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Lib Dems promise 35 hours of free childcare from nine months old
Lib Dems promise 35 hours of free childcare from nine months old
Exclusive: Jo Swinson to announce dramatic increase as parties battle for female votersWorking parents would receive 35 hours a week free childcare from the day their baby turns nine months old under plans to be announced by the Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson, as the opposition parties battle to win over female voters.The Lib Dems will make a dramatic increase in the availability of free childcare the centrepiece of the party’s manifesto, saying it would boost the economy by enabling more parents to return to the workforce earlier. Continue reading...
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Bolton Knows About ‘Many Relevant Meetings’ on Ukraine, Lawyer Says
Bolton Knows About ‘Many Relevant Meetings’ on Ukraine, Lawyer Says
The former national security adviser would be an important witness in the impeachment inquiry, but his lawyer wants a court to rule on whether he should testify.
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Hill and Vindman Testimony: Key Excerpts From Impeachment Inquiry Transcripts
Hill and Vindman Testimony: Key Excerpts From Impeachment Inquiry Transcripts
House investigators released the interview transcripts of Fiona Hill and Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman.
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‘A Warning’ by ‘Anonymous’: 5 Takeaways
‘A Warning’ by ‘Anonymous’: 5 Takeaways
The book seems to be the product of a Republican with access to the White House who grew increasingly upset by President Trump.
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Michael Bloomberg Files Paperwork for 2020 Presidential Primary
Michael Bloomberg Files Paperwork for 2020 Presidential Primary
The former New York City mayor submitted paperwork on Friday afternoon to enter the 2020 presidential primary in Alabama, the first state with a filing deadline.
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Where Michael Bloomberg Stands on the Issues
Where Michael Bloomberg Stands on the Issues
Mr. Bloomberg has been an outspoken voice on gun control and climate change, but his views on taxes would put him on the conservative end of the Democratic field.
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Revealed: private surgery for NHS patients soars under Tories
Revealed: private surgery for NHS patients soars under Tories
Figure show almost three-fold increase since 2010 to over 600,000 procedures last yearThe number of NHS patients having surgery in private hospitals has trebled since 2010, sparking accusations that for-profit companies are benefitting from an “enfeebled” health system under the Conservatives.NHS figures obtained by the Guardian show that it paid for 214,967 people in England to have an operation in a private hospital in 2009-10, Labour’s last year in power. The figure soared to 613,833 last year, an 194% rise in nine years. Continue reading...
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Essex lorry deaths: 10 teenagers were among 39 victims, say police
Essex lorry deaths: 10 teenagers were among 39 victims, say police
Detectives release names of the dead including woman who sent final text to her familyTen teenagers were among the 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex last month, and the youngest of them were two 15-year-old boys, police have revealed.Detectives have completed identification of the bodies found in the container, which was shipped from Belgium to Essex on 23 October, and confirmed that all the victims were Vietnamese, 31 males and eight females. As well as the two children aged 15, Dinh Dinh Binh and Nguyen Huy Hung, there were three 19-year-olds, four 18-year-olds, and one 17-year-old. Continue reading...
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‘Death of a river’: the ruinous design flaw in a vast Amazon rainforest dam
'Death of a river': the ruinous design flaw in a vast Amazon rainforest dam
Operator faces choice of weakening 14km barrier or potentially devastating a biodiversity hotspot The biggest hydroelectric project in the Amazon rainforest has a design flaw that poses a “very serious” threat to human life and globally important ecosystems, according to documents and expert testimony received by the Guardian.The new studies suggest engineers failed to anticipate the impact of water shortages on the Pimental dam at Belo Monte, which is forcing the operators to choose between a structural weakening of the 14km-wide compacted-earth barrier and an reallocation of water in the reservoir or on the Xingu river, which is home to indigenous communities, fishing villages and some of the world’s mos...
Woman dies as floods hit Midlands and north of England
Woman dies as floods hit Midlands and north of England
Police pull body from water in Derbyshire as torrential rain causes major disruption A woman has died and dozens of homes have been evacuated after widespread flooding across large swathes of the Midlands and northern England.Some parts of the country received more rainfall in just 24 hours than they normally get in a single month, as more than 100 flood warnings were issued – including six warning of a risk to life. Continue reading...
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Man jailed for trying to rob Arsenal’s Mesut Özil and Sead Kolašinac
Man jailed for trying to rob Arsenal's Mesut Özil and Sead Kolašinac
Ashley Smith did not expect latter to fight back as he tried to steal luxury watches, court toldAn armed mugger has been jailed for 10 years for attempting to rob two Arsenal footballers of luxury watches worth £200,000.Ashley Smith and his accomplice, who were both wielding knives, did not count on the bravery of the club’s Bosnian defender Sead Kolašinac in fighting back, Harrow crown court heard. Continue reading...
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Pompeo attacks Russia and China in Berlin speech
Pompeo attacks Russia and China in Berlin speech
The US secretary of state says Nato risks becoming obsolete if it fails to defend Western values.
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Trump Rules Out Complete Rollback of China Tariffs as Talks Continue
Trump Rules Out Complete Rollback of China Tariffs as Talks Continue
The president indicated he has not yet decided which tariffs he might eliminate as part of an initial trade agreement.
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Recession Fears Are Receding. That Doesn’t Mean They Were Unfounded.
Recession Fears Are Receding. That Doesn’t Mean They Were Unfounded.
