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✓'The flood took everything': Nepal survivors describe horror of loved ones being swept away
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✓Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning
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✓Norway's King Harald dies aged 89: A beloved monarch buffeted by family crises
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✓'Not far enough' - US parents and teens on Meta's new limits for young users
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✓Judge says Pentagon's measures against Anthropic were 'illegal and baseless'
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✓Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen in Vienna smash-and-grab raid
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Shingles vaccine could slash risk of stroke and heart disease, study finds
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✓Trump administration illegally retaliated against Anthropic, judge rules
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✓Satellite images reveal scale of flood devastation in Nepal villages
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✓Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
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✓Large Lake Ontario sign installed in Canada in latest jab at US
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✓Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported from US to UK
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Nepal-Tibet floods: Nepal calls for technical support for rescue efforts as number of missing rises to nearly 3,000 – as it happened
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‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river
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One Nation’s Secret Harbour byelection win shows Labor is at a loss when it comes to calming angry voters | Analysis
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No special carve-out for states using fossil fuel to power datacentres, Chris Bowen insists, despite new conditions
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Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $18bn
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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel
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