The Guardian - November 22, 2024

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November 22, 2024

Farmers may win partial inheritance tax U-tum

New inheritance tax rules for farmers could be changed to make it easier for those over 80 to hand down their farm without incurring the tax, in what would be a partial climbdown by the government after a bruising row with farmers and a huge protest march in Westminster on Tuesday.

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Putin: Russia has 'right' to strike back at west

Vladimir Putin has said Russia fired an experimental ballistic missile at a military site in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro yesterday morning, and that Moscow \"had the right\" to strike western countries that provide Kyiv with weapons used against Russian targets.

4 mins

ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza

Israeli PM angrily rejects international court's war crimes allegations

4 mins

Gaetz gives up role in Trump's team amid claims of sexual misconduct

Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman, withdrew from consideration to serve as Donald Trump's attorney general yesterday amid intense scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct, ending the brief nomination of one of Trump's most controversial cabinet picks.

2 mins

Poor countries urged to water down climate cash demands

Poor countries may have to compromise on key demands for cash to tackle global heating, a former UN climate envoy has said, as UN talks entered their final hours in stalemate.

2 mins

Art world goes bananas as piece of fruit taped to a wall sells for $5.2m

At first it was just a humble banana.

4 mins

In a galaxy far, far away a giant egg is on the point of exploding

A star cloaked in an egg-shaped cocoon of gas and dust has been revealed in the first detailed images of a star beyond the Milky Way.

1 min

Karim Khan Prosecutor defies sexual abuse claims

The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has secured arrest warrants in its most politically charged cases just as the judicial body grapples with an unprecedented crisis.

2 mins

Short-term effect may be limited but this earthquake will continue to resonate worldwide for years

In the world as viewed from The Hague, the approval of warrants by the ICC judges will for ever transform the court's standing

3 mins

Orders will restrict travel

The warrants relate to the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and the Israeli military response in Gaza.

2 mins

Schools lack resources to tackle rise in poor behaviour, say heads

School leaders have said they lack the resources to manage a rising tide of challenging behaviour since the Covid pandemic, after new figures showed a significant rise in the number of pupils being suspended and expelled in England.

2 mins

Essex police drop hate crime investigation into columnist

Essex police have dropped their hate crime investigation into Allison Pearson, the Daily Telegraph columnist who was Visited by officers after she wrongly accused people of colour of being antisemitic.

1 min

Inspector fears drones could be dropping guns into jails

Guns could be delivered by drones into jails already riven by drug-related gang wars amid an \"inadequate\" response from the prison service, the chief inspector of prisons has said.

2 mins

Storm Bert to bring more snow ancl heavy rain this weekend

The second named storm of the season is forecast to bring snow, rain and strong winds to parts of Britain this weekend.

2 mins

British lawyer dies in Laos after suspected methanol poisoning

A British lawyer has become the fifth person to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos.

1 min

'He was a proper Hully' Locals recall champion of his adopted city

Locals recall champion of his adopted city

3 mins

Tributes paid to Labour 'titan' and former deputy PM John Prescott

Politicians of all stripes lined up yesterday to pay tribute to John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister and stalwart of the New Labour movement, who died aged 86.

3 mins

'Prezza' The bridge joining old and New Labour

The first time I met John Prescott, we were in a helicopter flying over the Thames Gateway, where he and Tony Blair, the then prime minister, who was also aboard, were announcing a multimillion-pound regeneration plan.

3 mins

New respect orders to tackle antisocial behaviour

People who persistently indulge in antisocial behaviour will face up to two years in jail under Labour's respect orders, the home secretary will say today.

1 min

Heir to pie fortune found guilty of murdering friend at Christmas

The heir to a pie company fortune has been found guilty of the murder of his best friend on Christmas Eve.

1 min

Five-hour 'Visionary' Opera part Of ENO's plans for Manchester

A rarely produced, interval-free five-hour opera that was hailed as revolutionary when it was first per-formed in 1976 is to be part of English National Opera's first three years of plans for Greater Manchester.

2 mins

Regulators inaction on gambler suicides 'will cost more lives'

The widow of a man who took his own life after becoming addicted to gambling says more people will die because the regulator will not investigate suicides linked to the addiction.

2 mins

Blue plaque to mark childhood home of Cary Grant in Bristol

The humble West Country beginnings of one of Hollywood's most glittering stars is being commemorated by the unveiling of a Historic England national blue plaque at his beloved childhood home.

