Boeing boss urges workers not to put ‘recovery in jeopardy’ with strike

12/09/2024 10:00 The Guardian

Kelly Ortberg in last-minute plea to assembly staff due to vote on 25% pay offer, with business ‘in difficult period’Boeing’s new chief executive, Kelly Ortberg, has pleaded with workers to not go on strike, before a crucial union vote on Thursday, warning the action would put the company’s “recovery in jeopardy”.About 33,000 aircraft assembly workers, most of them in the Seattle area, are due to vote on a pay offer that includes rises worth 25% over four years. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: 20 killed in strike on central Gaza school; Harris urges Israel to get more aid into northern areas

Israeli shelling killed people at a school serving as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in the central Nuseirat camp, say hospitalsThe European Union has condemned all attacks against United Nations missions, the union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a response to targeting of the...

14/10/2024 07:17 The Guardian

Calls for ACCC investigation into live music industry amid warnings artists may be getting ‘ripped off’

Multinational claims upcoming ABC report into it will likely be ‘inaccurate and unbalanced’ as experts say without intervention smaller venues will struggle to surviveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCalls are mounti...

14/10/2024 07:07 The Guardian

Europe’s medical schools to give more training on diseases linked to climate crisis

New climate network will teach trainee doctors more about heatstroke, dengue and malaria and role of global warming in healthMosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria will become a bigger part of the curriculum at medical schools across Europe in the face of the climate crisis.Future doctor...

14/10/2024 06:00 The Guardian

Australia news live: Sydney thunderstorms may lead to flash flooding, BoM warns; Oasis ticket presale begins

Follow today’s news liveBruce Lehrmann unemployable and may need to go on OnlyFans ‘or something silly like that’ to make money, lawyer tells courtGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Nampijinpa Price on Voice referendum, one year onThe shadow minister for Indigen...

14/10/2024 05:10 The Guardian

China launches large-scale military drills around Taiwan after President Lai’s National Day speech

People’s Liberation Army criticises ‘separatist acts’ and says all branches of the military were involved in exercises around TaiwanChina’s military and coast guard have surrounded Taiwan’s main island as part of large-scale drills that it said were a warning against “separatist acts”,...

14/10/2024 04:28 The Guardian

Families seek to clear names of men who refused to fight for former Dutch colony

Conscientious objectors refused to take part in military campaign against Indonesian independence in 1940sFamilies of 20 men who were jailed for refusing to fight to preserve the former Dutch colony in Indonesia have formally asked for their names to be cleared, arguing that instead of “deserters,...

14/10/2024 04:00 The Guardian

Rachel Reeves must keep promise to ease business rates burden, say retailers

Plea comes as analysis warns of £2.7bn tax rise mainly affecting smaller retail, leisure and hospitality firmsThe chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has been urged to keep her promise to ease the pressure from business rates on high street businesses amid warnings of a looming £2.7bn tax hike that would m...

13/10/2024 23:01 The Guardian

BBC World Service retreat ‘helping Russia and China push propaganda’

BBC director-general Tim Davie to warn world facing ‘all-out assault on truth’ as state-funded media operators broadcast unchallengedThe BBC director-general will warn that the retreat of its World Service because of funding cuts has helped Russia and China broadcast “unchallenged propaganda...

13/10/2024 18:09 The Guardian

Joe Biden set to visit Germany to discuss Ukraine and Middle East

US president likely to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz within next week during rescheduled trip, say sources in BerlinJoe Biden will visit Germany this week, government sources in Berlin said, after he cancelled a planned trip last week due to Hurricane Milton.The senior German officials who spoke on co...

13/10/2024 15:41 The Guardian

Trump to hold rally in Arizona as new polls show Harris in the lead – live

Several polls released on Sunday show Kamala Harris in the lead or in a tight race with Donald TrumpSpeaker Mike Johnson said that passing additional hurricane aid for states impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton “can wait” until Congress is back in session after the election.On Sunday, Johns...

13/10/2024 15:10 The Guardian

Tory switchers warm to ‘no-nonsense’ Badenoch over Jenrick’s ‘more of the same’

A focus group showed signs the leadership race is cutting through, and one candidate seems to have a rare qualityWinning back voters lost in the disastrous general election of this summer will be top of the to-do list for the newly installed Conservative party leader when he or she is appointed in a...

13/10/2024 14:00 The Guardian

UK university cuts threaten to ‘wipe out’ black scholarship, academics say

Critics say courses are being closed that played a leading role in addressing racial disparities in higher educationBlack scholarship in the UK risks being wiped out due to redundancies and course closures, leading academics have warned.Universities in England are engulfed in a financial crisis and...

13/10/2024 13:00 The Guardian

Government housing targets unrealistic and unfair, English councils warn

Exclusive: Some authorities say they are ‘being set up to fail’ when fault often lies with developers sitting on sitesCouncils have raised the alarm over what they describe as unrealistic government targets for new housing, saying these penalise local authorities when the fault often lies with d...

13/10/2024 11:00 The Guardian

‘Vengeful’ Trump withheld disaster aid and will do so again, ex-officials warn

Former administration officials say Trump deliberately denied funds to states he deemed politically hostileDonald Trump deliberately withheld disaster aid to states he deemed politically hostile to him as US president and will do so again unimpeded if he returns to the White House, several former Tr...

