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Relatives pay tribute to Anita Mukhey, who was attacked near a bus stop in Edgware on ThursdayA grandmother who was stabbed to death in north London has been remembered for being “devoted to her family”.Anita Mukhey, 66, a medical secretary in the NHS, was attacked near a bus stop in Edgware on Thursday morning. Continue reading…



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Author : Sarah Haque

Publish date : 2024-05-12 17:12:36

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Frontbencher says new Labour MP dismissed allegations from Tory former justice secretary that she lobbied him as ‘nonsense’A senior Labour frontbencher has defended his party’s newest MP, Natalie Elphicke, after allegations she lobbied the justice secretary in 2020 regarding the forthcoming trial of her husband, Charlie, on sexual assault charges.Jonathan Ashworth, a shadow Cabinet Office minister, said on Sunday that Elphicke regarded the allegations from Robert Buckland as “nonsense”, urging the former justice secretary to give a full public account of the 2020 meeting. Continue reading…



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Author : Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Publish date : 2024-05-12 12:27:44

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Thousands take to Tel Aviv streets, while Israeli military urges evacuation of more areas of Rafah amid strikes across GazaAl Jazeera is reporting that the Israeli military has intensified the bombardment of north Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, destroying residential houses and attacking evacuation centres.The outlet says Israel has been targeting the camp with drones and has reported, alongside Wafa news agency, that several Palestinians have been killed and injured. An exact death toll has not yet been given. The claims have not been independently verified. Continue reading…



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Author : Yohannes Lowe

Publish date : 2024-05-12 07:50:06

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Survivors pick through debris-littered streets and damaged buildings as rescue workers dispatched amid warning some areas cut off by floodingMore than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple provinces in Afghanistan, the UN’s World Food Programme said, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured.Many people remained missing after heavy rains on Friday sent roaring rivers of water and mud crashing through villages and across agricultural land in several provinces, causing what one aid group described as a “major humanitarian emergency”. Continue reading…



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Author : Agence France-Presse in Laqayi, Afghanistan

Publish date : 2024-05-12 02:50:36

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Republican US senator from Alabama best known for delivering widely ridiculed State of the Union speech in MarchKatie Britt, the Republican US senator from Alabama best known for delivering a widely ridiculed State of the Union speech in March, marked the run-up to Mother’s Day on Sunday by introducing a bill to create a federal database to collect data on pregnant people.The More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (Moms) act proposes to establish an online government database called “pregnancy.gov” listing resources related to pregnancy, including information about adoption agencies and pregnancy care providers, except for those that provide abortion-related services. Continue reading…



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Author : Léonie Chao-Fong

Publish date : 2024-05-11 21:28:45

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Analysis reveals voters switching from the Tories in pro-Brexit seats could make a Starmer election victory easier to achieveVoters are switching from the Tories to Labour in the most pro-Leave parts of the country in such numbers that Keir Starmer may need a far lower overall swing from the Conservatives to win a parliamentary majority than was previously believed, election analysts have claimed.In their analysis of last week’s local elections, Professors Robert Ford of Manchester University and John Curtice of Strathclyde University both noted that the bigger the 2016 vote was for Leave in an area, the higher the swing was to Labour. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/11/labour-gains-leave-brexit-swing-majority-tories-starmer-victory-election

Author : Toby Helm Political editor

Publish date : 2024-05-11 18:22:23

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Four other people also injured in West Midlands incident as officers work with fire service to establish causeTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women died and four people were injured in a house fire in Wolverhampton.Emergency services were called to a house in the Dunstall Hill area at 2am on Saturday. Continue reading…



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Author : PA Media

Publish date : 2024-05-11 13:37:08

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Israeli military drops leaflets ordering around hundreds of thousands of people to leave the citySee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageIsraeli tanks have reached the Salahuddin Road which crosses Rafah, dividing its centre from the eastern neighbourhoods evacuated before Israel’s seizure of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt last week, witnesses in Rafah told the Guardian.In the west of the city, which has yet to be directly affected by the recent fighting. many are already planning on fleeing.Our neighbours and friends have been looking for a place for a while in case something happened but since the leaflets were dropped this morning, they are afraid and anxious.They have already begun to dismantle their tents and prepare their belongings for transportation. Continue reading…



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Author : Tom Ambrose

Publish date : 2024-05-11 09:00:06

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Warragamba dam nearing capacity after two West Australians were hospitalised on FridayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWarragamba dam could spill over the Mother’s Day weekend amid severe weather warnings on the east coast, and after a tornado tore through the West Australian city of Bunbury, injuring two people.WaterNSW issued a warning on Friday that the Warragamba dam was nearing capacity after several days of rainfall, and that a spill event was “likely in coming days”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Guardian staff

Publish date : 2024-05-11 04:18:49

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Loss of habitat and food sources driving fruit bats closer to urban centres, leading to bat deaths, power outagesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIt’s an increasingly frequent occurrence on Australia’s east coast – a fruit bat foraging for food lands on a power line to rest.The flying fox (as it’s also known), spreading its wings before taking flight, touches a second power line and is electrocuted.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…



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Author : Adeshola Ore

Publish date : 2024-05-11 00:00:11

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Former Trump chief strategist’s four-month prison term had been on hold while judges considered appealJoe Biden and Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaigns are a study in contrasts.While Biden spends his Friday fundraising on the west coast, making campaign stops in California and Washington, Trump sits through another day of his New York trial over Trump’s alleged falsification of business records in connection with hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading…



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Author : Alice Herman

Publish date : 2024-05-10 19:34:41

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Piran Ditta Khan, 75, was last of seven men convicted for involvement in Bradford robbery in which Beshenivsky was shotFugitive for 15 years, Piran Ditta Khan, was handed a life sentence today for leading an armed robbery that ended with police officer Sharon Beshenivsky being shot dead.Khan, 75, fled the country after the robbery and lived as a fugitive in Pakistan for 15 years before the UK government extradited him last year. Continue reading…



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Author : Daniel Lavelle

Publish date : 2024-05-10 15:04:38

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The White House says that more civilian deaths in Rafah will play into Hamas’ ‘twisted narrative’ about Israel; UNGA resolution calls on security council to reconsider membership requestSee all of our Israel-Gaza war coverageOn a visit to Washington, German defence minister Boris Pistorius expressed “understanding” for the US threat to limit arms supplies to Israel in the event of a full-blown Rafah offensive but stopped short of setting any new red lines on German weapons.However, he told ZDF public television that Germany must put pressure on Israel “not to go too far” and to “slow down” in its military response to the 7 October attacks. “ Continue reading…



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Author : Tom Ambrose

Publish date : 2024-05-10 10:29:42

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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsGDP is the standard measure of economic activity, but it has its critics too.It tracks what’s happening across the economy, but does not distinguish between harmful and beneficial activity.It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl.It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts Whitman’s rifle and Speck’s knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. Continue reading…



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Author : Graeme Wearden

Publish date : 2024-05-10 05:46:33

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The president is under pressure from Republicans and progressives as humanitarian crisis builds and immigration remains a key voter issueThe Biden administration has said its proposed changes to asylum standards, unveiled on Thursday, that would fast-track some deportation will enhance security and speed up a backlog of cases amid record numbers of arrivals at the US-Mexico border.The changes will also, by Biden’s own admission, be limited in scope and only affect a “small” number of people who have been convicted of serious crimes or may pose a national security risk. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/biden-asylum-rules-us-border-immigration

Author : Maanvi Singh

Publish date : 2024-05-10 01:37:27

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