News from November 13, 2025

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Jamie Carragher's daughter shares career update as 'proud' family celebrate

Jamie Carragher and his family celebrated the first official opening night of The Hunger Games on Stage last night. The former Liverpool FC defender and wife Nicola Carragher have been vocal about their support for daughter Mia, as she takes on the biggest role of her career so far. Mia has taken on a leading role in the stage production of The Hunger Games . The adaptation is based on the book series, written by Suzanne Collins. The daughter of Liverpool FC legend Jamie Carragher and wife Nicola, has been slowly but surely emerging onto the film scene with various projects and the role of The Hunger Games' Katniss Everdeen marks her biggest challenge to date. The production is taking place in purpose-built, state-of-the-art venue, Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre. It will be the first ever theatre adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ internationally acclaimed book and the subsequent movie series. The Hunger Games on Stage follows the journey of fearless heroine Katniss Everdeen , played by Mia, as she defies the odds in a gripping tale of courage, hope and unbreakable human spirit. Yesterday, Mia shared a photo of the London Underground's service information board to Instagram, which had written on it "The Hunger Games on Stage" and further details about the first-of-its-kind show. Carragher shared a family picture on the red carpet for The Hunger Games on Stage last night, alongside his mum and Nicola. It comes after the football pundit and his wife watched their daughter take on the role of Katniss Everdeen last month. Nicola captioned a post at the time: "Yesterday was a good day, watching my girl who is an absolute superstar in the evening, like I have no words. "Knowing my boy came on in the day after two months out recovering from injury and operation. You both will always be the greatest thing I have ever done in my life, my heart can't deal." Liverpool FC legend Jamie Carragher admitted he was "a little bit nervous" ahead of his daughter's debut in the huge new show . Jamie Carragher spoke to the ECHO about his and wife Nicola's pride and how he's feeling as his daughter takes on the role of Katniss Everdeen in the highly anticipated show. He said: "I'm a little bit nervous because, you know, it's your daughter, it's your baby. But I am so excited for her, she's put so much work in. They've been rehearsing for two or three months now and she's been down in London on her own. "We've been getting down to see her when we can. It's been full on, they're not leaving the theatre until 10 o'clock just to make sure it's right. "That's the name of the game, isn't it? That's the game that she is in. As I've said, she's put the work in, now go and enjoy it - be Katniss." Despite playing in front of thousands during his professional football career, the former Reds defender star says he has only given his daughter advice and support "as her dad" ahead of her starring role. Both the Sky Sports pundit's children are thriving in their career as James has followed in his dad's footsteps as a footballer. The centre half plays for Wigan and Malta.

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Phumi Ramalepe 12 hours ago

Technology

PAUZA – Where fire, flavour and slow moments meet

Take a pause, savour the moment, and let the fire tell its story. Welcome to PAUZA, the new culinary gem on the Costa del Sol, where Argentinian fire cooking meets Nordic elegance. Located on Calle Cómpeta 2, La Cala de Mijas, PAUZA invites guests to step away from the rush of everyday life and indulge in an experience that engages all the senses. Here, fresh ingredients, authentic flavours, and a warm, contemporary atmosphere come together to create something truly memorable. Highlights from the menu include handmade lamb empanadas, flame-grilled meats with chimichurri, and creative interpretations of traditional dishes infused with subtle Scandinavian style. Each plate reflects the restaurant’s philosophy of quality without haste – a celebration of good taste and good company. With its inviting décor, soft lighting, and relaxed energy, PAUZA is perfect for intimate dinners, gatherings with friends, or special occasions. Guests consistently praise its exceptional service – earning an impressive 9.4/10 rating on TheFork – and its ability to make everyone feel at home. Whether you come for the food, the ambience, or simply to take a well-deserved pause, PAUZA offers an experience that lingers long after the last bite. Calle Cómpeta 2, La Cala de Mijas

EWN 12 hours ago

Technology

Police 'reviewing evidence' involving Southport killer's parents

Detectives are reviewing evidence given by Axel Rudakubana's parents at the Southport Inquiry to ensure no further crimes have been committed. The first phase of the Southport Inquiry concluded last week after the teen killer's mum and dad, Laetitia Muzayire and Alphonse Rudakubana, spoke publicly for the first time since the attack in Southport last year. Weapon-obsessed Rudakubana amassed a disturbing arsenal of weapons including seeds to make the deadly toxin ricin, a bow and arrows and three machetes. He also had a sledgehammer, jerry can and knives. The teenager likely funded the orders through a mixture of his own genealogy business, which saw thousands of pounds deposited in his account, and funds from his parents. Alphonse admitted to giving him money for tasks such as showering . Alphonse said he was aware of at least one machete, which was delivered as an age-verified parcel with an "18 plus" sticker on the box. The parcel was delivered to the family's next door neighbour under a false name . The dad said he didn't open the package or confront his son about the contents because "it would have quickly escalated". "This is an instance I regret so much," he added. "I should have called the police." But for the most part Rudakubana's online orders went unregulated and untouched. Asked about the packages during the inquiry, Rudakubana's older brother Dion said: "There was the same level of caution he had with us touching things of his generally." Rudakubana had not left the house in the two years leading up to the attack on July 29, 2024, other than when his dad stopped him attending Range High School seven days prior. When asked whether the police will be taking any further action, a spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: "We will obtain full transcripts from the inquiry and assess whether new information was provided that wasn’t known. "A file wasn’t submitted to the CPS because the evidence held at that time didn’t pass the police threshold meaning there was insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of a conviction for any offence." The ECHO broke the news in June this year that the force had concluded its investigation surrounding the murderer and no one else would face criminal proceedings. However, following the nine weeks of evidence given in the first phase of the public inquiry, police will reassess this. The families of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice da Silva Aguiar who were killed in the attack have expressed "full support" of the news. Chris Walker, of Bond Turner, representing the families of Elsie, Bebe and Alice said: "On behalf of the three bereaved families, we wish to express our full support for any reopening or re-examination of the evidence in relation to the conduct of AR’s parents. "Any further inquiry into the behaviour in question is unequivocally supported by all of our clients. We are confident that a criminal investigation will conclude that an offence has been committed." Rudakubana's family were the last people to give evidence to phase one of the inquiry this week. Both parents apologised for their son's crimes, with Alphonse telling proceedings: "I'm ashamed I lost the courage to save their little angels," while his wife added she grieves for the innocent lives lost. But their apologies weren't accepted by the three bereaved families , who released statements calling for accountability for their failures. The Stancombes said: "Parents should be culpable when they knowingly allow such evil to exist unchecked under their own roof." Meanwhile, the Aguiars said Rudakubana's parents' "failure to take responsibility, to act, and to intervene...directly contributed to the devastating loss of our daughter's life." And the Kings added: "Time after time, they had opportunities to intervene, to stop this, to protect others. If they had acted with any real sense of duty, Bebe, Elsie and Alice would still be here."

