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30.11.2024 18:00
Starmer deploys royals to charm Gulf leaders in hopes of new trade deal As King Charles and Prince William roll out the red carpet, human rights campaigners say they must press for reformsThe royal family is being deployed by the UK government to roll out the red carpet for the autocratic leaders of Gulf states, amid hopes of a trade deal with the oil-rich countries.This week will see King Charles welcome the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and the first of his three wives, Sheikha Jawaher, to Buckingham Palace – the first state visit under the new Labour government. The visit comes amid a flurry of activity involving the royal family or government ministers with the Gulf Cooperation Council’s six nations: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading... ...

30.11.2024 18:00
Money trail: questions over deposed Bangladeshi elite’s £400m UK property empire Associates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UKAs Sheikh Hasina watched Dhaka fade from view, aboard a military helicopter, crowds were storming her palatial residence.Far below, about 1,000 Bangladeshis lay dead and countless more injured, the toll of a brutal crackdown by her security forces on student-led protests, sometimes called the Monsoon Revolution. Hasina was soon in India, where she has remained in exile since August. Continue reading... ...

30.11.2024 19:00
Charli xcx review – a magnificent, one-woman triumph Co-op Live, ManchesterHaving left her mark on every high street and the Collins dictionary, the Brat star commands the stage alone in a joyful arena show that feels more like a warehouse raveCharli xcx is smoking a cigarette and surveying her disciples from an elevated platform. Most are clad in the ubiquitous slime green that adorned the cover of June’s culture-swallowing Brat album, while some sport the same wraparound glasses as their unapologetic idol. Everyone is dancing in unison to Apple, a curious bop about nature v nurture, fruit and airports, that went viral thanks to a TikTok dance. The Essex 32-year-old nonchalantly waves her cigarette like a baton, controlling an orchestra of mainly gay men and young women, before unleashing a familiar trigger warning for an oncoming crowd meltdown: “Manchester, where the fuck you at?” she roars as delirium ensues.It’s an unexpected spectacle. When this short UK arena tour was first announced in April, it felt slightly overambitious for a peripheral but hugely influential pop star. Charli’s flirtations with mainstream success – Boom Clap, Fancy, 1999 – were often sandwiched between more outre experimentations with various affiliates of gonzo UK electronic label PC Music, moving her into “if you know, you know” territory. Even 2022’s Crash, her knowing attempt at being a pop sellout, only spent two weeks in the UK Top 40. Continue reading... ...

30.11.2024 19:00
AI expert Marietje Schaake: ‘The way we think about technology is shaped by the tech companies themselves’ The Dutch policy director and former MEP on the unprecedented reach of big tech, the need for confident governments, and why the election of Trump changes everythingMarietje Schaake is a former Dutch member of the European parliament. She is now the international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence. Her new book is entitled The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley.In terms of power and political influence, what are the main differences between big tech and previous incarnations of big business?The difference is the role that these tech companies play in so many aspects of people’s lives: in the state, the economy, geopolitics. So while previous monopolists amassed a lot of capital and significant positions, they were usually in one sector, like oil or car production. These tech companies are like octopuses with tentacles in so many different directions. They have so much data, location data, search, communications, critical infrastructure, and now AI can be built on top of all that assembled power, which makes these companies very different animals to what we’ve seen in the past.The Tech Coup by Marietje Schaake is published by Princeton University Press (£22). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply Continue reading... ...

30.11.2024 19:01
Plan emerges for Japan retailer Seven & i to spin off noncore stores A plan for Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. to separately sell some of its noncore specialty store businesses is being floated as part of an effort to offload shares in its intermediate subsidiary York Holdings Co., a source close to the matter said Saturday. The idea to spin off the noncore businesses, such as those in lifestyle goods and children's apparel, was proposed by potential buyers, the source said. Read full story here

30.11.2024 19:03
‘I will never give up’: mother seeks new clues about British son missing in Sardinia Cristina Pittalis urges mystery woman to come forward to help find son Michael, last seen in JulyThe anguished mother of a British man who vanished in Sardinia this summer has urged a woman from Jersey, who he was with in the days before he disappeared, to come forward and assist with the police investigation.Michael Frison, 25, from Chard in Somerset, went missing in mysterious circumstances from a farm in Luras, a remote, barren area in the north-east of the Italian island on 13 July, the day he was due to return home from a holiday visiting his grandparents. Continue reading... ...

30.11.2024 19:04
‘Absolutely outrageous’: wealthy residents living in shadow of Harrods wage war on e-bikes Cycle chaos on streets has made the south-west London area a ‘scrapyard’, threatening pedestrians’ safety, say householdersAnyone popping into Harrods for a lobster roll at lunch or to pick up a new Jimmy Choo handbag in advance of the Christmas rush may have to watch their step on nearby pavements in case they walk into a haphazardly parked e-bike.The streets surrounding the historic department store have become the unlikely latest front in the problem of e-bikes being dumped on thoroughfares, blocking pedestrians and causing disruption to disabled people, who are trying to navigate the already densely populated paths. Residents in Kensington ­complain that there are so many e-bikes being parked in some of the streets that they have difficulty leaving their multi-million-pound homes. The area, they say, has turned into a “scrapyard” as tourists and commuters dump the rental bikes on the pavement when the designated collection bays are full. Continue reading... ...