The Guardian - September 23, 2024

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September 23, 2024

Hezbollah 'enters battle of reckoning' with Israel

Hezbollah said yesterday it had entered an \"open-ended battle of reckoning\" with Israel after it launched a series of rocket attacks on the north of the country, as world powers implored both sides to step back from the brink of all-out war.

4 mins

Labour to investigate £600m Covid contracts given under the Tories

Chancellor to announce move in bid to fight back amid questions on ethics

3 mins

Fake UK sites 'spreading false news' on firms in Ukraine

Fake news websites registered in the UK and made to resemble trusted British outlets are allegedly spreading disinformation about western companies operating in Ukraine.

2 mins

Far-right AfD misses out in key German election, polls show

The far-right Alternative für Deutschland party appeared last night to have narrowly missed victory in an election in the German state of Brandenburg, three weeks after making gains in two other regions.

3 mins

Revealed: the real Miss Moneypenny and those other key female MI6 spies

For decades, their work has been hidden from view, their names missing from the history books.

3 mins

Azerbaijan 'yet to set net zero target' despite hosting this year's Cop29 talks

The host country of the next Cop29 UN climate talks, Azerbaijan, has yet to set a target for net zero greenhouse gas emissions, one of only 50 countries that have failed to do so, new research has shown.

2 mins

Summer's over: warnings of floods, power cuts and rain

A late burst of summer came to a brutally abrupt end after intense thunderstorms swept the UK over the weekend with severe weather warnings for rain continuing into today across most of England and Wales.

1 min

Labour to allow Welsh patients to receive NHS care in England

Welsh NHS patients will be allowed to travel to England to receive care for the first time ever under plans to be announced by the Welsh secretary today.

2 mins

'Fifty pubs a month' called time this year in England and Wales

Fifty pubs a month closed for good across England and Wales in the first half of this year, with experts warning that tax rises in 2025 could make it even harder for some businesses to keep their doors open.

1 min

Winter fuel cut Major unions line up to push for U-turn vote

No 10 is braced for a potential defeat on a Labour conference vote to condemn cuts to the winter fuel allowance, as major trade unions line up to back the motion to reverse Rachel Reeves's decision.

3 mins

Tax breaks for UK firms are not worth the cost, analysis finds

Corporate tax breaks designed to encourage companies to buy new machinery and equipment will cost the taxpayer about three times as much as they generate, according to analysis of official forecasts.

2 mins

Drink spiking: minister called for rewrite of 'victim blaming' ads

Civil servants were told to rewrite a proposed social media campaign to combat drink-spiking after the original appeared to blame victims, a minister has told Labour conference delegates.

2 mins

Lammy urges 'nerves and guts' in talks on Ukraine use of Storm Shadow

The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, yesterday indicated that delicate negotiations with the White House to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia were continuing, arguing it was a time for \"nerve and guts\".

2 mins

Polish man in UK since age of seven gets deportation reprieve

A Polish man who has lived in the UK since he was seven has been granted a last-minute reprieve after facing deportation because officials said he had not provided enough proof that he has lived in the country for the past 20 years.

1 min

Former BBC journalist and diplomat Peter Jay dies aged 87

Peter Jay, the former BBC economics journalist and diplomat, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced.

1 min

Rise of the giant gourmet sandwich takes a big bite of street food market

When it comes to sandwiches, it turns out size really does matter.

3 mins

'Devilish' poison pen letters sow distrust in quiet village

A \"cloud of vitriol\" hangs over an East Yorkshire village amid a two-year campaign of anonymous poison pen letters that has caused some people to move away, they have said.

1 min

NHS launches virtual reality training as 'powerful' way of tackling racism at work

A black nurse called Tunde is told by his manager that personal protective equipment (PPE) was being locked away at night to prevent its theft on night shifts during the pandemic, when ethnic minorities were more likely to work these hours.

2 mins

Bottega gives fashion a whimsical twist as dips into dressing up box

Farmyards and high fashion do not usually gel well, but Bottega Veneta changed that on Saturday night in Milan when it staged its catwalk show among a menagerie of chickens, foxes, horses, rabbits and birds.

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Teenage refugees in school 'no man's land', report says

Thousands of teenage asylum seekers are thought to be spending up to a year out of education in a \"no man's land\" because schools are reluctant to accept them if they arrive after September, a report warns.

2 mins

Gaza Seven killed in Israeli airstrike on school shelter

Seven people were killed yesterday after an Israeli airstrike hit a school housing displaced people in western Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said, amid fears that Gaza's worsening humanitarian crisis might be forgotten as tensions boil between Hezbollah and Israel.

1 min

Leftist Dissanayake wins Sri Lankan presidential election after historic runoff

A Marxist leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has won Sri Lanka's presidential election, in what is being seen as a widespread rejection of the old political elite blamed for the country's continuing economic woes.

3 mins

Succession drama Fox News fate at stake as Murdochs take family shares to court

One family succession battle is gripping the media and dominating water cooler conversations at the New York headquarters of Fox News.

3 mins

Losses from obesity higher than weight loss jab costs

Rising healthcare costs and productivity losses from the global obesity crisis far outstrip the cost of new weight-loss drugs, according to a report, which also calls on governments to prioritise prevention by promoting a healthy diet.

1 min

Tech firms must help refund victims of fraud, says HSBC

HSBC has thrown its weight behind calls for tech firms to pay up for fraud, saying incoming compensation rules requiring banks to reimburse scam victims up to £85,000 will fail to stem the flow of fraud, and prove that the financial sector is not the problem.

2 mins

Diesel and petrol prices fall at fastest rate since December

The price of petrol and diesel in the UK is falling at the fastest pace this year, with households paying about £4 less to fill up a family car than they did a month ago.

1 min

Pylons v property Why disputed power lines may not hit house prices

The village of Beauly, near Inverness, marks the starting point of what was once Britain's largest and most controversial power grid project: a 137-mile electricity superhighway from the quiet Highlands village to a large substation in Denny near Falkirk.

2 mins

All or nothing Manchester City should either be vindicated or damned by hearing

Let's start by going back to December 2016.

4 mins

Evenepoel and Brown win races against time once more

The double Olympic gold medallist Remco Evenepoel successfully defended the world time trial title he won in last year's World Road Championships in Glasgow, with victory in this year's event in Zurich.

3 mins

Carse gives thanks after England return

Brydon Carse has expressed his thanks to the \"incredibly supportive\" England setup after his rapid reintegration following his ban, and hopes to repay the faith shown in him, first in the remaining one-day internationals against Australia and then in the Test series in Pakistan that follows immediately.

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