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2024-10-04 14:08:57

‘Unprecedented’ decline in US drug overdose deaths gives experts hope
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A new report states fatalities had decreased by 10% as of April 2024 while 911 first-responder calls were 16.7% lower Experts have welcomed news of a reported drop in overdose deaths in the US and say they are cautiously optimistic about the downward trend, while warning that more work and extra resources will be needed to sustain progress.Overdose deaths in the US have dropped by about 10%, the largest decline in decades – falling to an estimated 101,168 deaths annually as of April 2024, according to an analysis of state-level data. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/overdose-deaths-decline

2024-10-04 14:08:56

Marco Rubio-linked thinktank produces anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory videos
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Videos voiced by Nate Hochman tout conspiracy theories about McKinsey and have elements of fascist rhetoricA Marco Rubio-linked thinktank stoking fears about Haitian migrants in Pennsylvania has also produced a sequence of videos in recent months that promote conspiracy theories about LGBTQ+ people, human rights organizations and even the corporate consultancy McKinsey & Company.The editor hired to produce those videos also produces for the media organization founded by Mike Lindell, the MyPillow chief and prominent election-denier who is a close ally of the former US president Donald Trump. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/marco-rubio-thinktank-conspiracy-theories

2024-10-04 10:15:00

Donald Trump’s foul-mouthed migrant rant captured in private pitch to donors
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Republican nominee claims Harris is threat to democracy in recording of top-dollar fundraiser in Colorado in AugustDonald Trump unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade about undocumented immigrants and predicted that this “could be the last election we ever have” if Kamala Harris wins during a private fundraising dinner this summer.The Guardian obtained a 12-minute recording of a speech that the Republican presidential nominee gave at a dinner on 10 August in Aspen, Colorado, where attendees were required to donate anywhere from $25,000 to $500,000 a couple. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/trump-fundraiser-recording

2024-10-04 05:21:48

A brutal year and a tale of two Israels: the one that is feared and the one that is fearful | Jonathan Freedland
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There is a yawning gap between how the world sees Israel and how Israelis see themselves. If only each could see through the other’s eyesYou’ll be ahead of me on this one. By the time you read this, it’s possible that Israel will have hit back in response to the nearly 200 ballistic missiles that Iran fired on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities on Tuesday evening. As I write this, the world is bracing itself for that expected Israeli retaliation and what threatens to be an all-out regional war, pitting the Middle East’s dominant powers against each other.The reason for that gap between us is that I am writing these words before the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, which began at sunset on Wednesday. By tradition, Jews are supposed to refrain from all work for the 48 hours that follow, work defined to include not only updating newspaper columns but watching the news on TV or checking your phone. I suspect I will not be the only Jew who will have struggled to comply with that stricture this year.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/04/israel-israelis-gaza-war-7-october-anniversary

2024-10-04 02:21:15

Tim Walz to Muslim voters in push before election: ‘Our hearts are broken’
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Democratic vice-presidential candidate spoke virtually at advocacy group Emgage Action’s eventIn a final push to engage Muslim voters ahead of the election, Tim Walz called for the end of the war in Gaza and pledged that, if elected, the Harris administration would work “side by side” with Muslim Americans.The vice-presidential candidate joined Muslim advocacy group Emgage Action’s Million Muslim Votes: A Way Forward virtual summit the day after the vice-presidential debate. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/03/tim-walz-muslim-voters

2024-10-03 20:05:33

Major US firefighter union declines to endorse Trump or Harris for president
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International Association of Fire Fighters vote by a margin of 1.2% to not back either White House candidateThe International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has declined to endorse a candidate ahead of next month’s US presidential election, despite efforts by both the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns to court the union.“This decision, which we took very seriously, is the best way to preserve and strengthen our unity,” the IAFF said in a statement. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/03/election-fire-union-trump-harris

2024-10-02 06:27:02

Floods are wreaking havoc around the world. Vienna might have found an answer | Gernot Wagner
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The Austrian capital has been spared the worst of recent flooding. Its experience could be a lesson in how to tackle the climate crisisFloods are seemingly unavoidable these days. Florida, North Carolina, Nigeria, Tunisia, Mexico, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Poland and Austria are among the places that have experienced flooding in the last month. Those floods should no longer come as much of a surprise. Climate change leads to more frequent and intense rain almost everywhere on the planet, and most infrastructure, from roads and bridges to canals and hydroelectric dams, is simply not built to withstand such extremes.That’s where Vienna stands out. The floods that have deluged central Europe over the past two weeks caused plenty of disruptions in Lower Austria, including to a newly built train station meant to connect the burgeoning suburbs to the city. But aside from some disruption to Vienna’s otherwise well-functioning subway system, Viennese homes were largely spared. Why? It’s not because Vienna sits on higher ground than the surrounding areas (by and large it does not). The reason the city escaped the worst of the floods is because of human engineering and political foresight dating back to the 1960s, which emerged in response to earlier floods that devastated parts of the city.Gernot Wagner is a climate economist at Columbia Business School. He is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Wiener Klimarat, Vienna’s climate council Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/02/floods-havoc-vienna-austria-climate-crisis

