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✓ Verified Editor's call: US-Canada trade war erupts; Trump faces beef backlash; Graham's final South Carolina push
Join The Hill's editors for a rundown of a wild few days in economic news, as trade talks with Canada rapidly turn into a tit-for-tat tariff war and President Trump's plan to…
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Chinese company flexes dominance in robotics space with splashy stock market debut
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Cricket legends urge Pakistan to provide 'proper medical care' for Imran Khan
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Photos: Towering landfill collapse kills 30 in Guinea’s capital, Conakry
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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
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Burnham says UK with Ukraine ‘all the way’ despite ‘outrageous threats’ from Russia – Europe live
Coalition of the Willing condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine, pledges to work on ‘constraining Russia’s war chest’. Here’s the full quote from Kremlin’s Peskov , via AFP:. “…
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✓Trump declares economic warfare on Iran. And, SCOTUS to rule on White House ballroom
President Trump has declared economic warfare on Iran in an effort to pressure the country back into negotiations. And, the Supreme Court is set to decide on the future of Trump's…
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✓Washington Post ordered to reinstate opinion writer fired over Charlie Kirk posts
Arbitrator determined the Post improperly fired Karen Attiah, a union-protected employee, over social media posts. An independent arbitrator has ordered the Washington Post to…
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Health of Norway's King Harald deteriorated at the weekend, say royal officials
Norway's King Harald is in a stable condition in hospital after his health deteriorated at the weekend, royal officials have said
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✓Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say
The government says at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system during the attack in July
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✓About 90,000 urged to evacuate as fast-moving wildfire threatens Reno, Nevada
‘Human-caused’, wind-driven fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials say. About 90,000 residents of Reno, Nevada, and the adjacent North…
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✓Israel accused of using kites as pretext to justify escalating Gaza attacks
Israel has threatened Palestinian groups against launching 'kites, drones, and balloons' from the war-torn enclave
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✓Government vows to make business rate valuations for pubs and hotels fairer
Review will look at improving system for English and Welsh hospitality venues before next revaluation date in 2029. Business live – latest updates. The government has promised…
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✓Iran faces 'greatest financial offensive ever', says US treasury secretary
Scott Bessent says the US will sever all economic ties with the country and that any nation partnering with Iran financially will also be isolated
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✓UK to help Ukraine build Storm Shadow long-range missiles: Why it matters
The UK's willingness to share classified missile-production knowledge sets a potentially important precedent
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✓Samuel Eto’o urges support for embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino
Former star striker, now head of Cameroon's FA, backs Infantino despite mounting pressure on him to resign
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✓Robots smash human track records, including Bolt's 100m sprint — video
Humanoid robots have smashed human track records at the five-day World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. Among the records broken was Usain Bolt's 9.58-second 100m, with a robot…
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✓Four arrested over fatal shooting of South African boxer Zolani Tete
Tete, who won world WBF flyweight and WBO bantamweight titles, was killed outside his home in Eastern Cape last week
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✓New Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media
Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children. New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his…
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✓Dutch public broadcaster to boycott ‘no longer’ neutral Eurovision
AVROTROS says escalating international conflicts are undermining the event's neutrality and fuelling divisions
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✓UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears
Trade body says local chains would have to balance concerns with potential benefits of AI-enabled technology. Cinemas across the UK are considering banning customers from wearing…
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Maradona 'Hand of God' football sells for £2.5m
The football with which Diego Maradona scored his "Hand of God" goal against England in 1986 has been sold at auction for £2.5m
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‘Standard’ velvet hangers? There’s nothing standard about some of the items on John Lewis’s uni essentials list| Emma Beddington
It used to be that dorm rooms were chaotically messy. Does this new generation really need an £80 spice rack and velvet clothes hangers?. Of all the questions this year’s freshers…
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Would even an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not | Timothy Garton Ash
It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to control it. That means even sober prophecies seem optimistic. Here in Silicon Valley, the…
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No 10 says glorification of dangerous driving ‘for clips and entertainment is utterly disgraceful’ – UK politics live
Downing Street repeats calls for social media platforms to review content and policies as companies urged to uphold legal duties. Lee Anderson, the Reform UK MP for Ashfield, is…
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Australia has just 12,000 sea lions left – and ‘carnage’ may await them as bird flu takes hold, scientists warn
Virus has already caused catastrophic losses in pinnipeds in South America and sub-Antarctica, particularly among pups. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’
Prime minister will use national cabinet meeting to assuage premiers over new AI law as AEMO forecasts seven-fold rise in datacentre power use. Get our breaking news email , free…
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Can Burnham justify giving the go ahead to oil drilling? Yes, but these must be the conditions | Michael Jacobs
Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments – if its owners are willing to pay the price. The British government must soon…
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How do you vaccinate 1,000 tiny penguins against bird flu in the wild? It’s ‘really tricky’ but there is a way
Phillip Island’s ‘iconic’ little penguins get first bird flu vaccinations in what is thought to be largest program of its kind. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?
The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist.…
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‘Staggering’: watchdog condemns police after Indigenous teenager on bus wrongfully arrested – then searched
Ombudsman Iain Anderson says he is concerned police ‘had no clearly understood definition of racial profiling’. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. The…
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"Stop gaslighting me!": Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism
Florida's new Democratic Senate nominee, Angie Nixon , and the state party's chair had a heated conversation Friday that included a yelling match about the impact of socialism and…
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Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA files lawsuit, says she was stripped of crown over conservative beliefs
Brittany Boltinhouse claims that pageant organizers conspired to replace and defame her over her support for President Trump, among other conservative figures
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Police presence and 'deep sadness' at funeral for one of five teens killed in Ireland head-on collision
A funeral mass has been held for one of the teenagers killed in a head-on collision in County Kildare last week - with a heavy police presence at Carlow for the event
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London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?
Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them. Ten years ago,…
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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it
Streamed auctions offer a cheap way to buy the precious gems, but experts warn that quality is not guaranteed. The first time Andrea Greenhill came across a livestream auction for…
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No 10 backs ‘tough action’ if social platforms fail to remove dangerous driving posts after A66 crash
Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says sites are legally obliged to take them down. The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action”…
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‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks
Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’. A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to…
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Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump – and a headache for Britain’s new PM
North Sea oil, once the driving force of the UK economy, may be dwindling but it remains a symbol of prestige and a rich resource for political debate. When oil was first…
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Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?
Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research.…
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