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The shadow climate change secretary said Britain was facing a “cost of living emergency” partly due to the Tories’ failure to insulate homes. He said both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak were to blame for this failure and urged them to reverse cuts to energy efficiency and insulation schemes. “If they don’t change course and adopt Labour’s plan, pensioners will be left cold, bills will remain high and we will have to import more gas from Putin and his cronies,” he said....

The alleged events took place between 1 November 1997 and 15 November 1998, according to an arrest warrant filed with the Quebec prosecutor’s office. Nygard or his lawyers are expected to appear in Montreal on Tuesday, most likely via video conference. The 80-year-old was already facing charges of sexual trafficking and blackmail in the United States, as well as charges of sexual assault in Toronto, where he is currently being held....

The agency shared a dramatic photo of the crumpled aircraft next to the damaged outer wall of a property that Thames Valley Police (TVP) said was an empty apartment building near Camp Road. An Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue spokesman said one person was taken to hospital after the crash, whom TVP identified as the pilot. The Fire Department said: “At 12.18am today crews from Bicester, Deddington and Banbury with the support of the Kidlington Fire Department Rescue Service and Wheatley Transportation Water came in to support our Thames Police Department colleagues....

On Sunday, police released images of the man who allegedly physically assaulted two men walking by in the area of Bay Street and King Street West on the evening of March 9. The man was last seen walking into the downtown pedestrian walkway. Police said the suspect has short dark hair, a moustache, and unshaven. He was last seen wearing a t-shirt, dark jogging pants and carrying a red gym bag....

Publié aujourd’hui à 03:36, mis à jour à 08:19 Sur réservation pour nos abonnés Les écologistes ont encore quinze jours pour remettre enfin l’urgence climatique au centre de la campagne présidentielle. Pour décrire la campagne présidentielle à gauche, David Cormand, eurodéputé écologiste et partisan de Yannick Jadot, use d’une comparaison à la fois bucolique et biodégradable : “C’est le bocal à escargots. Tout le monde essaie de sortir du bocal en grimpant les uns sur les autres et en salivant les uns des autres....

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the German chancellor are visiting the western Newfoundland town of Stephenville late today, where they are set to sign a green energy deal. A local company plans to build a zero-emission plant that will use wind power to produce hydrogen and ammonia for export. Hydrogen is seen as a critical element of Europe’s plan to reduce its dependence on Russian fossil fuels, particularly in light of the war in Ukraine and recent cuts in Russian gas supplies to Germany and other countries....

His unprecedented statements came at the end of a tour plagued by negative headlines and sparked questions about the monarchy’s continuing role in the region. Last November, the Barbados severed their last colonial ties with London, removing the Queen from the post of head of state and inaugurating its first president, Sandra Mason. In a statement issued by Kensington Palace on Saturday, the duke said the overseas tours were “an opportunity for reflection”....

Putin launched the all-out invasion of Russia’s Eastern European neighbor nearly six months ago on February 24. The Russian president reportedly believed that his army would quickly take control of large parts of the country and easily topple the government in Kyiv. Half a year later, Putin’s forces have made relatively few gains and continue to face stiff resistance from the Ukrainian military and its people. The population has largely united in fierce opposition to Moscow’s aggression....

According to the interim director of public health, Dr. Luc Boileau, there are no plans to reinstate health measures in the near future, but the situation will be closely monitored. Dr. Luc Boileau: According to all indications, Quebec is entering a 6th wave. There is no question of a return to sanitation as before, we will wait until mid-April to see if the mask orders will remain. – Rob Lurie (@RLurieCTV) March 27, 2022 “[The increase is] “It is not a surprise, it is expected due to the measures that were released”, Boileau said in a press conference on Sunday....

Dr. Gaston De Serres, an epidemiologist at the National Institut de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), made it official to several media outlets on Wednesday, the same day Quebec recorded 47 more hospitalizations and a daily increase of more than 3,000 people who tested positive. The statement was expected, as public health experts have been saying for days that the province was in the middle of the latest wave amid an increase in cases and hospitalizations, as well as an increasing rate of positivity, due to the highly contagious BA variant....

