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Company faced public backlash over scheme, which campaigners say threatens to increase river pollutionThames Water is bypassing local democracy to attempt to push through a controversial water recycling project that campaigners say threatens to increase pollution in the river.Steve Barclay, the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, has agreed to an application by the water company to consider its Teddington water recycling scheme under national infrastructure rules. The decision means local authorities will be bypassed, and the secretary of state will make the decision whether to grant a development consent order. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/11/thames-water-attempt-launch-water-recycling-project

Consumer price index increases at annual pace of 3.4% as Fed weighs when to start cutting borrowing costsInflation ticked higher in the United States last month as the Federal Reserve weighs the latest stage of its battle against price growth.The headline consumer price index increased at an annual pace of 3.4% in December, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, up from 3.1% in the previous month, and exceeding economists’ expectations of about 3.2%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/11/us-inflation-rate-december-federal-reserve Author : Callum Jones in New York Publish date : 2024-01-11 15:46:36 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Stephen Bradshaw, former Post Office investigator, gives evidence to Horizon IT inquiryBack at the Post Office inquiry Julian Blake KC says Stephen Bradshaw, the Post Office investigator, seems to show a “lack of reflection” on his role in miscarriage of justice events in a witness statement he supplied.Bradshaw says he has reflected on what he said in his statement, because some of what he said was “completely wrong”. But he says he was told what he should say by lawyers.The average response time in December for ambulances in England dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people

Israel has described the case as ‘preposterous’ and is set to defend itself; the Israeli military is focusing its operations on the southern city of Khan Younis and refugee camps in central GazaSee all of our updates on the conflict in the Middle East and the Israel-Gaza warThe United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) authority has posted to social media that it has received a report of a vessel being boarded off the coast of Oman.While the exact circumstances remain unclear, UKMTO reports “hearing unknown voices over the phone along with the masters voice” and says it is “unable to

The ex-South Carolina governor calls DeSantis a habitual liar as the two try to take support from Trump days before Iowa caucusThe fifth Republican presidential debate started and ended with a barbed exchanges between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, with neither likely to have moved closer to eclipsing frontrunner Donald Trump in the Iowa caucus next week.The Florida governor slamming Haley for running “to do her donors’ bidding” and the former UN ambassador calling DeSantis a habitual liar. The tone early in the Iowa debate matched prior GOP debates, which were frequently hostile, with candidates hurling personal attacks at one

Hackers posted false news about a widely anticipated announcement that the SEC was expected to make about bitcoinThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Wednesday that it is working with the FBI to investigate a fake message posted on its X social media account.On Tuesday hackers posted false news about a widely anticipated announcement that the SEC was expected to make about bitcoin, leading the cryptocurrency’s price to spike and alarming observers. An SEC spokesperson confirmed to the Guardian in a statement that the unauthorized post on the @SECGov account “was not drafted or created by the SEC”. Continue

Latest data from Domain shows no rise in rentals for units in Sydney, and units and houses in Melbourne. Follow the day’s news liveSticking with the incident in Nowra, Police are hoping any witnesses will come forward to help them with their investigation.In their statement, they say they believe a “number of people” were in the vicinity, around or near a medical clinic on Junction Street at about 2.40pm yesterday, and are appealing for them to contact Crime Stoppers.A critical incident team from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad will investigate all circumstances surrounding the incident.Police believe there were a

Daniel Noboa designates nearly two dozen gangs as terrorist groups after wave of violence across countryEcuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, said on Wednesday that his country was “at war” with drug gangs who are holding more than 130 prison staff hostage and who briefly captured a TV station live on air, in a wave of violence that has left city streets deserted.At least 10 people have been killed, including police officers, in the attacks. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/10/ecuador-at-war-with-drug-gangs-says-president-as-violence-continues Author : Dan Collyns in Lima Publish date : 2024-01-10 20:31:49 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereAdam Bodnar, Poland’s justice minister, has outlined the legalities around the Mariusz Kamiński case on social media.Polish president Andrzej Duda said today that he would not rest until the politicians Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik are freed from prison.I will not rest in the fight for a fair and just Polish state. I will not rest until Mariusz Kamiński and his colleagues are free. I won’t be scared. I will act legally, in accordance with the Constitution and the law – as before. Continue reading... Source link

