The Guardian - October 03, 2024

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October 03, 2024

Starmer repays £6,000 for gifts and hospitality

Keir Starmer has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality, including Taylor Swift tickets and rented clothing for his wife, after a row over his acceptance of freebies.

4 mins

US warns Israel: we won't support attacks on Iranian nuclear sites

Washington in urgent talks to contain rapidly escalating conflict

4 mins

Alarm at rise in vaping among non-smokers

One million people in England now vape despite never having been regular smokers, a seven-fold increase in just three years, according to research that has alarmed health experts.

2 mins

Day-Lewis back from retirement to star in son's directorial debut

The three-time Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis is ending his seven-year retirement from acting to star in his son's directorial debut.

1 min

Civil service head Simon Case returns to Garrick six months after quitting

Simon Case, the head of the civil service, has returned to the Garrick Club six months after his high-profile departure, and is understood to be among a number of members whose resignations have been withdrawn by the club's management.

3 mins

'We have prepared ourselves' Iran's leaders say Europe must rein in Israel or face 'great war'

Iran is bracing itself for likely Israeli attacks on its nuclear sites as the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday urged the west to leave the Middle East.

3 mins

Missile strikes US and UK had limited role in defence effort

Quiet planning by the US, UK and other allies to help Israel repel an Iranian long-range attack have been going on for several months or more - but most of the defensive effort appears to have been undertaken by Israeli air defence systems.

1 min

"The bombing is random' South Beirut now ghost town after week of attacks

The army checkpoints at the entrance of Dahiyeh, the southern suburb of Beirut where airstrikes have frequently hit what Israel claimed to be Hezbollah targets, were left unmanned.

2 mins

"There's a lot of fear' Tel Aviv suburb where gunmen killed seven moments before air raid

Debbie Kay, who lives in the seaside neighbourhood of Jaffa in Tel Aviv, was arguing with her teenage son on Tuesday evening.

2 mins

Grief and fear in Gaza I'm living in suffering every second and minute of life'

On the morning of 7 October, Neama al-Barawi got up early to prepare her children for school and make bread.

5 mins

"The exposions were massive' More than 70 killed in latest attacks

More than 70 people have been killed in a series of intensive ground operations and airstrikes by the Israel Defense Forces in southern Gaza, Palestinian medical officials said yesterday.

2 mins

Wonder walls Bookings 'off the scale' at holiday let seen on Oasis No 1

When Tim Collis wanted to move back to his native Derbyshire with his husband, Ryan Phelps, they had no idea that the railway station they were buying was a piece of Britpop history that featured on the cover of Oasis's first UK No 1 hit.

2 mins

Man shot dead in car by Met officer was not posing threat to life, says prosecution

A Metropolitan police firearms officer may have been \"angry, frustrated and annoyed\" when he shot a suspect in the head even though he posed no imminent threat, a jury has been told.

2 mins

Post Office chief favoured younger male colleagues, inquiry told

A former Post Office finance chief has said the company's chief executive, Nick Read, preferred to work with teams of \"younger, deferential males\", with very few senior roles held by female colleagues.

1 min

Sellafield told to pay nearly £400,000 after pleading guilty to cybersecurity failings

Sellafield will have to pay almost £400,000 after it pleaded guilty to criminal charges over years of cybersecurity failings at Britain's most hazardous nuclear site.

2 mins

'He came to do a job': pioneer of Windrush generation dies at 98

Alford Gardner, one of the last remaining Windrush passengers who once said he \"didn't expect to be a part of history\", has died. He was 98.

2 mins

'Everything will be Russia': eastern city of Vuhledar falls as Ukrainian forces withdraw

Ukraine has said its forces have withdrawn from the eastern city of Vuhledar, a defensive bastion that had resisted repeated Russian attacks since Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of 2022.

3 mins

'We are killing ourselves' Vast fires rage across South America

'Blue, our sky is for ever blue!\" effuses the official anthem of Rondônia, a UK-sized chunk of the Amazon in the western reaches of Brazil. But the \"pure crystalline\" heavens celebrated by those lyrics have vanished in recent months.

3 mins

Game on: shrine to all things Nintendo opens in Kyoto

Traditionally, visitors to Kyoto in October come for momijigari, the turning of the autumn leaves in the city's picturesque parks. This autumn, however, there is a new draw: a Nintendo museum.

3 mins

Sweden's green hope Battery manufacturer's future in balance after huge losses

Just three years ago, Sweden's then prime minister, Stefan Löfven, visited Northvolt's base near the Arctic Circle in Skellefteå to see Europe's first homegrown battery gigafactory and declared the city \"the future\" in the fight against global heating. Its work had huge significance for Sweden and the world, the Social Democrat said.

3 mins

The county awards Final word on a 2024 season of wild highs, absurd lows and one illegally oversized bat

The County Championship season dribbled to an end on Sunday afternoon, handshakes taken as early as was polite, while the autumn roared in.

3 mins

England lose data edge but maintain aggressive intent

Late change of hosts to UAE sent a year's planning down the drain, so Heather Knight's team step into the unknown

3 mins

"The reaction was: what's going on here? It is an amazing David v Goliath'

The New Saints, Cymru Premier champions, break new ground for Wales when they visit Fiorentina tonight

6 mins

Mac Allister and Salah apply Liverpool's finishing touches

There will be tougher tests to come, as Arne Slot frequently likes to remind Liverpool, but there is no disputing the confidence, quality and momentum that is surging through this team under the guidance of its new head coach.

3 mins

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