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● Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain ● New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture ● Hegseth falsely claims Obama called 2009 Fort Hood attack ‘workplace violence’ – US politics live ● New Hollywood era begins with an epic mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. ● Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says ● World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers ● 'Every day there is killing': Palestinians in Gaza face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls ● Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans ● Russian strike on buses kills at least 30, say officials, as deadly attacks on Ukraine surge ● Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space ● Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find ● Water companies failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills in time, charity claims ● Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages ● Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections ● Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries ● Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns ● Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed ● Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray ● South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute ● 4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space ● Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain ● New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture ● Hegseth falsely claims Obama called 2009 Fort Hood attack ‘workplace violence’ – US politics live ● New Hollywood era begins with an epic mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. ● Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says ● World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers ● 'Every day there is killing': Palestinians in Gaza face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls ● Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans ● Russian strike on buses kills at least 30, say officials, as deadly attacks on Ukraine surge ● Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space ● Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find ● Water companies failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills in time, charity claims ● Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages ● Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections ● Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries ● Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns ● Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed ● Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray ● South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute ● 4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space
Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain✓
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Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remain

Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank
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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
82% agreement · 3 independent sources
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'Every day there is killing': Palestinians in Gaza face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls✓

'Every day there is killing': Palestinians in Gaza face Israeli strikes despite ceasefire as peace deal stalls

Many Palestinians are still living in cramped tent cities, with the US plan to end the war largely stalled
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans✓

Trump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americans

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – again. He stands accused of being out of touch ,…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Russian strike on buses kills at least 30, say officials, as deadly attacks on Ukraine surge✓

Russian strike on buses kills at least 30, say officials, as deadly attacks on Ukraine surge

Ukraine accused Russia of targeting two crowded vehicles in the front line city of Kramatorsk to kill as many civilians as possible
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find✓

Syrian general accused of atrocities is protected by U.S. and Lebanon, NPR and BBC find

A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is living quietly in Lebanon, bankrolled and protected by American and Lebanese authorities, a BBC/NPR investigation has…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Water companies failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills in time, charity claims

Water companies in England failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills within the time required by law in the first half of the year, an environmental charity has claimed
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages✓

Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages

Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer market. Japanese authorities have raided the country’s four…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections✓

Texas carries out first US execution since Christa Pike's botched lethal injections

Lawyers for Jamaal Howard had asked a judge to pause the execution after Christa Pike's botched lethal injections
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns✓

Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns

Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessments. Google has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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…
83% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray✓

Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray

Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war. Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute✓

South Korea to recall its ambassador to Ukraine over North Korean POW dispute

The South Korean announcement on Thursday came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space✓

4 people on NASA's Crew-12 mission return to Earth after 8 months in space

Four people — two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Russian cosmonaut — spent nearly eight months at the space station, conducting spacewalks, science…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died✓

Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died

María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday…
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
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USS Lincoln returns to US after long deployment supporting war on Iran✓

USS Lincoln returns to US after long deployment supporting war on Iran

Crew members express relief after a record 265 days at sea that strained conditions on board
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Trump's foreign worker crackdown comes for Microsoft, Adobe, IT firms

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft , Adobe and several other IT firms' ability to hire foreign-born workers for permanent…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year✓

Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year

Hundred-and-fifty-year-old Wych elm in Newcastle, Co Down, has grown sideways owing to strong winds. The “astonishing and bizarre” Bendy Tree in Northern Ireland has been crowned…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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US charges Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro over torture allegations

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores face a new US charge over alleged torture
90% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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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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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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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot

Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot

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Men accused of shooting Australian surfer brothers and US friend dead in Mexico to learn fate as trial concludes

Men accused of shooting Australian surfer brothers and US friend dead in Mexico to learn fate as trial concludes

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China’s succession crisis: a generation of entrepreneurs is retiring, but are their children ready to take over?

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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?

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Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing

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