The surprise visit to the Baltic Nato member country will see Zelenakiy travel to Tallinn and Riga after VilniusThe UK’s Ministry of Defence has published its latest defence intelligence update. It states that Russia has “accidentally discharged two aerial munitions on two separate occasions in the past week” and that Russian forces “continued propensity for munition accidents” are likely exacerbated by “inadequate training” and “crew fatigue”.You can read the update as posted on X below. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/10/russia-ukraine-war-sanctions-zelenskiy-latest-news Author : Amy Sedghi Publish date : 2024-01-10 13:41:15 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Attack with 21 drones and missiles by Iran-backed rebels comes despite planned UN security council vote on Wednesday to potentially demand halt to the assaultsSee all our Middle East crisis coverageThe Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that at least five Palestinians were injured and one detained in an Israeli security raid on Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It cites the Palestine Red Crescent Society saying a child and an elderly woman were among the injured.In a separate development, Wafa reports that Israeli troops raided a medical clinic in a village east of Bethlehem, during which it is claimed they

Exclusive: Government’s deprioritising of active travel policies influenced by unfounded fears about loss of freedom of movement in urban areasMinisters decided to prioritise driving over active travel because of worries among ministers about “15-minute cities”, documents seen by the Guardian show.They indicate that a significant shift in transport policy was guided at least in part by conspiracy theories. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/10/shift-from-15-minute-cities-in-england-partly-due-to-conspiracy-theories Author : Peter Walker Deputy political editor Publish date : 2024-01-10 07:00:23 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Former PM’s book, Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness, to be released in May. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictoria floods: affected communities urged to prepare up to three days of suppliesA watch and act alert is in place along the Goulburn River from Murchison and Shepparton to south of Lake Eildon.We’re not expecting the levels of October 2022 which is pleasing, but there will still be a significant amount of water around and we’re asking community to be really vigilant and have that

Groups claim more than 30 MPs support changes to bill that will return to Commons next weekA damaging row over Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy has been reignited after ministers announced that the Rwanda bill will return to the Commons next week.The prime minister came under pressure from rightwing Tory MPs, including Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick, to accept amendments that would limit individual challenges by migrants and prevent the European court of human rights from blocking deportation flights to central Africa. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/09/rightwing-tories-rwanda-amendments-seek-to-end-migrants-legal-challenges Author : Rajeev Syal and Pippa Crerar Publish date : 2024-01-10 00:30:13 Copyright

Brazil president hosts summit amid criticism that easing of crackdown had allowed outsiders to return to forest areasThe Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has insisted his government must not lose the “war” against the environmental criminals devastating Indigenous lands in the Amazon after claims that thousands of illegal miners were resisting eviction from the country’s biggest such territory.After taking power last January, Lula made expelling an estimated 20,000 gold and tin ore prospectors from the Yanomami Indigenous territory a top priority after four years of Amazon destruction under his far-right predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. Environmental special forces and federal

Tornado warnings issued in Alabama and Louisiana as midwest prepares for snow and up to 3in rain expected along east coastMillions in the US are facing extreme weather this week as forecasters warn of possible tornadoes in the south and a winter blast continuing in the north.At least three tornadoes were spotted in north-east Florida, the National Weather Service reported. Residents in Panama City Beach, Florida, about two hours outside the state capital of Tallahassee, reported property damage after a tornado reportedly touched down in the area. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/09/tornado-warnings-florida-alabama-louisiana-snow-weather Author : Gloria Oladipo Publish date :

