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● Lawyers looking to block Texas man's execution following Christa Pike's botched execution ● Trump doubles down on California comments: 'Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles' ● WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death ● New Hollywood era begins with an epic mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. ● French police suspend use of stun grenades at school protests as minister rejects accusations of brutality ● OpenAI admits misstep in handling AI agent interactions with Australian government sites – video ● ‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors ● Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow ● Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan ● Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space ● ‘All I want to do is cry’: trauma of 7 October survivors three years after the attacks ● Paramount closes historic $110B deal for Warner Bros. Discovery to create Skydance ● '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 ● Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries ● Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed ● María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87 ● Tillis criticizes Trump advisers for work with Russia-aligned Bosnia group ● Yemen war live: Yemeni forces claim key heights as Houthi attacks go on ● Plague risk to UK 'very low', officials say after Russian woman's death ● Lawyers looking to block Texas man's execution following Christa Pike's botched execution ● Trump doubles down on California comments: 'Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles' ● WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death ● New Hollywood era begins with an epic mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. ● French police suspend use of stun grenades at school protests as minister rejects accusations of brutality ● OpenAI admits misstep in handling AI agent interactions with Australian government sites – video ● ‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors ● Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow ● Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan ● Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space ● ‘All I want to do is cry’: trauma of 7 October survivors three years after the attacks ● Paramount closes historic $110B deal for Warner Bros. Discovery to create Skydance ● '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 ● Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries ● Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed ● María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87 ● Tillis criticizes Trump advisers for work with Russia-aligned Bosnia group ● Yemen war live: Yemeni forces claim key heights as Houthi attacks go on ● Plague risk to UK 'very low', officials say after Russian woman's death
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Lawyers looking to block Texas man's execution following Christa Pike's botched execution

Lawyers for a Texas death row inmate are looking to block his execution following the botched lethal injection attempts against Christa Pike in Tennessee. Jamaal Howard is…
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OpenAI admits misstep in handling AI agent interactions with Australian government sites – video✓

OpenAI admits misstep in handling AI agent interactions with Australian government sites – video

In a parliamentary inquiry, OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon is questioned by independent senator David Pocock about the company's notification process after OpenAI agents…
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‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors✓

‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors

Forced closure marks low point in UK-Israeli relations, with reports UK is considering retaliatory expulsion of Israeli diplomats from London. Israel marks three years since 7…
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Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow✓

Ten people linked to Kenya's first-ever Ebola case quarantined as screening concerns grow

The patient passed through multiple cities in DR Congo, drove to Uganda and eventually flew to Kenya
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Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan✓

Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan

Party hopes to win over affluent middle-class voters as leader rejects calls to ‘unite the right’ in conference speech. Kemi Badenoch has announced that the Conservatives would…
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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…
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‘All I want to do is cry’: trauma of 7 October survivors three years after the attacks✓

‘All I want to do is cry’: trauma of 7 October survivors three years after the attacks

Israeli communities shattered by Hamas massacres are torn between rebuilding their lives and remembering lost friends and relatives. Keith Siegel spent many of his long hours in…
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Paramount closes historic $110B deal for Warner Bros. Discovery to create Skydance

Paramount Skydance on Tuesday closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, ending a dramatic, yearlong process that rattled Hollywood, Wall Street and Washington. Why it…
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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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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries✓

Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries

Postal service says cuts will focus on head office and ‘support function roles’. Royal Mail is to cut up to 2,500 jobs as the embattled company seeks to restructure its business…
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Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed✓

Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed

Acquittals of five former bankers come year after supreme court overturned ruling against City trader Tom Hayes. Five more former traders who were jailed for rigging interest…
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María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87✓

María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87

Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis. ‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment…
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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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Yemen war live: Yemeni forces claim key heights as Houthi attacks go on

Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim advances in western Taiz's mountain belt overlooking the coast
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Plague risk to UK 'very low', officials say after Russian woman's death

The risk to the UK from plague is very low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic…
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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
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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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Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks✓

Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks

Watchdog examining whether company carried out adequate risk assessment as required by Online Safety Act. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is under investigation for a potential breach of…
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What is pneumonic plague and how does it spread?✓

What is pneumonic plague and how does it spread?

The death of a worker from a Russian lab that researches plague has prompted questions about the disease
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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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Stop worrying about my AI, says multibillionaire Sam Altman. So we bear the risks and he keeps the money | Chris Stokel-Walker

Stop worrying about my AI, says multibillionaire Sam Altman. So we bear the risks and he keeps the money | Chris Stokel-Walker

OpenAI’s CEO seems to want to privatise his company’s huge financial gains while making all of us pay for any negative consequences. Tech bros’ messianic streaks can show up in…
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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…
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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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While British children go hungry, we waste 1.1bn meals a year. Bring on the redistribution revolution | Charlotte Hill

While British children go hungry, we waste 1.1bn meals a year. Bring on the redistribution revolution | Charlotte Hill

Food businesses and the government must make redistribution a key policy to address food insecurity. We know the surplus food is out there. Charlotte Hill is chief executive of…
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‘They take our water, our soil’: protesters fight ‘foreignisation’ as Javier Milei encourages land sales in Argentina

‘They take our water, our soil’: protesters fight ‘foreignisation’ as Javier Milei encourages land sales in Argentina

The country’s far-right president is courting billionaire investors by removing a block on foreign ownership of land and natural resources. On 19 September, Marta Sahores, an…
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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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‘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

Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer. Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently”…
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‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfires, study finds

‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfires, study finds

Researchers found the shift from open woodland to dense forest after 1788 led to more intense fires, consistent with loss of cultural burning practices. Sign up for climate and…
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Datacentre company Firmus’s high flying valuation may be coming back down to earth ahead of expected ASX debut

Datacentre company Firmus’s high flying valuation may be coming back down to earth ahead of expected ASX debut

Sources say Firmus is slashing its price and may even shelve initial public offering altogether. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. The momentum behind…
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Dyson, Breville, Apple: the 59 best Amazon Prime Day deals actually worth it, obsessively vetted by us

Dyson, Breville, Apple: the 59 best Amazon Prime Day deals actually worth it, obsessively vetted by us

From Ugg and Ninja to KitchenAid and Shark – we researched the best sales to get your hands on for Prime Day. The best deals from Amazon’s rivals and sales on home essentials.…
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Tents, night-vision goggles, bear tracking kits – and even books: America’s first nature library opens

Tents, night-vision goggles, bear tracking kits – and even books: America’s first nature library opens

As well as books, the new facility in Colorado offers hundreds of kits to connect people with the natural world. We asked five of the first visitors what they thought of it. Mark…
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Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal

Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal

It isn’t hard to see a contradiction between the PM’s message in Fiji and his opposition to legal action to stop a NSW coalmine. Get our new political email , free app or daily…
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Burnham, take note: water shareholders have their uses – they can be squeezed for cash | Nils Pratley

Burnham, take note: water shareholders have their uses – they can be squeezed for cash | Nils Pratley

Owner of South West Water, Bristol Water and Bournemouth Water is tapping its investors for £550m after sewage spills. South West Water owner taps investors after sewage spills.…
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"The beginning of a new scientific paradigm": Zuckerberg's Biohub, U.S. and Google build virtual cell

Mark Zuckerberg's Biohub is partnering with Google and the federal government in its ambitious effort to use AI for generating vast quantities of biological data that can predict…
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