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Texas kills man in first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike
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✓South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law
Responding to a Guardian report that revealed thousands of tonnes of fuel was transported to Russia, Seoul said it was investigating the cases. South Korea will take legal action…
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✓Disney accuses Trump officials of ‘blatant violations’ of constitution amid FCC battle
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✓Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages
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✓3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks
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'Devastating year' as Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice amid record-breaking heatwaves
Glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume in 2026 after a "devasting year" marked by intense heatwaves and low snowfall, according to a study
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✓Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia
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✓Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
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✓Three people killed in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia airports, officials say
The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attacks, which mark an escalation in the conflict
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✓Tillis criticizes Trump advisers for work with Russia-aligned Bosnia group
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Yemen war live: Gov’t forces claim key heights, Houthi attacks continue
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim advances in western Taiz's mountain belt overlooking the coast
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✓Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died
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✓Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year
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✓World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers
Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island
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✓Democrats sue US President Trump over taxpayer-funded ad campaign
Trump has faced a bipartisan backlash over ads that critics say violate prohibitions on taxpayer-funded propaganda
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✓Fuel prices added to Google Maps as petrol and diesel costs soar
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✓Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks
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✓Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests
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✓Acclaimed Indian actor Nana Patekar dies aged 75
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The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
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Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’
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‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
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It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom | Tom McIlroy
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‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
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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’
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More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’
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Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company
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