Israel’s president to visit London next Thursday for talks with ministers pred 40 minutami ExcIusive: Isaac Herzog will make trip just weeks before the UK is expected to recognise the state of PalestineIsrael’s president will visit London next Thursday just weeks before the UK is expected to recognise the state of Palestine at the UN general assembly, the Guardian understands.Two sources have confirmed Isaac Herzog is expected to meet UK ministers and senior political figures – the first time a senior Israeli leader has been in Britain since the foreign secretary, David Lammy, met his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa’ar on an unannounced visit in the spring. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Head of UK’s beleaguered Alan Turing Institute resigns pred 41 minutami Jean Innes said a ‘new chapter’ was starting for the AI research body, amid a staff revolt and government calls for a change in directionThe chief executive of the UK’s leading artificial intelligence institute is stepping down in the wake of a staff revolt and government calls for a strategic overhaul.Jean Innes has led the Alan Turing Institute since 2023, but her position has come under pressure amid widespread discontent within the organisation and a demand from the institute’s biggest funder – the UK government – for a change in direction. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australia needs $530bn capital to meet 70% climate goal, Business Council claims ahead of new 2035 target pred 1 uro in 2 minutama Modelling commissioned by lobby group comes as Climate Change Authority due to advise on new target – but does not factor in cost of inactionSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe Albanese government would need up to $530bn worth of capital investment and a potential curbing of coal and gas exports to achieve a 2035 emissions target of 70% or more, according to new modelling commissioned by the Business Council of Australia.The Climate Change Authority – the commonwealth’s advisory body on emissions targets – is due to hand the government its recommendation on a 2035 target within days.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...(The Guardian)
No 10 says Starmer ‘kept updated’ on Rayner tax issue but ‘final advice’ only arrived on Wednesday – UK politics live pred 1 uro in 6 minutami Downing Street spokesman will not say when PM realised his deputy had not paid her full stamp duty liabilityReeves has ‘full confidence’ in Rayner after stamp duty errorKitty Donaldson from the i says Keir Starmer may get the report from his ethics adviser about Angela Rayner tomorrow.NEW: Senior Government sources are playing down reports ministerial watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus could send Sir Keir Starmer his report into Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s tax affairs as soon as today. One Whitehall source said tomorrow is more likely. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump seeks to reverse ruling that his trade tariffs are illegal – US politics live pred 1 uro in 12 minutami President asks supreme court to reverse earlier decision that most of his sweeping trade tariffs were illegalTrump asks supreme court to overturn trade tariffs rulingHealth secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will appear before a congressional committee on Thursday, where he’s expected to face questions about turmoil at federal health agencies.The US Senate finance committee has called Kennedy to a hearing about his plans to “Make America Healthy Again”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Quantum computing firm reaches $10bn valuation as investor interest builds pred 1 uro in 22 minutami British founder of Quantinuum doubles value of stake with excitement growing over technology’s ‘transformative potential’A British quantum computing entrepreneur has doubled the value of his stake in the business he founded to $2bn (£1.5bn), after the company achieved a $10bn valuation in its latest fundraising.Ilyas Khan, 63, is the founder of Quantinuum, a UK-US firm that announced on Thursday it had raised $600m as investor interest builds in the cutting-edge technology. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Joe Rogan claims study shows Earth cooling – but report’s authors say he’s wrong pred 1 uro in 32 minutami Scientists say ‘old-school denier nonsense’ isn’t helpful as podcaster repeatedly airs false claim on his showFor months now, the popular comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan has been telling his vast audience of a study that shows Earth is cooling – even though this research states the complete opposite.Rogan’s false claim about the climate crisis, which he has repeatedly aired on the Joe Rogan Experience, one of the world’s most popular podcasts, has exasperated the scientists who authored the research. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
New Lloyd’s boss signals shift on insuring fossil fuels pred 1 uro in 33 minutami Patrick Tiernan says market will no longer discourage underwriting of such projects, stressing ‘apolitical’ stanceBusiness live – latest updatesThe new chief executive of Lloyd’s has stressed the insurance market’s “apolitical” stance in an apparent shift on climate policy, even as he warned of growing threats from an acceleration of extreme weather events.Patrick Tiernan, who took over as CEO from John Neal in June, said the corporation would no longer discourage insurers operating in the market from underwriting coal and other fossil fuel projects. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Lloyds to warn 3,000 staff they face sack for ‘underperformance’ pred 1 uro in 35 minutami With economic uncertainty leading fewer people to leave, bank will put one in 20 on ‘performance plans’Business live – latest updatesLloyds Banking Group is to warn 3,000 staff that they are at risk of being sacked for underperformance, as part of a management overhaul led by the chief executive, Charlie Nunn.The bank began telling managers over the summer that they would have to rank staff performance, with about 5% of Lloyds’ 63,000-strong workforce due to be put on performance plans that would put jobs at risk unless workers notably improved. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Researcher missing after falling into stream on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier pred 1 uro in 54 minutami Italian man falls down vertical shaft in ice after body of another missing recovered near glacier on MondayA researcher from Italy is missing after falling into a stream on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier – after the body of another man, a hiker from Arizona, was found earlier this week off a trail near the glacier, authorities said.According to the state department of public safety, Alaska wildlife troopers received a report on Tuesday that a man had gone missing after falling into a stream on the glacier and being pushed by the water into a small, vertical shaft in the ice known as a moulin. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was with two other people when he fell. He was conducting research on the glacier at the time, a department spokesperson, Tess Williams, said by email on Wednesday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
