The popular burgers will be available to some passengers starting December 1

Exclusive: aWe decided to pay more for Qatar Airways to be more securea a trekker Laura Murphy

Just 15% of claims made last year resulted in pay-outs

After the composer shocked onlookers by wearing a Canada Goose jacket to the farmersa protest, Ellie Muir looks at what our outer layers say about us, and how they can carry unintentional deeper meanings

The popular burgers will be available to some passengers starting December 1

aWickeda is scheduled to premiere in theaters on November 22

Viewers have been questioning whether the stars snuck cosmetics into the jungle

Fans of the popular TikTok food critic claimed they noticed a aworma in Leeas sushi

Angelina Jolieas son Knox Jolie-Pitt made his first red carpet appearance in three years on November 17

The new menu item is served with two eggs and two olives on top

McConaughey and his wife relocated to Texas with their three children

Jeff Bezosas fiancee says she has a Pinterest board dedicated to wedding planning - particularly for selecting her bridal gown

aHe grew up with a laptop [and] I had a desktop computer that I shared with my brothers and sisters,a Cyrus notes

To celebrate the return of the McRib, McDonaldas is offering an entire jug of its beloved McRib sauce available to purchase online

Women are flipping the narrative on relationship double standards

The Labour firebrand died at the age of 86 surrounded by family

Labour giant described by Sir Tony Blair as one of the amost talenteda people he had encountered in politics

The charismatic deputy prime minister, who has died at the age of 86, was known best for punching a member of the electorate and acting as a vital bridge for Tony Blair to reach the unions

Known for his fiery temperament, John Prescott made headlines in 2001 when he punched a protester who had thrown an egg at him during an election campaign in North Wales.

Hannah Ingram-Moore and husband Colin used charityas name ainappropriately for private benefita, watchdog says

The UKas grit has a surprising origin

Snow has begun to fall across the UK

Russians share photographs of exploded fragments showing markings of UK-made Storm Shadow weapons

Michael McConville said the murder of his mother Jean is anot entertainmenta

Defence secretary John Healey cancels six aoutdateda defence projects

Investigation: The UK trained and paid special forces to fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. As hundreds of these fighters live in danger while Britain delays decisions on whether to give them sanctuary, the UKas adversaries are circling. Holly Bancroft, Fahim Abed, May Bulman and Jessica Purkiss report

The missile carries a range of around 155 miles and is designed to evade detection despite flying low after being launched

The Independent has reported that president-elect Donald Trump has expressed a desire to object to the handover of the Chagos Islands because it could jeopardize a key US military base

Labouras first big reform in reversing the 40-year legacy of Margaret Thatcher is set to come into place with the legislation to renationalise the railways passing through parliament

The worldas tallest woman measure 215.16cm (7ft 1in), while Ms Amge is the shortest woman at 62.8cm (2ft 1in)

Ms Dorries, a close ally of Boris Johnson, has repeatedly locked horns with Kemi Badenoch, accusing her of plotting to take down the former PM

Captain Sir Tom Mooreas daughter and her husband are accused of arepeateda misconduct in a report by the Charity Commission about the running of the Captain Tom Foundation.

Hannah Ingram-Mooreas webstie described her as aone of Britainas leading business womena

Decorated Second World War veteran turned pandemic hero raised APS33m for NHS before passing away in 2021 but the foundation set up in his name has been heavily criticised in a watchdog report that also names Captain Tomas daughter and son-in-law for mismanagement, Joe Sommerlad and Alex Ross report

aI am not exaggerating when I say that TimothA(c)e Chalamet delivers the performance of the yeara said one critic

aDonat ever f***ing put your hand on me,a Washington allegedly told Marvel actor

Spoilers for season two ahead

On his sixth record, the alter-ego of Josh Tillman finds himself swilling around queasy questions of mortality and self-obsession

Session musician was suffering from Alzheimeras disease

Michael McConville said the murder of his mother Jean is anot entertainmenta

The singer made light of the controversy during a concert at Madison Square Garden

aWeare really going to have a problema said Stan when reflecting on the problems heas encountered after playing Trump

Users are wating to learn when they can look back at their yearly listening habits

aTammy Fayea is set to close next month

aWickeda is scheduled to premiere in theaters on November 22

Viewers have been questioning whether the stars snuck cosmetics into the jungle

Augusta Britt, who says she met the then-married author at a motel pool, is believed to have inspired several novels

