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Tourists in England face nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb stays under new plans

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-10T08:20:07+00:00

Labelled a tourist tax, proposals would give mayors power to decide how revenue raised should be investedUK politics live – latest updatesHolidaymakers will face a nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb-style stays in England under plans ministers are due to outline to give mayors new powers.The idea, labelled a tourist tax, was first raised by Keir Starmer’s government in November and is similar to a scheme running in Scotland. It would allow mayors to charge a fee to visitors staying overnight and decide how the revenue raised should be invested. Continue reading...

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Tens of millions of people fail to get humanitarian aid as global system crumbles

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-10T08:00:19+00:00

Funding cuts in 2025 left women, children, older and displaced people hard hit, with 64m fewer people receiving aidThe humanitarian aid system is crumbling as funding shrinks, pressures increase and governments not only fail to protect civilians but are increasingly responsible for endangering them, a new report warned on Thursday as figures revealed 64 million fewer people received aid last year.With aid contributions cut by 30% between 2022 and 2025 and thousands of aid workers losing their jobs, the humanitarian system has suffered one of its biggest contractions since being formed in the p

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Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-10T08:00:19+00:00

Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper saysRising global temperatures caused by the burning of fossil fuels are transforming the world’s forests, wetlands and tundra to the point they are releasing emissions that could further worsen global heating by as much as 30%, a new study has found.As the world heats up, permafrost in the high latitudes is thawing, fiercer wildfires are burning in drying forests and wetlands and lakes are warming. All of these changes are themselves causing the release of planet-heating methane and carbon

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Hospitality industry fears jobs at risk from plan to give mayors powers to impose ‘tourist tax’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-10T07:59:02+00:00

The sector is concerned by reports that there won’t be a cap on the levy that can be imposed by mayorsGood morning. Last year Andy Burnham, who was then mayor of Greater Manchester, and his close friend and ally Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool city region, were urging the government to allow mayors in England to bring in what they called a visitor levy.Burnham and Rotheram were pushing at an open door. In May this year Keir Starmer included plans for an overnight visitor levy bill in the king’s speech. Continue reading...

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Noruega afirma que un dron casi impacta en el avión que trasladaba a Zelenski a Oslo

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-09-10T07:55:00+00:00

El aparato llevaba el martes al presidente ucranio desde Moldavia a la capital noruega para acudir al funeral del rey Harald V. Dos aeronaves de ataque rusas entraron ese día en el espacio aéreo moldavo durante una ofensiva en Ucrania

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Russian drones kill at least nine in strikes targeting warehouses and ports in Ukraine – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-10T07:48:28+00:00

The strikes come after it was revealed that Ukraine’s president Volodomyr Zelenskyy’s plane was almost by a drone when leaving Moldova this weekAt least nine people died in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, targeting warehouses and ports across the country.Five people were reported dead and 24 injured in the Sumy region, with four killed and 19 injured in a separate attack on Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Mykolaiv.“Over the past 24 hours, our warriors struck eight Russian infrastructure facilities supporting the war. An oil refinery in the Yamalo-Nenets region and a seaport in Dagestan were

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RSL says One Nation’s Hastie ‘slur’ was an ‘attack on every veteran’s service’ – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-10T07:42:24+00:00

This blog is now closedLabor introducing new laws to crack down on illegal tobaccoLabor will introduce new laws to make it easier to prosecute criminals involved in the illicit tobacco trade, as the government fights an uphill battle against the exploding black market.The new laws think about it as a list of observable indicators, very simple, fact-based things like: is the tobacco appropriately packaged? Is it a menthol cigarette even hiding in plain packaging? Is it being concealed? Does it have paperwork at the border?Or my personal favourite: is the retail price of this packet of cigarette

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Mutual fund SIP inflows rise to record ₹32,297 crore in August

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-10T07:42:06+00:00

Investor participation remained strong despite market turbulence, with SIP accounts and equity fund inflows showing continued growth during August

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