✓One dead and more than a dozen missing after 'terrifying' flash flood hits Grand Canyon
"It was a beautiful day - and then people were screaming," one hiker tells the BBC, as 15 people are missing
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Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez defends ‘endless’ benefits of her oil deal with Trump
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Google Maps switches to "Lake America" as Canada compares change to "SNL" skit
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Judge says Pentagon's measures against Anthropic were 'illegal and baseless'
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Rescuers search for the missing after deadly flood along Nepal-Tibet border
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✓Iran attacks Jordan, UAE after US bombs Larak Island: What’s the latest?
The retaliatory attacks came after the US targeted two Iranian launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz
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Captain and crew arrested after at least eight die in northern Cyprus ferry disaster – as it happened
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✓What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
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State Department official says about 85 Americans still missing after Nepal flash flooding
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✓Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas among stars backing campaign against AI voice cloning
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✓'Not far enough' - US parents and teens on Meta's new limits for young users
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✓Nepal races to rescue trapped workers, as flood death toll surpasses 900
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✓Manhunt after shooting at Swiss rave kills woman, 22, and injures five
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✓Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
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Iceland rejects government proposal to resume EU membership talks
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Tech giants warn time is running out to prepare for AI threats
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British woman dies after stabbing at train station in Germany
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Iran hostilities flare after US strike in strait of Hormuz; supertanker hits mines and catches fire – Middle East crisis live
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‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river
A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats. On a rocky beach in Cornwall, a…
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Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $18bn
US tech giant agrees to establish further protections for teens such as daily usage limits and blocks on night-time use. Meta agreed to significant changes to its Instagram and…
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The Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all | Nesrine Malik
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
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‘The world needs to pay attention’: Nepalis and Tibetans in New York City respond to the Himalayan disaster
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
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"Stop gaslighting me!": Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism
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Rejoining the EU, Burnham’s donors and the bedroom tax: Politics Weekly answers your questions – podcast
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Diamonds for sale: lab-grown gem auctions are all over TikTok right now, but some aren’t happy about it
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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
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