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● US stock markets and government bonds rally while dollar falls after Democrats secure Congress – business live ● Abdul El-Sayed welcomes Trump's plan to cut Israel aid, calls for end to arms sales ● Mike Johnson says he will not pursue House minority leader role – reports ● Iran unveils ‘We will kill Trump’ banner – but US president may now be tempted to resume bombing ● 'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter ● Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran ● Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is superb, streamlined and safe ● Wall Street Journal editorial board: Trump 'main architect' of GOP midterm 'rout' ● Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’ ● Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world ● James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win Texas Senate seat since 1988 ● Can Democrats stop Iran war, reverse Trump’s tariffs after midterms win? ● Spain's transport minister to resign after train crash killed 69 people ● US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal ● How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme ● Everything you need to know about last night in under 1,000 words ● Why are fridges being hacked and what could be next? - The Latest ● French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe ● Tennis great Rafael Nadal set to join Real Madrid board ● Binance halts trading after biggest-ever crypto hack ● US stock markets and government bonds rally while dollar falls after Democrats secure Congress – business live ● Abdul El-Sayed welcomes Trump's plan to cut Israel aid, calls for end to arms sales ● Mike Johnson says he will not pursue House minority leader role – reports ● Iran unveils ‘We will kill Trump’ banner – but US president may now be tempted to resume bombing ● 'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter ● Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran ● Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is superb, streamlined and safe ● Wall Street Journal editorial board: Trump 'main architect' of GOP midterm 'rout' ● Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’ ● Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world ● James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win Texas Senate seat since 1988 ● Can Democrats stop Iran war, reverse Trump’s tariffs after midterms win? ● Spain's transport minister to resign after train crash killed 69 people ● US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal ● How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme ● Everything you need to know about last night in under 1,000 words ● Why are fridges being hacked and what could be next? - The Latest ● French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe ● Tennis great Rafael Nadal set to join Real Madrid board ● Binance halts trading after biggest-ever crypto hack
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US stock markets and government bonds rally while dollar falls after Democrats secure Congress – business live

European shares also power ahead as markets react to blue wave in US midterm elections. And Chris Turner , global head of markets at ING, says:. Investors will be parsing what…
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Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran✓

Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran

Democrats in Michigan are considering their options after Haley Stevens endorsed GOP candidate Mike Rogers for Senate. And the Gulf states are bracing for a possible U.S. attack…
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Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is superb, streamlined and safe✓

Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is superb, streamlined and safe

Nintendo's new Ocarina of Time remake enshrines its place in the gaming canon for generations to come. But despite its stupendous production values, the game left me feeling oddly…
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Wall Street Journal editorial board: Trump 'main architect' of GOP midterm 'rout'✓

Wall Street Journal editorial board: Trump 'main architect' of GOP midterm 'rout'

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board cast much of the blame on President Trump for GOP losses Tuesday, as Democrats are poised to take control of both the House and Senate.…
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Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’✓

Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’

Firm reveals details about how its cryptocurrency exchange was compromised, saying operation began in June. The hackers behind the $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance heist used bogus job…
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Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world✓

Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world

The 30-year-old died on Tuesday following an on-pitch collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono
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James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win Texas Senate seat since 1988✓

James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win Texas Senate seat since 1988

"This wasn't just a tsunami, not just a referendum, but this was a bloodbath," one expert told the BBC on Democrats' historic wins in Texas
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Can Democrats stop Iran war, reverse Trump’s tariffs after midterms win?✓

Can Democrats stop Iran war, reverse Trump’s tariffs after midterms win?

Democrats can block Trump's legislative agenda, launch investigations but don't have the numbers to override his veto
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Spain's transport minister to resign after train crash killed 69 people

Spain's transport minister has said he will step down after two deadly train crashes in less than a year
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US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal✓

US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal

Strikes on eve of US midterms reportedly target surface-to-air missiles being used against US assets. The ⁠US launched limited strikes on ​Iran’s Qeshm Island late on Monday,…
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How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme✓

How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme

Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income. North Korea plays by its own rules. The isolated, secretive and autocratic country is…
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Everything you need to know about last night in under 1,000 words

It was a drubbing on a scale that neither side saw coming: Democrats pummeled Republicans across the battleground map and into some of the most MAGA-friendly terrain in the…
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Why are fridges being hacked and what could be next? - The Latest✓

Why are fridges being hacked and what could be next? - The Latest

Supermarket fridges and freezers in several European countries have malfunctioned after a reported cyber-attack, with their thermostats remotely cranked up. It is unclear who is…
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French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe✓

French blood banks hacked in latest cyber-attack on Europe

Temperature and defrosting thresholds raised to ‘very high levels’ at three cold stores stocking vital blood products. Europe live – latest updates. France’s national blood…
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Tennis great Rafael Nadal set to join Real Madrid board✓

Tennis great Rafael Nadal set to join Real Madrid board

The 22-time Grand Slam winner is to be ratified onto club's board of directors
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Binance halts trading after biggest-ever crypto hack

Binance halted trading Thursday after hackers allegedly linked to North Korea stole more than $6 billion, the largest crypto hack in history. Why it matters : The attack comes…
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Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher

Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher

Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand. Get our new political email , free app or daily news…
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World

Burnham says US midterm results have created ‘opportunity’ for world to focus on cost of living and ending Iran war – UK politics live

‘I think people want to see the world coming together and focusing on the things that matter to people,’ PM says. Louise Haigh starts by saying she is standing in for Andy…
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‘Music is the most powerful way of connecting to what’s happening’: can this album change your mind about the climate crisis?

