The Guardian - November 11, 2024

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November 11, 2024

Firms must help pay for climate - Cop chief

Businesses must stump up cash for the developing world to invest in a low-carbon economy or face the consequences of climate breakdown, the president of the UN climate summit has warned.

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Financial boost on way for hospices

The government is likely to offer a financial boost to the hospice sector amid fears many are at risk of closure because of the double blow of the employers' national insurance rise and higher wage bills, the Guardian understands.

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Starmer at French Armistice Day in show of European solidarity

PM to hold talks with Macron amid fears for Nato after US election

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Nurses leaving profession early puts health reforms at risk, union warns

Increasing numbers of UK-trained nurses are to leave the profession in England within a decade of registering, in a trend that could jeopardise the government's overhaul of healthcare, according to a leading union.

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Respiratory problems 'threatening to overwhelm hospitals'

Serious breathing problems lead to more emergency admissions to hospital in England than any other medical condition, NHS data reveals.

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Taylor Swift, Raye and Pet Shop Boys among the winners in Manchester at MTV Europe awards

There was something different about the announcements on the Manchester tram network this week.

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Handing in work late may bring hidden penalties, study suggests

Is there a job you are putting off finishing so you can read this story? If new research into procrastination is anything to go by, you had better get back to it.

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Trump wins in Arizona as Republicans come closer to holding House

Donald Trump was declared the winner in Arizona yesterday, completing the Republican president-elect's clean sweep of the so-called swing states as his party inched closer to retaining the House of Representatives when the last races are resolved.

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'It's quid pro quo' Now Musk will expect payback - big time

Donald Trump owes his decisive 2024 presidential victory in no small part to the enthusiastic support of the world's richest man.

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Media Freedom of press at risk, experts warn

Donald Trump could have an easier time limiting press freedom in his second term in the White House, after a campaign marked by virulent rhetoric towards journalists and calls to punish television networks and prosecute journalists and their sources, legal scholars and journalism advocacy groups warn.

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Ukrainian politicians hopeful that Trump victory is not 'catastrophe' for peace deal

Ukrainian politicians are expressing tentative hopes that the return of Donald Trump to the White House will not necessarily lead to a rapid and humiliating forced peace.

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Military strategy What are Biden's options in his last weeks in power?

With a little over two months left in the White House, Joe Biden is running out of time to expedite the delivery of funds and weaponry needed to ensure that Ukraine can stay in the fight against the Russian invasion.

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Moscow Drone strike by Kyiv is heaviest yet

Ukraine had carried out its biggest drone strike on Moscow since Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion in 2022, Russian media said yesterday, as the Kremlin launched its own record air attack over Ukraine.

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Neo-Nazis see hope in Trump's Victory while Islamic State backers shrug it off

Online chat groups suggest that neo-Nazi extremists believe Donald Trump's attempts to slash the federal workforce may help them escape detection, while Islamic State supporters fear his policy towards the Ukraine war may benefit another of their enemies, Russia.

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Stage review Audience in tears over a musical story of injustice

Make Good: The Post Office Scandal Omnibus Theatre Clapham ★★★★☆

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King leads nation in remembrance of war dead, watched by veterans and eight former PMs

Crowds fell silent at war memorials in villages, towns and cities across the country on Remembrance Sunday as generations gathered to commemorate lives lost in conflicts.

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Analysis Advisers note lessons to be learned from Harris's defeat

There is a tough lesson that senior Labour advisers want some of their internal party critics to learn from the Democrats' disastrous defeat.

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Home Office AI tool may influence immigration decisions, critics say

A Home Office artificial intelligence tool that proposes enforcement action against adult and child migrants could make it too easy for officials to rubberstamp automated life-changing decisions, campaigners have said.

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Chemical found in red grapes 'could cut bowel cancer risk'

Red wine was once heralded as a boon for health that could protect the heart and even extend life expectancy.

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Two men dead in separate gun and knife attacks in London

A man died and two people were injured after a shooting in a residential area of south-east London yesterday, while another man died in a separate knife attack a few miles away.

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GB para athlete aims to be first disabled person to ski solo to South Pole

A former GB para athlete is aiming to become the first disabled person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole.

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Money talks How Baku negotiators could raise $1tn a year

Countries meeting in Baku for the Cop29 climate summit are under pressure to find ways to raise money to help poorer nations cut greenhouse gas emissions, shift to a low-carbon economy, and adapt to the impacts of extreme weather.

