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US election briefing: Trump demands Senate streamline his cabinet picks as recruitment begins
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
Rick Scott has emerged as front runner for the role of Senate majority leader, as Trump urges Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine
Continue reading...Finding one trillion dollars at Cop29 – podcast
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
Will richer nations find the climate finance desperately needed by developing countries? Damian Carrington reports
Azerbaijan, a petrostate with an economy built on oil and gas, is hosting Cop29, the United Nations climate conference. It’s a controversial choice, but is there hope to be found at this year’s summit?
The main objective of Cop29 is getting richer nations to agree to inject climate finance into developing countries. “Everyone’s focus is on $1tn [£774bn],” the Guardian’s environment editor, Damian Carrington , tells Helen Pidd . “Which sounds like a crazy big number. Personally, actually, I think it’s a bargain.
Continue reading...Ukraine war briefing: Don’t walk away from Ukraine, Biden expected to tell Trump
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
Fate of US support for Kyiv to be discussed on Wednesday; Ukraine made its biggest ever drone strike on Moscow while Russia launched ‘a record’ 145 Shaheds and other UAVs at Ukraine. What we know on day 992
Continue reading...Trump speaks with Putin and advises him not to escalate Ukraine war – report
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
In phone call, Trump reminds Putin of US’s ‘sizeable military presence in Europe’, Washington Post reports
Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The US president-elect advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of “Washington’s sizeable military presence in Europe”, the Post reported.
Continue reading...Great Britain ‘lags behind’ Europe on betting ad regulation, says gambling charity
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
Public health concerns fuel restrictions across comparable markets, yet UK remains ‘lenient’
Great Britain “lags behind” Europe on measures to restrict betting adverts, according to a report released days after official data showed a sharp increase in the number of children with a gambling problem.
Restrictions on ads by bookmakers and casinos are increasingly becoming “the norm” across Europe in response to public health concerns, according to a report commissioned by GambleAware, the UK’s leading gambling charity.
Continue reading...Leading UK estate agent cuts its longer-term house price growth forecast
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
Hamptons says ‘modest’ rises can be expected amid ‘dampening effect’ of higher interest rates overall
Expectations that UK interest rates may stay higher for longer, as well as revenue-raising measures in the budget, have prompted a leading estate agent to cut its forecast for house price growth over the longer term.
The revised forecast from Hamptons came days after Halifax and Nationwide banks said the annual rate of property price growth had slowed, with the former saying it was likely to be “ modest … for the rest of this year and into next ”.
Continue reading...UK trial to assess if red grape chemical can prevent bowel cancer
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
Resveratrol, which is also found in blueberries and peanuts, has been found to slow tumour growth in mice
Red wine was once heralded as a boon for health that could protect the heart and even extend life expectancy. But while scientists have debunked this claim, they believe that at least one red wine ingredient – a compound called resveratrol – may hold genuine health benefits.
A trial launched this week will assess whether a low dose of the chemical, also found in red grapes, blueberries and peanuts, could help keep bowel cancer at bay. The study, one of the largest to date testing drugs for cancer prevention, will recruit patients who are at risk of the disease.
Continue reading...Breathing issues cause more emergency NHS admissions than any other condition
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
Figures for England show one in eight of all unplanned hospital admissions in 2023-24 were for respiratory system diseases
Serious breathing problems lead to more emergency admissions to hospital in England than any other medical condition, NHS data reveals.
More people with asthma, bronchitis or emphysema have to go into hospital for treatment because they are struggling to breathe than those with heart disease, joint problems or cancer.
Continue reading...Nurses quitting profession early puts health reforms in England at risk, says union
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November, 2024
Numbers leaving within 10 years of registering rose by 43% between 2021 to 2024, finds Royal College of Nursing
Increasing numbers of UK-trained nurses are set to leave the profession in England within a decade of registering, in a trend that could jeopardise the government’s overhaul of healthcare, according to a union.
More than 11,000 will have quit the register within their first 10 years on it, according to analysis by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of the latest official figures.
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