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Macy's says worker hid up to $154m in expenses

Macy's revealed yesterday that a single employee had been responsible for hiding up to $154m (£122m) in expenses over the course of nearly three years, prompting the company to delay the release of its quarterly earnings report.

Kennedy's Views on prescription drugs alarm US health experts

Public health experts are concerned that, if confirmed, Donald Trump's choice for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Robert F Kennedy Jr - could restrict access to pharmaceutical treatments in favor of more experimental approaches.

Islamabad locked down to deter rally in support of ex-PM Khan

Pakistan's capital was put under lockdown as the government shut down the internet, blocked highways and brought in thousands of police and paramilitaries in an effort to prevent supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan protesting in Islamabad.

'We need a revolution' Italian victim's sister campaigns for change

Just a day after being told that her sister Giulia was dead, Elena Cecchettin was interviewed on live TV outside the family home in Vigonovo, a small town close to Venice. Floral tributes were tied to the railings behind her, and a torchlight procession attended by thousands of well-wishers was under way. But Elena was not looking for sympathy. \"Don't hold a minute of silence for Giulia - burn everything,\" she said. \"We need a cultural revolution to ensure that Giulia's case is the last.\"

Pro-Russia Nato critic in Romanian presidential runoff vote

An ultranationalist, Moscow-friendly Nato critic is set to face a centre-right candidate in the runoff of Romania's presidential elections after a shock first-round result that could jeopardise its support for Ukraine.

Pelicot trial Prosecutors seek 20-year jail term for rapist husband

French prosecutors have demanded that Dominique Pelicot be jailed for 20 years, the maximum available sentence, for having drugged and raped his wife, Gisèle, and invited at least 70 strangers to rape and abuse her over a decade.

'Invisible epidemic': third of women in EU have faced violence, survey finds

Every third woman across the EU has experienced physical violence, including threats, or sexual violence, a survey has revealed, in what one official described as an \"invisible epidemic\".

Peace talks Polarised opinions among the Israelis displaced by war

Here is a crack, a boom and a siren, almost simultaneously. Sergio Helman has not quite reached the concrete shelter a dozen metres from his hummus restaurant, off Route 99, which marks the northernmost limit of the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona.

Tell cinemas to turn volume up, says Wicked director after muffled-movie complaints

The Wicked director, Jon M Chu, is encouraging audience members to ask cinemas to turn up the volume on his blockbuster musical after some viewers reported sound issues.

Israel used US-made guided bomb in strike that killed three journalists

A Guardian investigation has found that Israel used a US munition to target and kill three journalists and wound three more in a 25 October attack in Lebanon which legal experts have called a potential war crime.

Wales prepares to introduce visitor charge for people staying overnight

People who stay in Wales overnight, including children, are set to be charged a visitor levy under a scheme that could raise up to £33m a year, which would be ploughed back into tourism and culture.

UK aims to forge global coalition for action on climate

The UK will seek a global coalition to push for climate action after a fractious end to UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, Ed Miliband has pledged.

Professor quits Royal Society over Musk's membership

A leading scientist has resigned from the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of sciences, over concerns about Elon Musk's continuing fellowship.

Lammy urged to fulfil pledge to help Britons jailed abroad

Alicia Kearns, as a former Foreign Office official and an outspoken voice on foreign affairs, is an MP who understands how the department ticks.

Feeling abandoned by Britain Five arbitrarily held for years

The cases of five British men, held for years without a fair trial, are being highlighted as MPs, families, and campaigners fight for their release and better help for all those arbitrarily detained abroad.

'People got embarrassed' Ethiopians and Eritreans on the legacy of Band Aid

Forty years on, Yared Markos's memories of famine in rural Ethiopia are vivid. His father was a geotechnical engineer, and as a boy he travelled with him from the city to his homeland's countryside.

Special needs crisis 'creates pipeline from school exclusion to criminal exploitation'

The crisis in special needs education has left children vulnerable to criminal and sexual exploitation, experts have warned, as parents of victims describe years of failed attempts to get support.

Novichok bottle 'picked up minutes after it was discarded'

A \"bin surfer\" may have found a fake perfume bottle containing a deadly nerve agent just minutes after it was discarded by agents trying to assassinate former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, a police counter-terrorism chief has said.

Thousands die each year in unrelieved pain, study finds

An estimated 20 terminally ill people die in unrelieved pain each day, according to a study by the independent Office of Health Economics.

Stubbs's celebrated Spanish Pointer set to fetch £2m

George Stubbs's celebrated painting of a Spanish pointer dog is to be auctioned at Sotheby's for the first time since 1972.

Time for a new election?

It's been four whole months and Starmer still hasn't fixed things

Don't 'whack' business again after treating it as budget cash cow - CBI

The chair of the Confederation of British Industry, Rupert Soames, accused the government of treating employers as a \"cash cow\" yesterday as he urged ministers to water down plans for workers' rights.

The 'grande dame of blockbusters', Barbara Taylor Bradford, dies at 91

Barbara Taylor Bradford, the best-selling author of novels including A Woman of Substance, has died aged 91, her publisher has confirmed.

Farms IFS urges ministers to delay inheritance tax change

Ministers should give farmers an inheritance tax holiday for the next few years, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said as it warned that government changes to agricultural taxes risked treating some landowners unfairly.

New Royal Opera director to fuse music and technology

Netia Jones, who won acclaim for directing the Royal Opera's first virtual reality production, Current, Rising, is to become the company's associate director.

Government pledge to aid former soldier captured in Russia

The British government has promised to do all it can to assist a British former soldier fighting for Ukraine who has been taken prisoner by the Russian army.

Bah, humbug: Vandal smashes gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge

\"Marley was dead: to begin with,\" reads the start of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, the ghostly morality tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge who, through a series of encounters with spirits in the early hours of Christmas morning, realises he needs to change his ways.

Weight-loss drugs found to cut risk of kidney malfunction

Weight-loss drugs can reduce the risk of worsening kidney function, kidney failure and dying from kidney disease by a fifth, according to a study.

'Devastating' Investigation after tractor smashes doors and windows

Police are investigating after a tractor drove through a flooded high street in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, creating a wave of water that hit local businesses, smashing windows and knocking doors open.

Criticism of Met Office and flood defences amid storm wreckage

Forecasters, environment officials and politicians have been strongly criticised over the warnings issued before Storm Bert and the fitness of flood defences to cope with increasingly common extreme weather.