Meghan and Harry’s UK trip follows interview row

BBC

Although constantly resident on the front pages of UK newspapers, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be appearing in person in the UK for the first time since the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

The duchess will be speaking at the One Young World summit in Manchester later on Monday.

It will be her first address in the UK since finishing as a “working royal”.

The visit follows a strong reaction to a Meghan interview last week which re-opened claims of family tensions.

The Sussexes are reported to have caught the train from London to Manchester for the youth summit, where Meghan is to give the opening address.

It’s not known whether the duke and duchess will meet other members of the Royal Family this week, including the Queen, who is in Balmoral and due to hold an audience on Tuesday with the new prime minister.

Ukraine war: Russia postpones ‘referendum’ in occupied region

BBC

The Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson have postponed a so-called referendum on joining Russia, on security grounds.

“This is being paused because of the security situation,” said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-appointed administration there.

He said heavy Ukrainian shelling had made a key Kherson bridge impassable.

Ukraine and its Western allies have denounced the referendum plans in Kherson and other areas as illegal.

Meanwhile, Ukraine says its forces have recaptured Vysokopillya, a small town some 167km (104 miles) north of central Kherson.

That gain – not verified independently – is part of a counter-offensive in the south launched by the Ukrainian army last week.

German and Israeli presidents commemorate 50 years since Munich Olympics attack

Deutsche Welle

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday asked for forgiveness from the families of the Israeli Olympic team members who were slaughtered at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

Steinmeier was speaking alongside his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the attack, in which 11 Israelis were killed.

“We cannot make up for what happened; we cannot make up for the obstruction, ignorance and injustice you experienced and suffered. That shames me,” Steinmeier said at a ceremony at Fürstenfeldbruck airbase, where the 1972 terror attack came to a climax.

“As the head of state of this country and in the name of the Federal Republic of Germany, I ask your forgiveness for the woefully inadequate protection afforded to the Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich and for the woefully inadequate investigation afterwards — for the fact that it was possible for what happened to happen.”

Mysterious mass fish kill in Oder River expands downstream

Deutsche Welle

Following the mass fish die-offs in the Oder River bordering Germany and Poland in August, more dead fish were discovered downstream near the German town of Oderberg on Sunday.

Initial fears of water poisoning proved unfounded, and an immediate warning to not touch the water was withdrawn later in the day by authorities in the northeast of the state of Brandenburg.

Meanwhile, dead fish were again discovered in a side-channel on the Polish side of Oder River on Sunday, with more than 300 kilograms of removed from the water by the afternoon, Polish TV news reported.

The cause of the mass fish die-offs that began in late July remain unclear. Theories that high mercury levels, the dumping of a toxic solvent or pesticides might be responsible have not proved definitive.

After further investigations in mid-August, the Institute of Inland Fisheries in Olsztyn in Poland discovered rare microorganisms, so-called golden algae, in river water samples.

One form of golden algae known as Prymnesium parvum is especially toxic for gill-breathing organisms such as fish, crayfish and gilled amphibians.

Israel says ‘high possibility’ its army killed Shireen Abu Akleh

Al Jazeera

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israel has said that there is a “high possibility” that slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was “accidentally hit” by Israeli army fire but added that it would not be launching a criminal investigation.

Israeli authorities released on Monday afternoon the results of their own investigation into the killing. Witnesses, Al Jazeera, and numerous investigations by the United Nations, human rights groups, and media organisations had all said that an Israeli soldier killed Abu Akleh.

The Israeli investigation claimed that Israeli soldiers had come under fire from Palestinian fighters at the scene, a claim that has not been corroborated by footage of the incident.

“It is not possible to unequivocally determine the source of the gunfire which hit and killed Ms. Abu Akleh,” the report said, adding that it remains a “possibility” that she “was hit by bullets fired by armed Palestinian gunmen”.

