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• Police chief says public not warned about discarded novichok container

  18-11-2024 15:02 via theguardian.com
  Counter-terrorism commander says risk of contamination in Salisbury was not discussed with public health leadersPeople were not warned against picking up discarded objects after the 2018 novichok attack on the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal despite concerns that a container of the nerve agent had been left in Salisbury, a senior counter-terrorism police chief has said.Commander Dominic Murphy told an inquiry that he believed no warning was issued by public health leaders until after the poiso
  
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• Video: Knife-wielding suspect hurls axe at police car

  18-11-2024 19:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  A suspect was filmed on dashcam footage throwing a hatchet at a police car in Springfield, Massachusetts, on 11 November.
  
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• RFK Jr is Trump’s pick to ‘Make America Healthy Again.’ Here’s all the agencies he could oversee

  18-11-2024 19:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Eric Garcia breaks down just how much power Kennedy would have should he lead the agency
  
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• Haitian families are fleeing Springfield before Trump returns to White House

  18-11-2024 18:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  During his campaign, Trump pushed false rumors about immigrants eating pets in the Ohio city
  
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• Polls show growing support for mass deportation as Trump threatens to use military

  18-11-2024 18:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect has suggested a national emergency could be declared on the issues as new poll shows support for deportation has grown since Trump was last in power
  
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• Sara is unlikely to hit the U.S. as a hurricane – that doesn’t mean the Gulf Coast is in the clear

  18-11-2024 18:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Remnants from the tropical storm are expected to bring severe weather to Florida and the Gulf Coast, including wind gusts up to 60mph
  
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• Laken Riley murder trial latest: Victim’s mother sobs in court as bodycam reveals ‘fingernail scratches’ on suspect’s arm

  18-11-2024 18:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan native who entered the US illegally, is charged with the February killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley
  
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• Two Brits killed after ‘Narco speedboat’ falls off trailer and smashes into car in Spain

  18-11-2024 17:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Zodiac drug boat caused a massive pile-up after falling into the busy motorway at around 70mph
  
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• Florida woman accused of faking mom’s identity to get hurricane aid. She claimed botox made her look younger

  18-11-2024 17:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police said the 44-year-old claimed she was forced from her home due to damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton
  
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• 20% of Americans are now getting their news from influencers on X

  18-11-2024 17:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Racial minorities, young adults and adults with a lower income were more likely to get their news from news influencers, according to a report
  
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• Two Brits killed after ‘Narco speedboat’ falls of trailer and smashes into car in Spain

  18-11-2024 16:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Zodiac drug boat caused a massive pile-up after falling into the busy motorway at around 70mph
  
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• A pregnant mom failed to pick up her two kids from daycare. Then cops made a ‘horrific’ discovery

  18-11-2024 16:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  When Delfina Perez Chilel never arrived to fetch her children last Friday, it immediately set off alarms
  
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• Bomb cyclone to slam western states with winds up to 70mph and two feet of snow

  18-11-2024 16:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The storm could impact road and air travel across the Pacific Northwest region
  
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• Donald Trump Jr hints that Republicans have ‘backup plans’ if controversial picks don’t get confirmed

  18-11-2024 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Some of them are going to be controversial. They are controversial because they’ll actually get things done,’ the president-elect’s eldest son said
  
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• US regulators open two investigations into Ford recalls just days after $165 million fine was announced

  18-11-2024 16:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Just days after announcing a civil fine against Ford for moving too slowly on a recall, the U.S. government unveiled two investigations into recalls that may not have worked or covered enough vehicles
  
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• Musk is fighting with top Trump adviser on cabinet picks as Tesla CEO’s influence grows

  18-11-2024 16:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tensions are reportedly boiling over as the billionaire clashes over White House roles
  
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• Cop29: US Democrats put on brave face as Republicans fight for cheap energy

  18-11-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  US climate envoy says Trump won’t derail progress as GOP argues for increasing oil and gas production at UN talksThroughout the UN climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijanin recent days, US officials have maintained a studiously sunny disposition, saying that Republican president-elect Donald Trump will not derail climate progress.US climate envoy John Podesta said the fight “for a cleaner, safer” planet will not stop under a re-elected Trump even if some progress is reversed. White H
  
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• Cruise line offers ‘escape’ from Trump presidency with multi-year packages

  18-11-2024 15:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Villa Vie Residences says program will cost less than $40,000 a year and traverse 425 ports across 140 countriesAs Donald Trump prepares to begin his second four-year term, one cruise company is giving Americans the choice to opt out and escape.The residential cruise line Villa Vie Residences announced earlier in November that it is launching a program that will allow travelers to join its ship, the Odyssey, at any port as it traverses around the world for the next several years. The trip is exp
  
