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● Democrat Annie Andrews flips South Carolina Senate seat held by Republicans since 1998 ● Dollar falls while gold and US Treasury bonds rally as markets react to Democrats’ midterm election victory – business live ● US midterm elections 2026 live updates: Democrats take control of Congress in major setback for Trump ● 'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter ● Democrats seize full control of Congress. And, which candidates made history last night ● Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran ● Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is superb, streamlined and safe ● A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced ● Left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins in Michigan to become first Muslim senator ● UK meat industry hit by cyber-attack which targeted European supermarket freezers ● Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack ● Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’ ● Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world ● Israel vote results confirmed as election commission rejects fraud claims ● UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years ● Spain's transport minister to resign after train crash killed 69 people ● US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal ● How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme ● Binance halts trading after biggest-ever crypto hack ● 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 ● Democrat Annie Andrews flips South Carolina Senate seat held by Republicans since 1998 ● Dollar falls while gold and US Treasury bonds rally as markets react to Democrats’ midterm election victory – business live ● US midterm elections 2026 live updates: Democrats take control of Congress in major setback for Trump ● 'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter ● Democrats seize full control of Congress. And, which candidates made history last night ● Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran ● Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is superb, streamlined and safe ● A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced ● Left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins in Michigan to become first Muslim senator ● UK meat industry hit by cyber-attack which targeted European supermarket freezers ● Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack ● Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’ ● Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world ● Israel vote results confirmed as election commission rejects fraud claims ● UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years ● Spain's transport minister to resign after train crash killed 69 people ● US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal ● How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme ● Binance halts trading after biggest-ever crypto hack ● 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
Democrat Annie Andrews flips South Carolina Senate seat held by Republicans since 1998✓
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Democrat Annie Andrews flips South Carolina Senate seat held by Republicans since 1998

Andrews ran a campaign on healthcare affordability and beat Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey Graham to win. US midterm elections – live updates. Track live results from all 50…
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Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran✓

Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran

Democrats in Michigan are considering their options after Haley Stevens endorsed GOP candidate Mike Rogers for Senate. And the Gulf states are bracing for a possible U.S. attack…
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Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is superb, streamlined and safe✓

Review: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is superb, streamlined and safe

Nintendo's new Ocarina of Time remake enshrines its place in the gaming canon for generations to come. But despite its stupendous production values, the game left me feeling oddly…
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A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced✓

A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced

North Korean hackers pulled off the biggest cyber heist ever by duping a Binance engineer into thinking he was being recruited for a job, the crypto exchange says
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Left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins in Michigan to become first Muslim senator✓

Left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins in Michigan to become first Muslim senator

El-Sayed bested Republican Mike Rogers to become the first Muslim senator in US history
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UK meat industry hit by cyber-attack which targeted European supermarket freezers✓

UK meat industry hit by cyber-attack which targeted European supermarket freezers

Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday
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Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack✓

Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack

Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French shops. Who is hacking Europe’s supermarket fridges and freezers, and…
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Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’✓

Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’

Firm reveals details about how its cryptocurrency exchange was compromised, saying operation began in June. The hackers behind the $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance heist used bogus job…
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Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world✓

Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel remembered in moving tributes by football world

The 30-year-old died on Tuesday following an on-pitch collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono
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Israel vote results confirmed as election commission rejects fraud claims✓

Israel vote results confirmed as election commission rejects fraud claims

Netanyahu’s allies refuse to back the result, as President Herzog begins talks on who should form the next government
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UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years✓

UN's peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara ends after 35 years

The U.N.'s long-running peacekeeping mission for the disputed Western Sahara ceased operations Sunday after 35 years. Once ruled by Spain, it is claimed by both Morocco and the…
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Spain's transport minister to resign after train crash killed 69 people

Spain's transport minister has said he will step down after two deadly train crashes in less than a year
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US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal✓

US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Vance voices optimism about a deal

Strikes on eve of US midterms reportedly target surface-to-air missiles being used against US assets. The ⁠US launched limited strikes on ​Iran’s Qeshm Island late on Monday,…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme✓

How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme

Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income. North Korea plays by its own rules. The isolated, secretive and autocratic country is…
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Binance halts trading after biggest-ever crypto hack