The much-loved drama racked up an impressive 57 billion minutes of viewing time last yearA

Singer was arrested and faced years in prison during the ordeal

McFly singer said he is aconstantly worryinga

aStrictly Come Dancinga judge said her brother died when he was 16

Late arrival said she didnat want to be athe biggest wimp in the campa

aThe Viewa host cut to commercial break after Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin got into heated exchange about school vouchers

Sitcom star says it will take time for people to aaccept hima after his dramatic transformation

Movie has broken records upon its release on Disney+

Ridley Scottas aGladiator 2a has been accused of peddling atotal Hollywood bulls***a, but many aspects of the film are backed up by historical record

Former trade union activist who had Alzheimer"s died peacefully at care home, says family

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The former British deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86, his family has announced.

His family said he had aspent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environmenta.

Watchdogas highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of aserious and repeateda misconduct

• Captain Tom Foundation inquiry: three key failings

The family of the NHS charities fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore personally benefited from the charity set up in his name through a series of lucrative deals worth more than APS1m, the charities watchdog has ruled in a highly critical report.

A Charity Commission inquiry concluded the late Captain Tomas daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband, Colin Ingram-Moore, were culpable of aserious and repeateda instances of misconduct, mismanagement and failures of integrity.

Hannah Ingram-Moore ainitiated the process to secure her appointment as chief executivea of the charity, suggesting she should be paid a salary of APS150,000. The charity proposed paying her APS100,000 but this was blocked by the commission and she was eventually hired on APS85,000.

Hannah Ingram-Moore received APS18,000 from Virgin Media in September 2021 to judge its Local Legends awards when she was chief executive of the foundation. This was unauthorised and a conflict of interest, and there was no evidence it was undertaken, as she claimed, in a personal capacity.

The Ingram-Moores used the charityas name inappropriately and for their private benefit in a planning application to build a private spa pool in the grounds of their family home. The building was subsequently demolished.

At least 17 state agencies to be created or overhauled, a challenge the IfG says will require major investment

Labour is creating or overhauling at least 17 public bodies, a move which is likely to come with high costs, an Institute for Government report has found.

Launching a new atrackera of public bodies, the thinktank warned of some of the pitfalls when setting up government agencies from scratch, saying: aSuccessfully creating a new public body is difficult and entails high fixed costs in terms of time, budget and leadership focus.a

Exclusive: Trail would help region with few areas where people can walk in countryside, report says

A new trail along the east coast of England should be created, a Tory thinktank has said, because farmland is preventing those who live there from having access to nature.

A report from Onward has found that in most rural areas, people enjoy extensive rights-of-way networks. But across the east of England, there are many areas where people have barely anywhere they are allowed to walk in the countryside. This, the report says, is because of large areas of high-grade farmland in that area, but also because Lincolnshire has the largest backlog for recognition of historical but unrecorded rights of way, with more than 450 outstanding applications.

Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun bought one of three editions of the viral 2019 work, describing it as aa cultural phenomenona

Maurizio Cattelanas viral artwork involving a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold at auction for US$5.2m, besting initial estimates of between US$1m and US$1.5m.

One of three editions for the 2019 work, titled Comedian, made its auction debut on Wednesday evening at Sothebyas New York, as part of its contemporary art auction.

Relatives of those killed in 1974 attack urge government on its 50th anniversary to set up statutory inquiry

Relatives of the victims of the Birmingham pub bombings have said aEnglandas biggest unsolved mass murder of the 20th centurya should be at the top of the governmentas list as they renewed their calls for a public inquiry on the 50th anniversary of the atrocity.

On 21 November 1974, 21 people were killed and 220 injured when bombs exploded in two Birmingham pubs, in an attack widely believed to have been orchestrated by the Provisional IRA.

Peace Brigades International calling for new act to force companies with links to UK to do due diligence

Human rights defenders have faced brutal reprisals for standing up to extractive industries with links to UK companies or investors, according to a report calling for a law obliging firms to do human rights and environmental due diligence.

Peace Brigades International (PBI) UK says a corporate accountability law requiring businesses to do due diligence on their operations, investments and supply chains could have prevented past environmental devastation and attacks.

