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BBC music correspondent Mark Savage looks back on the legacy of the "irreplaceable" late singer.
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Five other airport workers are also receiving treatment following the rare outbreak at German's busiest airport.
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The two countries said they would create a temporary shipping lane and clear mines in the waterway. Global oil prices dipped after the joint announcement.
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Exposure to two compounds approved can result in ‘sudden death’ and range of other serious health risks, lawsuit warnsThe Trump administration has approved two new datacenter chemicals to which exposure can result in “sudden death” and a range of other serious health risks, like cancer, eye corrosion, neurological damage and reproductive harm, a new lawsuit warns.The two compounds approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for import and immediate use in facilities across the US are p
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Efforts to rebuild domestic food production face severe challenges and have come at deadly costAs Gaza’s population of 2.1 million has been hemmed into an ever smaller slice of the territory, farmers are using every last remaining patch of unspoiled earth, no matter how tiny, in their struggle to survive.With severe shortages of water, fertiliser and pesticide, and with more than 80% of greenhouses ruined, it has taken inventiveness and determination to clear land of debris and coax new seedling
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In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it.The site gives Israel’s position on subjects including the torture of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli war crime
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A wall of water swept down a Himalayan river valley shared between Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet.
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Death toll of nine likely to rise as floods and mudslide sweep away houses, roads, bridges and power projectsTorrential floods in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and in Tibet in China have killed at least nine people and destroyed roads, bridges and power projects, as authorities in both countries braced for more casualties.Houses and roads were swept away in Nepal while officials in Tibet said they feared “major casualties” with some missing in the county of Gyirong after a mudslide hit
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The fire broke out in an air conditioning unit at the mother and child unit in one of Islamabad's main hospitals.
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Participants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.
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Microsoft co-founder also expresses concern governments not prepared for technology’s impact in 6,000-word essayBusiness live – latest updatesBill Gates has called for “human reserved” jobs in certain sectors to prevent AI replacing them, and expressed concern that governments are not prepared for the impact the technology will have.In a 6,000 word essay titled The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make are critical, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder likened the need to spare roles fro
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Former Air France stewardess Sophie Lainault has had her cancer recognised as an occupational disease.
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The Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led armed group, will integrate with the country’s military, in a sign of its weakened role.
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Anita Perrottet tells an inquiry hearing that hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to her were for ‘strategic and marketing advice’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe sister-in-law of Dominic Perrottet has rejected the suggestion she had been put in an “impossible situation” and lied under oath to cover illegal donations to her husband, an inquiry has heard.Anita Perrottet, wife of Charles Perrottet, told the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corru
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Five years after Kabul fell, WSJ Opinion’s new documentary traces the way one decision produced disaster.
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Plus, we catch up with pop’s breakout star Olivia Dean and take you behind the scenes of our latest reporting on Flock cameras.
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Trump administration has moved away from high-profile, militarized raids as its deportation spree has ramped upThe Trump administration arrested and deported a record number of immigrants in July, according to newly released government data – apprehending an average of 1,500 people and removing 1,100 people daily.This latest data confirms what attorneys and immigrant advocates have been seeing across the US – although the administration has moved away from the high-profile, militarized raids tha
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Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimatedAre you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from youUsing the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations.After trade negotiations broke down between the two countries last weekend, Mark Carney, the Canadian
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A cousin says death of Sean Grayson in prison ‘doesn’t give Sonya back her life or return her’ to her childrenThe death in prison of the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of murder after fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home “doesn’t feel like justice to me”, a cousin of the woman has said in an emotional statement.“It doesn’t give Sonya back her life or return her back to her [two] children”, who were aged 15 and 17 at the time of the killing, Sontae Massey wrote in the statement o
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Sister of late Lindsey Graham, who has been backed by Trump, overcomes concern about lack of experience to win place on November ballotSouth Carolina chooses Darline Graham as Republican nominee for US SenateHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Senator Darline Graham has won the Republican nomination to replace her late brother, Lindsey, on South Carolina’s general election ballot.The US supreme court lifted one of two injunctions that block the Trump administration from pressing ahead