Gordon Brown, the former Labor prime minister, called on Johnson to meet with his two potential successors and hammer out an economic package before energy bills soar in October. He said people will be cold and hungry this winter if urgent action is not taken now, telling Sky News he saw poverty in his hometown of Fife “that I never expected to see again in my lifetime”. Politics Hub: Brown strikes the ‘void’ at the heart of government A leading business group, the CBI, also urged Mr Johnson to “act now”, as they set out four actions the government could take to ease the impact of the crisis....

2 août (Reuters) – Surveillez les actions mardi à Paris et dans toute l’Europe, où les contrats à terme indiquaient une ouverture en baisse: BOUYGUES BOUY.PA affiche un résultat opérationnel courant de 492 M€, part du Groupe de 147 M€ et relève son objectif de croissance de l’EBITDA post-location à plus de 8 % pour sa branche Bouygues Telecom, contre environ 7 % précédemment . ➦ Bouygues réalise un chiffre d’affaires semestriel à 18,53 Md€ VALNEVA VLS....

Emmanuel Macron passera des vacances d’été “pédagogiques” au Fort de Brégançon, la résidence d’été des présidents de la République dans le Var, où, comme chaque année, il se reposera en regardant des dossiers importants et en préparant la rentrée, a précisé son entourage. Samedi. Le président est arrivé vendredi soir à Bormes-les-Mimosas avec son épouse Brigitte, rapporte le quotidien Var Matin, l’Elysées ne confirmant pas le début de ce séjour “privé”....

The BC government said it will increase the maximum rebate for electric vehicles to $4,000 — a $1,000 increase — as part of a new program targeting those who need it most. Combined with federal rebates, British Columbians can now receive up to $9,000 towards the purchase of a new electric car. The provincial EV rebate program will be available to people earning less than $80,000 a year. It will apply to the purchase or lease of fully electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles and long-range plug-in hybrids....

Britney Spears hasn’t seen her sons in several months, according to ex-husband Kevin Federline. The 40-year-old pop star is mother to sons Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden James, 15, with ex-husband Federline, 44. However, she has now claimed their boys have now “decided” not to see her and chose not to go to her wedding to actor Sam Asghari, 28, in June. Federline said: “The boys have decided they are not seeing her at the moment....

As a result of the operation, which began in March, police say they seized crack cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, psilocybin and unknown pills. Police said they saw an increase in calls to CTrain stations related to “drug use, overdose and drug-related violence” earlier this year. Insp. Jeremy Wittman, head of the Calgary Police Criminal Networks Division, said the operation involved the use of undercover officers on CTrain platforms. Police approached citizens who then offered to sell them drugs, he said....

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), a government agency, said water management needs to start getting better across the UK. If it is not, they said, the country could face a future of queuing for bottled emergency supplies “from the back of trucks”. The warning came after a tire ban came into force on the Isle of Man following an “extremely dry spell” and a surge in use in recent weeks....

“Things are worse now. And I don’t think the general public understands how difficult it is to be a patient or a nurse right now,” Birgit Umaigba, a Toronto-based intensive care unit nurse, told CTV News Channel on Monday. Several hospitals across Ontario announced this weekend that they will be temporarily closing or reducing emergency room and ICU services due to continued staff shortages. Since the start of the pandemic, nurses across Canada have faced long work hours with little time for breaks and vacations....

Des analyses ultérieures ont révélé une association possible de cette hépatite avec l’adénovirus 41. A ce jour, neuf enfants de moins de 10 ans ont été identifiés comme adénovirus positifs et deux ont nécessité une greffe de foie. Les enfants infectés venaient de tout l’état de l’Alabama et aucun lien épidémiologique n’a été identifié entre eux. Aucun de ces enfants n’avait de problèmes de santé sous-jacents importants. Le CDC développe actuellement une consultation nationale sur la santé à la recherche de cas cliniquement similaires de lésions hépatiques d’étiologie inconnue ou associées à une infection à adénovirus dans d’autres États....