‘Sense of abandonment’ as Chile rejects new constitution

Al Jazeera

Lorena Donaire woke up on Sunday morning in her hometown La Ligua, in central Chile, with tears of joy. Confident that her country would vote to approve the proposal for a new constitution, she had planned to celebrate a new chapter in Chilean history which placed the environment as a key priority.

Donaire, 50, grew up in the drought-stricken zone Petorca, where La Ligua is situated. An environmental rights activist and spokeswoman for water rights group Modatima, the approval of the proposal meant the realisation of the rights she had fought for her entire life.

Several of her Modatima colleagues were elected to write the draft, enshrining landmark environmental protections and consecrating water as a fundamental right.

But when the results came in, her tears of joy turned to those of heartbreak. A majority 61.9 percent of Chileans voted against the text, firmly rejecting the ambitions of a proposal that dubbed itself feminist, ecological and groundbreakingly progressive.

‘Life changed forever’: Australians speak of side-effects and pain after having cosmetic fillers dissolved

The Guardian

Patients are demanding greater regulation of the cosmetic facial filler industry as they report devastating injuries, pain and side-effects after undergoing a common reversal procedure.

Guardian Australia has spoken to more than a dozen women who say they have suffered side-effects as a result of being injected with an enzyme called hyaluronidase and claim they have since been “medically gaslit” by practitioners in the booming cosmetic injectables industry.

Hyaluronidase, or hyalase, is used in eye surgeries and other medical procedures to break down connective tissue and make the tissue between cells more permeable, allowing injected substances to spread and absorb more rapidly.

But its increased use by Australian cosmetic injection clinics to remove dermal fillers has some experts concerned, amid reports of some patients experiencing burning pain, facial drooping and increased skin laxity, as well a lack of informed consent.

‘I have gone right off them’: can Truss keep the Tories’ fragile coalition together?

The Guardian

In the 1980s they called it “magic Manton” – the tiny pit village, in the heart of the Nottinghamshire coalfields, that churned out so much coal it set national records. It went to war with Margaret Thatcher in 1984 and lost, closing 10 years later at the expense of 1,400 jobs.

Today the village is unrecognisable. Workers wearing hi-vis vests walk to the area’s biggest employers, Wilko and B&Q, whose huge distribution centre sits on the site of the dead colliery. It is no longer difficult to find Conservative voters in places like Manton, a radical shift from only a few years ago.

“I’m a Tory voter but I’ve gone right off them totally,” said John Taylor, 63, a semi-retired driver. The leadership contest had been a distraction from the cost of living crisis, he said.

“It’s taken so much time up and they just haven’t concentrated on what everyone’s most scared about. That to me has been one of the most difficult issues – the inactivity of the government at this moment when people are literally genuinely scared.”

Pakistan’s biggest lake may burst banks after draining attempts fail

The Guardian

Pakistan’s biggest lake is on the verge of bursting its banks after attempts by authorities to drain it in a controlled way failed, a senior local official has warned.

In a last-ditch effort to avoid a catastrophe, officials breached Lake Manchar on Sunday, a move they acknowledged could displace up to 100,000 people from their homes but would also save densely populated areas from floods.

On Monday, however, the provincial minister for irrigation, Jam Khan Shoro, said the effort was not working. “The water level at Manchar lake has not come down,” he said of the freshwater reservoir in the southern province of Sindh.

The prime minister, Shahbaz Sharif, travelled to Sindh on Monday to assess the damage, and toured the area with his foreign minister by helicopter. The region produces half of the country’s food but 90% of its crops are ruined, while entire villages have been swept away.

Nicola Sturgeon and Sadiq Khan call on Liz Truss to freeze energy prices

The Guardian

Scotland’s first minister and the mayor of London have urged Liz Truss to freeze energy prices immediately, as part of a package of emergency measures to address the cost of living crisis.

Nicola Sturgeon and Sadiq Khan said the incoming UK prime minister had to increase funding for public services and urgently increase financial support for those in greatest need.

Mark Drakeford, the first minister of Wales, said: “We now need to work together, with urgency, to tackle the cost of living crisis, and save millions from hardship this winter.