Ben Haslam 12 hours ago

Technology

Open Heaven 13 November 2025 – Discerning Of Spirits (1)

Open Heaven 13 November 2025 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Discerning Of Spirits (1) Open Heaven 13 November 2025 TOPIC – Discerning Of Spirits (1) MEMORISE: “For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.” – 2 Corinthians 11:4 (KJV) READ: 1 John 4:1-3 (KJV) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 6-7 Open Heaven 13 November 2025 MESSAGE Many children of God have fallen into the devil’s trap because they lacked the gift of the discerning of spirits. Usually, the messengers that the devil sends to believers appear as angels of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). They usually seem harmless and very Iikeable, such that believers let their guards down around them and put their trust in them. By the time such believers realize that they are dealing with the devil’s agents, major damage would have been done, and they would have lost ground to the devil where their destiny is concerned. However, if such believers have the gift of the discerning of Spirits, they will get an inward witness, warning them about the devil’s agents. Some Christian ladies have married occultic men who disguised themselves as born-again Christians because they did not have the gift of the discerning of spirits. Likewise, some believers have engaged in businesses with the wrong people because they lacked the gift of the discerning of spirits. Christian employers should not only look at the qualifications of the people they intend to employ; they should also be sensitive to discern the kind of spirits they carry so they do not impact their organizations negatively. In 1980, I attended the wedding ceremony of one of my three close friends at the time. When I got to the venue, one of the other two friends welcomed me warmly and was doing everything to make me comfortable by offering me all kinds of drinks, food, and souvenirs. Suddenly, I heard God say, “He is your enemy.” I was shocked because I was really close to him and thought I knew him so well. However, I started treading carefully around him from that day on. Sometime later, I confronted him with what God told me, but he denied being an enemy. Some months later, we met again to discuss issues concerning the church after the death of my Father in the Lord. There, he showed his true colours and said, “From the day you came into this church, I hated you.” Beloved, if you don’t have the gift of the discerning of Spirits, you most likely will commit the error of making an enemy a friend and a friend an enemy. This is why you must ask God for the gift of the discerning of spirits so you can truly know the spirits controlling the people around you. I pray that every devil disguised as an angel of light around you will be exposed, in Jesus’ name. Open Heaven 13 November 2025 PRAYER POINT Father, please give me the gift of the discerning of spirits. Open Heaven 13 November 2025 HYMN 28 – Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah! 1 Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah!Pilgrim through this barren land;I am weak, but Thou art mighty,Hold me with Thy powerful hand:Bread of heaven! Bread of heaven!Feed me now and evermore (2ce) 2 Open Thou the crystal fountain,Whence the healing stream doth flow:Let the fiery, cloudy pillarLead me all my journey through:Strong deliverer! strong deliverer!Be Thou still my strength and shield (2ce) 3 If I tread the verge of Jordan,Bid my anxious fears subside:Bear me through the swelling torrent,Land me safe on Canaan’s side:Songs of praises! songs of praises!I will ever give to Thee (2ce) 4 Saviour, come! We long to see Thee,Long to dwell with Thee above;And to know in full communion,All the sweetness of Thy love.Come, Lord Jesus! Come, Lord Jesus!Take Thy waiting people home (2ce) Accessing the DevotionalThe Open Heavens devotional is conveniently available as an application across all major mobile platforms and operating systems, including iOS, Android, Nokia, Windows Mobile, and PC. This wide accessibility ensures that users can engage with the devotional from virtually any device. For more information or to access the Open Heaven for Today 2025, visit

Unknown 12 hours ago

Business

Phantom Billstickers brings ASB’s 150-year celebration to life

To celebrate ASB’s 150-year milestone, the bank teamed up with Phantom Billstickers to bring its campaign to life. The outdoor installation features custom-built balloon structures (though not actually containing helium), a hand-painted mural and a giant version of ASB’s iconic elephant mascot, Kashin – the little yellow elephant who’s been helping Kiwi kids save since the 1960s. The brand has transformed its heritage into a public celebration that could be seen, touched and shared. Bringing Kashin back – bigger than ever Kashin has been part of ASB’s story for generations. Originally a small money box gifted to young savers, she’s become a nostalgic touchpoint for thousands of New Zealanders. For this campaign, Phantom Billstickers helped elevate that nostalgia… literally. A huge custom-built Kashin figure now peeks over the hoardings, with shimmering gold “150” balloon structures. To complete the scene, is a hand-painted mural – created by Phantom’s custom shop team. Street-level craft, brand-level impact The campaign merges street media craft with large-scale brand storytelling: Custom-built structures designed for impact and longevity.Hand-painted artwork created by Phantom’s specialist custom shop artists.Integrated poster and mural work ensuring the entire wall feels like one cohesive story – not just an ad, but an experience. “We love projects like this – where imagination meets craftsmanship,” says Tom Horton, marketing manager at Phantom Billstickers. “ASB wanted to celebrate 150 years in a way that felt human and full of heart. By bringing it to life, IRL, we gave people a chance to experience that celebration up close and to see Kashin come to life.”

StopPress Team 12 hours ago

World

Trump’s US boycott of G20 summit is ‘their loss’, South Africa says  - Grenada Chronicle – Daily Grenada And

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says United States President Donald Trump’s decision to boycott the Group of 20 (G20) summit next weekend in Johannesburg is “their loss”. The US has ratcheted up tensions with South Africa over widely rejected claims of persecution of white minority Afrikaners, which it vehemently denies, and its push for Israeli accountability over the genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Speaking on Wednesday, Ramaphosa added: “The United States needs to think again whether boycott politics actually works because in my experience it doesn’t work.” Trump on Friday said no US officials will attend this year’s G20 summit on November 22-23 of leaders from 19 of the world’s richest and leading developing economies, the European Union and African Union. Trump cited South Africa’s treatment of white farmers, which he has falsely labelled a “genocide”, writing on his Truth Social platform that it was a “total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa”. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly claimed that white South Africans are being violently persecuted and having their land taken from them because of their race in the Black-majority country, a claim rejected by South Africa’s government and top Afrikaner officials. Trump for months has targeted the nation’s Black-led government for criticism over that and a range of other issues, including its decision to accuse staunch US ally Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in an ongoing case at the ICJ in The Hague. Last month, Ramaphosa said the current Gaza ceasefire, which Israel is violating on a daily basis, will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel, stressing that South Africa is determined to pursue its case, filed in 2023, despite the truce, which is part of a US-backed plan aimed at ending Israel’s war on the besieged and bombarded territory. South Africa submitted 500 pages of evidence to the ICJ in October 2024. Israel’s counterarguments are due by January 12. Oral hearings are anticipated in 2027 with a final judgement expected in late 2027 or early 2028. The ICJ has issued three provisional measures, ordering Israel to prevent genocidal acts and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israel has largely failed to comply. “It is unfortunate that the United States decided not to attend the G20,” Ramaphosa told reporters outside the South African Parliament on Wednesday. “The United States by not being at the G20, one must never think that we are not going to go on with the G20. The G20 will go on. All other heads of state will be here. In the end, we will take fundamental decisions and their absence is their loss.” Ramaphosa added that the US is “giving up the very important role that they should be playing as the biggest economy in the world”. Trump previously confronted Ramaphosa with his baseless claims that the Afrikaner white minority in South Africa were being killed in widespread attacks when the leaders met at the White House in May. At that meeting, Ramaphosa lobbied for Trump to attend the G20 summit, the first to be held in Africa. The G20 was formed in 1999 to bring rich and developing countries together to address issues affecting the global economy and international development. The US, China, Russia, India, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the European Union are all members. The US is due to take over the rotating presidency of the G20 from South Africa at the end of the year. Trump’s claims about anti-white violence and persecution in South Africa have reflected those made previously by conservative media commentators in the US as far back as 2018. Trump and others, including South African-born Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, have also accused South Africa’s government of being racist against whites because of its affirmative action laws that aim to advance opportunities for the Black majority, which was oppressed under the former apartheid system of racial segregation. Ramaphosa’s government has said the comments are the result of misinformation and a lack of understanding about South Africa. Relations between the US and its biggest trading partner in Africa are at their lowest since the end of apartheid in 1994. Washington expelled the South African ambassador to the US in March over comments he made regarding Trump.

