Create new pre-apprenticeship scheme to close youth unemployment gap, says Milburn pred 16 urami in 19 minutami Exclusive: Former minister’s review warns that dramatic action is needed over huge drop in youth apprenticeship startsA national apprenticeship readiness scheme should be introduced in England to close the gap for young people between leaving school and starting work, the government is to be told.Alan Milburn, who is leading a major review into Britain’s youth jobs crisis, will call for a new “national pre-apprenticeship route” to offer young people further education, training and work experience. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida with severe effects expected across several states pred 17 urami in 22 minutami Governors of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida declared states of emergency as a downsized Fema faces first major testHurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday evening, sweeping ashore from the northern Gulf of Mexico as the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said the center of the cyclone made landfall at 9.30pm ET as a category 2 hurricane with winds reaching 105 mph (165km/h). Two hours later, it was downgraded to a category 1 storm. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway pred 19 urami in 22 minutami President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’Donald Trump complained Friday about not winning the Nobel peace prize for 2026, a year in which he started a war with Iran.At what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, the US president devoted a long portion of his speech airing his grievances with the Nobel committee. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Key things to know about Hurricane Isaias as millions under evacuation orders pred 19 urami in 29 minutami The hurricane is first in the Atlantic in what has turned into a very late season. Here’s what forecasters are saying about where Isaias will hit and how hardHurricane Isaias, which made landfall on the US Gulf coast Friday night, was forecast to bring a dangerous storm surge, significant rainfall, flooding and strong winds across the US Gulf coast this weekend. Millions of people across several states, including Florida, Georgia and Alabama, were under evacuation orders as officials prepared for the storm. All three states issued states of emergency.The hurricane, the first in the Atlantic in what has turned into a very late 2026 season, made landfall as a category 2 storm, with sustained winds of 105 mph. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel pred 21 urami in 40 minutami President says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato alliesUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump was on a fresh collision course with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European allies on Friday after a stunning agreement to buy Russian diesel, upending years of US and western pressure on the Kremlin to end its four-and-a-half year war against Ukraine.Zelenskyy reacted furiously to Trump’s announcement of the deal with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, calling it “absolutely terrible” and “not fair and not honest”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Headteachers threaten strike ballots after losing confidence in Ofsted pred 22 urami in 18 minutami Unions tell government to fix ‘overbearing mess’ of inspection regime and its impact on staff wellbeing – or risk industrial actionTensions between England’s headteachers and Ofsted are developing into a crisis after school leadership unions said they had no confidence in the watchdog and would hold strike ballots unless “significant wellbeing issues” caused by Ofsted’s inspections regime were fixed.The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), which includes senior leaders in many secondary schools, described Ofsted’s inspection system as “an overbearing mess” and urged the government to pause inspections to stop teachers leaving the profession. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Women with PMOS should get subsidised weight-loss drugs, Australian advocates say pred 22 urami in 19 minutami With GLP-1s to treat the condition not specifically approved by the TGA, patients are being prescribed them off-labelGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWomen living with a chronic hormonal condition should have access to taxpayer-funded weight-loss medications, advocates say.The Polyendrocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia (POSAA) is urging for GLP-1 drugs to be approved on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for people living with the condition. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
One person killed and nine injured in chain-reaction crash in New York City pred 23 urami in 29 minutami Motorist, reportedly trying to beat a traffic light, barrels through busy intersection and slams into pedestrians At least one person was killed and nine injured in New York City’s eastern Bronx when a motorist barreled through a busy intersection, slammed into pedestrians and triggered a chain-reaction crash involving several vehicles, according to authorities and media reports.The horrifying collision happened shortly after 2pm in the Bronx’s Allerton neighborhood, with the driver at the center of the crash reportedly saying he was trying to beat a traffic light. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau pred 23 urami in 43 minutami Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchersA controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week.It is a central part of the vaccine vision for Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a longtime vaccine opponent. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Three men found guilty of murders of Australian surfer brothers and US friend in Mexico pred 23 urami in 49 minutami Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, 30 and 33, and friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were killed on a surfing trip in 2024Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Mexican judge has convicted three men of the 2024 murders of two Australian surfers and their American friend in a case that sparked international outrage.Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33 respectively, and their friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Pacific coast when they were shot dead in Baja California state in a suspected robbery. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