Kevin Hollinrake, the minister for postal services, says a government announcement on the scandal is imminent These posts on X are from Warwick Mansell, who runs the Education Uncovered website, giving his take on Bridget Phillipson’s speech. (See 12.23pm.)Returning from @bphillipsonMP ‘s speech on education. Interesting to see room so packed, with quite a few prominent ed figures in audience. Sense of government in waiting, perhaps. Substance also interesting.Lots of angles, which will write about. BP praised Michael Gove’s energy and sense that ed was at centre of nat conversation, which had been lost, tho stressed twice she often disagreed

France’s PM resigned on Monday after days of increasingly feverish speculation about an imminent government reshuffleThe education minister, considered a leading candidate to become France’s next prime minister, was born in 1989 in Hauts-de-Seine.The politician has already served in a variety of roles, including government spokesperson and public accounts minister. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/09/france-new-prime-minister-emmanuel-macron-europe-live-news-updates Author : Lili Bayer in Brussels Publish date : 2024-01-09 11:16:17 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US secretary of state to press Netanyahu to do more to protect Palestinian civilians and start planning for post-war governance of GazaFull report: Antony Blinken arrives in Israel amid fresh US push to stop war spreadingUS secretary of state Antony Blinken is in Tel Aviv, where he will try to convince the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to begin serious negotiations on postwar governance in Gaza, do more to protect civilians in Gaza, and allow more aid into the territory.“I will press on the absolute imperative to do more to protect civilians and to do more to make sure that

Marcellus Otero, 19, tells reporters he will plead guilty to some of the charges after appearing at Burwood local court on TuesdayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney teenager has vowed to no longer drive “like an idiot” after a car crash led police to uncover a plethora of alleged driving offences on his dashcam.Marcellus Otero was arrested in December and faced court for the first time on Tuesday after being hit with nearly 50 driving-related charges.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue

The increased cost of borrowing has left the government with an £11bn annual shortfall, according to the IFSStudent loans in England are expected to cost the government an extra £11bn a year as a result of higher interest rates massively increasing the cost of borrowing, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.The IFS said the huge additional cost was not reflected in either of the government’s official measures of the cost of student loans. “This means that the loss of more than £10bn is not being captured in official figures,” it said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/jan/09/government-lose-money-student-loans-inflation

Starmer says Labour would take pre-emptive action as minister confirms 2,000 homes have been flooded by Storm HenkMinisters have been accused of doing little more than “staring out of the window and watching the rain come down” as it was revealed that 2,000 homes have been flooded by Storm Henk.Labour called for a new taskforce to be created that would meet before the winter storms hit to pinpoint the areas most at risk and protect threatened homes and businesses. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/08/government-response-flooding-stare-out-window-labour-says Author : Steven Morris Publish date : 2024-01-08 22:48:56 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Ministers Gabriel Attal and Sebastien Lecornu cited as possible replacements with Marine Le Pen’s party ahead in pollsThe French prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, has resigned, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to give a new impetus to his second mandate before European parliament elections and the Paris Olympics this summer.Macron did not immediately name her successor. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/08/french-pm-elisabeth-borne-quits-as-macron-seeks-boost-before-eu-elections Author : Reuters in Paris Publish date : 2024-01-08 19:31:26 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

High-explosive warhead, dropped from plane, did not cause injuries, head of the region’s Moscow-appointed government saysUkrainian forces destroyed 18 out of 51 missiles launched during a wave of Russian air strikes on Monday, Ukraine’s air force said.It said Russia had launched 32 cruise missiles overnight as well as eight “Shahed” drones, and that all the drones had been downed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/08/russia-ukraine-war-live-russia-can-be-reined-in-under-international-law-zelenskiy Author : Yohannes Lowe (now); Martin Belam, Guardian staff and agencies (earlier) Publish date : 2024-01-08 16:47:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Prime minister speaks in Lancashire as MP says Tories have to accept ‘we have left the country sadder and less united’James Chapman, a former political editor of the Daily Mail who worked as special adviser for David Davis when he was Brexit secretary for about a year until he left convinced that Brexit was a terrible mistake, says he does not think the “back to square one” line really works as an attack line against Labour.The trouble with Sunak’s latest slogan is that I suspect a large number of voters think Britain is so broken under the Tories that “going