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Liz Truss is expected to be announced as the new prime minister today after a grueling six-week leadership campaign. Both the Foreign Secretary and Rishi Sunak have spent the past few weeks criss-crossing the country taking part in protests in a bid to win over the 200,000 party members tasked with choosing the next Tory leader. Voting closed on Friday and the competition will end when the official announcement is made by Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Commission, at lunchtime....

D’autres intempéries frapperont la France cette semaine. C’est en partie la conséquence de la tempête Danielle, qui sévit dans l’océan Atlantique, à l’ouest des Açores. Ce lundi 5 septembre, en début de journée, Météo France a mis douze départements en vigilance orange pour risque d’orage : Aisne, Cher, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Loiret, Oise, Paris, Seine-et-Marne . , Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d’Oise, Yvelines. A 16h, Météo France a finalement mis deux autres départements en vigilance orange non seulement pour risque d’orage mais aussi pour fortes pluies et inondations....

Samedi, une manifestation en faveur de l’imam Hassan Ikuyuchen a été organisée place de la République à Paris. 200 personnes se sont rassemblées pour dénoncer la multiplication des attentats contre la communauté musulmane depuis des “décennies”. L’imam, en fuite, fait désormais l’objet d’un mandat européen. La place de la République à Paris a accueilli ce samedi à partir de 15h. une manifestation en faveur de l’Imam Hasan Ikuyusen. Ce moine est sur le point d’être expulsé de France après une longue procédure administrative initiée par le Conseil d’État, mais il reste introuvable et en fuite....

How many of these enthusiastic, fresh young faces from around the world would identify with her message? It is said that, by some poor soul who had taken up the count, she referred to herself 54 times. It was hard not to wonder what Geldof was thinking as he sat, slumped, staring at the floor. Meghan delivered a handful of inspirational messages: “You are the future… but you are also the present,” “the world is watching you as you cement your place in history,” “embrace the moment,” “this is where it all begins....

“Il a tiré pour protéger son coéquipier ce soir (…) Mon collègue se rend compte que s’il ne tire pas, son coéquipier va mourir et passer sous les roues de ce véhicule fou et décide à juste titre d’utiliser son arme de service”, a déclaré le syndicaliste. . Une vidéo controversée Depuis, des vidéos des événements, d’une durée de quelques secondes, circulent sur les réseaux sociaux. Sur les images, le véhicule des contrevenants, qui tente de s’éloigner, semble être bloqué par la voiture de patrouille que l’on voit avancer, suggérant que le second officier était au volant....

The controversy, sparked by a paper in Nature, last week led scientists to denounce their opponents, with others accusing opponents of building theories in “less than five minutes of observation”. The core of the controversy is clear. Could Toumaï – which means “hope of life” in Chad’s local Daza language – walk on two legs, an ability that suggests it could indeed be the oldest member of the human family?...

The aircraft “was flying between Spain and Cologne, but when it changed course, air traffic controllers were unable to make contact,” Latvia’s civil aviation service said in a statement. German newspaper Bild reported that the plane reported shortly after takeoff that there was a problem with cabin pressure. Fighter jets from Germany, Denmark and Sweden tried to contact the crew in the air as the plane continued to fly over northern Europe, “but they didn’t see anyone,” the head of the Swedish search and rescue operation told AFP Lars Andonsson....

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday engaged in sweeping warfighting in his country’s Far East with troops from China and other nations, in a show of military might amid tensions with the West over Moscow’s action in Ukraine. The week-long exercise that began on Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia and China and also show that Moscow has enough troops and equipment for the massive drills even as its forces engage in fighting in Ukraine....

• Lisez aussi : [PHOTOS] Contexte fiscal : « irresponsable » du PLQ dit Legault • À lire aussi : Pauline Marois à la défense du PQ et du PSPP Avec cette approche plus consensuelle, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois veut notamment éviter de viser une frange de la population plus réfractaire à la transition écologique. En France, par exemple, les mesures pétrolières ont conduit à des manifestations de gilets jaunes. “Si on se trompe, si on se trompe complètement, la transition écologique peut créer des tensions dans la société, c’est ce qu’on a vu en France....