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• Laken Riley murder trial latest: Suspect Jose Ibarra returns to court for day two over student’s death

  18-11-2024 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan native who entered the US illegally, is charged with the February killing of 22-year-old Laken Riley
  
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• UK consumer confidence drops as household finances are squeezed; Trump tariffs would ‘hit growth’ – business live

  18-11-2024 15:54 via theguardian.com
  Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsUK consumer confidence has fallen this month, as households grow gloomier about their financial prospects.The latest poll of consumer sentiment, just released by data firm S&P Global, shows that households reported that their current finances continued to deteriorate in November, while pessimism about the financial outlooks for the year ahead has risen.“November is seeing households grow somewhat gloomier again, failing to build
  
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• No 10 defends Reeves’ record of being ‘straight’ with voters after Tories attack her over CV embellishment – UK politics live

  18-11-2024 15:53 via theguardian.com
  No 10 spokesperson defends chancellor and says Reeves has been honest about state of public financesKeir Starmer has held his bilateral with Xi Jinping in Rio at the G20, offering to meet his counterpart, the Chinese premier Li Qiang, in Beijing or London at the earliest opportunity.But the PM also raised human rights issues with Xi, including the sanctions on parliamentarians and the persecution of Hong Kong and British citizen Jimmy Lai.A strong UK China relationship is important for both of o
  
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• Elon Musk and Trump adviser reportedly clash over cabinet picks – US politics live

  18-11-2024 15:53 via theguardian.com
  
  X owner and adviser Boris Epshteyn reportedly came to blows over how much influence each exerts on president-elect’s choices for top administration jobsThe reported tension between Elon Musk and Boris Epshteyn as they vie for status in Donald Trump’s inner circle of un-elected influencers involves the tech entrepreneur, Musk, challenging lawyer Epshteyn on the merits of his suggestions for senior appointments in the incoming Republican administration, according to Axios.It quotes sev
  
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• Feds want to allow more logging in Pacific Northwest to help curtail wildfires

  18-11-2024 15:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The proposed plan also calls for closer cooperation between the Forest Service and Native American tribes to tap into tribal knowledge about forest management
  
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• Brzezinski and Scarborough of liberal MSNBC meet Trump for ‘new approach’

  18-11-2024 15:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Cable news channel’s top morning hosts seek to ‘restart communications’ with Mar-a-Lago meetingUS politics live – latest updatesMika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, top morning hosts at the liberal MSNBC cable news network, have revealed that they personally met with Donald Trump about “a new approach” as well as to “restart communications” after vocally opposing his successful campaign for a second presidency.On Monday’s edition of Morning J
  
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• Video: Ukrainian nursery teacher ‘takes out Russian missile’

  18-11-2024 15:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  A former Ukrainian nursery teacher appeared to successfully shoot down a Russian cruise missile in her first combat launch.
  
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• MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ hosts traveled to Florida to meet with Trump and ‘restart communications’

  18-11-2024 15:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Despite the co-hosts’ many disagreements with Trump, they agreed to ‘restart communications’ with the president-elect
  
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• X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war

  18-11-2024 15:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Images released by MSF doctors highlight impact of conflict in the country, with medical supplies and aid unable to reach people due to fightingA series of X-rays showing a piece of shrapnel buried deep inside a 20-month-old girl’s head and a bullet embedded in an 18-month-old boy’s chest are among images released by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) revealing the impact of the war in Sudan on children.The two babies were treated at Khartoum’s Bashair
  
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• Thames Water’s IT ‘falling apart’ and is hit by cyber-attacks, sources claim

  18-11-2024 15:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Company relies on obsolete tech and there are troubling security gaps, Guardian investigation suggestsThames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’Floods, explosions, asbestos: Thames faces problems on all fronts“The software we use is older than me, and some of the hardware is older than my dad,” says Siddharth*. He is one of a team fighting a daily battle to sustain ancient IT infrastructure at Thames Water.Sometimes the defences are breached. Thames, the UK’s la
  
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• Trump confirms plan to use US military for mass deportations with more cabinet picks expected: Live updates

  18-11-2024 15:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect responded to Truth Social post about reports military assets would be deployed under national emergency to carry out deportations, writing ‘TRUE!!!’
  
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• German architecture award rescinded over British artist’s Israel boycott vow

  18-11-2024 15:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Schelling Architecture Foundation refuses to give James Bridle his €10k prize after he signed open letter A German architecture foundation has rescinded one of its €10,000 (£8,360) awards from a British artist over an open letter he signed promising a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions, citing the German government’s controversial antisemitism resolution as a factor behind the decision.The Athens-based artist and author James Bridle was announced in June as the recipi
  
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