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Branching out: the street libraries where neighbours swap plants instead of books

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

At these Sydney plant libraries, members of the community exchange seeds, cuttings and greenery – and leave with a sense of joy

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Tri-coloured frangipani cuttings. A blueberry plant. Daisies and begonias, oregano and basil. And a lawn edger that was snapped up in a jiffy.

These are just some of the plants and gardening paraphernalia sitting on an arched shelf at the Carshalton St Plant Exchange in Croydon Park, in Sydney’s inner west; all are free for neighbours and passersby.

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Lack of domestic 50-over cricket not helping England, warns Trescothick

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

Stand-in coach suggests more 50-over cricket is needed
England crushed in final game of 2-1 Windies series defeat

Interim head coach Marcus Trescothick has said that the current domestic structure is “not helping” England’s new generation of white-ball cricketers.

At the Kensington Oval, Barbados, England fell to a third consecutive one-day series defeat and 13th ODI loss in 20 matches, as West Indies thrashed them by eight wickets .

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Top of the pips: Fiona Apple’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

As her classic album When the Pawn … turns 25, we pick the best of a singer-songwriter whose portraits of love and selfhood are unforgettably vivid

You could easily fill a Top 20 with Apple’s original compositions, but this Beatles cover deserves recognition for arguably besting the original. Recorded for Pleasantville, the 1998 film by Gary Ross, Apple’s limpid delivery brings the lovely melody to the fore and imbues it with emotion.

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Handballs all round as Arsenal and Villa lose in Champions League: Football Weekly Extra - podcast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , Nicky Bandini , and Mark Langdon to discuss the latest Champions League games and look ahead to the weekend’s Premier League action

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On the podcast today: Arsenal falter to a 1-0 defeat against Inter at San Siro. The panel discuss the Gunners’ bad spell and whether the handball that led to a penalty for Inter was fair. Speaking of handballs, Tyrone Mings has a Champions League debut to forget as he picks up the ball in the box, giving Club Brugge a penalty. Have we underestimated the Belgians all this time?

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Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

Warming climate has caused rivers used for transport to dry up, leaving children with little food, water or school access, says Unicef

Two years of severe drought in the Amazon rainforest have left nearly half a million children facing shortages of water and food or limited access to school, according to a UN report .

Scant rainfall and extreme heat driven by the climate crisis have caused rivers in what is usually the wettest region on Earth to retreat so much that they can no longer be traversed by boats, cutting off communities.

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IDF distances itself from ‘no return’ remarks about north Gaza evacuees

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

Israeli army says officer’s comments that Palestinians will not be allowed return home were taken out of context

Middle East crisis – latest updates

The Israeli army has distanced itself from comments made by a brigadier general that ground forces are getting closer to “the complete evacuation” of the northern Gaza Strip and residents will not be allowed to return home .

In a media briefing on Tuesday night, the Israel Defense Forces’ Brig Gen Itzik Cohen told Israeli reporters that “there is no intention of allowing the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to return”. He added that humanitarian aid would be allowed to “regularly” enter the south of the territory but there were “no more civilians left” in the north.

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Motocross in Milan and a king in South Africa: photos of the day – Thursday

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

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Canada orders TikTok to close Vancouver office over ‘security risks’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

Chinese-owned firm’s operation falls foul of official review, though Canadian users will be able to use video app as usual

Canada has ordered TikTok to shut down its operations in the country after conducting a security review, but users will not be barred from accessing the video app or uploading content to it.

The Canadian government said it was demanding the winding up of TikTok’s Vancouver-based unit due to “specific national security risks” .

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Kylian Mbappé left out of France’s latest squad after Deschamps talks

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024

Didier Deschamps says he has made a ‘one-off decision’
Player will sit out the matches against Israel and Italy

The Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé was not named in France’s squad to face Israel and Italy in Nations League games, head coach Didier Deschamps said on Thursday.

Deschamps did not say whether Mbappé, who played with his club in the 3-1 Champions League defeat by Milan on Tuesday, was injured, arguing his choice was a “one-off decision” and that the player “wanted to come” and join the team.

More details to follow …