The Guardian - November 12, 2024

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November 12, 2024

Assisted dying bill reveals 'strict' safeguards on protecting patients

Historic legislation will include hardline rules on coercion and eligibility

4 mins

PM speaks out on US and green energy race

Britain had a \"huge opportunity\" to get ahead of other countries in the race for green investment after the election of Donald Trump as US president, Keir Starmer said yesterday as he arrived in Azerbaijan for the Cop29 summit.

3 mins

Bishop calls for Welby to quit over failure to pursue serial abuser

A Church of England bishop has added her voice to growing calls for the archbishop of Canterbury to resign over his failure to pursue a sadistic abuser of children when allegations were brought to his attention.

4 mins

New rights and new rules What the bill means for patients in England and Wales

The 40-page terminally ill adults (end-of-life) bill will be published today.

2 mins

Gary Lineker to leave Match of the Day after 25 years as host

Gary Lineker is to step down as the presenter of Match of the Day at the end of the season.

2 mins

Magic Circle looks for female member it made disappear

The council meeting of the Magic Circle on 9 October 1991 was a historic occasion, marking the moment when the first cohort of women, including Debbie McGee and Fay Presto, were admitted to its previously male-only ranks of magicians.

2 mins

'Where have they gone?' France grieves loss of Cadbury Fingers

A famous 1981 French advert for Cadbury Fingers showed a boy hiding a box of the biscuits behind his back while his mother demands to know if he has eaten them all. \"Non, non,\" he insists, his nose growing, Pinocchio-like, with each denial.

2 mins

Only one in 10 rape victims in England and Wales 'would report crime again'

Rape victims in England and Wales have echoed the message of Gisèle Pelicot in France that \"shame belongs to perpetrators, not them\", in the largest ever survey of rape and sexual assault survivors, according to the government's adviser on the crime.

3 mins

Police called as Le Creuset sale dishes out traffic chaos

One hundred years after two Belgian industrialists first \"cracked the code\" to enamelling cast-iron and created the first Le Creuset cocotte, the highly covetable cookware brand continues to grace the middle-class kitchen.

1 min

Disability charities say rise in NICs will cause 'life-changing' cuts to services

Charities have warned of \"life-changing consequences\" for 1 million vulnerable children and adults as a result of cuts to state-funded disability services driven by tax changes and wage rises announced in the budget.

2 mins

UK's commitment Britain to announce tough climate goal

Keir Starmer will announce a stringent new climate goal for the UK today, the Guardian can reveal, with a target in line with the advice given to the government by its scientists and independent advisers.

3 mins

United States EPA staff fear massive cuts under Trump

After several years of recovery following the tumult of Donald Trump's last administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is bracing for even deeper cuts to staff numbers and to work protecting Americans from pollution and the climate crisis as Trump prepares to return to power.

2 mins

'I miss him so much' The devastated mother whose son, six, was swept away by floods in Canada

During the course of Cop29, the Guardian will present stories online and in print from people on the frontline of the climate emergency. Here, Tera Sisco tells of her experience of floods in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2023

9 mins

Drug to help smokers quit 'could save 9,500 lives in next five years'

Hundreds of thousands of smokers will be given a pill proven to boost people's chances of quitting in a move NHS bosses believe will save thousands of lives.

2 mins

Mental exhaustion can deplete impulse control, study suggests

If a hard day in the office leaves you crabby and uncooperative, you might have an excuse: scientists say exercising self-restraint can exhaust parts of the brain related to impulse control.

1 min

Soldier pleads guilty to prison escape midway through trial

The former British soldier Daniel Khalife has changed his plea to guilty of trying to escape from Wandsworth prison, part way through his trial.

1 min

Film review Familiar plot but maximised Mescal ensures you will still be entertained

What's Latin for \"Groundhog Day\"? Once upon a time, Russell Crowe's beefy hero Maximus in Ridley Scott's sword-and-sandal classic Gladiator was the honest soldier outside the snickering metropolitan elite, out to gain vengeance and redeem Roman honour in the blood-spattered arena, his raw courage exposing the politicians' contemptible decadence.

3 mins

Trump expected to name hardliner on immigration as deputy for policy

Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will appoint the immigration hardliner and close adviser Stephen Miller as his White House deputy chief of staff for policy.

3 mins

New administration Demand for Senate to speed up appointments

Donald Trump has demanded that the three frontrunners to lead the Senate allow him to appoint officials to his new administration without confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill, as a future Republican government began to take shape.

2 mins

'Fiction' Kremlin dismisses reports of Putin call

The Kremlin has denied reports that Vladimir Putin spoke to the US president-elect, Donald Trump, calling the media reports \"pure fiction\".