2 mins

'We're not BNP-lite' Reform UK attempts to patch up its image

It was the grand finale of Reform UK's September conference and Nigel Farage had a serious message to deliver: it was time for Reform to \"grow up\" and professionalize.

3 mins

NHS cancellations during Covid were 'least bad' option, insists Hancock

Cancelling non-urgent treatment of patients during the pandemic was the \"least bad\" of a series of \"awful options\", Matt Hancock admitted yesterday.

3 mins

KemiKaze the culture warrior targets Starmer's Cop29 trip - let's just drill, baby, drill!

It had been shaping up to be another sleepy Thursday in Westminster.

2 mins

Musk says MPs 'will be summoned to US' after riots row

Elon Musk has said British MPs \"will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens\" in a fresh escalation of tensions between the world's richest man and Labour.

2 mins

Ban on social media for under-16s 'not on cards', says minister

A social media ban for under-16s is \"not on the cards at the moment\", the secretary of state for science and technology, Peter Kyle has said, after teenagers urged him to rethink plans to follow Australia and restrict access to sites such as TikTok and Snapchat.

1 min

Gap in law exposed after council put dead man's belongings in skip

The brother of a 29-year-old man found dead in temporary council accommodation says he has been left bereft after his sibling's belongings were disposed of by council contractors.

2 mins

MoD to cut 5,000 civil service jobs in drive to reduce costs

More than 5,000 civil service jobs are to go at the Ministry of Defence in a drive to cut costs, prompting alarm among trade unions.

1 min

Stage review Director's farewell show is nourishing for the soul

Elizabeth Newman's six-year tenure as Pitlochry's artistic director has been characterised by a spirit of generosity and an urge to connect.

1 min

Tory flaws hindering leasehold system reforms, minister says

Long-awaited reforms to the leasehold system in England and Wales have been delayed for several months owing to \"flaws\" in legislation passed by the previous Conservative government, the housing minister has said.

1 min

Water firms' 'undeserved' bonuses to be paid for by investors

Investors in Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Dwr Cymru Welsh Water will be forced to pick up the tab for executive bonuses after the regulator determined the sector had awarded \"undeserved\" extra payments worth £6.8m.

2 mins

Book review Lurid picture of wild wild Westminster

Does Nadine Dorries know, in Downfall, she's borrowing her title from a much-gifted film about the last days of Hitler?

3 mins

North Korea Moscow gift of lion, bears and 25 pheasants

Russia has transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and 25 pheasants to a zoo in North Korea.

1 min

Visas for Russians EU migration chief raises alarm over policy

The EU's top official in migration has said she is concerned about its visa policy that allowed nearly 450,000 Russians to Visit Europe in 2023.

2 mins

Conflicts on the rise across world after Covid lull - report

The proportion ofthe world engulfed by conflict has grown 65% - equivalent to nearly double the size of India - over the past three years, according to a new report.

2 mins

Merkel: I mistook Trump for someone 'completely normal'

Angela Merkel's first mistake with Donald Trump, she says in her keenly awaited new memoir, was treating him as if he were \"completely normal\", but she quickly learned of his \"emotional\" nature and soft spot for authoritarians and tyrants.

1 min

MSF suspends health services in Haitian capital after attacks

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said its aid workers are \"heartbroken\" after the medical NGO was forced to suspend all of its healthcare services in Port-au-Prince for the first time in three decades, leaving Haitians in the Violence-ravaged capital without a critical lifeline.

1 min

Brazil's Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d'etat to violently dismantle state'

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies are among dozens of people formally accused by federal police of a criminal conspiracy to obliterate Brazil's democratic system through a coup.

3 mins

Deus in machina: Swiss church installs Al-powered Jesus

The small, unadorned church has long ranked as the oldest in the Swiss city of Lucerne. But Peter's chapel has become synonymous with all that is new after it installed an AI-p0wered Jesus capable of conversing in 100 different languages.

2 mins

Voice actor behind The Simpsons' Milhouse to retire after 35 years

Pamela Hayden, the actor behind beloved Simpsons character Milhouse, has announced her retirement from the show after 35 years and almost 700 episodes.

1 min

Horse's head left at Sicilian home in echo of scene from Godfather

A severed horse's head has been discovered at the property of a Sicilian businessman in what local authorities believe may be a mafia intimidation tactic reminiscent of a scene from The Godfather.

1 min

Trans woman in China wins payout over electroshock treatment

A transgender woman in China has won a record amount of compensation from a hospital that subjected her to several sessions of electroshock conversion practices without her consent.

