Liz Truss, Sir Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson are among world leaders and politicians paying heartfelt tributes as the UK was plunged into mourning over the death of the Queen, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, who has died at the age of 96. She reigned for almost seven decades between 1952 and 2022, overseeing huge political and cultural changes in the national life, from the end of the era of colonial rule to Brexit....

He said: “For all of us, the Queen has been a constant presence in our lives – as familiar as a member of the family, yet one who has exercised a calm and steadying influence over our country. Most of us have never known a time when she was not there. Her death is not only a tragedy for the royal family, but a terrible loss for us all. “During her 70 years on the throne – and even before that, as a teenager, reassuring and engaging with children and families disrupted by the Second World War – she has given our lives a sense of equilibrium....

Theate a t le meilleur joueur sur la pelouse. Rennes russit son entre en lice en Ligue Europa. En dplacement Chypre, face l’quipe la plus faible du groupe B, le club breton a arrach la victoire devant l’AEK Larnaca (1-2), ce jeudi. Trop peu prcis dans leurs gestes et incapables d’acclrer le jeu, les hommes de Bruno Genesio ont attendu le bout du temps additionnel pour repartir avec les trois points....

Ricciardo enters his final handful of races as a McLaren driver after the two sides agreed to part ways at the end of the year, with the Australian struggling to match the form of team-mate Lando Norris over the past two seasons. As speculation about his future plans continues, along with the wider implications for the drivers’ market, Ricciardo says he is taking his time to consider his next move and nothing is confirmed....

Brushing aside concerns that higher interest rates would add to the current squeeze on consumer disposable income and deepen a looming recession, the central bank’s 25-member governing board raised its key benchmarks by an unprecedented 0.75 of a percentage point in 1.25%. The move follows a similar hike by the US Federal Reserve and is expected to put pressure on the Bank of England to follow suit when its policymakers meet next week to review UK monetary policy....

(Ken Turner, CUPE Local 2099.) The union representing workers in the city of Mount Pearl – they have been on strike for the past ten weeks – is defending its right to picket outside councilors’ homes. Mount Pearl’s virtual council meeting was interrupted Monday when protesters with bull horns started shouting outside Councilor Isabelle Fry’s home. CUPE Local 2099 President Ken Turner says secondary picketing is a legal right. He says they’ve been on the picket line for ten weeks and “the council hasn’t been to town hall… they’re working from home....

Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles was taken into custody at his home this afternoon by a SWAT team as part of the investigation into the slaying of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. The arrest came after police spent hours searching Telles’ home, where they seized a vehicle similar to the SUV tied to the stabbing suspect: a red or maroon GMC Yukon Denali. Telles himself was seen this afternoon at his home....

The claim of responsibility came in the form of a lengthy essay written by a top Ukrainian military leader and lawmaker that was published Wednesday on state-run Ukrinform. The acknowledgement of the August attack on Crimea, a geostrategic lynchpin and summer holiday destination, marks a reversal after Ukrainian officials previously sidestepped questions about their involvement and comes amid renewed calls from Ukrainian capital Kyiv to retake the Crimean peninsula. The essay was written by Valery Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, along with Mykhailo Zabrodskyi, a retired military officer who now sits on a defense committee in Ukraine’s parliament....

Police received a 911 call at 8:45 a.m. and responded to the intersection of des Oblats and Wanklyn streets where he found the woman with a stab wound to her upper body. Police say the incident happened in an outdoor parking lot outside an apartment building and that the suspect fled before officers arrived. She was rushed to hospital and was unconscious on arrival, according to Montreal police spokeswoman Caroline Chèvrefils....

A man who lost control of his hydrogen balloon while collecting pine cones in China has been found and rescued – after landing in a forest two days later and more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) away. The man, surnamed Hu, was working with a colleague on Sunday in Hailin County, Heilongjiang Province, when they lost control of the balloon. While his colleague jumped to safety, Hu missed his chance and walked away....

Die neue V-AF-Serie bietet Filmemachern, Videografen, Vloggern und Erstellern videospezifische Objektive. Einheitliches Gehäuse bei nahezu gleichem Gewicht und Größe, LED (Aufnahmestatus) und viele weitere Features machen diese Objektive besonders für die Kinematografie ideal. Unklar ist derzeit, ob der Fokusring lediglich mit einer hochrutschfesten Gummierung oder einem Getriebe zur manuellen Fokussierung mittels Fokusnachführung und ähnlichem Zubehör ausgestattet ist. (In der Pressemitteilung gibt es dazu keine konkreten Aussagen, und auch die Bilder machen diesbezüglich keinen Sinn....

Eligibility criteria will be expanded on Tuesday (September 13) based on a recommendation from Canada’s expert panel on drugs. Trikafta is a triple combination drug of ivacaftor, tezacaftor and elexacaftor, used to treat cystic fibrosis in patients who have at least one F508del mutation. It has been shown to improve lung function and quality of life as well as reduce the frequency of lung attacks. When the drug was first listed in September 2021, patients had to be 12 years or older and have a forced expiratory volume (FEV) of less than 90 percent....

Photo: DPD Devin Williams Jr. Authorities said they are looking for a Northern California sheriff’s deputy in connection with the shooting deaths of two people early Wednesday. He remained free hours after the bloodshed. Law enforcement officials said they are looking for Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. He is considered armed and dangerous. Williams allegedly shot the couple in Dublin, Calif., early Wednesday and drove off....

While Rublev quickly rose to the top of the game as they transitioned to the professional tour, Tiafoe’s path was far less clear. His progress has been limited at times by inconsistency, lapses in concentration on the field and so many tough, brutal losses. But finally, on the biggest court of all, Tiafoe made his move to the top of the sport in his era. “Man, that’s wild, that’s crazy,” Tiafoe said on the field....

Die neue Hasselblad X2D folgt der bereits erwähnten X1D und ihrem leicht verbesserten Nachfolgemodell der X1D II aus dem Jahr 2019 (intern abgebildet) und kommt im gewohnt kompakten, schicken Gehäuse daher. Es enthält nun einen 100Mpx-Sensor im Micro-Medium-Format, der zur Bildstabilisierung (IBIS) bewegt werden kann. Die X2D mit neigbarem LCD-Bildschirm und angesetztem Objektiv (XCD 55) Die X2D 100C wurde entwickelt, um Bildqualität, Kamerahandhabung und Systemreaktionszeit erheblich zu verbessern. Die X2D 100C besteht aus einem neuen dunkelgrauen CNC-gefrästen Aluminiumgehäuse und verfügt über einen 100 Mpx (43,8 × 32,9 mm) Back-Illuminated (BSI) CMOS-Bildsensor im Klein-Mittelformat mit einem Dynamikbereich von bis zu 15 f -Stop und 16-Bit-Farbtiefe....

BETA filters Key Events (7) UK (12) Liz Truss (9) USA (5) Europe (3) Kwasi Kwarteng (3) The Trust also rules out introducing a new windfall tax to pay for the new energy guarantee. It claims it would undermine the national interest and hinder efforts to develop domestic energy production. Truss Announces ‘Energy Price Guarantee’ Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced the government will introduce an “energy price guarantee”, meaning typical households will pay no more than £2,500 a year for each of the next two years....