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Scientists studying the birds in Antarctica have found they snooze for 11 hours a day without falling deeply asleep Spending your nights sleeping for just four seconds at a time might sound like a form of torture, but not for chinstrap penguins, which fall asleep thousands of times a day, new research finds. Scientists studying the birds on King George Island in Antarctica found they nod off more than 10,000 times a day, allowing them to keep a constant eye on their nests, protecting eggs and chicks from predators. In total, the birds manage 11 hours of snoozing a day – without ever slipping into uninterrupted sleep. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/NV0jsl7

Two men, reportedly brothers from East Jerusalem, shot dead at scene after attack that killed three people Israel-Hamas war – live updates Hamas has claimed responsibility for a deadly gun attack at a busy bus stop in west Jerusalem in which three Israelis were killed, prompting the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to pledge to eliminate the Palestinian group whenever the hostage release halts. The shooting on Thursday morning overshadowed negotiations aimed at extending the existing truce in Gaza, but despite the attack, Egypt and Qatar remained hopeful of securing a two-day extension in return for the release of another 20 hostages and a further 60 Palestinians held in Israeli jails. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/zfMZvCL

Exclusive: ‘Cushion’ for carmakers facing looming tariff under deal for vehicles traded between EU and UK from start of 2024 The European Commission has hatched confidential Plan B proposals to “cushion” the impact of a looming 10% tariff on imports and exports of electric vehicles, the Guardian has learned. The proposal was presented to member states on Monday in response to pressure from carmakers to amend some of the conditions imposed when the UK left the EU in January 2021. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/MJdtGgL

Infant was kidnapped alongside his brother, Ariel, and their mother, Shiri, who the group say have also died A 10-month-old baby who was the youngest hostage kidnapped and taken to Gaza has reportedly been killed in an Israeli bombing alongside his mother and brother, Hamas has claimed. Kfir Bibas was taken from the Nir Oz kibbutz along with his four-year-old brother, Ariel, and their mother, Shiri. His father, Yarden, was also abducted during the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 240 taken hostage. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/zF5tQxB

People have entered the UK in record numbers since the points-based system came in and ministers want to reverse this Since the UK introduced a points-based visa system post-Brexit, ministers have talked tough on immigration while allowing employers to look abroad to plug workforce gaps and encouraging universities to bring in overseas students. Last week Conservative MPs demanded urgent action after it emerged that net migration – the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating – was a record-breaking 745,000 in the calendar year 2022. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/Xi8foDB

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After 10 weeks, only three contestants remain. As the nerve-wracking finale kicks in, who will be crowned the ultimate Star Baker? Before the finale kicks off let’s have a look at the final three. Josh: There have been multiple times this series where I have simply wondered how Josh has managed to pull it off. I mean, did you see his Christmas buffet party display showstopper a couple of weeks ago? It was a thing of wonder, like window display in a Parisian bakery good. He is the one to beat in the final, I reckon. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/6jJlrqm

A new exhibition collates more 800 objects to give insight into the zine scene, a way to democratize art and journalism A medium that basks in the unruliness and unpredictability of the creative process, zines are gloriously chaotic and difficult to pin down. Requiring little more to produce than a copy machine, a stapler and a vision, zines played a hugely democratizing role in art during the 20th century and have managed to stay popular and relevant in spite of web-based innovations, like blogs, that might have supplanted a less compelling medium. The Brooklyn Museum’s substantial and exciting new exhibit, Copy Machine Manifestos, offers a welcome, thorough examination of zines made by artists. With over 800 objects on display, Copy Machine Manifestos is a crucial step toward documenting the zine scene, even if, in zine terms this show is a proverbial drop in the bucket. As the exhibition co-curator and art historian Drew Sawyer put it in an interview: “Even if we wanted to be very

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Relatives say they ‘can’t find the words to describe our emotions’ as Israeli-Irish girl comes back from Gaza Israel-Hamas war – live updates The family and friends of Emily Hand have spoken of their joy after Hamas released the nine-year-old Israeli-Irish girl from captivity in Gaza late on Saturday. “Emily has come back to us,” her father, Thomas Hand, said after an emotional reunion at a hospital in Israel. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/dCjKZ69

