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Trump speaks with Putin and advises him not to escalate Ukraine war – report

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November 2024

In phone call, Trump reminds Putin of US’s ‘sizeable military presence in Europe’, Washington Post reports

Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The US president-elect advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of “Washington’s sizeable military presence in Europe”, the Post reported.

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Leading UK estate agent cuts its longer-term house price growth forecast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November 2024

Hamptons says ‘modest’ rises can be expected amid ‘dampening effect’ of higher interest rates overall

Expectations that UK interest rates may stay higher for longer, as well as revenue-raising measures in the budget, have prompted a leading estate agent to cut its forecast for house price growth over the longer term.

The revised forecast from Hamptons came days after Halifax and Nationwide banks said the annual rate of property price growth had slowed, with the former saying it was likely to be “ modest … for the rest of this year and into next ”.

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Great Britain ‘lags behind’ Europe on betting ad regulation, says gambling charity

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November 2024

Public health concerns fuel restrictions across comparable markets, yet UK remains ‘lenient’

Great Britain “lags behind” Europe on measures to restrict betting adverts, according to a report released days after official data showed a sharp increase in the number of children with a gambling problem.

Restrictions on ads by bookmakers and casinos are increasingly becoming “the norm” across Europe in response to public health concerns, according to a report commissioned by GambleAware, the UK’s leading gambling charity.

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UK trial to assess if red grape chemical can prevent bowel cancer

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November 2024

Resveratrol, which is also found in blueberries and peanuts, has been found to slow tumour growth in mice

Red wine was once heralded as a boon for health that could protect the heart and even extend life expectancy. But while scientists have debunked this claim, they believe that at least one red wine ingredient – a compound called resveratrol – may hold genuine health benefits.

A trial launched this week will assess whether a low dose of the chemical, also found in red grapes, blueberries and peanuts, could help keep bowel cancer at bay. The study, one of the largest to date testing drugs for cancer prevention, will recruit patients who are at risk of the disease.

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Nurses quitting profession early puts health reforms in England at risk, says union

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November 2024

Numbers leaving within 10 years of registering rose by 43% between 2021 to 2024, finds Royal College of Nursing

Increasing numbers of UK-trained nurses are set to leave the profession in England within a decade of registering, in a trend that could jeopardise the government’s overhaul of healthcare, according to a union.

More than 11,000 will have quit the register within their first 10 years on it, according to analysis by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of the latest official figures.

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Breathing issues cause more emergency NHS admissions than any other condition

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November 2024

Figures for England show one in eight of all unplanned hospital admissions in 2023-24 were for respiratory system diseases

Serious breathing problems lead to more emergency admissions to hospital in England than any other medical condition, NHS data reveals.

More people with asthma, bronchitis or emphysema have to go into hospital for treatment because they are struggling to breathe than those with heart disease, joint problems or cancer.

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Oysters doing well in Firth of Forth after reintroduction, say experts

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November 2024

Early signs of success seen in area where native European oysters were fished to local extinction by early 1900s

Thousands of oysters released into the Firth of Forth appear to be thriving again after a century-long absence from the Scottish estuary since they were lost to overfishing.

Marine experts from Heriot-Watt University who have helped reintroduce about 30,000 European flat oysters to the estuary said divers and underwater cameras showed they were doing well.

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Extreme weather cost $2tn globally over past decade, report finds

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 11 November 2024

US suffered greatest economic losses, report commissioned by International Chamber of Commerce finds, followed by China and India

Violent weather cost the world $2tn over the past decade, a report has found, as diplomats descend on the Cop29 climate summit for a tense fight over finance.

The analysis of 4,000 climate-related extreme weather events, from flash floods that wash away homes in an instant to slow-burning droughts that ruin farms over years, found economic damages hit $451bn across the past two years alone.

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Sydney’s ‘little school project’ named World Building of the Year ahead of towering skyscrapers

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November 2024

Darlington public school in Chippendale wins major building design prize at 2024 World Architectural festival in Singapore

An inner-city Sydney public school has been crowned the World Building of the Year, beating competition from towering skyscrapers, museums and major transport hubs to claim the title.

Darlington public school in Chippendale won the major building design prize at the 2024 World Architectural Festival in Singapore , claiming the gong ahead of more than 200 shortlisted entrants.