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✓ Verified ‘I want to thank President Putin’, Trump says after agreeing to lift sanctions on Russian diesel – as it happened
This liveblog is now closed. Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel. Sign up for the US Breaking News email. In a statement to the Guardian, Robin M Maher…
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US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after former judge Pillay wins Nobel peace prize – as it happened
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‘Barbaric’: US lawmakers condemn plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution
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Men accused of shooting Australian surfer brothers and US friend dead in Mexico to learn fate as trial concludes
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Trump says U.S. to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms
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✓Fort Hood survivor supports gunman's execution by firing squad but questions livestream
Alonzo Lunsford tells the BBC the punishment befits the crime but he has some doubts whether the public should be able to watch it
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✓New U.S. indictment charges former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with torture
U.S. authorities added new torture charges to their case against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, ramping up pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already…
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✓Powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Panama and triggers panic in capital
The quake caused buildings and roads to collapse but the country appeared to escape widespread destruction or deaths. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday,…
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✓Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretary
The conservative commentator currently works as a communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group
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Hurricane Isaias heading for US mainland - breaking 120-year record
The Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from 1 June to 30 November, has been unusually quiet this year
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✓Three Saudi nationals killed in Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport
The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government
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✓Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida with severe effects expected across several states
Governors of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida declared states of emergency as a downsized Fema faces first major test. Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on…
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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
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✓Isaias intensifies to hurricane. And, judge orders Pike execution evidence preserved
People in the Gulf are preparing for bad weather this weekend after Isaias intensified into a hurricane. And, a judge has ordered Christa Pike's failed execution evidence be…
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✓Trump says U.S. won't attack Iran before midterms. And, ICE agent shoots man in NYC
Trump announced that the U.S. will not attack Iran ahead of the midterms. And, a 28-year-old man is receiving treatment at the hospital after an ICE agent shot him in the neck
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✓Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Israeli airport, UAE prosecutors say
Hammam al-Hammami is believed to have been targeting the passenger terminal at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv. The co-pilot who tried to seize control of a passenger jet flying…
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✓Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90
Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Federal judge: DOJ cannot request states' voter lists for eligibility database
A federal judge struck down on Friday the Justice Department’s nationwide effort to collect voter registration records and identify suspected non-U.S. citizens, blocking the Trump…
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✓Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude
A spokesperson for the tech company did not specify what kind of behavior would be considered abusive. Anthropic has barred users from exhibiting “sustained and needless abusive…
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Trump: U.S. willing to help Russia with potential pneumonic plague outbreak
President Trump said Monday that the United States will help Russia amid a potential case of pneumonic plague , though he hasn't spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about…
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Elon Musk lashes out at Indian ‘Prime Minister’ Mukesh Ambani in Starlink
Elon Musk has accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of being India’s ‘real boss’ in over delays to Starlink's entry
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✓Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety'
The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information
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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…
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✓Thieves steal 30,000 bottles of wine worth €5m in Italy, reports say
The heist at the Florence-based winery is believed to be one of the largest thefts of its kind in Italy
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✓Isaias strengthens to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 season
Storm expected to make landfall on US’s northern Gulf coast with risk of flash floods and isolated river flooding. Isaias has become the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026…
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✓Two Renoir paintings recovered after France museum heist, mayor says
The recovered Renoir paintings, valued at millions, were stolen in a daring heist at Cagnes-sur-Mer last month
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✓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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✓Protesters blame 'vulture funds' for Spain's housing crisis
Hundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election
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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
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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New spate of stabbings, overdoses and fires at Australian immigration detention centres run by ICE-linked US prison firm
Exclusive: Federal government under scrutiny as documents reveal serious security lapses at Melbourne and Villawood immigration detention centres. Get our breaking news email ,…
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis. Would you mind fixing the NHS? And while you’re at it,…
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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
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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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?
Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner, but his mea culpa left the audience not much the wiser. Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to…
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‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…
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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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Can hope save the planet? An endangered parrot that is beating the odds can help us find out | Helen Pilcher
A new global biodiversity report strikes an encouraging note. But we cannot rest on our laurels – and resilience is key. The new Living Planet Report is out. Published every two…
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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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Adidas accuses Australian label White Fox of ‘trading off its reputation’ with use of four-stripe branding
Global sportswear brand is suing online retailer in the federal court for selling clothes featuring ‘deceptively similar’ design. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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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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OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma
As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race. When the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, sat…
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