✓Sri Lanka Easter bombings: 15 sentenced to hundreds of years in prison each over deadly terror attacks
Islamic State-inspired bombings of churches and hotels in 2019 was one of the country’s worst ever attacks. A court in Sri Lanka has convicted 15 men on terrorist charges for…
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CNN, MS Now and Politico sue Trump after being blocked from White House
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Hurricane Polo, rapidly intensifying from strong El Niño patterns, rages off coast of Mexico
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Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him
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At least 11 dead in mass shooting at house party in South Africa
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US to build new military bases in Greenland as deal seeks to end tensions between Nato allies - as it happened
Agreement signed at the UN general assembly in New York. Nordic correspondent. Emotions among Greenlanders are a mixture of hope, scepticism and fear ahead of the signing of a new…
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✓Lithuania ready to 'fight back' but has evacuation plans in face of Russia threats, PM tells BBC
Sinkevičius told BBC Newsnight Lithuanians feel "constantly threatened" by Moscow, but the nation was prepared to "fight back" if attacked
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✓Top South African police officer charged with raping woman, 18, and grooming 16-year-old girl
Arrest of Shadrack Sibiya comes as country reels from cases of femicide and alleged police corruption and criminality. One of South Africa’s most senior police officers has been…
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✓Paramount settles lawsuit with US states, clearing way for $110bn merger with Warner Bros
The deal includes an agreement to produce 30 films a year, or Paramount will be forced to sell off parts of its company
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✓Trump administration accuses banned media outlets of 'falsehoods' ahead of court hearing
The US Justice Department's response to a lawsuit filed by CNN, Politico and MS NOW also cites national security
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✓Technology
Trump to create AI force - as lawsuit claims firms illegally agreed to slow development
Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Saturday that he is creating an "AI Force" to oversee regulation of AI and will announce an AI "czar" in the near future
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✓At least four people killed in Japan as typhoon Dujuan triggers heavy rain, landslides
Rescuers search for missing in collapsed homes after storm causes landslides, travel chaos and power outages. Typhoon Dujuan has killed at least four people and injured 22 in…
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✓US supreme court declines to intervene in custody fight over baby born via surrogate
Surrogate who rejected abortion request had asked justices to halt court order recognizing LA couple as legal parents. The supreme court has refused to get involved with a custody…
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✓British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting
Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT use. British Columbia has sued OpenAI , saying a mass shooting…
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✓Ukraine's Zelenskyy proposes energy truce with Russia during meeting with Trump
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met President Trump at the U.N. and proposed that Ukraine and Russia stop attacking each other's energy systems
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✓Pakistan seals roads to Islamabad before protests for Imran Khan’s release
Police close major highways into Islamabad as supporters of jailed former prime minister plan to march into the capital
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✓Trump praises Burnham despite tensions over AI, Chagos Islands and Iran
US president calls UK prime minister ‘a natural businessperson’ as leaders meet at UN assembly in New York. Donald Trump has asserted his relationship with the UK is “more up”…
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✓Six-year-old Chinese girl ‘sets new women’s Rubik’s Cube world record’
Lian Yunzhi solves 3x3 puzzle on several occasions in average time of under 4.5 seconds, according to state media. A six-year-old Chinese girl has set a new women’s world record…
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✓EU removes two oligarchs from Russia sanctions list as deadline looms
Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman delisted in what Ireland’s EU presidency calls ‘a difficult compromise’ for the bloc. The EU has agreed to remove two Russian billionaires,…
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✓Technology
Google's Gemini AI hacks three other companies during security test
Google says its Gemini AI hacked three other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities – in the first known example of the system autonomously committing such an…
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✓Trump says he backs diesel export ban to curb soaring energy costs
But industry trade group says plan would backfire and lead to even higher prices for gasoline. US politics live – latest updates. Donald Trump on Tuesday said he backed the idea…
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✓US and China discuss AI safety plan ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Top US and Chinese officials held talks in New York on Sunday ahead of a Trump-Xi summit this week
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✓Trump says he would back ban on diesel exports
Republicans lawmakers have put pressure on the president to curb exports as diesel prices soar to record highs in the US
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World
Trump defends actions in Iran and Venezuela in UN General Assembly address amid rising tensions with allies – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for US Breaking News emails. Trump is arriving at the UN HQ right now. After very brief doorstep comments – almost exclusively mocking CNN -…
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Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving. It was a tragic sight. One day last July, a…
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World
PM’s new anti-disinformation unit won’t target ‘domestic political dissent’, defence secretary says – UK politics live
Wes Streeting told GB News: ‘We’re not interested in policing domestic political dissent’. The outlook for the UK economy has brightened, according to the OECD , with inflation…
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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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Lenore review – incel’s obsession with online influencer turns into anatomy of dislocated digital-age mindset
Digital-age Australian psychodrama tracks the shut-in mania of dangerously disaffected male fan, but doesn’t get inside his mind. If the parasocial phenomenon is a kind of hell,…
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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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ClimateTone Neutral2 min

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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British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it | Andy Burnham
With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solution. Andy Burnham: UK…
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Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’
The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition. King Charles has referred a landmark slavery…
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Hats, pencils and baby pacifiers: Yellowstone staffers retrieve record amount of trash from hot springs
The park is the most highly visited and strong winds make trash problem worse, with gusts blowing away items. Hold on to your hats – Yellowstone national park staffers have…
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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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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms. The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have…
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‘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…
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Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?
As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly. I’m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia,…
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World
Shoebridge says US submission on online safety laws an ‘extraordinary intervention’ – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Andrew Bragg , the shadow housing minister, said he believes in “big debates” about housing…
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‘We have really cool sharks’: three-year project to lift lid on Britain’s little-understood species
Anglers will help scientists investigate the porbeagle, tope and blue shark to boost knowledge and conservation. ‘We have really cool sharks,” says Dr Lucy Hawkes. She is not…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min

Gus Lamont’s parents make emotional plea as $1m reward offered for information about disappearance
No trace of Gus has been found since he went missing from his family’s South Australian farm on 27 September last year. The parents of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont have made…
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