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● Alaska prosecutor investigates alleged Democratic plot to confuse voters with second Dan Sullivan ● Ukraine’s Zelenskyy praises US over $2.1bn Patriot missile deal but warns it could take years ● They strangled us, says founder of Russian newspaper shut under pressure from authorities ● How big a deal is the $6.3bn Binance crypto heist, who did it, and are investments safe? ● Google owner Alphabet loses $500bn in market value after profit disappoints Wall Street ● Alaska's Senate race faces claims of spoiler candidate. And, Hegseth ousts Army general ● US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution ● GDP report to give insight before Election Day. And, Israel's election is deadlocked ● Trump says US looking into Binance hack: 'We don't know' if North Korea responsible ● Judge blocks DOJ from threatening election officials over noncitizen voting claims ● Spain reckons with 2nd deadly train crash of the year ahead of national election ● Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says ● Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during rare Ukraine ceasefire ● Government corruption a top issue for US midterm voters, exclusive poll finds ● DoorDash to buy Instacart in $17bn deal it says will expand customer options ● Social media watchdog sets out age verification plans ahead of under-16s ban ● Yorkshire Water boss resigns after company given lowest environmental rating ● Riot police deployed to Poland’s constitutional court after judge suspended ● Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history ● Treasury Department says Iran's economy cratering, inflation at 90 percent ● Alaska prosecutor investigates alleged Democratic plot to confuse voters with second Dan Sullivan ● Ukraine’s Zelenskyy praises US over $2.1bn Patriot missile deal but warns it could take years ● They strangled us, says founder of Russian newspaper shut under pressure from authorities ● How big a deal is the $6.3bn Binance crypto heist, who did it, and are investments safe? ● Google owner Alphabet loses $500bn in market value after profit disappoints Wall Street ● Alaska's Senate race faces claims of spoiler candidate. And, Hegseth ousts Army general ● US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution ● GDP report to give insight before Election Day. And, Israel's election is deadlocked ● Trump says US looking into Binance hack: 'We don't know' if North Korea responsible ● Judge blocks DOJ from threatening election officials over noncitizen voting claims ● Spain reckons with 2nd deadly train crash of the year ahead of national election ● Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says ● Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during rare Ukraine ceasefire ● Government corruption a top issue for US midterm voters, exclusive poll finds ● DoorDash to buy Instacart in $17bn deal it says will expand customer options ● Social media watchdog sets out age verification plans ahead of under-16s ban ● Yorkshire Water boss resigns after company given lowest environmental rating ● Riot police deployed to Poland’s constitutional court after judge suspended ● Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history ● Treasury Department says Iran's economy cratering, inflation at 90 percent
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Alaska prosecutor investigates alleged Democratic plot to confuse voters with second Dan Sullivan

Mary Peltola denies knowledge as party accused of recruiting spoiler candidate with same name as sitting Republican. Alaska Senate race: what to know about Democrats’ alleged…
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Alaska's Senate race faces claims of spoiler candidate. And, Hegseth ousts Army general✓

Alaska's Senate race faces claims of spoiler candidate. And, Hegseth ousts Army general

Alaska's governor ordered an investigation into claims that Dems recruited a spoiler candidate to confuse voters. And, Hegseth ousted an Army general as the U.S. prepares for…
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US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution✓

US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution

It is Pike's first public statement since she survived an execution attempt by lethal injection in September
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GDP report to give insight before Election Day. And, Israel's election is deadlocked✓

GDP report to give insight before Election Day. And, Israel's election is deadlocked

Economists expect the GDP report to show economic growth, but say that growth is "fragile." And, after 90% of the votes in Israel have been counted, no clear winner has emerged
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Trump says US looking into Binance hack: 'We don't know' if North Korea responsible✓

Trump says US looking into Binance hack: 'We don't know' if North Korea responsible

President Trump said Friday his administration is looking into the $6.3 billion hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the largest such hack on record. “We don’t know,”…
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Judge blocks DOJ from threatening election officials over noncitizen voting claims✓

Judge blocks DOJ from threatening election officials over noncitizen voting claims

A California federal judge Friday ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal prosecution in its ongoing efforts to crack down on…
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Spain reckons with 2nd deadly train crash of the year ahead of national election✓

Spain reckons with 2nd deadly train crash of the year ahead of national election

Spain's second high-speed rail disaster this year, a crash in which one train struck another from behind, killing 68 people, has raised fresh concerns about the safety of the…
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Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says

The speed of the Elon Musk-owned satellite system used by the Ukrainian military has been fully restored after two weeks of restrictions, the country's ministry of defense said in…
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Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during rare Ukraine ceasefire✓

Hundreds evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky during rare Ukraine ceasefire

