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Haiti’s Winter Olympics kit redesigned at last minute to fit IOC guidelines
The designer behind the Haitian team’s uniform for the 2026 Winter Olympics has said she had to redesign their ski suits for the opening ceremony after being told they did not comply with the guidelines on athlete expression by the International Olympic Committee.The uniforms, designed by the Haitian-Italian designer Stella …
UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Judges have humiliated ministers by insisting Palestine Action should not be banned under anti-terrorism laws in a ruling that has left thousands of its alleged supporters in legal limbo. The high court said on Friday the government’s proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful” and that most …
UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Judges have humiliated ministers by insisting Palestine Action should not be banned under anti-terrorism laws in a ruling that has left thousands of its alleged supporters in legal limbo.The high court said on Friday the government’s proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful” and that most of …
UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Judges have humiliated ministers by insisting Palestine Action should not be banned under anti-terrorism laws in a ruling that has left thousands of its alleged supporters in legal limbo.The high court said on Friday the government’s proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful” and that most of …
Police hold discussions with CPS over investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Police have held discussions with specialist prosecutors over investigations into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s links with Jeffrey Epstein while the former duke was acting as the UK’s trade envoy.Oliver Wright, assistant chief constable of Thames Valley police, said on Wednesday that the force was leading the assessment of allegations against Mountbatten-Windsor of …
Counter-terrorism unit leads inquiry into stabbing of two boys at north London school
A police counter-terrorism unit was on Tuesday night leading the inquiry into the stabbing of two boys aged 13 and 12 at a school in north-west London.Police were called to Kingsbury high school in Brent on Tuesday afternoon after reports that a 13-year-old boy had been stabbed. When they arrived …
Where’s Evo? Missing Morales mystery as Bolivia’s ex-president goes to ground
I lent a hand on this.
Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israeli defence firm site
Six Palestine Action activists have been cleared of committing aggravated burglary over a break-in at an Israeli defence firm’s UK site. Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin were accused of threatening unlawful violence and using sledgehammers as weapons after a prison van was …
As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’
This story was produced in partnership with the non-profit newsroom Type Investigations and the investigative reporting program at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and JournalismSigita Cahoon’s 16 September 2024 stretched through the night.From 3am to 6am, she bolted among three rooms in the Los Angeles general …
The Guardian: The life and mysterious death of drag queen Heklina
The performer was found dead in ‘unexpected’ circumstances in her London flat in 2023. Why are her loved ones still waiting for an explanation?
‘My social circles were not leaky’: Prince Harry testifies in court against Daily Mail publisher - live
Antony White KC, for Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), asked the Duke of Sussex about phone conversations he had with Rebecca English, now royal editor at the Daily Mail, during which he allegedly thanked her. Harry said he had no recollection of the calls, but that journalists were people who “we …
‘There is a sense of things careening towards a head’: TS Eliot prize winner Karen Solie
Early on in her latest collection, the Canadian poet Karen Solie apologises: “I’m sorry, I can’t make this beautiful.” The line appears in a poem, Red Spring, about agribusiness and its sinister human impact: the world’s most widely used herbicide, glyphosate, is “advertised as non-persistent; but tell that to Dewayne …
Why are onions turning up on Brighton beach?
Coral Evans was walking along the beach in Brighton on Tuesday evening when she came across an unfamiliar sight. “Hundreds of dust masks had washed up, along with single-use plastic gloves and cans of dried milk,” she said. “It was odd to see in winter – because nothing surprises us …
Melbourne or Sydney (or both!): a holiday in Australia’s biggest cities
Would you rather start the day with a flat white or short black? Drink a schooner of Toohey’s New or a pint of VB? Listen to AC/DC or Amyl and the Sniffers? Marvel at the landmarks of the Sydney Opera House or Flinders Street station? Stay on the south coast …
More gen Z men live with parents in this city than anywhere in the US. How do they date?
Are boys becoming men later?
Airstrikes, helicopters and a snatch squad with a blowtorch: how the US raid on Caracas unfolded
As they were jolted from their beds just before 2am on Saturday, many Caracas residents sought an innocent explanation for the racket that had interrupted their sleep: an exploding air conditioning unit, a tropical thunderstorm, an earthquake. Or perhaps a festive display of pyrotechnics over Venezuela’s mountain-flanked capital.“I thought it …
‘We live with war over our heads’: the Romanian villagers threatened by Russian drones
Intensifying attacks on Ukraine’s Danube ports bring blasts, evacuations and fear of escalation to border communities
Tuesday briefing: A surreal year in news gives our cartoonists endless material
Good morning. It’s been one of those years where the news cycle felt almost too surreal to caricature. From Jeff Bezos commandeering Venice for his lavish wedding at a time of a growing backlash over inequality, to the spectacle of Donald Trump returning to office for a second term, the …
Equal pay settlements for female council workers pass £1bn
GMB union says 30,000 claims settled with six local councils for average of £30,000 and expects 10,000 more in 2026.
‘Like Kafka by way of Pedro Almodóvar’: 10 debut novels to look out for in 2026
Belgrave RoadManish Chauhan (Faber, January)An affecting tale of loneliness and love in Chauhan’s home town of Leicester, Belgrave Road tells the story of Mira, newly arrived in the UK from India following an arranged marriage, and Tahliil, a Somali cleaner who becomes her lunch partner, and her escape. By day, …
‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
When Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returned home to London after six years of arbitrary detention in Iran, she brought back with her a small patchwork cushion. Pieced together from scrap material and made with the single sewing machine available in the prison, it was the product of a communal craft circle.“It’s something …