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Nobel peace prize given to human rights activists in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine The Guardian says The jailed Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties have won the 2022 Nobel peace prize. “The Norwegian Nobel committee wishes to honour three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence in the neighbour countries Belarus, Russia and Ukraine,” the committee chair, Berit Reiss-Andersen, said. She called on Belarus to release Bialiatski from prison. The prize will be seen by many as a condemnation of Russia’s president,…

‘Not a nanny state’: minister says Britons will not be told to use less energy The Guardian says People will not be told to use less energy this winter, the climate minister has said, adding: “We’re not a nanny state government.” Graham Stuart’s remarks come amid reports No 10 has blocked a public information campaign to encourage people to consume less. Asked if people should use less energy, Stuart told Sky News: “We are not sending that out as a message. All of us have bills, of course, and the bills have gone up.” He said the government had stepped…

Nadhim Zahawi apologises for economic turmoil after mini-budget The Guardian says The cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has apologised for the economic turmoil that followed the government’s mini-budget. The chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster made the apology after clashing with the Talk TV presenter Piers Morgan on Thursday night’s Question Time on BBC One. The pair appeared on the political panel show, along with the Succession actor Brian Cox, the farmer Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones and the Labour MP Lisa Nandy. The pound plummeted in value against the dollar after Kwasi Kwarteng’s announcement of a series of tax cuts, including scrapping the…

Pink diamond expected to fetch more than £20m at Hong Kong auction The Guardian says The second largest, internally flawless “fancy vivid pink” diamond ever to appear at auction is expected to sell for more than £20m when it goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on Friday. The 11.15-carat, cushion-shaped diamond, known as the Williamson Pink Star, is named after two other huge pink diamonds: the 59.60-carat, mixed-cut, oval Pink Star diamond that sold for a record $71.2m at auction in 2017, and the Williamson stone, a 23.60-carat diamond given to the late Queen Elizabeth II as…

Boy, 14, charged with murder of teenager in Gateshead The Guardian says A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a boy of the same age in a knife attack in Gateshead. Tomasz Oleszak, a “kind and caring” teenager who came to Britain from Poland aged six, died from a stab wound after an altercation on Monday evening. The Crown Prosecution Service said on Friday it had authorised police to charge a 14-year-old boy with murder, attempted wounding with intent, and having a bladed article in a public place. The teenager, who cannot be named because of his…

The Nobel Peace Prize 2022 this year has been awarded to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organisation Centre for Civil Liberties, the award’s judges said Friday. The Nobel Peace Prize get cash in December The prizes carry a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor (nearly $900,000) and will be handed out on Dec. 10. The money comes from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, in 1895. Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the judges wanted to honour ”three outstanding champions of human rights,…

England Women vs USA: Team news as injury-hit Lionesses face toughest test against the world champions The i says England Women were back this week at what Beth Mead called their “home from home”, the Twickenham hotel where they stayed as they took on – and beat – Europe’s best this summer. “There’s a lot of good memories here,” said the team’s newly-crowned Player of the Year. Not that England are at The Lensbury to reminisce. They are looking ahead, not behind. Having conquered Europe their ambitions are global with the 2023 World Cup in their sights. On Friday night,…

NHS leaders say lack of clarity over Government’s ’40 hospitals project’ is ‘sapping staff morale’ The i says NHS leaders have called on the Government to clarify the amount of money budgeted for new hospitals following i’s report that Boris Johnson’s manifesto pledge to build 40 new ones by 2030 is in danger of being scaled back. Since the policy was unveiled in 2019, it has been much scrutinised following accusations that the former Prime Minister’s team embellished the number of entirely new hospitals set to be built. And newly released minutes from an NHS England meeting held on Thursday…

Liz Truss faces Conservative backlash over sacking of election guru and potential spending cuts The i says Liz Truss faces Conservative backlash over sacking of election guru and potential spending cuts The Prime Minister has appointed the No 10 chief of staff Mark Fullbrook to run the Conservative Party’s next general election campaign Isaac Levido will no longer be in charge of the next general election campaign, with No 10 chief of staff Mark Fullbrook taking over instead. The Prime Minister has struggled to keep the support of some MPs following a chaotic party conference this week and amid dire…

Homes for Ukraine: Refugee mother and son, 8, nearly end up sleeping on street after sponsorship breaks down The i says A Ukrainian woman and her eight-year-old son faced the prospect of sleeping on the street after they were forced to leave the home they were being hosted in under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Hanna Rozova and son, Oleksandr, fled the war in Ukraine in May and were originally hosted by a family living in Richmond, west London. But by September, after several disagreements with their hosts, the relationship had broken down and they were left with nowhere to…