2024-10-01 09:19:48

US elections: Tim Walz and JD Vance to face off in VP debate – live updates
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Vice-presidential candidates will go head to head in New York City in a crucial contest weeks before the US general electionGood morning, US politics readers.It’s the day of the vice-presidential debate and Tim Walz and JD Vance are preparing to go head to head in New York City. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/oct/01/election-harris-trump-politics-updates

2024-09-28 23:29:26

Trump leans into anti-immigrant rants and Harris barbs at Wisconsin rally
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Ex-president speaks in Prairie du Chien flanked by anti-immigrant posters and lobs insults at Harris and BidenDonald Trump spoke on Saturday in the battleground state of Wisconsin, escalating his anti-immigrant rhetoric and taking his personal insults against Kamala Harris up a notch.Trump’s speech in the small community of Prairie du Chien, where a Venezuelan in the US illegally was detained in September for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and attacking her daughter, was unusually devoted almost entirely to undocumented immigrants. He wrongfully claimed that immigrants in the US are violent criminals, referring to them as “stone-cold killers”, “monsters” and “vile animals”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/28/trump-wisconsin-immigration-speech

2024-09-28 17:10:50

In their inhumanity, conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine offer a shared, brutal vision of the future of war | Simon Tisdall
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By acting with impunity and tearing up the rulebooks, warmonger leaders are setting an alarming precedent It’s a golden rule of politics that national leaders do not interfere in other countries’ elections. Tell that to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who jumped into the middle of America’s presidential campaign last week with both feet, wearing size 10 combat boots. The resulting, resounding thud could be heard as far away as Kyiv (which was perhaps the point).Visiting an ammunition factory in pivotal Pennsylvania, Ukraine’s war-weary president told Republican nominee Donald Trump that, when it came to his appeaser’s policy of cutting off arms supplies and accepting peace on Vladimir Putin’s terms, he was talking out of his posterior. And Trump’s oddball running mate, JD Vance, was just plain “dangerous”, he said. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/28/gaza-ukraine-brutal-future-war

2024-09-28 15:00:41

US Department of Justice sues Alabama for purging people from voter rolls
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Officials say purge violates ‘quiet period provision’ prohibiting name removals 90 days before federal electionThe US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Friday against Alabama and its top election official, accusing the state of illegally purging people from voter rolls too close to the November election.Federal officials said the purge violates the “quiet period provision” of the National Voter Registration Act that prohibits the systemic removal of names from voter rolls 90 days before a federal election. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/28/us-justice-department-sues-alabama-voter-purge

2024-09-27 19:57:52

Dozens airlifted from roof of Tennessee hospital as Helene brings severe floods
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Rescue operation under way at Unicoi hospital in Erwin after flash flooding from deadly hurricane overwhelms areaMore than 50 hospital patients and staff were in the process of being airlifted from the roof of the building in Tennessee on Friday afternoon in a dramatic rescue operation after flash flooding overwhelmed the area.An urgent evacuation was launched as the storm effects of Hurricane Helene were felt far and wide, with the state emergency agency and the national guard responding to the situation that quickly unfolded at Unicoi hospital in Erwin, Tennessee, about 100 miles outside Knoxville. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/tennessee-hospital-helene-floods

2024-09-27 16:25:18

It’s not just Trump v Harris: America’s men and women are also locked in battle now | Jonathan Freedland
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There are clear reasons why women are running from Trump, but men are flocking to him – and it’s vital to understand whyI hesitate to give JD Vance any ideas, but if American women were denied the vote, Donald Trump would be restored to the White House in a landslide. Similarly, if men were removed from the franchise, Kamala Harris would be swept into the Oval Office in an even bigger earthquake. As it is, the two are clashing in an election marked by a gulf so wide, the phrase “gender gap” doesn’t do it justice. In ways that go deeper than mere politics, and with implications for the world beyond the US, the presidential election is increasingly looking like a war between men and women.The numbers are stunning. An NBC poll this week found men favour Trump over Harris by 12 points, 52% to 40%. Among women, Harris leads Trump by 21 points: 58% to 37%. Put the two together and you have a gender chasm of 33 points. Men may not be from Mars and women may not be from Venus, but when it comes to choosing a US president, they are on different planets.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/27/donald-trump-kamala-harris-men-women-us-election

2024-09-27 10:27:02

I grew up in the shadow of the Slovenian Alps, but their serene beauty only calls to me now | Ana Schnabl
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Hiking my first mountain as a broke student was a revelation, one that has often helped me face up to personal strugglesI live in northern Slovenia, in the medieval town of Kamnik. This town lends its name to one of the three Alpine ranges that overlook the territory of Slovenia, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps. They might not have the country’s highest peaks, but they are nevertheless imposing.For my entire life, I have been looking at one of their most distinguishing features, the Kamnik Saddle, be it from the village where I grew up or from Ljubljana where I lived for a couple of years. This saddle became the backdrop to the story of my life.Ana Schnabl is a Slovenian novelist, editor and critic Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/27/slovenia-alps-hiking-mountain-beauty

