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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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\".

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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

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.

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.