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Parts of Spain, France and other countries are seeing slight relief, but the record-breaking heat wave is far from over.
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Iran issued a statement on Friday asserting its right to control traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a day after firing on a container ship that took a route near Oman’s shore.
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Ministers accused of being more hesitant to respond as Reform has risen in polls, due to fear of ‘saying wrong thing’During the May local elections in England, a canvasser was out in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham campaigning for her party. At one doorstep, the occupant asked if she was Muslim. When she said yes, he told her she should be hanged.It is one of dozens of stories that Akeela Ahmed, head of the British Muslim Trust (BMT), the government’s official partner for monitoring a
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Co-defendants in case against Stockport man include a paramedic, a football coach and a taxi driverThe identities of 13 men charged alongside a man accused of drugging and raping his wife can be revealed after reporting restrictions were lifted.The main defendant in the case is due to go on trial in September. He stands accused of drugging and sexually assaulting his wife over a period of 20 years and conspiring with other men to engage in abuse. Continue reading...
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House committee seeks records after two agency scientists were charged over undeclared samplesThe US House committee on energy and commerce is “examining concerns” about the National Institutes of Health after two NIH scientists were charged with allegedly smuggling mpox into the United States and misleading investigators.Federal law enforcement alleges that Dr Vincent Munster, 53, a Dutch national and chief of the virus ecology section at the NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Montana,
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Recent rulings have bolstered president’s pitiless campaign against people of colour fleeing violence and disasterIn the US supreme court, it seems Donald Trump has found loyalists in his crusade against immigration and immigrants.In a pair of rulings Thursday, the court allowed the Trump administration to end humanitarian protections that have granted people from Haiti and Syria the right to live and work legally in the US for more than a decade, and cleared way for the government to turn away
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Scrutiny of Black’s association with Epstein has intensified after DoJ released millions of files last year and this yearThe billionaire financier Leon Black is scheduled to appear Friday morning before the House committee on oversight and reform as part of its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.The interview will be conducted behind closed doors, though the committee is expected to release a transcript at a later date, as it has done with previous interviews. Continue reading...
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Ambitious plan to phase out single-use plastic opposed by chemicals industry – while green groups say law too timidA groundbreaking California law that compels packaging producers to phase out single-use plastics is already sparking anger from the chemicals industry and environmental groups just weeks after going into effect.The law, which was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2022 but only took hold in May, requires plastic and packaging companies to use less single-use plastic, and ensure by
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A nine-year-old and five women were killed when Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen drove into the market in 2024.
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German firm reportedly considering doubling previously announced staff reductions amid Chinese competitionBusiness live – latest updatesGermany’s Volkswagen is to cut up to 100,000 jobs and reduce and eventually stop production at some plants, according to reports.The company has refused to comment on reports of a management presentation at a board meeting outlining dramatic cost cutting, but if it goes ahead it would mean Volkswagen doubling previously announced staff reductions. Continue readi
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Plus, World Cup fever, EU referendum 10th anniversary, feeling the heat in Westminster and cancerHard to believe, but in my 12 and a half years as the Guardian’s political sketch writer, I am about to embark on my seventh prime minister. There was a time when we Britons took the piss out of the Italians for their rapid turnover of prime ministers. Now the laugh is on us. Continue reading...
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International experts able to work in ocean midwater off Brazil at near-record speeds thanks to cutting-edge techA marine biology expedition in international waters off the coast of Brazil has discovered 31 new species in just two weeks.The researchers believe the speed at which the species were found and identified may be a record, in part because of the cutting-edge tech designed and built by the science and engineering team. For the first time on board a ship, the researchers were able to obs
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Col Dmytro Kozyura agreed to share state secrets and systematically disclosed classified information, prosecutors say.
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BBC presenter, 62, ‘concentrating on getting better, being back to 100% me and getting back behind the mic’Trevor Nelson has announced he is taking a break from broadcasting because of health issues.The BBC Radio 2 presenter and DJ, who has not been on air all week, said he was taking time out after being advised to go for medical tests following a routine check-up. Continue reading...
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The commission said it was concerned the campaign to promote the Efluelda flu vaccine might amount to anticompetitive disparagement, portraying a rival shot as inferior to its own.
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Neso asks generators to provide extra electricity on Friday evening to meet demand from fans and air conditioningBusiness live – latest updatesGreat Britain’s energy system operator has raised the alarm over electricity supplies for the second time this week as a heatwave continues to disrupt Europe’s energy markets.The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued a notice late on Thursday asking generators to provide any extra electricity possible to Friday evening to help meet rising demand a
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The country’s defense minister said drones should be “a universal combat tool” for its soldiers.
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Heat-related deaths and disruptions to daily life are forcing politicians to reckon, in different ways, with a rapidly warming planet.
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First responders and volunteers pulled a survivor from under the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira.
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Sentencing of 27-year-old Sadia Moalim Ali condemned by former president and prime ministers as well as rights groupsA rickshaw driver in Somalia has been sentenced to three years in prison for comments she made on social media, in a case that has caught the public’s attention and provoked outrage in the country.Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old nursing graduate, was originally charged with insulting government institutions and incitement to commit a crime, but convicted only of the former. Her se