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What in God’s name is Pete Hegseth doing in Iran? Religious framing of war is ‘unlike anything we’ve seen,’ experts say

IN FOCUS: ‘He's making it clear that this is Jesus versus Muhammad,’ the founder of a religious freedom advocacy group tells Brendan Rascius, while a former US ambassador calls Hegseth’s war religiosity ‘performance art’

The Independent UK

If You Only Buy One New Plant for Your Garden This Winter, Make it a Viburnum – 16 Varieties to Suit Plots of all Shapes and Sizes

With their mix of flowers, fiery foliage and colorful berries, viburnum are great-value shrubs

Homes & Gardens

Gov. Greg Abbott was ordered to release emails with Elon Musk. Most of the 1,400 pages are blacked out.

The heavily redacted emails reveal little of the two men’s relationship.

The Texas Tribune

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NHS doctors begin five-day strike amid staff cuts warning

Thousands of the 77,000 resident doctors working in hospitals and community services are believed to be striking on Friday

The Independent UK

NHS doctors go on strike as leaders warn industrial action could mean staff cuts

Some 77,000 resident doctors work in hospitals and community services, with thousands of them expected to strike for five days from Friday.

Evening Standard

NHS may have to cut jobs if strike action over pay continues

This latest action marks the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023

The Independent UK

Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain

In today’s newsletter: Flooding across Britain is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers

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Blair’s former policy chief Matthew Taylor to lead Fair Work Agency

Author of influential report on the gig economy says new watchdog can make progress on workers’ rights

The Guardian - UK

New workers’ rights body appoints chairman to lead crackdown on ‘bad bosses’

Matthew Taylor, who currently leads the NHS Confederation, will chair the Fair Work Agency when it is launched next year.

Evening Standard

Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics

Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England

The Guardian - UK

What is the Rapture and why is a doomsday prediction spreading on TikTok?

A South African man's prophecy about the Rapture has gone viral

The Independent UK

Toddler diagnosed with inoperable brain tumour before going blind ‘overnight’

Olivia Taylor was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma at just 17 months old

The Independent UK

Government can hit NHS waiting times targets despite scepticism, says Reeves

The NHS has received a 3% increase in real terms per year in the Government spending review.

Evening Standard

No guarantee waiting lists will fall to hit targets, health leaders say

The NHs will see a large proportion of the extra cash swallowed by pay rises for staff and existing commitments, experts say.

Evening Standard

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Hospitals in England could shed 100,000 jobs in response to cost-cutting orders

Exclusive: Scale of looming job losses prompts NHS leaders to ask Treasury to cover costs

The Guardian - UK

30,000 jobs could go in Labour’s radical overhaul of NHS

Loss of staff will be at least twice as big as thought, as new NHS England chief tells regional boards to cut costs by 50%

The Guardian - UK

All NHS acute hospital trusts in England are missing Labour’s 18-week target

The PM’s ‘milestones’ include 92% of patients waiting no more than 18 weeks – but not one of the 124 trusts is hitting the mark

Evening Standard

Number of patients in hospital with flu ‘rising at a very concerning rate’

Compared to last winter, the average number of flu patients in hospital in England is up sharply

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Hospitals becoming ‘dangerous’ after underinvestment, warns NHS chief

NHS chief Matthew Taylor says parts of the health service are so rundown that patients are being treated in unsafe environments

The Guardian - UK

England’s rundown hospitals are ‘outright dangerous’, say NHS chiefs

Exclusive: Structural weaknesses are threatening operating theatres, intensive care units and cancer units

Salon

Trump ushers in a Christian "deep state"

Trump gave control of the budget to a Project 2025 henchman who calls this a "post-constitutional moment"

The Independent UK

Failing hospitals to be named and shamed in league tables under Government plans

NHS England will carry out a ‘no holds barred’ review of NHS performance across England with the results made public in league tables.

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting warned inflation-busting NHS Budget deal will not be enough

Health experts urge the government to find more money to tackle waiting lists and improve NHS care

The Guardian - US

Why experts say Christian nationalists’ rhetoric may spur violence

Leaders paint Kamala Harris as Jezebel, who is cast out – from a window, trampled by horses, and eaten by dogs

The Guardian - UK

NHS set to receive 4% budget rise but health chiefs say it may not be enough

Whitehall source says it would only allow NHS to ‘stand still’ on waiting lists rather than reduce them

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