Cb_usr 12 hours ago

Politics

Bihar election: Can Modi buck Gen Z rage in India’s youngest state?  - Grenada Chronicle – Daily Grenada And

Patna, India – As 20-year-old Ajay Kumar scrolled through social media on his mobile phone in Muzaffarpur district in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, he came across rumours that a crucial examination for a government job he had appeared for had been compromised. Ajay is a Dalit, a community that falls at the bottom of India’s caste hierarchy and has suffered centuries of marginalisation. He had pinned his hopes for the future on a job reserved for his community under the government’s affirmative action programme. But the leaking of the examination paper in December last year dashed those hopes. That’s when he came across a video of students as old as him – and just as angry – protesting the paper leak in state capital Patna, some 75km (46 miles) away. He immediately hopped on an overnight bus and found himself among thousands of protesters the next morning. Ajay spent the next 100 days in biting cold, demonstrating and often sleeping in the open, huddled with hundreds of other students. Their demand was simple: A re-examination. But in April this year, India’s Supreme Court dismissed the students’ petitions to conduct the re-examination. A furious Ajay contained his anger for months. On November 6, as he voted in the first phase of a two-part election to choose Bihar’s state legislature, Ajay pressed a button on the electronic voting machine hard, hoping his choice would avenge the struggle of students like him. Whither Bihar’s Gen Z? As Gen Z protests topple governments across South Asia, regional giant India – the largest and most populous of all – has been an exception. A Hindu majoritarian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been in power since 2014. In Bihar, a coalition of BJP and its partners has been governing for most of the past two decades, under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Yet, Gen Z anger is palpable in Bihar, which neighbours Nepal, where young protesters toppled the government in September, demanding an end to corruption and elite privileges. Bihar has the youngest population among Indian states. Government data show 40 percent of the state’s 128 million population is under 18, while about 23 percent is between 18-29 years of age. At the same time, one in three Bihari families live in extreme poverty, according to the World Bank, also making it India’s poorest state. The anger of its youth has meant that Bihar witnessed 400 student protests between 2018 and 2022, the highest in the country, according to national government data. And many like Ajay are seeking to channel that anger into electoral changes. The two-phase election in Bihar, held on November 6 and November 11, saw more than 74 million eligible voters elect their representatives for the 243-member regional assembly. The results will be declared on November 14. As more and more youngsters express discontent with their ruling elite across South Asia, political observers believe the Bihar election will indicate whether Modi – who campaigned extensively in the state – is still able to retain his hold on the crucial demographic in India, home to the world’s largest youth population. Of India’s 1.45 billion people, 65 percent are less than 35 years of age. Or will Modi’s principal opponents – led by a much younger Tejashwi Yadav of the Bihar-based Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party and Rahul Gandhi of the main opposition Congress party – be able to tap into the frustrations of Bihar’s youth? Anger and despair over jobs, education Bihar languishes at the bottom of most of India’s multidimensional human development indices, which take into account factors such as nutrition, child mortality, years of schooling and maternal health, among others. Pratham Kumar, 20, is from Jehanabad district in southern Bihar. He had to move to state capital Patna because colleges in his hometown offered “no teaching, only degrees”. But studying is a struggle even in Patna, he says. The university hostel does not have clean drinking water, the wi-fi router has been non-functional for months, and students like him often end up mowing the lawns of their cramped hostels since hostel authorities don’t have adequate housekeeping staff to do so. “Across Bihar, the state of education is so poor that you just enrol yourself in a college for a degree on paper, but if you actually want to learn, you need to enrol in private coaching classes at an extra cost,” he fumes. Pratham is now looking to move out of the state – the only alternative for millions of students and unemployed Biharis. A 2020 study by the Mumbai-based International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS) found that more than half the households in the state depended on remittances from their loved ones who had migrated to other states or abroad. Pratham’s friend, Ishant Kumar, is from Darbhanga, another district in Bihar. He is angry at the young forced to migrate in search of a better life, and points to instances of anti-migrant violence in parts of India, often targeting Biharis. “The poverty here pushes young Biharis out, and then, they are insulted, assaulted and have no dignity,” he tells Al Jazeera. “From Kolkata to Maharashtra, only Biharis get attacked and mocked at.” Ishant is angry that successive state governments have not done enough to stem migration. “The cream of Bihar migrates and contributes to the development of other regions in the country. Instead, why can’t we create opportunities here for them to grow?” he asks. In Vaishali district, 23-year-old Komal Kumari believes she has already wasted two years of her life due to government inefficiency. Komal, like Ajay, is a Dalit. Her family survives on a 9,000-rupee (about $100) monthly stipend that her mother earns as an “anganwadi” (childcare) worker employed by the government. Komal, like millions of girls across Bihar, was promised a 50,000 rupee ($565) cash transfer in 2021 by the Bihar government that the BJP is part of, if she earned a graduate degree. Komal, who completed her Bachelor of Arts with political science honours in 2023, has been waiting for that money for two years now. She’s hoping to qualify for teaching jobs, but for that, she needs a two-year degree, a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), which would cost her approximately 75,000 ($846). But she has no savings – she has already spent nearly 100,000 rupees ($1,128) on her first college degree and at coaching centres she went to, to improve her chances at examinations for several government jobs. Now, she can’t pursue either the B.Ed. or the coaching for government job examinations. And she is angry. “I spent so much money only because the government had promised a cash transfer. If they had been prompt, I would have not wasted two years, waiting around.” ‘Students constantly angry here’ Ramanshu Mishra owns Ramanshu GS classes, a popular coaching centre in Patna for young Biharis eager to apply for government jobs. He says Ishant and Komal are speaking for most students in the state. “Students are constantly angry here. When they are studying, they are angry at poor educational facilities. When they finish studying, they are angry at the lack of employment opportunities,” Mishra tells Al Jazeera. Government data show the joblessness rate in urban Bihar between 15-29 years of age is at 22 percent, much higher than the national average of 14.7 percent. This is why Bihar becomes a testing ground for both Modi’s BJP, which is a leading partner in the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar, and its challenger, the opposition INDIA alliance, led by the RJD and the Congress. The INDIA alliance has announced 36-year-old RJD chief Yadav as its chief ministerial face, while the NDA is banking on 75-year-old Modi and the incumbent chief minister, Nitish Kumar, who is 74. “The verdict will show whether the youngest state of India chooses a young leadership [opposition alliance] or whether it chooses to be with the old [NDA],” Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, a journalist and author of Modi’s biography, among other books, told Al Jazeera. Both sides have been trying hard to woo the young. In an election speech last month, Modi said his government’s policies enabled Biharis to make money through social media ‘reels’. “I have ensured that 1GB data costs no more than a cup of tea,” he said. The Modi-led NDA committed in their election manifesto to creating 10 million jobs in Bihar, if voted back to power, while the opposition INDIA bloc’s central poll plank in the election is their promise to ensure one government job per family in Bihar within 20 days of coming to power. The Congress party’s Gandhi, 55, has also repeatedly urged Gen Z voters to “stay vigilant” and stop electoral malpractices he has alleged have been occurring in several Indian elections in the past few years. Gandhi has alleged that the ruling BJP has been committing voter fraud by adding ineligible and fake voters to the country’s electoral rolls. The opposition has also criticised the country’s Election Commission for being complicit in it. The Election Commission had faced criticism for a controversial revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls on the eve of the elections, which resulted in 3.04 million voters being deleted disproportionately from districts with high numbers of Muslim voters – who typically vote against the BJP. “If the opposition’s young leadership loses, it will put Modi in a very advantageous situation,” Mukhopadhyay said. “Because it means that even though he is 75, the youth continue to plug for him.” (Ajay Kumar’s name has been changed since he fears his participation in the protest could dent his career prospects.)

