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Friday 17 May 2024

Alcohol abuse costing £27bn a year in England

Exclusive: Experts call for higher taxes and tougher regulation as research shows cost to NHS, other public services and economy

Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report

A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found
AI may accelerate job losses and carbon emissions, report finds
‘Times have changed’: is the writing on the wall for the British seaside postcard?

British asylum housing tycoon breaks into Sunday Times rich list

Graham King, whose firm is paid £3.5m a day to accommodate arrivals in the UK, listed among country’s 350 richest people
Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty rise up rich list as fortune increases by £120m

Sunday Times rich list shows couple’s fortune soared while millions of Britons struggled with cost of living
David DePape, who bludgeoned Nancy Pelosi’s husband, sentenced to 30 years

DePape, a rightwing conspiracy theorist, broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco home in 2022 and hit Paul Pelosi with a hammer
Have I Got News for You to launch in the US in autumn

Adaptation of hit comedy quiz will begin airing on CNN on Saturday nights to coincide with presidential election

Putin seeking to weaponise threat of mass migration, warns Estonian PM

‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat
South Africa’s ICJ genocide case aimed at defending Hamas, Israel claims

Israel complains of ‘obscene exploitation’ of genocide convention and asks judges to throw out bid to halt Rafah offensive
French police kill armed man who set synagogue on fire in Rouen

Mayor calls for show of solidarity against attack after synagogue damaged in blaze amid rising antisemitism in France
‘This isn’t a fantasy’: why is distant Azerbaijan being linked to deadly New Caledonia riots?

Azerbaijani flags have sprung up at demonstrations in Pacific territory, while separatists from French territories have been invited to Baku

Weather tracker: heavy snow hits eastern highlands in South Korea

As much as 40cm fell in less than a day in part of Seoraksan national park. Plus, a powerful tornado in Australia