The incidents strain a partial ceasefire agreed by Israel and the Lebanese armed group on Monday.
The Edinburgh festivals hope to launch a single box office for all the city’s 11 festivals to make it simpler to buy tickets and profit from the “lake” of customer data they hold. Festival directors hope a universal box office will allow them to increase ticket sales and attract a wealthy corporate sponsor, such as Mastercard, to offset deep cuts in public funding they expect to see in coming years. The idea has been under discussion in private for some time, sources have said, but it jumped in
US House votes to halt Iran war, in rebuke to Trump The US House of Representatives passed a measure that seeks to halt President Donald Trump from further military action in Iran. The 215-208 vote was successful after four Republicans joined Democrats in a rare public show of disapproval of the war, which began in February. This is the fourth attempt by the House to rein in Trump's war powers, which critics say lack congressional approval. Despite a ceasefire agreement, both the US and Iran hav
The NHS is taking action to tackle antisemitism after a government-ordered report found that Jewish patients and staff face “routine ostracism” in the service. Anti-Jewish hatred in the NHS means some patients hide their identity and staff “suffer in silence”, a review by Lord Mann, the government’s adviser on antisemitism, has found. Moves to combat it will see NHS staff’s freedom to display political symbols on their uniforms restricted and bosses of the service’s 205 health trusts in England
Scott Pelley went down swinging. For that, he is being widely praised as a journalistic hero by the media-industrial complex . And also widely mocked as a self-promoting phony. Let’s face it, the onetime CBS anchor wanted to be fired – and made sure it happened. BATTLE BETWEEN BARI WEISS AND ‘60 MINUTES’ EXPLODES AS SCOTT PELLEY ACCUSES HER OF MURDERING THE SHOW He gave Bari Weiss and the program’s new boss, tech journalist Nick Bilton, not the slightest opening for trying to work together to se
Guardian - World · Oct 8
The state’s commissioner for children and young people raised the alarm about cycles of ineffective referrals to voluntary services and closed reports in 35 cases of children who died after interactions with the system Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victoria’s most at-risk children are falling through the cracks of a child protection system straining under increased demand and funding shortfalls, new reports sho
ABC News · Oct 8
The New York Knicks visit the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals with a 1-0 lead in the series
BBC World News · Oct 8
The producers of Don 3 had earlier complained that Singh's alleged exit from the film had caused major financial losses.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
TfL says 60% of drivers worked on first day of stoppage as RMT confirms second day of action will go ahead A London Underground drivers’ strike will bring another day of transport disruption to the capital on Thursday, after the RMT union confirmed its action would go ahead. Transport for London (TfL) urged the union to call off the strike , the second 24-hour stoppage this week in a dispute over the introduction of a four-day working week. Continue reading...