2024-09-27 10:27:02

The US cannot allow Israel to turn southern Lebanon into a second Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi
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This crisis is a humanitarian disaster that may destabilize the whole region. Does Biden have any ‘red lines’ left?Just after daybreak on Monday, dozens of US-made warplanes began raining bombs and missiles on Lebanon, killing more than 550 people and injuring 1,800 in the hours that followed. By day’s end, Israel had carried out one of the most intense aerial bombardments in modern history. The Israeli fighter jets were sent by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, but they couldn’t have gotten off the ground without the full support and complicity of Joe Biden over the past 11 months.The Israeli military said it bombed more than 1,600 targets throughout Lebanon that day, claiming it was targeting locations where Hezbollah stored rockets and other weapons it was firing at northern Israel. The death toll, which included 50 children and 94 women, was the country’s highest single-day toll since Lebanon’s 15-year civil war ended in 1990. Nearly 500,000 Lebanese civilians fled their homes in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa valley and other regions. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/27/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-biden

2024-09-27 10:27:01

The real victims of Olivia Nuzzi’s affair with RFK Jr are other female journalists | Moira Donegan
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This fling may have been consensual – but let’s spare a thought for all the other women in media tainted by unfair associationAnyone who is not a moralist or kidding themselves will admit that a good piece of gossip is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Gossip exposes the false sanctimony of the powerful: it reveals the smug and self-righteous to be grubby, selfish and embarrassing – just like the rest of us. If the pronouncements of politicians make history, and the reporting of the media shapes that history’s official narrative, gossip runs along behind them, like a bratty younger sibling, filling in their omissions to tell a truer story. “You left out this part.” “That’s not what you told me.”Maybe this is why media gossip about journalists and politicians carries such a frisson of transgressive delight: it breaks their monopoly on narrative authority. The people who have been appointed to tell us stories about our world, and about ourselves, finally get themselves subjected to the same treatment. It helps, too, to bust the bubble of a media industry that has long demanded more moral gravitas than it has really earned. These are the people, after all, who claim to be holding power to account. But how do they actually behave towards those in power?Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/27/olivia-nuzzi-rfk-jr

2024-09-27 10:11:06

‘The US lost its shame muscle’: why sex no longer scandalizes in politics
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While Trump’s affair with Stormy Daniels made headlines, scandals like this don’t move the needle for US votersEarlier this year, at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, adult film star Stormy Daniels told jurors how at age 27, she met a 60-year-old Trump, whose wife had only recently given birth to their son, for what she thought was dinner. She arrived to find him in satin pyjamas and, during an encounter that included very “brief” sex, the business magnate told Daniels that she reminded him of his daughter, Ivanka.I’m not dragging all this up again to put you off your dinner. I’m bringing it up to remind you that, while all these sordid details made headlines and generated jokes on late-night talkshows, they didn’t move the needle with Trump’s voters at all. His base, which includes evangelical Christians, simply didn’t care. Nor were they bothered about Trump’s association with Mark Robinson, the disgraced Republican candidate running to be North Carolina’s next governor who was allegedly once active on a porn forum called Nude Africa where he boasted about being a “perv”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/politics-sex-scandals-trump-rfk-jr

2024-09-26 02:06:46

Newsom vetoes key part of reparations package in another blow to deal
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California governor rejects bill that would’ve helped Black families reclaim or be compensated for land taken unjustlyCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have helped Black families reclaim or be compensated for property that was unjustly taken by the government.The bill would have created a process for families to file a claim with the state if they believe the government seized their property through eminent domain due to discriminatory motives and without providing fair compensation. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/gavin-newsom-vetoes-california-reparations-bill

2024-09-19 23:24:33

History made as Shohei Ohtani becomes first MLB player to enter 50-50 club
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Two-way star hits two homers to reach historic milestoneNo player had ever logged 50 HR and 50 SB in same yearLos Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani on Thursday became the first MLB player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.Ohtani, who came into the game needing a stolen base and two home runs to achieve the historic feat, stole after his first two at-bats before hitting back-to-back home runs in the fourth and seventh innings. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/19/shohei-ohtani-50-50-club-la-dodgers