Cb_usr 12 hours ago

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Israeli president condemns ‘shocking’ settler attacks in occupied West Bank  - Grenada Chronicle – Daily

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and army chief Eyal Zamir have condemned burgeoning Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in a rare public rebuke of what has become a daily cycle of violence often backed by the Israeli military. Herzog on Wednesday described the attacks as “shocking and serious,” adding a rare and powerful voice to what has been heavily muted criticism by top Israeli officials of the settler violence, which involves killings and beatings of civilians and destruction of their property. On Thursday, a group of Israeli settlers vandalised a mosque near the town of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Quoting a local activist, the agency reported that Israeli settlers poured flammable material at the entrance of the mosque and wrote racial slurs on its walls. The report said residents helped put the fire out before it spread through the mosque. Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the West Bank on Tuesday, setting fire to vehicles and other property before fighting with Israeli soldiers. Herzog said the violence, committed by a “handful” of perpetrators, “crosses a red line”, adding in a social media post that “all state authorities must act decisively to eradicate the phenomenon.” Zamir also strongly condemned the recent sharp increase in attacks. “We are aware of the recent violent incidents in which Israeli civilians attacked Palestinians and Israelis,” Zamir was quoted on Wednesday by the Israeli army as saying. “I strongly condemn them,” he said, adding that the Israeli military “will not tolerate criminal behaviour by a small minority that tarnishes the law-abiding public”. US expresses concern United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was worried recent violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank could spill over and undermine US-backed peace efforts in Gaza. “I hope not,” Rubio told reporters after a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers in Canada when asked whether the events could endanger the Gaza ceasefire. “We don’t expect it to. We’ll do everything we can to make sure it doesn’t happen.” In Tuesday’s incidents, settlers attacked the villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, setting fire to four dairy trucks, farmland, tin shacks and tents belonging to a Bedouin community. Palestinian official Muayyad Shaaban said the attacks were part of a campaign to drive Palestinians from their land and accused Israel of giving the settlers protection and immunity. Israeli police said four Israelis were arrested in what they described as “extremist violence”. A video verified by Al Jazeera shows several vehicles on fire as Palestinians try to extinguish the flames. Israeli soldiers were also attacked by a group of settlers, and a military vehicle was damaged. That is a rare occurrence as settlers have rampaged with impunity, often with the military’s backing. ‘Ongoing cycle of terror’ Israeli forces and settlers carried out 2,350 attacks across the West Bank last month in an “ongoing cycle of terror”, the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC) reported last week. CRRC head Mu’ayyad Sha’ban said Israeli forces carried out 1,584 attacks – including direct physical attacks, the demolition of homes and the uprooting of olive trees – with most of the violence focused on the governorates of Ramallah (542), Nablus (412) and Hebron (401). Settler attacks often escalate during the olive harvest from September to November, a vital time of year that provides a key source of income for many Palestinian families. On Monday, B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, said settlers were attacking Palestinians “daily”, including “shooting, beating and threatening residents, throwing stones, torching fields, destroying trees and crops, stealing produce, blocking roads, invading homes, and burning cars”. Israeli settlements are Jewish-only communities built on Palestinian land that Israel occupied in 1967. They are illegal under international law. Today, 600,000 to 750,000 settlers live in more than 250 settlements and outposts across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. Many of these are near Palestinian towns and villages, often leading to tensions and severe movement restrictions for Palestinians. Settlers are often armed and frequently accompanied or protected by Israeli soldiers. In addition to destroying Palestinian property, they have carried out arson attacks and killed Palestinian residents.

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Australia’s first treaty with Aboriginal people signed in state of Victoria  - Grenada Chronicle – Daily

The first treaty between Indigenous people and a government in Australia has entered into law in the state of Victoria after it was finalised and signed. Members of the state’s First Peoples Assembly gathered for a ceremony to sign the document on Wednesday evening before state Governor Margaret Gardner added her signature to the treaty on Thursday morning. Jill Gallagher, a Gunditjmara woman and former commissioner of the Victorian Treaty Advancement Commission, told Australian public broadcaster ABC that the treaty represents “the story of the Aboriginal people’s resistance”. “I feel very happy. I’m just over the moon,” Gallagher said. “Today marks a turning point in our nation’s history, a moment where old wounds can begin to heal and new relationships can be built on truth, justice and mutual respect,” she said. Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan described the signing of the treaty as marking a “new chapter” in the state’s history. “It is a chapter that is founded on truth, guided by respect and carried forward through partnership … a partnership to build a stronger, fairer, more equal Victoria for everyone,” Allan said. Australia was colonised by the then-British Empire in 1788, with settlers first arriving in what is now known as Victoria in the early 1800s. While British powers entered into treaties with Indigenous peoples in other colonised countries, including Canada, New Zealand and the United States, no treaty was ever signed in Australia. The treaty, which has been described as historic by the United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk, formalises the creation of the permanent First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria. Turk said the treaty “addresses the continued exclusion of and discrimination against the country’s First Peoples – the result of colonisation”. The agreement, he added, had the “potential to be truly transformative, ensuring the First Peoples have a direct voice in advising and shaping laws, policies and practices that affect their lives”. The treaty process began in 2016 and included the Yoorrook Justice Commission, a formal truth-telling body which concluded in June this year and heard from Indigenous people harmed by colonisation, including members of the Stolen Generations, who were Indigenous children taken from their families and communities by state agencies and religious organisations. Australia held a referendum in 2023 that sought to change the constitution and create a permanent Indigenous voice to inform parliament on issues related to Indigenous people. The referendum failed to achieve enough support to change the constitution. The referendum followed after the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart petition, which had called for an Indigenous voice to inform parliament, and emphasised that Indigenous people had 60,000 years of ancestral ties to their land. This “sacred link” could not be erased from world history in “merely” 200 years, according to the statement.

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Trump’s US boycott of G20 summit is ‘their loss’, South Africa says  - Bahamas Spectator – Bahamas &

