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The London Underground shuddered largely to a halt on Monday, as one of the world’s biggest public transit systems was hit by a labor strike that is scheduled to continue until Friday morning, affecting millions of travelers. Stations on the underground network, known as the Tube, were shuttered, and buses and trains running above ground were more crowded than usual, while many commuters walked or cycled into the city. Trams and the Elizabeth line, a relatively new route running from the east to the west of London, were operating on Monday. Still, with more than four million Tube journeys made every weekday, stores, bars, restaurants and other businesses were braced for financial losses if, as expected, more people work remotely and avoid central London. Against a backdrop of rising food and energy costs, labor unrest has afflicted several parts of Britain in recent years, including a long-running dispute by garbage collectors in Birmingham, the country’s second most populous city.
The agreement ends the family feud, which inspired the hit series Succession, over who will control the Murdoch empire following the death of Rupert, 94. Lachlan’s emergence as a power-broker was demonstrated when he hosted the News Corp summer party in London earlier this year. Media analyst Alex DeGroote said: “The deal underpins the future of the News Corp UK media assets, including Sun and Times. “It is almost three decades since Rupert Murdoch described his eldest son Lachlan as a ‘first among equals’. That’s how long it has taken for the Murdoch family to finally settle the succession question.
The Trump administration is quietly dismantling efforts by the Internal Revenue Service to shut down a slew of aggressive tax shelters used by America’s biggest multinational companies and wealthiest people. The administration, bowing to pressure from industry groups, right-wing activists and congressional Republicans, is quickly rolling back several I.R.S. law enforcement efforts, including one aimed at a lucrative tax shelter used by companies like Occidental Petroleum and AT&T. said it would rescind Biden administration rules that had required companies using such tax strategies to report them to the agency, a change making it more difficult for auditors to find the transactions. to withdraw yet another line of attack on the transactions, one providing guidance to auditors on how to analyze the tax shelter deals.
“There were two people from BBC Comedy. I wanted to say to him: ‘You have absolutely no idea what you’re doing.’John Cleese as Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers. “The head of BBC Comedy, Jimmy Gilbert, took me to lunch and asked me if there was anything I’d like to do. But Fawlty Towers remains just 12 pieces of comedy perfection whose reputation has grown, perhaps, because they weren’t ruthlessly exploited. But beyond his name, it’s those 12 comedy classics in Fawlty Towers that he’ll be remembered for.
This is something that I have done with my own mirrors, leaving them marred by streaks and small specs of dirt. I was very impressed after using this hack to clean the mirror (Image: NQ/Andrew Smart) Spraying the solution onto the full-length mirror, ensuring the whole area was covered, I then employed the “Z” technique to carefully and firmly wipe the surface down. Compared to my usual method, which involves simply cleaning the mirror willy-nilly, this more considered approach proved to be far more effective. Not only does the technique work, but it was also quite fun and was easy to replicate over various types of mirrors. The “N” technique works better for wider mirrors, while the “Z” technique is effective for longer, larger mirrors, such as the one I did my initial trial on.
Israel attempted to kill senior members of Hamas in an airstrike on Tuesday in Qatar, a sharp escalation that brought the Mideast war to a close U.S. ally and a primary mediator in trying to end the conflict in Gaza. The Israeli strike on a Hamas meeting, where the group said its officials were discussing a cease-fire proposal backed by President Trump, threatened to undermine negotiations over the Gaza war. The afternoon attack by Israel’s air force hit an area of the capital, Doha, that is near schools and embassies, sending black smoke billowing into the air. Hamas said the Israeli strike had failed to kill senior officials in the group, without specifying whether they had sustained injuries. In a statement, the group confirmed that the son of Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s chief negotiator; his office manager; and three other people affiliated with Hamas had been killed in the attack.
Redditor claims a woman urinated in her seat in the economy class of a British Airways plane and chose to remain their for the entire duration of the Boston to London flight. "Earlier this week… had the worst flight I’ve had in a long time. Instead of getting up and going to the bathroom, the woman next to me in 21J (who already didn’t smell great) urinated in her seat and then sat in it for the entire flight. They also put their bare feet through the gap between the seats in front us," the Reddit account said. The restroom was near the woman's seat and apparently, she had no disability to go to the restroom but according to the Redditor, she chose not to.British Airways did not issue any statement on the alleged incident.
Discontinued UK chocolates and sweetsMuch to the delight of fans, Golden Grahams was reintroduced by Nestlé back in 2010. While another added: "When Nestlé discontinued Golden Grahams it was the biggest insult to mankind." @anon_opin When Nestlé discontinued Golden Grahams it was the biggest insult to mankind — ali saltmarsh (@ladybird1015610) September 5, 2024Nestlé previously revealed it had no plans to bring back Golden Grahams. Discontinued Nestlé cereal returns to UK shopsHowever, it appears Nestlé has now backflipped on this decision, with Golden Grahams now making a return to selected retailers across the UK. Nestle's Golden Grahams cereal is back.
Kazakhstan’s National Center for Manuscripts and Rare Books has received a valuable addition to its historical archive, a facsimile of a unique medieval map of Central Asia, gifted by the British Embassy. The original is held at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. The map is a reproduction of the only known copy of Kitab al-Garib al-Funun wa Mulakh al-Uyun (The Book of Wonderful Sciences and Delights of the Eye), an anonymous 11th-century manuscript. Founded in the 14th century, the Bodleian Library is one of Europe’s oldest and largest academic libraries. Kazakhstan’s own National Center for Manuscripts and Rare Books continues to expand its holdings.
Sitting in the quad of an Oxford college, Paul Johnston, the outgoing British ambassador to Ireland who leaves his post in less than a fortnight, talks about “here”, though he refers not to the English university town but to Ireland. “We’d have really been heartbroken at saying goodbye to Ireland,” he says. [ Outgoing British ambassador Paul Johnston appointed to lead Irish Universities AssociationOpens in new window ]So how bad were the bad days? Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times“I got thousands, literally thousands of retweets with people saying: ‘You really understand Ireland. Johnston says James Cleverly, the Conservative who was UK foreign secretary from 2022 to 2023, encouraged his ambassadors “to go native”.
Read our Privacy noticeA new investigation reveals how Jeffrey Epstein worked with JPMorgan Chase while carrying out his sex-trafficking operation. JPMorgan Chase processed more than 4,700 transactions for Epstein, which totaled more than $1.1 billion and included payments to his victims, the Times reports. Epstein was also regularly withdrawing tens of thousands of dollars in cash nearly every month, which should have set off internal alarms, the Times reports. The Independent has contacted JPMorgan Chase for comment. After leaving JPMorgan Chase in 2013, Staley went on to become CEO of Barclays in 2015 but resigned from the post in 2021.
The topical debate programme, hosted by newsreader Fiona Bruce, sees audience members ask questions to a panel of politicians and other media figures. A special edition of the programme, held in London, will ask what Mr Trump’s presidency means for Britain and the world as he returns to the UK for a state visit this September. The US president, who was hosted by the late Queen Elizabeth II in June 2019, will make a second state visit later this month, hosted by the King at Windsor Castle. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer presented the royal-loving US president with a letter from the King inviting him for a historic second state visit in February when he visited the White House. Question Time begins on Thursday September 18 from 9pm on BBC iPlayer and 10.40pm on BBC One.
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