2024-09-19 23:24:31

Too many ‘candid’ social media videos are obviously, agonisingly fake. So why are viewers laughing? | Rebecca Shaw
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Yes, I’m talking about silly clips – but if people think entirely staged pranks are real then I fear for us allWith advances in technology including AI and ChatGPT, and increasingly realistic fake images everywhere, media literacy is diving towards an all-time low. There are many areas where a lack of critical thinking has had and will have devastating effects on society. I’m here to talk about something that is not as serious but that does have one daily impact – annoying me.It happens when I’m scrolling TikTok, or X, or Instagram (or one of the many other apps I use to make sure my brain is never alone with itself), and the algorithm serves me up a video it thinks I’ll like. It will be a video that lots of other people have watched, liked and commented on with a series of crying laughing emojis, or “LMFAO” or “omg so funny”. So with this forward sizzle, I click, excited and open-hearted, ready to laugh. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/20/too-many-candid-social-media-videos-are-obviously-agonisingly-fake-so-why-are-viewers-laughing

2024-09-15 11:14:38

Skip the lemonade stand: let kids be kids not mini-entrepreneurs
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Inspectors nixing homemade drinks are easy targets but do we really need children selling warm liquids on the street?Would you eat ice-cream or cookies baked in some kid’s kitchen? Or drink a cup of lemonade made and poured by a first-grader? I don’t even feel safe eating at a Chipotle nowadays let alone consuming products made by six-year-olds with grubby hands and boogers on their fingers.So why is everyone so shocked by the countless tales of lemonade stands – like the ones in Texas, Alabama, Virginia, Colorado and Wyoming, all run by children – that were shut down out of health violation concerns? Or maybe the snow-shoveling business in New Jersey run by two teenagers that was forced to cease because it wasn’t deemed safe? Or the nine-year-old who was selling cookies baked at home that raised red flags with safety inspectors? Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/15/lemonade-stands-children-entrepreneurs

2024-09-12 14:52:08

Swing state voters respond to the presidential debate: ‘Trump couldn’t even look at her!’
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Battleground state voters generally awarded Harris a win, though they want to see more policy specificsTrump lost, and it wasn’t close. Harris was a strong performer, but I think I’m still concerned as far as her Israel/Gaza stance. I think she punted, to be frank. That was a missed opportunity for Trump. She was able to make appeals to Americans on both sides of the political spectrum, while he chose to be the same old, same old. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/12/swing-state-voters-debate-reaction

2024-09-09 21:28:07

Two leaders of US white supremacist group charged over assassination hitlist
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Dallas Humber, 34, and Matthew Allison, 37, face 15 counts including soliciting hate crimes and support for terrorismA white supremacist group that branded itself the Terrorgram Collective drew up a list of high-profile assassination targets including at least one senator and a district court judge, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Monday.Prosecutors allege that the two leading agitators of the group incited followers on social media to commit hate crimes against Black and Jewish people, immigrants and members of the LGBTQ+ community. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/white-supremacists-charged-assassination-hitlist

2024-09-09 10:14:50

Trial begins in alleged ‘Trump Train’ ambush of Biden-Harris bus in 2020
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Plaintiffs in lawsuit allege they were terrorized for more than 90 minutes as at least 40 vehicles encircled the busA jury trial opening in Austin, Texas, on Monday will seek to hold Trump supporters accountable for allegedly ambushing a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris campaign bus on the state’s main highway in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.Plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege they were terrorised and intimidated for more than 90 minutes as they took a bus tour canvassing for the Democratic ticket in the final days of the election. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/trump-train-biden-bus-trial

2024-09-07 10:11:07

US presidential polls: Harris leads Trump nationally, but key swing state races tighter
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Race so close in swing states one commentator this week called it the ‘equivalent of a knife fight in a phone booth’As next week’s crucial presidential debate looms into view, Kamala Harris has maintained her narrow lead over Donald Trump in head-to-head polls but is locked in a tighter race in the crucial swing states needed to win the US election.Ever since Harris entered the contest – after Joe Biden dropped out following a disastrous debate performance that highlighted fears over his age and mental acuity – the vice-president has ridden a wave of support and enthusiasm, turning the race on its head. A solid but slight Trump advantage morphed into a Harris lead. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/07/presidential-polling-analysis-swing-states

2024-09-06 19:40:06

Footage shows rush to help US-Turkish woman fatally shot in West Bank – video
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Video footage shows the moments after an American-Turkish woman was shot in the head during a protest against Israeli settlements in Beita, near Nablus, in the West Bank. Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, died from her wounds after being transported to Rafidia hospital, where doctors tried to resuscitate her. Eygi was a volunteer with the anti-occupation International Solidarity Movement. Witnesses and Palestinian officials said she was shot by Israeli troops. The Israel Defense Forces have said they are investigating those reports.American-Turkish woman shot dead at anti-settler protest in West Bank Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2024/sep/06/footage-shows-rush-to-help-us-citizen-fatally-shot-in-west-bank

2024-09-06 19:40:05

Alex Morgan intends to ‘invest in women’s sports’ after playing retirement
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Morgan to end playing career after weekend’s matchUS forward: ‘I don’t think coaching is in my future’Alex Morgan said that her role after football is still to be determined but that her future lies “in investing in women’s sports”, after Thursday’s announcement that she is pregnant and will end her professional playing career after Sunday’s game against North Carolina Courage.Asked whether she might be considering a coaching career after she hangs up her boots this weekend, the San Diego forward said: “I have not taken any coaching licenses. I’ll just say that: I don’t think coaching is in my future. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/sep/06/alex-morgan-womens-football-usa-football-retirement-san-diego

