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Reform councillors told to call donations inquiry ‘establishment stitch-up’
The Guardian •

Reform councillors told to call donations inquiry ‘establishment stitch-up’

Party briefing notes say: ‘Daily routine of hit jobs and smears will not deter us from winning next general election’ Reform UK has instructed its councillors to describe a police investigation into donations from the mother of George Cottrell as an establishment stitch-up, as polling showed the party’s popularity plummeting.Internal briefing documents circulated to the party’s councillors include...

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Plus-size models and £5 tickets: Sinéad O’Dwyer’s runway show puts inclusivity first

Plus-size models and £5 tickets: Sinéad O’Dwyer’s runway show puts inclusivity first

The Guardian •

V&A event celebrates all shapes and sizes as wider fashion industry stalls on body diversityVisitors to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on Friday afternoon to watch Sinéad O’Dwyer’s Fashion in Motion show would have encountered something a little different. The cast of performers and models wore everything from underwear to skirt suits and sequins, and sometimes danced interpretively on th...

Scientists discover a 17-million-year-old ape fossil in Egypt that could rewrite early ape evolution

Scientists discover a 17-million-year-old ape fossil in Egypt that could rewrite early ape evolution

Times of India •

A new fossil ape named Masripithecus was found in northern Egypt. This discovery suggests northeastern Africa played a larger role in early ape evolution. Previously, East Africa was considered the primary region for ape diversification. The Masripithecus fossil fills a geographical and evolutionary gap in scientific understanding. This find expands the map of early hominoid origins beyond East Af...

Deadly clashes in the occupied West Bank

Deadly clashes in the occupied West Bank

France 24 •

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to respond with "full force" following a deadly clash in the occupied West Bank. Two Israeli soldiers were killed on Friday in fighting near the settlement of Havat Gilad and the neighbouring village of Tal. The incident comes amid a sharp rise in violence across the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023.

第221特別国会が事実上閉会 政府提出の64法案すべて成立

NHK World •

第221特別国会が事実上閉会しました。この国会では、皇族数の確保に向けた改正皇室典範など政府が提出した64の法案が、すべて成立しました。また議員立法では、与党が連立合意に基づいて提出した「副首都」構想の関連法などが成立した一方、衆議院議員の定数削減法案は、野党の反発を受けて審議が見送られました。

Reform councillors told to describe donations inquiry as establishment stitch-up

Reform councillors told to describe donations inquiry as establishment stitch-up

The Guardian •

‘Daily routine of hit jobs and smears will not deter us from winning next general election,’ party briefing notes sayReform UK has instructed its councillors to describe a police investigation into donations from the mother of George Cottrell as an establishment stitch-up, as polling showed the party’s popularity plummeting.Internal briefing documents circulated to the party’s councillors included...

Was Keir Starmer’s leaving party the boozy birth of a new Labour force?

Was Keir Starmer’s leaving party the boozy birth of a new Labour force?

The Guardian •

A £10,000 bar tab was drunk, there was a ‘lot of anger’, and now ex-ministers are thinking how to cooperate in future Keir Starmer’s leaving party had been planned for some time. But in years to come it might be seen as the birth of a new Labour movement.Dozens of ministers, aides and Starmer himself headed to the Grafton pub in Kentish Town on Monday night to drown their sorrows, hours after the ...

Guyanese authorities confirm death of 72 people in sinking of coastal ferry

Guyanese authorities confirm death of 72 people in sinking of coastal ferry

The Guardian •

Of the estimated 179 people aboard, 76 were rescued as efforts continue to salvage the ship and recover all bodiesThe confirmed death toll from the recent capsizing of a state ferry off Guyana’s coast has risen to 72, with more bodies recovered as a multinational team struggle to salvage the partially submerged vessel.Of the estimated 179 people aboard, 76 people were rescued. The government has e...