✓At least 33 pupils and teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan
Children were buried under the debris after the roof crashed through three classrooms, police say
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Pentagon says Trump and Hegseth ‘completely aligned’ on decision to cancel livestream of firing squad execution – as it happened
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Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion penalty over money laundering allegations
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Judge orders White House to reinstate press access until litigation concludes
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Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
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✓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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✓Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil refinery after Zelensky says strikes to resume
Ukraine's president says a pause on striking energy sites is over following fresh Russian attacks
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✓A judge blocks the government's tree-clearing spree at a municipal D.C. golf course
Locals and preservationists have long opposed Trump's plan to redevelop a municipal D.C. golf course. That legal fight escalated after the government cleared hundreds of trees on…
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✓Judge extends White House access to banned media outlets CNN, MS Now and Politico
District court judge Timothy Kelly was ruling after Trump administration blocked access to three outlets last month. A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to continue…
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✓FBI investigates letters with ‘unknown substance’ sent to US election officials
Election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma receive a powdery substance, prompting evacuations. The FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service are investigating letters sent to…
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✓Seven crew missing after drone attack leaves tanker ablaze off Romania's coast
A search and rescue operation is under way in the Black Sea after the latest attack in the area
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✓Houthi missile attack on Yemeni presidential palace kills five, minister says
Yemen's information minister says the prime minister and other ministers were unhurt when ballistic missiles hit al-Maashiq Palace
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✓School roof collapse kills at least 29, injures more than 3 dozen in Pakistan
The roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a female teacher and injuring more than 50 other people
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✓ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law
Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay,…
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✓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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Questions flare over US role in Ukraine's Starlink shut-off: What to know
On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s Starlink was pulled into the center of a controversy after Ukraine’s military faced restricted access to Starshield, the military version of the…
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✓Bus hits train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel, with 19 injured
Two people were airlifted to hospital but no-one's life appeared to be in danger, officials said
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✓Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’
Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of torture. Nicolás Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York…
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✓Two dead in Istanbul after heaviest rainfall in 84 years, governor says
Residents have been told to avoid leaving their homes unless absolutely necessary
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Rubio urges Lebanon to resist Hezbollah pressure over seized explosives
Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressed Lebanon President Joseph Aoun not to return to Hezbollah a truck full of explosives it attempted to smuggle into Beirut several days ago,…
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✓Zelenskyy sits down with NPR. And, Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a sit-down interview with NPR as Russia's full-scale invasion nears the 5-year mark. And, Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung…
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Collins, Jackson trade jabs in final Maine Senate debate: 3 takeaways
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) faced off against Democratic candidate Troy Jackson on Thursday in the final Senate debate before Maine voters head to the polls. The two traded jabs…
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✓2 Americans win Nobel Prize in economics for work on boom-bust cycles
Two Americans have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their work on how to smooth boom-and-bust cycles to limit unemployment and inflation
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✓Trump administration sues California over noncitizens on voter rolls
Lawsuit comes weeks before midterm elections and follows debunked claims of noncitizens voting in various states
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✓Brazil cuts work week to 40 hours in win for Lula ahead of runoff
Congress approves constitutional amendment that bans six-day workweeks, which could affect up to 30 million. Brazil’s congress has approved a constitutional amendment to shorten…
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✓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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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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Queensland’s LNP has trodden softly in government. It’s now baring its teeth over the power to break up workers’ strikes
The controversial legislation may end up placing large sections of its suburban support – critical to the party’s lead in the polls – on the bonfire. Get our breaking news email ,…
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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
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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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’
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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Hurricane Isaias updates: at least four people dead and hundreds of thousands without power – as it happened
This liveblog is now closed. Read the full story here. Key things to know about Hurricane Isaias. Sign up for the US Breaking News email. Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis , said…
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‘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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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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4 GOP senators join letter demanding Pentagon inspector general investigation of Ukraine’s Starlink outage
Four Republican senators have signed on to a letter to the Defense Department’s inspector general expressing “grave concern” over Ukraine’s sudden loss of access to…
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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
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‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums
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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?
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