Named after a former London landmark that was “falling” forever, Operation London Bridge was the code word given to an officially choreographed sequence of events that would take place after the death of the British monarch. The not-so-secret plan was never officially released, although versions of it have been leaked several times over the years. It is designed to ensure not only that the news of the Queen’s death is spread in a dignified manner and that her memory is honoured, but also to ensure the continuation of the royal throne as Britain’s head of state....

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 59 points, or 0.19%. S&P 500 futures rose 0.15%, while the Nasdaq 100 also gained 0.13%. Traders awaited a Q&A session from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Cato Institute later in the day as they looked for more clues about the central bank’s plans for future rate hikes. The European Central Bank is also expected to announce its latest policy decision on Thursday....

Keating says: In the 20th century, the self was privatized, while the public sphere, the sphere of the public good, was largely neglected. Queen Elizabeth II understood this and instinctively clung to the public good against what she recognized as a tidal wave of private interest and private reward. And he did this for life. It never deviates. She was a model of public leadership, married for life to political restraint, always remaining the constitutional monarch....

Evacuation orders have been in effect since Wednesday morning for the Volcanoville and Tunnel Hill area of ​​El Dorado County, and were expanded Thursday afternoon to include the Quintette, Bald Mountain, Gray Eagle Hill and Battle Hill areas. An evacuation warning was issued just after 2:30 p.m. for all of Georgetown, a town of about 3,000 about 15 miles north of Placerville. Crews were working shortly after 1:30 p.m. to disable power lines along Volcanoville Road after the fire broke out on the El Dorado side of the river, according to radio dispatchers....

Dauerregen erleichtert die Bekämpfung des Brockenbrandes. Die Zahl der Notdienste ist zurückgegangen. Viele Löschhubschrauber sind noch im Einsatz. Ein Sprecher des Bezirks Harts teilte am Donnerstagabend mit, die jüngsten Ermittlungen hätten zwei kleinere Brände in schwer zugänglichen Gebieten ergeben, die nun bekämpft werden. Es gibt auch mehrere kleinere Brände. Aufgrund guter Löscherfolge werden nicht nur Einsatzkräfte, sondern auch Technik reduziert. Derzeit sind 300 Notdienste vor Ort. Der Schierke-Platz war wieder frei geworden....

The measures, aimed at protecting renters during the cost of living crisis, will come into effect immediately across both the private and social rented sectors and are expected to last until at least March 31 next year. The Welsh Government could follow suit with rent controls, which are currently being investigated. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for similar policies in the capital. John Blackwood, of the Scottish Landlords’ Association, said he was “surprised and shocked” by the Scottish Government’s decision to “kick landlords in the teeth in this way”....

Jackson, MS – People in Jackson, Mississippi, are going a second week without a basic human need: clean drinking water. Now, business owners say they’re suffering, too. Lutaya Stewart is the owner of Children’s Edcuare in Jackson. She says her problems with the city’s water system began many years ago. A Jackson, Mississippi preschool teacher continues school without clean drinking water for students. (Joy Addison/Fox News) “We’ve had a boil water advisory for six weeks,” Stewart said....

Simon Clarke said the government needed to be realistic, but added that community consent “will be at the heart of our energy policy”. He defended the decision not to impose a further windfall tax on oil and gas companies to pay for the long-awaited package, to be announced later on Thursday morning by Liz Truss. The Guardian understands that an immediate lifting of the ban on fracking for shale gas will be ordered when the Prime Minister makes her announcement....

The group said it had set aside the amount for customers affected by the conflict, notably for grounded aircraft, ships stuck in the Black Sea and disrupted exports of grain and agricultural products from Ukraine and Russia. Bruce Carnegie-Brown, the chairman, said Lloyd’s had calculated losses using the same methodology as for the Covid-19 pandemic, but only around 4% of claims for war losses had been received so far. The pandemic has cost the Lloyd’s market, which operates 76 companies, far more at £3....

The introductory stages of the evening, held at the London Eventim Apollo, were already under way when news of the monarch’s death broke. An announcement shown to guests in the room said: “In light of the sad news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, we are sorry to announce that we will not be proceeding with this evening’s event as planned. The Mercury prize will be communicating with guests and audience members over the coming days....

„Wir werden kein Gas, Öl, Kohle, Heizöl liefern – wir werden nichts liefern“, sagte Putin und bezog sich dabei auf westliche Sanktionen gegen sein Land und kündigte Preisobergrenzen für Gas und Öl an. ▶︎ Die Pläne der G7-Staaten, Preisobergrenzen für Öl und Erdgas einzuführen, bezeichnete er als „dumm“ und sagte, sie würden die europäischen Volkswirtschaften nur weiter destabilisieren. Gleichzeitig drohte Kreml-Despot Putin in seiner wahnwitzigen Rede voller Lügen auch, dass Russland nach Inkrafttreten der Obergrenzen aus bestehenden Lieferverträgen aussteigen werde....

Military analyst Rob Lee shared what he called a “pessimistic” account from a Russian source on the messaging app Telegram on September 7. The source wrote that Russian forces in the Kharkiv region are abandoning positions that are not particularly well fortified and that Ukrainian forces are bypassing towns and urban battles to advance deeper behind Russian lines. “They [Ukrainian troops] don’t engage in city battles…but leave our guys behind, surround them and hit them with artillery,” the source wrote, adding that the Russian troops left behind “don’t have heavy weapons and simply can’t face Ukrainians »....

The dramatic encounter was filmed by a whale-watching boat following transient or Bigg’s killer whales near Pedder Bay, west of Victoria. Mark Malleson, a whale-watching boat operator and research assistant at the US-based Center for Whale Research, tried to warn the boaters as the orcas headed toward their small vessel. “As the whales passed the boat, there was a sea lion nearby that apparently looked at the killer whales and maybe heard them,” Malleson told CTV News....

He faces accusations of being part of a “Build the Wall” group that raised millions with promises to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, but allegedly pocketed some of those donations. The charges are two counts of money laundering in the second degree, one count of conspiracy in the fourth degree, scheme to defraud in the first degree and conspiracy in the fifth degree. Bannon was brought into the courtroom in handcuffs, but was smiling when he entered....

District Court Judge William Conley says the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa has proven it had the right to revoke a permit for the pipeline to cross its territory in 2013. Conley also says the band, which wants the line removed from the Bad River reservation, is entitled to financial compensation — though the ruling didn’t go into detail on that front. The judge rejected the group’s bid to shut down the pipeline, however, citing the potential for serious foreign policy and trade implications for both Canada and the United States....