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● 'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter ● Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign reports record fundraising day as Haley Stevens faces backlash for endorsing his opponent – live ● Federal judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe ● Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history ● Award‑winning Australian children’s author Craig Silvey jailed over child exploitation material ● 'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack ● Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea ● Israel has ‘historic’ opportunity to change direction, says leader of Arab coalition ● Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran ● Yorkshire Water boss resigns after company given lowest environmental rating ● Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials ● German unions launch wave of strikes over cost-of-living pressures ● Russian bombing kills 24 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says ● 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 ● The measure slipped into UK budget that could protect spending on children, youth and rough sleeping | Heather Stewart ● Tomb Raider’s creators on how the game changed their lives: ‘Skint staff were suddenly pulling up in sports cars’ ● Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault ● It’s closer to Beijing than Washington – and residents of this Alaskan outpost are reeling from Trump’s policies ● I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her ● ‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums ● 'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter ● Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign reports record fundraising day as Haley Stevens faces backlash for endorsing his opponent – live ● Federal judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe ● Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history ● Award‑winning Australian children’s author Craig Silvey jailed over child exploitation material ● 'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack ● Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea ● Israel has ‘historic’ opportunity to change direction, says leader of Arab coalition ● Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran ● Yorkshire Water boss resigns after company given lowest environmental rating ● Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials ● German unions launch wave of strikes over cost-of-living pressures ● Russian bombing kills 24 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says ● 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 ● The measure slipped into UK budget that could protect spending on children, youth and rough sleeping | Heather Stewart ● Tomb Raider’s creators on how the game changed their lives: ‘Skint staff were suddenly pulling up in sports cars’ ● Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault ● It’s closer to Beijing than Washington – and residents of this Alaskan outpost are reeling from Trump’s policies ● I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her ● ‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums
'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter✓
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'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter

Saying the president was "grasping at straws," a federal judge on Saturday threw out Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert…
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'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack✓

'All this food is now useless': Piles of rubbish after shop freezers hit by cyber-attack

Dozens of supermarkets in seven European countries dumped huge quantities of food after refrigerators and freezers were targeted in a cyber-attack
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea✓

Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea

The cyber-attack, which the company describes as complex, is believed to be the largest ever of its kind
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Israel has ‘historic’ opportunity to change direction, says leader of Arab coalition✓

Israel has ‘historic’ opportunity to change direction, says leader of Arab coalition

Yousef Jabareen says he is ready to join forces with opposition bloc to oust Benjamin Netanyahu after winning record number of seats in Knesset. The leader of Israel’s main…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran✓

Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran

Democrats in Michigan are considering their options after Haley Stevens endorsed GOP candidate Mike Rogers for Senate. And the Gulf states are bracing for a possible U.S. attack…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Yorkshire Water boss resigns after company given lowest environmental rating

Yorkshire Water has announced its chief executive is stepping down - a day after the company was given the lowest environmental rating by regulators
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Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials✓

Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials

The order comes after election officials received letters demanding they set aside the ballots of possible non-citizen voters
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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German unions launch wave of strikes over cost-of-living pressures✓

German unions launch wave of strikes over cost-of-living pressures

The expanded industrial action comes amid a wave of strikes and protests that have sparked unrest across Europe
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Russian bombing kills 24 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says✓

Russian bombing kills 24 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says

Local officials say 27 people had been missing after at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a village in southern Ukraine
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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The measure slipped into UK budget that could protect spending on children, youth and rough sleeping | Heather Stewart

The measure slipped into UK budget that could protect spending on children, youth and rough sleeping | Heather Stewart

PDEL, which will ringfence money for preventive policies, marks a welcome and potentially consequential addition. John Healey’s debut budget was far from a blockbuster, but it may…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Tomb Raider’s creators on how the game changed their lives: ‘Skint staff were suddenly pulling up in sports cars’

Tomb Raider’s creators on how the game changed their lives: ‘Skint staff were suddenly pulling up in sports cars’

‘Giving Lara Croft pistols meant we could show off her acrobatics. And when she goes to Peru, we threw in a T rex!’. I joined Core Design in the summer of 1994 and met Toby Gard,…
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Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
It’s closer to Beijing than Washington – and residents of this Alaskan outpost are reeling from Trump’s policies

It’s closer to Beijing than Washington – and residents of this Alaskan outpost are reeling from Trump’s policies

On the Bering Sea, Unalaska is the US’s most productive seafood port, employing thousands of workers. But Trump’s cuts, and his disastrous war with Iran, have caused chaos – and…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Serious2 min
I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

My mother was a keen swimmer, and she lived with depression. I wonder if she found the same respite in the water that has helped heal me since she passed away. It was early…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min
‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success. Shortly…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Prediction market bettors are the new political pundits. Why are we listening to them? | Judith Levine

Prediction market bettors are the new political pundits. Why are we listening to them? | Judith Levine

