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● Trump slams Zelenskyy amid Russia sanctions rift and says ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine - live ● Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza ● Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say ● Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery ● Democratic senator: Zelensky says Ukraine doesn’t have full access to Starshield, intelligence sharing ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections, calling him 'great warrior prime minister' ● Arrests over Israeli settler attacks on US photojournalist and European diplomats in West Bank ● Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 50 security recruits, local authorities say ● Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar. ● Australian prime minister says lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident' ● Four Canadian soldiers killed after grass fire spread 'a kilometre in 36 seconds' ● Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base ● Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected? ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines ● China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports ● Trump slams Zelenskyy amid Russia sanctions rift and says ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine - live ● Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza ● Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say ● Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery ● Democratic senator: Zelensky says Ukraine doesn’t have full access to Starshield, intelligence sharing ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections, calling him 'great warrior prime minister' ● Arrests over Israeli settler attacks on US photojournalist and European diplomats in West Bank ● Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 50 security recruits, local authorities say ● Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar. ● Australian prime minister says lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident' ● Four Canadian soldiers killed after grass fire spread 'a kilometre in 36 seconds' ● Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base ● Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected? ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines ● China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports
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Trump slams Zelenskyy amid Russia sanctions rift and says ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine - live

President facing criticism for his move to waive sanctions for Russia as a new poll by Reuters shows only 31% of Americans approve of his performance in office. Sign up for US…
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Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery✓

Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery

The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace
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Democratic senator: Zelensky says Ukraine doesn’t have full access to Starshield, intelligence sharing

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told senators Ukraine still does not have full access to the critical satellite-based Starshield…
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era✓

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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Trump endorses Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections, calling him 'great warrior prime minister'

Donald Trump has endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the Israeli elections later this month, calling him a "great warrior prime minister"
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Arrests over Israeli settler attacks on US photojournalist and European diplomats in West Bank

Ten suspects have been arrested in connection with recent violence in the West Bank including attacks on an ​American ⁠photojournalist and European ⁠diplomats, Israeli police have…
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Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 50 security recruits, local authorities say✓

Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 50 security recruits, local authorities say

Three missiles hit a camp in government-controlled Shabwa province that officials say was being used as a training centre for new recruits
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Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar.

Former President Barack Obama issued a forceful denunciation of the Trump administration's legal pursuit of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar over suspicions she fraudulently obtained…
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Australian prime minister says lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident'✓

Australian prime minister says lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident'

A car hit an Australian federal independent lawmaker on Monday, critically injuring her in an apparent deliberate attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The driver was…
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Four Canadian soldiers killed after grass fire spread 'a kilometre in 36 seconds'

The four Canadian soldiers who died during a training exercise at the weekend did so when a grass fire spread "a kilometre in 36 seconds", officials said
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Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base✓

Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base

Prime minister Mark Carney describes blaze as ‘one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime’. Four people have been killed and dozens more seriously…
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Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?✓

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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Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation

The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened Wednesday after an Elon Musk -owned satellite system used by…
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Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space✓

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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Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines✓

Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines

Drivers to get five minutes to decide whether to park and 10 minutes to leave after their session ends. Drivers will get a guaranteed five minutes to decide whether to park and 10…
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China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports✓

China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports

Third-quarter GDP up by 4.5% compared with last year as industrial output is buoyed by electronics demand. Roaring exports lifted China’s economic growth in the third quarter of…
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Trump signs order launching women’s health division at NIH, White House✓

Trump signs order launching women’s health division at NIH, White House

First Lady Melania Trump has championed the executive action as a 'transformative moment' for US women's health
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Trump open to summit with Xi and Putin — to discuss denuclearization

President Trump wants to hold a trilateral summit with Chinese President Xi and Russian President Putin in China next month to discuss "denuclearization" — but not necessarily…
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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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What ice cream has to do with this year's Nobel Prize in economics✓

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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Musk pledges 1 SpaceX share for every child in America

Elon Musk said Monday he'd give one of his shares in SpaceX to every "kid" in America next year. Why it matters: It'd be a roughly $11 billion giveaway at current stock prices,…
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Anthropic makes pledge for public benefit initiative

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Anthropic makes pledge for public benefit initiative The artificial intelligence firm Anthropic announced it will commit 5 percent of…
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World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey✓

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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Helen Haines: independent MP in critical condition in Melbourne’s Alfred hospital after being struck by car in Wangaratta – follow updates

A joint counter-terrorism taskforce is investigating the incident, which Anthony Albanese alleged ‘wasn’t an accident’. ‘Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after…
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Is it really ‘madness’ to account for emissions from fossil fuels burned overseas? The Coalition sure thinks so | Temperature Check

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

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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‘This is not poker’: Alberta goes to polls in referendum that has exposed divisions, not least among separatists

‘This is not poker’: Alberta goes to polls in referendum that has exposed divisions, not least among separatists

Voters to be asked whether province should remain part of Canada or hold a second, binding independence vote. Albertans are going to the polls to decide their place in Canada, in…
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Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

Of the dozens of countries approached to water down their laws, Australia appears to be the only one considering it, publishers’ group says. Get our new political email , free app…
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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?

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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‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…
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French authorities announce partial curfews as PM blames ‘ultra-left’ for exploiting protests – Europe live

Curfews to apply to parts of cities including Paris, Nice and Lyon after days of violence on French streets. Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests across…
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…
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Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company

Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company

A farm labor contractor exposed laborers on H-2A agricultural visas to heat-related health hazards, but is still bringing hundreds of migrant farm workers to North Carolina. It…
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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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Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adult

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Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza

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Trump slams Zelenskyy amid Russia sanctions rift and says ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine - live

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

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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era

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Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?

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