New poll finds 53% of Britons support permanent exhibition on Britainas role in slave trade at British Museum

The majority of people in the UK think the British Museum should have a permanent exhibition dedicated to the transatlantic slave trade, according to research.

New polling data by YouGov found that 53% of respondents think a permanent display about Britainas role in the trade of enslaved African people would be appropriate, while two-thirds believe the British Museum has a role in educating the public about the UKas history in the slave trade.

After almost 700 episodes playing Bartas bespectacled and beleaguered best friend, the voice actor is moving on to other opportunities

Pamela Hayden, the actor behind beloved Simpsons character Milhouse, has announced her retirement from the show after 35 years and almost 700 episodes.

aThe time has come for me to hang up my microphone,a Hayden, 70, said in a statement on Wednesday. aItas been an honor and a joy to have worked on such a funny, witty, and groundbreaking show a| Iall always have a special place in my heart for that blue-haired 10-year-old boy with glasses.a

Israeli move follows Guardian report that 12-year-old girlas evacuation for treatment had been repeatedly blocked

The Israeli authorities have permitted Mazyouna Damoo, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl whose face was aripped offa when an Israeli missile struck her home in June, to leave Gaza for medical treatment, five days after the Guardian reported that repeated requests for her urgent medical evacuation had been denied.

Last Friday, the Guardian highlighted the Damoo familyas desperate battle to get Mazyouna evacuated from Gaza to the United States to receive emergency surgery on devastating injuries to her face sustained in a missile attack by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which tore off half of her cheek and exposed her jawbone.

On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as the melting permafrost leaves little behind

Last summer, the western Arctic was uncomfortably hot. Smoke from Canadaas wildfires hung thick in the air, and swarms of mosquitoes searched for exposed skin. It was a maddening combination that left researchers on Qikiqtaruk, an island off the north coast of the Yukon, desperate for relief.

And so on a late July afternoon, a team of Canadian scientists dived into the Beaufort Sea, bobbing and splashing in a sheltered bay for nearly two hours. Later, as they lay sprawled on a beach, huge chunks of the island they were studying slid into the ocean.

Refugees who escaped Sudanas civil war and fled to Ethiopia have found themselves on the run from another conflict

Abdullah*, a Sudanese English teacher from Khartoum, had never imagined that fleeing one conflict would mean running straight into another.

After escaping his countryas civil war and seeking refuge in Ethiopia, he found himself on the run again after a refugee camp head settled in came under attack from bandits and militias fighting Ethiopian government forces.

aStoneya has been worn by everyone from Drake to Keir Starmer, but its position as label of choice on the terraces gets the highest attention score. We talk to its chair and former owner

In a quiet corner of Stone Islandas flagship London store in Soho, the brandas Italian chair, Carlo Rivetti, is talking about darts. aYou see these big fat guys,a says Rivetti, who is sporting whiskers that make him look more like a trawlerman than a fashion magnate. aPom a| pom a| pom,a he adds, imitating the noise a dart makes when it hits the board.

Darts is possibly the one British subculture that Rivettias brand hasnat touched: football casuals, rappers, politicians, musicians and athletes have all reached for aStoneya as it is known in the UK, as a sign of masculine cool. Darts might just be the final frontier.

Itas that season again, when the streamers bring us hot snowmen and heroes who still believe in Santa. Why are they competing to make the most ludicrous movie possible a and why do we keep watching them?

I could summarise the plot of Hot Frosty a the surprise Netflix hit that has a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score a but itas probably better put by 32-year-old Christmas film obsessive Claire Birrell. aItas about a snowman that comes to life and itas Ted from Schittas Creek and then this woman falls in love with him even though heas only been alive for 24 hours and has the IQ of a three-year-old.a Did she enjoy it? aI couldnat look away,a the Edinburgh-based estate agent tells me. aIt was a wild ride.a

Currently cresting the Netflix Top 10, Hot Frosty is on track to become an outsized festive hit for the streamer, alongside 2022as Falling for Christmas (Lindsay Lohan as an amnesiac heiress) and 2020as Holidate (cynical Emma Roberts brings a fake boyfriend home for the holidays). If youave managed to miss Hot Frosty, it stars Lacey Chabert a a longtime Hallmark hall-of-famer a as a widow who falls in love with a snowman who has recently transmogrified into a man with a six-pack and a chin-length bob.