Cheltenham regular wins first Grade One at Haydock Pic D’Orhy wins 1965 Chase after Shishkin’s refusal If a six-and-a-half-length success in the first Grade One of the campaign – his first at the highest level – is as good as it gets for Royale Pagaille this season, the delight of his trainer and rider in the winner’s enclosure here on Saturday made it plain that it will be more than enough. Venetia Williams’s nine-year-old has been beaten in the last three runnings of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and remains an outsider at around 25-1 to make it fourth time lucky. But he is the epitome of the big, old-fashioned staying chaser that has always been Williams’s stock in trade, and if the mud happens to be flying at the Festival next March, who knows? Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/noVtWRb

Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas provided protection for sons of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and allegedly fed rivals to pet Bengal tigers The US president, Joe Biden, and his top justice department official have welcomed the arrest in Mexico of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, known as “El Nini”, allegedly the notorious head of security – and assassination – for the Chapitos wing of the Sinaloa cartel. The security chief is accused of leaving a trail of murder and torture, including feeding rivals to pet Bengal tigers, and running a security operation known as Los Ninis, “a particularly violent group of security personnel for the Chapitos”, according to the US government, whose members “received military-style training in multiple areas of combat, including urban warfare, special weapons and tactics, and sniper proficiency”. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/a2mXWvY

Families await chance of greeting detained women and children as Israel reportedly releases 39 from list of 300 in ceasefire deal Israel-Hamas war – live updates As the sun began to set on Friday, thousands of Palestinians began to gather at an Israeli checkpoint north of Jerusalem, next to the notorious Ofer military prison, in the hopes that imprisoned loved ones would be returned as part of a ceasefire deal in the seven-week-old war between Israel and Hamas. Qatari officials said 39 Palestinian women and children held in Israeli jails were released on Friday night, in exchange for the safe return of 13 Israelis held in the Gaza Strip as hostages since Hamas attacked communities around the south of the country last month, sparking the deadliest round of fighting in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict to date. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/fikLzW1

Concerns echo White House remarks that blocking human rights laws could undermine Northern Ireland peace process Rishi Sunak risks ripping up the Northern Ireland peace process if he blocks human rights laws so the UK can deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, senior Conservatives have said. Following similar concerns from the White House on Thursday, the MPs said widely reported plans from Downing Street to disregard parts of the Human Rights Act could undermine the Good Friday agreement and damage UK-US relations. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/vIeTmxX

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Concerns rise that Moscow has been stockpiling missiles and waiting for sub-zero temperatures for maximum disruption Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates The first snow of the year fell in Kyiv on Wednesday, blanketing Ukraine’s capital in a layer of white and raising concerns about a potential Russian attack on the country’s energy infrastructure. Last October, Russia began relentless waves of attacks on critical infrastructure that lasted for months and left millions of people without heating, electricity or water for parts of the winter. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/YQHJ7is

After becoming chief secretary to the Treasury, this was Trott’s moment to crash and burn on the media round Just over a week ago Laura Trott received a call from Rishi Sunak. Would she like to join the cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury? Come the following Tuesday, she might have wished she had thought a little harder before taking up the offer. Instead, she was left to crash and burn on the morning media round. It turns out that Laura Trott is the unthinking person’s Helen Whately. That bad. Mishal Husain began the BBC Today programme by asking for Trott’s thoughts on Patrick Vallance’s evidence to the Covid inquiry. What did she make of the discrepancy between what the former chief scientific adviser had said about the Eat Out to Kill Someone scheme and Sunak’s own account . That the then chancellor had not bothered to consult any of the scientific team before setting out to find how many old people he could let die before the inevitable next lockdown. Depraved New World