2024-09-06 01:23:15

Australian pair earn shot at grand slam redemption in US Open men’s doubles final
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Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell win 6-4, 7-6 (4) in semi-finalSydneysiders failed to convert three match points in Wimbledon defeatJordan Thompson is in line for a monster million-dollar pay day after earning a shot at grand slam redemption in New York. Two months after suffering Wimbledon finals heartbreak, Thompson and his great Sydney mate Max Purcell are through to the US Open men’s doubles title decider at Flushing Meadows.Thompson and Purcell outclassed Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the semi-finals on Thursday to edge to within one tantalising win of taking the title. The tense last-four victory comes after Thompson and Purcell ousted top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the quarter-finals. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/06/us-open-results-doubles-jordan-thompson-max-purcell-vs-jackson-withrow-nathaniel-lammons

2024-09-05 23:07:03

Trump tells Jewish donors they would be ‘abandoned’ if Harris is elected
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In Las Vegas summit speech, Republican candidate paints potential Harris presidency in cataclysmic terms for IsraelDonald Trump told Jewish donors on Thursday that they would be “abandoned” if Kamala Harris becomes president.In his speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, the Republican presidential candidate also said he would ban refugee resettlement from “terror-infested” areas such as Gaza and arrest “pro-Hamas thugs” who engage in vandalism, an apparent reference to the college student protesters. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/05/trump-harris-republican-jewish-coalition

2024-09-03 09:27:20

As furious protesters take to the streets, Netanyahu may well have reached his political dead-end | Alon Pinkas
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Israelis have kept their contempt for the prime minister in check for the sake of the war effort. Is his time finally up?Despondent and livid Israelis, exuding deep anger and fury, have taken to the streets. Once it became known on Saturday that Hamas had executed six hostages, Israelis staged the largest demonstration against the government since the war in Gaza began. Those hostages could have been saved had Benjamin Netanyahu assented to a hostage deal. But he didn’t. In fact, he actively undermined the possibility for months, evading and reneging constantly.The 350,000 who protested in Tel Aviv were the equivalent of about 2.4 million Britons or 12 million Americans gathering in the same place for the same cause. Immediately, the question of whether this was a political inflection point for Netanyahu was raised.Alon Pinkas served as Israel’s consul general in New York from 2000 to 2004. He is now a columnist for Haaretz Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/03/israel-protesters-netanyahu-gaza-war

2024-08-31 13:17:59

They fled Afghanistan. In the US, they have freedom – but fear a return
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After the fall of the Taliban, more than 21,000 Afghan evacuees submitted asylum applications; 3,100 were able to extend their temporary protected status through May 2025Almost three years after Esmatullah Sultani rushed to Kabul’s international airport, at the time besieged by Taliban forces who were seizing control of Afghanistan, the 24-year-old man walked into a busy neighborhood market near Sacramento, California.Sultani greeted many of the stallholders, fellow Afghans, and ordered kebabs for lunch in Dari, a language spoken by more than 35 million people in Afghanistan. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/afghan-asylum-seekers

2024-08-30 13:16:13

2024 US presidential polls: Harris taps into near-record levels of enthusiasm
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Find out who’s up and who’s down in the latest US presidential election opinion pollsKamala Harris’s entry into the presidential race has given a shot in the arm to Democratic voters, who are now expressing near-record enthusiasm levels, fresh polling data shows.While the figures from Gallup indicate rising enthusiasm among all voters – including Republicans – over the past five months, comparative figures show a much steeper increase among Democrats – indicating that Harris’s replacement of Joe Biden as presidential candidate is the likely driving factor. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/30/2024-us-presidential-polls-harris-enthusiasm

2024-08-30 06:08:25

Friday briefing: What we learned from Kamala Harris’ appearance on CNN
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In today’s newsletter: Questions about policy shifts, Trump’s attacks, and whether Joe Biden is up to the job• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. It has been 40 days since Joe Biden pulled out of the presidential race and, until last night, Kamala Harris was yet to sit down for an major interview. Alongside her vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz, she finally did so on CNN on Thursday night – and directly addressed some of the more difficult issues facing her campaign for the first time.Their interview with Dana Bash was not exactly riveting TV – but it did shed some light on the state of the race, and the turf where Harris would like the rest of the campaign to be fought. Today’s newsletter runs you through what we learned – and why she probably won’t mind if voters thought it was a bit boring. Here are the headlines.Health | Keir Starmer is on a collision course with the hospitality industry and political opponents after signalling plans for major curbs on outdoor smoking. The proposals, not denied by the prime minister, would potentially prohibit tobacco use outside pubs and restaurants, including on pavements.Israel-Gaza war | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said they carried out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza aimed at “armed assailants” trying to hijack it. But the charity that organised the aid said people killed in the strike were employees of the transport company it was working with.Environment | The UK government is considering making further commitments on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, likely to be announced at the UN climate summit this year. It is hoped the plan will help kickstart global ambitions on cutting emissions.Immigration and asylum | A Vietnamese man suffered a “life-limiting stroke” after being rescued from a tiny hidden compartment in a lorry with six other people being smuggled into the UK. The group was packed so tightly inside a space “the width of a human chest” that none could move their arms, a Home Office investigator has said.Health | People who “catch up” on missed sleep at the weekend may have up to a 20% lower risk of heart disease compared with those who do not, according to a study. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/30/friday-briefing-what-we-learned-from-kamala-harris-appearance-on-cnn

