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● Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain ● Trump repeats his false claim that Iran could destroy Los Angeles or San Diego – as it happened ● Paramount completes $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros to form new media empire Skydance ● Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90 ● Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find ● Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space ● South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law ● Disney accuses Trump officials of ‘blatant violations’ of constitution amid FCC battle ● Texas kills man in first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike ● Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages ● 'Devastating year' as Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice amid record-breaking heatwaves ● Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia ● Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns ● Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak ● Tillis criticizes Trump advisers for work with Russia-aligned Bosnia group ● Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died ● Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year ● World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers ● Democrats sue US President Trump over taxpayer-funded ad campaign ● French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU ● Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain ● Trump repeats his false claim that Iran could destroy Los Angeles or San Diego – as it happened ● Paramount completes $111bn acquisition of Warner Bros to form new media empire Skydance ● Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90 ● Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find ● Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space ● South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law ● Disney accuses Trump officials of ‘blatant violations’ of constitution amid FCC battle ● Texas kills man in first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike ● Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages ● 'Devastating year' as Swiss glaciers shed 5% of ice amid record-breaking heatwaves ● Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia ● Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns ● Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak ● Tillis criticizes Trump advisers for work with Russia-aligned Bosnia group ● Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died ● Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year ● World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers ● Democrats sue US President Trump over taxpayer-funded ad campaign ● French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU
Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain✓
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Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain

Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank
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Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space✓

Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space

The 82-year-old scientist, originally from Belgium, is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research into capturing neutrinos at the South Pole dates back to…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law✓

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✓

Disney accuses Trump officials of ‘blatant violations’ of constitution amid FCC battle

Lawyers tell judge ABC being unfairly targeted as US regulator seeks review of network’s local TV station licenses. Lawyers for Disney accused the Trump administration of “blatant…
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Texas kills man in first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike✓

Texas kills man in first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike

Jamaal Howard, 46, executed by fatal dose of pentobarbital after lawyers’ bid for stay had been denied. A Texas man was put to death Wednesday in the first US execution since the…
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Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages✓

Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages

Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer market. Japanese authorities have raided the country’s four…
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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✓

Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia

Legislation is an effort by ruling Liberals to address growing clash over who has access to doctor-assisted death. Canada ’s federal government said on Wednesday it would advance…
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Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns✓

Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments. Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in…
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Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak

President Trump said Monday that the United States will help Russia amid a potential case of pneumonic plague , though he hasn't spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about…
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Tillis criticizes Trump advisers for work with Russia-aligned Bosnia group✓

Tillis criticizes Trump advisers for work with Russia-aligned Bosnia group

Retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Wednesday condemned a report that two consultants to President Trump received a large profit from their work advising a pro-Russian…
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Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died✓

Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died

María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday…
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Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year✓

Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year

Hundred-and-fifty-year-old Wych elm in Newcastle, Co Down has grown sideways owing to strong winds. The “astonishing and bizarre” Bendy Tree in Northern Ireland has been crowned…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers✓

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
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Democrats sue US President Trump over taxpayer-funded ad campaign✓

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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French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU✓

French minister invites UK to ‘come all the way back’ to the EU

Finance minister, Roland Lescure, welcomes Burnham’s pledge to explore closer ties with bloc. Europe live – latest updates. The French finance minister has invited the UK to “come…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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US puts inmate to death for first time since botched execution

A Texas death row inmate has been put to death by lethal injection - despite objections following Christa Pike's botched execution last week
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Royal Navy serviceman accused of spying for foreign power

A junior Royal Navy serviceman has been charged with spying for a foreign country, thought to be Russia
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Outspoken Indian actor Nana Patekar suddenly dies at 75✓

Outspoken Indian actor Nana Patekar suddenly dies at 75

Known for his intense performances, Patekar carved out a distinctive place in Indian cinema
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Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests✓

Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests

Trump briefly stepped away from the microphone after one protester appeared to approach the stage. Donald Trump’s latest campaign rally was rocked by repeated protests on…
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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

The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods

There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?. The Independent Planning Commission’s published reasons for…
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There is a way to look after people, the planet – and Britain’s growth. It’s what we call the ‘wellbeing economy’ | Jamie Driscoll

There is a way to look after people, the planet – and Britain’s growth. It’s what we call the ‘wellbeing economy’ | Jamie Driscoll

Imagine the UK with a 20-year investment plan, with green homes and fast transport. We already have the tools to make it happen. You’ve just left school. What’s your future?. I…
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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

The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot

A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more. If a third runway is built at…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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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’

Rural Queenslanders have seen gas projects come and go – but a 725-hectare datacentre poses a whole new level of ‘stupidity’

Residents of Dalby may soon live beside a $31bn datacentre. The premier sees ‘opportunity’ for the state – but others fear AI’s global creep. From the veranda on his bush block,…
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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

‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high

Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindled. When a train was halted outside Exeter St Davids station on…
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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

It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom | Tom McIlroy

OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot

Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot

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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

‘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’

‘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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‘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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‘That is a lie’: alleged Alan Jones victim denies family tried to get money out of broadcaster, court hears

‘That is a lie’: alleged Alan Jones victim denies family tried to get money out of broadcaster, court hears

Youngest complainant in trial alleges Jones put his tongue in his mouth and touched him on the bottom during visit to shock jock’s property. Get our breaking news email , free app…
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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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NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest

NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest

Police watchdog says Mal Lanyon’s timing in raising the issue was ‘regrettable’ and led to delays. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. The New South…
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More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’

More than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’

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Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing

Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing

Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health. The British government must be honest about the…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

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