✓‘Everyone is talking about Cape Verde’: World Cup run delights diaspora community in UK
Cape Verdeans in Britain feeling ‘incredibly proud’ after team’s hard-fought draws against Spain and Uruguay. World Cup live – latest updates. For as long as she can remember,…
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Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model
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US says it struck Iran targets after attack on cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz
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Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland
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Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’
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✓Trump rips former national security adviser after guilty plea: "Hopefully, he will be dealt with harshly!"
President Trump slammed his former national security adviser after he pleaded guilty on Friday to improperly retaining sensitive materials from his time in the White House. “John…
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✓Venezuela earthquakes: 589 confirmed dead so far as international rescue teams arrive – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here. China’s president Xi Jinping said Beijing was ready to provide Venezuela with “disaster relief and reconstruction”…
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✓Congress passes the largest housing affordability bill in decades — and Trump cancels the signing
President Trump canceled a signing ceremony for the bill Wednesday, saying Congress must first pass a strict voter ID bill
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✓Technology
YouTube settles social media addiction lawsuit brought by teenager amid tidal wave of court cases
YouTube's owner, Google, has settled a lawsuit brought by a teenager suing the world's biggest social media companies over their role in the youth mental health crisis
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✓Amber extreme heat warning extended before cooldown ends record-breaking heatwave
The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by Sunday
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✓UN agency pauses ship evacuations through strait of Hormuz after vessel struck
International Maritime Organization says safety guarantees must be confirmed before ships can move again. A United Nations agency has paused the evacuation of ships through the…
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✓Australian man arrested in Thailand after 17-year-old’s body found in suitcase
The 46-year-old was stopped at about 9.30pm on Friday while preparing to board a Jetstar flight to Perth, according to police and local media. Get our breaking news email , free…
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✓Lebanon-Israel deal may stop war crime victims seeking justice, experts say
Agreement could also end hopes of ICC jurisdiction in Lebanon, which advocates pushed for to prosecute Israel. A new agreement between Lebanon and Israel could block victims of…
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✓World
Thirteen injured and pilot killed as plane hits Beijing's tallest building
Thirteen people were injured and the pilot was killed when a light aircraft crashed into a Beijing skyscraper on Friday
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✓‘It’s just so wrong’: Haitians in Ohio reel from supreme court TPS ruling
After outrageous insults from Donald Trump, Haitians have helped to revive Springfield – now their future is uncertain. The embattled Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio is…
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✓Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax
US president says levy would be imposed immediately and supersede pre-existing trade deals with the country. Donald Trump has threatened to place a 100% import tariff on any…
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✓Apple raises iPad and MacBook prices, blaming cost of chips amid AI boom
Company says it cannot shield customers from memory and storage chip costs – and iPhone hikes could be next. Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no…
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✓Christmas market attacker jailed for life for murdering six in Germany
A nine-year-old and five women were killed when Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen drove into the market in 2024
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✓Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement after US-brokered talks
Hezbollah is not party to Friday's agreement, and previous ceasefires between Israel and Lebanon have still seen near-daily cross-border strikes
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‘It can flip quickly from being idyllic’: the reality of life for young van dwellers priced out of Cornwall’s housing market
With tourists buying up property and landlords opting for lucrative Airbnb rentals, young Cornish people are turning to old campervans to provide a roof over their heads. Skye has…
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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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Rotisserie chickens in the trash: I worked in a supermarket and saw shocking food waste every day | Ann Larson
Stores over-stock their shelves, then toss out what they don’t sell. Meanwhile, workers struggle to make ends meet. To most grocery shoppers, rotisserie chickens look like a…
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‘This isn’t about any one administration’: protests kick off in DC to reimagine the next 250 years in the US
Next250’s Declaration of Interdependence, a new art gallery that features Americans’ collective values and hopes for the future, will open in McPherson Square. Thousands are…
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Ignore the miserabilists: Andy Burnham as PM is a moment when things really can get better | Polly Toynbee
He’s the only person who can keep Nigel Farage out of Downing Street, so let’s embrace his unique blend of optimism and realism. As Keir Starmer bid a brief and emotional farewell…
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Australian musicians sound warning note after Nick Cave, Kylie and many more slurped into AI training tool
‘It’s all just rendered useless’, Something For Kate’s Paul Dempsey says as AI scrapes millions of songs to learn how to make music. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?
Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact. On Wednesday, Pierre Masselot received a text from his…
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At last, an economic policy we can all get behind – doubling the royal family’s funding | Marina Hyde
But with rumours about a certain workshy Windsor circulating this week, are we actually encouraging joblessness with an overly generous safety net?. Finally, some part of our…
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As billionaires’ wealth soars, US workers struggle: ‘The rich keep getting richer for no good reason’
Ultrarich face backlash as billionaire tax in California makes it to the ballot and Americans organize for higher wages. The day that Elon Musk became the world’s first…
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Xi Jinping has hosted more than a dozen leaders this year, as ‘middle powers’ look beyond the US
China’s leader wants to promote his alternative to the current world order, and his efforts are being assisted by a capricious US. Xi Jinping meets Bangladesh’s new prime minister…
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Porsche magnate puts historic Salzburg villa up for sale after row over private ‘tunnel for one’
Plans by Wolfgang Porsche to bore private 500-metre road link through Austrian hill caused anger among locals. Wolfgang Porsche, the Austrian-German automotive magnate, appears to…
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‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist
Wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir had no idea what he had found until scientists started to get in touch. When wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded 18…
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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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‘Like a dead body’: after warehouse fire, LA residents say air thick with smell of rotting food
Cleanup under way after week-long fire at a Boyle Heights facility spoiled tens of millions of pounds of frozen food. Something is rotten in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights. For…
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Venezuela quake death toll reaches 920 as interim president vows to save ‘as many as possible’
Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving as anger grows at official response and limited resources. Survivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for…
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Can the UK kick its cod habit? Fish and chip shop favourite slips down the menu as prices soar
The cost of the traditional takeaway has doubled since 2019, and more outlets are trying to tempt customers with cheaper options such as coley, pollack and hake. In late April,…
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Hot stuff: players and fans have to adjust to sport’s new normal and sweat it out | Emma John
Climate crisis is on show every day when sportspeople do their thing and the rest of us suffer on the sofa or in the stands. Nothing sharpens the distinction between professional…
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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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In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort
Albania's government has given preliminary approval to plans for the luxury resort along a stretch of coastline, prompting daily protests and legal challenges by environmental…
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‘It’s become a litmus test’: wins for Israel critics shine light on key issue for Democrats
Candidates who believe Israel has committed genocide won big in New York – will it push the party to move their way?. Regardless of which party wins control of Congress in…
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: its huge screen blocks shoulder surfers from spying on you
Latest Android superphone packs great cameras, fast chips, long battery, a stylus and first-of-its-kind privacy display. Samsung’s latest Ultra superphone promises to keep…
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