53 minutes ago Trump officials to receive immediate clearances and easier FBI vetting

Exclusive: president-elect’s team planning for background checks to occur only after administration takes over bureauDonald Trump’s transition team is planning for all cabinet picks to receive sweeping security clearances from the president-elect and only face FBI background checks after the incoming administration takes over the bureau and its own officials are installed in key positions, according to people familiar with the matter.The move appears to mean that Trump’s team will continue to skirt FBI vetting and may not receive classified briefings until Trump is sworn in on 20 January and unilaterally grant sweeping security clearances across the administration. Continue reading...

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58 minutes ago When Black Friday 2024 starts and best deals already live including Amazon, Apple and Dyson

Black Friday 2024 is just a few days away, but we're already seeing more and more retailers slashing prices early across tech, fashion, beauty and more. Here are the best deals already live...

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91 minutes ago Warning that higher costs facing retailers will 'inevitably' increase prices

Figures show significant bargains remained in place across fashion, furniture and electricals in early Black Friday sales.

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98 minutes ago Amazon slashes Xbox Series S price in Black Friday deal that beats other retailers

Amazon has slashed the price of the Xbox Series S, the budget-friendly digital-only console from Microsoft, to under £200 in its Black Friday sale - beating other retailers' sale prices

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1 hour ago Trump reveals huge trade tariffs against key economies as election interference case dropped: Live

President-elect flexes muscles on world stage after securing brace of legal wins

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1 hour ago Arrowe Park Hospital suffers 'cyber security' emergency telling patients to 'do not come'

Arrowe Park Hospital in Liverpool has decleared a "major incident" and told patients only to attend the emergency department if they have a "genuine emergency"

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1 hour ago Clashes in Pakistan as thousands march on capital demanding Imran Khan release – video

At least five police and paramilitary personnel have been killed and dozens of people injured in Pakistan as thousands of supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan forced their way through security barriers and entered the capital of Islamabad.Authorities have enforced a security lockdown in the capital for the last three days after Khan called for supporters of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to march on parliament for a sit-in demonstration to demand his release. PTI alleges that Khan is being held as a political prisoner. Voted out of power by parliament in 2022 after he fell out with Pakistan’s powerful military, Khan faces charges ranging from corruption to instigation of violence, all of which he and his party deny.Pakistan: five killed, dozens injured as ...

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2 hours ago Halfords warns it may raise repair garage prices after £23m cost hit from Budget

The retailer said the cost implications of Budget measures will be ‘particularly acute’ for the firm.

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2 hours ago The two Lukes headline new darts era that is both deeply trival and deathly serious | Jonathan Liew

Rising star Luke Littler and world champion Luke Humphries are the stars of an ever-expanding cultural phenomenonThere are plant burgers and arancini on sleek dark plates. There is a beer mat with the face of Brendan Dolan on it. In one corner of the room Michael van Gerwen is being interviewed by Troy Deeney live on TalkSport. In another an influencer called JaackMaate is filming a video for his YouTube channel.Dave Allen, the press chief at the Professional Darts Corporation, remembers the first time they held a media launch before the world championship. It was 2008, Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld and Sid Waddell dressed as Santa Claus, holding a huge novelty dartboard. A handful of people turned up, a few photos were taken, and then everyone packed up and went home. Continue ...

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2 hours ago ‘Education is survival’: parents of Rohingya refugee children fight for their right to go to school in India

Official attitudes are hardening towards the minority group amid an anti-Muslim crackdown, say activistsFor Rohingya refugee Hussain Ahmed, the hope that his children might receive a formal education to secure a better adulthood than his own was what “kept him going”. After fleeing to India from Myanmar in 2016, he began working as a construction worker in a country where he is not allowed to seek legal employment. Then he met with a new hurdle.“For the last few years, I have been running from pillar to post, trying to get a local government-run school to enrol my 10-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter. I cannot afford the fees of privately run schools, so the government ones were my only hope. But all of them turned my children down,” says Ahmed, who lives in the Khajuri Khas area...

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