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Sir Keir Starmer will set out a “plan for change” with milestones set in key policy areas to achieve the targets laid out in Labour’s manifesto, Downing Street has said. The Prime Minister will this week kick off what he has called the “next phase” of Government, as he announces the markers for his “missions” that Number 10 say will allow the public to hold Sir Keir and his team to account on their promises and will be reached by the end of the Parliament. The milestones will run alongside public sector reform, Downing Street said. This will include a…

Thousands of Syrian insurgents took over most of Aleppo on Saturday, establishing positions in the country’s largest city and controlling its airport before expanding their shock offensive to a nearby province.They faced little to no resistance from government troops, according to fighters and activists.A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the insurgents led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seized control of Aleppo International airport, the first international airport to be controlled by insurgents.The fighters claimed they seized the airport and posted pictures from there. A Syrian army armoured vehicle sits upside-down in the village of Hass, near Aleppo…

A general view of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, during a visit by French President Macron, in Paris, France, on November 29, 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / VIA REUTERS Eight days ahead of the December 7 reopening of the cathedral, French President Emmanuel Macron conducted an inspection, on Friday, November 29 − broadcast live on television − of the restored Notre-Dame de Paris. It provided the first official insight into how the 850-year-old edifice now looks inside. Images showed the iconic cathedral as worshippers might have experienced it back in medieval times, its wide, open spaces filled with bright light on…

Bernard Arnault, head of LVMH, leaves a Paris courthouse on November 28, 2024. STEPHANE MAHE/REUTERS On the morning of Thursday, November 28, in front of a packed courtroom in Paris, a leading figure took the stand. The head of the LVMH luxury goods group, Bernard Arnault, appeared with the rosette on a gold braid of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor pinned to his suit lapel. He was summoned to appear as a witness in the trial of former intelligence boss Bernard Squarcini and nine others. The 10 defendants are on trial for charges ranging from “unlawful employment…

He remembers it with special affection. After playing in a more than notable World Cup in Brazil, James Rodríguez, the brilliant new star of the Colombian team, appears in the summer of 2014 in front of his new fans. It doesn’t do it anyway. For the occasion, the Santiago Bernabéu opens its doors and dresses in its best clothes. The public responds: nearly 50,000 fans, the vast majority Colombians, dressed in the team’s tricolor shirt, receive their new idol, a young man born in Cúcuta, in the northeast of the country who, with his exquisite left foot, makes them feel…

He disassociates himself from the documents that Lobato took to the Supreme Court: it was “in four media” Read Óscar López accelerates his candidacy against Ayuso and plans to launch it in the coming days

Job cuts, falling production, gloomy forecasts: “Germany’s deindustrialization is progressing,” warns WELT editor-in-chief Ulf Poschardt. In the podcast “Make Economy Great Again” he and economist Daniel Stelter discuss strategies against relegation. Make Economy Great Again: “We are destroying the landscape with these horrible solar fields”

The peace obligation expired during the night: now there are strikes at Volkswagen. According to IG Metall, work will soon be temporarily suspended at all locations. The company “cannot overlook” this. Peace obligation over at VW: Warning strikes threaten “in all plants”

Icelanders are heading to the polls after their three-party coalition government collapsed last month. The election comes amid rising concerns over the economy, housing, and immigration, with voters hoping for change. Guillaume Gougeon reports. Icelanders head to the polls in snap election

Within the labyrinth of family courts, a chilling paradox persists: mothers, who should be lauded for their courage in denouncing the abuse suffered by their children, often find themselves exposed to paroxysmal institutional violence. These women, often referred to as “protective mothers,” see their role as protective parents distorted and their rights restricted by institutions meant to ensure justice and safety. But how can processes designed to protect sometimes reproduce the very mechanisms of abuse they are supposed to combat—or even generate new ones? An Intolerable and Systemic Reality In France, according to the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual…