Farmers Gather Whitehall

More than 10,000 UK civil service jobs to be cut

Voluntary redundancies expected across Whitehall as departments respond to chancellor’s spending review

Financial Times - 9h

Consult us on inheritance tax, farmers urge PM

Farmers driving tractors stage another protest against the Budget changes in central London.

BBC News - 11h

Farmers gather in Whitehall in latest protest against UK Budget tax changes

Tractors park up in main London thoroughfare in rally opposing government inheritance tax reforms

Financial Times - 13h

Starmer hits back at Badenoch’s PMQs claim he backs criminals over ‘law-abiding British people’ – UK politics live

Pm and leader of the opposition clashed over immigration during PMQs. There will be two government statements in the Commons after PMQs.. At 12.30pm Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, will make one ...

The Guardian - 13h

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky says Patriot missiles could ‘close our skies’ but are just gathering dust

Patriot air defences should save lives, not gather dust at storage bases, says Zelensky

Yahoo Sports - 20h

Why settler intimidation of West Bank farmers is about far more than the olive harvest

The symbolism of the olive tree for Palestinian nationalism has fed into the rise in violence and damage in the last year. The olive trees cover the dry, rocky slopes around Deir Istiya, spreading ...

The Guardian - 22h

EU’s new agriculture chief seeks more funds for small farmers

Christophe Hansen seeks changes to bloc’s multibillion-euro farm subsidy scheme

Financial Times - 1d

Farmers and villagers facing growing elephant conflict in Thailand

Decades of deforestation and overdevelopment in Thailand have led to human-elephant conflict, sometimes with deadly consequences. Now, scientists may have a solution after studying elephant behavior.

CBS News - 3d

Crowds gather in Damascus after rebels declare city 'free'

Rebel forces say they have captured Damascus and that President Assad has fled the Syrian capital.

BBC News - 3d

Lodi community gathers to remembers salon owner killed

A deadly shooting in Woodbridge took the life of a beloved Lodi salon owner. Her friends and family are grappling with the devastating loss.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

AP PHOTOS: An Indian state prepares for a Hindu festival that's the largest such gathering on Earth

Hindus venerate rivers, and none more so than the Ganges. The faithful believe that a dip in its waters will cleanse them of their past sins. Wherever other sacred rivers flow into the Ganges, the ...

ABC News - 4d

EU farmers plan protests as Von der Leyen approves Mercosur trade deal

Deal objected to by France will, if ratified, cut tariffs on trade with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The EU executive has struck a deeply controversial trade deal with four South ...

The Guardian - 5d

Police in India clash with farmers during protest march over minimum price demand for crops

Indian police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesting farmers who tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices

ABC News - 5d

How Starmer wants to sharpen Whitehall is unclear

PM speech may herald a Starmerite era of public sector reform mirroring that of Tony Blair, but it faces economic challenges

Financial Times - 5d

MLB’s Winter Meetings begin Sunday: What should fans expect from the annual baseball gathering?

Consensus around baseball is that the meetings won’t end with Juan Soto still on the open market.

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Starmer to take aim at Whitehall with new UK ‘mission’ targets

Prime minister will outline milestones as he faces plunging poll ratings

Financial Times - Dec. 4

EU votes to lower protection status for wolves after farmers push to allow culls

European nations have approved plans to scale back the protection for wolves in a victory for farmers over environmentalists that has caught the political limelight in the European Union

ABC News - Dec. 3

3 people killed when 8 shot at a gathering in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood

Eight people were shot, three fatally, Monday afternoon during a "social gathering" at a residence in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood, a police official said.

NBC News - Dec. 3

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