Glasgow city council reaches pay deal with union to avert fire-and-rehire plan
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Glasgow city council reaches pay deal with union to avert fire-and-rehire plan

‘Strong and fair’ proposal to be taken to members’ ballot after previous offer led Unison to walk out of negotiationsGlasgow city council has reached an agreement with the trade union Unison over pay and grading, averting one of the UK’s biggest ever fire-and-rehire exercises.Talks between the council and the GMB, Unite and Unison unions previously broke down when Unison refused to ballot its memb...

Taylor Sheridan bought a 600-acre Texas ranch as a family home; it is now a film set, horse hub and concert venue
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Taylor Sheridan bought a 600-acre Texas ranch as a family home; it is now a film set, horse hub and concert venue

Taylor Sheridan's Bosque Ranch in Weatherford, Texas, has transformed into a prominent site for film and TV productions. Originally intended as a family residence, it now generates substantial income through shows like Yellowstone and 1883. The ranch doubles as an equine center, celebrating Western culture with competitions and housing over 150 horses, making it a hotspot for equestrian training. ...

Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory
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Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory

Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surgeFlávio Bolsonaro is in pole position to win Brazil’s presidential election, after a far-right tsunami propelled him to a shock first-round victory over the incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, leaving progressive voters reeling.The 45-year-old rightwing candidate received 56.1m vot...

Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign

Republican Ken Paxton admits forces in DC control his Texas Senate campaign

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‘I don’t control message or what we’re doing,’ scandal- hit state attorney general reportedly says at private eventKen Paxton, the Texas attorney general chosen by Donald Trump to run as the Republican candidate for a Senate seat, admitted in private that his campaign was being controlled by outside forces in Washington DC.Paxton, who is locked in a competitive race with the progressive Democrat J...

Nearly 200 students injured in French schools protests as clashes with police continue – as it happened

Nearly 200 students injured in French schools protests as clashes with police continue – as it happened

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Hundreds of schools in France remain closed amid planned demonstrations across the countryThe conservative People’s Party is very pleased with the announcement.“At last,” they say on their X, with a slick election video – set to the EU’s anthem “Ode to Joy” – to go along with it.Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election for 29 November, just days after rightwing parties block...

Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power

Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power

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Party in England and Wales ditches commitment to phase out nuclear in major shift in its energy policyGreen party members have voted to end the party’s opposition to nuclear power, dropping a commitment to phase out the technology in a major shift in its energy policy.The motion, adopted at conference, removes a “blanket opposition to nuclear fission” and instead commits the Green party of England...

France braces for national day of school protests as boy loses hand

France braces for national day of school protests as boy loses hand

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Thousands expected to join marches of support on Tuesday across the country amid growing concerns over police response Europe live – latest updatesFrance is bracing itself for a national day of protests and high-school blockades as a youth protest movement gathers pace amid a growing debate over the scale of the police response. In one incident, a 15-year-old protesting against what demonstrators...

ISIS suspects face 'outsourced' justice in Iraq as HRW warns of 'collective global detention crisis'

ISIS suspects face 'outsourced' justice in Iraq as HRW warns of 'collective global detention crisis'

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Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Letta Tayler, Senior Counterterrorism Advisor at Human Rights Watch. She warns of the detention of suspected Islamic State members transferred from northeast Syria to Iraq as part of a much wider "global detention crisis". The men and boys now held in Iraq are living in 'dire' conditions, including deaths from illness, allegations of torture, and serious questio...

Why did the US rush to withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? - The Latest

Why did the US rush to withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? - The Latest

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The US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford after an investigation into an alleged planned terrorist attack on the base. At least 10 B-1 bombers used by the US military in the Iran conflict flew out of Fairford on Sunday, suggesting US officials were taking the threat seriously. Last week, five men in three vans near the military base were arrested, followed by a sixth British-Iranian national. ...

Why did the US withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? – The Latest

Why did the US withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? – The Latest

The Guardian •

The US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford after an investigation into an alleged planned terrorist attack on the base. At least 10 B-1 bombers used by the US military in the Iran conflict flew out of Fairford on Sunday, suggesting US officials were taking the threat seriously. Last week, five men in three vans near the military base were arrested, followed by a sixth British-Iranian national. ...

2 killed, including student, in ‘horrific’ school bus crash in Florida

2 killed, including student, in ‘horrific’ school bus crash in Florida

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A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people – including a 10th grade girl – and injuring several others, authorities said. Some 39 people were on the school bus that was headed to Winter Haven High School in Winter Haven when an oncoming car crossed the centre line and caused the crash, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd ...