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• Watch highlights of the 2024 Emmy Awards in 3 minutes

  16-09-2024 06:07 via nbcnews.com
  "Shōgun," "The Bear," and "Baby Reindeer" dominated at the 2024 Emmy Awards, with "Shōgun" taking home four of the night's biggest awards, including best drama, outstanding lead actress for Anna Sawai, and outstanding lead actor for Hiroyuki Sanada.
  
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• Harris condemns Trump’s plan for mass deportations in address at Latino leadership conference – live

  18-09-2024 20:34 via theguardian.com
  Vice-president says ‘we all remember what they did to tear families apart’; former Trump and Bush officials among more than 100 backing HarrisThe US is still not prepared for inevitable Russian attacks on its elections, the former special counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in 2016 and links between Donald Trump and Moscow, warns in a new book.“It is … evident that Americans have not learned the lessons of Russia’s attack on our democracy
  
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• Unite aims to force vote on winter fuel payment at Labour conference

  18-09-2024 20:31 via theguardian.com
  Union motion to condemn cut could prove embarrassing for PM at party’s first gathering since taking powerUnite will attempt to force a vote at Labour conference to reverse the winter fuel allowance cuts, in what could be an embarrassing row in Liverpool for Keir Starmer’s first conference in government.Unite, a strong critic of Starmer, is hoping to attract the backing of the largest union, Unison, for the motion to condemn the cut the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said was necessary al
  
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• Fourteen killed and hundreds injured in latest Lebanon blasts; Israel declares ‘new phase’ of war – Middle East live

  18-09-2024 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Health ministry says at least 450 injured after walkie-talkies explode; Yoav Gallant does not mention explosions but praises Israel’s army and security agencies for ‘very impressive’ resultsLocal Palestinian media is reporting that a 17-year-old child has been killed by Israeli security forces near Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The claims have not been independently verified.Overnight Israel’s military announced the deaths of four sold
  
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• Starmer urged to appoint ‘mould-breaking’ outsider as civil service head

  18-09-2024 20:20 via theguardian.com
  Allies say Simon Case’s replacement must drive through change, amid internal battles over appointmentKeir Starmer is being privately urged to appoint a new cabinet secretary from outside the civil service who can “break the mould” of the traditional role, as internal battles continue over Simon Case’s replacement.The outgoing chair of the John Lewis Partnership, Sharon White, who is also a former chief executive of Ofcom, is thought to be among the favourites to head the
  
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• Explosions linked to walkie-talkies kill at least 14 in fresh Lebanon attack

  18-09-2024 20:16 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 450 injured in cities across country a day after exploding pagers killed 14Middle East crisis – latest news updatesA new series of extraordinary explosions aimed at Hezbollah – this time targeting walkie-talkies – has killed at least 14 and wounded more than 450 in cities across Lebanon, as international observers warned that the simultaneous detonation of thousands of booby-trapped communications devices may constitute a war crime.The targeted detonations of the walki
  
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• UK must stop being naive over resetting relations with EU, thinktank says

  18-09-2024 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  European Centre for International Political Economy outlines a plan to bring the two sides closerThe UK must stop being “naive” about negotiations to reset relations with the EU and show more flexibility in its approach to Brussels, a trade policy thinktank has said.As EU leaders question how much has changed in the UK despite the new government, the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) has outlined a plan to bring the two sides closer after a series of reports
  
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• Hezbollah device blasts: what do we know about how the attacks happened?

  18-09-2024 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  What sources are saying about the techniques behind the simultaneous explosion of thousands of devicesAnalysis: Exploding pager attack in Lebanon is another blow for US peace hopesIn an unprecedented security breach, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkie radios belonging to members of Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon in simultaneous explosions on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding thousands of others.Hospitals across Lebanon were overwhelmed with an influx of patien
  
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• Met police budget ‘heading off a cliff’, commissioner warns in funding plea

  18-09-2024 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Sir Mark Rowley says force could have to shut half its ageing buildings in next decade and faces big deficit next yearScotland Yard needs hundreds of millions of pounds in new funding to drag itself out of crisis as its budget is “heading off a cliff”, its commissioner has said.Sir Mark Rowley said half of the Metropolitan police’s premises were so dilapidated that they faced closure within a decade, and sky-high demand on policing had not been met by an increase in money. Cont
  
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• TGI Friday’s UK future in doubt as owner reveals plan to enter administration

  18-09-2024 19:52 via theguardian.com
  Brand could disappear, with 87 restaurants and 4,500 jobs at risk after talks over rescue deal collapseThe company behind the UK arm of the TGI Fridays restaurant chain has said it plans to appoint administrators, putting the future of its 87 outlets and 4,500 employees in doubt.The American diner brand could disappear from UK high streets after Hostmore, which is listed on the London stock market, said administrators from advisory firm Teneo would be appointed and its restaurants sold off to ri
  
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• All 23andMe board members but CEO resign over no adequate buyout offers

  18-09-2024 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  The board has rejected both of Anne Wojcicki’s buyout proposals to save the struggling genetics companySeven of eight members of 23andMe’s board have resigned in yet another blow to the struggling genetics company. The CEO is now the only remaining member.The independent directors of the genetic testing firm said in a letter posted Tuesday that they were quitting the company’s board after not receiving a satisfactory buyout offer from the CEO, Anne Wojcicki. Continue reading...
  