2024-08-29 16:19:47

The Democratic ticket’s first major interview of the campaign | First Thing
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Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash in a pre-recorded interview that airs Thursday night. Plus: peacocks in ScotlandGood morning.Tonight, the US vice-president, Kamala Harris, will give her first major interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. The pre-recorded interview, which was scheduled after some criticism of Harris’s reluctance to expose herself to media scrutiny, will be with CNN’s Dana Bash and will include Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz.What should we expect from this interview? This interview will be a big test of Harris’s credibility after a prolonged honeymoon that has seen her surge ahead of Donald Trump in opinion polls. “This is the first time she is going to take questions,” said David Chalian, CNN’s political director. “Now is the opportunity to hear her ruminate aloud, with Dana asking her about her policy positions, her plans for the future, her plans for the country, in an unscripted setting.”Are Republicans happy with this setup? Republicans have long called for Harris, who has had a variable performance in past televised one-on-ones, to take questions live from the press. Some are mocking the setup of the interview, accusing Harris of being unwilling to risk a high-profile grilling without the protective presence of Walz.What do the Arlington officials say happened? Arlington said in a statement that one of its representatives was “verbally abused” and pushed aside after telling two Trump staffers that only cemetery representatives were allowed to take video and photographs in section 60, an area where recent US casualties, mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan, are buried. “Federal law prohibits political campaign or election-related activities within army national military cemeteries,” the statement said.How has the Trump team responded? JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, dismissed the row as media exaggeration over “a little disagreement”. He later accused the media of “acting like Donald Trump filmed a TV commercial at a gravesite”. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/29/first-thing-the-democratic-tickets-first-major-interview-of-campaign-kamala-harris-tim-walz

2024-08-23 00:05:14

Democratic national convention night four schedule: what time is Kamala Harris speaking?
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Before Harris accepts the party’s presidential nomination, expect a slew of heavy hitters and possible celebrity appearancesThe Democratic national convention is coming to a close, with a primetime address from Kamala Harris scheduled to speak in the programming block beginning at 9pm CT.In the biggest test of her political life thus far, Harris will make an appeal to millions of Americans that she, and not Donald Trump, deserves their votes and a shot at the White House.Maura Healey, governor of MassachusettsCourtney Baldwin, youth organizer and human trafficking survivorDeb Haaland, the first Native American cabinet secretary in US historyMaxwell Alejandro Frost, member of the US House of Representatives, FloridaColin Allred, member of the US House of Representatives, TexasCountry music group The Chicks – who famously faced enormous backlash for criticizing president George W Bush in 2003 – will sing the national anthemActor Kerry Washington will provide the host introductionJoint remarks by family of Kamala Harris’s niece, Meena Harris, her step-daughter, Ella Emhoff, and her goddaughter, Helena HudlinActor and comedian DL HughleyA conversation on gun violence led by Lucy McBathGabrielle Giffords, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, ArizonaPerformance by pop singer P!nkMark Kelly, United States senator, ArizonaRuben Gallego, member of the US House of Representatives, ArizonaGretchen Whitmer, governor of MichiganEva Longoria, American actress and film producer, will deliver remarksAdam Kinzinger, former member of the US House of Representatives, IllinoisMaya Harris, sister of Kamala HarrisRoy Cooper, governor of North CarolinaKamala Harris, vice-president of the United States, will accept the nomination of her partyThe final night of the Democratic national convention is under way – follow live updatesMonday: For the PeopleTuesday: A Bold Vision for America’s FutureWednesday: A Fight for Our FreedomsThursday: For Our Future Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/22/dnc-night-4-kamala-harris-speaker-lineup

2024-08-21 07:47:21

The livestock lobby is waging war on ‘lab-grown meat’. This is why we can’t let them win | George Monbiot
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These new proteins could be our best hope of averting catastrophe. But governments are trying to have them bannedFor many years, certain car manufacturers sought to obstruct the transition to electric vehicles. It’s not hard to see why: when you have invested heavily in an existing technology, you want to extract every last drop before disinvesting. But devious as in some cases these efforts were, they seem almost innocent in comparison with the concerted programme by a legacy industry and its tame politicians to suppress a far more important switch: the essential transition away from livestock farming.Animal farming ranks alongside fossil fuel production as one of the two most destructive industries on Earth. It’s not just the vast greenhouse gas emissions and the water and air pollution it causes. Even more important is the amount of land it requires. Land use is a crucial environmental metric, because every hectare we occupy is a hectare that cannot support wild ecosystems.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/21/livestock-lobby-lab-grown-meat-new-proteins

