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Seven-term incumbent had spoken out against Iran war, government spending and Jeffrey Epstein files. Plus, Trump's 'board of peace' receives just $23m to rebuild GazaGood morning.Voters in northern Kentucky on Tuesday rejected the incumbent congressman Thomas Massie, who has been critical of Donald Trump, in favor of the president's hand-picked...
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Republican Congressman defeated by Trump-backed challenger in most expensive House primary in historySign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has posted to Truth Social claiming that "100%” of his endorsements in the May 19 Republican primaries won in their races, citing clean sweeps in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Idaho, Oregon and...
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Ukrainians lament appalling toll of fighting on their country's bird populationRussia sent kamikaze drones to attack the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia in February. They hit buildings and killed several people. One unreported victim of the bombardment was a male long-eared owl, blinded in one eye and found with a badly broken wing. A passerby...
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UK report argues people have greater control over longevity than widely understood, but others say claim is simplisticIndividuals bear at least 80% of the responsibility for their ill health in old age, according to a report aimed at challenging the belief that physical decline is either inevitable or primarily the responsibility of the state.The...
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Stuart Machin argues government should reduce tax and regulatory burden on supermarkets insteadThe boss of Marks & Spencer has called a government proposal for voluntary price caps on essential food items "completely preposterous”, saying it should reduce tax and regulatory burdens instead.Stuart Machin, the chief executive of the clothing,...
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Wife of former PM, who encountered Worboys in 2007, says parole refusal last week was 'huge relief'Carrie Johnson, the wife of the former prime minister Boris Johnson, has said there could be "up to 1,000, if not more”, victims of the black-cab rapist, John Worboys.Johnson, who helped bring the serial sex attacker to justice, said she had been...
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'China has already eaten much of German industry's lunch and is preparing to start on dinner,' thinktank saysBusiness live – latest updatesGermany must stop admiring China's success in the EU or it will sleepwalk into the kind of deindustrialisation the US experienced 25 years ago, a leading Brussels thinktank has said.With China's surplus with...
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Ron Shinnick did not mention the firing of the Cohutta police force, which was later rehired, in resignation letterThe mayor of a small town in the US state of Georgia has resigned shortly after firing his community's entire police department, a step that the local governing council ultimately reversed – but that he nonetheless took amid a...
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Exclusive: Australia faces a 'pronounced political fault line', Giridharan Sivaraman tells Brisbane seminar on human rights Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation and the federal opposition are "dehumanising” and "scapegoating” immigrants while drawing on a "deep vein of racism”, Australia's federal race...
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Chancellor's planning shake-up would 'reduce exposure from judicial review on all but human rights grounds'Rachel Reeves is preparing to announce a planning shake-up that would fast-track clean energy and infrastructure projects by curbing judicial reviews, the Treasury has said.The chancellor will propose that parliament should be able...
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Von der Leyen says: 'Let there be no doubt: a threat against one Member State is a threat against our entire union'In Brussels, Rutte begins by stressing the importance of Nato ministers meeting in Sweden, the alliance's "newest ally” who joined in 2024."This says a great deal about how fundamentally our security environment has changed,...
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MEPs had twice frozen ratification process in protest at Trump's threats to increase tariffs and take control of GreenlandThe EU has finally agreed to implement its trade deal with the US after five hours of talks between members of the European parliament and member states in the hope of averting more tariffs threatened by Donald Trump.It means...
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Greens MLC Abigail Boyd – who chaired inquiry – says system 'failing too many children, families and educators'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSystemic weaknesses in New South Wales' childcare sector have allowed predators to work in the industry and abuse...
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Report finds culture of 'resistance and delay' in the Australian parliament with more than 60% of requests having longer response times than mandated 30-day deadlineFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA scathing audit report has found nearly 80% of freedom of information...
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PM also announces 12-month road tax holiday for hauliers and claims that changes to Russian oil rules include new sanctionsUK relaxes strict sanctions on Russian crude as oil costs soarLabour is in a curious, transitional state at the moment. Officially Keir Starmer is committed to staying as leader and prime minister until the next election. There...
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IRGC comments come after Trump says he could strike Iran while insisting that Tehran still wants to make a dealTrump threatens 'a big hit' if Tehran does not make deal soonThe Jordanian military announced it had shot down a drone of unknown origin in its airspace on Wednesday, AFP reports.No casualties were reported. Continue reading...
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shared a video thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for gifting her 'Melody' chocolates. The term, a blend of their surnames, gained popularity during their previous meetings. This latest viral moment occurred during Modi's visit to Rome, focused on strengthening India-Italy ties across various sectors.
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The 18-year-old high school student reached the top of the world's tallest mountain on her second attemptAn 18-year-old high school student from Melbourne became the youngest Australian to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Wednesday.According to her Garmin data and a post on Instagram, Bianca Adler reached the 8,849 metre summit at nearly 6.30am...
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US and Israel reportedly explored a regime-change plan in Iran, centering on former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, after alleged strikes killed top officials and the Supreme Leader. The plan, devised by Mossad, aimed to install Ahmadinejad, despite his hardline past, but collapsed after an Israeli strike on his residence. His current whereabouts...
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Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Democratic primary outright, while Republicans Burt Jones and Rick Jackson will face offThe Republican primary campaign for Georgia governor will go to a June runoff, with the lieutenant governor Burt Jones facing off against healthcare billionaire and political newcomer Rick Jackson – and locking out Brad Raffensperger,...
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Pakistan has made a bizarre claim of hitting two non-existent airbases, Rajouri and Mamun, during their counter-action "Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos." This follows India's strong retaliatory action last year, where all Pakistani missiles and drone swarms were intercepted and destroyed by India's air defence.
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Millions of litres of sewage have been spilling into the capital city's waters since February after the catastrophic failure of a Moa Point wastewater plantA fix to stop millions of litres of sewage continuing to pour into the waters off the coast of New Zealand's capital, Wellington will be in place by November, officials have said, with full...
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomed Narendra Modi to Rome for discussions aimed at elevating bilateral ties to a special strategic partnership. The visit focuses on strengthening cooperation, particularly through the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), and includes plans for annual summits and a trade target of 20 billion...
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Tom Phillips on life in the country four months after the US abduction of the former president Nicolás Maduro"The last time I flew out of Venezuela was right at the start of August 2024, just after the disputed presidential election,” the Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, tells Annie Kelly."It was a moment of real turmoil....
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US Vice President JD Vance stated that President Trump is pursuing a diplomatic deal with Iran but is prepared to resume military action if nuclear talks fail. Vance emphasized that the administration is negotiating in good faith, making it clear Iran will not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.
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