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says United States President Donald Trump’s decision to boycott the Group of 20 (G20) summit next weekend in Johannesburg is “their loss”. The US has ratcheted up tensions with South Africa over widely rejected claims of persecution of white minority Afrikaners, which it vehemently denies, and its push for Israeli accountability over the genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Speaking on Wednesday, Ramaphosa added: “The United States needs to think again whether boycott politics actually works because in my experience it doesn’t work.” Trump on Friday said no US officials will attend this year’s G20 summit on November 22-23 of leaders from 19 of the world’s richest and leading developing economies, the European Union and African Union. Trump cited South Africa’s treatment of white farmers, which he has falsely labelled a “genocide”, writing on his Truth Social platform that it was a “total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa”. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly claimed that white South Africans are being violently persecuted and having their land taken from them because of their race in the Black-majority country, a claim rejected by South Africa’s government and top Afrikaner officials. Trump for months has targeted the nation’s Black-led government for criticism over that and a range of other issues, including its decision to accuse staunch US ally Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in an ongoing case at the ICJ in The Hague. Last month, Ramaphosa said the current Gaza ceasefire, which Israel is violating on a daily basis, will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel, stressing that South Africa is determined to pursue its case, filed in 2023, despite the truce, which is part of a US-backed plan aimed at ending Israel’s war on the besieged and bombarded territory. South Africa submitted 500 pages of evidence to the ICJ in October 2024. Israel’s counterarguments are due by January 12. Oral hearings are anticipated in 2027 with a final judgement expected in late 2027 or early 2028. The ICJ has issued three provisional measures, ordering Israel to prevent genocidal acts and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. Israel has largely failed to comply. “It is unfortunate that the United States decided not to attend the G20,” Ramaphosa told reporters outside the South African Parliament on Wednesday. “The United States by not being at the G20, one must never think that we are not going to go on with the G20. The G20 will go on. All other heads of state will be here. In the end, we will take fundamental decisions and their absence is their loss.” Ramaphosa added that the US is “giving up the very important role that they should be playing as the biggest economy in the world”. Trump previously confronted Ramaphosa with his baseless claims that the Afrikaner white minority in South Africa were being killed in widespread attacks when the leaders met at the White House in May. At that meeting, Ramaphosa lobbied for Trump to attend the G20 summit, the first to be held in Africa. The G20 was formed in 1999 to bring rich and developing countries together to address issues affecting the global economy and international development. The US, China, Russia, India, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the European Union are all members. The US is due to take over the rotating presidency of the G20 from South Africa at the end of the year. Trump’s claims about anti-white violence and persecution in South Africa have reflected those made previously by conservative media commentators in the US as far back as 2018. Trump and others, including South African-born Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, have also accused South Africa’s government of being racist against whites because of its affirmative action laws that aim to advance opportunities for the Black majority, which was oppressed under the former apartheid system of racial segregation. Ramaphosa’s government has said the comments are the result of misinformation and a lack of understanding about South Africa. Relations between the US and its biggest trading partner in Africa are at their lowest since the end of apartheid in 1994. Washington expelled the South African ambassador to the US in March over comments he made regarding Trump.

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Bihar election: Can Modi buck Gen Z rage in India’s youngest state?  - Bahamas Spectator – Bahamas &

Patna, India – As 20-year-old Ajay Kumar scrolled through social media on his mobile phone in Muzaffarpur district in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, he came across rumours that a crucial examination for a government job he had appeared for had been compromised. Ajay is a Dalit, a community that falls at the bottom of India’s caste hierarchy and has suffered centuries of marginalisation. He had pinned his hopes for the future on a job reserved for his community under the government’s affirmative action programme. But the leaking of the examination paper in December last year dashed those hopes. That’s when he came across a video of students as old as him – and just as angry – protesting the paper leak in state capital Patna, some 75km (46 miles) away. He immediately hopped on an overnight bus and found himself among thousands of protesters the next morning. Ajay spent the next 100 days in biting cold, demonstrating and often sleeping in the open, huddled with hundreds of other students. Their demand was simple: A re-examination. But in April this year, India’s Supreme Court dismissed the students’ petitions to conduct the re-examination. A furious Ajay contained his anger for months. On November 6, as he voted in the first phase of a two-part election to choose Bihar’s state legislature, Ajay pressed a button on the electronic voting machine hard, hoping his choice would avenge the struggle of students like him. Whither Bihar’s Gen Z? As Gen Z protests topple governments across South Asia, regional giant India – the largest and most populous of all – has been an exception. A Hindu majoritarian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been in power since 2014. In Bihar, a coalition of BJP and its partners has been governing for most of the past two decades, under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Yet, Gen Z anger is palpable in Bihar, which neighbours Nepal, where young protesters toppled the government in September, demanding an end to corruption and elite privileges. Bihar has the youngest population among Indian states. Government data show 40 percent of the state’s 128 million population is under 18, while about 23 percent is between 18-29 years of age. At the same time, one in three Bihari families live in extreme poverty, according to the World Bank, also making it India’s poorest state. The anger of its youth has meant that Bihar witnessed 400 student protests between 2018 and 2022, the highest in the country, according to national government data. And many like Ajay are seeking to channel that anger into electoral changes. The two-phase election in Bihar, held on November 6 and November 11, saw more than 74 million eligible voters elect their representatives for the 243-member regional assembly. The results will be declared on November 14. As more and more youngsters express discontent with their ruling elite across South Asia, political observers believe the Bihar election will indicate whether Modi – who campaigned extensively in the state – is still able to retain his hold on the crucial demographic in India, home to the world’s largest youth population. Of India’s 1.45 billion people, 65 percent are less than 35 years of age. Or will Modi’s principal opponents – led by a much younger Tejashwi Yadav of the Bihar-based Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party and Rahul Gandhi of the main opposition Congress party – be able to tap into the frustrations of Bihar’s youth? Anger and despair over jobs, education Bihar languishes at the bottom of most of India’s multidimensional human development indices, which take into account factors such as nutrition, child mortality, years of schooling and maternal health, among others. Pratham Kumar, 20, is from Jehanabad district in southern Bihar. He had to move to state capital Patna because colleges in his hometown offered “no teaching, only degrees”. But studying is a struggle even in Patna, he says. The university hostel does not have clean drinking water, the wi-fi router has been non-functional for months, and students like him often end up mowing the lawns of their cramped hostels since hostel authorities don’t have adequate housekeeping staff to do so. “Across Bihar, the state of education is so poor that you just enrol yourself in a college for a degree on paper, but if you actually want to learn, you need to enrol in private coaching classes at an extra cost,” he fumes. Pratham is now looking to move out of the state – the only alternative for millions of students and unemployed Biharis. A 2020 study by the Mumbai-based International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS) found that more than half the households in the state depended on remittances from their loved ones who had migrated to other states or abroad. Pratham’s friend, Ishant Kumar, is from Darbhanga, another district in Bihar. He is angry at the young forced to migrate in search of a better life, and points to instances of anti-migrant violence in parts of India, often targeting Biharis. “The poverty here pushes young Biharis out, and then, they are insulted, assaulted and have no dignity,” he tells Al Jazeera. “From Kolkata to Maharashtra, only Biharis get attacked and mocked at.” Ishant is angry that successive state governments have not done enough to stem migration. “The cream of Bihar migrates and contributes to the development of other regions in the country. Instead, why can’t we create opportunities here for them to grow?” he asks. In Vaishali district, 23-year-old Komal Kumari believes she has already wasted two years of her life due to government inefficiency. Komal, like Ajay, is a Dalit. Her family survives on a 9,000-rupee (about $100) monthly stipend that her mother earns as an “anganwadi” (childcare) worker employed by the government. Komal, like millions of girls across Bihar, was promised a 50,000 rupee ($565) cash transfer in 2021 by the Bihar government that the BJP is part of, if she earned a graduate degree. Komal, who completed her Bachelor of Arts with political science honours in 2023, has been waiting for that money for two years now. She’s hoping to qualify for teaching jobs, but for that, she needs a two-year degree, a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), which would cost her approximately 75,000 ($846). But she has no savings – she has already spent nearly 100,000 rupees ($1,128) on her first college degree and at coaching centres she went to, to improve her chances at examinations for several government jobs. Now, she can’t pursue either the B.Ed. or the coaching for government job examinations. And she is angry. “I spent so much money only because the government had promised a cash transfer. If they had been prompt, I would have not wasted two years, waiting around.” ‘Students constantly angry here’ Ramanshu Mishra owns Ramanshu GS classes, a popular coaching centre in Patna for young Biharis eager to apply for government jobs. He says Ishant and Komal are speaking for most students in the state. “Students are constantly angry here. When they are studying, they are angry at poor educational facilities. When they finish studying, they are angry at the lack of employment opportunities,” Mishra tells Al Jazeera. Government data show the joblessness rate in urban Bihar between 15-29 years of age is at 22 percent, much higher than the national average of 14.7 percent. This is why Bihar becomes a testing ground for both Modi’s BJP, which is a leading partner in the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar, and its challenger, the opposition INDIA alliance, led by the RJD and the Congress. The INDIA alliance has announced 36-year-old RJD chief Yadav as its chief ministerial face, while the NDA is banking on 75-year-old Modi and the incumbent chief minister, Nitish Kumar, who is 74. “The verdict will show whether the youngest state of India chooses a young leadership [opposition alliance] or whether it chooses to be with the old [NDA],” Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, a journalist and author of Modi’s biography, among other books, told Al Jazeera. Both sides have been trying hard to woo the young. In an election speech last month, Modi said his government’s policies enabled Biharis to make money through social media ‘reels’. “I have ensured that 1GB data costs no more than a cup of tea,” he said. The Modi-led NDA committed in their election manifesto to creating 10 million jobs in Bihar, if voted back to power, while the opposition INDIA bloc’s central poll plank in the election is their promise to ensure one government job per family in Bihar within 20 days of coming to power. The Congress party’s Gandhi, 55, has also repeatedly urged Gen Z voters to “stay vigilant” and stop electoral malpractices he has alleged have been occurring in several Indian elections in the past few years. Gandhi has alleged that the ruling BJP has been committing voter fraud by adding ineligible and fake voters to the country’s electoral rolls. The opposition has also criticised the country’s Election Commission for being complicit in it. The Election Commission had faced criticism for a controversial revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls on the eve of the elections, which resulted in 3.04 million voters being deleted disproportionately from districts with high numbers of Muslim voters – who typically vote against the BJP. “If the opposition’s young leadership loses, it will put Modi in a very advantageous situation,” Mukhopadhyay said. “Because it means that even though he is 75, the youth continue to plug for him.” (Ajay Kumar’s name has been changed since he fears his participation in the protest could dent his career prospects.)