John Calhoun designed an apartment complex for mice to examine the effects of overcrowding. It was hailed as a groundbreaking study of social breakdown, but is largely forgotten. So what happened?

Standing before the Royal Society of Medicine in London on 22 June 1972, the ecologist turned psychologist John Bumpass Calhoun, the director of the Laboratory of Brain Evolution and Behavior at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, appeared a mild-mannered, smallish man, sporting a greying goatee. After what must surely have been one of the oddest opening remarks to the Royal Society in its storied 200-plus-year history a aI shall largely speak of mice,a Calhoun began, abut my thoughts are on man, on healing, on life and its evolutiona a he spoke of a long-term experiment he was running on the effects of overcrowding and population crashes in mice.

Members of the Royal Society were scratching their heads as Calhoun told them of Universe 25, a giant experimental setup he had built and which he described as aa utopian environment constructed for micea. Still, they listened carefully as he described that universe. They learned that to study the effects of overpopulation, Calhoun, in addition to being a scientist, needed to be a rodent city planner. For Universe 25, he had built a large, very intricate apartment block for mice. There were 16 identical apartment buildings arranged in a square with four buildings on each side. Calhoun told his audience each building had afour four-unit walk-up one-room apartmentsa, for a total of 256 units, each of which could comfortably accommodate about 15 mouse residents. There were also a series of dining halls in each apartment building, and a cluster of rooftop fountains so the residents could quench their thirst. Calhoun had marked each mouse resident with a unique colour combination and he or his team sat in a loft over this mouseopolis, for hours every day, for more than three years, and watched what unfolded.

This reunion between the star and The Good Place creator Michael Schur is adorable. Its tale of a widoweras undercover investigation in a retirement home will obliterate you

If Michael Schur has a trademark, itas bone-deep niceness. A decade and a half ago, he transformed Parks and Recreation from a lacklustre Office clone into a classic, simply by making the characters more optimistic. Next came The Good Place, a show about reaching heaven through self-improvement. After that he wrote a book called How to be Perfect. The man knows his stuff.

So when it was announced that Schuras newest project would be a Netflix series called A Man on the Inside, niceness was always going to be a key factor. However, the level he reaches here is unprecedented, even by his standards. This show is Schur planting a flag as the Sir Edmund Hillary of nice.

County Clareas dramatic shoreline is the backdrop to Loop Head Lighthouse and its two holiday cottages. Binoculars for sea viewing included a but not wifi

We cross a narrow strip of land under vast skies and follow a slim road. It cuts a straight line through the heart of County Clareas only peninsula a a jagged spearhead-shaped piece of land that dangles downward, like a tail, right into the Atlantic. The landscape tapers as the mouth of the River Shannon appears to the south, and the ocean to the north, until we reach the tip of the spear at what seems to be the very edge of the world; and there it stands, defiant and elevated on an outcrop a Loop Head Lighthouse.

From some point in childhood, my introverted self romanticised the role of a lightkeeper. Maybe it was Robert Eggersa psychological thriller The Lighthouse (2019) that wreaked havoc with that elysium, but a lightkeeperas cottage rental offered a flavour of the experience without the carnage.

Tenth generation Apple smartwatch gets a bigger screen and body overhaul, but blink and you might miss it

A larger screen and thinner body mark the biggest change to the Apple Watch in years, but you might have to squint to see it.

That is because Apple has kept much the same design on the outside despite requiring significant changes on the inside to make the watch thinner and lighter. As a result, the Series 10 feels like another evolutionary, rather than revolutionary step for the Apple Watchas 10th year.

Case size: 42 or 46mm

Case thickness: 9.7mm

Weight: 30/29.3g or 36.4/35.3g

Processor: S10

Storage: 64GB

Operating system: watchOS 11

Water resistance: 50 metres (5ATM)

Sensors: HR, ECG, spO2, air and water temp, depth, mic, speaker, NFC, GNSS, compass, altimeter

Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3, wifi 4, NFC, UWB, optional 4G/eSIM

The aprogressa made at Cop29 has been on carbon markets: a world of magical thinking, over-claiming and distorted truth

We now face, on all fronts, a war not just against the living planet and the common good, but against material reality. Power in the United States will soon be shared between people who believe they will ascend to sit at the right hand of God, perhaps after a cleansing apocalypse; and people who believe their consciousness will be uploaded on to machines in a great Singularity.

