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Labour condemns Reform’s plan for £100bn in cuts as ‘half-baked’ and ‘incredibly reckless’ – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T15:13:52+00:00

Labour chair says uch cuts ‘could mean vital public services like hospitals, schools and law enforcement are put at risk’The Electoral Commission has released political donation figures for the second quarter of 2026. They show that Reform UK continues to rake in far more than other parties. Nigel Farage’’s party had declared donations worth £5.3m. Labour got £3.6m, and the Conservatives £2.8m.Most of Reform UK’s money came from Ben Delo, who gave £4m. As Rowena Mason reported earlier this year, Delo is a British billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money-laun

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CCI finds benchmark fee fixing by trustees’ association, others

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-03T15:12:25+00:00

The findings followed an examination of meeting minutes and email exchanges involving the Trustees’ Association of India and other trusteeship companies

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EU’s ability to defend against invasion remains in doubt, finds official report

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T15:09:25+00:00

Fragmented infrastructure and reliance on US continue to hinder ‘defence readiness’, says European court of auditorsEurope live – latest updatesThe EU’s ability to respond to a foreign invasion by 2030 remains in doubt due to a continuing reliance on the US and fragmented national defence systems, according to a report from its official auditor.The European court of auditors (ECA) said the EU was much better prepared than before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine of 2022, but achieving its goal of defence readiness by the end of the decade would be difficult. Continue reading...

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Manchester synagogue attack: ministers seek to block M15 files from inquest

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T15:07:16+00:00

Government lawyers tell coroner disclosing intelligence material would pose serious risk to national security Ministers are seeking to block intelligence material from being heard at an inquest into the death of two men killed in the 2025 Manchester synagogue attack.Lawyers for Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, told a coroner on Thursday that disclosing the MI5 files would pose a serious risk to national security. Continue reading...

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Manchester synagogue attack: ministers seek to block MI5 files from inquest

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T15:07:16+00:00

Government lawyers tell coroner disclosing intelligence would pose serious risk to national securityMinisters are seeking to block intelligence material from being heard at an inquest into the death of two men killed in the 2025 Manchester synagogue attack.Lawyers for Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, told a coroner on Thursday that disclosing the MI5 files would pose a serious risk to national security. Continue reading...

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Aid operations in aftermath of deadly Nepal floods hampered by conditions | First Thing

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T15:03:39+00:00

Guardian reporters in Nepal have witnessed first-hand the scenes of destruction and grief after the flash floods. Plus, a not-to-be-missed interview with the legendary Mr TGood morning. Thousands remain missing and the delivery of aid has been hampered by treacherous conditions in communities almost wiped out of existence by the flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet. A week after the disaster, survivors who fled up mountainsides are still being collected by army helicopters and evacuated.The mountain village of Syabru Besi was among those destroyed, with even the road to the village gone. Accordin

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IT firms explore model routing to manage cost and complexity

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-03T15:02:19+00:00

Experts believes that the same frontier lab can have a suite of multiple models with different cost and capability implications

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BoM forecasts strongest El Niño on record as research points to ‘alarming’ climate change influence

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-03T15:00:51+00:00

Bureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six monthsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe growing El Niño weather phenomenon to Australia’s east is already breaking heat records, with forecasts showing it will likely easily surpass previous events, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, as seperate research suggested climate change had greatly shortened the odds of the event hitting record extremes.On

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La rivalité Chine-Taïwan pèse sur le Forum des îles du Pacifique, affaibli par l’absence de plusieurs dirigeants

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-03T14:57:43+00:00

Réunis dans la république des Palaos jusqu’au 4 septembre, les dirigeants océaniens du Forum des îles du Pacifique tentent de préserver leur unité face aux pressions concurrentes des grandes puissances et notamment de la Chine, qui cherche à maintenir Taïwan en marge de cette institution.

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Natalia Aspesi intervista Giorgia: “Noi donne siamo sempre costrette a lottare”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-03T14:49:38+00:00

«Me lo disse Dee Dee Bridgewater, e aveva ragione: ai ragazzi vanno dati modelli diversi». Mentre torna a X Factor e si prepara a lanciare il tour e i nuovi brani, la cantante parla di 30 anni di carriera. E di un matrimonio mai celebrato...

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