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Israeli president condemns ‘shocking’ settler attacks in occupied West Bank  - Bahamas Spectator –

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and army chief Eyal Zamir have condemned burgeoning Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in a rare public rebuke of what has become a daily cycle of violence often backed by the Israeli military. Herzog on Wednesday described the attacks as “shocking and serious,” adding a rare and powerful voice to what has been heavily muted criticism by top Israeli officials of the settler violence, which involves killings and beatings of civilians and destruction of their property. On Thursday, a group of Israeli settlers vandalised a mosque near the town of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Quoting a local activist, the agency reported that Israeli settlers poured flammable material at the entrance of the mosque and wrote racial slurs on its walls. The report said residents helped put the fire out before it spread through the mosque. Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the West Bank on Tuesday, setting fire to vehicles and other property before fighting with Israeli soldiers. Herzog said the violence, committed by a “handful” of perpetrators, “crosses a red line”, adding in a social media post that “all state authorities must act decisively to eradicate the phenomenon.” Zamir also strongly condemned the recent sharp increase in attacks. “We are aware of the recent violent incidents in which Israeli civilians attacked Palestinians and Israelis,” Zamir was quoted on Wednesday by the Israeli army as saying. “I strongly condemn them,” he said, adding that the Israeli military “will not tolerate criminal behaviour by a small minority that tarnishes the law-abiding public”. US expresses concern United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was worried recent violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank could spill over and undermine US-backed peace efforts in Gaza. “I hope not,” Rubio told reporters after a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers in Canada when asked whether the events could endanger the Gaza ceasefire. “We don’t expect it to. We’ll do everything we can to make sure it doesn’t happen.” In Tuesday’s incidents, settlers attacked the villages of Beit Lid and Deir Sharaf, setting fire to four dairy trucks, farmland, tin shacks and tents belonging to a Bedouin community. Palestinian official Muayyad Shaaban said the attacks were part of a campaign to drive Palestinians from their land and accused Israel of giving the settlers protection and immunity. Israeli police said four Israelis were arrested in what they described as “extremist violence”. A video verified by Al Jazeera shows several vehicles on fire as Palestinians try to extinguish the flames. Israeli soldiers were also attacked by a group of settlers, and a military vehicle was damaged. That is a rare occurrence as settlers have rampaged with impunity, often with the military’s backing. ‘Ongoing cycle of terror’ Israeli forces and settlers carried out 2,350 attacks across the West Bank last month in an “ongoing cycle of terror”, the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CRRC) reported last week. CRRC head Mu’ayyad Sha’ban said Israeli forces carried out 1,584 attacks – including direct physical attacks, the demolition of homes and the uprooting of olive trees – with most of the violence focused on the governorates of Ramallah (542), Nablus (412) and Hebron (401). Settler attacks often escalate during the olive harvest from September to November, a vital time of year that provides a key source of income for many Palestinian families. On Monday, B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, said settlers were attacking Palestinians “daily”, including “shooting, beating and threatening residents, throwing stones, torching fields, destroying trees and crops, stealing produce, blocking roads, invading homes, and burning cars”. Israeli settlements are Jewish-only communities built on Palestinian land that Israel occupied in 1967. They are illegal under international law. Today, 600,000 to 750,000 settlers live in more than 250 settlements and outposts across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. Many of these are near Palestinian towns and villages, often leading to tensions and severe movement restrictions for Palestinians. Settlers are often armed and frequently accompanied or protected by Israeli soldiers. In addition to destroying Palestinian property, they have carried out arson attacks and killed Palestinian residents.

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Trump admin live updates: Trump blames Democrats for 'massive harm' of shutdown

President Donald Trump late Wednesday night signed a funding bill that will end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

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Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Nano Interactive Group Ltd.Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Privacy policy Simplifi Holdings LLCCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Precise location datamoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy PubMatic, IncCookie duration: 1827 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Comscore B.V.Cookie duration: 720 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy FlashtalkingCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy PulsePoint, Inc.Cookie duration: 1830 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiersmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Smaato, Inc.Cookie duration: 21 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Semasio GmbHCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Crimtan Holdings LimitedCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Genius Sports UK LimitedCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Criteo SACookie duration: 390 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adloox SADoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Blis Global LimitedCookie duration: 400 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Epsilon (Lotame)Cookie duration: 274 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy LiveRampCookie duration: 3653 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. 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Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Dynata LLCCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. 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Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy IPONWEB GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy NextRoll, Inc.Cookie duration: 395 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Teads France SASCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Ströer SSP GmbH (SSP)Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy OS Data Solutions GmbHCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Permodo GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Platform161 B.V.Cookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Basis Global Technologies, Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy SMADEX, S.L.U.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Bombora Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profilesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy EASYmedia GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Remerge GmbHDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy advanced store GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: Device identifiersmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Magnite CTV, Inc.Cookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Delta Projects ABCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy usemax advertisement (Emego GmbH)Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Users’ profilesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy emetriq GmbHCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Publicis Media GmbHCookie duration: 1825 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy M.D. Primis Technologies Ltd.Cookie duration: 25 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy OneTag LimitedCookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Cloud Technologies S.A.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Smartology LimitedDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addressesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Improve DigitalCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adobe Advertising CloudCookie duration: 730 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. 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Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Integral Ad Science (incorporating ADmantX)Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreView details | Privacy policy WizalyCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy WeboramaCookie duration: 393 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Jivox CorporationCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Sojern, Inc.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Vistar Media EMEA BVDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: Non-precise location datamoreView details | Privacy policy On Device Research LimitedCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. 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Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy The Kantar Group LimitedCookie duration: 914 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Nielsen Media Research Ltd.Cookie duration: 120 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Solocal SACookie duration: 398 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy Pixalate, Inc.Cookie duration: 728 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Storage details | Privacy policy NumberlyCookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy AudienceProject A/SCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Demandbase, Inc.Cookie duration: 396 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Effiliation / EffinityCookie duration: 30 (days).Data collected and processed: Device characteristicsmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Arrivalist Co.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Non-precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Seenthis ABDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristicsmoreView details | Privacy policy Commanders ActCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device identifiersmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy travel audience GmbHCookie duration: 397 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy HUMANDoesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Non-precise location datamoreView details | Privacy policy Streamwise srlCookie duration: 366 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Innovid LLCCookie duration: 90 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. 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Uses other forms of storage.View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Adobe Audience Manager, Adobe Experience PlatformCookie duration: 180 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Authentication-derived identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Storage details | Privacy policy Localsensor B.V.Doesn't use cookies.Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Privacy choicesmoreUses other forms of storage.View details | Privacy policy InsurAds Technologies SA.Cookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Browsing and interaction data, Non-precise location data, Precise location datamoreCookie duration resets each session. View details | Privacy policy Online SolutionCookie duration: 365 (days).Data collected and processed: IP addresses, Device characteristics, Device identifiers, Probabilistic identifiers, Browsing and interaction data, User-provided data, Non-precise location data, Precise location data, Users’ profiles, Privacy choicesmoreCookie duration resets each session. 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Vuyo Skota 12 hours ago