There is no more time to waste – action is needed now.”

In a gesture of goodwill to mark her narrower-than-expected Conservative leadership election victory, the three leaders, all from parties in opposition to the Tories at Westminster, pledged they would cooperate with Truss if she pursued the right policies.

U.S. judge agrees to special master in Trump search case, delaying probe

Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday agreed to appoint a special master to review records seized by the FBI during its unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, a move that is likely to delay the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigation.

In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in West Palm Beach, Florida granted Trump’s request for a special master, whom she said will be tasked with reviewing documents that as well as being potentially covered by attorney-client privilege could also be covered by executive privilege.

Will UK support for Ukraine change under Liz Truss?

Kyiv Independent

Liz Truss, UK’s future prime minister, is expected to be just as committed to helping Ukraine as her outgoing predecessor and fellow Tory, Boris Johnson.

Truss has vowed to make sure that “the flame of freedom in Ukraine continues to burn bright,” and that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not prevail in his invasion.

“Under my leadership, President (Volodymyr) Zelensky will have no greater ally at this dark hour than the UK,” she wrote.

The UK has been very hawkish on Russia and this attitude is not expected to change. With few exceptions, there’s a cross-party consensus that the UK should continue to support Ukraine militarily, politically, and economically.

One suspect found dead, the other remains at large, following mass stabbing in Canada

NPR

One of the two suspects connected to a series of stabbings in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has been found dead, authorities said Monday. The search for the other suspect is ongoing, police said.

The mass stabbing that occurred on Sunday morning left 10 people dead and 18 injured, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Authorities said that Damien Sanderson was found with fatal wounds, and that his injuries do not appear to be self-inflicted. RCMP’s Rhonda Blackmore told reporters it’s possible Sanderson may have been injured by the second suspect in the stabbing attack, Sanderson’s brother Myles Sanderson.

The first hurricane of the season arrived late, but don’t let your guard down

NPR

For months, the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was notable for one reason: a complete lack of hurricanes. That finally changed on Friday, when Danielle strengthened into the Atlantic’s first hurricane since last October.

The 2022 season had been predicted to continue the recent run of storm activity that pushed meteorologists deep into their annual list of alphabetized storm names, even exhausting it entirely.

But so far, it’s been a quiet summer: 60 days elapsed from Tropical Storm Colin’s demise on July 3 and Danielle’s arrival on Sept. 1.

“No tropical cyclones formed in the basin during August,” as the National Hurricane Center said in its monthly recap. “This is quite unusual and is the first time that has occurred since 1997, and is only the third time that has happened since 1950.”

2 killed in Northern California wildfires: Sheriff

abc news

A wildfire raging in Northern California took a tragic turn as two bodies were recovered after the blaze swept into a small town, damaging or destroying about 100 structures, authorities said.

Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue broke the grim news at a community meeting Sunday night, telling residents that the Mill Fire, which has burned more than 4,200 acres near the town of Weed, had claimed two lives.

“It’s one thing to come up here and tell you things, but to look at your faces … it almost brings me to tears,” LaRue said before reporting that two people had been killed and asking for a moment of silence.

The sheriff’s office released a statement early Monday reporting that the two deceased individuals were women, ages 66 and 73. The sheriff’s office said the remains were located on Friday by first responders within the city limits of Weed.

Farmers push for immigration reform to counter labor shortages and rising food prices

nbc news

Farmers across the U.S. are joining a push for national immigration reform that they say could ease labor shortages and lower food prices as surging production costs continue to rock the agriculture industry.

The farm operators say the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, already passed by the House and pending in the Senate, will provide them with a stable reliable workforce by creating a path to citizenship for undocumented agricultural workers and reforming the seasonal farmworker visa program, among other things.

The current labor shortage, while not new, has been exacerbated by the pandemic and resulted in higher prices or empty store shelves for consumers. Food costs are now 10% higher than they were at this time last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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