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Case due to be heard in supreme court this morning. Follow the day's latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, and happy Friday. Nick Visser here to wrap up the week after a busy stretch in parliament. Here's what's on deck:Liberal MP Moira Deeming has lodged legal action against the party's Victorian...
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Canoeist David Hearn was arrested in June after touching a peeling piece of liner in the pool from renovation projectDavid Hearn, a three-time US Olympian and canoeist, has been indicted by a grand jury in Washington DC after Donald Trump blamed vandals for damaging Washington's reflecting pool following a $14.7m renovation project.The...
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Makerfield MP said he would consider reducing business rates as part of a package that could also include freeze on private rentsAndy Burnham promised to ease the cost of living if he becomes prime minister in his first interview since returning to parliament.The Makerfield MP told LBC that if he became prime minister later this month, as expected,...
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China is pushing for an economic corridor linking Bangladesh and Myanmar, mirroring CPEC's strategic importance. This initiative, discussed during Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's China visit, aims to boost connectivity, with China developing the Mongla port. Beijing has also expressed openness to other nations joining this "transnational...
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A historical Latin phrase, "fiat experimentum in corpore vili," meaning "let the experiment be made on a low-value body," reveals a troubling past where scientific discovery prioritized knowledge over human dignity. Though explicitly rejected today, its legacy echoes in modern debates about risk distribution in research and medicine, forcing us to...
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Hernan Alberto Gil Flores emerged to safety covered in dust atop a stretcher surrounded by helmet-clad rescue workers after being trapped since June 24 under rubble in the basement of the Galerias Playa Grande shopping center in the coastal town in La Guaira.
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Jagpreet Singh, an Indian national, has been sentenced for second-degree murder after fatally stabbing his wife, Balwinder Kaur, only six days post-arrival in Canada. The court rejected Singh's assertion that the stabbing was accidental during a dispute, labeling his testimony as untrustworthy. Previously married for twenty years, Kaur had...
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An enchanting Arabic proverb states, 'The monkey is a gazelle in its mother's eyes,' capturing the idea that love significantly impacts how we perceive others. This adage, rooted in oral heritage, emphasizes that parents often view their children with a loving bias, making it easy to overlook their shortcomings. The vivid metaphor suggests that...
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a proposed pipeline to carry Alberta oil to the Pacific Coast would preserve a longstanding ban on oil tankers off northern British Columbia, as his government addresses environmental concerns and while seeking ...
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Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on Keir Starmer's claims that reallocation of funds to MoD will boost British jobsKeir Starmer's decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government's own figures.The prime minister announced...
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Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviourSitting for longer than half an hour at a time each day raises the risk of dying from cancer, a study suggests.Researchers who tracked more than 90,000 people over a decade found that sitting or lying down while awake for more than 30...
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NEC told it must take steps to address fears – including not hiring Everton stadium to announce new leader before nominations even openLabour chiefs have been warned they must placate disgruntled Labour members who are angry at the lack of party democracy because Andy Burnham is not expected to face a challenge to become Labour leader.MPs have...
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Couple pledges millions to children's hospitals, food banks and educational programs in advance of their big dayTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce are donating $26m to charities in advance of their rumored wedding at New York's Madison Square Garden this weekend, a representative for the couple has confirmed to the Guardian.The 20 named charities...
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Victims say hearing Keir Starmer's acknowledgment of their suffering was emotional but want more mental supportThis summer's World Cup fever vividly takes Ann Keen back to 1966 and the day England won the tournament – she was 17 years old and it was the day she told her father she was pregnant. "It was the worst thing that could ever have been...
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Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and divisionThe UK's culture and media department will stop using X because the site "now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced.The culture secretary's department is the UK's second...
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Family find answers via social media after their furry friend returned home with an unusual makeoverWilbur the cat is usually a rather elegant grey, black and white creature, so her human family were a little taken aback, to say the least, when she came home bright blue.Concern that Wilbur might have been the target of an unkind paint attack turned...
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Anonymous individual arrested after claims of sexual misconduct on reality TV show and police calls for contactA cast member from Married at First Sight UK has been arrested on suspicion of rape, after claims of sexual misconduct on the reality TV show.The individual and the alleged victim are not being named. Alleged victims of rape have the legal...
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Office for Environmental Protection finds failures by department when it granted emergency authorisation in 2023 and 2024The UK government breached environmental law on several occasions when granting farmers permission to use a bee-killing pesticide, a watchdog has found.In 2023 and 2024, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
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NCA says offenders arrange to sexually assault and film victims via online networks with crimes often taking place in trusting relationshipsCriminal investigators in the UK say they have uncovered a "truly international network” of organised drug-facilitated sexual assault in which victims are sedated before being raped and sexually assaulted.The...
