US opens second federal investigation of deadly Tesla crash into Texas home
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Karl Stefanovic won’t appear on Friday radio show with Eddie McGuire amid Tommy Robinson interview fallout
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Stock markets on both sides of Atlantic up as concerns ease over prospect of another inflationary shock. Business live – latest updates. Oil prices have fallen to pre-Iran war…
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Israel says IDF is staying in southern Lebanon, undermining Iran peace talks
Defence minister says troops not withdrawing though Tehran sees end to war in Lebanon as part of deal with US. The Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, has said that Israeli…
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Bedford crash occurred after train passed red signal, investigators believe
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EasyJet opens talks with Castlelake after rejecting £4.9bn takeover offer
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Europe battles record-breaking heat: is this the new normal? - The Latest
Europe is dealing with a debilitating heatwave, with schools closed, trains cancelled and France holding an emergency meeting after heat-related deaths. António Guterres, the UN…
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Meta pauses employee tracker for AI training amid privacy concerns
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Air pollution is a fixable problem – just look at how London and New York have cleaned up their acts | Sadiq Khan and Michael Bloomberg
We’ve shown that rapid, measurable progress is achievable in our cities. Here’s how that can now be replicated worldwide. Sadiq Khan is the mayor of London. Michael Bloomberg is a…
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Levitating penguins and predatory ants: Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2026 shortlist – in pictures
A hundred incredible images have been shortlisted by the South Australian Museum as part of this year’s Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition. In its…
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World
NATO needs to see a credible trajectory for when the UK will be ready for war - and that is no longer in Sir Keir's gift
Sir Keir Starmer's determination to release a long-delayed defence investment plan ahead of a NATO summit next month risks doing more harm than good as officials scramble to meet…
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Paterson says Hanson’s vision for monocultural Australia ‘deeply weird’ as he defends Taylor’s response – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Mike Burgess says he’s really concerned about the level some nation-states, like Iran, could…
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‘You can’t make billions without hurting people’: Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk, the AI bubble and bosses’ cruel fantasies
The writer who coined the word ‘enshittification’ tells us why AI will never deliver what it promises – and why it still appeals so much to those in power. A “centaur”, in…
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I was wary of driverless cars and their tech overlords – but they could give me a different future | Gabriel Stewart
For those of us who can’t drive due to disabilities, the drawbacks of these vehicles are vastly outweighed by the possibilities they offer. The robotaxis are coming! The robotaxis…
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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its…
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‘Who is going to pay us when we’re replaced by robots?’ The Indian factory workers told to film themselves for AI
When workers had cameras attached to them, they found it funny at first. But novelty soon turned to concern. The first time the factory supervisors handed garment worker Lalita* a…
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‘People shouldn’t expect there will be water in their taps every day’: why is St Lucia running out of water?
Despite millions of dollars of investment, crumbling infrastructure and erratic rainfall are pushing the Caribbean island to the brink. When St Lucia’s rainy season began in May,…
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24-hour parks and alcohol bans: what cities could learn from Paris’s ‘heatwave mode’ | Helen Massy-Beresford
Following a devastating heatwave in 2003 that killed 15,000, France has adopted four alert levels to help people cope with extreme temperatures. Helen Massy-Beresford is a British…
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‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM
Burnham is coming under pressure from some to ditch net zero targets but this could be highly damaging on many levels. UK politics live – latest updates. Britain’s net zero…
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The Guardian view on extreme heat: as risks escalate, adaptation plans are dangerously lagging | Editorial
Record-breaking temperatures should focus minds on the UK’s lack of preparedness for the climate dangers ahead. As western Europe bakes under what scientists describe as a heat…
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‘The soul’s been ripped out of it’: Birmingham community housing scheme on brink over costs dispute
Row over ‘landmark’ development in Stirchley has left people homeless and put businesses at risk, say locals. A housing development in Birmingham, touted as a model for…
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Venezuela earthquakes: ‘intensive’ search for survivors as death toll rises to 164 – latest updates
Delcy Rodríguez said authorities were shifting rescue teams from other parts of the country to the hardest-hit La Guaira area. Venezuela declares state of emergency after deadly…
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It’s not the bond markets Andy Burnham should be afraid of. It’s his own MPs | Aditya Chakrabortty
To stay popular with the public – and his backbenchers – he’ll need to make big changes fast. That means changing the way the government borrows. A Labour leader arrives, shirt…
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Burnham could become PM on 17 July based on Labour leadership contest timetable – UK politics live
The former Manchester mayor could be installed as prime minister in weeks if no other MP puts themselves forward. In her Q&A this morning Rachel Reeves , the chancellor,…
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Keir Starmer couldn’t beat the curse of Brexit – a politics poisoned by nationalism | Rafael Behr
The outgoing prime minister’s efforts to mobilise a healthier kind of patriotism fell flat. Andy Burnham may stand a better chance. Britain is not ungovernable, but the chalice of…
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Sydney shark attack survivor awake, alert and ‘remembers the whole event in detail’, brother says
Australian woman Leah Stewart no longer in critical condition but doesn’t yet have use of her hand. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. A woman who was…
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‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools
Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says. A new report sheds light…
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‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist
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Pakistan police rescue French woman and children allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years
Husband arrested after Sylvie Yasmina, 54, and five children found at home in north-western province. Pakistan police say they have rescued a French woman and her five children…
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I stand by what I said 10 years ago. We were right to leave the European Union | Larry Elliott
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Can the UK kick its cod habit? Fish and chip shop favourite slips down the menu as prices soar
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Supreme court hands Trump administration big win with rulings on key immigration cases – live
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Make pension tax relief only available to savers prepared to invest in UK, Andy Haldane says
British Chambers of Commerce chief calls for ‘home bias’ on retirement savings to close funding gap for SMEs. Pension tax relief worth more than £50bn should only be offered to…
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‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves
More than half of Ayetoro – a Christian utopia founded in the 1940s – has been lost to the ocean, and its remaining people are running out of options. In the early hours of 15…
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US supreme court blocks thousands of lawsuits over Roundup maker’s pesticide warning labels
The case, Monsanto v Durnell, specifically dealt with claims that the company failed to warn users of product risks. US politics live – latest updates. The US supreme court has…
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Sri Lanka sees ‘alarming’ rise in cybercrime as scam networks relocate from south-east Asia
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