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Former Prince Andrew is butt of the year’s best Christmas cracker joke

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 5 days ago - 00:01

Two Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor gags make top 10 of public vote, along with jokes about Oasis and Nigel Farage

It’s safe to say it’s been a very bad year for the former Prince Andrew. Already stripped of his title and privileges, he is rounding off the year by becoming the punchline of the year’s most popular Christmas cracker joke.

The annual competition is commissioned by the comedy channel U&Gold (formerly Comedy Gold) and decided by the British public. It usually produces a topical winner that sends up one of the biggest stories of the year.

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Average mortgage for UK first-time buyer hits record high of £210,800

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 5 days ago - 00:01

People able to buy homes previously beyond budget, aided by rising wages and looser affordability tests

First-time buyers are taking out larger mortgages than ever before as rising wages and looser affordability tests allow them to buy properties that were previously beyond their budget.

The average first-time buyer borrowed £210,800 in the year to September, a record high, according to analysis by Savills, the property agent.

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‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 5 days ago - 00:01

Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threat

Assassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn on Monday.

Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job, is expected to say the UK faces a new “age of uncertainty” where the rules of conflict are being rewritten, particularly in light of wider Kremlin aggression after the invasion of Ukraine.

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Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong judges set to rule on national security charges

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 days ago - 23:51

Verdicts on foreign collusion and sedition charges are city’s most closely watched rulings in decades

Long-awaited verdicts in Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s national security trial will be delivered on Monday, one of the city’s most closely watched rulings since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.

The Apple Daily founder has pleaded not guilty to two counts of “conspiracy to foreign collusion” under the security law, which carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, as well as one count of “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”.

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Ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast elected Chile’s next president

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 days ago - 23:40

The son of a Nazi party member and an admirer of Pinochet, Kast built his campaign on a promise to expel tens of thousands of undocumented migrants

The ultra-conservative former congressman José Antonio Kast has been elected as Chile ’s next president.

With more than 99% of polling stations counted, Kast took 58.17% of the vote, against 41.83% for the leftist Jeannette Jara, a former labour minister under the current president, Gabriel Boric.

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Title hopeful Bunting survives huge scare at PDC World Championship

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 days ago - 23:35

World No 4 edges out Sebastian Bialecki 3-2 in first round
Kumar becomes first Indian to win at tournament

Stephen Bunting survived a scare before the tournament fourth seed into the second round of the world championship on Sunday.

The Merseysider, a beaten semi-finalist last year, was taken to a tie-breaker by Poland’s Sebastian Bialecki before edging through 3-2 at Alexandra Palace.

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Trump says building DC triumphal arch is domestic policy chief’s ‘primary thing’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 days ago - 22:46

Trump praises Vince Haley, his ex-speechwriter tasked with creating Arc de Triomphe knockoff amid affordability crisis

Amid concerns that he has failed to address a worsening affordability crisis, with health insurance premiums about to spike dramatically for over 20 million Americans, Donald Trump revealed on Sunday that his domestic policy chief’s main priority is building a triumphal arch for Washington DC .

Speaking at a White House holiday party, the president praised Vince Haley, his former speechwriter and a longtime aide to Newt Gingrich who now leads the White House Domestic Policy Council.

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Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack may force it to confront its surging number of weapons

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 days ago - 22:37

There are now more guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of the Port Arthur massacre, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week

For almost three decades, Australia’s gun laws have been recognised as among the most stringent – and effective – in the world.

After the horror of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre that killed 35 people in Tasmania, Australia’s then conservative government stared down the gun lobby to introduce restrictions that led to a dramatic decrease in the number of guns.

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Ruben Amorim would be ‘really pleased’ if Kobbie Mainoo considers loan move

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 days ago - 22:30

‘I will be pleased … I just want my players happy’
United host Bournemouth in league on Monday

Ruben Amorim has said he would be “really pleased” if Kobbie Mainoo decided to speak to him about a loan move away from Manchester United.

Amorim has not started Mainoo in any of United’s 15 Premier League games, with the midfielder’s only start coming in the Carabao Cup defeat at Grimsby . In light of that, Amorim was asked in the buildup to Monday’s visit of Bournemouth if the 20-year-old had spoken to him regarding a temporary move.

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