13/10/2024 10:00 The Guardian

Hunger in Lebanon could soar amid Israeli onslaught, UN expert warns

Michael Fakhri, special rapporteur on right to food, warns Israeli military attack risks repeat of starvation seen in GazaHunger and malnutrition rates could rise “exponentially” in Lebanon, if Israel follows through with threats to escalate the current military operation which has so far killed...

13/10/2024 09:00 The Guardian

Steven Miles bats away accusations of pinching policies from Greens ahead of Queensland polls opening

State premier announces free state primary school lunches at campaign launch after revealing plan for state-owned health clinicsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPremier Steven Miles has warded off allegations of plagiari...

13/10/2024 06:42 The Guardian

Tool kit to make limb-saving devices set to transform treatment in crisis zones

British scientists have developed simple ways for those in danger areas to make complex medical equipment quicklyTwo shattering events played a critical role in British scientists’ efforts to develop technology that could transform the treatment of people who suffer traumatic injuries in wars or d...

13/10/2024 05:00 The Guardian

Russia and China accused of blocking Asean statement due to dispute over South China Sea

Russian foreign minister says final declaration not adopted because of attempts by US, Japan, South Korea, Australia and NZ ‘to turn it into a purely political statement’Russia and China blocked a proposed consensus statement for the East Asia Summit drafted by south-east Asian countries, mainly...

13/10/2024 03:24 The Guardian

Middle East: African Union joins UN member states in expressing support for Guterres – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can read all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza war here and Israel’s invasion of Lebanon here.Images on the newswires show Palestinians fleeing areas in the northern Gaza Strip after a fresh Israeli evacuation order:In a separate post on X to the one we reported on earl...

12/10/2024 23:24 The Guardian

‘The fear is unspeakable’: airstrikes on northern Gaza leave hundreds of thousands with nowhere to go

Roughly 400,000 people trapped in latest offensive with most of territory under evacuation ordersAt least 22 people have been killed in airstrikes in northern Gaza, with Israeli forces stepping up their campaign on the besieged Palestinian territory even as fighting in the new war in Lebanon escalat...

12/10/2024 17:36 The Guardian

Donald Trump to speak at Hispanic event as Kamala Harris releases medical report – live

The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning with election day just over three weeks awayAt a private dinner with several billionaire donors in September, Donald Trump expressed frustration that Republicans had not raised more money for his campaign, The New York Times repor...

12/10/2024 17:24 The Guardian

James Cleverly warned MPs that tactical votes could kill his leadership hopes

Dismayed senior Tories predict second contest for head of party will be needed amid chaos after centrist’s shock ejection from race• Paul Goodman: No matter who Tory members choose, the party has a mountain to climb in 2029James Cleverly launched a last-minute and doomed attempt to stop supporti...

12/10/2024 17:07 The Guardian

Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals

In secret journal, Putin’s fiercest critic writes: ‘If your convictions mean something, you must be prepared to stand up for them’ The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, excerpts from his memoir reveal.Navalny was the most prominent foe of the Russia...

12/10/2024 13:38 The Guardian

Stop pushing heat pumps or face major backlash, green energy magnate tells Labour

Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than UlezThe government risks a huge political backlash if it keeps pushing the public to install heat pumps to replace their boilers, one of Britain’s leading green entrepreneurs h...

12/10/2024 13:22 The Guardian

Private equity barons lean on Rachel Reeves to water down proposals for higher taxes

With the budget and Starmer’s investment summit approaching, the industry’s lobbyists are in full cry over ‘carried interest’When the future deputy prime minister Angela Rayner walked the floor of a bespoke kitchen outfitter’s warehouse in October 2022, she was doing more than gladhanding...

12/10/2024 12:00 The Guardian

Pressure mounts on Rachel Reeves to drop ‘dangerous’ £1.3bn cut to benefits for disabled

Thousands could lose up to £4,900 a year if the plan is retained in the forthcoming budgetRachel Reeves is coming under intense pressure to use the budget to abandon a £1.3bn cut to benefits for people with disabilities, first announced by the Tory government, amid warnings it will lead to hundred...

12/10/2024 12:00 The Guardian

UK overseas aid budget faces £900m raid to pay for housing asylum seekers

With the amount spent on refugees and asylum seekers this year on course to hit £3.6bn, the sum available for international projects must be cut again, warns thinktankMinisters have been warned that £900m will have to be raided from UK overseas aid projects to meet the costs of supporting asylum s...

12/10/2024 11:45 The Guardian

Trump makes gains as poll figures trigger anxiety for Harris campaign

The Guardian’s 10-day polling average tracker showed vice-president with two-point nationwide lead, down from 4%Tightening poll figures have triggered nervousness and anxiety in Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, with Donald Trump making gains in the states where it matters most as the elect...

12/10/2024 11:00 The Guardian

UK’s top Catholic bishop urges faithful to lobby MPs to oppose assisted dying

Cardinal Vincent Nichols says proposed bill could change medical duty of care into ‘duty to kill’The UK’s highest-ranking Catholic bishop has urged churchgoers to lobby their MPs to oppose proposed changes in the law around assisted dying in England and Wales, warning people: “be careful wha...

12/10/2024 09:03 The Guardian

Teenagers as young as 13 under suspicion for UK far-right terrorism

Experts blame ‘hateful soup’ of social media content as MI5 boss points to threefold increase in under-18s being investigatedTeenagers as young as 13 are coming under suspicion of engaging in terrorism after being exposed to a toxic cocktail of easily accessible far-right extremism online, exper...

12/10/2024 06:00 The Guardian

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