2024-08-20 23:50:11

Trump attacks Kamala Harris and ‘Marxist left’ in crime speech to police
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Ex-president falsely claims US is in grip of violent crime wave, and vows to shield officers from legal accountabilityDonald Trump has pledged to shield police officers from legal accountability if he is re-elected as president after falsely claiming the US is in the grip of a wave of violent crime that he blamed on the Black Lives Matter movement and migrants crossing the Mexican border.Speaking to police officers in Michigan on Tuesday, the former president sought to pin responsibility for the imagined crisis on his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, who he characterised as among “Marxist district attorneys” with a record of being anti-police and pro-criminal during her term as the DA in San Francisco in the 2000s. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/trump-speech-police-crime

2024-08-20 23:19:24

DNC speaker schedule: the notable Democrats up on night two
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Barack Obama will headline the second night of the Democratic convention. Here’s a look at other notable speakers on the schedule The Democratic national convention is under way, with a primetime address scheduled tonight from former president Barack Obama, as well as the former first lady, Michelle Obama.Here’s a look at the notable Democrats who are part of Tuesday’s speaker schedule.Remarks by Kyle Sweetser, former Donald Trump voterRemarks by Stephanie Grisham, former Trump White House press secretaryHost introduction by Ana NavarroRemarks by Chuck Schumer, United States Senate majority leaderRemarks by Bernie Sanders, United States senator, VermontRemarks by JB Pritzker, governor of IllinoisRemarks by Ken Chenault, American business executiveRemarks by Michelle Lujan Grisham, governor of New MexicoRemarks by Tammy Duckworth, United States senator, IllinoisRemarks by Douglas Emhoff, second gentleman of the United StatesRemarks by Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United StatesRemarks by Barack Obama, 44th president of the United StatesMonday: For the PeopleTuesday: A Bold Vision for America’s FutureWednesday: A Fight for Our FreedomsThursday: For Our Future Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/dnc-democratic-convention-speakers-schedule

2024-08-20 23:07:15

Gabby Williams re-signs with Seattle Storm after stellar Paris Olympics
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Williams re-signs with Seattle after leaving team in 2022Former UConn star helped lead France to Olympic silverGabby Williams is back with the Seattle Storm.Williams, who helped France win a silver medal at the Olympics earlier this month, signed a rest-of-season contract with the Storm on Tuesday. She will start play next week when the Storm return from their current road trip. It’s her third season with Seattle after being acquired in a trade with Los Angeles prior to the start of the 2022 season. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/20/gabby-williams-resigns-seattle-storm-olympics

2024-08-20 21:45:49

Biden approves new nuclear strategy refocusing on China threat
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Revised policy comes as China builds up nuclear arsenal and Putin threatens to use the weapons in Ukraine Joe Biden has approved a new US nuclear strategy to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea, according to a New York Times report published on Tuesday.The deterrent policy takes into account a rapid build-up of China’s nuclear arsenal, which will rival the size and diversity of the US and Russian stockpiles over the next decade, and comes as Russian president Vladimir Putin of Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/biden-nuclear-strategy-china-threat

2024-08-20 20:46:56

Obama to bring message of hope on 20th anniversary of Democratic convention speech
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Ex-president headlining in Chicago on Tuesday brings memories of 2004 appeal for unity that inspired DemocratsFrom “skinny kid with a funny name” to elder statesman: Barack Obama, the former US president, will be the headline speaker at the Democratic national convention in Chicago on Tuesday – 20 years after he first burst onto the national political scene.Obama, a state legislator from Illinois, was days from his 43rd birthday and months from being elected to the Senate when he was given a slot at the party’s 2004 convention in Boston. “Rising star to woo voters with upbeat keynote speech,” was the Guardian headline on 27 July 2004. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/obama-speech-dnc-harris-hope

2024-08-20 18:15:55

Democrats warned to keep euphoria in check as election remains on knife-edge
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Strategists fear that feelgood factor around Kamala Harris risks underestimating scale of challenge in swing statesDemocratic national convention – follow liveAnxious Democratic strategists are quietly trying to douse the euphoria engulfing Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign by warning that her surge in popularity masks an election contest that is on a knife-edge and could easily be lost.As the vice-president basks in adulation and optimism at the Democratic national convention in Chicago, key supporters are cautioning that more trying times lie ahead after an extended honeymoon period following her ascent to the top of the ticket in place of Joe Biden. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/democrat-kamala-harris-polls-optimism-complacency