We’ll never know for sure whether the risks were as great as the yield curve and other signs suggested.
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What Happens When a President and Congress Go to War?
What Happens When a President and Congress Go to War?
Trump is not the first president to defy Congress. A struggle for power has been playing out since the nation’s founding — as its framers intended.
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Book Review: In ‘A Warning,’ Anonymous Author Makes Case Against Re-election
Book Review: In ‘A Warning,’ Anonymous Author Makes Case Against Re-election
The same official who wrote an Opinion essay in 2018 argues in a new book that the president’s contract shouldn’t be renewed.
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‘Tío Bernie’ Is Courting the Latino Votes He Needs to Win
‘Tío Bernie’ Is Courting the Latino Votes He Needs to Win
Bernie Sanders has raised more money from Latino donors than any of his Democratic rivals and he leads the field with Latino support in a new poll.
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Explained: What is SPG protection and who gets it?
Explained: What is SPG protection and who gets it?
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General election: Nicola Sturgeon launches SNP campaign ‘to escape Brexit’ – live news
General election: Nicola Sturgeon launches SNP campaign 'to escape Brexit' – live news
SNP leader speaks in Edinburgh as election campaigns take shape, with cheaper visas for NHS staff and year-long maternity pay among parties’ promisesJohnson accused of misunderstanding own Brexit deal after NI remarksWho are the favourites to take over as Labour deputy leader?Sign up to the morning election briefing 11.48am GMTSturgeon said her party would not lend support to any party that would stand in the way of a new Scottish independence referendum. It will be intersting to see how this plegde will be compatible with her statement that the SNP MP’s “would seek to form progressive alliance to lock the Tories out of government”.This is the take of Sky’s Beth Rigby:Suggesting that she will pe...
‘Greta Thunberg effect’ driving growth in carbon offsetting
'Greta Thunberg effect' driving growth in carbon offsetting
NGOs report fourfold increases in investments in carbon-reducing projects in developing countriesGrowing concern about the climate crisis and the “Greta Thunberg effect” are driving huge increases in individuals and businesses choosing to offset their emissions by investing in carbon-reducing projects in developing countries.NGOs and organisations involved in carbon offsetting have seen as much as a fourfold increase in investment from people who want to try to mitigate their carbon footprints. Continue reading...
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UK flooding: people stranded overnight in Sheffield shopping centre after heavy rain hits Yorkshire and Midlands – live news
UK flooding: people stranded overnight in Sheffield shopping centre after heavy rain hits Yorkshire and Midlands – live news
Met Office says 117 flood warnings in place after downpours continued through the nightFloods force Sheffield shoppers to spend night in MeadowhallHave you been affected? Share your stories, pictures and videos 11.28am GMTDerbyshire was hit with more rainfall in 24 hours than it normally receives in a single month, the Guardian has confirmed.The Environment Agency’s gauge in Glossop, a market town on the edge of the Peak District, recorded 114mm of rain in the 24 hours up to 4am. Derbyshire receives an average of 90.7mm of rain for the month of November. 11.01am GMTGood news for those affected by the flooding as the Met Office says rainfall is due to ease of...
Anonymous tell-all book likens Trump to ’12-year-old in air traffic control tower’ – report
Anonymous tell-all book likens Trump to '12-year-old in air traffic control tower' – report
Book by figure described as administration official says colleagues considered mass resignations to raise alarm, according to Washington PostThe anonymous author of a widely anticipated book on the Trump White House has described the US president as spiraling from crisis to crisis “like a 12-year-old in an air traffic control tower”, according to scathing extracts published by the Washington Post on Thursday.The unnamed author, identified only as “a senior official in the Trump administration”, also says that colleagues considered resigning en masse in order to raise alarm about the president’s conduct, but ultimately decided against it, according to the Post. Continue reading...
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Scores of bushfires burn out of control in NSW and Queensland as temperatures soar
Scores of bushfires burn out of control in NSW and Queensland as temperatures soar
Hot and windy weather has created volatile conditions along parts of Australia’s east coastParts of Australia faced an unprecedented bushfire threat on Friday evening as more than 100 blazes burned across coastal New South Wales and Queensland.Communities on NSW’s mid-north coast and the far north coast were battling the worst of the conditions, which were described by authorities as “uncharted territory” and that led to a dramatic, orange-red glow descending on the fire-threatened city of Port Macquarie. Continue reading...
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Australia bushfires: Record number of emergencies in New South Wales
Australia bushfires: Record number of emergencies in New South Wales
An unprecedented number of blazes bring the highest threat level to New South Wales, officials say.
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Hong Kong student’s death sparks impromptu protests and vigils
Hong Kong student's death sparks impromptu protests and vigils
Alex Chow died in hospital on Friday after falling from a ledge in a car park during protests.
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Lula: Brazil court ruling could free jailed ex-president
Lula: Brazil court ruling could free jailed ex-president
A Supreme Court decision may see the release of thousands of prisoners, including the former leader.
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Cambodia opposition leader barred from flight home
Cambodia opposition leader barred from flight home
Sam Rainsy wants to return to fight Prime Minister Hun Sen - who he says is is "a brutal dictator".
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US election 2020: Michael Bloomberg mulls presidential bid
US election 2020: Michael Bloomberg mulls presidential bid
New York's ex-mayor is concerned current Democratic hopefuls cannot beat Donald Trump in 2020.
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