Science and business leaders say lurch away from climate agenda after byelections would be deeply unpopular with voters and damage UK’s reputation Britain’s leaders have been warned against a “politically suicidal” lurch away from their green pledges as concerns grow that both major parties may dilute their plans to combat […]
Month: July 2023
Observer investigation shows that majority of Nice drug appraisals involve groups financially linked to maker of pharmaceuticals Drug companies are systematically funding grassroots patient groups that lobby the NHS medicines watchdog to approve the rollout of their drugs, the Observer can reveal. An investigation by the Observer has found that […]
Israeli prime minister vows to push ahead with controversial reforms even as tens of thousands protest against them Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be fitted with a pacemaker overnight, he has said, adding that he will be discharged from hospital in time for a key vote on his controversial […]
Review could show that thousands more Jews and prisoners of war died on Alderney than previously thought The full horrors of the only Nazi concentration camps to exist on British soil will finally be investigated in an official government inquiry, the Observer can reveal. Eighty years on from one of […]
Fossil fuel-producing members dispute goal of tripling renewable capacity by 2030 The G20 bloc of wealthy economies meeting in India failed to reach a consensus on phasing down fossil fuels on Saturday after objections by some producer nations. Scientists and campaigners are exasperated by international bodies’ foot-dragging on action to […]
Starmer hails results as ‘cry for change’ as Sunak’s party loses Selby and Ainsty and Somerton and Frome, but clings on in Uxbridge Rishi Sunak’s chances of guiding the Conservatives to victory at the next general election looked increasingly slim on Friday after his party suffered two shattering byelection defeats. […]
Former PM’s spokesperson says ‘relevant’ messages will be handed over to Covid inquiry ‘unredacted’ UK politics live – latest updates Boris Johnson has vowed to pass his pandemic WhatsApp messages over to the Covid inquiry after experts managed to recover them from an old phone he had been advised not […]
Sucession star Brian Cox tells gathered members of Equity union ‘we are at thin end of horrible wedge’ Brian Cox, Imelda Staunton, Naomie Harris and Simon Pegg were among the British A-list actors leading a demonstration in Leicester Square on Friday in solidarity with the US strikes disrupting the film […]
Actor, who starred in films including 1971’s Canterbury Tales, died in Paris on 13 July, her family said Josephine Chaplin, the daughter of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O’Neill, died on 13 July in Paris, her family said on Friday. The actor, who starred in films including Pier […]
Lawsuit filed against FTX founder, 31, includes memo that detailed plans to purchase Pacific island in case world came to an end The disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded the FTX exchange, had planned to purchase the small Pacific island nation of Nauru in case the world came to […]