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• NGOs call Home Office ‘unethical’ over £15m offer to help resettle deportees

  18-09-2024 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 30 groups say they will not be ‘complicit’ in department’s ‘divisive anti-migrant agenda’The Home Office has been accused of “cynical” and “unethical” behaviour after offering millions of pounds to refugee charities to help settle newly deported people.A government contract put out to tender earlier this month offers to pay £15m over three years to NGOs who work with people being removed from the UK to 11 countries, including
  
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• Sue Gray’s £170,000 pay prompts fury among Labour advisers

  18-09-2024 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Revelation Keir Starmer’s chief of staff is paid more than PM adding to anger over salary cuts, sources saySue Gray has been given a salary of £170,000 as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff – more than the prime minister – prompting fury among Labour colleagues who have taken lower pay since entering government.Gray was given a pay rise after the election despite other political special advisers being unhappy that their salary was reduced compared with their previous job
  
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• UN members back resolution directing Israel to leave occupied territories

  18-09-2024 19:28 via theguardian.com
  
  General assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of Palestinian resolutionafter ICJ ruling in JulyMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesIn a symbolic step exposing Israel’s continued international isolation, the UN general assembly has voted overwhelmingly to direct Israel to leave the occupied Palestinian territories within a year.The non-binding vote follows a historic advisory ruling in July by the international court of justice (ICJ) urging Israel to cease “its unlawful pr
  
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• ‘Repercussions are inevitable’: unease in Israel over Hezbollah pager attack

  18-09-2024 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Israeli commentators and analysts question timing of explosions and what they will lead toMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesNearly 24 hours after the simultaneous detonation of hundreds of pagers imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, followed by more explosions on Wednesday targeting walkie-talkies across Lebanon, in an attack attributed to Israel, political commentators and analysts were grappling with questions about the timing and what the consequences might be for the conflic
  
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• Boeing to furlough ‘large number’ of employees amid factory strike

  18-09-2024 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Move comes after about 33,000 workers in Pacific north-west began strike on FridayBoeing’s CEO said on Wednesday that the company would begin furloughing “a large number” of employees to conserve cash during the strike by union machinists that began last week.The chief executive, Kelly Ortberg, said the layoffs would be temporary and affect executives, managers and other employees. Continue reading...
  
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• Gisèle Pélicot tells mass rape trial that she ‘never gave consent’

  18-09-2024 19:07 via theguardian.com
  Former wife of Dominique Pélicot, who allegedly recruited strangers to assault her, calls accused men ‘degenerates’The former wife of a French man accused of recruiting strangers to rape her while she was drugged has told a court she never consented and the men who allegedly assaulted her were “degenerates”.Appearing at the trial of her former husband, Dominique Pélicot, and 50 men he allegedly invited to rape her, Gisèle Pélicot, 72, said: &ld
  
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• More than 100 ex-Republican officials call Trump ‘unfit to serve’ and endorse Harris

  18-09-2024 18:59 via theguardian.com
  
  In recent weeks, a handful of Republicans have crossed party lines to endorse Democratic presidential candidateUS politics live – latest updatesMore than 100 Republican former national security and foreign policy officials on Wednesday endorsed Kamala Harris for president in a joint letter, calling Donald Trump “unfit to serve” another term in the White House.Former officials from the presidential administrations of Republicans Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, George W Bush and
  
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• Suspicious packages sent to election offices in 16 US states as threats mount

  18-09-2024 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  FBI and US Postal Service launch joint investigation into parcels, some containing white powder found to be flourUS politics live – latest updatesAn investigation has been launched after suspicious packages, some containing white powder, were sent to election officials in 16 states, intensifying fears of disruption to the forthcoming US presidential election.Election offices in Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Georgia, Missouri, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Indi
  
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• IMF postpones Russia visit after heavy criticism across Europe

  18-09-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Trip to Moscow to review economy delayed indefinitely after protests it would ‘normalise relations with aggressor’The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indefinitely postponed a staff mission to Moscow this week to review the Russian economy for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine, after the move came under heavy criticism from several of Kyiv’s European allies.After revelations in the Guardian of widespread condemnation, the IMF said it would spend more time gather
  
