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Australian protesters dressed in hi-viz gear and work boots have taken to the streets of Melbourne for a second day of demonstrations to protest mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for construction workers. As they marched, the protesters chanted slogans such as, “every day,” “freedom,” “[expletive] the jab,” and “[expletive] Dan Andrews,” referring to the state’s leader, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews. The crowd first gathered in the morning at the intersection of Elizabeth and Victoria streets in Melbourne’s CBD but were blocked from accessing the headquarters of construction union CFMMEU by a line of Victoria Police officers, who were lambasted by the protestors. A line of police then followed…

Protesters in France took to the streets for the tenth consecutive weekend to demonstrate against COVID-19 vaccine passports and mandates. The French Ministry of the Interior said that about 80,000 people took part in the rallies that started on Sept. 18—with demonstrators taking part in cities and towns across the European nation, French news channel BFMTV reported. The rallies came just days after roughly 3,000 French health employees were suspended for not getting vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus before a government-imposed deadline. Video footage on social media shows a large number of protesters marching through a street while holding placards and waving flags. According to a provisional report…

NEW International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan will today outline her five-point plan to make Brexit Britain thrive in her first speech since taking up the role. The Berwick upon Tweed MP was appointed to oversee the UK’s trade deals as part of a reshuffle of Boris Johnson’s Cabinet last week. She has an unenviable task of living up to Liz Truss’s achievements. Ms Truss’s success in signing dozens of trade deals made her a firm favourite among Conservative party members. Mrs Trevelyan will set out her plans to unleash digital trade in a speech to London Tech Week later today.…

FRANCE has scuppered the European Union’s trade negotiations with Australia amid growing anger over the lost submarine deal. Paris has signalled it will block future talks between Brussels and Canberra after the latter’s decision to renege on a contract for French-built submarines Australia instead agreed to a new pact with Britain and the United States to purchase nuclear-powered vessels. Clement Beaune, France’s hardline Europe minister, said future negotiations between the EU and Australia would be “unthinkable” as a result of the feud. He suggested that Brussels, which has held 11 rounds of talks with Canberra, could not continue its wrangling…

Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, will hold an emergency summit with gas industry chiefs on Monday morning in an effort to contain the fallout caused by soaring market prices on consumers and businesses. Mid-level suppliers will be placed into administration if they fall into trouble this winter in an attempt to protect consumers from costlier bills, he revealed on Sunday, after spending a frantic weekend thrashing out contingencies for Britain’s looming gas crisis. Kwarteng said small firms would be allowed to go bankrupt, with their customers auctioned off to the company prepared to offer them the cheapest rate. It is…

Nuno Espírito Santo conceded “there were a lot of things that went wrong” as his Tottenham side sustained an ultimately chastening 3-0 home defeat against Chelsea which leaves Thomas Tuchel’s team joint top of the Premier League with Liverpool. Although Spurs held their own in the opening half, second-half goals from the excellent Thiago Silva, N’Golo Kanté and Antonio Rüdiger left Tuchel’s visitors unbeaten in their opening five league games. The first half impasse ended shortly after Chelsea’s manager replaced Mason Mount with Kanté at the interval. “In N’Golo you have something everyone’s looking for in a midfield player,” said Tuchel. “It’s…

Indiana University Health, the biggest hospital system in the state, has announced that 125 staff members are no longer employed there after refusing to comply with the organization’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “Indiana University Health has put the safety and well-being of patients and team members first by requiring employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 1,” IU Health said in a Sept. 16 statement. “After a two-week unpaid suspension period ending Sept. 14, a total of 125 employees, the equivalent of 61 full-time employees, chose not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and have left the organization.” While the statement did…

Michael Gove is expected to pause the government’s planning changes and review them before deciding how to proceed, sources say. Proposals widely seen as tipping the balance of power away from local objectors and towards developers have caused uproar among grassroots Conservatives, though advocates say they are vital for boosting housebuilding. Gove, as the housing, communities and local government secretary, has been given responsibility for making the government’s levelling-up agenda a reality and protecting the union, and his sprawling department could be renamed in the coming days to reflect those priorities. But the contentious planning shake-up is one of the most…

The Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been told to mind his own business and stick to coaching after bemoaning the lack of supporters at the Etihad Stadium. Guardiola called on fans to back his side after becoming frustrated by the lack of support from the home stands during the midweek 6-3 Champions League win over RB Leipzig. The club has historically struggled to fill the stadium for European nights with many fans unconvinced by Uefa’s much-celebrated, rebranded tournament and have even booed the anthem prior to kick-off. That feeling within the supporter base has long frustrated the owners and management and it…

A group of Republican senators on Thursday again demanded that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide answers to reports that vital COVID-19 data was deleted from a key government database at the request of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official. In a follow-up letter (pdf) to NIH Director Francis Collins, Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, and Roger Marshall of Kansas, called on the federal medical research agency to answer questions that they say may shed light on data relating to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and NIH’s COVID-19 data retention policies. The lawmakers…