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Yorgen Fenech said to have spent €400,000 on fees for men convicted of car bombing that killed investigative journalistA businessman accused of commissioning the murder of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia spent more than €400,000 (£343,000) on legal fees for the hitmen convicted of her killing, prosecutors claim.Yorgen Fenech, the...
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Security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 43, initially told rescuers not to tell his wife in case he did not surviveA 43-year-old security guard who survived last week's devastating earthquakes in Venezuela thanks to a pocket of air in his workstation cabin has been pulled from the collapsed basement of a shopping centre amid huge cheers from...
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Eleven-year-old developed symptoms 19 days after encounter in Ontario in 'exceedingly rare' caseDoctors in Canada say a child who awoke to find a bat resting on his nose and mouth while visiting an Ontario cottage later died of rabies, in an "exceedingly rare case” that highlights the need for better public awareness.In a report published this...
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Exclusive: Guardian analysis exposes evidence of racial inequalities in pain relief offered across healthcare'The epidural failed and no one believed me'How the ethnicity pain gap follows people from birth to deathWomen from Black and Asian backgrounds are less likely than their white counterparts to receive an epidural while giving birth, research...
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Commissioner asked to investigate Reform UK leader after private meeting with Bank of England governorThe standards watchdog has been urged to investigate whether Nigel Farage lobbied the Bank of England to drop a cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party, potentially in breach of parliamentary rules.The...
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The NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay for new medicines, under the terms of the US-UK trade deal agreed in December, which could lead to more than 200,000 excess deaths, analysis has found.Ministers have defended the deal as a way of helping British drug exports avoid US tariffs and giving patients access to vital...
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PM says 'whole country will be backing the team' for 1am game, as licensing hours extended after fierce backlashWorld Cup live – latest updatesPubs will be able to stay open until 5am on Monday for the England World Cup match against Mexico, after an intervention from Keir Starmer.The team's win over the Democratic Republic of the Congo on...
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Poll also finds perception of Donald Trump has soured since his re-election, with fewer than a third of respondents viewing him positivelyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians have a more negative view of Israel than of China, the latest Guardian Essential poll has found, with women and middle-aged people exhibiting...
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Swiss bank UBS finds 'growing divide between the wealthiest and the broader population' as country adds more than 25,000 more millionairesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMiddle Australia's wealth is going backwards while the richest claim an ever-greater share of the pile, according to new research that shows more than...
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Exclusive: Claims against Israel Defense Forces battalion include deliberate targeting and destruction of residential buildings in 2023 and 2024 without military justificationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian federal police investigators are assessing a brief detailing alleged war crimes committed by an...
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The plans about the corridor to India's east come after China got access to the Arabian Sea with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to the west. India strongly objects to the CPEC corridor because it runs through Gilgit-Baltistan, which is a part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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The US city is home to about 70,000 Bosnians, the largest diaspora community outside their homelandMersad Smajic, a St Louis, Missouri, real estate investor and restaurant owner, has been thrilled to see fellow Bosnian immigrants thrive in their new home, which has been especially evident during the World Cup.The midwestern city has about 70,000...
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National Weather Service warns heat index could reach 115F as heat grips midwest, Ohio valley and east coastSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA "prolonged, dangerous heatwave” was sweeping across parts of the central and eastern United States on Thursday, with forecasters warning that extreme record-breaking temperatures are...
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Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed's release after 14 years has sparked outrage as a legal loophole prevents his deportation despite serious sexual offence convictions. Ahmed, stripped of citizenship, remains in the UK due to old immigration laws protecting pre-1973 Commonwealth settlers. Victims and campaigners decry the justice system's...
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Under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the government has rolled out a transformative economic reform initiative intended to enhance Germany's financial landscape. The plan encompasses significant tax cuts for families, adjustments in the pension system that raise the retirement age, and new sick leave policies that require doctor's notes from day one.
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A thrilling marriage proposal at the top of the Empire State Building took a surprising turn when Russian urban climbers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov were arrested. The adventurous couple made headlines after scaling the famous skyscraper, unveiling a peace banner, and sharing a romantic moment, only to be intercepted by authorities. Their...
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Education minister Jacqui Smith suggests 'disco nap' on Sunday so everyone is fresh as a daisy on MondayWorld Cup live – latest updatesKeir Starmer wants children up and ready for school on Monday morning regardless of the England game being played at 1am UK time.After England qualified for the next round of the World Cup on Wednesday evening...
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Indictment against alleged leader of gas pipeline attack claims former Ukrainian army officer was directed by stateGerman prosecutors have accused Ukrainian "state authorities” of ordering the 2022 explosives attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia with Europe, a charge likely to ignite tensions between Kyiv and Berlin, its biggest...
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