Hundreds of people are also understood to have stayed in the front-line town, despite the dangers
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Government corruption a top issue for US midterm voters, exclusive poll finds✓

Government corruption a top issue for US midterm voters, exclusive poll finds

Harris poll for Guardian finds 76% believe officials care more about self-enrichment than helping everyday Americans. Government corruption has emerged as a top issue in the…
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DoorDash to buy Instacart in $17bn deal it says will expand customer options✓

DoorDash to buy Instacart in $17bn deal it says will expand customer options

Instacart shoppers will be able to buy from 150,000 stores, compared to the 100,000 currently available on the platform, the firms said
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Social media watchdog sets out age verification plans ahead of under-16s ban

Social media age checks could help protect under-16s from inappropriate online content, but some children may find ways round them, Ofcom has said
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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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Riot police deployed to Poland’s constitutional court after judge suspended✓

Riot police deployed to Poland’s constitutional court after judge suspended

President Karol Nawrocki seen struggling to gain entry to court building in Warsaw amid long-running row over the court’s legitimacy. Riot police were locked in a tense standoff…
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Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history✓

Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history

Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit called TraderTraitor
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Treasury Department says Iran's economy cratering, inflation at 90 percent✓

Treasury Department says Iran's economy cratering, inflation at 90 percent

The U.S.’s economic isolation campaign against Iran is “decimating” the country’s economy, according to a Treasury Department report released Friday. The Trump administration…
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US interest rates held steady and economy grows - what it means for you✓

US interest rates held steady and economy grows - what it means for you

The Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions affect everything from mortgages to car loans
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AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records✓

AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records

The AI company, which makes the popular Claude chatbot, has filed for an initial public offering that could be one of the biggest ever
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Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election✓

Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election

The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US Congress
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Users reporting problems with Apple's first foldable iPhone

Owners of Apple's first foldable iPhone have reported problems with the device's screen - just days after the product went on sale
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Binance halts trading after biggest-ever crypto hack

Binance halted trading Thursday after hackers allegedly linked to North Korea stole more than $6 billion, the largest crypto hack in history. Why it matters : The attack comes…
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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…
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Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic

It is hardly a shock that Grok AI’s interpretation of Homer is as meaningless as a laptop screensaver. The only surprise would be if Musk accepted defeat graciously. Which he…
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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…
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Experts warn AI copyright changes could breach Australian constitution and spark huge compensation rights case

Experts warn AI copyright changes could breach Australian constitution and spark huge compensation rights case

Scraping copyrighted material from internet could ‘potentially’ amount to acquisition of property by government, Anne Twomey says. Get our daily political email , free app or…
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Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them. A summer of extreme heat, entire villages obliterated in…
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The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey

The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey

The radical Stern report showed that a low-carbon future is also good economics. But it seems that capitalism needs a reminder. Saving the only planet we have makes good economic…
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Albanese looks for reset on world stage as ‘spot fires burn’ domestically and likely interest rate hike looms

Albanese looks for reset on world stage as ‘spot fires burn’ domestically and likely interest rate hike looms

The prime minister will speak with King Charles and others at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Antigua and Barbuda. Get our daily political email , free app or…
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘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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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

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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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…
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Was Ralph Nader right about (almost) everything? His challenge to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

Was Ralph Nader right about (almost) everything? His challenge to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

The ex-presidential candidate tells Democrats to prosecute corruption and bring real change for the working class. A corporate plutocracy. A broken healthcare system. Massive and…
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Buy a wind-up radio – and don’t forget the chocolate: survival experts on how to prepare for an emergency

Buy a wind-up radio – and don’t forget the chocolate: survival experts on how to prepare for an emergency

UK government guidance says we should be ready for the unexpected, but what’s actually helpful to have at home? We ask the specialists. • The best power banks – tested. How…
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Florid language and long silences: five things we learned from week three of Russell Brand’s rape trial

Florid language and long silences: five things we learned from week three of Russell Brand’s rape trial

The former comedian and his wife gave evidence in the case in which he denies all charges against him. Russell Brand’s trial at Southwark crown court began with widespread media…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

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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Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company

Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company

A farm labor contractor exposed laborers on H-2A agricultural visas to heat-related health hazards, but is still bringing hundreds of migrant farm workers to North Carolina. It…
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Alaska prosecutor investigates alleged Democratic plot to confuse voters with second Dan Sullivan

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy praises US over $2.1bn Patriot missile deal but warns it could take years

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US inmate Christa Pike says she woke up 'confused and in pain' after failed execution

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Yorkshire Water boss resigns after company given lowest environmental rating

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Google owner Alphabet loses $500bn in market value after profit disappoints Wall Street

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AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records

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