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Exclusive: Formal validation for claret reflects hotter conditions, falling consumption and shift towards chillable reds Bordeaux’s wine industry has historically adapted to consumer habits. In the 1970s the region leaned towards white, but by the 2000s was famed for powerful oak-aged reds. Now it’s turning to a much older form of red with a name familiar to anglophones: claret. With origins in t…

University researchers say growth of the hidden fast food industry may pose risks to public health One in seven food businesses on major delivery platforms, including Deliveroo and Just Eat, is now a “dark kitchen”, a university study shows. The findings, which shine a light on the scale of the hidden takeaway industry, found that 15% of all online food retailers in England were dark kitchens. Co…

In nationwide day of action, people brave plunging cold temperatures to march in city and demonstrate against ICE Thousands chanted and marched in New York City on Friday to protest the Trump administration ’s escalating mass deportation campaign. Among the protesters were young and old people, all braving plunging cold temperatures while dressed in thick coats, hats and gloves. Continue reading.…

Partial shutdown of government still expected to begin after midnight Friday, lasting at least through weekend The US Senate approved a major government funding package on Friday, after the killings of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis upended spending talks and gave out-of-power rare leverage over Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. In a 71-29 tally, the Senate overcame last…

Paul W Brown reportedly voiced concerns about the FBI’s unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in Fulton county The special agent in charge of the FBI’s Atlanta field office was reportedly removed from his post after questioning the Trump administration’s renewed interest in investigating the role of Fulton county , Georgia, in the 2020 election. The agent, Paul W Brown, had expressed concerns aro…

Newly released documents reveal Lutnick sent email to ‘Jeff’ and floated plan for ‘Sunday evening for dinner’ Howard Lutnick, currently serving as Trump’s US secretary of commerce, arranged to visit Jeffrey Epstein’s island in 2012, according to Epstein-related files released by the Department of Justice on Friday. According to the newly released documents, on 20 November 2012, Epstein’s longtime…

Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, a spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the mine is located, told Reuters on Friday. Rubaya produces about 15% …

High-profile figures were invited to party with disgraced financier and Mountbatten-Windsor, documents indicate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor attended an intimate party with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein months after he was released from prison, files suggest. Another cache of documents relating to the disgraced financier were released by the US justice department on Friday. In the UK a…

Convicted child sex offender asked accountant to ‘send 13k dollars’ to partner of then UK business secretary Jeffrey Epstein sent thousands of pounds in bank transfers after his release from prison in 2009 to Peter Mandelson’s husband, according to emails published by the US Department of Justice on Friday. The latest documents raise fresh questions about Epstein’s relationship with Mandelson, wh…

Island country only has oil enough to last 15-20 days, and 12-hour blackouts have become commonplace Mexico ’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum , has warned that Donald Trump ’s move to slap new tariffs on countries sending oil to Cuba could trigger a humanitarian crisis on the island, which is already suffering from chronic fuel shortages and regular blackouts. The US president signed an executive o…

Israeli military’s U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’ Israel’s military has accepted the death toll compiled by health authorities in Gaza is broadly accurate, marking a U-turn after years of official attacks on the data. A senior security official briefed Israeli journalists, saying about 70,000 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli a…

US deputy attorney general tells reporters that White House had ‘nothing to do’ with review of files and ‘did not tell department what to redact’ US justice department releases more than 3 million new pages of Epstein files Here’s a quick rundown of what Blanche said is not in the release: files that contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files, an…

Far-right activist tells X followers to vote for Reform’s Gorton and Denton candidate, Matthew Goodwin Labour have accused the Reform UK candidate for the Gorton and Denton byelection, Matthew Goodwin, of representing “toxic politics” after he was endorsed by the far-right agitator Tommy Robinson. The move will be uncomfortable for Nigel Farage, who has consistently kept the parties he leads sepa…

Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is ‘ready to begin negotiations if they take place on an equal footing’ Killing Khamenei? Hitting military sites? It is unclear what a US attack on Iran would achieve Iran has said it is ready to negotiate with the US, but only if talks are not under duress and do not extend to Iran’s missile programme, as diplomats scrambled to head off the threat of a…

Motorcycle-riding militants launch strikes using heavy weaponry and drones, damaging planes belonging to Ivorian carrier and Togolese airline The Islamic State in the Sahel has claimed responsibility for an audacious assault at the international airport and adjacent air force base in Niamey, the capital of Niger, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks jihadist activity and communi…