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'We cherish life' Call for more state funding for hospices

Sitting at his wife's bedside, Len* was grateful that she was in the care of end-of-life experts in her last days.

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After absence of 100 years, oysters reintroduced in the Firth of Forth are thriving

Thousands of oysters released into the Firth of Forth appear to be thriving after a century-long absence since they were lost to overfishing.

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Diners left out of pocket after celebrity chef's restaurant shuts

A Michelin-starred restaurant run by the Saturday Kitchen chef Glynn Purnell has left customers who have gift vouchers hundreds of pounds out of pocket after announcing its sudden closure.

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Anticyclonic gloom behind dreary spell of UK weather

If things have felt especially gloomy last week, it has not been just down to global politics.

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Drivers sent £4m Dart Charge fines in IT error

Drivers were mistakenly handed Dartford Crossing fines totalling more than £4m in 12 months, an investigation has found.

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I'm very determined', Postie who took on car finance giants - and won

Self-styled as the Erin Brockovich of the Potteries, and described by the court of appeal as \"a postman with a penchant for fast cars\", Andrew Wrench is a force to be reckoned with.

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Seven lessons What 28 years as economics editor has taught me

Margaret Thatcher was prime minister and Nigel Lawson her chancellor. Neil Kinnock was leader of the Labour party.

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Role as abuse survivor caused me panic attacks - James Norton

The actor James Norton has revealed that his role in a London play about trauma and sexual abuse led to him having panic attacks.

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British man dies fighting for Volunteer Ukraine force

A British man has been killed while fighting in Ukraine for the country's foreign volunteer platoon.

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'It's a brawl' Film explores story of art dealer forced by Nazis to sell collection

From the Benin bronzes to the Parthenon marbles, debates over the restitution of cultural artefacts are now a fact of life in an international art world forced to reckon with the often controversial history of its treasures.

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Mishal Husain left 'shaken' by increased racism in UK this year

The BBC journalist Mishal Husain has said her experience of racism in Britain over the past year has been more pronounced than at any other time in her career.

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Urgent action needed to end Northern Ireland femicides, charity says

A leading women's rights charity has called for the establishment of a domestic abuse commissioner in Northern Ireland to tackle one of the highest rates of femicide in Europe.

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Dozens killed and wounded by Israeli strike on home in Gaza

Israeli warplanes carried out more strikes in northern Gaza yesterday, reportedly destroying a home in the Jabaliya area that had been under siege for weeks, killing and wounding dozens, including many women and children.

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First charges over violence linked to football match in Amsterdam

Dutch officials have released details of the 62 people arrested after violent attacks took place around the football match between Amsterdam's Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday.

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Dutch police use hologram of murdered woman in hunt for killer

Detectives in Amsterdam are hoping an innovative, lifesize hologram of a young sex worker who was murdered 15 years ago will jog people's memories and help bring her killer, or killers, to justice.

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Praying for rain Drought drains African countries' vital hydropower

All is not well with Lake Kariba, the world's largest human-made lake. A punishing drought has drained the huge reservoir close to record lows, raising the prospect that the Kariba Dam, which powers the economies of Zambia and Zimbabwe, may have to shut down for the first time in its 65-year history.

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Women walking Camino de Santiago tell of 'terrifying' sexual harassment

Lone female pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago have spoken of being subjected to \"terrifying\" sexual harassment in near-deserted areas of rural Spain, Portugal and France.

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Greece's Syriza risks opposition status after ousting its leader

Syriza, the once radical leftwing force that set Europe alight with its anti-austerity rhetoric at the height of Greece's debt crisis, is on the verge of being replaced as the country's main opposition party after the removal of its leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, and his decision to start a new political party.

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Valencian government rules out resignations over response to floods

The Valencian regional government, which has been heavily criticised over its response to the deadly floods that have killed at least 222 people in Spain, has ruled out any imminent resignations over the matter, arguing that the departure of senior leaders would constitute a betrayal of the victims of the disaster.

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Competing lenders' rescue deals split Thames board

Thames Water's board is split over two competing deals from its lenders aimed at saving Britain's biggest water supplier from going insolvent.