The UK government is trying to suppress the Channel crossing with small boats and as part of the plans, the Home Office has signed a “first world” agreement with Rwanda to send migrants to the closed African country. The Interior Ministry said on Thursday that the first people to be sent to Rwanda would be officially notified in the coming weeks, with the first flights taking place in the coming months....

Retour après plusieurs semaines d’absence. Ce dimanche 17 avril, à l’occasion de Pâques, Charlène de Monaco est réapparue avec toute sa famille. Le Palais Princier de Monaco a dévoilé deux photos du couple et de leurs enfants sur Instagram. Dans le premier plan, la race apparaît à l’extérieur, près d’une piscine. Charlène est vêtue d’une longue robe ouverte, entourée de son mari, qui porte un tailleur crème, et de leurs deux enfants, vêtus de couleurs similaires....

China announced on Friday it was canceling or suspending dialogue with the United States on a range of issues from climate change to military relations to anti-drug efforts in retaliation for a visit this week to Taiwan by the US House speaker , Nancy Pelosi. The measures, which come amid cratering relations between Beijing and Washington, are the latest in a promised series of steps aimed at punishing the US for allowing the visit to the island it claims as its own territory, to be annexed by force if necessary....

The CEBR (Centre for Economic and Business Research) reported that banking and insurance workers have secured inflation-busting rises along with lawyers, accountants and professional service staff, mainly among those working in London’s financial district. The financial consultancy described the figures as depicting a “tale of two labor markets” where “the highest earners now enjoy an annual pay rise of 10 per cent, while the lowest earners see a rise of just 1 per cent....

But with Peaty’s shock defeat came success for England, as fellow countryman James Wilby took the gold. Peaty is the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder in his favoured event, where he had not lost in eight years and never before in a major final. A broken foot had ruled him out of the World Championships in Budapest earlier in the summer, but he unsurprisingly held the halfway lead in the final in Birmingham....

Read the transcript of the story As violence and protests flare in Congo, humanitarians say more money is needed to help those displaced by the unrest there. “This is 30 years of crisis and poverty that just goes further into an abyss,” Dominic Hyde of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees told The Current host Peter Armstrong. “The country is among the most underfunded businesses in the world.” The the violence continues now it stems from protests by people who want the United Nations to leave the country after the UN’s years-long peacekeeping mission there has failed to end violence by armed groups....

Sheriff’s deputies responded to a gas station on the morning of April 9 in the greater Park City area after a “concerned community member” reported seeing the man sleeping there, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. The area is about a 40-minute drive from Salt Lake City. Deputies offered the man to sit in one of their vehicles to warm up and began investigating who he was, the sheriff’s office said....

What is different this time is that, for many residents, it is more difficult to keep track of the spread of the virus. Since easing mask orders and other restrictions earlier this year, local government leaders have told residents that those trying to avoid the virus should monitor public health data to assess personal risks. But local health departments report far less information to the public than they regularly did until this winter....

The Manchester United star, 37, announced in October 2021 that he was expecting twins with his partner Georgina Rodriguez, 28. A statement from the couple confirmed their son’s death as “the greatest pain”, but said the baby girl had survived. “We are deeply saddened to announce that our little boy has died. “It’s the biggest pain any parent can feel,” the statement said. “Only the birth of our daughter gives us the strength to live in this moment with a little hope and happiness....

Hausse de 4 % des pensions de vieillesse et de nombreux avantages avec effet rétroactif au 1er juillet 2022, découplage de l’Allocation Adultes Handicapés (AAH) et poursuite supplémentaire de la prime Macron que peuvent verser les employeurs : ce projet de loi « d’urgence » en faveur des pouvoir d’achat sera ratifiée pour la dernière fois mercredi après-midi par l’Assemblée nationale puis le Sénat. Il comprend des dépenses de 20 milliards d’euros....