The 1974 series was the first of a number of controversial projects by Watson, who has died aged 81 Pioneering documentary maker and ‘father of reality TV’ Paul Watson dies aged 81 It seems somehow fitting that the TV documentary maker Paul Watson should have died, aged 81, in the year of a major movie about J Robert Oppenheimer. Both men were responsible for a development that revolutionised their profession but was then exploited by others in ways that they had not fully anticipated, causing them moral qualms and to be blamed for horrors that were not their responsibility. In Oppenheimer’s case, it was the atomic bomb; for Watson, reality TV. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/IRMjKkH

Oscar winner Ariana DeBose voices an all-singing heroine in an overstuffed yet underpowered attempt to replicate the success of Frozen A decade ago, at a time when both Disney and Pixar’s animation output was not exactly unsuccessful but entirely unmemorable, Frozen became a sticky $1.2bn game-changer, a box office hit that turned into an all-consuming phenomenon. It won Oscars, produced earworms that burrowed (a little too) deep, spawned a $1.45bn sequel, led to a hit Broadway musical and showed Disney how to dust off the contemporarily critiqued princess narrative rather than throw it away completely. Opening in the same Thanksgiving slot 10 years later, with a script co-written by Frozen’s Jennifer Lee, Wish is a bullishly positioned successor, another self-aware, formula-tweaking Disney Princess narrative with as many radio-friendly power ballads as there are Christmas-timed merchandising opportunities. But Wish feels less like Disney’s new Frozen and more like an off-brand rip-o

Former England winger targeted by ‘the most blatant racism’ Exeter, Gloucester and Premiership Rugby express full support Exeter Chiefs are to launch a full investigation following an allegation of racist abuse made by Ugo Monye, the former England wing. Monye, who was covering the Chiefs v Gloucester fixture for TNT Sports, described the incident as “the most blatant racism” he has experienced at any rugby stadium. After the match an angry Monye posted details of the episode on social media. “Leaving Sandy Park and one supporter running through crowd starts shouting ‘Nigga, Nigga…’” he wrote. “Disgraceful. Not a single person said a word, challenged or even reported it. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2X5eGhD

Game by game coverage of second semi-final from Turin Sinner sinks Medvedev to reach final | And you can mail Tom When I said Alcaraz had not been in the best form , that is of course relative. He has still been producing some incredible tennis this week. This, for example… With the utmost respect to home favourite Jannik Sinner this is the final, right? Even if Sinner beats the winner, this is pretty much the match to decide the title of best men’s tennis player for 2023. Novak Djokovic has won three of the four grand slams, Carlos Alcaraz beat the world No 1 to claim the other. The 36-year-old Serb has seen off the young phenom in their two other meetings this year. Djokovic outmatched Alcaraz in Paris en route to the French Open title and then clawed his way to victory in the final of the Cincinnati Masters in a classic. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ZSy17Dz

The Booker prizewinning novelist, who has died aged 87 , was intelligent, curious – and warmly supportive of younger writers AS Byatt obituary It was always a joy to receive an email from the Booker prizewinning novelist AS Byatt. It might range from Nietzsche to newts to the weather in northern France (where she had a house) to the splitting migraine she’d had since Tuesday and why some writer was completely misguided about something or other. But no, she was dreadfully sorry, but she couldn’t write anything because she was deep in a novel of her own. And PS have I read the new novel from [insert name of as yet unheard-of novelist], it is really terrifically good. Her email address was “arachne” (she was fascinated by insects and myths), she would sign off as ASD (after her second husband, Peter Duffy) and many people called her the Dame (she received a damehood in 1999). A quintessential bluestocking and unrepentant intellectual, AS Byatt was literary nobility for many years. Th

Edited extracts of women’s recent testimonies about working at the Ministry of Defence 60 women at MoD complain of widespread ‘toxic’ behaviour Revelations add to crisis within wider military The following are edited extracts from a letter that 60 senior civilian women at the UK’s Ministry of Defence sent to their permanent secretary . The letter includes anonymised testimonies in which women have shared their recent experiences of working at the MoD. The accounts allege a range of serious incidents and patterns of behaviour, which the women said were “only a sample” of “an extraordinary amount of concerning experiences” they had received. I was told by a military officer that there were only two kinds of women in Defence, the bitches, who were effective, and the mumsy ones, who were completely useless, and I would need to decide which I was going to be if I planned to have a career in Defence.” I avoid walking through the Pillared Hall [one of the main hallways of the MoD’s he