2 mins

Woman, 87, died after being blown over by helicopter, inquest told

An 87-year-old woman suffered fatal head injuries when she was blown over by a search and rescue helicopter as it landed at a hospital, an inquest heard yesterday.

2 mins

Firms given foreign carer licences after breaching labour laws

Nearly 200 care providers have been given government licences to bring foreign nurses to the UK despite having previously violated labour laws, according to a study that highlights widespread employment problems in the social care sector.

1 min

Background Archbishop facing tough questions on John Smyth

Calls for the archbishop of Canterbury to resign over \"failures and omissions\" regarding the sadistic abuser John Smyth have not come out of the blue.

2 mins

Mayor offers apology for letting Knox film be made in Perugia

The mayor of Perugia, where the British student Meredith Kercher was murdered, has apologised for allowing a controversial TV series co-produced by Amanda Knox to be filmed in the Italian city.

2 mins

CPS yet to make decision on charges over Deepcut deaths

Prosecutors have spent 18 months considering whether to charge a former army instructor at Deepcut barracks where five recruits died more than 20 years ago.

1 min

Charity dropped from Scottish plan to help sex workers over 'occult' claim

The Scottish government's strategy to support women working in the sex industry has been cast into disarray after it was forced to ditch a proposed partnership with a charity whose founder has suggested most sex workers have had exposure to \"occult\" activities, citing yoga as one example.

2 mins

Ex-medical officer feared for children, novichok inquiry hears

The former chief medical officer for England claimed she had a \"strong recollection\" of advising the public not to pick up objects they found near the scene of the novichok attack on the Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, despite there being no record of her making such a statement.

2 mins

Covid denier jailed over posts inciting violence

A Covid denier who suggested \"whacking\" Prof Chris Whitty with a rounders bat has been jailed for five years after being convicted of encouraging terrorism.

1 min

Beneath Kemi's Kevlar coating lies her Achilles heel: the person she most dislikes is herself

Look on the bright side. Kemi Badenoch lasted two and a half hours in the witness stand at the Post Office inquiry without losing it.

2 mins

TV drama changed attitude to Post Office payouts - Badenoch

The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, has told an inquiry it is \"extremely disappointing\" that it took the ITV drama about the Post Office scandal to get the government to accelerate compensation payments for wrongfully prosecuted branch owner-operators.

3 mins

Hybrid working the 'new normal' for 28% of employees, says ONS

Workers with degree-level education are 10 times more likely to have a hybrid working arrangement than those with no qualifications, according to official figures that suggest a societal divide has formed since the first Covid lockdowns.

2 mins

European crime network forging Warhol and Banksy is uncovered

Italian police have dismantled a Europe-wide forgery network suspected of producing sophisticated replicas of works by some of the most famous artists, including Banksy, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Gustav Klimt.

1 min

Simon and Garfunkel build a bridge over troubled friendship

Art Garfunkel has described a recent tearful reunion with Paul Simon, in which they moved past old enmities.

2 mins

Asthma linked to memory problems in children - study

Children who have asthma can suffer memory problems, according to research in the United States that is the first to link the two conditions.

1 min

Shake-up of bathing rules will expand water testing

Bathing waters in England and Wales could be tested all year round in a government shake-up to water pollution rules.

1 min

Aid into Gaza hits 11-month low despite US ultimatum to Israel

The amount of aid reaching Gaza has dropped to the lowest level since December, official Israeli figures show, despite the US having issued a 30-day ultimatum last month threatening sanctions if there was no increase in humanitarian supplies reaching the territory.

3 mins

ICC Prosecutor to face external inquiry into misconduct claims

The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) will face an external investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, its governing body said yesterday.

3 mins

Ceasefire Talks with Hezbollah in 'progress'

Israel's foreign minister has said that \"certain progress\" had been made on ceasefire talks in Lebanon, where Israel has been fighting Hezbollah for more than 13 months.

2 mins

Amsterdam Anti-Arab slogans and attacks on Jewish fans

Violence in Amsterdam around a Europa League football match between Ajax and Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv last week sparked global horror.

3 mins

Macron to attend France-Israel football match in Paris as a gesture of 'fraternity'

Emmanuel Macron will attend the France-Israel football match at the Stade de France on Thursday in a gesture of \"fraternity and solidarity\", after attacks on Jewish supporters in Amsterdam last week.

2 mins

Porn link leaves toy firm wickedly embarrassed

The toy company Mattel says it is taking \"immediate action\" after mistakenly printing a pornographic website address on the packaging for dolls released to tie in with the forthcoming film Wicked.

1 min

Actor alleges Rebel Wilson made up sexual abuse accusation

A young Australian actor at the centre of a multimillion-dollar defamation case in the US alleges in documents filed to the Los Angeles superior court that Rebel Wilson made up lies about her, and bullied and harassed her on the set of The Deb.

