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✓ Verified Trump rallies in Georgia as new White House press secretary is fired after five days on the job - live
The president touched down in Georgia for a rally to support Republican nominees shortly after the White House confirmed Katie Zacharia is ‘transitioning out’ of her role as press…
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Starlink access still not fully restored for Ukraine’s military, says Zelenskyy
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Palestinians and US journalist injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank harvest attack
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At least 33 pupils and teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan
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'It's really hard to believe' - How Oregon primary school shooting unfolded
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✓Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
Parts of southern England have entered "severe drought", while about 30 million people are under hosepipe ban
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✓India’s Cockroach Janta party leader detained amid crackdown on protests
Abhijeet Dipke was arrested before planned anti-government demonstrations in Delhi. The leader of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) youth movement, Abhijeet Dipke, was detained by…
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✓Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’
Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of torture. Nicolás Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York…
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✓Pope Leo to make public appearance Sunday, first since cancer surgery
After undergoing surgery this week, pope can now 'carry out normal activities with full independence', say doctors
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✓The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era
The kingdom of Hyrule has been prettified, the soundtrack is newly orchestrated and our hero feels strikingly different under the thumbs … we play a hands-on demo of Nintendo’s…
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✓UK national security adviser under pressure over wife’s comment on supporting Palestine Action
Author Sarah Helm, married to Jonathan Powell, wrote to back novelist Sally Rooney’s support of proscribed direct action group. The UK’s national security adviser, Jonathan…
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✓Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil refinery after Zelensky says strikes to resume
Ukraine's president says a pause on striking energy sites is over following fresh Russian attacks
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"Mommy and daddy" play nice: Apple and Meta team up to bring open-source Muse to Macs
Apple and Meta, whose leaders have spent years trading barbs over privacy and the future of computing, are joining forces to bring one of America's most powerful open-weight AI…
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Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion penalty over money laundering allegations
The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced more than $1.2 billion in penalties against Bank of America for years of failures to report suspicious transactions and address…
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✓Nandy 'minded to intervene' in Sky's £1.6bn takeover of ITV entertainment arm
The culture secretary says the deal could affect free expression in the media and the variety of Britain's news landscape
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✓Houthi missile attack on Yemeni presidential palace kills five, minister says
Yemen's information minister says the prime minister and other ministers were unhurt when ballistic missiles hit al-Maashiq Palace
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✓Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad
Trump said some would "rather not watch" the killing of Nidal Hasan, the first military execution in over 60 years
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✓ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay,…
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✓Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space
The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition…
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✓Bus hits train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel, with 19 injured
Two people were airlifted to hospital but no-one's life appeared to be in danger, officials said
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✓British man fined €3,000 for causing two-year-old son’s death in Cyprus
Joshua Foster pleaded guilty over death of toddler who fell from fourth-floor window of hotel during family holiday. A British man has been fined €3,000 (£2,500) after his…
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✓Two dead in Istanbul after heaviest rainfall in 84 years, governor says
Residents have been told to avoid leaving their homes unless absolutely necessary
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Rubio urges Lebanon to resist Hezbollah pressure over seized explosives
Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressed Lebanese President Joseph Aoun not to return to Hezbollah a truckload of explosives the group attempted to smuggle into Beirut last week,…
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✓What ice cream has to do with this year's Nobel Prize in economics
Prices can get sticky. That helps explain why recessions hurt so much — and what policymakers can do about them
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✓World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey
Archaeologists say the wreck is up to 4,700 years old, dating to the Early Bronze Age
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Is it really ‘madness’ to account for emissions from fossil fuels burned overseas? The Coalition sure thinks so | Temperature Check
The emissions might occur elsewhere, but they generate global harm that scientists can now quantify. Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air…
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I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis | Anonymous
Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences. I work for a major insurer, assessing…
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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?
Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner, but his mea culpa left the audience not much the wiser. Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to…
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Exclusive Brethren head denies knowing church members were volunteering for Liberal party during 2025 election
Bruce Hales also denies church was a cult while son tells parliamentary committee it was ‘a bit rough’ being labelled as such. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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‘Clean air is not a favour’: Indonesia’s neighbours fed up with acrid haze as Singapore threatens to prosecute
Millions affected by smoke from wildfires as schools close, respiratory illnesses soar and diplomatic tensions rise. Singapore is threatening to prosecute companies responsible…
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Greens leader denies knowledge of ‘secret dossier’ on how to handle Jordon Steele-John misconduct allegations
David Shoebridge says 47-page document not ‘made by, used by, or seen by’ his office as matter referred to parliamentary standards commission. Get our new political email , free…
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EU’s support to Ukraine matters more than ever, von der Leyen says, as US relationship sours – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Several leaders offered Zelenskyy very friendly welcome or, in some cases, simply a big hug as he walked into the room before the formal part of the…
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The right’s scrounger rhetoric dominates the benefits debate. Labour must fight back – and win | Frances Ryan
The prime minister has a once-in-a-generation chance to reintroduce fairness to the system. He has to seize the moment. Back in 2009, months before the coalition government…
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‘Opening the lid of a horrible secret’: Jamaicans confront enslavement with taboo-busting stories on screen
As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’. A woman opens a…
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‘I introduce myself to anyone who looks a bit jumpy’: a security guard’s take on anti-shoplifting fixes
A professional reveals the most effective tricks of the trade, from a little bit of empathy to hi-tech cameras. I’ve run into volatile thieves for years – from opportunistic phone…
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This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it.…
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They asked for 80 homes – she gave them 157! Council-housing miracle named Britain’s best new building
Rising from bluebell woodlands and framed by rolling hills, this cluster of pink and brown brick towers in Croydon is a bittersweet winner of the prestigious RIBA Stirling prize.…
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The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis
The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is rising. Of…
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How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution
Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweaters. The first Aaron Sorkin Facebook movie, 2010’s The Social Network, helped…
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The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax
Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education. Tech billionaires have been dumping hundreds of…
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