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Anti-waste charity Wrap wants ban on 21 items including tomatoes, apples, potatoes, bananas and carrotsSupermarkets should be banned from selling fresh produce such as bananas, apples and potatoes in plastic packaging so we can go back to shopping “like our nan”, according to the influential anti-waste charity Wrap.It is calling for the government to ban packaging on 21 fruit and vegetables sold in supermarkets,...

Focus on conflict, corruption and poverty heightens perception of risk, raising interest on sovereign debt, authors sayAfrica loses up to £3.2bn yearly in inflated interest payments on sovereign debt due to persistent negative stereotypes that dominate international media coverage of the continent, according to a new report.Research by consultants Africa Practice and the advocacy non-profit Africa No Filter suggests that media portrayals, especially during...

At a town hall for the largest US Spanish-language network, Latino voters got few straight answers when questioning former president on extreme policies and liesKey takeaways from Trump’s Univision town hallDonald Trump – who has built his presidential campaign on the idea that immigrants are “destroying” the US and promoting mass deportation – faced blunt, tough questions from undecided Hispanic voters on Tuesday.At a...

Analysts suggest proxies in Syria, Iraq and Yemen fighting hidden conflict could be targets for Israel as it considers retaliation against TehranIran-linked militias in Iraq have launched about 40 attacks involving missiles, drones or rockets on Israel in the past two and a half weeks, the latest escalation in a largely clandestine proxy battle fought across a swath of the Middle East.The attacks began...

Leaders can only spend limited political capital on Euro initiatives while weighed down by domestic troublesIt has become a wry joke in Brussels that the most stable country in the EU is Italy, once infamous for its succession of short-lived governments.France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Olaf Scholz have been humbled by punishing electoral defeats. Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, presides over a minority government...

Archbishop expresses sorrow in announcement to pay 1,353 people who alleged they were abused as children by priestsThe Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880m to 1,353 people who alleged that they were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests, in the largest settlement by a US diocese over decades-old abuse claims.Archbishop Jose H Gomez expressed sorrow for the abuse...

Fulton judge invalidates seven new rules, including one that requires ballots be hand-counted after polls closeA Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the state election board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void”.Fulton county superior court judge Thomas Cox issued the order Wednesday after holding a hearing on challenges to the rules. The rules that Cox invalidated include three that...

Genaro Garcia Luna was accused of taking millions of dollars from the Sinaloa cartel for shielding membersGenaro Garcia Luna, the official who for several years led Mexico’s fight against the country’s violent drug trade, was sentenced to more than 38 years in US prison for accepting bribes from the cartels he was supposed to fight.The US district judge Brian Cogan announced the sentence at...

Accusation against former Philippines president increases pressure on successor Ferdinand Marcos Jr to allow access to international criminal courtA Philippines former police colonel has testified that Rodrigo Duterte’s office offered police up to $17,000 to kill suspects as part of his “war on drugs”, sparking calls for the evidence to be referred to the international criminal court.Royina Garma, a former police colonel who had...

British musician was found dead after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos AiresLiam Payne updates: tributes paid after singer dies in Buenos AiresLiam Payne of One Direction – a life in picturesAfter One Direction, Liam Payne was just getting started. His death is a heartbreaking endLiam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died aged 31 after...

Canada prime minister testifies at public inquiry amid worsening diplomatic row over murder of Sikh separatistWhy has Canada accused Indian diplomats of ‘criminal’ activities?Justin Trudeau has accused India of making a “horrific mistake” in violating Canadian sovereignty, amid an escalating diplomatic row over the murder of a Sikh separatist in British Columbia and allegations of a broader campaign of threats and violence against Indian...

Mayor among 16 people killed when airstrike hit municipal building in Nabatieh in south of countryThe mayor of one of the largest cities in southern Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit the city’s municipal headquarters during a meeting to coordinate aid deliveries to residents and those displaced by war.The strike, one of a series on Nabatieh on Wednesday morning, killed...

Nova university programme criticised for only having white instructors and for some of its content, such as session on ‘does racism really exist?’A top university in Lisbon has suspended plans to launch a postgraduate programme on racism and xenophobia after the course was criticised for hiring only white instructors.The programme, offered by the faculty of law at Nova University in tandem with the government-backed...

Italians who go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy will face jail terms and fines of up to €1mItaly’s parliament has made it illegal for couples to go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy – a pet project of the prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s party that activists say is meant to target same-sex partners.Since taking office in 2022, Meloni has pursued a...

Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd organisation faces extradition to Japan after arrest in Nuuk in JulyPaul Watson, the anti-whaling activist detained in Greenland and awaiting possible extradition to Japan, has appealed to Emmanuel Macron for political asylum in France.Watson was detained in July after a Japanese request to Interpol over his confrontational tactics aimed at disrupting whaling operations in the Antarctic, and could...

Images of Shaban al-Dalou, 19, being engulfed by flames have added to mounting outrage at Israeli conduct of warThe brother of a teenage Palestinian computing student who burned to death in a blaze sparked by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital compound has described how he tried to save his injured sibling as flames engulfed tents.“I heard the sound of bombing, I looked...

Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the groundThe US has demanded proof on the ground that Israel does not have a policy of starvation in northern Gaza as it turned up the pressure on the Netanyahu government to allow more aid into the territory.The US ambassador to the UN, Linda...

Ukrainian president wants ‘unconditional invite’ to join Nato and rules out conceding territory to RussiaThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has laid out details of his “victory plan” in a speech to parliament that acknowledged increasing pressure from allies to negotiate an end to the conflict.An “unconditional invite” to join Nato is at the heart of the plan he had pitched in private meetings in...

After expulsion of hundreds of embassy-based spies, Kremlin is using riskier and less conventional methodsA developing Russian campaign of arson, sabotage and even murder plots has left western intelligence agencies alarmed over the past year.The ramping up of activity has come as the Kremlin’s spy apparatus recovered from the initial shock of seeing 450 agents posing as diplomats expelled from Europe in response to...

Migration to dominate summit as four people including two toddlers die after falling from crowded speedboat off KosA growing number of European leaders are expected to back calls for offshore immigration centres, as the EU casts around for tougher measures to stop asylum seekers reaching the bloc.EU officials were preparing for intensive talks on migration at a leaders’ summit on Thursday, as it emerged...

People were collecting fuel from tanker that had crashed when it blew up, according to local policeMore than 140 people have died in an explosion while rushing to scoop up fuel from a crashed tanker in north-west Nigeria, in one of the country’s worst such incidents in recent times.Local authorities said the vehicle crashed late on Tuesday night after the driver lost control on...

Shares in LVMH, which also owns Dior, Tiffany and Moët & Chandon, fell by as much as 7%, briefly hitting two-year lowShares in luxury goods brands slumped after Louis Vuitton’s LVMH reported an unexpected fall in third-quarter sales amid China’s economic slowdown.Shares in LVMH, which also owns Dior, Tiffany and Moët & Chandon, fell by as much as 7% in early trading, briefly hitting...

Exclusive: proposal to Cop16 could see ‘funga’ get global legal consideration distinct from flora and faunaA new era of mycelial conservation could begin this month when the UK and Chile propose that fungi should be placed alongside animals and plants as a separate realm for environmental protection.Mushrooms, mould, mildew, yeast and lichen would all receive elevated status under the plan, which will be submitted...

The South American leaders are in the spotlight as they prepare to host this week’s Cop16 biodiversity summit, November’s G20 meeting and next year’s Cop30 climate summitThe rainforest nations of Brazil and Colombia have the best opportunity in a generation to drag the Amazon back from the abyss as they host three of the world’s most important environmental negotiations in the space of little...