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More than 20 England council elections likely to be delayed until 2027

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:45:59+00:00

Third of councils affected by overhaul from two-tier to unitary authorities ask for postponementUK politics live – latest updatesAbout a third of eligible councils in England have asked to postpone their elections in May, saying they are unable to deliver them effectively during an overhaul of local government.The requested postponements have sparked unrest and fierce criticism in some councils, with police being called to a council meeting in Redditch this week after insults were traded and members of the public decried a delay as “arrogant”. Continue reading...

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EN DIRECT, Iran : les autorités iraniennes démentent la condamnation à mort d’Erfan Soltani, arrêté alors qu’il manifestait contre le régime

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:43:53+00:00

Le jeune homme de 26 ans est accusé de « rassemblements contre la sécurité nationale » et de « propagande contre le système ». « S’il est reconnu coupable, il sera condamné à une peine de prison, car la loi ne prévoit pas la peine capitale pour ces chefs d’accusation », a déclaré l’agence du pouvoir judiciaire.

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EN DIRECT, Iran : les autorités iraniennes démentent la condamnation à mort d’Erfan Soltani, arrêté à Karaj et accusé d’avoir manifesté contre le régime

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:43:52+00:00

Le jeune homme de 26 ans est accusé de « rassemblements contre la sécurité nationale » et de « propagande contre le système ». « S’il est reconnu coupable, il sera condamné à une peine de prison, car la loi ne prévoit pas la peine capitale pour ces chefs d’accusation », a déclaré l’agence de presse officielle du pouvoir judiciaire iranien.

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EN DIRECT, Iran : les autorités iraniennes démentent la condamnation à mort d’Erfan Soltani, arrêté à Karadj et accusé d’avoir manifesté contre le régime

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:43:52+00:00

L’homme de 26 ans est accusé de « rassemblements contre la sécurité nationale » et de « propagande contre le système ». « S’il est reconnu coupable, il sera condamné à une peine de prison, car la loi ne prévoit pas la peine capitale pour ces chefs d’accusation », a déclaré l’agence de presse officielle du pouvoir judiciaire iranien.

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Minister says elections to ‘zombie councils’ pointless as 23 authorities request delays - UK politics live

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:37:15+00:00

Alison McGovern, local government minister, said request to postpone local elections are likely to be approvedGood morning. Before Christmas the government announced that 63 councils in England (there is a full list of them here) would be asked if they wanted to postpone local elections due in May. They are all in areas where local government is being reorganised, and the government said, because reorganisation takes up time and money, some of them might find running elections at the same time difficult. Alison McGovern, the local government minister, wrote to council leaders saying they had u

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Juniper Green commissions 72 MWp solar capacity in Maharashtra

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:25:02+00:00

The hybrid project includes 108 MWp of contracted solar capacity and 25 MW of installed wind capacity, with a power purchase agreement signed with MSEDCL in November 2024.

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Wes Streeting ‘shocked’ police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv ban still in post

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:20:00+00:00

Minister says West Midlands chief misled MPs and public and he will be ‘horrified’ if he does not resign by end of dayA senior cabinet minister has said he would be “horrified” if the chief constable of West Midlands police remains in his post “by the end of the day”, describing his behaviour as a “stain on his character”.There are mounting calls for Craig Guildford, who leads West Midlands police, to resign after a damning report by the chief inspectorate criticised the force’s handling of intelligence used to justify the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a Europa League match in No

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Musk’s X to block Grok AI tool from creating sexualised images of real people

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:19:12+00:00

UK government claims vindication after Keir Starmer criticised earlier decision to keep functionality as ‘horrific’The UK government has claimed “vindication” after Elon Musk’s X announced it had stopped its AI-powered Grok feature from editing pictures of real people to show them in revealing clothes such as bikinis, including for premium subscribers.Following a fortnight of public outcry at the tool embedded into X being used to create sexualised images of women and children, the company said it would “geoblock” the ability of users “to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, a

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Wikipedia partners with Microsoft, Meta, Amazon in AI content training deals

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:13:51+00:00

Wikipedia content is crucial to training AI models — its 65 million articles across ​over 300 languages are a key part of training ⁠data for generative AI chatbots and assistants developed by tech majors

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Thailand Has 2nd Deadly Incident Involving a Crane in 2 Days

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-01-15T09:11:05+00:00

The accident, which killed at least two people outside Bangkok, came a day after another crane fell on a train in the northeast, leaving at least 32 people dead.

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