2024-08-20 17:00:53

Barack and Michelle Obama at the Democratic convention: how to watch
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Former president will speak at the party’s convention in Chicago following an address from MichelleExactly 20 years ago, Barack Obama was a relatively unknown state legislator when he delivered a keynote address at the Democratic party’s convention.“I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that, in no other country on Earth, is my story even possible,” Obama said that evening.Wednesday 21 August: The former president Bill Clinton will join the Minnesota governor and nominee for vice-president, Tim Walz, on the convention’s third night.Thursday 22 August: The vice-president, Kamala Harris, will close out the fourth night of the convention. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/how-to-watch-obama-speech-dnc-michelle-barack

2024-08-20 09:15:18

Barack and Michelle Obama to speak on second day of Democratic national convention
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Theme set for Tuesday of Kamala Harris’s ‘bold vision’ will contrast with Trump’s dystopian vision of the USThe Democratic National Convention enters its second day in Chicago on Tuesday with Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign seeking to lay out what it calls a “bold vision for America” as it seeks to move forward from Joe Biden’s emotional valedictory speech.Carrying the flame on the second night of primetime speeches will be the Obamas, with Michelle Obama addressing the convention shortly before her husband Barack takes the stage. The couple’s endorsement of Harris in July was seminal in securing the Democratic presidential nomination for the current US vice-president, helping to bypass a potentially ugly internal fight.What is the DNC?Joe Biden speaks at DNC night one following surprise appearance by Kamala HarrisPro-Palestinian protesters march before DNCHere are the rising stars and politicians to watch this weekWhat to know about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/20/barack-michelle-obama-democratic-national-convention

2024-08-20 09:15:16

Protesters call for Gaza ceasefire during Biden's speech as some are detained outside – video
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Thousands of pro-Palestinian gathered outside the Democratic national convention calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an arms embargo on Israel. Some protesters were handcuffed and detained after breaking through a security barrier. Other demonstrators made it inside the convention centre and unfurled a banner saying 'stop arming Israel' a few minutes after Joe Biden started his speech. The US president commented on the protest while on stage, saying 'they have a point' and reiterated his ambition to secure a ceasefire and end suffering 'on both sides'. Critics of Biden's handling of the war in Gaza have suggested it will go down in history as the most shameful part of his legacyBiden urges voters to elect Harris in order to ‘preserve democracy’ in hopeful speechBiden, Hillary Clinton and AOC boost Harris: key takeaways from night one of the Democratic national convention Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2024/aug/20/protesters-gaza-ceasefire-biden-speech-some-detained-outside-video

2024-08-18 14:18:48

US election: when is the Democratic convention and why does it matter?
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Democrats will gather in Chicago in August to formally nominate Kamala Harris as their pick for president and Tim Walz as her running mateKamala Harris is set to appear in Chicago next week to formally accept the nomination for president of the Democratic party, less than two months after Joe Biden dropped out of the race. She will appear alongside her running mate, Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, at the party’s national convention.Typically a party formally nominates their candidate at the convention – as the Republicans did for Donald Trump in July – however, Democrats changed the rules to put in place a virtual roll call. Harris and Walz were officially nominated earlier in August.Monday, 19 August: Biden will speak on the opening night, along with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.Tuesday, 20 August: Former president Barack Obama will give an address on the second night.Wednesday, 21 August: Former president Bill Clinton will join Walz on the convention’s third night.Thursday, 22 August: Harris will close out the fourth night of the convention. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/18/dnc-when-where-speakers-guide

2024-08-17 21:16:55

Trump taps Tulsi Gabbard for help preparing for debate with Kamala Harris
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Former Democratic Hawaii representative, who fell out of favor with party, to be rehearsal stand-in for vice-presidentDonald Trump has tapped Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democratic Hawaii representative, to help prepare him for next month’s presidential debate with Kamala Harris.The selection of Gabbard as rehearsal stand-in for the vice president, first reported by the New York Times, suggests that despite denials, the former president may be planning to prepare for the 10 September clash with greater-than-usual diligence. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/17/tulsi-gabbard-trump-kamala-harris-debate

2024-08-17 16:24:34

Ukraine’s invasion has exposed Putin’s messianic vision of Russia as a mirage | Luke Harding
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The president hoped for a speedy victory; instead, there are foreign tanks on Russian soil for the first time since the NazisVladimir Putin’s war plan was simple. Russian tanks would roll into Kyiv, while special forces seized key buildings and raised the Russian flag. The operation – to conquer Ukraine and to install a puppet government – would take around three days. The west would be horrified, of course. But – sooner or later – it would grudgingly recognise this new and great Russian reality.Two and half years after his full-scale invasion, however, the triumphant parade Putin envisaged on Kyiv’s Khreshchatyk boulevard has yet to happen. Victory has proved elusive. Ukrainians didn’t welcome “liberation” by their Slavic brothers in the way Putin’s spy agency predicted. They fought back. The country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, also failed to leg it and to follow Russia’s imperious script. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/17/putin-russia-ukraine-incursion-kursk