Labour’s home insulation pledge in doubt, say consumer rights groups

Campaigners warn Budget pledge falls far short of manifesto promise to support energy efficiency

World - Financial Times - 10 hours ago

Israel ‘starting to implement’ north Gaza starvation plan, say rights groups

‘Generals’ Plan’ calls for closed military zone and evacuation, with those remaining treated as combatants and denied aid

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Tax threshold freeze not a pledge-breaker - Labour sources

Government sources insist the move would not constitute a breach of Labour's manifesto tax pledge.

Would raising employer National Insurance break Labour's pledge?

If the chancellor decides to increase NI for employers in the Budget would that be going back on previous promises?

Reeves banks on big Budget wheeze to reconcile Labour’s pledges

Continuing Tory ‘stealth’ freeze on thresholds pulls many middle earners into higher rate, but carries risks

World - Financial Times - October 21

Rights groups urge Thailand to release Vietnamese activist, saying he faces torture if extradited

A group of nearly three dozen rights groups are calling on Thailand’s prime minister to release a Vietnamese activist who has been ordered extradited home to face imprisonment on terrorism charges

World - ABC News - October 18

Burkina Faso put civilians at 'unnecessary risk' during militant attack, rights group says

Human Rights Watch says in a new report that Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a militant attack earlier this year

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

Western consumer groups unconvinced by China’s economic stimulus efforts

Falling sales for luxury, beauty and beer companies fuel doubts about Beijing’s attempts to boost confidence

Business - Financial Times - 21 hours ago

Human rights groups condemn EU summit with Saudi crown prince

Mohammed bin Salman attends Brussels meeting six years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Human rights activists have condemned the EU’s decision to host the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Gun safety and pro-gun rights groups make battleground state push

Throughout the battleground states, gun safety advocates and pro-gun rights groups are both increasing efforts to turn out voters. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand spoke to volunteers on both ...

Civil rights groups warn of potential voter suppression ahead of Election Day

Civil rights leaders warn that Virginia could be a canary in a coal mine, foreshadowing broader efforts to undermine voting rights across the country.

Human rights groups urge Polish PM to shelve plan to suspend right to asylum

More than 60 NGOs including Holocaust memorial group tell Donald Tusk region’s volatility ‘doesn’t exempt us from humanity’. Human rights organisations and a Holocaust memorial group have urged the ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Rachel Reeves gives closing speech at UK investment summit – business live

Chancellor says £60bn of investment has been announced at summit, showing confidence in UK economy. Keir Starmer will promise to slash red tape as he hosts investment summit Who will attend ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

Trump Says He Has Seen No Evidence of Cheating in the Election, but Nonetheless Sows Doubts

The former president, asked at a news conference in storm-damaged North Carolina if he had seen anything to suggest the election would be unfair, said, “I have not seen that.”

Top stories - The New York Times - October 21

Meloni’s Balancing Act: Centrist Abroad, Right Wing at Home

New policies on surrogate births and the treatment of asylum seekers, while largely symbolic, are designed to shore up her right-wing flank in Italy, analysts say.

World - The New York Times - October 17

2 cheap ways to borrow $100,000 worth of home equity right now

Need to borrow $100,000 from your home equity? Here are two of the cheapest ways to do so right now.

Labour volunteers helping Harris 'in spare time', says Starmer

The prime minister said volunteers from his party travelled to the US for "pretty much every" presidential election.

Budget watchdog will break impartiality, claims Hunt

The former chancellor says the publication of a review which could criticise the Conservatives on Budget day would "cross a line".

VW plans to close at least three plants in Germany, labour reps say

World - Yahoo News - 4 days ago

Budget will end neglect of ‘broken not beaten’ NHS, say Labour ministers

Funding for more surgical hubs and radiotherapy machines planned in what PM says will be budget to ‘fix foundations’. The budget will revive a “broken but not beaten” NHS, Labour ministers have ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Mexico says foreign firms have pledged $20 billion in investments, but many are old or uncertain

Mexican officials say companies have pledged $20 billion in new foreign direct investment in Mexico

Tech - ABC News - October 15

French foreign minister says conference for Lebanon raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid, military support

World - ABC News - October 24

Italy sends the first ship with migrants to Albania as rights groups warn of a dangerous precedent

World - Yahoo News - October 14

Italy sends the first ship with migrants to Albania as rights groups warn of a dangerous precedent

Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders

World - ABC News - October 14

Abortion rights group sues after Florida orders TV stations to stop airing ad

A group campaigning for a Florida abortion-rights measure is suing state officials over their order to TV stations to stop airing one ad

Health - ABC News - October 16

Abortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns

The groups promoting abortion-rights amendments on the ballots in nine states have outraised their opponents by more than 6 to 1 and are spending far more on ads

Health - ABC News - 22 hours ago

With days until Election Day, groups make final push for Florida's abortion rights ballot measure

Abortion rights have won in all seven states with ballot measures since Roe v. Wade was overturned, but Florida's Amendment 4 requires 60% voter approval to pass.

‘One big mess’: Fifa not fit to govern football, claims human rights group

FairSquare calls for widespread reform of governing body ‘Football is far too important to be governed this poorly’ Fifa is not fit to govern and should be the subject of widespread reform, a ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish

With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the artificial intelligence age: chatbots ...

Tech - ABC News - 22 hours ago

Elon Musk, Trump allies say his tariff plans could cause short-term pain for consumers

Donald Trump has proposed universal tariffs, which Vice President Kamala Harris attacked, calling the proposal a "Trump sales tax" on American consumers.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Drone launched toward Netanyahu's home, Israel says

A drone was launched from Lebanon Saturday toward the private residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government said. It was unclear where the drone landed, or whether ...

Hasbro and Mattel are relatively insulated from China tariffs. They would still hurt.

The toy giants are “underindexed to industry average” in terms of their exposure to China, a UBS analyst says.

Business - MarketWatch - October 21

Saudi cartoonist jailed for 23 years for insulting leaders, group says

A Saudi court has sentenced a cartoonist to more than two decades in prison for insulting the kingdom's rulers, his family and a rights group say.

‘Race science’ group say they accessed sensitive UK health data

Exclusive: Fringe network recorded boasting of securing data from UK Biobank trove donated by 500,000 volunteers. Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Italy Car Industry Struggling For Survival, Lobby Group Says

World - Yahoo News - October 18

Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to become the group's next leader

The Israeli military says one of its airstrikes in early October killed a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to become the group’s next leader

World - ABC News - October 23

Israel says it killed likely successor to slain Hezbollah leader

Israel said it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the Hezbollah official set to become the militant group’s next leader, in an airstrike outside Beirut this month.

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