The Christian rapture and the tech rapture are essentially the same belief. Both are examples of asubstance dualisma: the idea that the mind or soul can exist in a realm separate from the body. This idea often drives a desire to escape from the grubby immanence of life on Earth. Once the rapture is achieved, there will be no need for a living planet.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

For 90% of working Icelanders, a 36-hour week means less stress, more job satisfaction and time to enjoy life beyond work

I like to walk around old cemeteries and read the headstones. Here in Iceland, it has been customary to engrave peopleas job titles below their names and as I age I find myself wondering if mine will say aTeachera. Although I love my work, I kind of hope it will not.

Through the centuries, womenas headstones have rarely had titles other than aHousewifea or perhaps aWife of [insert husbandas job title]a. Although today women in Iceland have all sorts of jobs, we have yet to reach full equality. But an important step on that journey has been the shortening of the 40-hour working week to 36 hours.

MarAa HjA!lmtA1/2sdA3ttir is an activist and a teacher at a secondary school in KA3pavogur, Iceland

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The Australian government has proposed a ban on social media for all citizens under 16. Citing the success of recently introduced restrictions on mobile phones in Australian schools, the prime minister announced the ban by declaring that itas adoing harm to our kids and Iam calling time on ita.

Yes, the American Psychological Association has found that teens with the highest social media use rate their overall mental health as poor or very poor. Yes, research from the University of Cambridge shows that social media does not mitigate adolescent feelings of loneliness or isolation overall a rather, reports suggest online exposure can increase the prevalence of suicidal thoughts in the young. Weave known for years social media use is related to poor body image and negative self-esteem, and encourages addictive behaviours. Locally, weare confronting toxic online influencer culture mobilising kids to harass and abuse their teachers. Cyberbullying, cyberstalking, catfishing, dog piling, trolling, deepfake porn and doxing exist as concepts because social media culture has spawned them.

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The chancellor is said to have arounded upa her years of service. But if she did plump up her working achievements a bit, who hasnat?

There are lies, evasions and manipulations by politicians that, when they come to light, can make the politician in question seem even less relatable than the average. (So many to choose from, but Iam thinking in particular of Boris Johnsonas weird ad-hoc claim to relax by making models of buses). And then there are the exaggerations that can make a politician seem mildly more human, one of which, I would suggest, is CV inflation a the tweaking of oneas professional details to look better than they actually are. Didnat Rachel Reeves spend aa decadea working at the Bank of England in the same way that, in our resumes, we are all at some level fluent in French?

The exact breakdown of how Reeves spent her working life in her 20s and 30s has, over the past week or so, been pored over by journalists looking for inconsistencies after it emerged that she may have rounded up somewhat in the details. According to the website Guido Fawkes, when Reeves claimed to have worked as an aeconomista at the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) straight out of university, she had, in fact, been in an administrative role that mainly managed complaints and small projects. After more digging, the website claimed that Reeves, possibly alerted to the fact that shead been busted, changed her LinkedIn profile so that aeconomista became aretail bankinga. Then the Telegraph piled in asserting that Reevesas claim to have spent aa decadea at the Bank of England was actually more like six years. (It was also later suggested on X that one of those years was spent studying for a masters at LSE).

Emma Brockes is a Guardian columnist

Former Ipswich manager is enjoying the clubas resurgence under Kieran McKenna, having taken them to great heights more than 20 years ago

Every so often, George Burley takes a walk through the park and bumps into a vision of his younger self. Kieran McKenna is practically a neighbour; the greetings are always warm and the common ground bountiful. They are the only two men alive who know exactly what it takes to guide an Ipswich side to the Premier League and both have come to understand how success in Suffolk can propel a reputation towards the stars.

In Burleyas case it was a fifth-placed finish in the 2000-01 top flight, straight after going up, that sent him into the pantheon. He was named manager of the season, the first of only five times when the recipient did not win the title, and it capped a fairytale story that barely feels possible now. aIt couldnat get any better, it was an honour, an incredible feat,a he says. aI donat know if a team that comes up could equal or beat that now. It might never happen again.a

• FIA has not responded to driversa damning statement
• GDPA chair George Russell says many are afed upa

Formula One drivers are fed up and losing confidence in the sportas governing body the FIA and its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem after receiving no response to their collective criticism of both in a public statement. They had called for dialogue to address their grievances but the FIA has not replied since it was issued two weeks ago.

