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Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the strait of Hormuz is close to being finalised – as it happened ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– as it happened Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president State representative defeats former House Republican in primary for Rose's open seat in Tennessee Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again Explosive drone 'serious attack' on Germany - as reports claim jet was carrying ammunition Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses Senate panel holds Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer COVID-19 questions SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon Anti-Muslim US Congressman Andy Ogles loses Republican primary Alan Jones trial: complainant wants to ‘humiliate’ broadcaster by revealing intimate details of alleged assaults, defence tells court The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the strait of Hormuz is close to being finalised – as it happened ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– as it happened Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president State representative defeats former House Republican in primary for Rose's open seat in Tennessee Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again Explosive drone 'serious attack' on Germany - as reports claim jet was carrying ammunition Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses Senate panel holds Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer COVID-19 questions SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon Anti-Muslim US Congressman Andy Ogles loses Republican primary Alan Jones trial: complainant wants to ‘humiliate’ broadcaster by revealing intimate details of alleged assaults, defence tells court The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones
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Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the strait of Hormuz is close to being finalised – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. Understanding reached on coordinates for shipping route through Hormuz, Iran says. Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, which was set up in January to…
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Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film

Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film

Yinon Levy is charged with reckless manslaughter over the July 2025 shooting of Odeh Hathaleen
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Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again

Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again

Obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch. A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump ’s legal…
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Explosive drone 'serious attack' on Germany - as reports claim jet was carrying ammunition

Authorities say an explosive drone found near a jet in Leipzig was a "serious attack" on Germany - amid reports the Ukrainian aircraft was loaded with ammunition
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Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details

Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details

Sharif Ahmadzai, who is 26 and from Afghanistan, faces charges of homicide with intent, robbery and weapons offences
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Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence

Bangladesh's ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to her country from exile despite facing a death sentence over a bloody crackdown on…
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Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime

Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime

Amal Khalil was killed and her colleague Zeinab Faraj wounded in an Israeli attack in April; Israel denied targeting the journalists
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Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses

Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses

It represents roughly 60% of all tariff revenue collected under the policy, with billions still to be repaid
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Senate panel holds Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer COVID-19 questions

A Senate panel voted Thursday to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt for repeatedly declining to answer questions last week from lawmakers investigating the origins of the COVID-19…
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SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company
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High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague

High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague

Tarun Tejpal, ex-editor of Tehelka magazine, was initially acquitted in 2021 in case that drew nationwide attention. An Indian court has sentenced a high-profile former editor of…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing

Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing

Company is the third to report such an incident after Anthropic and OpenAI reported breaches during training. Meta said on Wednesday that one of its AI models hacked ⁠another…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon

Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon

A defunct part of a Falcon 9 rocket could slam into the moon at more than 5,000 miles per hour, according to scientists
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Anti-Muslim US Congressman Andy Ogles loses Republican primary

Anti-Muslim US Congressman Andy Ogles loses Republican primary

Trump's endorsement fails to save Tennessee legislator who recently said 'Muslims don't belong in American society'
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Alan Jones trial: complainant wants to ‘humiliate’ broadcaster by revealing intimate details of alleged assaults, defence tells court

Alan Jones trial: complainant wants to ‘humiliate’ broadcaster by revealing intimate details of alleged assaults, defence tells court

Barrister alleges ‘account of penis wiggling is an attempt to humiliate’ broadcaster who has pleaded not guilty to 22 charges of indecent assault and sexual touching. Follow our…
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The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device. There’s a ritual at the…
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Le Corbusier’s social housing was meant to be the dream. In a summer of extreme heat, it is a nightmare | Anna Richards

Le Corbusier’s social housing was meant to be the dream. In a summer of extreme heat, it is a nightmare | Anna Richards

When temperatures get to 40C inside, and French building regulations won’t even allow shutters, these tenants’ listed homes are simply unlivable. The population of Firminy,…
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ClimateTone Serious2 min
Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…
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Ceuta residents ‘sad, helpless, anxious’ as up to 5,000 migrants remain in the city, president says – Europe live

Juan Jesús Vivas has been briefing EU lawmakers on the ‘humanitarian emergency’ and says updated death toll now lies at least 100 people. The commission also got repeatedly asked…
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‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself

‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself

Plans involve dredging and expanding docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually. Janavi Kramer had just enjoyed a swim with friends and was…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it. Can’t you leftists understand? Mass death is good…
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Attorney general warns women and children at risk of ‘harmful conduct’ from smartglasses users – as it happened

This blog is now closed. Federal parliament is returning from winter break next week. Do you have a question you’d like to ask Guardian Australia’s team of political reporters in…
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Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall. Protesters are staging a “tree sit” in a tiny Arizona town…
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‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement

‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement

John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice. When John Sayles, a student at Williams College taking time off…
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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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
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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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel

One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel

What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk predicted…
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When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer

When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer

Journalist and author Cory Doctorow is coming to Australia to spread his message – humans will take their jobs back. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get…
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Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America

Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America

In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
New Zealand capital delights in rare snowfall as southern city residents ski down world’s steepest street

New Zealand capital delights in rare snowfall as southern city residents ski down world’s steepest street

Snow falls in Wellington for the first time in 15 years while snow blanketed Dunedin and Christchurch on the country’s south island. Temperatures have plummeted across New Zealand…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’

Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’

Cardinal Pedro Barreto received death threats and harassment during his almost 20-year campaign against a US mining company’s operations in the Andes. A Peruvian cardinal who…
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How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales

How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales

Matthew Myerscough’s remarkable find is one of many detailed in his new book. But his journey into fossil hunting began years earlier, when he was caught in an avalanche. When…
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ClimateTone Serious2 min
Nazis and Happy Feet collide in Penguin Colony, a psychological horror game set at the world’s end

Nazis and Happy Feet collide in Penguin Colony, a psychological horror game set at the world’s end

Explore Antarctica as a flightless bird – and dodge some earthly monsters – in this surreal adaptation of HP Lovecraft. While watching the 2006 animated film Happy Feet with his…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
What is the best way to tackle poverty in Ethiopia? This new study tries cash, therapy, and more.

What is the best way to tackle poverty in Ethiopia? This new study tries cash, therapy, and more.

A new study is out that looked at various ways to try to tackle poverty in Ethiopia. Turns out, cash helps, but the impact of therapy is less clear
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Most verified today

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Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the strait of Hormuz is close to being finalised – as it happened

✓ 93% agree · 5 sources
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ACLU blasts Trump’s new orders on birthright citizenship, saying they are doomed to fail in court– as it happened

✓ 87% agree · 4 sources
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Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online

✓ 82% agree · 3 sources
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Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president

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Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online

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SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

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Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing

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The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

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