29 h. ago National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published The UK’s national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away, a powerful report by the UK’s defence chiefs is due to warn.However, the report, which was supposed to launch on Thursday at a landmark event in London, has been delayed, and concerns have been expressed to the Guardian that it may not now be published. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published The UK’s national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away, a powerful report by the UK’s intelligence chiefs is due to warn.However, the report, which was supposed to launch on Thursday at a landmark event in London, has been delayed, and concerns have been expressed to the Guardian that it may have been blocked by number 10. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago There are plenty of ways to humanely control British borders. So why isn’t Keir Starmer using them? | Enver Solomon

Labour’s incoherent asylum policies are vilifying refugees. A better and more compassionate route is possibleJust 24 hours after he described providing asylum as the “mark of a decent, compassionate country”, Keir Starmer said the UK had been too “generous” towards refugees, and announced a plan to end what he described as the asylum “golden ticket,” which allows people to resettle their families in Britain. For a refugee who has pulled the body of their child from the rubble of their bombed-out home, or made a perilous journey alone as a young adult having lost their family, it certainly doesn’t feel this way.The government believes that to deter refugees from crossing the Channel in small boats, it must restrict their ability to reunite in Britain with their immediate family. It must also make it impossible for them to achieve settled status if they have ever claimed benefits or received a criminal record.Enver Solomon is chief executive of the Refugee Council Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Arc runner trained 6,000 miles away ridden by Oisin Murphy is bookie’s ‘worst result’

The Japanese raider Byzantine Dream, who will be the mount of the four-time champion jockey, is the biggest loser in William Hill’s ante-post market on the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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1 week ago Putin denounces European Convention for the Prevention of Torture after 'Europe blocked Russia's work'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A report due to be presented to the UN in a matter of weeks is said to detail horrific cases of torture and genital mutilation in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine

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1 week ago Vladimir Putin denounces torture convention after 'Europe blocked Russia's work'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A report due to be presented to the UN in a matter of weeks is said to detail horrific cases of torture and genital mutilation in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine

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1 week ago Hybrid attacks such as drones ‘part of new reality’, Danish minister warns, as Russia embarks on huge army call

Peter Hummelgaard compared recent spate of hybrid attacks on Europe to 9/11 terrorism; 135,000 called up in RussiaBut Zelenskyy also warns about the worsening situation in Georgia and Belarus.“That is why we cannot afford to lose a single day or a single country. After Moldova’s election, we must keep supporting Moldova. The hardest task is to meet voters’ expectations,” he says.Russia failed to destabilise Moldova, even after spending huge, huge resources to undermine it and to corrupt whoever they could. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sweden considers having its own nuclear weapons to counter the threat of Russia: Politicians say 'everything should be on the table' in wake of Putin's growing aggression

The warnings come as European governments report a rise in hostile drone activity and airspace violations that officials link to Vladimir Putin.

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1 week ago Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report

EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’The European way of life is being jeopardised by environmental degradation, a report has found, with EU officials warning against weakening green rules.The continent has made “important progress” in cutting planet-heating pollution, according to the European Environment Agency, but the death of wildlife and breakdown of the climate are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy.More than 80% of protected habitats are in a poor or bad state, with “unsustainable” consumption and production patterns driving loss of wildlife.The EU’s “carbon sink” has declined by about 30% in a decade as logging, wildfires and pests damage forests.Emissions from transport and food have barely budged since 2005, despite progress in other sectors.Member states have failed to adapt to extreme weather as fast as risk levels have risen.Water stress already affects one in three Europeans and will worsen a...

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1 week ago Starmer decries Reform’s ‘racist’ plans as ministers escalate attacks on Farage

PM says immigration proposals could tear country apart as Labour delegates gather for first day of party conferenceKeir Starmer has decried Reform UK’s “racist” plans to revoke the rights of thousands of people to live in Britain, as a number of cabinet ministers escalated attacks on Nigel Farage on the first day of the Labour party conference.The prime minister said Farage’s plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain for families who may have spent years working in Britain could “tear this country apart”, though he said he understood that many people tempted to vote for Reform were frustrated at the slow pace of change. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Brits warned DWP could stop benefits if they fail to report key detail

Failing to tell the Department for Work and Pensions about a change in circumstances could have some serious consequences.

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1 week ago Putin helping China to INVADE Taiwan using terrifying airborne assaults by 2027, bombshell classified documents reveal

RUSSIA is helping China to invade Taiwan using terrifying airborne assaults by supplying tanks and weapons technology, bombshell classified documents reveal. Moscow is supplying training and tanks than can parachute into battle deep behiund enemy lines. A report by the RUSI think warned the troops and armoured vehicles could swoop onto Taiwanese golf courses close...

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1 week ago Elderly Britons 'bearing the brunt' of a struggling health and care system, report warns

While the number of older people continues to rise, Age UK said it is 'shameful' that pensioners are now spending a shorter amount of their retirement in good health.

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1 week ago International student levy could lead to £1.8bn loss in first year, report warns

Analysis by Public First estimated nine out of 12 regions in the UK would face a wider loss in excess of £100 million in the first year of a levy.

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2 w. ago White House warns of mass firings across government if there is a shutdown: report

Employees working in programs ‘not consistent with the President’s priorities’ will be cut if the government shuts down, the memo states

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2 w. ago ‘Near impossible’ for poorer families to afford food and bills as UK faces decade of falling incomes, report warns

The findings will pile further pressure on the chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap long blamed for keeping children in poverty

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2 w. ago Hike income tax by 2p, extend hated 'stealth raid' by two more years and hammer chocolate: Rachel Reeves' favourite think

The Resolution Foundation set out a painful series of increases in a new report likely to be studied closely by the Chancellor - despite recent warnings that firms can't take any more.

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2 w. ago Coroner warns of 'significant delays' in NHS after ‘high profile’ celebrities share cancer diagnoses

A coroner has written a report warning that as celebrities have "rightly" encouraged people to get checked, the NHS is now overwhelmed with cancer referrals

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2 w. ago Britain must get tougher on Russia over threat to undersea cables or risk 'catastrophic attack', official report warns

BRITAIN's network of undersea cables which connect the UK with the world are at risk of a 'catastrophic attack'. MPs' report said they are 'not confident UK can prevent sabotage.

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2 w. ago Social care system at 'breaking point' as number of unpaid carers jumps 70% from 1.1million to 1.9million, report warns, piling pressure on Labour to stop dithering over reforms

Social care at 'breaking point' as number of unpaid carers jumps 70% from 1.1million to 1.9million

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