2 h. ago World is so close to ending Aids pandemic but must keep funding ‘miracle’ drugs, UN chief warns

Cutting-edge prevention drugs - hailed as being able to reduce new infections to zero - could see the end of the Aids pandemic, as long as funding continues amid massive cuts, says UNAIDS chief

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6 h. ago ‘He has to calm down’ – Lewis Hamilton warned by Ferrari F1 chief after heated Las Vegas rant

LEWIS HAMILTON has been told by a Ferrari bigwig to "calm down" following his explosive rant after the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Stevenage speedster had a weekend to forget in Sin City, qualifying dead last and initially finishing in tenth place before being upgraded to eighth following McLaren's double disqualification. The seven-time F1 champion...

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4 d. ago Europe’s economy is geared towards a disappearing world, says ECB’s Lagarde

Central bank chief warns that the bloc’s dependence on third countries for trade and security has left it vulnerableEurope’s economy is “geared towards a world that is gradually disappearing”, according to a warning from Christine Lagarde that the EU needs reforms to spur growth.The president of the European Central Bank (ECB) said the EU’s dependence on international trade had left it vulnerable, as major partners had turned away from the trade that made the bloc’s exporters wealthy. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Saudi Arabia leads attempts to block climate deal at COP30, UN chief warns

António Guterres notes talks could fail as a result of negotiating tactics

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6 d. ago West Ham relegation would 'Hammer' Londoners with £2.5m stadium bill, reveals Sadiq Khan's top aide

Cost of running former 2012 Olympic stadium will soar if Hammers drop out of Premier League, warns mayor’s chief of staff

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8 d. ago Labour's Budget 'circus' has crushed growth hopes, former BoE chief warns as markets get jitters over Chancellor's income tax hike U

Andy Haldane, who was chief economist at the Bank, delivered a scathing verdict on the shambolic process after the Chancellor's humiliating U-turn on hiking income tax.

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9 d. ago Communities 'will pay the price if another 1000 prisoners are released early' warns senior cop

Chief Superintendent Rob Hay's warning comes as the Scottish Government is preparing to release another 1000 prisoners by April – the third emergency measure in just over a year.

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9 d. ago Centrica chief warns: I can't keep on bailing out firms that go under

Chris O'Shea, chief executive of British Gas's parent company, last week stepped in to rescue customers of collapsed supplier Tomato Energy.

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1 week ago Kevin Thelwell rages at SFA as Rangers chief warns Trusty red card snub has set 'dangerous precedent'

The VAR audio from the incident was released on Friday night followed by a defence from refereeing chief Willie Collum

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1 week ago Cop30 live: ‘If we continue destroying everything on this earth there will be chaos,’ warns Indigenous chief

Earlier on day five of the climate summit, activists blockaded the main entrance demanding to speak to the Brazilian presidentNorway and the United Arab Emirates - both significant fossil fuel producers - are among the ministerial pairings announced by the Brazilian Cop30 Presidency. The task of the pairings is to consult with countries on specific issues and report their views back to the presidency, to help the negotiations progress.The ministers from Norway and the UAE will work on the “global stocktake”, the strand of the talks about the big gap between the carbon emissions cuts needed and the real world. At its heart is cutting fossil fuel emissions, which makes it a target for obstruction by petrostates. The UAE hosted Cop28 in 2023, which delivered the first ever mention of fossil fuels in a Cop outcome.Gambia and Germany, working on adaptationEgypt and Spain, working on mitigation, i.e. cutting emissionsMexico and Poland, working on just transition, i.e. making the switch to...

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1 week ago Premier League chief warns domestic game ‘under threat’ from expanded international competitions

Richard Masters has voiced his concerns about the impact international competitions are having on the domestic game

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1 week ago Willie Collum triggers a Rangers ruckus as diehards storm Big Brother house and warn ref chief time's up – Hotline

Andy Newport takes your calls and yep, it's still the Premier Sports Cup final controversy dominating the discussion

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1 week ago Cop can be torturous and tedious – but here’s why it’s worth paying attention

In this week’s newsletter: Critics have yet come up with an alternative that would truly bring all countries together to work to solve the climate crisis• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWorld leaders – or at least about 50 of them – flew away from preliminary Cop meetings in the Amazonian city of Belém last week, where they met to discuss the climate crisis, the ravages committed on the planet’s biggest rainforest only too apparent beneath them, if they chose to look.Deforestation, drought and the climate crisis are pushing the Amazon to what could become a “tipping point”, where it changes state from a rainforest to a savannah ecosystem, and from a massive absorber of carbon to releasing carbon into the atmosphere, which would have devastating consequences for the whole world.‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disasterTyphoon Fung-Wong becomes second in a week to hit the PhilippinesI wish we could ignore Bill Gates...

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1 week ago ‘I expect humility’ – Leeds star Noah Okafor in explosive international row as Switzerland chief fires back warning

GRANIT XHAKA has waded into the explosive international row between Switzerland and exiled Noak Okafor. And the skipper has urged the Leeds United star to keep his “mouth shut and work” to earn a recall.   Winger Okafor, an £18m arrival at Elland Road from AC Milan in August, has been left out of the squad...

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2 w. ago Perth council chief makes grim council tax rise warning over social care costs

The comments from Perth and Kinross Council's leader comes as he meets finance and health ministers to find a solution amid an "unprecedented" level of complex care packages in the region.

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2 w. ago Jail with 42 staff recruited from overseas would be left in crisis under new visa rules, warns prisons boss

THE Chief Inspector of prisons has warned that a jail with 42 staff recruited from overseas would be left in crisis if the new visa restrictions are not reversed. Britain’s prisons are facing a staffing shortage as visa rules threaten to force a wave of foreign recruits to return home. There has been a surge...

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2 w. ago MAGA media chief warns that Trump looks ‘weak and rudderless’ and has lost ‘vision’ for American dream

‘Why on earth would anyone be excited to go vote for them 12 months right now?’ Sean Davis asked this week about the Republican Party and Trump

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2 w. ago ‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster

Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30Governments failing to shift to a low-carbon economy will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and will face stagnation and rising inflation at home, the UN’s climate chief warned on Monday at the start of the Cop30 climate talks.Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change, addressed the gathering of ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries, in a stark portrayal of the price of failure on the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago National security is more than just military might, UK Defence chief warns as Britain sends drones to Belgium over 'Russian' drone attacks

Sir Richard Knighton said security also requires the 'support of a society that understands' what is at stake in an increasingly 'dangerous world'.

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2 w. ago NHS braced for its worst ever winter with an early flu outbreak expected to kill thousands of patients in the wake of devastating doctors' strike

Sir Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS England, warned a particularly bad flu season is likely to hit just as the service emerges from a five-day walkout by resident doctors.

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