Home secretary says demonstration at Royal Artillery Memorial ‘deeply disrespectful’ and he is looking at giving police new powers Israel-Hamas war – latest updates The actions of pro-Palestinian protesters who climbed on to a war memorial were “inflammatory” but not illegal, the Metropolitan police commissioner said on Thursday, as the government said it would consider giving police new powers to prevent “offensive” demonstrations. Video footage appears to show at least two pro-Palestinian protesters clambering on the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, central London, on Wednesday evening, timed to coincide with a vote on calls for a ceasefire in Gaza in the Commons. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/q8zu7ik

Labour MP said she was voting in favour of ceasefire on behalf of people of Yardley, against party whip Israel-Hamas war – latest updates In her resignation letter, as she quit Labour’s shadow cabinet over Keir Starmer’s stance on Gaza, Birmingham Yardley MP, Jess Phillips, said she had voted “with my constituents, my head and my heart” on the issue. Phillips was the most high-profile Labour MP to resign in order to back an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza , in defiance of the party line. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/WBpkLmR

Former home secretary is making it clear she will be thorn in PM’s side, especially on small boats and Rwanda UK politics live – latest updates In the coming days, Suella Braverman plans to release a “grid of shit” to dominate the news agenda which, according to her allies, includes a physical copy of the document that details her secret deal with Rishi Sunak in exchange for backing him as Tory leader. She has already left No 10 in no doubt she intends to be a thorn in the prime minister’s side after her sacking as home secretary. A brutal letter to Sunak on Tuesday was followed by a call on Wednesday for emergency legislation to block off legal challenges to his Rwanda plan. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/nopeG28

Sacked home secretary pulls no punches in letter to Rishi Sunak but some of them may miss the mark • UK politics live – latest updates Suella Braverman’s parting shot to Rishi Sunak after he sacked her is a stinging letter in which she makes a series of attacks on his policies and style of government . Here we analyse her key points. Braverman wrote: As you know, I accepted your offer to serve as home secretary in October 2022 on certain conditions. Despite you having been rejected by a majority of party members during the summer leadership contest and thus having no personal mandate to be prime minister, I agreed to support you because of the firm assurances you gave me on key policy priorities … This was a document with clear terms. Include specific “notwithstanding clauses” into new legislation to stop the boats, ie exclude the operation of the European convention on human rights, Human Rights Act and other international law that had thus far obstructed progress on this iss

Even as Storm Debi battered Manchester, thousands turned out to line the route as the cortege wound past Old Trafford “He was internationally famous …” the Reverend Grace Thomas said, “but he was most at home with his family.” The head of the Manchester United Foundation John Shiels and the former United chief executive David Gill, who delivered eulogies, both made reference to his intense privacy. And that perhaps was the most striking aspect of the memorial service for Sir Bobby Charlton at Manchester Cathedral on Monday: he would have hated it, but he would have gone through with it because he recognised he had a responsibility to do so. This was the public event ; the family service will be held on Tuesday. The Football Association was represented by Prince William, Manchester United by a host of players, former players and managers and the wider football world by the likes of the Uefa president, Aleksander Ceferin, the England manager, Gareth Southgate, and the Manchester City c

Updates as eighth seed Rune takes on the world No 1 ‘From nowhere’: Rune bounces back under new coach Becker Get in touch! Email Daniel or tweet him with your thoughts I imagine Rune will be doing everything he can to keep points short, looking for serve plus one: he won’t just want to hit his spot, he’ll want to set up a big forehand for his second shot. Djokovic will do what he usually does, but I imagine he’ll get Rune on the bike then look for winners from the back and the occasional drop. I wonder if, once Djokovic has turned it in, Rune will be Carlos Alcaraz’s main challenger. Alcaraz doesn’t enjoy playing Sinner, who can also attack him with power, and Rune might move better. We shall see… Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/hNcixlk

