✓Helen Haines has lost both legs after alleged attack but ‘her heart and mind are in good shape’, husband says
Haines is in stable condition. Surgeons tried to save her right leg but both have now been amputated due to injuries. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast.…
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Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive
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Trump: Implementing Russia sanctions would have halted Stephen Hubbard release talks
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Live updates: Trump lauds Russia's release of American; Vance to campaign with Ramaswamy in Ohio
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WW1 to Houthis: British jets for Saudi Arabia build on long military bond
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✓Pakistani authorities arrest man accused in $126m US postage fraud
Faheem Akram has been charged with several offences including conspiracy to defraud the United States
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✓Elon Musk confirms he is considering merging Tesla and SpaceX
Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger
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✓Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees
Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island. A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island…
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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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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say
A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device at its offices was "mere days" away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, prosecutors allege
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✓The night watch: the YouTubers who were guardians of a shark stuck in a South Korean canal
Wearing hi-vis and carrying selfie sticks, livestreamers watched over an animal that was trapped for a month and drew more than 1.6m visitors before being guided out. In South…
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✓‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers
Our dependence on internet services of a few key tech companies leaves us vulnerable to cloud failures, bugs and more, experts say. It happened again. A power outage hit a…
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Reader Q&A: What’s next for France after a weekend of riots? Ask our Europe columnists
At 3pm BST / 4pm CEST Friday 23 Oct , Guardian Europe columnists Rokhaya Diallo and Alexander Hurst will be live taking questions from our readers about the riots and protests in…
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Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar.
Former President Barack Obama issued a forceful denunciation of the Trump administration's legal pursuit of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar over suspicions she fraudulently obtained…
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✓80 Israelis and Americans, including NY Democrat Brad Lander, detained in West Bank
U.S. Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander was detained along with about 80 American and Israeli rabbis and activists by Israeli security forces as they helped Palestinian…
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At least 153 people killed in drone strike on disputed Sudan-South Sudan region
A drone strike on a fuel depot in a disputed region on the Sudan-South Sudan border has killed at least 153 people
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✓Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says
Dan Mackenzie initially defended his father but now says he felt he had to report his own grandmother
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✓Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
Parts of southern England have entered "severe drought", while about 30 million people are under hosepipe ban
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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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✓China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports
Third-quarter GDP up by 4.5% compared with last year as industrial output is buoyed by electronics demand. Roaring exports lifted China’s economic growth in the third quarter of…
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✓Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media
The spire of the clock tower at Limoges city hall dramatically collapsed as it was engulfed in flames on Saturday
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✓Technology
Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon
Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons
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✓US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance
The Chinese technology is removed from most US government agencies as race for AI dominance steps up
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✓Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast
Janine Lochrenberg, 65, was out on her daily morning swim with her club when she was attacked, her family tell the BBC
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✓US judge dismisses sexual abuse lawsuit from Sam Altman’s sister
Ann Altman, the Open AI CEO’s sister, accused her brother of repeatedly sexually abusing her over two decades ago. A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sam Altman’s sister against…
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✓Giant tunnel proposed to clean up Windermere's sewage problem
The plan would eliminate sewage spills into Windermere, blamed for turning the water green
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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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Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand. Get our new political email , free app or daily news…
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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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Commons speaker accuses energy secretary of ‘immense discourtesy’ after she misses Jackdaw statement – UK politics live
Lindsay Hoyle also said it was ‘shameful’ that her department announced the news to the media first. Here is an explainer by Jill Ambrose about the Jackdaw decision. But…
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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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‘It was so satisfying when I threw a rock through the screen’: the people sick of being spied on by their smart TV
Is your television listening to every conversation? Filling your home with highly invasive ads? Some viewers have had enough of tech violating their privacy. When Dan had had…
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Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault
In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. I know there is always a reason to stall, but ministers at Cop17 must honour that pledge. When…
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Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns
Of the dozens of countries approached to water down their laws, Australia appears to be the only one considering it, publishers’ group says. Get our new political email , free app…
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No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment
AFP commissioner says MPs are generally concerned about growing volume of abuse and intimidation. Follow our live blog for latest updates. Get our breaking news email , free app…
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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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Soft-spoken David Pocock has big ambitions – but first he wants politicians to ‘double down’ on kindness
Independent senator’s goals ‘much bigger’ than prime ministership, he reveals in first speech to National Press Club. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast.…
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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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