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✓ Verified Trump claims US could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war – live
Lake Ontario lays on the border between the two countries, with New York state on one side and Toronto, the capital of Canada’s Ontario province, on the other. Sign up for the US…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveils new U.S. economic sanctions to isolate Iran
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China warns it will safeguard its interests after US widens sanctions against Iran
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The Memo: Trump and Bessent crank up economic pressure on Iran as other options fall short
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UK drone factories may face attacks from 'unknown sources', says former Russian minister
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✓The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile
Breakdown shows Washington now prioritises its own interests over any semblance of shared economic ground. ‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade…
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✓Chinese company flexes dominance in robotics space with splashy stock market debut
The Chinese robotics company Unitree, known for its highly advanced humanoid robots, made a tremendous debut on Shanghai's stock market. The company is considered an industry…
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✓Prince Harry quits board of wildlife charity after rangers’ human rights abuses
Spokesperson for Duke of Sussex says he remains an ‘active and avid supporter’ of African Parks’ mission. The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of a major African…
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✓Iran-linked hackers behind cyber attack that shut down power plant, reports say
The government says at no point was there a risk to the UK's energy system during the attack in July
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Jackson calls Supreme Court’s mail-in voting ruling a ‘Kafkaesque nightmare’
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s junior liberal justice, excoriated her colleagues for lifting a block on President Trump’s mail-in voting executive order on Monday,…
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✓Tornado tears through French village, leaving dozens hurt and homes ravaged
The south-western village of Pomas was hardest hit, with hundreds of homes damaged and fifteen people taken to hospital
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✓Australia’s music charts ban AI-made songs amid backlash over Madonna cover
Tracks that use AI in a 'supporting role' will still be eligible for inclusion in the official charts
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✓Darline Graham and Ralph Norman head to South Carolina’s Senate runoff
Republican nominee to face Democrat Annie Andrews in midterm after rushed campaigns for Lindsey Graham’s seat. Reese Boyd, the chair of the Horry county Republican party marveled…
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Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit
The Justice Department and TikTok , along with parent company ByteDance , have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy…
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✓Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says
Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African state. A landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed…
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✓UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears
Trade body says local chains would have to balance concerns with potential benefits of AI-enabled technology. Cinemas across the UK are considering banning customers from wearing…
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‘Petty grievances’ and an alleged troublemaker: unsealed Murdoch court documents give rare glimpse into bitter succession battle
Rupert Murdoch said in newly released correspondence that it would be a disaster if his media empire fell into the ‘wrong hands’. A year ago, Rupert Murdoch resolved the…
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‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river
A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats. On a rocky beach in Cornwall, a…
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Gold hits highest level in three months as traders worry about US inflation and bond market jitters – business live
Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it. The US car…
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Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’
Prime minister will use national cabinet meeting to assuage premiers over new AI law as Aemo forecasts seven-fold rise in datacentre power use. Follow our Australia news live blog…
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From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense. Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of…
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Can Burnham justify giving the go ahead to oil drilling? Yes, but these must be the conditions | Michael Jacobs
Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments – if its owners are willing to pay the price. The British government must soon…
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Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?
The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist.…
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"Stop gaslighting me!": Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism
Florida's new Democratic Senate nominee, Angie Nixon , and the state party's chair had a heated conversation Friday that included a yelling match about the impact of socialism and…
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‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground
New documentary To Use a Mountain spotlights the pain and triumph of resisting government efforts to turn parts of rural US into disposal sites. Nuclear energy was supposed to be…
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El-Sayed spars with Jesse Watters on Fox News on immigration, Iran war: 'Let me just answer the question'
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) on Monday clashed with Fox News host Jesse Watters on a slew of topics, including immigration enforcement and the Iran war, along with…
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Woman allegedly repeatedly stabbed with scissors while protecting son from ‘random’ Melbourne CBD attack
Man arrested after being restrained and pinned down by ‘heroic’ bystanders, Victoria police say. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. A mother has been…
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Climate-saving wonder – or €240m vanity bauble that ages like milk? The rocks set to hit Rotterdam docks
MVRDV – the firm behind Marble Arch Mound – says Rotterdam ROCKS! will inspire visitors to live sustainably. But in an era when the greenest building is the one that already…
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Canadian politician threatens to cut off electricity to the US - as Trump issues 'fall in line' warning
A Canadian politician has threatened to cut off electricity and mineral supplies to the US after President Trump raised tariffs on some goods to 50%
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Police presence and 'deep sadness' at funeral for one of five teens killed in Ireland head-on collision
A funeral mass has been held for one of the teenagers killed in a head-on collision in County Kildare last week - with a heavy police presence at Carlow for the event
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London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?
Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them. Ten years ago,…
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No 10 backs ‘tough action’ if social platforms fail to remove dangerous driving posts after A66 crash
Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says sites are legally obliged to take them down. The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action”…
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Government lays out housing plans but Burnham backtracks on social renting pledge – UK politics live
£10bn for housing with 60% social renting is at odds with PM’s previous call for programme to be spent entirely on social homes. The chancellor, John Healey, has said government…
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Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump – and a headache for Britain’s new PM
North Sea oil, once the driving force of the UK economy, may be dwindling but it remains a symbol of prestige and a rich resource for political debate. When oil was first…
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‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks
Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’. A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to…
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The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox
Although mobiles blared in public are nothing new, this crop of headphone-dodging irritants are truly maddening. It’s time to take them on. ‘Interesting cities can’t be quiet”,…
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Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?
Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research.…
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Burnham to face pressure at Labour conference to recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide
Grassroots groups to urge PM to break with Starmer policy and impose full arms embargo on Israel. Grassroots Labour groups are gearing up for a conference showdown with Andy…
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Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal | Zoe Williams
On a panel show last week, everyone in the audience wanted to talk about the climate emergency, but the lines rolled out by a Tory MP simply dissolved on contact with reality. As…
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‘We humans are inept at taking care of baby animals’: why well-fed orphan bears die in the wild
Scientists surprised to find all but two of 12 grizzlies were dead within a year of ‘feelgood’ release, unable to sustain their high-calorie diet and inclined to approach humans.…
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