There is a yellow wall in Bournemouth, but it is made of sandstone and lies beneath the row of pines that edge the cricket pitch just over the road from the car park. Having played in front of the Yellow Wall at Dortmund on Tuesday – capacity of stand: 25,000 – a process of recalibration is required to play at the Vitality – capacity of stadium: 11,379. That, as much as fatigue, is the problem presented by the Champions League. And it is becoming a problem: Newcastle have won only one of four games after European ties this season. That was, admittedly, the 8-0 win at Sheffield United, but at West Ham and at Wolves they were as flat as they were here. Seven points have been dropped in those three games so they now lie behind Manchester United, despite their perpetual crisis. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/WvGwkcP

North Carolina city marks 125th anniversary of the white-supremacist attack with a week of memorial events The Equal Justice Initiative is a non-profit organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Guardian US has partnered with EJI to reprint this special feature , originally titled The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 . In the late 1890s, Wilmington, North Carolina, a port city between the Atlantic’s barrier islands and the banks of the Cape Fear River, became an island of hope for a new America. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ngMRp5r

Force warns that different protests will be kept apart but some may seek out trouble on Saturday Large groups are preparing to travel to London to “confront” a pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day that organisers predict will be one of the biggest demonstrations ever seen in Britain, the Metropolitan police has said. As many as half a million people who want a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas could take to the streets on Saturday, the coalition of organisers of the march have claimed, prompting a mobilisation of 1,850 police officers. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/CjPrVXY

Home secretary’s allies claim over 50 MPs are backing her but moderate Tories say PM must take action Rishi Sunak is facing a civil war in the Conservative party over the future of the home secretary, as he held off sacking her for saying police were biased for allowing a pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day. Before what is expected to be one of Britain’s biggest ever days of mass protest on Saturday, allies of Suella Braverman claimed more than 50 Tory MPs were fighting to help her keep her job. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/k2yLhEn

Judge Aileen Cannon pushes back several major deadlines for ex-president to file pre-trial motions in positive move for him The federal judge overseeing the criminal case charging Donald Trump with retaining classified documents pushed back on Friday several major deadlines for the former president to file pre-trial motions, a move that could have the consequential effect of delaying the start of the trial in Florida. The judge put off until March making the fraught decision about whether to actually delay the trial – currently scheduled for next May – but the new timetable she laid out in a nine-page written order gave little scope for the pre-trial process to finish in time. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/txD4IUs

Thousands move south as Israeli forces inch closer to two big hospitals in north where many have sought refuge Israel-Hamas war – live updates Thousands of Palestinians continued to flee south from northern Gaza on Thursday as the White House announced that Israel would begin to implement four-hour “humanitarian pauses” in parts of the area to allow people to leave. The US national security spokesperson, John Kirby, said the pauses would allow people to pass along two humanitarian corridors, which he described as “a significant first step”. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/4t5gASX

Analysis finds concerns about environment key factor in having fewer or no children – but reasons differ around world It was just over a decade ago that Emma Smart and her husband, Andy, first decided they would not have children. Back then, her friends and family did not understand. “When you tell people you didn’t want to have children, that was a big social no-no,” she recalled. “And then when they asked you why, and you said for environmental reasons, that was completely unheard of. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/S5EJ3uC

Tory allies claim she is reflecting the views of a ‘silent majority’ who are too often ignored at Westminster Getting rid of Suella Braverman, if you are Rishi Sunak, is not as easy as it might first appear. The home secretary has already handed the prime minister several opportunities, none of which have been taken up. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/xcqYGEy