This weekendas Las Vegas Grand Prix is the first meeting since the Grand Prix Driversa Association (GPDA) issued their statement, a damning indictment of the FIA and Ben Sulayem, demanding they stop treating all 20 drivers on the grid like children. It addressed the recent controversy over swearing, took issue with the atone and languagea used by Ben Sulayem in relation to his objections to the swearing and questioned the financial transparency of the FIA in how the organisation used the money from fines imposed.

• LA Lakers star plans to step away from social media
• James, 40, hinted at disaffection after Tuesday game

LeBron James says heas taking a break from social media.

The NBAas all-time leading scorer and Los Angeles Lakers star posted on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, and Instagram on Wednesday to announce that heas stepping away from his pages. James has 159m followers on Instagram, 52.9m on X.

Stakes high as officials discuss summitas key question of how much rich countries should pay for developing nations to cope with climate crisis and decarbonize their economies

In response to the latest text on climate finance, Laurie van der Burg, Oil Change International Global Public Finance Manager, said it was aa mixed bag with good, bad and ugly options.a

aRich countries now have a last chance to step up to pay the climate debt they owe to the Global South and unlock a fair and funded fossil fuel phaseout, while barring dangerous distractions. Wealthy nations must support delivering the trillions urgently needed in public finance with the majority provided debt-free, which is currently on the table.a

Speaking at a press conference in Baku this morning, Hoekstra was asked for reaction to the lack of a clear figure on the climate finance - which currently just has an aXa for the target on the new collective quantified goal (NCQG).

aIt is clearly unacceptable as it stands,a said Hoekstra, giving little else away.

Distant placements found to have led to anxiety, PTSD and suicide in some cases, as use of them increases in England

Mental health patients in England are being harmed by the increase in placements in psychiatric units far from their homes and families, a new report indicates.

Patients have had anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while some have died by suicide as a result of their distant placements, according to a Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) report, which drew on interviews with patients and their loved ones. The participants spoke of how their experiences had resulted in feelings of anger, frustration and a loss of trust in the mental health system.

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK records the second highest October borrowing since 1993

Inheritance tax has brought in APS5bn so far this financial year, even before the government hits farmers with the levy.

New figures from HMRC this morning show that inheritance tax receipts for April to October 2024 have risen by APS500m year-on-year, to APS5bn.

aInheritance tax is on track for another record year with receipts so far hitting APS5bn. With five months of the tax year yet to go it should easily outstrip last yearas APS7.5bn.

It may be a tax that so far only hits a small proportion of the population but, after last monthas Budget, itas about to be an issue for a lot more people, after the decision was taken to make pensions part of someoneas estate for inheritance tax purposes. This wonat kick in until 2027 but will be a major part of many peopleas financial planning.

Inequality still exists amongst the creative arts subjects, where privately educated pupils perform better

Pupils in England who attend fee-paying schools no longer outperform their state school peers in core GCSEs once results are adjusted for socioeconomic background, according to a new study.

Researchers say the findings indicate state school students are making strong progress in science, maths and English, reflecting the past two decadesa curriculum priorities , but they still lag behind in the creative arts.

Experts say UK alags behinda as OECD finds poor outcomes for many diagnosed with colon and lung cancers

People in the UK who are diagnosed with the two most lethal forms of cancer die sooner than those in many other comparable countries, a new study has found.

Research by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) showed the UK ranked a lowly 31st out of 43 countries for how many people survive at least five years after being diagnosed with lung cancer.

UK spending on cancer will rise from APS14.4bn to more than APS23bn by 2050 because the ageing population will lead to more people being diagnosed.

Cancer will cause one in four deaths of people under the age of 75 between now and 2050.

170,000 people at any one time cannot work because they have cancer.

Justice department urges court to force Google to share data with rivals as part of wide-ranging changes to end online giantas monopoly on web searching

Alphabetas Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take a range of other measures to end its monopoly on searching the internet, US prosecutors have argued to a judge.

Such changes would essentially result in Google being highly regulated for 10 years, subjecting it to oversight by the same Washington federal court that ruled the company maintained an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.

Wars have spread and intensified, with far-reaching impacts on global economic growth and food security, according to latest Conflict Intensity Index

The proportion of the world engulfed by conflict has grown 65% a equivalent to nearly double the size of India a over the past three years, according to a new report.

