✓'Hero, legend, sweetheart': Tributes to Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill, who has died aged 78
Friends, politicians and fellow film stars remember Neill following his "sudden and unexpected" death
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Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival
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Traffic through strait of Hormuz plummets after US and Iran trade strikes – Middle East crisis live
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US and Iran exchange fire and disagree on whether strait of Hormuz is open | First Thing
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Preliminary findings reveal Graham died of "aortic dissection": Medical examiner
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✓Apple sues OpenAI, alleging artificial intelligence company stole trade secrets
Suit claims OpenAI poached Apple workers, coaxing them to share confidential material in bid to create hardware. Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on Friday alleging the…
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✓Fire breaks out at a pub in Bangkok, killing at least 27 people, officials say
Footage shared online by first responders shows a huge blaze raging and plumes coming out of the front door of the pub in the northern part of the Thai capital
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✓U.S. launches new strikes on Iran and Tehran attacks U.S. allies in the Gulf
The U.S. and Iran exchanged fire for the third weekend in a row, with strikes stretching into Monday as Iran responded to U.S. attacks by targeting U.S. allies in the region
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✓Lindsey Graham tributes from Israel and Ukraine point to complicated, often bloody legacy
Republican senator, who died Saturday, had a global reach few could rival and was vital in shaping Trump’s worldview. It was revealing that one of the first tributes to Lindsey…
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✓US launches new wave of strikes against Iran as Tehran says diplomacy has proven ‘futile’
American and Iranian forces exchange heavy missile and drone attacks over control of strait of Hormuz, increasing pressure on truce. US and Iranian military forces exchanged heavy…
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Girl, 9, among at least six killed in Israeli Gaza attacks - say Palestinian officials
A nine-year-old girl was among at least six people killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Sunday, according to Palestinian health officials
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✓Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris
Officials say blaze in Fontainebleau forest is of ‘exceptional scale’, with 900 homes evacuated and road and rail links hit. Europe live – latest updates. Firefighters are…
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✓Largest housing affordability bill in decades becomes law without Trump's signature
President Trump refused to sign the bill without Congress first passing his sweeping voter ID bill
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✓Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting
The Times says federal agents turned up on the doorsteps of several of its journalists to force grand jury testimony next week over their coverage of the Air Force One plane…
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✓Meta ditches Muse Image AI feature because it ‘misses the mark’ on users’ privacy
Meta was criticised for feature launched on Tuesday that automatically lets users generate images using content from public Instagram accounts. Meta has said it is discontinuing…
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✓South Korea chip maker SK hynix rides AI boom raising $26.5bn in huge US listing
SK hynix, a supplier of advanced memory chips, has seen profits skyrocket thanks to the global race to build AI datacentres. South Korean chip maker SK hynix set pricing for its…
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✓China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall
Schools, work and outdoor activities have been suspended in Zhejiang province and many transport services cancelled
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✓US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds
Deaths and injuries up as critics condemn administration’s ‘appalling’ plan to gut federal disaster management system. The number of US chemical accidents is rising just as the…
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✓Republicans return to Capitol Hill with agenda complicated by Graham death
Lawmakers face obstacles, including demands from Trump, Mitch McConnell’s absence and Graham’s sudden death. Republican lawmakers return to the Capitol this week facing a lengthy…
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✓How former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani built Qatar’s economy
Sheikh Hamad, who passed away aged 74 on Sunday, reshaped Qatar's economy by building lasting wealth and growth
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✓Vapes to have less enticing names and flavours to protect children
People are being consulted about plans to stop vape companies using enticing flavour descriptions that "attract" children into experimenting
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Deadly Bangkok pub blaze revives concerns over fire safety lapses
Al Jazeera's Tony Cheng reports from the site where a deadly fire tore through a Bangkok pub around midnight on Monday
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✓More than 2,700 deaths in UK linked to May, June heatwaves
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In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order | Clarke Gayford
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I asked AI for help with DIY. It told me to build a subfloor on rotting stumps, but also taught me valuable lessons | Myke Bartlett
Nothing does more for your ego than realising you can make a better decision than a bot with all of human knowledge at its digital fingertips. I am not, by nature, an early…
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France and Germany summon Russian ambassadors over alleged cyber attacks as Macron hosts leaders for Ukraine talks – Europe live
French president hosts ‘coalition of the willing’ in Paris amid hopes that Ukraine’s recent advances could force Putin towards negotiations. in Kyiv. Meanwhile, Russia has been…
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‘It can flip quickly from being idyllic’: the reality of life for young van dwellers priced out of Cornwall’s housing market
With tourists buying up property and landlords opting for lucrative Airbnb rentals, young Cornish people are turning to old campervans to provide a roof over their heads. Skye has…
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‘A lot of red flags’: plans for New Zealand’s first AI datacentre spark concern as locals demand greater transparency
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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI
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The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders
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