Author: News Desk

The EH Bildu group in Congress has presented a non-legal proposal to increase compensation for unfair dismissal, as recommended by the Council of Europe. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has asked Spain to establish a system of compensation for unfair dismissal that is a “deterrent” for companies and that takes into account “the real damage” suffered by workers, since it considers that the model current does not guarantee it. The Basque sovereignty group wants this compensation to guarantee the protection of workers and be a deterrent for the employer, recovering the sufficiency prior to the 2012…

Voters head to the polls in Irish general election The polls have opened for the Irish general election. Voters are able to cast their ballot up until 22:00 local time to choose representatives to serve as Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in the Dáil, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Ireland’s parliament). The next Dáil, which will be the 34th, will have 174 TDs, up from 160 in 2020. Friday’s vote comes after a three-week election campaign. Voters will elect 173 TDs, as one seat in the Dáil goes to the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker). Eighty-eight TDs is the number required for an…

  At least 31 people were killed after a week of torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, authorities said on Friday. The disaster has affected four districts, from Medan to rural areas like Sibolangit and Sayur Matinggi, where the landslides have severed access for communities with roads buried under debris, Indonesia’s disaster agency said. Rescuers are working under treacherous circumstances to clear access routes and search for missing persons while temporary shelters are becoming overburdened to accommodate the displaced. The head of North Sumatra’s disaster management agency, Tuahta Ramajaya Saragih, said that the agency has…

Iran is to hold talks with the UK, France and Germany in Geneva on Friday over its nuclear program. The meeting comes with Donald Trump’s return to the White House a matter of weeks away. During his first term as president, US-Iran relations deteriorated, as Washington increased sanctions on Tehran, and the nuclear deal that ensured Iran reduced its stockpile of uranium fell apart. The UN’s nuclear agency, the IAEA, confirmed that Iran plans to install around 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium, the French AFP news agency reported on Friday. Friday’s talks follow on from a meeting between the European nations and…

China said on Friday it was ready to assist in a probe into the severing of two cables in the Baltic Sea. It comes after Sweden asked for Beijing’s cooperation in the probe into the rupture of two data cables on November 17-18 in an area where a China-flagged vessel had been sighted. Both cables were restored as of Friday morning, their respective operators said. What did China say about the investigation into the cut cables? China’s Foreign Ministry said that Beijing wanted to help clarify the issue. “China is willing to work with relevant countries to find out the…

Dame Esther Rantzen says she will ‘come back and haunt’ MPs who are yet to change the law on assisted dying. MPs will debate and vote on Friday over the Assisted Dying Bill and decide whether or not the proposed controversial legislation can move to the next stage of parliamentary scrutiny. If the Private Members’ Bill eventually passes into law, terminally ill adults in the UK will legally be able to die with the assistance of medical staff, provided they have the agreement of two doctors and a High Court judge. Former That’s Life! presenter Dame Esther, 80, announced in January 2023…

Liam Payne’s ex fiancée Maya Henry has returned to social media following the One Direction star’s death. The model, 23, was in the process of taking legal action against Payne when he died at the age of 31 after falling from his Buenos Aires hotel balcony. Before his death, Henry issued a cease and desist letter to Payne and made accusations that he has been ceaselessly contacting her, using different iCloud accounts to continue to reach out. The accusations were made days before it was announced that the singer fell from a balcony and died in Argentina. After being targeted by…

Alexis Ohanian has revealed he’s undergone surgery on his thyroids to prevent them turning cancerous. The Reddit co-founder, 41 – who is also tennis superstar Serena Williams’ husband – detailed his Thanksgiving ordeal on social media. Alongside pictures of himself in a hospital bed post-surgery, Alexis wrote: ‘After tracking some suspicious nodules on my thyroid for the last 4 years, I recently got half of it surgically removed. ‘The nodules were getting bigger & the latest biopsy revealed they’d very likely turn cancerous. My mom had breast cancer around this age (41) and then ultimately died from brain cancer a…

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star Tulisa Contostavlos was ‘horrified’ and needed to be seen by medics during her Bushtucker Trial. The former X Factor judge and N-Dubz singer, 36, is currently appearing on the ITV reality series. Although BBC Radio 1 presenter Dean McCullough was voted to undertake many of the first trials, earlier this week it was Tulisa’s turn. She was tasked with taking on Shock Around the Clock, which saw her being rotated around a clock face while being asked questions and was then joined by an assortment of creepy crawlies. Despite her best efforts…

In hindsight, it wasn’t funny when comedian Lou Sanders was flashed in a park by a man. But more on that later. For those who missed the memo, 46-year-old Lou – whose age has historically been on Wikipedia as younger – has become one of the most lovable comedians on the British scene with numerous panel show stints on QI, Would I Lie To You? as well as Live At The Apollo. She also won Taskmaster – no biggie – and was partnered with Brendyn Hatfield on the 2024 series of Dancing On Ice, in which she finished eighth, skidding…