Ukraine, Myanmar, the Middle East and a aconflict corridora around Africaas Sahel region have seen wars and unrest spread and intensify since 2021, according to the latest Conflict Intensity Index (CII), published by risk analysts Verisk Maplecroft.

Moves to advance three resolutions, which would have halted recent sale of $20bn in US weapons to Israel, all failed

The US Senate has blocked legislation that would have halted the sale of some US weapons to Israel, which had been introduced out of concern about the human rights catastrophe faced by Palestinians in Gaza.

Senator Bernie Sanders had introduced what are called joint resolutions of disapproval, seeking to block the Biden administrationas recent sale of $20bn in US weapons to Israel.

Russian president transfers more than 70 animals from Moscow to Pyongyang amid strengthening ties with North Koreaas Kim Jong-un during Ukraine war

Russia has transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and 45 pheasants to a zoo in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

The animals transferred from Moscow Zoo, were aa gift from Vladimir Putin to the Korean peoplea, the government said. The delivery also included two domestic yaks, 40 mandarin ducks and five white cockatoos.

Itas the second season of Dark Winds. Plus: the wild story of cannabis smuggler Howard Marks. Hereas what to watch this evening

10pm, U&Alibi
This western noir crime thriller was an unsung gem when it started last year, so the second season is a welcome return. Lt Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) is reunited with his deputy turned private eye Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) when separate cases lead to the same suspect. Their investigations take them to the high desert of Navajo country, where old wounds are about to be ripped open. Hollie Richardson

Daniel Draperas ultra-fluid style, trailing his finger across the surface of the cityas life, loses its narrative path

Now with three films about different facets of the city under his belt, documentary-maker Daniel Draper has a strong claim to being Liverpoolas leading contemporary chronicler. Resuming the meandering, eavesdropping modus operandi of his 2021 Toxteth survey Almost Liverpool 8, he attempts to cast his net citywide for a grand collage of scouse life. But by losing the self-conscious formal questions in the earlier film, he struggles to impose defining concepts that get Liverpool Story pulling in a satisfying direction.

Draperas relationship with the past seems different to Terence Daviesas 2008 memory-bath masterpiece Of Time and the City. Prefacing the film with a Thoreau quote about how ashallowa the stream of time can prove to be, the director seems less interested in history than whatas downstream: identity. After the opening shots of what is meant to be the Mersey bottom, thoughts of sediment and mixture quickly settle. A black antifascist reminds us that the Liverpool accent is quintessentially multicultural: a blend of Irish, Welsh and Norwegian, straight off the docks.

The ecosystem around a small fruit inspires an ecological alternative to capitalism

When you look at a berry, what�do you see? A snack, a�storehouse of energy, a�transformed flower, a commodity, a gift? In her latest book, the US botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer views a tiny fruit through all of these lenses, in the�process illuminating much bigger questions about how we humans relate�to plants, to the natural world and to each other.

The Serviceberry builds on the blend of Indigenous and western ecological thought that has made Kimmerer a unexpectedly a one of the best known environmental writers working today. During the pandemic, her essay collection Braiding Sweetgrass, which entwined Indigenous American teachings on plants and the land with western botanical science, became a�slow-burn bestseller. It began as an unsolicited 750-page manuscript submitted to the small Minneapolis-based publisher Milkweed in 2010, was published in 2013, and has now sold more than 2m copies worldwide, featuring on the reading lists of celebrities from Emma Watson to BjAPrk, and inspiring the singer Camila Cabello to get a neck tattoo of the eponymous herb.

A greater degree of setup would have given this story of a Don Draper typeas determination to beat a terminal diagnosis more dramatic heft

This drama starts promisingly enough, with a zippy, self-aggrandising voiceover introducing our protagonist Arjun (Abhishek Bachchan). Heas a Don Draper sort: works in advertising, at the top of his game, fond of walking along while throwing out pearls of wisdom and instructions to his team. aI want at least 17 seconds on the cheese pull,a he insists to a minion working on a pizza commercial. As in Mad Men, his homelife isnat quite as assured, though he feels heas doing a bang-up job, speaking proudly of being a weekend dad who shows up for his daughter when it matters. Itas clear, however, that pride goeth before a fall.