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• British activist denied bail after years in Indian jail without trial

  18-09-2024 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Jagtar Singh Johal is being arbitrarily detained and targeted for his human rights activism, say campaignersDelhi’s high court has denied bail to the British activist Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been imprisoned in India for nearly seven years, in seven cases brought against him by the country’s National Investigations Agency.The ruling has shocked family and supporters who claim it should jolt the British government into recognising that Johal is not receiving justice at the hands of
  
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• Hezbollah vows revenge on Israel for deadly Lebanon pager explosions

  18-09-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands of pagers detonated across the country and in Syria, killing 12 people and wounding almost 3,000Middle East crisis – live updatesHezbollah has vowed revenge for an unprecedented and deadly attack in Lebanon, with Israel accused of carrying out the operation by planting explosives inside thousands of pagers imported by the group months earlier.Thousands of pagers detonated across Lebanon and in Syria, killing 12 people and wounding almost 3,000 others, including the group’s
  
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• Specter of assassination highlights US gun violence crisis, advocates say

  18-09-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Data shows more Americans supporting political violence in nation where firearms outnumber peopleAfter the second apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump in two months, gun safety advocates say the episode underlines the perilous political landscape of potentially lethal violence against public officials in a nation where firearms outnumber people.A 58-year-old man, identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, was apprehended by authorities on Sunday after Secret Service agents spotted the barre
  
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• Dutch government led by far-right PVV asks EU for opt-out from asylum rules

  18-09-2024 17:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Move by coalition headed by Geert Wilders’ Freedom party is unlikely to get a positive reception in BrusselsThe new Dutch coalition government headed by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV) appears to be on a collision course with the EU over immigration after formally asking Brussels for an opt-out on asylum rules.“I have just informed the European Commission that I want an ‘opt-out’ on migration matters in Europe for the Netherlands,” the asylum and
  
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• Flood warnings in Nigeria over release of water from Cameroon dam

  18-09-2024 17:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Potential for flooding in 11 Nigerian states as west and central Africa struggles to deal with recent heavy rainfall Authorities in Nigeria have warned of the potential for flooding in 11 states after neighbouring Cameroon said it would start regulated releases from its Lagdo dam following recent heavy rainfall in west and central Africa.Umar Mohammed, the director-general of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA), indicated that the discharges would be gradual “to avoid …
  
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• Blast from attack on Russian arms depot picked up on earthquake monitors

  18-09-2024 17:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian drone attack causes large explosion at arsenal in Toropets, more than 300 miles north of UkraineA Ukrainian drone attack on a large Russian weapons depot caused a blast that was picked up by earthquake monitoring stations, in one of the biggest strikes on Moscow’s military arsenal since the war began.Pro-Russian military bloggers said Ukraine struck an arsenal for the storage of missiles, ammunition and explosives in Toropets, a historic town more than 300 miles north of Ukraine
  
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• Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: murder charge dropped against one of three suspects

  18-09-2024 17:15 via theguardian.com
  Activists greet decision over killings of British journalist and Brazilian Indigenous expert with ‘indignation’Appeal judges in Brazil yesterday upheld charges against only two of the three men accused of murdering Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, in a decision “received with indignation” by Indigenous activists.The three judges ruled that there was “insufficient evidence of authorship or participation” by Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, a fisher, in the 2022 deat
  
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• Sydney commuter delays and shutdown of T3 line possible if NSW fails to reach agreement with transport union

  18-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  RTBU says it will call off this week’s industrial action if government agrees to offer 50-cent fares to public transport usersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCommuters can expect delays and a main Sydney train line’s conversion to a metro service may be derailed unless the New South Wales government can reach an 11th-hour agreement with the rail union.The Rail, Tram and Bus Union failed to reach a breakthrough in emergency talks with Sydney and NSW Trains m
  
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• Global heating is making El Niño and La Niña forecasts less reliable, BoM says

  18-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Meteorologists say climate change and the amount of heat being added to the oceans make predictions based on the past less reliableGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Bureau of Meteorology is shifting the way it communicates about climate phenomena like El Niño and La Niña, because global heating is making predictions based on the past less reliable.This week the bureau kept the country on a “La Niña watch” and said if the cl
  
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• Fatima Payman singles out Rupert Murdoch as she decries mainstream media’s treatment of Muslim women

  18-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Independent senator accuses mogul of causing ‘division, marginalisation and fearmongering’, and says the media too often reduces her to a stereotype Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe independent senator Fatima Payman has accused mainstream media of reducing Muslim women to “stereotypes” and singled out Rupert Murdoch, alleging moguls like him cause “division” and “fearmong
  
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