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● US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC ● Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan ● Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee ● North Korea says it will resume propaganda broadcasts across border into South Korea ● First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Trump defends Ramaswamy campaign ad condemned by Republicans, saying ‘Vivek should keep it up’ – live ● Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax ● Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules ● 'Millions' of exploitation attempts since security flaw affecting websites emerged ● 'Demeaning' and 'absurd': The backlash against a hugging grandparents consent ad ● Trump’s diesel deal derailed Ukraine-Russia peace progress, says Czech president ● Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case ● Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say ● Trump offers comments on whether he called Musk to restore Starlink to Ukraine ● Why a student protest movement is challenging 12 years of Vučić rule in Serbia ● Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK ● Teacher wounded in Oregon school shooting played dead after she was shot ● Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa ● Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon ● US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC ● Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan ● Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee ● North Korea says it will resume propaganda broadcasts across border into South Korea ● First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Trump defends Ramaswamy campaign ad condemned by Republicans, saying ‘Vivek should keep it up’ – live ● Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax ● Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules ● 'Millions' of exploitation attempts since security flaw affecting websites emerged ● 'Demeaning' and 'absurd': The backlash against a hugging grandparents consent ad ● Trump’s diesel deal derailed Ukraine-Russia peace progress, says Czech president ● Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case ● Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say ● Trump offers comments on whether he called Musk to restore Starlink to Ukraine ● Why a student protest movement is challenging 12 years of Vučić rule in Serbia ● Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK ● Teacher wounded in Oregon school shooting played dead after she was shot ● Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa ● Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon
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US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC

Judge threatens to dismiss Trump’s BBC lawsuit unless he cooperates with discovery process and sits for deposition. Donald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with…
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Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees✓

Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees

Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island. A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island…
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Trump defends Ramaswamy campaign ad condemned by Republicans, saying ‘Vivek should keep it up’ – live

President claims criticism of ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother is a ‘concerted’ attack on Republican Ohio governor candidate. Sign up for the Breaking News US…
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Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax✓

Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax

The Meta boss had said he would exit the state over a wealth tax that has not yet come into force
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Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules✓

Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules

Accommodation platform acts after long-standing guest complaints over doing dishes, taking out rubbish and stripping beds. Airbnb hosts will no longer be able to ask guests to…
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'Millions' of exploitation attempts since security flaw affecting websites emerged

There have been "millions" of exploitation attempts since a "critical" security flaw affecting websites around the world emerged, according to a major tech company
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'Demeaning' and 'absurd': The backlash against a hugging grandparents consent ad✓

'Demeaning' and 'absurd': The backlash against a hugging grandparents consent ad

Jim O'Callaghan described the video as "inappropriate and demeaning to grandparents"
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Trump’s diesel deal derailed Ukraine-Russia peace progress, says Czech president✓

Trump’s diesel deal derailed Ukraine-Russia peace progress, says Czech president

Czech President Petr Pavel on Tuesday said President Trump's diesel deal with Russia derailed peace talks between the Kremlin and Ukraine, saying both sides were "so close" to a…
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Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case✓

Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case

Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consent. A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn on…
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Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say✓

Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say

It is the latest in a series of attacks by the Houthi movement targeting airports and other sites in the kingdom
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Trump offers comments on whether he called Musk to restore Starlink to Ukraine✓

Trump offers comments on whether he called Musk to restore Starlink to Ukraine

President Trump wouldn’t say Thursday whether he was the one who called SpaceX founder Elon Musk to restore Starlink for Ukraine. “Well, I don’t want to say but I know it was a…
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Why a student protest movement is challenging 12 years of Vučić rule in Serbia✓

Why a student protest movement is challenging 12 years of Vučić rule in Serbia

After two years of student protests, Serbians vote on Sunday in elections that could bring down the ruling party
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Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK✓

Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK

Defence secretary says Britain must manufacture at scale as Germany’s Rheinmetall opens Midlands factory. For the last 20 years, Britain was unable to put a barrel on its tanks…
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Teacher wounded in Oregon school shooting played dead after she was shot✓

Teacher wounded in Oregon school shooting played dead after she was shot

Becky Drury says she was hit by gunfire before she could intervene in attack that killed four, including three children. A teacher wounded in last week’s shooting at a Bend,…
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Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa✓

Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa

Case in Africa’s most populous country was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda. Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who arrived…
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Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon

Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons
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Foreign national beaten to death by a mob in South Africa✓

