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Afghanistan: David Lammy quizzes LBC caller on Brexit stance Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The EU Commission wants to stop the UK from joining the 2007 Lugano Convention. The agreement determines which countries have jurisdiction over cross-border civil and commercial disputes. UK lawyers have warned stopping Britain's accession to the convention could cause severe issues for UK and EU families with relations on both sides of the English Channel. Related articles Petty Macron blocks EU contract for UK company to patrol for migrants Fury as police let Nicola Sturgeon off for illegally riding e-scooter Rachael Kelsey, president …

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SNP ministers were accused of issuing misleading performance figures for Scotland's contact tracing system on Monday, after it emerged they omit tens of thousands of people it has failed to reach. Staff working at Test and Protect have abandoned trying to find more than 50,000 Scots identified as close contacts of positive cases, mainly due to people failing to answer their phones. However, these "failed cases" are excluded from the weekly figures issued by Public Health Scotland (PHS) on the system's performance, thereby inflating the proportion of contacts reached within the target deadline. Test and Protect has completed 80.4 per cent of its tracing within the recommended three-day limit if the abandoned cases are ignored. This is just above the World Health Organisation (WHO) benchmark of 80 per cent. However, the Scottish Sun disclosed this proportion drops to 72 per cent when the 50,485 failed contact tracing efforts are included. Using this measurement, the WHO target …

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has given Congress a hard deadline on raising the debt ceiling to avoid default. In a letter addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, Yellen warned that the department could only finance the operations of the federal government through mid-October if action isn't taken. "We now estimate that Treasury is likely to exhaust its extraordinary measures if Congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by October 18," Yellen wrote. "At that point, we expect Treasury would be left with very limited resources that would be depleted quickly." "It is uncertain whether we could continue to meet all the nation's commitments after that date," the secretary added. On Monday, Senate Republicans blocked the Democrats ' plan to both suspend the debt ceiling and fund the government. Republican leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said that the GOP won't support raising the debt ceiling, stating Democrats can do so on their own …

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An authorization vote is looming as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) plans to strike against film and television production companies in protest at working conditions. However, the union has made it clear that not all productions will be affected by the picket. Talks have broken down between the IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and votes on industrial action are set to take place in early October. The union has been attempting to secure a new agreement to improve working conditions for thousands of camera operators, costume designers, prop makers and other behind-the-scenes production workers—the people that Hollywood can't function without. However, the strike will not affect premium cable right away—meaning HBO will not be affected, at least not yet. This is because IATSE's current pay television agreement with HBO, Showtime and Starz is active until December 2022. "If you are working on commercials or …

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Gabrielle Union rocks a unique look while carrying some luggage out of Penn Station on the New York City set of The Perfect Find. The 48-year-old actress was all smiles while rocking a unique outfit while filming this adaptation of Tia Williams' bestselling novel. The adaptation was picked up by Netflix earlier this month, according to Deadline , with Numa Perrier (Jezebel) set to direct. Gab on set: Gabrielle Union rocks a unique look while carrying some luggage out of Penn Station on the New York City set of The Perfect Find On set: The 48-year-old actress was all smiles while rocking a unique outfit while filming this adaptation of Tia Williams' bestselling novel Union was spotted wearing a white top with billowing long sleeves, with her hair pulled back. She also wore oversized glasses and wide-legged high-rise light blue jeans with black heeled boots. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Gabrielle Union beams with joy as she …

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WHATSAPP will soon stop working on millions of older smartphones. The November deadline is fast approaching – and will lock some iPhones and Android phones off WhatsApp forever. Affected users will need to either update their software or buy a new phone. It's possible that your handset may be too old to update, so you'll need to get a new mobile anyway. More than 40 different smartphone models are expected to be affected. The deadline for the update is November 1, after which point WhatsApp will cease to work. Next top models For Android users, you'll need to be running Android 4.1 or later. And for iPhone users, you'll need to be on iOS 10 or later. Most read in Phones & Gadgets HANGING UP Which iPhones and Android phones will be blocked from WhatsApp? PHONE INVASION Check your mobile NOW – these 'spying' apps mean someone is watching you FRENEMIES! Your Facebook has HIDDEN …

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Summary No new date for Kansas City investor meet Canadian Pacific chief warns on $27 bln rival offer Shares of bidders, Kansas City rise Sept 1 (Reuters) - Kansas City Southern (KSU.N) on Wednesday pushed back a vote on its proposed $29 billion sale to Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) as financial investors bet a decision by the U.S. regulator had derailed the deal. The other suitor for the U.S. railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) , said it would not be as willing to stick to its own $300 per share offer, worth $27 billion, after a Sept. 12 deadline. Giving no timeline for a new shareholders' vote, Kansas City said it would evaluate the smaller offer again, while saying it was looking at other options to complete the deal with Canadian National. Shares in both the Canadian companies rose around 5% on bets that Canadian National may not complete a costly merger, while others said Canadian Pacific (CP) could profit from stepping in to buy …

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On Friday, President Joe Biden claimed he inherited a lot of problems when he took office as a response to questions regarding the numerous crises facing Americans. “Take a look at what I inherited when I came into office, the state of affairs and where we were. We had 4 million people vaccinated, we had no plan — I could go down the list. So part of it is dealing with the panoply of things that landed on my plate. I’m not complaining, it’s just the reality,” Biden said. The only thing Biden listed as something he inherited was a lower number of people who had received the COVID-19 vaccine. The first COVID-19 vaccine was given in mid-December 2020, a little more than a month before Biden took office on January 20, 2021. Of course there would be a lower number of people vaccinated back then than there are now, especially considering the vaccines had only been available for a month and were available to particularly at-risk populations at the time. It was not just four million …

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Joe Biden has barely been president a day and the media is already setting up a narrative that would give his administration an unearned win while trashing former President Donald Trump’s administration. Biden pledged to get 100 million Americans vaccinated in his first 100 days in office. This sounds like an admirable goal, but it’s utterly meaningless, considering the U.S. is already on pace to do this thanks to the efforts of the Trump administration. To make this seem like it will be Biden’s accomplishment, CNN has now reported that administration officials are claiming they inherited “no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to speak of from the Trump administration.” Nowhere in the article does CNN acknowledge that more than 17 million vaccines have already been administered and that nearly one million vaccines are already being administered per day. CNN’s claim that Biden inherited no vaccine distribution plan is also demonstrably false, considering the fact that 36 …

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Lori Loughlin is making her return to acting as it’s confirmed she will reprising a former role following her part in the college admissions scandal. The 57-year-old, who was released from prison in December 2020, was forced to step away from the small screen in 2019 due to her court battle regarding the scandal. According to Deadline , the Summerland star will be returning to work on the Hallmark Channel series, When Hope Calls, which is a spin-off from her series, When Calls The Heart. Loughlin will once again please the popular character, Abigail Stanton, and will feature on the first episode titled When Hope Calls: A Country Christmas. The episode will premiere on the Hallmark Channel on December 18. Lori, who is best known for her role as Rebecca Donaldson, or Aunt Becky, in Full House, served her sentence at the same low-security prison where Felicity Huffman served her sentence in relation to her involvement in the scandal. The TV star pled guilty to …

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