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• Trump transition live updates: Trump considering lawyer for deputy AG, sources say

  14-11-2024 03:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Donald Trump is wasting no time in planning his return to the White House.
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Israel accused of the ‘war crime of forcible transfer’ in Gaza

  14-11-2024 11:08 via theguardian.com
  Report by Human Rights Watch says use of repeated evacuation orders against civilians amounts to crimes against humanityOvernight the IDF announced that six soldiers had been killed in clashes with Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon.The Times of Israel reports “it was one of the heaviest single-day losses in the operation that began in late September,” and that “according to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with at least four Hezbollah operat
  
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• Colombia outlaws child marriage after 17-year campaign

  14-11-2024 11:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Country closes 137-year legal loophole, becoming one of 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean to entirely ban marriage for minorsColombian lawmakers have approved a bill to eradicate child marriage in the South American country after 17 years of campaigning by advocacy groups and eight failed attempts to push legislation through the house and senate.After five hours of heated, drawn-out debate on Wednesday evening, lawmakers approved the proposed legislation, dubbed They are Girls, Not Wives, wh
  
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• Hospital waiting times in England fall to lowest level in five months - UK politics live

  14-11-2024 11:03 via theguardian.com
  
  The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has fallen to 7.57mProf Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, has put out a statement welcoming the waiting list reduction (see 9.53am), but saying the health service will be busier than ever before this winter. He says:The NHS is going into winter under more pressure and busier than ever before, with another record month for A&E and ambulance services before we even start to see a further spike of pressure ca
  
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• Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore

  14-11-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Course set to be taught by controversial British ‘anti-woke’ media commentator Andrew DoyleNew College of Florida reinstated a course on “wokeness” taught by controversial British media personality and culture warrior Andrew Doyle to its catalog, after appearing to remove it from an earlier version, amid an ongoing furore over the university’s transformation into a more conservative institution.The course was also restored to an internal enrollment system but withou
  
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• Bill Clinton book describes ‘frustration’ over Monica Lewinsky affair questions

  14-11-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  In new memoir Citizen, Clinton acknowledges he has not directly apologized to Lewinsky over White House affair Bill Clinton, the former US president, has written of his “frustration” at being questioned about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky while acknowledging that he has never apologized to her directly.Clinton became embroiled in one of the biggest political scandals in history when it emerged in 1998 that he had a sexual relationship with the then 22-year-old Le
  
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• Burberry’s turnaround chief plans £40m cuts and ‘scarf bar’ rollout

  14-11-2024 09:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Shares in fashion brand jump as ‘urgent’ cost-cutting programme announced following half-year lossesBusiness live – latest updatesBurberry has unveiled a £40m cost-cutting programme as its new chief executive pledged to “stabilise the business” with a turnaround plan aimed at reviving the fortunes of the ailing British luxury fashion brand.Joshua Schulman, the former Coach boss who replaced his ousted predecessor, Jonathan Akeroyd, in July, said the company wa
  
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• Paris prosecutor seeks jail and public office ban for Marine Le Pen

  14-11-2024 09:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Request in embezzlement trial threatens to undermine National Rally’s efforts to polish image before 2027 pollsA Paris prosecutor has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial in which she and 24 others are accused of embezzling EU funds.The trial, which comes almost a decade after initial investigations started, threatens to undermine her National Rally (RN) party’s efforts to polish its image befo
  
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• Insults and a haka in New Zealand parliament as MPs debate Māori rights bill

  14-11-2024 09:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Voting temporarily suspended amid disruptions including a Māori party MP ripping up a copy of the billNew Zealand’s parliament has erupted into fiery debate, personal attacks and a haka over a controversial bill that proposes to radically alter the way New Zealand’s treaty between Māori and the crown is interpreted.The treaty principles bill was tabled by the libertarian Act party – a minor partner in New Zealand’s coalition government – and passed its fir
  
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• Efune insists his Daily and Sunday Telegraph bid is still on track