The fall in question here is a sudden cancer diagnosis, out of nowhere. Arjun is given 100 or so days to live. Being the kind of tenacious guy who refuses to see himself as a statistic, he determines that he will fight. Here the film begins to play into a narrative controversial in cancer-support circles: some find the idea of cancer as something that can be battled empowered. Others find it insulting, suggesting that if someone dies of cancer there is some element of not having fought hard enough, of having been a quitter in some way, rather than subject to an incurable and often deadly disease. Arjun is certainly of the view that he has been enlisted into a war that can be won through sheer force of willpower, and embarks on a series of surgeries.

Exclusive: New research finds aclinical, cruela language used by medics is unacceptable to many

Women who have lost a baby often dislike the language used by medical professionals and would prefer the term apregnancy lossa over amiscarriagea, research has found.

More than six in 10 women (61%) who had lost a baby between 18 and 23 weeks of pregnancy said it was unacceptable for doctors, midwives and nurses to use the word amiscarriagea.

Thinktankas report says Beijing has emerged from Covid-induced lull with a amore competitive, politically targeted modela of engagement in the region

China has renewed efforts to curry favour in Pacific island nations, a new report has found, after charting a aresurgencea in Beijing-backed aid and infrastructure funding.

Over the past decade, China has lavished billions of dollars on Pacific island nations, part of ongoing efforts to build influence in competition with the US and its allies.

Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster this week, to protest against changes made in last monthas budget over inheritance tax. The government claim that this will affect a small minority of farms. But with slim profits and many farmers saying it will spell the end of their businesses, has the government got it wrong? The Guardianas John Harris speaks to some of those protesting against the changes, and environmental correspondent Helena Horton

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Science editor Ian Sample joins host Madeleine Finlay to discuss some of the most intriguing science stories of the week. From a study finding that fat cells arememberinga past obesity drives yo-yo dieting, to concerning developments in the bird flu virus, and research pinpointing which parts of the UK are best at spotting fake accents

Clips: RTE, BBC, Global News

Can you spot a fake accent? Take part in a new study from Cambridge University

From long-range missiles being launched to North Korean troops being drafted in, Dan Sabbagh looks at whether the rapid escalation could signal the beginning of the end of the conflict

Tuesday marked 1,000 days of the Ukraine war a a conflict that for months had seemingly no end in sight. Russia has been advancing, but its progress has been grindingly slow, with Ukraineas resistance struggling with a lack of weapons and aid. Both sides have had problems with morale and recruitment.

Over the past week, things have changed. Russia has drafted in North Korean troops, while Ukraine has hit Russia with long-range missiles provided by the US. Dan Sabbagh is in Ukraine and explains how hits to the energy grid could make the difference on the ground, and how important the use of North Korean troops could be given the lack of willing Russian conscripts.

From the niqab reimagined as a luxury brand good to the plights of female boxers in Lagos, this yearas festival mixes politics with panache

The former British deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86. His family said he aspent his life trying to improve the lives of others, fighting for social justice and protecting the environmenta

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Just because it"s very responsible of you to buy a money-saving cold brew maker doesn"t mean it"s any less of a ~thrill~.

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Glinda the Good Witch is magical, but this concealer under $10 may have her magic beat.

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BeautyTok has spoken...and they love these cleansers and multitasking products that keep your makeup in place.

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It"s not gross if you follow the five second rule!!!

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After the composer shocked onlookers by wearing a Canada Goose jacket to the farmersa protest, Ellie Muir looks at what our outer layers say about us, and how they can carry unintentional deeper meanings

The popular burgers will be available to some passengers starting December 1

aWickeda is scheduled to premiere in theaters on November 22

Viewers have been questioning whether the stars snuck cosmetics into the jungle

Fans of the popular TikTok food critic claimed they noticed a aworma in Leeas sushi

Angelina Jolieas son Knox Jolie-Pitt made his first red carpet appearance in three years on November 17

The new menu item is served with two eggs and two olives on top

McConaughey and his wife relocated to Texas with their three children

Jeff Bezosas fiancee says she has a Pinterest board dedicated to wedding planning - particularly for selecting her bridal gown

aHe grew up with a laptop [and] I had a desktop computer that I shared with my brothers and sisters,a Cyrus notes

To celebrate the return of the McRib, McDonaldas is offering an entire jug of its beloved McRib sauce available to purchase online

Women are flipping the narrative on relationship double standards