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Monday’s news is dominated by the reaction to Gregg Wallace’s dismissal of accusations made against him. In a video posted to Instagram on Sunday, the presenter said there had been “13 complaints” from “over 4,000 contestants” he had worked with in 20 years on the BBC show MasterChef. “Now, in the newspaper, I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age just from Celebrity MasterChef. This isn’t right.”

Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Manchester City continues to dominate the UK news cycle as more questions emerge over Mo Salah’s contract and Manchester City faces questions of their own following another poor performance and result.

Aleppo attack: The forgotten war in Syria has finally grabbed the world’s attention For years, the world forgot about Syria. Many believed it was lost in an unsolvable abyss following the collapse of the 2011 revolution into a bloody civil war – made increasingly complex by the intervention of a mess of international actors. Most assumed that the immovable regime of Bashar al-Assad had won, and that nothing would ever change. Few could even tell you if the war was still ongoing, let alone what stage it was at. That changed just a few days ago, when the success of…

2 Different Species of Human Ancestors Left Footprints at Same Spot on Same Day 1.5Mil Years Ago – ‘Really Huge’ First Footprints dating back 1.5 million years made by two different species of human ancestors have been found at the same spot—a fossil first—and the individuals likely passed within an hour from each other. More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food. Scientists know this because they…

What’s on the front page of The Irish Times?  The Irish Times front page this morning 02/12/24 reports on the Republic of Ireland’s general election.  Sinn Féin favourite for second place in election. SINN Féin were favourites to secure second place in the Republic’s general election on Sunday night, but with a Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil coalition still remaining the most likely next government. Tributes to Chloe after ‘tragedy’ at nightclub. Tributes have been paid to a young woman who died after falling unconscious alongside another woman at a Belfast nightclub.The deceased has been named locally as Chloe Ferris,…

Liverpool humbled Man City with a statement win at Anfield – a huge performance for Liverpool. They move 11 points clear of Manchester City. Liverpool manager Arne Slot to Sky Sports: “Yeah [it was almost a perfect match], and if you look at work-rate I think it was perfect. The amount of chances we miss made it tight at the end. But maybe that’s nice for matches like this. It should be like this. But it would have been nicer to score the second goal earlier.” Liverpool humble Man City with a statement win That’s 18 wins in 20 games across…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet Donald Trump in Florida as Canada seeks to head off the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. Canadian media reported that Trudeau landed in Palm Beach International Airport on Friday evening to visit Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Trudeau to meet Donald Trump in Florida It remains unclear whether the incoming Trump administration will actually move ahead with the threatened tariffs, as analysts note that the president-elect has been known to use such threats in the past as a negotiating tactic to achieve his goals. Neither the prime minister’s office…

This weeks World news briefing looks at the escalation of war with Russia as Putin offers final warning to the West. Staying with important news from Europe, we dissect the decision of Georgia to postpone its ascension to the EU.

As we move onto the middle east it is impossibel to ignore the objusfaction being created by MSN. Not reporting on the genocide that is taking place in Gaza as even more tragedy unfolds with bombing of another refugee camp, there aren’t many left, and the ones that are, are being targeted by IDF.

Despite the ceasefire in Lebanon the horrors are not over, the destitute Lebanese returning home to theft and vandalism which no one else is reporting.

Is there any hope of a ceasefire in Gaza or is this a race to finish, to see if Netanyahu can exterminate a million Palestinians before he is forced to make a truce when Trump gets into office!

  At least 31 people were killed after a week of torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, authorities said on Friday. The disaster has affected four districts, from Medan to rural areas like Sibolangit and Sayur Matinggi, where the landslides have severed access for communities with roads buried under debris, Indonesia’s disaster agency said. Rescuers are working under treacherous circumstances to clear access routes and search for missing persons while temporary shelters are becoming overburdened to accommodate the displaced. The head of North Sumatra’s disaster management agency, Tuahta Ramajaya Saragih, said that the agency has…

Iran is to hold talks with the UK, France and Germany in Geneva on Friday over its nuclear program. The meeting comes with Donald Trump’s return to the White House a matter of weeks away. During his first term as president, US-Iran relations deteriorated, as Washington increased sanctions on Tehran, and the nuclear deal that ensured Iran reduced its stockpile of uranium fell apart. The UN’s nuclear agency, the IAEA, confirmed that Iran plans to install around 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium, the French AFP news agency reported on Friday. Friday’s talks follow on from a meeting between the European nations and…

China said on Friday it was ready to assist in a probe into the severing of two cables in the Baltic Sea. It comes after Sweden asked for Beijing’s cooperation in the probe into the rupture of two data cables on November 17-18 in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted. Both cables were restored as of Friday morning, their respective operators said. What did China say about the investigation into the cut cables? China’s Foreign Ministry said that Beijing wanted to help clarify the issue. “China is willing to work with relevant countries to find out the…

South Korea’s largest K-pop agency Hybe lost over $423 million in market cap on Friday after rookie group NewJeans announced it was terminating its contract with Hybe sub-label ADOR. The announcement, which follows a months-long management dispute between ADOR and Hybe, sent the company’s shares plunging as much as 6.97% on Friday. The five-member girl group, formed in 2022, said in a press conference late Thursday that it was leaving the agency, claiming ADOR had breached its contract with the band. “Staying here would be a waste of time and would only bring pain, mentally,” group member Hanni said. “There…

Australia to ban under-16s from social media after passing landmark law Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media after its senate approved what will become a world-first law. It is a move the Australian government argue is necessary to protect the mental health and wellbeing of children. The legislation does not specify which platforms will be banned as these decisions will be made later – but communications minister Michelle Rowland has previously said that TikTok, X, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit and Facebook are likely to be part of the ban. The law will impose fines of up to…

