United ‌Russia party won 57.83% of the vote, the Central Election ‌Commission said, up ​from 49.8% which it won ⁠in 2021, the last time an ‌election for the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, was held

Le couple exécutif va s'employer cette semaine à tenter d'apaiser la grogne sociale sur les carburants, dont les prix flambent et entament le pouvoir d'achat. Interviewé jeudi à 20 h par TF1 et France 2, Emmanuel Macron devrait insister sur le fait que l'inflation tient aux tensions géopolitiques, qu'il s'agisse de la guerre en Ukraine ou celle au Moyen-Orient.

A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.

Helen Jenner will be party’s new head in Senedd as Farage says Dan Thomas’s arrest was a ‘bump in the road’ Here are some more lines from Max Wilkinson ’s speech to the Lib Dem conference this morning. Wilkinson, the Lib Dem home affairs spokesperson, accused Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, of using “divisive language” that you would expect from the “authoritarian right”. After condemning the Tories and Reform UK for their anti-migration views, he said: And what’s the Labour response to this hard right agenda? Their home secretary has indulged in the sort of divisive language that we would usually expect from the authoritarian right … W ell let me tell you home secretary – no matter how hard you chase, you’ll never catch up with [Nigel] Farage – that is a fool’s errand. He said that it was the duty of the Liberal Democrats to stand up to the Tories and Reform UK, and the “poison” they were spreading on migration. Repeatedly referring to Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick as a “plonker”, he said: [Jenrick] and his party are plonkers with dangerous ideas … and £72m to deliver them. And their allies in the Conservative party are weakly following them. He criticised the Conservatives and Reform UK for proposing to withdraw Britain from the European convention on human rights. He said: Leaving the European convention on human rights will not fix our asylum system. It will not stop dangerous Channel crossings – not a single boat – and it will not stop the criminal gangs. And he confirmed that the Lib Dems want to tax big tech to finance a new online crime agency. This was announced overnight and Peter Walker and Alexandra Topping have written the story up here. We will carry on as if nothing has happened We could have done without this bump in the road. But it has happened, We are making the best of it. Continue reading...

Sneaker company removes social media ad after backlash from critics who said it resembled KKK imagery The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. The Instagram ad photo showed K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding a pair of Chuck 70 X sneakers. Critics lashed out online, saying that a white triangular image created by lighting on the skirt resembled a KKK hood – and that the way she held the sneakers made them look like the dangling feet of a lynching victim. Continue reading...

نستضيف في برنامج "ضيف الاقتصاد"، الكاتب والباحث في الشأن اللبناني محمد شمس الدين، للحديث الخسائر التي تكبدها لبنان في الحربين الأخيرتين، خسار قد تتجاوز سبعة وعشرين مليار دولار..

在美國總統川普禁止CNN等3家媒體進入白宮後，這些媒體於今天發表聯合聲明指出，它們將狀告川普政府。法新社報導，川普18日曾表示，他將禁止美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）、政治新聞網站Politico、新聞頻道MS NOW等3家媒體進入白宮，以處罰它們散播他所謂的「假新聞」。

Blow to John Healey before budget as UK households face ‘notable strain’ on their finances Business live – latest updates Fears of a steep rise in mortgage payments and increasing job insecurity have sent UK consumer confidence tumbling to a three-month low, according to a leading survey. In a blow to John Healey before next month’s budget, the S&P Global consumer sentiment index dropped to 42.7 in September from 42.9 in August, indicating “a notable strain on financial confidence across UK households”. Continue reading...

CDU suffered heavy losses in two regional elections, including in home state of former leader Angela Merkel, where it polled just 4.9% Staying in Germany, tens of thousands of automotive workers at Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and other car brands are protesting on factory floors across the country today for government and management help to save their jobs. Volkswagen has announced plans to cut 100,000 jobs in the next three years and BMW and Mercedes are also slashing their workforce. The problem is a near-existential one: the rise of Chinese EV carmakers with their cheaper, and in some cases more advanced models, has thrown the German car industry into crisis. The Germans, who have been far slower to transition to electric vehicles, simply aren’t selling as many cars anymore and need to retool to keep up. The fears are reflective of wider concerns over Europe’s industrial base being eroded by Chinese competition. Union leaders – pointing to state support for Chinese car makers- are calling for government support, like energy subsidies and financial help, or putting up trade protections. Continue reading...

川習二會預計24日在華府舉行。學者分析，這次川習會儀式性意義大於實質進展，較可能在經貿領域出現有限成果，對台海議題的著墨有限，至於美對台140億美元軍售案，仍可能自今年底起分批核准。兩岸政策協會今天在台北舉辦「川習再會：中美競合新局與台海情勢前瞻」座談會，多位專家學者與會。

Three news outlets to sue to protect First Amendment rights after Trump banned them from White House grounds Sign up for US Breaking News emails The United States has refused to issue visas for members of Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian’s delegation, including his communications team, for this week’s trip to the UN General Assembly, Iranian state media reported. Pezeshkian will be the highest-ranking Iranian official to enter the United States since the Middle East war began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February. Continue reading...

Terming the move “a decisive step” in operationalising the facility, the High Commission said the Trust will act as an interim governing body, providing administrative and financial autonomy for the Centre’s “sustained operations”.

US President Donald Trump reportedly called off the airstrikes at the last minute, even as troops were loading bombs onto aircraft.

Claimants are asked to dig out decades-old medical records to prove they qualify despite inquiry’s recommendations Suzanne Morgan will never forget the day her mother died. It was nine months after she had gone into hospital with gallstones, where she received a routine blood transfusion. “She went downhill rapidly,” Morgan recalled. Her mother haemorrhaged in her liver, and the next day she was dead. Continue reading...

The groups have been active in Ethiopia's most populous regions for years and now say they will work together.

“As ​a result ‌of Google’s failures, individuals could have been unaware that their location was being used to, for ‌example, influence them with ads ​or to infer their interests, and could lose control ⁠over their personal data,” DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said

"This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes," says the statement

The US media outlets say they are defending "the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes".

An air traffic control issue, now resolved, disrupted some flights in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, less than two weeks after a technical problem caused cancellations.