In one YouGov, Sunak was five points behind Liz Truss in a series of possible head-to-head contests. in the other, from Opinium, he was four points ahead. This was before Conservative MPs were voted in to create the two-man list, and many people, myself included, assumed that support for Sunak would increase as the campaign progressed. Instead, as he moved from the MP stage of the election to his place in the final two, the opinion of party members was moving in the other direction....

The 79-year-old English musician began his letter by writing: “My heart bleeds for you and all the Ukrainian and Russian families, devastated by the terrible war in Ukraine.” Referring to Zelenska’s interview with Laura Kunsberg broadcast this week on BBC News, Waters pointed to a statement where she said: “If support for Ukraine is strong, the crisis will be smaller.” The Pink Floyd co-founder disputed her statement, writing: “Hmmm? I guess that might depend on what you mean by “support for Ukraine”?...

Despite the threat of attacks on the plant, the IAEA announced that its team would remain at the site. Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s envoy to Vienna, said six of the 14 IAEA inspectors had stayed behind and two more would remain there “on a permanent basis”. After visiting the plant on Thursday, Rafael Grossi, head of the UN nuclear watchdog, warned that the integrity of the facility had been “compromised”. Footage taken by pro-Russian journalists showed his team of 14 inspectors being shown around the plant by Mr Karchaa, an adviser to Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear company....

The permitting reform is a side-deal Schumer struck with Manchin in late July to pass a climate, tax and health care bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which is projected to help reduce that nation’s carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030. Manchin offered his support for the bill in July after winning significant concessions, and his vote allowed Democrats to pass a major achievement for President Biden....

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were lower by 115 points. S&P 500 futures edged slightly lower by 0.37% and Nasdaq 100 futures were also 0.31% lower. Stocks added to their three-week slide in regular trading. The Dow fell about 173 points or 0.5%, and the S&P 500 slid 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.7% to notch its first seven-day losing streak since 2016. The moves came amid a surge in bond yields that saw the 10-year U....

Thérèse Coffey became health secretary and deputy prime minister after Truss promised in her first No 10 speech to put the NHS “on a firm footing”. In an opening speech to staff at the Department of Health and Social Care, Coffey twice repeated an “ABCD mantra”: ambulances, backlogs, care, doctors and dentistry. Speaking outside, he said the government would “make sure we deliver for patients” and that its top priority was “how we can make better use of our departments and of course the NHS in order to achieve the best outcomes...

The Bank of Canada raised the overnight rate by 75 basis points, taking its policy rate to 3.25 percent from 2.5 percent. Since March, the bank has raised its policy rate by 300 basis points — the fastest pace since the mid-1990s — in a bid to bring inflation back to its set target of two percent. The bank attributes the war in Ukraine, ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns in China and volatile commodity prices as the main drivers of elevated global inflation....

The telescope’s infrared observations of the exoplanet, HIP 65426 b, were revealed Thursday (September 1) in a paper published in the preprint database arXiv (opens in a new tab). The paper has not yet been peer-reviewed, but was discussed at a blog post on the NASA website (opens in a new tab). The young planet is a “super-Jupiter,” meaning it is a gas giant that is more massive than Zeus — about six to eight times more massive, in fact....

UPDATE: 4 p.m Traffic on Hwy 97C near Peachland is now moving in both directions. “The RCMP is reminding all drivers to be safe when traveling on our busy roads at the end of this long September week,” said Corporal Judith Bertrand. UPDATE: 3 p.m Traffic is moving slowly after a crash on the Okanagan Connector. On September 5, at approximately 2:30 p.m., officers from the West Kelowna RCMP Detachment and the BC Highway Patrol attended the scene of the accident in Peachland....

Former President Donald Trump responded to the recent FBI raid on his Florida home during a rally Saturday night by accusing the Biden administration of “Third World” tactics. “The Biden administration has invaded the home of their primary political opponent who is absolutely destroying him and everyone else at the polls,” Trump said during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Saturday night. Trump continued: “Under false pretenses by a highly political judge they picked late at night a few days before the break-in and trampled on my rights and civil liberties as if our country we love so much was a third world....

US forces are suffering from “morale and discipline issues” in addition to battle fatigue and high casualties, according to the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD). A major complaint from troops continues to be about pay, including the high likelihood that “significant combat bonuses” will not be paid, the latest British intelligence briefing said. At least some “outright corruption” among commanders is likely to be involved as well as an “inefficient military bureaucracy,” he added....