Harsh overhead lights can give you the sunken, ghoulish appearance of the undead – and you really don’t need them Everyone hates overhead lights. Former creative director of JCrew and current Real Housewife of New York Jenna Lyons said she refuses to have them in her home. Drew Barrymore said nothing makes her angrier . On TikTok, overheads – or any light fixture that is attached to the ceiling – are often referred to as “the big light”, due in part to a 2022 video from Australian TV presenter Gemma Driscoll in which she shows off the various soft, colorful, eye-level light sources in her home while explaining in a firm voice: “I don’t have many rules for my house, but I do have one, and that is that we never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever use the big light.” The overhead’s crime? First and foremost: it’s unflattering. Being lit from above can give you the sunken, ghoulish appearance of the undead. Plus, more often than not, overheads are equipped with cold, harsh bulbs seemingly de

Award for mould-breaking fiction goes to multi-genre work – ‘part poetry, part electricity’ – retelling the story of Durham Cathedral Benjamin Myers has won the 2023 Goldsmiths prize for Cuddy, a novel that combines poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts in retelling the story of the eponymous Anglo-Saxon saint Cuthbert and his connection to Durham Cathedral. Cuddy “is a book of remarkable range, virtuosity and creative daring”, said judging chair Tom Lee, lecturer in creative writing at Goldsmiths. “A millennia-spanning epic told in a multitude of perfectly realised voices, this visionary story of St Cuthbert and the cathedral built in his honour echoes through the ages.” Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/uU6yqSP

A recent poll prophesied doom and gloom for Democrats. Then Americans voted for Democrats and progressive policies The New York Times released a poll on Monday showing Donald Trump beating Joe Biden in several key states, and progressives across the country started to panic. The next day, actual voters in actual states cast actual ballots, and suddenly Democratic prospects don’t look nearly as bleak. In state after state, Democrats and progressives swept to victory, affirming the findings from decades of demographic and electoral data showing that the majority of Americans prefer the more multiracial and inclusive vision of Democrats to the angry and punitive policies of the Republicans. At the heart of the Times poll was the suggestion that African Americans and Latinos were gravitating in large and significant numbers to support Trump. According to the poll, 71% of Black voters and just 50% of Latinos backed Biden. If accurate, those numbers would represent a historic collapse of

Charles III’s opening of parliament was marked by waffle and filler, a perfect expression of Rishi Sunak’s leadership The lords and ladies started filing into the upper chamber two hours before proceedings were due to start. A riot of scarlet and ermine. No dressing up box left unturned. Old costume tiaras from Claire’s Accessories dusted down. Apart from one woman sitting near the throne who appeared to have a vegetable garden growing out of her head. They do things differently in the upper chamber. Most of all there was the sense of entitlement. There wasn’t a man or woman in the Lords who had a moment’s doubt they deserved to be there. The great and the good. The chosen ones. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them. All forms of greatness were found here. Even the youngest peer, Charlotte Owen. No one still knows why she was made a baroness. But ours is not to question the righteous order of things. Merely to bow low. We are not the chos

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First round: Chesterfield 1-0 Portsmouth, Slough 1-1 Grimsby Eighth-tier Cray Valley set up replay against League One side Chesterfield have dumped the 2008 winners, Portsmouth , out of the FA Cup in the first round – earning a home tie against Leyton Orient in the second round, while eighth-tier Cray Valley (PM) equalised to set up a replay at home to League One Charlton . Tom Naylor scored the only goal for Paul Cook’s Chesterfield side, heading Liam Mandeville’s free-kick into the back of the net in the 32nd minute against his former club. Colby Bishop’s header was kept out by Harry Alfred Tyrer while Abu Kamara headed wide from Paddy Lane’s cross as League One leaders Pompey tried to find a leveller. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/lrxEqfg

Exeter 29-20 Bristol Rich Lane scores hat-trick but Bears’ kicking is off target Exeter edged a gripping arm-wrestle of a match against their south-west rivals Bristol to move top of the Premiership table with three wins out of four. The visiting full-back Rich Lane scored a brilliant hat-trick – all created from the cultured boot of the Bears fly-half Callum Sheedy – but the Chiefs’ power and precision ultimately proved the difference. The most recent meeting between these sides was in early September, when Exeter ran out 75-0 winners in the Premiership Rugby Cup. Bristol’s lineup was rather different that day, but even so the threat of another rout hung in the air when the Chiefs efficiently battered their way to the tryline in the third minute and the lock Rusi Tuima finished smartly. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/vjIBWu6

