Month: November 2022

Read More Chancellor also warns of severe cuts to services as he prepares for his biggest test in his new role Everyone will be paying “a bit more tax” after the autumn budget, the chancellor has said, as he asked everyone to make sacrifices. Warning of severe cuts to public services, Jeremy Hunt said there…

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Read More A fire chief is under investigation for a prescribed burn gone wrong and stirred up long-simmering tensions over wildfire risk Hours before Rick Snodgrass was cuffed and loaded into a squad car, he’d called the sheriff himself. The United States Forest Service burn boss had requested the help of local law enforcement in…

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Read MoreA team of Russian and Norwegian scientists stumbled upon the fastest-warming hotspot known on earth. Then the war began.A team of Russian and Norwegian scientists stumbled upon the fastest-warming hotspot known on earth. Then the war began.

Read More Full live results of the Congressional midterms, seat by seat, as Democrats retain control of the Senate while control of the House of Representatives remains undecided See all our US midterms 2022 coverage All 435 seats in the lower chamber of the federal congress, the House of Representatives, are re-elected every two years.…

Read More As the aftermath of the 2020 election showed, the period between when polls close and results are announced can be a dangerous time for election officials, who are forced to battle unfounded fraud allegations. As the aftermath of the 2020 election showed, the period between when polls close and results are announced can…

Read More Branch Hill pond dried up in the 1880s. Now it will teem with wildlife again, as it did in the artist’s heyday It was a view that John Constable sketched and painted dozens of times. From the top of Hampstead Heath, London’s highest point at 134 metres (440ft), the artist would look west…

Read More City authorities hope to soothe those who are ‘deeply shocked’ by the comic-strip trail of Belgium’s rich history In the centre of Brussels, close to the monumental Palais de Justice, is a brightly coloured cartoon painted down a strip of a scruffy four-storey building. Playing on the stories of crime and judgment unfolding…

Read MoreMehran Karimi Nasseri, 76, lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years and died of a heart attack in Terminal 2F.Mehran Karimi Nasseri, 76, lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years and died of a heart attack in Terminal 2F.

Read More In a 40-minute meeting, the prime minister also invited the US president to address federal parliament next year during meeting of the Quad Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has compared notes with the US president ahead of Joe Biden’s landmark meeting with Xi…

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Read More Ali, a Kurd who fled Iran, may also be offered a university place after he told of the tedium of 500 days in limbo An asylum seeker who has spent almost 500 days stranded in a Berkshire hotel has thanked Observer readers for their generosity after he was inundated with books. Last week…

Read More Chefs are hoping the concept will tempt diners to spend a little more and fight the cost-of-living crisis Linden Stores, in the Cheshire village of Audlem, has started a whole sharing menu of modern British food, with two people sharing seven dishes including charred pepper and Cornish Quartz cheddar croquettes, hake wrapped in…

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Read MorePatrice Evra on his success as a player and his childhood abuse. And young Afghan women find a new pitch in Portugal.Patrice Evra on his success as a player and his childhood abuse. And young Afghan women find a new pitch in Portugal.

Read More ‘It is a reflection of the quality of our candidates’ ‘It is a reflection of the quality of our candidates’

Read More Ukraine’s step towards victory presents challenges, but demonstrates what can be done with a steady supply of western support The Russian decision to withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Kherson to defensive positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River was driven by sound military logic. Russian control of the city could…

Read More The succession of PMs have all spoken out on who or what has caused the state of UK finances. They’re all partly right, but conveniently miss out one or two other key reasons Covid-19 ripped a £400bn hole in the government’s finances. The money was used largely to support the economy and it…

Read More Revolt over ‘levelling up’ label on Arts Council cash for established institutions, while projects for disadvantaged children are cut A Tory revolt has emerged over “patronising” claims that funding for established cultural institutions contributes to the government’s levelling up pledge, amid concerns from ministers and MPs that “real levelling up” projects for the…

Read More Government focus on homes at higher ‘affordable’ rent helps fuel drastic shortage with demand poised to surge Forty councils in England saw no social rent housing built in five years in the wake of government funding cuts, according to official figures analysed by the Observer. In 2010 the Conservative-led coalition slashed funding for…

Read More New book by Nick Lowles of Hope not Hate claims ex-MI5 informer who bombed for the Republicans is extremist’s ‘surveillance officer’ A notorious former MI5 informant linked to a series of terrorist murders is working for far-right activist Tommy Robinson to spy on his opponents, including some of the UK’s most prominent anti-fascists,…

Read MoreAs the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 263rd day, we take a look at the main developments.As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 263rd day, we take a look at the main developments.

Read More Rome has shown a “lack of humanity” by rejecting a ship containing migrants, the French foreign minister says There will be consequences for Italy if it continues to turn away migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has said. The new government in Rome banned the Ocean Viking, a…

Read More Roman Holovnia said the humanitarian situation in the liberated city was ‘severe’ with a lack of medicine and bread What we know on day 263 of Russia’s invasion On the road to Kherson, villagers holding flowers waited to greet and kiss Ukrainian soldiers as they poured in to secure control of the right…

Read More After the party came up short in another election, Ron DeSantis may be poised to become its new leader Sitting at the head table in a white and gold ballroom, beneath glistening chandeliers and an ornately corniced ceiling, Donald Trump looked sullen as midterm election results flashed up on a giant TV screen.…

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Read More Nepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to UK are out of work just weeks after arriving Nepali workers hired to pick fruit on British farms say they have been left thousands of pounds in debt after being sent home only weeks after they arrived. The fruit pickers were recruited…

Read More Anti-mafia journalist to appear in court in Rome over comments made about policy towards migrants drowning in Mediterranean Italy’s new far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is suing one of the world’s best-known journalists, the anti-mafia and human rights campaigner Roberto Saviano, for criminal defamation, over remarks he made regarding her policy towards migrants…

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Read More Just four of 49 model types have shown complete readiness over the last decade, a government watchdog found Only four out of 49 types of US military aircraft met “mission capable goals” in most of the years between 2011 and 2021, a report published this week by the Government Accountability Office has revealed.…

Read More Bureaucratic bungling and European immigration laws kept him in legal no-man’s land for years Bureaucratic bungling and European immigration laws kept him in legal no-man’s land for years

Read More Damning report questions regulator’s fitness to police the industry after so many suppliers folded MPs have questioned whether the energy regulator, Ofgem, is fit to police the industry after it was blamed for costing British households billions of pounds as a result of suppliers going bust. Politicians on the powerful public accounts committee…

Read More Organisations representing young people express concern amid fears that manifesto pledges on internet safety are under threat The government is facing mounting criticism from children’s organisations over its failure to protect young people from harmful material online, amid fears that key legislation promised in the Tory party’s 2019 election manifesto to strengthen internet…