Streeting tells MPs he does not want ‘corridor care’ in hospitals to be normalised Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has told MPs that he does not want “corridor care” – patients being treated in corridors because beds are not available in wards – to be normalised. In a Commons statement, he said he wanted to…
The Italian government is seeking to clamp down on fake and paid-for online reviews in an effort to protect the country’s hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions from misleading and damaging content. Under a draft law announced this week, which still needs to be approved in parliament, anyone wanting to write an online review would be…
The chaos across Sydney’s train network caused by industrial action on Wednesday is expected to worsen on Thursday, as a standoff over a new pay deal between rail unions and the New South Wales government drags on. Trains on some lines were delayed by up to five hours on Wednesday, with rail authorities warning more…
US companies ship more than 1m tons of hazardous waste to other countries each year, raising questions over possible impacts on health and the environment, an investigation by the Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab has found. Exports of toxic waste, most of which is shipped to Mexico and Canada, have climbed 17% since 2018, US…
The UK government will not sign off a deal to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius until Donald Trump’s administration has had a chance to consider the future of the joint military base, Downing Street has confirmed. Allies of the US president-elect have been critical of the deal because of the implications for the…
Risk of ‘rapid fire spread’ as near hurricane-force winds forecast in some areas Forecasters have warned of another “particularly dangerous weather situation” across northern Los Angeles where residents are braced for new wildfire evacuation orders. Los Angeles, and parts of Ventura county to the north, faced “extreme fire risk” warnings through Wednesday, with officials warning…