In 107 Days, Harris leaves little room for nuance – nor is she afflicted with a surplus of self-awareness

Kamala Harris’s book 107 Days confirms two truths: Joe Biden never should have sought re-election and she did not belong on a national ticket.

Biden was snared by Father Time and hubris. The 46th president was not the transformational figure he saw in the mirror. More than half the US rated him a failure.

107 Days is published in the US by Simon & Schuster

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Chancellor says plan allows thousands of young Europeans to temporarily live and work in UK, and vice versa

Labour will seek out an “ambitious” youth mobility scheme with the EU, allowing thousands of young Europeans to temporarily live and work in the UK, Rachel Reeves has said.

The chancellor told the Times the scheme would be “good for the economy, good for growth and good for business”, but stopped short of specifying precisely who will be eligible.

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Health officials report 25 dead in the strip’s largest city, where hundreds of thousands are trapped and starving

Israeli strikes killed at least 32 people in Gaza overnight, according to health officials in the territory, including 25 people in Gaza City.

The Israeli military continues to press ahead with an attack on the strip’s largest city, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are trapped and starving, despite international pressure for a ceasefire.

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City watchdog aims to tell drivers they will not need to use companies to apply for share of £18bn compensation scheme

The City regulator is facing a battle with claims companies over a £1m advertising campaign designed to discourage drivers from using their services to get payouts over the car loan scandal.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced this month that it would roll out a series of online and radio adverts, telling drivers they will not need to use claims management companies (CMCs) or law firms to apply for their share of the regulator’s proposed £18bn compensation scheme.

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Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

Immigrants locked up in California’s newest federal detention center have described the facility as a “a torture chamber”, “a zoo” and “hell on earth”, saying they were confined in filthy cells and suffered medical crises without help.

Six people detained at the California City detention center, which opened in late August and is now the state’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention center, shared accounts with the Guardian of poor conditions and alleged mistreatment by staff.

staff were not consistently giving people daily medications, and some detainees fell unconscious due to health issues;

some toilets and sinks were backed up or not functioning properly, creating a stench;

detainees were left to clean their own cells, but not given proper supplies;

detainees were confined to cells for hours, and when they were allowed outdoors, it was sometimes only for 30 minutes a day in a dusty area with nothing to do;

small food portions left people hungry, with some saying they rationed meals and feared the water they were drinking was dirty.

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