The Conversation | Academic rigour, journalistic flair The announcement of the artificial intelligence researchers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton as this year’s Nobel laureates in physics spurred celebration and consternation over the status of AI in science and society. In Japan, however, another feeling dominates: frustration. “Japanese researchers should also have won,” an editorial in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper proclaimed. Congratulating Hopfield and Hinton, the Japanese Neural Network Society added pointedly: “We must not forget the role played by pioneer Japanese researchers in erecting the foundations of neural network research.” Neural networks are at the centre of contemporary AI. They…

Thousands return to southern Lebanon amid uneasy ceasefire Thousands of people displaced from war-torn southern Lebanon have begun returning home after a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah took effect on Wednesday, amid fears on both sides of the border about whether the truce would hold. Israel heavily bombed the capital, Beirut, and the south of the country throughout Tuesday, killing 42 people, until the truce began at 4am local time, while Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel, triggering air raid sirens. On Wednesday, Lebanon’s motorways were thronged with packed vehicles carrying families and their belongings returning south despite warnings from the…

Often comes a point when a thing becomes too much Often comes a point when a thing becomes too much and we seek comfort in all kinds of things.It might be your favourite blanket or when that final slice of pizza takes you from being comfortably full to a groaning misery, or when the karaoke in the car goes from being fun to a throat aching chore. Too much of almost anything is bad, even the good things in life. This is ancient wisdom is found in the Vedas, in Plato’s Greece and in most religions throughout time, but in…

Salah contract saga highlights the growing frustrations with FSG involving key players has brought Liverpool’s ownership model under renewed scrutiny. Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has branded Salah “selfish” for publicly expressing dissatisfaction over the club’s failure to offer him a new deal, which most fans disagree with. Salah Contract Saga However, criticism of Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the club’s American owners, has escalated as fans and analysts accuse them of prioritising financial interests over key players. Something Jamie Carragher has also failed to acknowledge, Salah has run himself to the ground, every week for Liverpool and he has left…

Castlederg boycott threat: Loyalists to remove Union flags ‘by the weekend’ as delay blamed on lack of machinery A Castlederg bandmaster says union flags erected in the town two months ago could be taken down by this weekend as the delay was blamed on a lack of available machinery. Tensions have been raised in the Co Tyrone town after a threatening sign urging the boycott of businesses was erected due to the “unacceptable” flying of the flags in the town centre. The PSNI is treating the erection of the sign as a hate incident, while some local businesses have hit…

Chiara Tramontano: “Giulia will have justice today but our life is over” MILAN – “Giulia was a courageous woman who sought the truth at the cost of death. Today’s sentence means nothing to us, because our life ended a long time ago. But the verdict could be important for the new generations and for Italy as a whole. https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/11/25/news/giulia_tramontano_chiara_alessandro_impagnatiello_sentenza-423716935/?ref=RHLF-BG-P2-S3-T1

Fine Gael support slumps in polls with days to go before Irish General Election Support for Fine Gael has slumped by six percentage points with days to go before Ireland’s General Election, according to the latest poll. Taoiseach Simon Harris’s party now trails both Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein, the Irish Times/Ipsos B&A survey indicates. Fianna Fail leads the way on 21% – up two points on the last poll two weeks ago. Sinn Fein stands on 20% – up one – while Fine Gael is on 19% – down six points since the November 14 poll. Ireland goes to…

 What’s on the front page of The Independent? The main story on the front page of The Independent this morning – 25/11/2024 – reports on the prime minister’s promise for a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to benefit cheats and a promise to trim £3bn off ‘state handouts’. The paper notes he pledges to boost Britain’s workforce. But not all Labour MPs are happy with his approach as some claim he’s ‘peddling scrounger mythology.’ A large image of flooding across Wales after Storm Bert battered Britain yesterday makes the front splash. The paper notes that a month’s rainfall fell in 48 hours. F1 driver Max…

Daily Express Front page today – Monday 25th November 2024 Lead Headline – The People have spoken! Let’s hope this time someone is Listening? – Daily Express Front Page today – Monday 25th November 2024

The Sun Front page today – Monday 25th November 2024 Lead Headline – 30 Years of Shirt Bobby Moore’s missing 1966 England World Cup top ‘ tracked down to Wales’ – The Sun Front page today – Monday 25th November 2024

Today’s world news briefing is dominated by Netanyahu, from his rants of the arrest warrant antisemitic to his chances of escaping prosecution at home and abroad, we bring you the inside scoop of what the politicians and strategists are doing behind the scenes.

A lot is being made of this ‘long range missiles’ but there is a red line that neither party will cross. However, it does look like the Biden administration is keen to use as much ammo as possible before he leaves office.

This will be a watershed moment for Starmer, as a former barrister, chomping at the succeed of his legal accomplishments, but if he takes a stance which is perceived as ‘against the rule of law’ he will lose even more credibility.

Although the majority of EU nations, have said they would honour the warrant, in most cases it is just lip service, because the chances of Netanyahu actually travelling to any of these countries is very slim.

The ICC has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant. The ICC says both men – alongside a Hamas leader who was killed in July – bore “criminal responsibility” for crimes during the war between Israel and Hamas. The court accuses Israel of using starvation as a war tactic and for intentionally targeting civilians.

Netanyahu’s office described the warrants as “an antisemitic decision … equivalent to the modern Dreyfus trial”, referring to the 1894 trial of a French artillery captain of Jewish descent that has become one of the most prominent examples of antisemitism.