Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live pred 1 uro in 22 minutami Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’The number of serious pollution incidents caused by water firms across England rose by 60% in 2024 compared with the previous year, the Environment Agency said.The watchdog revealed consistently poor performance from all nine water and sewerage firms in the country despite expectations for incidents to decrease, PA reported. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs pred 1 uro in 24 minutami PBS chief says cuts package ‘goes against the will of the American people’ as smaller outlets could face total closurePublic broadcast station leaders are condemning Donald Trump’s latest victory after the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that will cancel all federal funding for public broadcasting programs including PBS and NPR.Following the Senate’s decision to pass $9bn in spending cuts to public broadcasting as well as foreign aid, PBS president and CEO Paula Kerger saying that the Senate’s approval of the package “goes against the will of the American people”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Fourteen reported dead after Israeli strikes on Gaza – Middle East crisis live pred 1 uro in 27 minutami Two separate Israeli strikes reported in southern Gaza, with another attack in the northTwo of Jerusalem’s most senior Christian clerics travelled to Gaza on Friday after a deadly Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory’s only Catholic church, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.The Catholic Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Theophilos III, headed an “ecclesiastical delegation” to meet local Christians after Thursday’s strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, a statement read.Those responsible must be held to account.It is crucial that immediate steps are taken to prevent recurrence of such violence. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Former England footballer Paul Ince given 12-month drink-driving ban pred 1 uro in 32 minutami Ince was also fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £2,000 statutory surcharge and £85 costs over incident in JuneThe former England footballer Paul Ince has been banned from driving and ordered to pay £7,085 for drink-driving.The 57-year-old appeared at Chester magistrates court on Friday where he admitted driving his Range Rover while over the limit on 28 June in Neston, Cheshire. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Festivalgoers help drive Burberry to best sales performance in 18 months pred 1 uro in 41 minutami Music fans snap up wellies, scarves and light jackets, and shares rise 4% on better-than-expected performanceShoppers snapping up Burberry wellies, scarves and light jackets to wear at music festivals have helped the fashion brand to its best sales performance in 18 months despite lacklustre spending by tourists around the world.Sales of the luxury British brand fell 2% to £433m in the three months to the end of June, with a 1% decline at established stores, an improvement from the 6% fall in the previous quarter and the best performance since Christmas 2023. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Green groups fear business sector will dominate debate at Chalmers’ roundtable at environment’s expense pred 2 urama in 18 minutami Current list of 24 invitees to next month’s economic reform summit includes only one environmental representativeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEnvironmentalists fear they are being shut out of the economic debate after peak nature groups were overlooked for invites to Jim Chalmers’ reform roundtable.The current list of 24 invitees to next month’s summit features only one representative from the environment movement: former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, in his capacity as chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Native title win for Millewa-Mallee First Nations peoples in Victoria after decades-long fight pred 2 urama in 35 minutami Historic decision in Australia’s federal court gives traditional owners in state’s north-west the right to control access to their countrySign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailAfter a difficult journey spanning more than two decades, traditional owners say they’ve “weathered the storm” to finally have their native title rights recognised.The federal court on Friday awarded the historic native title determination to the Indigenous peoples of the Millewa-Mallee from north-west Victoria, for the first time granting exclusive native title rights in the state.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Serious pollution incidents by English water companies rose 60% last year pred 2 urama in 57 minutami Environment Agency records 75 serious incidents among total of 2,800, with Thames Water being worst offenderSerious pollution incidents by water companies were up 60% last year compared with the year before, data has revealed.These incidents are the most environmentally damaging and indicate that the sewage spill or other pollution incident has a serious, extensive or persistent impact on the environment, people or property. They could, for example, result in mass fish deaths in rivers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Grant Shapps defends use of superinjunction to suppress Afghan data leak pred 3 urami in 21 minutami Shapps, defence secretary when the superinjunction was imposed, said its use was ‘entirely justified’ to save livesAfghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the ARR?The former defence secretary Grant Shapps has defended the use of an unprecedented superinjunction to suppress a data breach that led to the UK government relocating 15,000 Afghans.The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) was created in haste after it emerged that personal information about 18,700 Afghans who had applied to come to the UK had been leaked in error by a British defence official in early 2022. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time pred 3 urami in 28 minutami Firm says technology used in El Eternauta is chance ‘to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper’Netflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time, in a move the streaming company’s boss said would make films and programmes cheaper and of better quality.Ted Sarandos, a co-chief executive of Netflix, said the Argentinian science fiction series El Eternauta (The Eternaut) was the first it had made that involved using generative AI footage. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
