour's \"reset\" in relations with Brussels.

2 mins

Noise, crime, crowds Rise in tourism stokes tensions in bustling Lake District town

Even on a weekday afternoon at the very tail end of summer, Bowness-onWindermere is bustling with life. Outside the town's pubs and bars, drinkers sip lager and sparkling wine in the warm September sun.

3 mins

Mental illness is Britons' biggest health concern, survey finds

Mental health has overtaken cancer and obesity as the health issue that is the biggest cause of concern for most Britons, a global survey reveals.

2 mins

First mass 24-hour event to help people put down their phones

Haunted by a pile of unread books? Or taunted by outdoor kit lurking in the cupboard? If you are one of the British adults who spends on average five hours a day looking at screens rather than participating in pastimes, perhaps it's time to join the offline revolution.

2 mins

No longer the king of bling The staggering fall of rap star Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Brooklyn's grim Metropolitan Detention Center is, for the foreseeable future, home to Puff Daddy, AKA Sean Combs, one of the best-known voices in American entertainment and whose business empire once seemed to know no bounds.

4 mins

Brandenburg stakes Last-minute push by German far right in key regional election

B jörn Höcke shielded his eyes from the lights as he peered from the stage into the crowds gathered on a square in front of a gothic church in central Cottbus.

2 mins

'It's guerrilla war' The fire teams facing arson chaos in Amazon

The occupants of the military tents at this remote jungle camp in Brazil's wild west T survey the hellscape surrounding them.

3 mins

"The horror of it' Trial of husband and 50 men accused of wife's rape shakes France

On the narrow streets of stone houses with pastel-blue shutters, residents of Mazan were appalled that this picturesque village in Provence was being referred to in the media as \"the village of the rapists\".

4 mins

West End revival Will a traffic ban lure shoppers back to Oxford Street?

From the rooftop of John Lewis's flagship store, the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, laid out the changes planned for Oxford Street below: \"We want a public realm that is world class, green, healthy and safe but also increases footfall in the shops.\"

2 mins

Live and let fly James Bond chopper firm awaits decision on £1bn deal

The Merlin helicopter sitting on a factory floor in Yeovil is a sight familiar to James Bond aficionados from the climactic shootout of the 2012 film Skyfall.

2 mins

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