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Brexit import charges may mean rise in food prices, say trade groups

Fees of up to £145 on EU animal and plant products through Dover and Folkestone begin on 30 AprilBusiness live – latest updatesTrade groups have warned that consumers could see a rise in food prices after the UK government announced the introduction of post-Brexit charges on... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/04/brexit-import-charges-may-mean-rise-in-food-prices-say-trade-groups?utm_source=press.coop

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Just when you think Trump can’t get any weirder … he launches his own version of the Bible | Zoe Williams

Of course there’s extra material as well as the usual gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. But is it enough to make America believe again?Donald Trump’s Bible costs $59.99, which puts it at the more expensive end of the King James editions, but... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/02/when-you-think-trump-cant-get-weirder-he-launches-bible?utm_source=press.coop

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Rain in Spain dampens Easter penitents’ fervour – in pictures

Torrential rain forced the cancellation of Good Friday processions through Seville and other holy week parades, from Cádiz in the south-west to Zaragoza in the north Continue reading... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/apr/01/rain-in-spain-dampens-easter-penitents-fervour-in-pictures?utm_source=press.coop

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I understand why people are wary about assisted dying, but it gave my mother a dignified end | Renate van der Zee

The Dutch legalisation spared her further misery. We don’t take euthanasia lightly; we’re just grateful to have the optionMy mother, Jannèt, was 90 years old when she ended her life by means of euthanasia. For years she had been suffering from... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/01/assisted-dying-mother-dutch-legalisation-euthanasia?utm_source=press.coop

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Fresh crisis for Thames Water as investors pull plug on £500m of funding

Decision raises concerns about financial future of UK’s biggest water companyInvestors at Thames Water have pulled the plug on £500m of emergency funding, raising concerns about the financial future of the country’s largest water company.The beleaguered utilities firm... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/28/fresh-crisis-for-thames-water-as-investors-pull-plug-on-500m-of-funding?utm_source=press.coop

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Choice by Neel Mukherjee review – parables for our times

A bleak, brilliant moral maze of a novel about ethical dilemmas, from global poverty to the climate crisisIn the middle ages, morality would be transmitted in images. Churchgoers would commonly find above the altar a panel of three paintings relating a biblical parable or commandment. Such altarpieces could... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/28/choice-by-neel-mukherjee-review-parables-for-our-times?utm_source=press.coop

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Middle East crisis live: US and Israel in talks to revive Washington trip to discuss Rafah

Israeli PM had cancelled officials’ US visit to discuss planned offensive in southern Gaza after the US refused to veto a UN security council vote on a ceasefireSee all of our Israel-Gaza war coverage here Continue reading... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/28/middle-east-crisis-live-us-and-israel-in-talks-to-revive-washington-trip-to-discuss-rafah?utm_source=press.coop

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Russia- Ukraine war live: Ukraine ‘strikes warship that Russia captured in 2014’

Landing ship ‘not combat-capable’ say Ukraine’s navy as investigations continue into the Moscow terror attackRussia has been discussing the location of a future Russian military base in the Central African Republic (CAR), Russian state-run news agency Tass... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/26/russia--ukraine-war-live-ukraine-strikes-warship-that-russia-captured-in-2014?utm_source=press.coop

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Asian hornet may have become established in UK, sighting suggests

Predatory species, which poses huge danger to bee populations, spotted on 11 March, indicating winter stayAsian hornets may have become established in the UK after the earliest-ever sighting of the predatory insect was recorded by the government this... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/25/asian-hornet-may-have-become-established-in-uk-sighting-suggests-danger-to-bees-winter-stay?utm_source=press.coop

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EU agrees in principle to give profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

Agreement to effectively sequester €190bn came late on Thursday after almost a year of negotiationsEU leaders have agreed in principle to commandeer a large majority of windfall profits generated from frozen Russian assets and give them to Ukraine.The agreement late... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/21/eu-agrees-in-principle-to-give-profits-from-frozen-russian-assets-to-ukraine?utm_source=press.coop

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‘They’re all high’: Louisiana police say rats eating marijuana in evidence room

New Orleans superintendent tells council committee that rodents have infested the building and requests to move headquartersCops in New Orleans are on the tail of a brazen gang of narcotics traffickers who broke into the evidence room at police headquarters and pilfered all the pot: a... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/12/rats-marijuana-police-evidence-room-new-orleans?utm_source=press.coop

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Pamela Salem obituary

Actor who played Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again and had roles in Doctor Who and Blake’s 7The actor Pamela Salem, who has died aged 80, brought a touch of class to a number of well-known franchises during a screen career of more than 50 years. She achieved cinematic immortality by playing the loyal secretary Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond film... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/07/pamela-salem-obituary?utm_source=press.coop

guardian Bot , 4 months ago to random

Ex-Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for $128m in unpaid severance

Suit by former employees, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, follows a separate legal complaint by other workers seeking $500mElon Musk is facing a $128m lawsuit from four former Twitter executives who allege the billionaire tech mogul failed to pay them severance after buying the social network. The suit,... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/04/former-twitter-execs-sue-elon-musk-severance?utm_source=press.coop

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Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’

Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmetA black man shopping for paint with his four-year-old son says he was racially profiled and refused service at Hobbycraft after staff said he may use the... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/25/hobbycraft-refuse-to-sell-paint-to-black-man-as-he-may-use-it-for-graffiti?utm_source=press.coop

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Antarctica sea ice reaches alarming low for third year in a row

The extent of ice floating around the continent has contracted to below 2m sq km for three years in a row, indicating an ‘abrupt critical transition’For the third year in a row, sea ice coverage around Antarctica has dropped below 2m sq km – a threshold which before 2022 had not been... #press

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/24/antarctica-sea-ice-reaches-alarming-low-for-third-year-in-a-row?utm_source=press.coop