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National insurance rise will lead to job losses, pubs say

Hospitality businesses will be forced to close while others will have to slash jobs and investment as a result of changes to national insurance announced in the budget, according to a letter to the chancellor signed by the bosses of more than 200 of the UK's largest restaurant, pub and hotel companies.

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Public sector pay increases likely to be bigger than in private firms

Pay awards for public sector workers in Britain are expected to overtake the private sector for the first time in four years, according to a report, amid growing business alarm at the government's tax plans.

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Charity calls for new rules on gambling advertising

Great Britain lags behind Europe on measures to restrict betting ads, according to a report released days after official data showed a sharp increase in the number of children with a gambling problem.

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Budget prompts estate agent to cut forecast for house price rises

Expectations that UK interest rates may stay higher for longer, as well as revenue-raising measures in the budget, have prompted a leading estate agent to cut its longer-term forecast for house price growth.

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Budget bites Reeves has put up restaurants' costs - but who will foot the bill?

Nothing tarnishes an evening out quite like a row over the size of the bill.

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Tyson v Paul This is the apex event of content masquerading as sport, and I hate it

Mark Borkowski is the public relations maestro who has worked with everyone from Mikhail Gorbachev to Diego Maradona to Jim Rose, an American exhibitionist who used to hang weights from his penis.

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Emotional Cavendish bows out with Singapore win

Mark Cavendish claimed victory in his final race as a professional cyclist yesterday.

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Etzebeth stands tall in show of Springboks' strength

Not much arguing with this. Scotland threw everything at this match, setting their beloved stadium on a roar time and again, but four tries to none tells its own story.

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Muntz inspires Fiji to more history and adds to Welsh gloom

As the full-time whistle blew in Cardiff, the entire Fiji team sank onto the turf at a stadium where they had just claimed victory for the first time.

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Earl says 'project will get better' despite losing run

The England head coach, Steve Borthwick, retains the unequivocal support of the Rugby Football Union and has been given a vote of confidence by senior players despite a dismal run of four successive defeats.

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Borthwick keeps faith in plan that explodes in his face

Another defeat after leading late on begs the question if the England head coach's system is seriously flawed

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WSL roundup Hayashi saves Everton but trouble looms

When the Crystal Palace midfielder My Cato found herself with the ball on the left, inside a minute at the VBS Community Stadium, the Everton defence followed, three of the back four shifting across and then looking back in horror as an unmarked Indiah-Paige Riley collected the pass from Cato in the middle before slotting home.

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Bompastor keeps cool despite more perfection

Sonia Bompastor insisted her Chelsea team have won nothing yet and said she will keep their feet on the ground after the defending champions continued their strongest ever start to a Women's Super League season with a routine victory at Liverpool.

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Barnes has last chop to cut down Forest

Nottingham Forest have been fishing in the waters Newcastle aspire to swim in. This season, Nuno Espírito Santo's team are the provincial outfit punching above their weight but in taking them down at the City Ground, Newcastle, now just a point behind Forest, showed they too possess the capability to join the throng.

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Campbell earns United the Sheffield bragging rights

The Steel City derby may not be played quite as regularly as some others or quite have the same pull on a national scale but there is no doubting that what you do in this fixture can make you a legend in this particular part of the world.

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United hit cruise control as Van Nistelrooy signs off

Eleven days after Manchester United routed Leicester under Ruud van Nistelrooy in the Carabao Cup here, the interim manager signed off with another easy-street win over the Foxes and so ends his four-game term unbeaten.

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Beaming McKenna savours Ipswich's winning moment

The away end's explosion of noise and limbs at full time left no question about what this meant to Ipswich.

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Neto makes point as Arsenal falter again

There were people on the pitch, Chelsea substitutes to be precise, the joy of everyone connected to the club overflowing. Pedro Neto had produced the equaliser with a vicious low drive from distance and if it did not turn out to be the statement victory that Enzo Maresca and his players wanted – a first against a so-called Big Six rival – they could see the merit in a battling draw.

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Ødegaard brings clarity in the chaos but a few regrets too

On the plus side he notably improved the team. On the minus, well, there's only one of him

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'Show your teeth' Arteta's message to players as Arsenal lose more ground

A disappointed Mikel Arteta told his players to \"show their teeth\" and said he was praying they remain injury-free during the international break after a 1-1 draw with Chelsea that meant Arsenal lost further ground in the title race.

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