Technology

EAC ordered to pay €97,500 over house fire caused by short circuit

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has been ordered to pay €97,500 in compensation to a homeowner in Platanistasa village, Nicosia district, following a fire that broke out after heavy rainfall around midnight on 13-14 January 2012. The homeowner had filed a civil action against the EAC, claiming damages for her house and alleging the fire was caused by the authority’s negligence. After 11 years of legal proceedings, the Nicosia District Court upheld her claim and ordered the EAC to pay the amount plus statutory interest and legal costs. The action was based on the plaintiff’s claim that the fire was caused by a short circuit in EAC electrical cables located very close to the house and connected to it through a wooden meter box. According to findings from various expert examinations, the fire was due to an electrical short circuit, while any malicious or criminal act was ruled out. Evidence before the court showed that although the EAC had disconnected the meter from the owner’s house, the cables remained connected and live, resulting in them causing the fire. For its part, the EAC denied any responsibility, arguing the house was insured, the electricity supply had been cut off since 2011, and maintenance of the box and meter was the consumer’s responsibility. It further claimed the fire may have been caused by lightning rather than its networks, and that since power had been cut off, fire could not have been caused by its cables. Ten witnesses testified for the plaintiff and two for the EAC. In a 35-page decision, the court concluded the fire started from an installation under the EAC’s responsibility. The decision notes that “if there had been care and normal operation of the electricity supply system, no short circuit would have occurred in cables nor fire that spread to the house”. The court stressed that “the EAC, as an electricity supply company, especially a monopoly company for which consumers paid and pay high costs for electricity provision, must maintain its energy supply network safe under normal conditions (and normal conditions cannot but include rainfall, even so-called ‘bad weather’)”. The court pointed out that no evidence was presented of such extreme weather conditions that could not reasonably be expected to cause damage to an electricity network. There were simply, the court noted, some general and vague speculations about lightning without any additional or even corroborating evidence in that direction. Consequently, the court concluded, the principle of Res Ipsa Loquitur (“the thing speaks for itself”) must apply. In simple terms, in the normal course of events, a fire would not occur due to a short circuit after rain. Ultimately, 13 full years after the fire, the owner’s claim was accepted, and the court ruled in her favour, awarding compensation of €97,500 plus legal costs and statutory interest from the date the action was filed in 2014. The case was handled on behalf of the owner by lawyer Victoria Gavroudiou for the law firm Agathokleous – Neofytou and Co LLC.

Ioanna Mantzipa 12 hours ago

Politics

Premier vows to target 'evil adult puppet-masters' driving Victoria youth crime scourge

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has vowed to put crooks who recruit children into criminal gangs behind bars for life, in the second major justice reform announcement in as many days. The Allan government today announced plans to significantly increase the penalty for adults who recruit children into youth gangs. The penalty will rise from 10 years to 15 years under the government's plan for most offences. READ MORE: Machete found in car allegedly speeding at 200km/h through Melbourne suburb For the most violent offences, including aggravated home invasions or aggravated carjacking, a new offence crafted by the government means criminal masterminds could face life behind bars. "If you turn a child to a life of violence, I think you should spend your life in jail," Allan said. "This is not about an excuse for violent children. This is about targeting the evil adult puppet-masters pulling the strings." The opposition was quick to challenge the government on how effective the legislation would be, after it was revealed just 32 people have been charged in the last four years for recruiting children into a life of crime. "You've got a group of offenders that don't get charged, and you say we're going to give them tougher sentences. For what?" Opposition Leader Brad Battin said. Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny admitted no one had ever been successfully prosecuted for the offence in Victoria. "Not nearly enough convictions, which is why we need to make sure that these laws are drafted and work well with Victoria Police so they deliver the outcomes our community needs and deserves," Kilkenny said. READ MORE: Australia's world-first social media ban comes into effect next month. Here is what it will look like Today's legislation announcement adds to major justice reforms outlined yesterday, as pressure mounts on the government to act on a youth crime scourge gripping the state. The overhaul includes new Adult Time for Adult Crime laws, which could see children as young as 14 who commit violent offences tried and sentenced in adult court. Currently, the maximum sentence in a children's court for aggravated home invasion or a single offence is three years in prison, but in adult court, that is 25 years in jail. Police union boss Wayne Gatt yesterday poured cold water on the government's focus on maximum sentencing. "When we're talking maximums and life sentences, that's called spin," he said. "No one in Victoria is going to get a life sentence for any of these offences." "The threat of a maximum won't [deter youth offenders]. The threat of incarceration will." But Allan insists the harsh new penalties have a strong role to play in the government's bid to stamp out youth crime gangs. "Maximum penalties are really important," she said. "They send the strongest possible message that this parliament views these offenses as absolutely abhorrent. "We're doing this to protect our community." DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Eleanor Wilson 12 hours ago

Entertainment

The Beast in Me review – Claire Danes’s astonishing new thriller is instant top–tier TV

