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Finland, Sweden strive to reassure reluctant Erdogan on NATO bids Russia publishes full list of 963 Americans banned from entering Diplomacy only way to end war, Zelenskyy says Russia halts gas exports to Finland UN refugee agency says over 6.4 million people have fled Ukraine This article was last updated at 23:42 UTC/GMT This live updates article has been closed. For the latest news on the war in Ukraine, please click here. Austria: Protesters occupy alleged Russian oligarch villa Activists near Salzburg, Austria, occupied a lakeside villa thought to belong to a Russian businessman. The property is located in the town of Unterburgau, near the city of Salzburg. While protesters claimed 40 people were calling for the expropriation of the property, police said only 10 people were involved. Austria's land register and Finance Ministry register said the villa does not belong to an oligarch subject to EU sanctions but instead to a company associated with one … [Read more...] about Ukraine: Diplomacy only way to end war, Zelenskyy says — as it happened

A $31 million solution to the long-running issue of raw sewage leaking into rivers at two of Taranaki’s top holiday spots is to be fast tracked following the purchase of a site for a wastewater treatment plant The New Plymouth District Council has agreed to buy 41 hectares of land on Waiau Rd near Urenui and Onaero for $3.3m. The land is for a treatment plant that will enable the seaside towns to stop using septic tanks, many of which leak human waste into waterways. In a press release, council three waters manager Mark Hall said the land came on the market unexpectedly. READ MORE: Urenui still expected to be a summer hot spot despite pollution problems Shellfish gathering, mudflats off limits as Urenui E.coli issue continues Sewage at Nelson surf spot not from leaky pipes, says council “It is rare to have something of this size available in the right location so we acted quickly,” he said. “The $31m Urenui/Onaero wastewater project is in the budget and it’s … [Read more...] about Site bought for $31m plant to treat Urenui and Onaero sewage

Gardeners galore: fans with smaller spaces are boosting trade for the centres (Image: The Gardens Group) Get pensions news and advice plus latest money alerts for FREE now 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 Home to thousands of indoor and outdoor plants with some grown in its nursery, the family firm has grown steadily and now has three centres as well as an online store. Related articles Alan Titchmarsh shares ‘easy’ way to make a water feature at home 'Causes them to shrivel' How to kill weeds without chemicals - 4 ways Castle Gardens and Poundbury Gardens welcome customers in Dorset, while Brimsmore Gardens does the same in Somerset. All have restaurants and Brimsmore a farm shop too. Managing director Mike … [Read more...] about The Gardens Group centres flourish with people, plants and planet mission

A "committed and fanatical Islamist terrorist" researched what Muslims should do if they are approaching death on the eve of stabbing the veteran Conservative MP Sir David Amess to death, a court has been told. Ali Harbi Ali is accused of stabbing the politician 21 times in a "frenzied" attack at the MP's constituency surgery, having tricked his way to getting an appointment on Oct 15. In planning his attack, the Crown say he landed on a webpage that posed the question “What should a person do if they think their death is approaching?” on an Islamic question and answer forum on Oct 12. And on the day before the attack, he searched Google for Muslim burial grounds, which took him to Eternal Gardens Muslim Burial Ground in Lindon, just off the A20 in Sidcup. The jury were shown CCTV images of Ali's journey from north London to Southend, where he talked to a police officer and security guards, laughed with commuters and smiled at children and their mothers. On the opening day of … [Read more...] about Terror suspect researched what Muslims should do if they are ‘approaching death’ on eve of stabbing, court told

The pandemic has changed the way that many of us work, perhaps forever, with a huge portion of the population working from home for over two years now. While those of us able to carry out work from the comfort of our homes are very fortunate, and there are many upsides, there’s no denying that the lack of boundaries, natural routine and real-life contact with colleagues can be hard to navigate sometimes. But there are lots of things you can do to keep yourself motivated, productive – and, most importantly, stay sane. One of the most crucial is to make sure that you get out of the house and create routines. So, with that in mind, I decided to trial building in a ‘fake commute’ to my working day each morning, to see how it impacted my mood, productivity and general wellbeing. The idea is that I’d get up each day, shower, get dressed and go for a walk that would act as a replacement for the ‘commute’ part of my day, giving me a sense of routine – and a reason to … [Read more...] about Can introducing a ‘fake commute’ into your day help productivity when working from home?

Vivek Ramaswamy is a poster boy for the American dream. Born in 1985 to a family of first generation South Indian immigrants, he excelled both in school and outside of it. A nationally ranked junior tennis player, he was also an accomplished pianist who became valedictorian at his Cincinnati high school and went on to study biology at Harvard. Ramaswamy contemplated becoming a doctor before deciding that a career on Wall Street was where he could make the biggest impact in the shortest amount of time. His parents - an engineer at General Electric and a geriatric psychiatrist - were unfamiliar with the financial world. When he first told them that he wanted to work for a hedge fund, they thought he was going into landscape gardening. Now, at the age of 35, Ramaswamy has already made a fortune as a health and technology entrepreneur and is once again carving his own path. Last week he embarked on a new venture, Strive Asset Management , which has earned the backing of high … [Read more...] about Meet the ‘anti-woke’ investor flying the flag for capitalism

As the first president to address the National Rifle Association's annual gathering in nearly 34 years, President Donald Trump, without explicitly saying it, thanked his thousands of "friends" gathered in the audience for helping him to win the election. "You came through for me, and I am going to come through for you," he said.​ His words were met with multiple rounds of applause. Related: Here's what Ronald Reagan told the NRA in 1983 Below is the full transcript of his Friday remarks from the Georgia World Congress Center​ in Atlanta, per the White House.​ THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Chris, for that kind introduction and for your tremendous work on behalf of our Second Amendment. Thank you very much. (Applause.) I want to also thank Wayne LaPierre for his unflinching leadership in the fight for freedom. Wayne, thank you very much. Great. (Applause.) I'd also like to congratulate Karen Handel on her incredible fight in Georgia 6. (Applause.) The election takes place … [Read more...] about Read: President Trump’s speech fires up the NRA

By Dan Damon Published 26 June 2014 Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Tourists, historians and diplomats have been arriving in Sarajevo to commemorate the shots fired by a young Bosnian Serb assassin on 28 June 1914 - shots that sparked World War One. But the city and country are uneasy in the historical spotlight, as the tensions behind those events are still alive today. Gavrilo Princip fired twice at close range into the open-topped car carrying the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie. He could hardly miss - two of the bullets found their targets and the royal couple were killed. After 37 days of increasingly paranoid diplomacy, the Great Powers went to war. The Austrians hoped this would solve the problem of Slavic separatism, and it did - but only after four years of war that destroyed their empire. With such a … [Read more...] about Bosnia and WW1: The living legacy of Gavrilo Princip

By Callum Thomson & Noor Nanji Published 2 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Basic goods and services for a typical family with two young children are about £400 a month more expensive than they were last year, new data suggests. Energy prices added about £120 to families' monthly costs as price caps rose and cheap tariffs ended. Pay is rising more slowly than prices , forcing many families to make tough spending choices. The data from Loughborough University is based on what focus groups deem a minimum acceptable standard of living . As well as the essentials needed to survive, like food, rent and heating, the budgets include things the focus groups believe are needed to take part in society, such as internet access, school trips and an annual family holiday in the UK. The figures do not represent an average family's monthly spending, because … [Read more...] about Cost of living: Two-child families paying £400 a month more