  14-11-2024 09:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Asset manager Oaktree out of running as backer but businessman has ‘high confidence’ he will get financeBusiness live – latest updatesThe British owner of the New York Sun has said his £550m offer to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph is still on track, despite a big potential backer not joining the bid.Dovid Efune entered exclusive talks to buy the Telegraph titles last month after submitting the highest bid in the second round of the auction for the titles. Continue rea
  
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• Anger as CFMEU ‘sweetheart deal’ suspended in Queensland government crackdown

  14-11-2024 09:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Union members hit out at LNP as deputy premier announces pause on pay and conditions policyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA “sweetheart deal” for the CFMEU has been suspended in an unprecedented crackdown after the embattled union was blamed for major project cost blowouts.Construction union “perks” were put on ice as the Queensland government stepped up a campaign to tackle the CFMEU, with some union members clearly not happy.Sign up for Guard
  
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• Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws

  14-11-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public.The opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic” was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Preve
  
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• Fireworks blamed for baby red panda’s death at Edinburgh zoo

  14-11-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Royal Zoological Society of Scotland calls for tougher laws after three-month-old Roxie dies from Bonfire Night stressThe owner of Edinburgh zoo has linked the death of a baby red panda on Bonfire Night to fireworks and called for tighter regulations.The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said vets blamed the death of three-month-old Roxie on 5 November on her reaction to fireworks in the area. Continue reading...
  
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• Australia backs UN resolution recognising ‘permanent sovereignty’ of Palestinians in major departure

  14-11-2024 08:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Vote cast with 158 other countries to recognise ‘permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has backed in a United Nations resolution to recognise the “permanent sovereignty” of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, marking a major departure from its previous position.At a UN committee vote on T
  
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• Alexis Wright wins $60,000 Melbourne literature prize

  14-11-2024 08:45 via theguardian.com
  
  The Waanyi writer, who won the Miles Franklin award and Stella prize this year for her novel Praiseworthy, has been recognised for her body of work and contribution to Australian cultureAlexis Wright has been awarded the $60,000 Melbourne prize for literature, capping off an extraordinary year in which she has won more than $200,000 in prize money after the publication of her epic novel, Praiseworthy.The Melbourne prize for literature, awarded every three years, recognises a Victorian writer who
  
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• Police make arrest and seize water pistol after incident outside NSW parliament – as it happened

  14-11-2024 07:53 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closedAustralia backs UN resolution recognising ‘permanent sovereignty’ of Palestinians in major departureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCould Donald Trump really fire Kevin Rudd?The former prime minister’s criticism of Donald Trump has drawn the ire of those in the president elect’s inner circle, and prompted renewed debate about whether the incoming administration could seek retribution.I’d be very much opposed to that.
  
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• ‘Different when there’s a knife raised at you’: officer feared Clare Nowland would stab her before Taser deployed

  14-11-2024 07:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Paramedic witness tells Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial that 95-year-old Nowland ‘didn’t appear to acknowledge’ warnings or instructionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA police officer who tried to disarm a 95-year-old nursing home resident who had a steak knife has told a court she feared she would be stabbed – and was “comfortable” with her partner’s de
  
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• Coles and Woolworths buy big independents to help protect dominance, IGA says

  14-11-2024 07:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Major supermarkets’ takeover strategy prevents smaller grocers from growing into stronger competitors, inquiry hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastColes and Woolworths “pick off” large independent stores in a takeover strategy that prevents the smaller grocers from growing into more formidable competitors, an inquiry heard on Thursday.Grant Ramage, an executive at IGA and Foodland brand owner Metc
  
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• Pharmacies vote to cut services unless UK government acts over ‘crisis’

  14-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Pharmacy owners to reduce hours and make fewer home deliveries of medicines unless there is better fundingPharmacies have said they will halt a number of services within weeks, including the end of free medicine deliveries and extended opening hours, unless the government drastically boosts funding for the sector to stem an “escalating crisis”.In a high-turnout ballot run by the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which represents independent community pharmacies, 99% of pharmacy ow
  
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• ‘A special place’: Guardian readers’ generosity helps to save rewilded farm