‘Music is the most powerful way of connecting to what’s happening’: can this album change your mind about the climate crisis?

With globe-spanning artists – including Charlotte Church doing angry electropop – the Flow project is hoping to make an impact at this month’s Cop31. Amid tense and long-winded…
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‘It brings soul into this sterile world’: the Birmingham clubbers fighting to save their patch – and Britain’s nightlife

‘It brings soul into this sterile world’: the Birmingham clubbers fighting to save their patch – and Britain’s nightlife

Digbeth is the city’s most thriving party district, but railway upgrades could tear it apart. Here, clubbers explain why they are doing everything to stop that happening. House…
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The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot

The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot

Mink farms are the perfect petri dishes for deadly flu strains to emerge. Yet officials appear to be protecting business interests over human lives. Could this be ground zero?…
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Muslim Votes Matter softens anti-Labor stance ahead of Victorian election in bid to defeat One Nation in at-risk seats

Muslim Votes Matter softens anti-Labor stance ahead of Victorian election in bid to defeat One Nation in at-risk seats

Exclusive: Advocacy group will put volunteers on the ground in Labor-held outer suburban seats that could swing towards Pauline Hanson’s party. Get our daily political email ,…
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Climate

From the archive: The trials of Robert Habeck: is the world’s most powerful green politician doomed to fail? – podcast

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2023: A year ago,…
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Tomb Raider’s creators on how the game changed their lives: ‘Skint staff were suddenly pulling up in sports cars’

Tomb Raider’s creators on how the game changed their lives: ‘Skint staff were suddenly pulling up in sports cars’

‘Giving Lara Croft pistols meant we could show off her acrobatics. And when she goes to Peru, we threw in a T rex!’. I joined Core Design in the summer of 1994 and met Toby Gard,…
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Australia has an especially bad inflation problem. So why are we only middle-of-the pack on the misery index?

Australia has an especially bad inflation problem. So why are we only middle-of-the pack on the misery index?

Comparing Australia to other countries may not be much comfort but does offer some perspective on the economy. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Is…
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Widening inequality, stagnant pay – Britain urgently needs Labour’s hard-won workers’ rights | Polly Toynbee

Widening inequality, stagnant pay – Britain urgently needs Labour’s hard-won workers’ rights | Polly Toynbee

The British Social Attitudes survey reveals record levels of dissatisfaction. But still Kemi Badenoch and the business lobby want to take us backwards. Britain is unhappier at…
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Albanese government warned it’s ‘sleepwalking into another robodebt scenario’ over use of algorithms and AI

Albanese government warned it’s ‘sleepwalking into another robodebt scenario’ over use of algorithms and AI

Centre for Public Integrity report says mandatory audit and public register of all automated decision-making needed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast.…
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I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

My mother was a keen swimmer, and she lived with depression. I wonder if she found the same respite in the water that has helped heal me since she passed away. It was early…
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Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires

Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires

Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time.…
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‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success. Shortly…
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‘Discontent and distrust’: annual social cohesion checkup shows exactly what’s making Australia angry

‘Discontent and distrust’: annual social cohesion checkup shows exactly what’s making Australia angry

Cost of living and AI outrank climate change and war as top concerns for future, but support for multiculturalism remains strong. Get our daily political email , free app or daily…
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World

I tested Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo. It's a fascinating experiment, but the price is hard to justify.

I've spent the past week trying to figure out whether Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo is the future of smartphones or just an expensive way to do things I could already do on my regular…
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‘They assume the man next to me is the owner’: four women doing business in Africa in their own way

‘They assume the man next to me is the owner’: four women doing business in Africa in their own way

From feeding schoolchildren to recycling tyres, these entrepreneurs are challenging stereotypes while solving social and environmental problems. Africa is thought to have a higher…
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Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places. Residents of a remote village in…
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Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years ago. A few years ago, I was struck by…
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‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets

‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets

Cop17, focused on protecting nature and restoring ecosystems, concludes on Saturday with critics saying system allows ‘one idiot’ to stall progress. Calls are growing for major…
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US stock markets and government bonds rally while dollar falls after Democrats secure Congress – business live

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Tennis great Rafael Nadal set to join Real Madrid board

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Abdul El-Sayed welcomes Trump's plan to cut Israel aid, calls for end to arms sales

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Mike Johnson says he will not pursue House minority leader role – reports

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