Mise à jour du 26/03/22 à 20h30 : pas de millionnaires au tirage Ce week-end n’aura pas fait de très gros gagnant au classement n°1 du Loto ce samedi après-midi. Mais si le jackpot de 2 millions d’euros ne trouvait pas de joueur, vous pourriez faire partie des centaines de milliers de petits gagnants, consultez dès maintenant vos grilles de jeu. Le prochain tirage du lundi 28 mars 2022 promet un jackpot de 3 millions d’euros....

Sonneneruption, aufgezeichnet vom Solar Orbiter. Foto: Solar Orbiter / EUI-Team / ESA & NASA / dpa (Foto: dpa) Das ist weniger als ein Drittel der Entfernung zwischen Erde und Sonne. Der “Solar Orbiter” kam dem Zentrum des Sonnensystems näher als jedes andere Raumschiff zuvor. Die Mission soll neue Bilder des Sterns liefern. Der „Solar Orbiter“ ist eine 1,5-Milliarden-Euro-Mission der Esa und der amerikanischen Raumfahrtbehörde Nasa. Zehn wissenschaftliche Instrumente befinden sich in der 1,8-Tonnen-Umlaufbahn....

Police officers Stuart Beselt, Adam Merchant and Aaron Patton testified together Monday in the investigation into the shooting that killed 22 people, including a pregnant woman and an RCMP officer. The form of the control panel had all three sitting side by side, as they discovered the first 90 minutes of the RCMP’s response on April 18, 2020. Now that they had almost two years to think about that chaotic night and its aftermath, police said in the investigation that they “tried for the best”....

A rape investigation began Monday after a 63-year-old woman told police she was attacked in Rising Sun Country Park in Wallsend. Now, two days after the daytime attack, police are searching the popular beauty spot for clues that could lead them to the perpetrator. Special search teams can be seen in the park, while uniformed and cavalry police patrol its many paths and bridles. Read more: Visitors to Rising Sun Country Park talk of shock after 63-year-old raped in broad daylight t The head of the service, Shelley Hudson, who leads the Northumbria police investigation, said: “Incidents of this kind are rare in this area, but when they do occur, we are committed to using every tactic at our disposal to we bring the offenders to justice....

Ukrainian government officials were concerned that their Russian counterparts were not delivering accurate messages to the Kremlin, according to sources familiar with the matter. They wanted a Russian businessman to act as an informal mediator — to send messages directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin and help them understand what the Russian leader was thinking.

The postal group is moving to barcode stamps as part of its modernization effort, which also includes additional security features and new services. Image: Barcode stamps will replace the regular ones. Pic Royal Mail As part of the effort, Royal Mail has launched a plan that will allow customers to exchange regular stamps with barcode stamps. Barcodes without barcodes will remain in force until February 2023. Image: The development will allow customers to watch and share videos....

Meanwhile, the Russian offensive continued on Saturday with two powerful missiles hitting Lviv. The city of western Ukraine had largely escaped attacks during the first month of the war. Russian forces also entered Slavutych, a northern city of about 25,000 that houses workers from the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The battle: Russia – which has fired more than 1,000 missiles so far – is increasingly relying on “stupid” bombs to destroy cities and civilians....

The country will no longer work with partners such as NASA and the European Space Agency in the floating laboratory, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said on social media. He said a timetable for completing the joint work would be submitted to the Russian leadership. The ISS is the last major space project in which Russia is working with these cooperating space services, after other launches and operations were canceled in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine....

Here are the latest updates on the war in Ukraine: 9:43 a.m. ET Fierce fighting is raging near Kyiv as Russia appears to be regrouping Fierce fighting erupted on the outskirts of Kiev and other areas on Thursday amid indications that the Kremlin was using the de-escalation talks as a cover-up as it regrouped and replenished its forces for an escalating offensive in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message early in the morning that Ukraine was seeing “an accumulation of Russian forces for new strikes in Donbas and we are preparing for that....

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, the proposed budget includes $ 6.9 billion for the European Prevention Initiative and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and “tackling Russian aggression in support of Ukraine.” Biden is scheduled to speak on his budget proposal later Monday. Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said that during this “decisive decade for the world,” the proposal is “one of the largest national security investments in U....