1 min

First arrest after New Zealand bans public wearing of gang insignia

New Zealand's gang members will need to hide their gang insignia or face prosecution after a new ban came into force yesterday - a move critics believe could risk breaching the country's bill of rights and do little to reduce gang membership.

3 mins

'Irishness is changing Tent camp for asylum seekers divides small town

In the small town of Newtown Mount Kennedy, a holding centre for people who have just arrived in Ireland seeking asylum lies in the wooded grounds of Trudder House, a former convent.

3 mins

October's government borrowing exceeds forecasts at £17.4bn

The government borrowed more than expected in October as debt interest payments pushed the public finances deeper into the red, piling pressure on Rachel Reeves as she attempts to expand the economy.

1 min

Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in alleged $250m bribery plot

Gautam Adani, one of the world's richest men, has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar scheme to pay $250m in bribes and conceal it from US investors.

1 min

Staff cuts ancl stamp price rises possible, says Royal Mail owner

The company that owns Royal Mail is considering j ob cuts and price rises on stamps and parcels as it blames the Labour government's first budget in 14 years for adding £120m to its costs.

2 mins

JD Sports shares slump 14% after profit warning

Mild weather and discounting by rivals hit sales at JD Sports in October, as the trainers and fashion retailer said profits would be at the lower end of expectations.

1 min

The Water Watchdog talks tough but it Won 't prevent executives from getting their bonuses

New rules on bonuses are \"beginning to bite,\" said the regulator, Ofwat, as it detailed how nine water companies \"will not be using customers' money\" to fund a total of £6.8m of payments to executives. Really? Who is being bitten?

2 mins

FCA to give lenders more time to reply to car finance complaints

The City regulator plans to intervene in the car loan mis-selling scandal, in a move that could give lenders up to a year to respond to the rising number of customer complaints after a shock court ruling.

1 min

Thales under investigation for alleged bribery ancl corruption

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating suspected bribery and corruption at Thales Group, a multinational aerospace and defence electronics contractor.

1 min

US regulators seek Chrome sale to end Google search monopoly

The US Department of Justice has proposed a far-reaching overhaul of Google's structure and business practices, including the sale of its Chrome browser, in an attempt to end its monopoly on internet search.

2 mins

Stop delaying Sport may be a blunt tool but it's time to take a stand against Israel

Probably you already know what this is. Probably before you read a word of it, you decided what it was, where you stand on it, how you're going to feel about it.

4 mins

Red Bull twins grease the wheels on opposite sides

Brothers Matt and Jon Caller first watched F1 on same sofa - now they are No 1 mechanic for Verstappen and Perez

4 mins

'It's sad to see the state the RFU is in'

Former union chief executive Francis Baron urges game to 'wake up' to financial state amid potential record losses

4 mins

Hampshire field accusations of 'sportswashing' over T20 event

Hampshire have been accused of taking part in a \"sportswashing vehicle,\" before their participation in this month's Global Super League in Guyana, a T20 tournament sponsored by the oil giant Exxon Mobil.

2 mins

Double Olympic triathlon champion Brownlee retires

The double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee has announced his retirement.

1 min

Shaw has last laugh after double earns spot in final eight

Long has the Women's Champions League craved the sight of a jam-packed, vociferous, all-standing section of home supporters roaring their team on from behind the home goal.

3 mins

Hurtig's late strike knocks Out Juventus as Arsenal progress

Lina Hurtig's late poke-in ensured Arsenal secured a spot in the Champions League knockout stage with two group games remaining, a 1-0 win over Juventus enough to put them clear at the expense ofthe Italian club.

2 mins

Broja closing in on long-awaited Everton debut

Sean Dyche believes Armando Broja is close to his Everton debut, with the club hoping to fast-track the on-loan Chelsea forward's return.

1 min

Premier League vote hangs in balance as City tensions rise

Premier League clubs and officials were scrambling yesterday to secure support before a totemic vote on the competition's rulebook.

2 mins

Vinicius calls for help in ongoing fight against racism

The Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior has spoken about his fight against racism, describing it as an ongoing battle that he is happy to take on, but warning that he alone \"can't fight all that Black people have been suffering\".

1 min

Maresca unsure of James return date after new hamstring injury

Reece James has sustained another hamstring injury and will miss Chelsea's Premier League visit to Leicester tomorrow, with his manager, Enzo Maresca, unsure about the time frame on the recovery.

1 min

Furious drivers hit out at F1 leadership over radio silence

Formula One drivers are fed up and losing confidence in the FIA and the governing body's president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, after receiving no response to their collective criticism of both in a public statement.

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