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With his coalition under pressure, Merz will speak at the close of the CSU party conference. Meanwhile, fire has largely destroyed Hitler's former Eagle's Nest retreat. DW has more
With his coalition under pressure, Merz will speak at the close of the CSU party conference. Meanwhile, fire has largely destroyed Hitler's former Eagle's Nest retreat. DW has more
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<p>New details of IV team’s attempts to find a vein shared by Pike’s lawyer ‘shocked and disturbed’ practitioners</p><p>Medical experts have expressed shock at the apparent incompetence shown by Tennessee’s execution team during the failed lethal injection of Christa Pike, the prisoner who survived a normally fatal dose of pentobarbital, which they say would be considered medical malpractice in any other setting.</p><p>New details emerged on Thursday of how Tennessee’s intravenous (IV) team struggled for almost an hour to set up a line into Pike’s arms through which she would be administered the fatal dose of sedative. A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/christa-pike-failed-execution-lawyer-witness">blow-by-blow account</a> was released in legal proceedings from Pike’s lawyer, Randy Spivey, who was present inside the death chamber at her 30 September failed execution.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/24/christa-pike-execution-medical-experts">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Critics decry Trump administration rule that lets hunters lure bears with human foods on federal lands in Alaska</p><p>A new Trump administration rule allows hunters to bait bears on federal lands in Alaska with bacon, doughnuts, meat scraps or other human foods typically used to help kill the trophy animals at close range.</p><p>Opponents say the practice will cause bears to be more aggressive around humans, and allege that the rule change is a political gift to largely rightwing trophy hunters. The rule replaces a 2024 Biden administration rule that banned the practice, and environmental groups criticized the move as “indefensible and inexcusable”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/24/trump-administration-alaska-bear-hunting-bait">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Lobby group’s figures, shared with John Healey, are misleading as they do not include major rival Paris, say campaigners</p><p>A banking lobby group has been accused of cherrypicking data and trying to mislead the British government by claiming <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/15/john-healey-raise-taxes-banks-budget">a tax rise for banks at next week’s budget</a> would leave London less competitive than rival financial hubs.</p><p>UK Finance, which represents banks including Lloyds, JP Morgan and Revolut, commissions an annual report tallying up all the taxes shouldered by a large bank, including corporation tax, social security, VAT and bank-specific levies.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/24/banking-lobby-group-accused-cherry-picking-data-healey-tax-rise">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Leading restaurateur says Gulf countries actively help businesses set up, while east Asia has a better work ethic</p><p>Some of London’s top restaurants are opening branches in Dubai because of a “tax tsunami” in the UK and better work ethic abroad, according to a leading restaurateur.</p><p>James Robson, a co-owner of Fallow in St James’s Market, regarded as the capital’s hottest restaurant, serving 1,000 people a day, has just signed a deal to open an outpost in the Gulf.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/oct/24/uk-tsunami-taxes-top-london-restaurants-expand-abroad">Continue reading...</a>