✓Tennessee’s top prison official resigning after botched execution of Christa Pike
Frank Strada leaving position as state launches independent investigation into what went wrong. Tennessee’s top prison official is stepping down in the aftermath of the failed…
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Hero captain describes fight to open cockpit door while being attacked by co-pilot
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Flydubai co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack
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The G7 will release 100 million reserve barrels of diesel fuel over the next 4 months
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Brazil's Lula-Bolsonaro showdown unfolds in Trump's shadow — with the Amazon at stake
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✓'Anger in the streets': Tens of thousands protest in Spain over housing crisis
More than 50 protests took place on Saturday after the government failed to get emergency legislation through parliament
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✓New space station crew launches from Florida on SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule
The crew of four — two NASA astronauts, one from Canada, and a Russian cosmonaut — heads to the International Space Station after liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space Force…
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✓Trump appears to share personal phone number of US senator in ploy to push permanent daylight savings
US president urges Americans to call Tom Cotton to support bill to make daylight saving time permanent. Donald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of…
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OpenAI debuts "dots" as industry safety focus shifts to "What did my AI assistant do now?"
OpenAI is equipping high-end subscribers with always-on agents, known as Dots. It's a bold move from a company that continues to deal with reports of its agents breaking past…
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✓North Korea launches ballistic missile after Seoul demands apology over wounded soldiers
Pyongyang fires towards sea a day after Kim Jong-un sister denounces South Korea for claiming North’s mines wounded South’s soldiers in DMZ. North Korea fired a ballistic missile…
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Pope says concerns about AI going rogue are not 'fake news' after Trump 'hoax' claims
The Pope has repeated his warnings about artificial intelligence - saying concerns the technology could go rogue are not "fake news"
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✓Cornell president says university 'must do better' after frat house rape allegations
Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations of a woman who says she was drugged and gang raped as "deeply disturbing"
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✓Women given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on Oktoberfest amusement ride
Investigation revealed thousands of voyeuristic videos taken on Munich beer festival’s Teufelsrad, or Devil’s Wheel. Women have been given free cycling shorts to prevent…
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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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Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions
Data: Death Penalty Information Center ; Note: New Hampshire abolished the death penalty but retains one prisoner on death row; Map: Erin Davis/Axios. Christa Pike 's survival…
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✓US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts
The plane was undertaking a medical evacuation from Bermuda with six people onboard when it lost contact. The US Coast Guard is searching for an air ambulance jet with six people…
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✓Israeli reporter’s ‘verbal attack’ ends Ireland football news conference
Israeli journalists asked coach Hallgrimsson about the Flydubai attack and alleged racist abuse by Ireland's players
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✓Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit
The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI
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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
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
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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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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For too long, only the right has expanded the boundaries of what governments can do. Can Burnham change that? | Andy Beckett
The PM might come across as a nice bloke but he is politically ruthless. He will need to be if he is to turn big talk into big changes. How much can a Labour government change the…
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‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlash
‘AI factories’ developer on track to launch the second-biggest IPO in Australian history, but investors warn its forecasts are ‘a little bit of a fairytale’. Get our breaking news…
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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
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
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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Shop clerk and son charged with selling illegal kratom after two Ole Miss students die from suspected overdoses
Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang died after apparently ingesting kratom product last month. Federal authorities investigating the recent deaths of two University of Mississippi…
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Greens would nationalise Thames and SE Water without paying compensation, says deputy leader – as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you can find more of our UK political coverage here. Ali says Britain is a multiracial, multicultural democracy that needs to protect “everyone’s…
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‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl
People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices. For some, it is the security of knowing they have a…
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‘It’s enraging’: lawmakers call for action after Guardian investigation into convenience store overcharges
Congress members say pricing practices at 7-Eleven and Circle K stores underscore everyday Americans’ affordability struggles. Five US House members have called out pricing…
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OpenAI says its review into hacks, including on Australian government sites, is costing $500,000 a day
Company says it is reviewing 50 petabytes of data after its agents accessed websites including Medicare without authorisation. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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Whales on Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ are at growing risk of injury from boat and propellor strikes
Exclusive: Images show deep cuts and damage to tails and fins, as experts warn the migrating species often aren’t able to avoid a collision. Gruesome images of adult and juvenile…
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They embraced the Fiat 500, the Vespa, even tuk-tuks. But will Romans draw the line at the golf cart?
Authorities crack down on trade they says risks spiralling out of control – but operators say they are being targeted unfairly. On the edge of Piazza Navona, one of the grandest…
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Burnham must remember: more regulation is not the best way to improve public services | Phillip Inman
In the NHS as in the private sector, the measure of success should be customer satisfaction and not just box-ticking. Andy Burnham said he wanted to “rewire” the economy. Then he…
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Sunday shows preview: Trump boosts midterm candidates in final stretch; Supreme Court opens new term
With a month until the midterm elections, President Trump is hitting the campaign trail in an effort to ramp up voter turnout across traditionally red states, as rising costs and…
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May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average. The scorching heat that persistently baked western Europe this summer was…
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Chalmers says global economic turmoil will drive budget cuts, but Australia should avoid recession
Treasurer says ‘very substantial and intensifying pressure’ on federal budget as he points finger at private sector for driving up inflation amid Middle East conflict. Get our new…
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Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery
The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency
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Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations
Indigenous communities play crucial role, as ‘genetic bank’ area of wetland offers hope for critically endangered reptile. In the 1990s, conservationists in Cambodia feared the…
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Fixer, financier, spymaster: how the UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon is setting his sights on AI dominance
The Emirati royal is increasingly influential on the world stage. Some see him as a visionary. Others compare him to a Bond villain. Who is he?. On the night of 12 November 1993,…
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Pope Leo says AI lacks the "spark of humanity" — and wants artists and the church to fight back
Pope Leo XIV called Friday for the church to form an alliance with artists to protect human creativity during an era of AI-generated content. Why it matters: Though he has…
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