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Amidst their shared grief on Monday as the Royal Family led funeral for Queen Elizabeththere was also a sense of continuity and transition for the institution she was so devoted to serving in her 70-year reign. Deeply personal and symbolic moments contrasted with the pomp and carefully choreographed military ceremony of a state funeral few have seen. “What stood out to me was the amount of emotion on the faces of the royals,” Toronto-based royal author and historian Carolyn Harris said in an interview....

Ahead of his mini-budget on Friday, the chancellor confirmed he was scrapping the 1.25 percentage point rise imposed by his predecessor, Rishi Sunak, to pay for social care and tackling NHS backlogs. Kwarteng said he would also scrap the planned health and social care levy, which was due to come into effect next April to replace the increase in national insurance. The government tabled legislation in the Commons on Thursday to enact the tax changes....

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said the government had “stepped in to stop business collapsing, protect jobs and curb inflation”, in a move expected to cost tens of billions of pounds. But business leaders warned that some firms were still exposed to sharp rises in their bills and pointed out how the support program was only to be implemented for six months from October. Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, the manufacturers’ trade body, said prices were likely to “remain high for many months”, meaning “the industry will need support for longer to protect jobs and to remain competitive”....

BETA filters Key Facts (6) United Kingdom (9) Liz Truss (3) UK announces energy support for non-household users Important: Gas and electricity costs for UK businesses, charities and public sector bodies are to be cut – the government has announced. BEIS says electricity prices will be capped at £211 per megawatt hour, while gas prices will be capped at £75 per MWH – according to reports overnight. Suppliers will apply the reduction automatically to all eligible non-domestic customers, BEIS adds, with the government reimbursing suppliers for the cost....

Am Mittwoch soll das ukrainische Staatsoberhaupt sprechen – ausnahmsweise per Videoschaltung statt am Rednerpult der Generalversammlung. Russland bemühte sich, Selenskyj nur in dem vorhersehbaren, unwahrscheinlichen Fall zu Wort kommen zu lassen, dass er persönlich nach New York kommen würde. Die Mitgliedstaaten lehnten diese Bedingung mit überwältigender Mehrheit ab, was nun den ukrainischen Führer betrifft. Selenskyj hat am Montag mit seiner Militärführung auch über die seit Anfang September laufende ukrainische Gegenoffensive gesprochen....

Moderate Preiserhöhungen im Bildungswesen Im Mittelpunkt der Ausschussdiskussion stand die Inflation, die sich auch bei den Schulkosten zeigt, wie Petra Tanzler (SPÖ) feststellte. Die SPÖ fordert deshalb ein Maßnahmenpaket für Schulen und Kindergärten zum Inflationsausgleich für Familien, das neben kostenlosen Ganztagsschulen und Kindergärten inklusive Mittagessen auch Startgelder für das zweite Semester beinhaltet. (2792/A(E)). Daher sollten Klassenlehrerinnen und Klassenlehrer ihr eigenes Budget für die unbürokratische Anschaffung von Schulmaterialien verwenden können. Rabatte für Studenten-PCs und -Laptops sollten gestrichen werden....

Vancouver police said officers responded to multiple 911 calls from staff and a social worker at the hospital who reported a woman acting in a threatening manner and holding a gun. “The suspect was in close proximity to staff, babies and at least one other pregnant woman,” said Sgt. Steve Addison told CTV News in an email. “It was reported that the suspect was trying to break into the preschool with a knife....

A team tasked with investigating alleged abuses in Venezuela said it had uncovered how members of the intelligence services were carrying out orders from President Nicolas Maduro and others in a plan to crush the opposition. “In this way, serious crimes and human rights violations are being committed, including acts of torture and sexual violence,” Marta Valiñas, head of the UN’s Independent International Investigative Mission on Venezuela, said in a statement....

L’incident s’est produit sur un vol plein vers Los Angeles, c’est un autre passager qui a pris la scène. Violence dans l’air : un ami voyageait de Campo à LAX lorsqu’un passager a frappé un agent de bord pour ne pas l’avoir laissé utiliser les toilettes de première classe. Il a ensuite été retenu par d’autres passagers et arrêté à l’atterrissage. Vidéo tournée par Barrie Livingstone pic.twitter.com/PntVqWyWs9 — Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) 22 septembre Les autres passagers du vol ont retenu l’homme avec une cravate jusqu’à ce que le FBI arrive dans l’avion....