  14-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Bedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaignA unique farm that was “accidentally” rewilded 35 years ago and is now a haven for endangered nightingales and other rare wildlife has been saved, thanks in part to the generosity of Guardian readers.Strawberry Hill in Bedfordshire has been successfully bought by the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants (BCN) after a crowdfunding appeal raised £1.5m. Continue reading
  
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• Israel accused of crimes against humanity over forced displacement in Gaza

  14-11-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that suggests ‘the war crime of forcible transfer’ of civiliansIsrael is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity.The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer [of the civilian population]”,
  
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• Dead drops, PR stunts and punishment beatings: the rapid rise of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry

  14-11-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian bordersAt any one moment in towns and cities across Russia, thousands of drug packages lie buried in the ground, attached by magnets to lamp-posts or taped underneath window sills, waiting to be picked up by their intended customers.From the streets of Moscow to remote towns in Siberia, hand-to-hand buying of illegal drugs – as is the norm in most of the world – is on the wane.
  
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• How a Republican trifecta makes way for Trump’s rightwing agenda

  14-11-2024 05:15 via theguardian.com
  
  GOP majority in House and Senate could give the president-elect ability to extend tax cuts and roll back Biden-era lawsWith the confirmation that Republicans have won a majority in the House of Representatives, Donald Trump and his party will now have a governing trifecta in Washington come January, giving the new president a powerful perch to enact his rightwing agenda.Even without majorities in both chambers of Congress, Trump’s victory in the presidential race already gave him significa
  
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• Republicans secure House majority in yet another blow to Democrats

  14-11-2024 05:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Party has won 218 seats in lower chamber after Democrats unsuccessfully campaigned on need to curtail ‘dysfunction’Full congressional results: House, Senate and governorsRepublicans have secured a majority in the US House of Representatives, extending their hold on the lower chamber and delivering a governing trifecta in Washington that could give Donald Trump sweeping power to enact his legislative agenda.The Associated Press determined on Wednesday evening that Republicans had won
  
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• Man dead after explosions outside Brazil supreme court ahead of G20

  14-11-2024 04:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials said the man had killed himself with a bomb after trying to enter the Supreme Court, prompting security concerns ahead of the global leaders meetingA man killed himself with a bomb outside Brazil’s supreme court after trying to enter the building on Wednesday, officials have said, stirring security concerns before the country hosts global leaders from the Group of 20 major economies.The blasts come five days before the G20 heads of state meet in Rio de Janeiro, followed by a stat
  
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• WATCH: Scammers in bear costumes attacked cars: Officials

  14-11-2024 03:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Four people have been arrested for alleged insurance fraud after they claimed a bear damaged their car — but it was really a person in a bear costume, according to officials in California.
  
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• Trump 'challenging' Republican senators with controversial Cabinet picks: ANALYSIS

  14-11-2024 03:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators to confirm his Cabinet picks.
  
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• Startling claims made at UFO hearing in Congress, but lack direct evidence

  14-11-2024 03:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-defense department official said government employees had been injured and US conducted secret UFO retrievalsUS government employees have been injured by UFOs and the US government has conducted a secret UFO retrieval program, a former department of defense official told a congressional committee on Wednesday, though the hearing lacked any direct evidence to back up the startling claims.The hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), which has become the more accepted term for UFO, als
  
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• Republicans baffled after Trump picks ‘reckless’ Gaetz for attorney general

  14-11-2024 03:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Congressman decried as ‘person of moral turpitude’ amid questions over whether Senate will confirm nominationDonald Trump’s decision to nominate the far-right Republican congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general has sent shockwaves through Washington, including the president-elect’s own party.Trump on Wednesday announced Gaetz as his pick to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer in the justice department, a role that directs the government’s legal pos
  
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• Trump's defense secretary pick once slammed him for 'shallowness' on foreign policy

  14-11-2024 02:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Donald Trump this week tapped Pete Hegseth to be his secretary of defense -- despite the Fox News host having previously criticized him before he was elected in 2016.
  
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