Foreign national beaten to death by a mob in South Africa

Police say a 50-person mob in Durban killed a man amid a wave of anti-migrant marches
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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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Sexualised, violent threats: female Victorian MPs fear for their safety as they fight more than just next month’s election

Sexualised, violent threats: female Victorian MPs fear for their safety as they fight more than just next month’s election

Hostility from constituents is not new for the state’s politicians, including its premiers. But the alleged attack on Helen Haines has sent a chill down the collective spine. Get…
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The Guardian view on drilling in Jackdaw: a truly pragmatic approach would focus on Britain’s green transition | Editorial

The Guardian view on drilling in Jackdaw: a truly pragmatic approach would focus on Britain’s green transition | Editorial

Opening the North Sea gasfield will deliver minimal benefits for households, while sending a dismal signal before next month’s Cop summit. This week a report from the UN…
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We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan | Andy Burnham

We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan | Andy Burnham

Protecting jobs and strengthening energy security in the short term does not mean wavering on Labour’s deep commitment to a cleaner, greener future. Andy Burnham vows UK will hit…
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The internet has broken – again. Shouldn’t the tech firms that make billions from it pay to fix it? | Chris Stokel-Walker

The internet has broken – again. Shouldn’t the tech firms that make billions from it pay to fix it? | Chris Stokel-Walker

I’ve been banging the drum about these vulnerabilities for years. It will take more than a handful of exhausted developers to keep us safe. Parts of the internet are going dark.…
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Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot

Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot

If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor. However grim the trajectory might…
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Burnham approves Jackdaw – and Labour’s unity on climate action is imperilled with the stroke of a pen | Zoe Williams

Burnham approves Jackdaw – and Labour’s unity on climate action is imperilled with the stroke of a pen | Zoe Williams

This foolish decision undermines hopes that this government will take the necessary steps the climate crisis demands. When the news broke that the UK government had approved the…
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‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?

‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?

With You Can See Everything, Holmes joins other such high-profile subjects as Lance Armstrong, Imelda Marcos and Anthony Weiner to allow film-makers to document their lives. But…
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Coogan, Burnham and the fight to revive Middleton: could it be grist to the mill for struggling British towns?

Coogan, Burnham and the fight to revive Middleton: could it be grist to the mill for struggling British towns?

Turnaround initiated by the now prime minister and led by the actor could provide blueprint for other neglected areas. Save high street by taxing online sales at higher rate,…
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Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games

Nintendo Switch 2; Nintendo/Nintendo Bringing a holiday vibe and a generous selection of sport-themed games, this is exactly what you want from a family video game. When the first…
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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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This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?

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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‘The tech bro fight club is real!’ The titans of AI get the Succession treatment in a wild new TV show

‘The tech bro fight club is real!’ The titans of AI get the Succession treatment in a wild new TV show

The Audacity is a fearless satire taking on Silicon Valley’s ‘egomaniac weirdos’. Its creator and stars talk ayahuasca ceremonies, mining kids for data – and punching CEOs.…
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Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet faces ecosystem collapse by 2075, UN advisors say

Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet faces ecosystem collapse by 2075, UN advisors say

Assessment finds global heating is endangering 96% of coral reefs across 80 countries – a figure scientists say should serve as a ‘wake-up call’. Sign up for climate and…
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‘This isn’t greenwashing’: thousands of butterflies surprise experts on restored West Sussex farmland

‘This isn’t greenwashing’: thousands of butterflies surprise experts on restored West Sussex farmland

Rare small blues and dingy skippers among species found on former wheatfields two years after start of transformation under commercial nature project. An “amazing” abundance of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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‘Nunchucks’ wielded by agitated man in Hannah Beazley’s office may have been drumsticks, court told

‘Nunchucks’ wielded by agitated man in Hannah Beazley’s office may have been drumsticks, court told

John Lawrence Smart charged with being armed in a way that may cause fear but Perth lawyer expresses concern for mental health. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi seen in rare photos after receiving gift from King Charles

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi seen in rare photos after receiving gift from King Charles

Critics said images of detained former leader were a stunt by the military to end country’s diplomatic isolation. Myanmar has delivered presents from Britain’s ​King Charles to…
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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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Economy set to worsen, with higher unemployment and weaker growth on the way, Jim Chalmers reveals

Economy set to worsen, with higher unemployment and weaker growth on the way, Jim Chalmers reveals

Treasury is revising all the numbers for the midyear budget update as economists warn of a difficult six months ahead. Get our new political email , free app or daily news…
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Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan

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US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC

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North Korea says it will resume propaganda broadcasts across border into South Korea

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First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say

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