✓Nigeria’s first Ebola case matches DR Congo strain, health officials say
The Bundibugyo strain outbreak is the DR Congo's deadliest ever and has now reached West Africa for the first time
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Live updates: Kansas, Michigan Senate candidates make final pitches as Trump heads to South Carolina
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Pope Leo's doctors say tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer
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US orders departure of personnel from Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi threat
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Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan
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Trump praises supporter for allegedly punching protester during rally for Darline Graham in South Carolina – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for Breaking News US email. Send us your questions about immigration and the midterms. Reporting from Jerusalem. The Israeli military has…
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✓Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees
Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island. A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island…
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✓Burnham defends Jackdaw decision as Badenoch urges PM to overturn ban on new oil and gas licences
The UK government says the field, which is opposed by environmental campaigners, could be producing gas by the end of this month
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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say
A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device at its offices was "mere days" away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, prosecutors allege
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Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee
Russian President Vladimir Putin told White House envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday that he "agrees in principle" resuming trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the…
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✓‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers
Our dependence on internet services of a few key tech companies leaves us vulnerable to cloud failures, bugs and more, experts say. It happened again. A power outage hit a…
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✓Macron accuses Trump and other foreign leaders of ‘stupid comments’ about France unrest
Leaders criticised for spreading misleading information as France prepares for further protests this weekend. Emmanuel Macron has accused Donald Trump and other foreign leaders of…
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Democrats sue Trump administration over 'threats and intimidation' ahead of election
Democratic leaders and election groups filed a lawsuit against President Trump and the Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday, seeking to block federal officials from pressuring…
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✓India 'cockroach' leaders who called on election chief to quit are freed from jail
Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were accused of breaking into an unauthorised protest venue in Delhi
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✓Russia releases imprisoned U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard following Trump's request
The announcement of Hubbard's release came as talks got underway between Putin and White House envoy Steve Witkoff in Saint Petersburg focused on the latest U.S. efforts to end…
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✓Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
Parts of southern England have entered "severe drought", while about 30 million people are under hosepipe ban
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✓Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space
The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition…
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✓George W Bush’s brother backs Democrat James Talarico in Texas Senate race
Neil Bush says that he voted for Democrat James Talarico due to reservations about Republican candidate Ken Paxton
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'Wider wave of attacks' feared as 'critical' flaw hits websites worldwide
Disruption from a "critical" flaw that led to websites around the world being taken down could become "more widespread", an expert had told Sky News
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✓Mexico charges prosecutor with treason over US involvement in drug raid
The participation of US agents in an April drug operation has raised questions about whether Mexico's laws were upheld
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✓Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations
A jury found Meta guilty of lying to Facebook users in New Mexico about access to their data
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✓One killed, eight injured in attack on Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd airport
Injured immediately transported to hospitals as aviation authority says updates will be forthcoming
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✓Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media
The spire of the clock tower at Limoges city hall dramatically collapsed as it was engulfed in flames on Saturday
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Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon
Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons
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✓Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast
Janine Lochrenberg, 65, was out on her daily morning swim with her club when she was attacked, her family tell the BBC
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✓US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance
The Chinese technology is removed from most US government agencies as race for AI dominance steps up
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✓US judge dismisses sexual abuse lawsuit from Sam Altman’s sister
Ann Altman, the Open AI CEO’s sister, accused her brother of repeatedly sexually abusing her over two decades ago. A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sam Altman’s sister against…
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✓Pakistan arrests man wanted by US over $126m postage fraud case
Faheem Akram allegedly sold more than 5 million fake postage labels for a fixed price of $2 a piece
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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
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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UK politics: Reform UK claims racism exposé has left some members ‘psychologically damaged’ as it reports ITV to police – as it happened
Zia Yusuf claims undercover investigation broke the law as broadcaster stands by its journalism. Here is an explainer by Jill Ambrose about the Jackdaw decision. But environmental…
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Thousands march in Greece over public education failures as Macron blasts ‘stupid’ commentary on French protests – as it happened
Students, teachers and civil servants have shown up in Athens, with demonstrations also in Thessaloniki and other cities. Meanwhile, back to Witkoff’s meeting with Putin in St…
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‘You are a humanitarian also, sir’: the US feeds Putin with lies as Ukraine’s children take cover and die | Andrew Roth
Steve Witkoff’s flattery of the Russian leader could be just the start of a mendacious stratagem from a US president who says Moscow ‘has been fine on Ukraine’. They say the first…
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Burnham approves Jackdaw – and Labour’s unity on climate action is imperilled with the stroke of a pen | Zoe Williams
This foolish decision undermines hopes that this government will take the necessary steps the climate crisis demands. When the news broke that the UK government had approved the…
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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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‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?
With You Can See Everything, Holmes joins other such high-profile subjects as Lance Armstrong, Imelda Marcos and Anthony Weiner to allow film-makers to document their lives. But…
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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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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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Man arrested for allegedly making threats at Hannah Beazley’s electorate office while armed with nunchucks
Perth man charged with ‘being armed in a way that may cause fear’ – days after Helen Haines was allegedly attacked with 4WD outside her Victorian office. Get our breaking news…
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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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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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