World champion dominates ahead of Lando Norris Sergio Pérez is third but Hamilton finishes seventh Max Verstappen won the sprint race for the São Paulo Grand Prix with a superb drive for Red Bull at Interlagos. The world champion made the difference in the opening seconds of the race to take the lead into turn one. Once out front he was in control confidently beating the McLaren of Lando Norris into second and his teammate Sergio Pérez into third at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were in fourth and seventh for Mercedes, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc fifth. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/0HNnqTc

It would not have felt right if Neal Maupay’s first goal in 35 appearances had not come in a Brentford win. After all, it is what they do against West Ham, whose third consecutive league defeat was not only because of their wastefulness when they were dominating the first half. If David Moyes found himself struggling to understand how a performance featuring a stunning goal from Mohammed Kudus had not yielded a reward, he only had to look at his team ceding the initiative during yet another flat second half. It is not enough to point at Michail Antonio failing to convert an open goal when West Ham led 2-1. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/679sMBU

After one woman despaired of children’s toys’ failure to represent disability, she went on to create a glorious, colourful television series. This is her story Seven years ago, I sat at my desk and asked myself some big questions. Could I devise a children’s TV show which bursts from screens like a candy store of creativity? One that is bright, sweet and funny, capturing the magic of play and the limitless ability of young children to transcend reality and disappear into their own imaginations? Could I play with the conventions of children’s programming – which had historically excluded 150 million disabled children worldwide – and draw on my own experience as a disabled person to create a world so tangible that little fingers would long to reach in beyond the screen and hold the cute stop-motion characters in their hands? These questions led to the creation of Mixmups. It’s a new 52-part series about three friends – Pockets the bear, Giggle the cat and Spin the rabbit – who transpor

Arthur Engoron forbids Trump’s lawyers from discussing ‘confidential communications’ between him and his staff The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s $250m fraud trial moved to gag Trump’s lawyers from talking about “confidential communications” between him and his staff on Friday. Judge Arthur Engoron has already fined Trump $15,000 for attacking his clerk on social media and threatened to jail the former president if the attacks continue. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/g8Tc49V

Israeli prime minister rejects US calls for a pause in military action to let in aid despite concern over civilian casualties Israel and Hamas at war – live updates Israel will continue its offensive in Gaza “with full force” and will refuse any temporary ceasefire that does not include the release of more than 240 hostages held by Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu has said, rejecting US calls for a pause in the fighting. Earlier on Friday, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, flew into Israel to urge the Israeli prime minister to temporarily stop its military offensive to allow aid into the territory amid rising concerns over civilian casualties as the fighting intensifies. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/kN2qVWD

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Prosecutors ask Eric Trump about financial statements and executives who cited calls with him for valuation, but he testifies he doesn’t remember conversation Sign up for Trump on Trial: a free newsletter on all the latest court developments Prosecutor Colleen Faherty asked Donald Trump Jr whether it’s a fair statement that he was generally familiar with the overall finances of the Trump Organization between 2011 and the present. “I would think so, yes,” Trump Jr replied, Law360’s Stewart Bishop reports. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/wzrfXa1

The PM’s fear of stifling innovation makes him too hesitant to deal with problems that Washington and Brussels are already addressing The challenge of regulating artificial intelligence is sometimes compared to the management of nuclear energy: there are valuable civil applications alongside terrifying military ones, and a credible risk of existential calamity if it all goes wrong. But nuclear weapons are expensive and hard to acquire. By contrast, AI can distribute awesome power at relatively low cost. This adds unprecedented complexity to the task facing attenders at an AI safety summit that Rishi Sunak is hosting this week at Bletchley Park. The prime minister wants to position the UK as a global leader in the field. It is a creditable diplomatic endeavour, partly vindicated by the “ Bletchley declaration ” in which 28 countries agree to a sustained global dialogue on managing emerging AI risks. Significantly, both the US and China have signed. Continue reading... from The Gua