Sites like Kalshi and Polymarket offer faux populism as elites reap the benefits – and voters risk being misled. Online betting is a bit like Donald Trump. The prediction markets…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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A lackluster response to North Carolina flooding disasters is eroding Republican support in one county

A lackluster response to North Carolina flooding disasters is eroding Republican support in one county

At more than $52m, the race has become the most expensive in US history, but residents are fed up with flooding. Aida Havel mulled her fate over coffee after working the early…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘They have schedules to follow’: how fast ferries can threaten endangered whales in the Mediterranean

‘They have schedules to follow’: how fast ferries can threaten endangered whales in the Mediterranean

A Guardian investigation has found that despite a recommendation to slow down, leading shipping companies continue to travel above advised speeds in a key habitat for cetaceans.…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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World

Charities condemn proposal to make some refugees wait up to 30 years for settlement – as it happened

Executive director of external affairs at the Refugee Council called the proposals ‘unfair and unworkable’. Downing Street has declined to say how much it cost for the plane…
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World

I tested Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo. It's a fascinating experiment, but the price is hard to justify.

I've spent the past week trying to figure out whether Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo is the future of smartphones or just an expensive way to do things I could already do on my regular…
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Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’

Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’

Trust admits Danielle Brown’s baby would have survived had she not been sent home from RVI days earlier. A woman whose unborn baby had died was sent home from hospital with a…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘They assume the man next to me is the owner’: four women doing business in Africa in their own way

‘They assume the man next to me is the owner’: four women doing business in Africa in their own way

From feeding schoolchildren to recycling tyres, these entrepreneurs are challenging stereotypes while solving social and environmental problems. Africa is thought to have a higher…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places. Residents of a remote village in…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Guardian Essential poll: record number of Australians are turning their backs on the Melbourne Cup

Guardian Essential poll: record number of Australians are turning their backs on the Melbourne Cup

Growing disdain for gambling and animal cruelty concerns drive sliding interest in race that once ‘stopped the nation’. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Piles of rubbish, power cuts and potholes: anger grows over Johannesburg’s run-down infrastructure

Piles of rubbish, power cuts and potholes: anger grows over Johannesburg’s run-down infrastructure

The problems run deep in South Africa’s largest city. Will voters punish the ANC in next week’s local elections?. One week before the local elections in South Africa, the…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets

‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets

Cop17, focused on protecting nature and restoring ecosystems, concludes on Saturday with critics saying system allows ‘one idiot’ to stall progress. Calls are growing for major…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years ago. A few years ago, I was struck by…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
This Norwegian village is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. How can its people save it?

This Norwegian village is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. How can its people save it?

As glaciers melt and permafrost thaws, Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, faces climate-induced problems from tap water to housebuilding to landslides. •…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The Trump administration wants to give married parents money to stay at home. Will it be enough?

The Trump administration wants to give married parents money to stay at home. Will it be enough?

Experts say the proposed program prioritizes parents in ‘traditional families’, ignoring the flexibility needed that all families need to support themselves. Erica Hall and her…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
China expels a record number from Communist party amid Xi’s intensified purges of top officials

China expels a record number from Communist party amid Xi’s intensified purges of top officials

The unprecedented number of empty seats at the fifth plenum – a symbol of expulsions – serve as a symbol for the scale of the purges under Xi Jinping. China expelled a record…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Two economists studied California's billionaire tax. They reached wildly different conclusions

Two economists studied California's billionaire tax. They reached wildly different conclusions

What happens in California could shape how America taxes the superrich. But will its billionaire tax fill state coffers — or drain them?
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
‘Sharper, longer slowdown’ predicted for Australian economy as fifth interest rate hike looms

‘Sharper, longer slowdown’ predicted for Australian economy as fifth interest rate hike looms

Australia’s central bank expected to hit mortgage holders again on Tuesday, as war in Middle East combines with collapsing house prices. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Serious2 min
Trump promised a steel mill in this rural Iowa region. But is it all a midterm election ploy?

Trump promised a steel mill in this rural Iowa region. But is it all a midterm election ploy?

Residents would welcome the development, but the president’s past false promises cast doubt on the proposal. On a Monday afternoon in late September, Donald Trump gathered Iowa…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Chinese cigarettes and Bolivian beer: the Amazonian town transformed by a rampant mining boom

Chinese cigarettes and Bolivian beer: the Amazonian town transformed by a rampant mining boom

Mayaya, once-remote, has become a hub for Chinese companies. But critics accuse them of exploitation and illegal exports. The pork belly hits the oil with a sizzle, and a rich…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
Country diary: As winter approaches, all eyes here are on heating oil prices | Nicola Chester

Country diary: As winter approaches, all eyes here are on heating oil prices | Nicola Chester

Inkpen and Combe, Berkshire: If the price goes down, the village WhatsApp group lights up. Beyond the reach of the gas mains, there is tension about the coming winter. Many rural…
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'Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letter

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Federal judge dismisses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Biden laptop probe

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Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign reports record fundraising day as Haley Stevens faces backlash for endorsing his opponent – live

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