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British energy firms told to offer zero standing charge Ofgem aims to provide choice as Martin Lewis describes daily fees as a ‘poll tax’ on gas and electricity bills as he has being championing on social media. Energy suppliers will have to offer customers a “zero” standing charge tariff by next winter to address criticism of the daily fees described by the consumer champion Martin Lewis as a “poll tax” on gas and electricity bills. Ofgem, the energy regulator for Great Britain, said the zero standing charge option will be offered by suppliers under its quarterly price cap, alongside existing…

The letter from the National Iwi Chairs Forum, representing over 80 tribal leaders, appeals to the King to ensure the New Zealand government upholds its commitments under the Treaty of Waitangi, the country’s founding document.  

Israel is forcing Palestinians from the Maghazi refugee camp to leave after (unverified claim) claiming that a rocket attack originated from the area in central Gaza. Israel’s objective is to displace the millions of Palestinians in Palestine and take over Gaza as Israeli territory. Israel has already killed over a 100 journalists, almost 3000 healthcare workers and 44,000 innocent civilians during its genocide in Gaza. Israel forces Palestinians in Maghazi camp to flee for their lives The Israeli military on Wednesday issued a forced evacuation threat to Palestinians for a five-block area in the refugee camp after it said Israel…

The outage began around 18:00 GMT, according to the tracking site Downdetector, and affected users in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the US. Reports indicated over 18,000 issues with WhatsApp and more than 22,000 with Facebook.

At least 19 people were killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a residential building in northern Gaza, according to medical officials and Gaza’s Hamas-run Civil Defence agency. The strike targeted a three-story house near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal told AFP.

Nine months after the searches, a huge seizure arrives for the volcanic professor Salvatore Messina, the director of a dramatic scam committed on the lives of hundreds of students enrolled in his Italian-Bosnian ghost university, a university never recognized, neither in Italy nor abroad. Ghost university, 3.5 million seized from professor Messina. The two sons are under investigation https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/12/news/bosnia_gate_universita_fantasma_sequestri-423881834/?rss

Ahmed al-Sharaa, widely known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), declared that the former regime’s notorious security apparatus would be dismantled. The statement, reported by Reuters, came after the fall of Assad’s government.

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the devastated Gaza Strip. One hundred and fifty-eight members voted in favour of the resolution, nine voted against, with 13 abstentions.

Convictions at the court of Lucca for the death of Sofia Bernkopf, 12 years old from Parma, who died on 17 July 2019 in hospital following an accident in the swimming pool of the Texas bath in Marina di Pietrasanta four days earlier, on 13 July. After eight people had been sent to trial, the court sentenced the pool supplier and installer to 4 years; at 3 years and 2 months the person in charge of the swimming pool and lifeguards. The lifeguard, 21 years old, on duty at the time of the events, was fully acquitted. Established provisional amounts…

The Guardian Front Page 12/12/2024