Anger over Israel’s war in Gaza is mobilising British voters, according to Aimee Shalan Palestine has become a domestic electoral issue in Britain for the first time, according to the incoming head of the country’s largest Palestinian solidarity organisation. Aimee Shalan, who will take over as director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) in November, joins the organisation as demonstration…
Conference speech to announce housing associations cannot reject homeless families without good reason as councils gain new powers Housing associations in England will be told they cannot decline to house homeless families without good reason, Angela Rayner will tell the Labour conference, as part of a drive for more public control of housing. Homelessness charities said the new powers were a “gam…
Marie-Celestin Karondwa was attacked on Sunday after promoting measures to prevent spread of disease, his party says A senior member of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ruling party was beaten to death on Sunday after appearing on a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a party representative has said. Marie-Celestin Karondwa, the acting president of the Union for Demo…
Scientific breakthrough could reduce food waste and make it easier to add the fruit to prepackaged food It is the bane of every fruit bowl: sliced banana that turns brown before it has reached the table. But such woes could soon be a thing of the past, with gene-edited bananas that keep their freshly peeled colour now one step closer to reaching British shoppers. According to Tropic, the Norwich-b…
Home secretary under pressure over changes to indefinite leave to remain that would penalise foreign care workers UK politics live – latest updates Shabana Mahmood has signalled she is considering watering down her plans to make it harder for foreign workers to claim permanent residence in the UK amid growing demands for a U-turn from cabinet colleagues and unions. In a speech to Labour conference…
Moscow’s jet-powered drones pummel Ukraine’s capital in switch to daytime attacks Europe live – latest updates Russia has hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv with a drone, killing at least one person in the latest daytime attack on Ukraine’s capital. Flames tore through the historic building on Monday as people clambered out of first- and second-floor windows to escape, in dramati…
Outrage over treatment of alleged offenders, members of Chi Phi fraternity, has grown since lawsuit was made public Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Prosecutors in New York said on Monday that they have reopened an investigation into the alleged gang-rape of a student at Cornell University after an outcry over “leniency” shown to seven fraternity members named as the perpetrators.…
A thick ash cloud from Mount Etna has been disrupting flights to Catania in Sicily for several days. Italy and Europe's most active volcano, Etna has impacted air travel several times this summer.
Environmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars The Trump administration on Monday announced it was slashing clean car rules that had been aimed at reducing planet-heating emissions and boosting electric vehicles. The move, which was criticized by environmentalists, relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gasoline…
Attack on two Jewish men in north London earlier this year was originally treated as terrorism The stabbings of two Jewish men in Golders Green, north London, in April are being treated as an alleged hate crime not a terrorist attack, police have said. Essa Suleiman, 45, was arrested by the Metropolitan police on suspicion of attempted murder shortly after the stabbings on 29 April.
Statistics showed there is ‘almost no chance’ a complaint made against a government department like the police would be investigated independently, expert says Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s anti-corruption commission has investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints of suspected corruption in the past year, as the state government comes under renewed…
With RBA predicted to lift cash rate for fourth time this year on Tuesday, experts warn a fifth – or even sixth – rise would be ‘overkill’ Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Two or even three more Reserve Bank interest rate hikes would be “devastating” for the property market but still leave housing more unaffordable than ever as higher borrowing costs trump lower prices,…
People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’; last week they received the alarming results Last February, I got a call from a woman called Sam Hammond. We had been speaking on and off for a while over her growing concern that her garden could be affected by pollution from a nearby chemical plant. That morning, Sam had been hand-delivered a letter from…
Mission goes ahead despite some fears an initial engine failure after the Texas launch would scupper the attempt SpaceX has sent its enormous Starship rocket into Earth’s orbit for the first time on a milestone flight intended to pave the way for future missions to the moon and Mars. The rocket, the largest and most powerful ever built, blasted off from SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in Texas a…
संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका र चीनबीच व्यापारिक वस्तुमा कर घटाउने विषयमा सहमति जुटाउने तयारी भइरहेका बेला ह्वाइट हाउसले दुवै देशले कम कर लगाउन सक्ने वस्तुको सूची सार्वजनिक गरेको छ।
तेहरान। संयुक्त राष्ट्रसङ्घको महासभामा सहभागी हुन अमेरिका पुगेको इरानी प्रतिनिधिमण्डलले तत्काल अमेरिकासँग वार्ता गर्ने कुनै योजना नरहेको इरानी सरकारी सञ्चारमाध्यमले जनाएको छ। आधिकारिक इरना समाचार एजेन्सीले सोमबार अज्ञात स्रोतलाई उद्धृत गर्दै इरानी प्रतिनिधिमण्डलको अमेरिकासँग तत्काल वार्ता गर्ने योजना नरहेको जनाएको हो । प्रतिनिधिमण्डल हाल न्यूयोर्कमा रहेको र मंगलबार तेहरान फर्किने तयारीमा रहेको समा…