1 min

Student bike rides in China that sparked social media craze are halted by police

A night-time cycling trend that started with four Chinese students riding 30 miles for dumplings turned into a reported 100,000 people on Friday, jamming roads, overwhelming a small city and drawing the attention of authorities.

2 mins

Haiti names new prime minister amid mounting security crisis

Haiti's transitional presidential council appointed the entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the new prime minister yesterday, according to the country's official gazette.

1 min

Seven men in migration hub in Albania to be moved to Italy, judges rule

Italian judges yesterday ordered seven men detained in a migration hub in Albania to be transferred to Italy in another blow to a controversial deal between the far-right Rome government and Tirana aimed at curbing the arrival of asylum seekers.

1 min

German paper trade bosses say no risk of shortage for election

Paper industry bosses in Germany hit back yesterday at claims by the national electoral commission that a lack of paper might hinder the timing of the country's early elections.

2 mins

NatWest buys back £1bn of its shares from UK government

NatWest has bought back shares worth £1bn from the government, as the bailed-out bank's privatisation continues after a plan to offer a chunk of the stock to retail investors was abandoned.

2 mins

Direct Line to cut hundreds of jobs to help profitability

Direct Line is to axe about 550 jobs as part of a cost-cutting drive.

1 min

Bitcoin price tops $84,000 for first time amid Trump fervour

The price of bitcoin has risen above $84,000 for the first time as it benefited from traders' hopes that Donald Trump will favour cryptocurrencies when he returns to the White House.

1 min

FTX files $1.8bn lawsuit against Binance and its former CEO

The collapsed cryptocurrency company FTX is suing Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao, alleging that $1.8bn was \"fraudulently transferred\" by FTX management to Binance and its executives.

1 min

After 17 years the Treasury's NatWest exit is in sight, with no need for a flashy public sell-off

Sometime next spring, HM Treasury should finally sell its last share in NatWest, or the Royal Bank of Scotland as it was.

2 mins

Aid deal may keep Scunthorpe furnaces open after Christmas

The owners of British Steel are expected to keep the blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe site running past Christmas amid talks over government support for its switch to less polluting technology.

1 min

'He hears me' Trump's Wall Street fixer plans to fill White House with loyalists

Scrambling to construct an administration in the wake of his shock victory eight years ago, Donald Trump looked far beyond his inner circle and those who ardently embraced his agenda.

3 mins

Panini hunger Rocketing interest in sticker albums shows true potential of women's game

Gripped in the pocket of my Adidas joggers was a little stack of stickers with an elastic band around it.

4 mins

'I was seen as an odd person who liked cricket. I felt like an outcast'

The big interview Jimmy Anderson The country's greatest bowler on how cricket saved him from loneliness as a teenager, Bazball, and why his wife, Daniella, is still mad at England

5 mins

They're still human': Freeman vows England will take fight to Boks

The England wing Tommy Freeman has insisted that all-conquering South Africa are only human and vowed Steve Borthwick's side will take the fight to the Springboks on Saturday.

2 mins

Ruthless Ruud catches Alcaraz cold in Turin

Carlos Alcaraz made a stuttering start to the ATP Finals in Turin as he suffered a shock first career defeat to the world No 7 Casper Ruud.

1 min

'Proud father' Gil Gomes reveals a unique family tale

Angel Gomes's dad recalls his own remarkable football journey which took him from Angola to Salford via Hendon

5 mins

Foden and Palmer among eight England dropouts

Lee Carsley has been rocked by an extraordinary eight withdrawals from his England squad to face Greece and Republic of Ireland in the Nations League, Phil Foden an unexpected name on the absentees list where he joins his Manchester City teammate Jack Grealish.

1 min

Coote's mindless rant undermines trust in referees - he can have no complaints over the consequences

There is lots I do not want to know about the video featuring the Premier League referee David Coote.

3 mins

Unfamiliar City woes make this Guardiola's trickiest challenge

The champions struggling in the autumn is nothing new but the root of this season's problems appear different

4 mins

Merino backs Arsenal to stay in title race after 'difficult few weeks'

Mikel Merino insists Arsenal will thrive on the pressure of their bid to win the Premier League and has cited the late push in Sunday's 1-1 draw at Chelsea as evidence of their character.

2 mins

Robertson not worried after being 'written off' by some

Andy Robertson has said he had a point to prove in Liverpool's win over Aston Villa having been \"written off\" for the first time in his storied Anfield career.

2 mins

Van Nistelrooy leaves United as Amorim checks in

Ruud van Nistelrooy has left his role as assistant coach after the arrival of Ruben Amorim at Manchester United.

2 mins

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