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Lucy Mangan 12 hours ago

Technology

Pensioners urged to 'act now' to save thousands before budget

Pensioners are being warned to look at their finances before the Autumn Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to outline her plans for the nation's finances in a fortnight. There has been considerable speculation ahead of her budget on Wednesday, 26 November, with worries surfacing over potential tax hikes. With a £30 billion deficit in public finances, the chancellor has already refused to dismiss the possibility of breaking Labour's manifesto promises on tax, suggesting that income tax, national insurance or VAT could be increased. However, there are also worries about a broad range of other areas which could also be targeted. Andrew Byers, an end-of-life planning expert from SafeKeep, suggests there are five steps pensioners - and others - can take to safeguard their finances and reduce inheritance tax bills before the Budget changes are announced. He said: "Pensioners could miss out financially if they fail to get organised before potential changes to inheritance and pension rules take effect. "New data suggests 40% are worried about upcoming changes to pensions and inheritance tax, and a further 23% of Brits are already planning to give away money to reduce their inheritance bill. "While the Government has reaffirmed the state pension triple lock, ensuring payments rise by around 4.8% from April 2026, the Treasury is also expected to explore ways to raise funds through targeted reforms, such as tightening inheritance tax thresholds, revisiting pension tax-free withdrawals, or adjusting long-standing gifting rules. "That's why pensioners and families need to act now to get budget-ready ahead of impending tax changes from November.", reports the Manchester Evening News . Andrew suggests there are five steps people should take before the budget. Here's his advice:. "As of September 2025, more than £105 million in Premium Bond prizes remain unclaimed, often because records are incomplete or executors are unaware the bonds exist," Andrew explained. "With 22.7 million Britons holding Premium Bonds, or 52% of adults, an estimated 6.7 million pensioners are likely to own them. "While Premium Bonds are free from income and capital gains tax, they do form part of your estate for inheritance tax purposes, so it's vital your executor knows about them and how to contact NS&I. The good news is that any winnings or bonuses remain tax-free, even after death. "To ensure your loved ones receive what's owed, keep your bond details clearly recorded among your financial documents and make sure your NSandI online account is accessible. As the system is now largely digital, being confident with online access, or getting help from a trusted family member, can make it far easier to claim prizes and manage your estate smoothly." Andrew suggests: "With over 3.3 million unclaimed pension pots at an average value of £13,620 for people aged 55-75, getting your finances in order could mean uncovering thousands of pounds you didn't know you had. Make sure your wills, trusts, and power of attorney are up to date, and that your executor or next of kin knows where to find key records such as pension statements, life insurance policies, Premium Bonds details, and property deeds. "From April 2027, pensions will be included in inheritance tax calculations, meaning executors, often family members, will be responsible for locating all pension assets. Digitising your documents now can save your family stress, delay, and potentially thousands in unclaimed funds and legal costs later on." "With inheritance tax thresholds frozen since 2009, more families are being drawn into the tax net as property and pension values grow," the expert explains. "Government figures estimate at least 31,500 IHT estates currently exceed the £325,000 inheritance tax threshold. "For those affected, now is the time, before this month's Budget, to review estate plans, ensure pension beneficiaries are up to date, and make the most of allowances while they still apply. For example, using the £3,000 annual gifting exemption for two spouses over five years can remove £30,000 from an estate, avoiding up to £12,000 in inheritance tax at current rates." "With nearly 500,000 weddings set to take place over the next two years - if a loved one is getting married in the near future, it could pay to be generous before the Autumn Budget. "Wedding gifts are currently exempt from inheritance tax - up to £5,000 for a child, £2,500 for a grandchild, and £1,000 for anyone else, and can be combined with your £3,000 annual gifting allowance. "For over 31,500 estates already exceeding the £325,000 inheritance tax threshold, that exemption can translate into meaningful savings, up to £2,000 in tax saved when gifting £5,000 to a child, or £1,000 saved when gifting £2,500 to a grandchild. "With potential changes to gifting and inheritance rules expected in the Budget, acting now helps ensure your generosity remains tax-free and protected from any future limits." "From April 2026, the full new state pension will rise by 4.8% to around £241 per week, or £12,530 a year. With the income-tax personal allowance frozen at £12,570, many retirees could find themselves edging closer to or crossing the tax threshold, especially those with even modest private or workplace pensions," warns Andrew. "Analysts estimate that over the next two years, an additional 2.7 million pensioners will fall into the higher or additional-rate tax bands, up sharply from about 1 million today. Reviewing how and when you draw income from pensions or savings, for example, spreading withdrawals evenly across the year or staggering lump sums, can help reduce exposure and avoid being pulled into a higher bracket. A quick review now could prevent an unexpected tax bill next spring."

Elaine Blackburne,Sophie McCoid 12 hours ago

World

Transforming houses into homes

A local business group has been revolutionising your living space for over 20 years in the Almeria region of Spain. Made up of 3 different businesses, they have your home covered, wherever you are! Abodes, HomeCentre and SleepCentre, all have their own unique flair and specialisation and between them have been elevating home living expectations and experience for years. Their commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, coupled with a diverse range of products, sets them apart in the home improvement landscape of this beautiful area. Abodes, Mojácar Playa: Where luxury finds its true home Abodes, located close to the Parque Commercial roundabout on Mojácar Playa, is a treasure trove of exquisite decorative delights. Their large beach front premises boasts unique pieces of furniture to essential homeware and furnishings for every inside and outside space. This quaint boutique offers from sofas and sideboards, to bookcases and bars, pictures and patio sets. The Team at Abodes, headed up by Carolyn, bring a wealth of expertise and multilingual capabilities ensuring the diverse clientele of the area are catered for every step of the way. Abodes offer a complete ‘Interior Makeover’ service working alongside clients from design of the perfect space to delivery and installation. These projects are showcased on their Facebook Page and the customer reviews are testament in themselves to this bespoke customer centric service offering. Abodes is also renowned in the area for bringing Christmas magic alive along the coast. Each year the shop front is transformed into a magical winter wonderland and haven of twinkling trees, opulent décor and festive elegance. Step inside and be inspired by a new world of luxurious season styling, where every corner glows with warmth and sophistication. From statement decorating to timeless gifts and beautiful homely touches, Abodes captures the magic of Christmas in every detail. This year their festive expose was launched on Monday 03rd November. Are you ready to step into Christmas? Address: Paseo del Mediterraneo, 355, Mojacar Playa, near Parque Commercial Tel. 697 778 355 SleepCentre, Albox: Ensuring comfort, style and sweet dreams every night Established over the years, SleepCentre has long been a trusted name in Albox for quality beds, mattresses, and everything needed to ensure a perfect night’s sleep. Located on Calle Malaga, just a couple of streets up from the old Mercadona site in Albox, SleepCentre is renowned for its commitment to comfort and style, and has become the go to destination for those looking to create restful, beautifully designed bedrooms. As customer demand grew over the years for the same level of quality and design throughout the rest of the home, HomeCentre was born – expanding the vision to include stylish furniture, rugs and home furnishings. Together these two distinct shops complement each other perfectly, offering everything from luxurious sleep essentials to elegant décor and finishing touches. Comfort, style and sweet dreams – side by side in Albox. At the heart of the SleepCentre is Ruth, the owner whose dedicated experience has shaped the business’s trusted reputation. Her passion for quality, style and customer care is evident in every detail. Ruth is supported by a bilingual team of knowledgeable staff who consistently go above and beyond to ensure every customer enjoys a personal, stress-free shopping experience. This commitment extends beyond the showroom – with their 2 branded vans and professional on-time delivery teams, offering free delivery, experienced installation and the removal and disposal of unwanted like for like items. Ruth and the team go above and beyond to make upgrading your home both effortless and enjoyable. With an impressive selection of over 200 beds in stock and 100 mattresses to suit every size, comfort preference and budget, SleepCentre truly offers something for everyone. Their spacious showroom features over 12 mattresses on display, allowing customers to experience the quality and range available firsthand before making their choice. Whether you’re looking for luxurious memory foam, supportive orthopaedic options, or great-value essentials, the SleepCentre’s extensive range ensures the perfect nights sleep is always within reach. Address: Calle Malaga, ALBOX near Mercadona Tel. 868 931 872 / 671 715 294 A collective vision for better homes Abodes, HomeCentre and SleepCentre share a common vision -to enhance the living experiences of their customers. Whether its through stylish home furnishings or the perfect bed for a restful sleep, these businesses are dedicated to quality, comfort and style. Their presence in Almeria has not only improved the aesthetic appeal of numerous homes, but also provided a level of service that is unparalleled. Residents of Almeria and visitors alike are invited to explore the offerings of their shops. Be it to refurbish a room with elegant furniture or to find the bed that promises the perfect nights sleep, these establishments promise a journey towards transforming your house into a home. Visit Abodes on Mojácar Playa, and SleepCentre and HomeCentre on Calle Malaga in Albox, and experience firsthand their commitment to transforming your living spaces.

EWN 12 hours ago