Morning briefing Tuesday 23rd September

0:00This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwCWC. Staying competitive means getting ahead, not just keeping up. So how do business leaders cut through the noise and focus on what really matters. PwC takes you further with tech, from optimising the systems that put your data to work, to scaling AI from proof of concept to competitive edge. PwC helps you meet tomorrow's tech demands so you can compete at a speed that rewrites the rules. Discover more at pwc.co.uk. This is the Times Morning Briefing for Tuesday 23rd September. Health officials in the UK have reassured pregnant women that it is safe to take paracetamol after President Trump claimed it causes their babies to develop autism.

0:49Trump said doctors in the US will soon advise women in the early stages of pregnancy to avoid taking paracetamol, which is known by the brand name Tylenol in the United States. But the president has been criticised by scientists who say Trump's measures would prevent women accessing pain relief, which in turn could cause harm to unborn babies. Dr Ashish Premkumar is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology and a specialist in maternal fetal medicine. When it comes to overall management of pain or other medical complications during pregnancy, we're severely limited in terms of what we can actually medically recommend that patients take.

1:27All these type of statements do is inject a sense of fear into pregnant individuals and severely limit the ability for us to safely take care of our patients. France has joined the UK in recognising a Palestinian state at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Addressing world leaders in New York, the French President Emmanuel Macron said the time had come to pave the way for peace. In her subsequent speech to the UN, the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said there can be no role for Hamas in the future governance of Palestine. but she said recognition has helped cement the rejection of Hamas across the Arab world.

2:03Recognition must be a spur, not a substitute for urgent action. A ceasefire now. The release of all hostages. The restoration of aid and a lasting framework for peace. Recognition is about the future. GPs in England are being urged to think again if they see a sick patient three times and can't pin down a diagnosis or find their symptoms are getting worse. The new initiative called Jess's Rule is named after Jessica Brady, who contacted her GP on more than 20 occasions in the summer of 2020. She was told her symptoms were related to long COVID and that she was too young for cancer. She died from advanced stage 4 cancer late that year at the age of just 27.

2:50The health secretary, Wes Friesing, said her death was a preventable and unnecessary tragedy. America's Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley is defending a plan to pay each of his players$500 ,000. 60 % of that payment will go to charity, although Bradley says he plans to donate his entire fee. But Europe's team members receive nothing. Their captain, Luke Donald, told the British media this week that the American players risk having the home crowd turn on them. Bradley, however, pushed back as a reporter suggested the pay-for-play approach was not a good look. The charity dollars hadn't changed since 1999 and they asked me to sort of shepherd their way into making it into 2025.

3:31I think for everyone it's a personal decision. A lot of guys aren't comfortable sharing what they're going to do with their money, but we're going to donate and this is the best way we come up to do it. The Ryder Cook tees off this Friday at Bethpage in New York State. You can follow the Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

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