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Bank of England Slashes Rates as Tech Giants Squabble Over Carbon Math, UK Ukraine Fighter Gets 13 Years in Russia, and Bondi Victim’s Daughter Blasts TV Hosts Live
Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates to the Lowest Level in Nearly Three Years
**Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates to the Lowest Level in Nearly Three Years**—with the Monetary Policy Committee voting 5–4 to drop the base rate from 4% to 3.75%, its fourth cut this year. Governor Andrew Bailey pointed to inflation falling and said Budget measures—like one-off help with household energy bills and a fuel duty freeze—should drag CPI down faster, with November inflation easing to 3.2% and forecasts now bringing it closer to the 2% target much sooner than previously expected. Still, the Bank’s basically muttering “don’t get cocky”: growth looks weak, with no expansion expected late next year, and the dissenters warn sticky services inflation and wages could keep prices stubbornly elevated.
Major technology companies disagree on how to measure their carbon emissions.
Major technology companies disagree on how to measure their carbon emissions, as Amazon and Meta square off against rivals like Google over proposed changes to Scope 2 accounting—the rules for counting emissions from purchased electricity. A little-known nonprofit, the GHG Protocol, is reviewing whether companies should keep using “market-based” credits that let them buy clean-energy certificates from far away and claim lower emissions, or shift toward stricter location- and time-matched reporting that better reflects what’s actually powering their data centers. Supporters say tighter rules would curb creative carbon math; opponents warn it could choke off financing for renewable projects and make already-AI-fueled power demands even harder to square with flashy decarbonization pledges.
British man who fought in Ukraine sentenced to 13 years in prison in Russia
British man who fought in Ukraine sentenced to 13 years in prison in Russia: former British soldier Hayden Davies, branded a “mercenary” by Russian authorities, has been handed a 13-year sentence and is set to be sent to a maximum-security prison.
Daughter of a Bondi terror attack victim criticizes TV hosts live on air, drawing widespread attention
Daughter of a Bondi terror attack victim criticizes TV hosts live on air, drawing widespread attention after Victoria Teplitsky went viral during a live ABC interview, blasting the broadcaster for what she called “biased reporting” and demanding, “Will you let us have a voice?” Teplitsky, whose 86-year-old father—a Holocaust survivor—was shot while fleeing the attackers and is now recovering in hospital after surgery, later told GB News she only agreed to speak because it was live and couldn’t be edited out. She said Jews are a “tiny minority,” feel shut out by algorithms and mainstream coverage, and argued media and government responses since October 7 have worsened antisemitism—comments that landed amid Australia’s renewed push to crack down on hate speech following the attack.
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By IniaesBank of England Cuts Interest Rates to the Lowest Level in Nearly Three Years
**Bank of England Cuts Interest Rates to the Lowest Level in Nearly Three Years**—with the Monetary Policy Committee voting 5–4 to drop the base rate from 4% to 3.75%, its fourth cut this year. Governor Andrew Bailey pointed to inflation falling and said Budget measures—like one-off help with household energy bills and a fuel duty freeze—should drag CPI down faster, with November inflation easing to 3.2% and forecasts now bringing it closer to the 2% target much sooner than previously expected. Still, the Bank’s basically muttering “don’t get cocky”: growth looks weak, with no expansion expected late next year, and the dissenters warn sticky services inflation and wages could keep prices stubbornly elevated.
Major technology companies disagree on how to measure their carbon emissions.
Major technology companies disagree on how to measure their carbon emissions, as Amazon and Meta square off against rivals like Google over proposed changes to Scope 2 accounting—the rules for counting emissions from purchased electricity. A little-known nonprofit, the GHG Protocol, is reviewing whether companies should keep using “market-based” credits that let them buy clean-energy certificates from far away and claim lower emissions, or shift toward stricter location- and time-matched reporting that better reflects what’s actually powering their data centers. Supporters say tighter rules would curb creative carbon math; opponents warn it could choke off financing for renewable projects and make already-AI-fueled power demands even harder to square with flashy decarbonization pledges.
British man who fought in Ukraine sentenced to 13 years in prison in Russia
British man who fought in Ukraine sentenced to 13 years in prison in Russia: former British soldier Hayden Davies, branded a “mercenary” by Russian authorities, has been handed a 13-year sentence and is set to be sent to a maximum-security prison.
Daughter of a Bondi terror attack victim criticizes TV hosts live on air, drawing widespread attention
Daughter of a Bondi terror attack victim criticizes TV hosts live on air, drawing widespread attention after Victoria Teplitsky went viral during a live ABC interview, blasting the broadcaster for what she called “biased reporting” and demanding, “Will you let us have a voice?” Teplitsky, whose 86-year-old father—a Holocaust survivor—was shot while fleeing the attackers and is now recovering in hospital after surgery, later told GB News she only agreed to speak because it was live and couldn’t be edited out. She said Jews are a “tiny minority,” feel shut out by algorithms and mainstream coverage, and argued media and government responses since October 7 have worsened antisemitism—comments that landed amid Australia’s renewed push to crack down on hate speech following the attack.
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