Binance halted trading Thursday after hackers allegedly linked to North Korea stole more than $6 billion, the largest crypto hack in history. Why it matters : The attack comes…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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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The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot

The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot

Mink farms are the perfect petri dishes for deadly flu strains to emerge. Yet officials appear to be protecting business interests over human lives. Could this be ground zero?…
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Aukus is ‘worst, riskiest and most costly’ Australian defence decision ever, public inquiry into submarine deal says

Aukus is ‘worst, riskiest and most costly’ Australian defence decision ever, public inquiry into submarine deal says

Report led by Peter Garrett and former defence chief Adm Chris Barrie says agreement should be suspended and calls for royal commission. Get our daily political email , free app…
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Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic

It is hardly a shock that Grok AI’s interpretation of Homer is as meaningless as a laptop screensaver. The only surprise would be if Musk accepted defeat graciously. Which he…
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Louise Haigh and deputy Conservative leader Alex Burghart clash over welfare spending at PMQS – UK politics live

The first secretary of state says the government will bring welfare spending down. Louise Haigh starts by saying she is standing in for Andy Burnham. She says this weekend the…
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Affordability top of mind for voters in final sprint to midterms: ‘I have to pick between medicine or groceries’

Affordability top of mind for voters in final sprint to midterms: ‘I have to pick between medicine or groceries’

Cost of living has loomed over this election cycle as workers and unions champion candidates fighting for higher wages and tackling rising prices. For millions of Americans…
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Despite the teething issues, Dyson’s Camerajet toothbrush packs in a lot of clever tech – but is it worth £420?

Despite the teething issues, Dyson’s Camerajet toothbrush packs in a lot of clever tech – but is it worth £420?

Dyson’s first electric toothbrush watches you brush and flosses for you, but there are far cheaper ways to get an effective clean. • The best electric toothbrushes for every…
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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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‘The point was to dehumanise’: London Holocaust archive examines world’s first ‘viral’ antisemitism scandal

‘The point was to dehumanise’: London Holocaust archive examines world’s first ‘viral’ antisemitism scandal

Dreyfus affair has echoes of how anti-Jewish hatred manifests itself today, say curators at Weiner Library. It was the world’s first experience of antisemitism “gone viral”, said…
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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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I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

My mother was a keen swimmer, and she lived with depression. I wonder if she found the same respite in the water that has helped heal me since she passed away. It was early…
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Was Ralph Nader right about (almost) everything? His challenge to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

Was Ralph Nader right about (almost) everything? His challenge to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

The ex-presidential candidate tells Democrats to prosecute corruption and bring real change for the working class. A corporate plutocracy. A broken healthcare system. Massive and…
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‘Not been this excited in a long time’: US expats ride the blue wave at Australian midterms watch parties

‘Not been this excited in a long time’: US expats ride the blue wave at Australian midterms watch parties

US voters, their Australian partners and British spectators crowd around pub TVs to watch the historic election results roll in. US midterm elections – live updates. Democrats’…
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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…
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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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‘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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A lackluster response to North Carolina flooding disasters is eroding Republican support in one county

A lackluster response to North Carolina flooding disasters is eroding Republican support in one county

At more than $52m, the race has become the most expensive in US history, but residents are fed up with flooding. Aida Havel mulled her fate over coffee after working the early…
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Castle Walls review – Prime’s first fully AI-generated show is here, and it’s a Vaseline-smeared mess

Castle Walls review – Prime’s first fully AI-generated show is here, and it’s a Vaseline-smeared mess

Billed as the first end-to-end AI-created series on a major streaming service, this Turkish show looks like the result of the prompt ‘make it cinematic’. Just as the world reels…
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‘They have schedules to follow’: how fast ferries can threaten endangered whales in the Mediterranean

‘They have schedules to follow’: how fast ferries can threaten endangered whales in the Mediterranean

A Guardian investigation has found that despite a recommendation to slow down, leading shipping companies continue to travel above advised speeds in a key habitat for cetaceans.…
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I tested Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo. It's a fascinating experiment, but the price is hard to justify.

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Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says

Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says

Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptions. It’s a good time to be a coal plant in the US. The Trump administration has…
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