Die Rahmenbedingungen seien natürlich schwierig, aber es habe sich auf jeden Fall gelohnt, „Menschen zu erreichen“, sagte Mattle der APA. „Ich denke, ein gutes Trio wird funktionieren“, sagte Mattle mit Blick auf sein Wahlziel von mehr als 30 Prozent. “Aufregende” Wochen Unabhängig vom Wahlergebnis seien die letzten drei Wochen “aufregend” gewesen, betonte der Wirtschaftsstaatsrat. Er habe den “Kontakt zur Bevölkerung” sehr geschätzt, sagt Mattle. Mit diesem Zugang „begann vor drei Wochen ein Reaktionswettlauf“, sagte er....

Many people arrived amid chilly temperatures either late on Sunday night or early Monday morning to secure a spot opposite the Houses of Parliament and the Abbey or along Parliament Street. A woman who was present on The Mall for the Queen’s coronation in 1953. Live updates: Queen’s coffin lowered into Royal Vault as she and Prince Philip reunite Stephanie Carter, 74, who wore her father’s medals, said she felt she had seen Queen Elizabeth II’s service to the nation “from the beginning”....

Police said a man was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday after an unauthorized vehicle was stopped on Wellington Street at O’Connor Street. In a tweet, police said the man was under a court order not to return to the area in connection with the seizure of the Freedom Convoy in February. Police have not identified the man or said whether charges have been filed, but said he was being held for show purposes....

Biden is a self-confessed blunder machine — his loose language often landed him in the Senate and was why some Obama administration aides initially distrusted him as vice president. But Biden is now the commander-in-chief and can say whatever he wants — until the cleanup operation begins. Often, this comes across as disrespect to the President. It seems that he doesn’t know his own mind or that he has escaped a script set for him by subordinates....

Township staff are throwing their support behind a six-story commercial building in Kelowna’s Pandosy Village that will feature the valley’s first vehicular elevator. Worman Homes submitted the plans earlier this year for the northeast corner of the Pandosy-Osprey intersection. Instead of a penthouse and office on the top floor, the plans call for offices on the second through sixth floors and a commercial unit at street level. And instead of parking on both the second and third floors, it will be on the first and second levels....

La Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes (DGCCRF) a procédé ce mardi 20 septembre à un rappel national de lait infantile. Le produit concerné est un lait de la marque Candia nommé “Baby junior 4” (20 – 36 mois), conditionné en flacons de 250 ml. Le produit doit être retourné au magasin. DGCCRF – Ministère de l’Economie Le produit doit être retourné en magasin....

According to the latest figures in the government’s coronavirus dashboard, both the number of cases detected through mass community testing and patients admitted to hospital with Covid have increased over the past seven days, suggesting the country may be facing a resurgence of the virus. On Monday, 781 Covid patients were admitted to hospital in England, up from 519 the previous week, with the seven-day total rising by 17%, from 3,434 in the week ending September 12 to 4,015 in the week ending September 19....

The official launch of the Public Order Emergency Commission this morning kicks off what is expected to be a politically tense six weeks as the inquiry hears from federal government representatives about why they felt they had to invoke the never-used Emergency Act and from those who argue it was a step too far. Invoking the act gave authorities new powers that allowed them to freeze the finances of those associated with blockades and protests, ban travel to protest zones, ban people from bringing minors to illegal gatherings and tow trucks....

“I’ve seen cars backing up in my driveway. I’ve seen road rage on my road, I’ve seen screeching tyres, fast moving traffic and (the) local council and the police won’t do anything,” said James, who did not want to be named to protect her privacy, he told CP24.com. James and his family moved into a house on Rochdale Avenue in the Caledonia-Fairbanks area of ​​the city in 2016. Since then, he says there have been nonstop speeding and traffic violations due to cars swerving onto his street to bypass LRT construction near Eglinton Avenue and Dufferin Street....

Dentists are reacting with cautious optimism to the federal government’s plan to help low- and middle-income families pay for their children’s dental care. If passed, Bill C-31 — tabled Sept. 20 — would give eligible families with children under 12 up to $650 per child each year to pay for dental care services, depending on their household income. The legislation will create a new Canada Dental Care Plan. “This is positive news for patients who are going to be covered by this proposed legislation,” Sault dentist Dr....

One of the four former Minneapolis police officers at the scene of George Floyd’s death has learned his manslaughter sentence. Thomas Lane, who had already pleaded guilty to a state charge of being an accessory to second-degree murder in Floyd’s murder, was sentenced to three years. He was already serving a 2 1/2-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights. FOX 9 Minneapolis reported that Wednesday’s sentencing means no additional jail time for Lane....