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Exclusive: As well as citing personal reasons, Ridley says she is making way for a successor 'to work alongside new leader'Hollie Ridley, Labour's general secretary, is to step down this autumn after two years in the job, she has announced to party staff.Ridley, an ally of Keir Starmer who ran Labour's field operations in the 2024 general win...
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Suspect is said to be a woman who tried to pass off as a man during attack apparently targeting Ukrainian-born oligarchThe main suspect in a bomb attack in Monaco this week is a woman who has been spotted in Germany, a judicial source in Monaco told Reuters on Friday.Three people were wounded on Monday evening in a...
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Your thermostat's fan setting, often overlooked, significantly impacts home comfort and energy bills. While 'Auto' conserves electricity and improves summer humidity control by running the fan only during heating/cooling cycles, 'On' offers consistent temperatures and better air filtration. For allergy sufferers or those with pets, 'On' might be...
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A critical report reveals the US Secret Service missed crucial local police radio chatter about the gunman who targeted President Trump in Pennsylvania. The agency also lacked a joint communications hub, receiving minimal alerts. This failure, coupled with an inoperable counter-drone system that missed a pre-attack drone flight, left the...
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UK provisional peak of 37.7C shatters previous record by huge margin, while Germany hits all-time high of 41.7CLast week's heatwave across western Europe shattered national June records and set new all-time highs.The UK recorded a provisional high of 37.7C at Lingwood in Norfolk on Friday 27 June, smashing the previous June record of 35.6C, set in...
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The Labour MP hinted that he's open to flexibility for some taxes that could aid high street businessesThe 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 to quit the Elon Musk-owned...
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Weekend's high temperatures and humidity 'virtually impossible' without climate crisis, researchers sayThe scorching heat blanketing much of the US this week would have been "virtually impossible” if not for the climate crisis, researchers have found, warning that the high temperatures could threaten Independence Day celebrations and World Cup...
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As the United States gears up for its 250th birthday on Saturday, July 4, 2026, the preceding Friday, July 3, will be observed as a federal holiday. While most retail stores and postal services will operate normally, banks will be open with potential adjusted hours. The stock market, however, will be closed. State DMVs and city offices will see...
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Given pressures on the public purse, the Makerfield MP may have to look at autumn tax rises to fund his 'new direction'An economy rattled by a global energy shock, jittery bond markets and rising spending demands. As Andy Burnham prepares for government, the pressures on the public finances are in focus.The prospective prime minister pledged a new...
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Ebony Bell convicted and handed community work order following assault on senator and second 'gratuitous act of violence' while on bailFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been handed a community work order for punching Lidia Thorpe outside the MCG over claims...
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In today's newsletter: As official celebrations spotlight a narrow cast of white heroes, communities across the US are reclaiming the histories that Freedom 250 leaves outGood morning, and a very happy 250th birthday to the United States of America. If you prefer to celebrate with cage fighting on the White House lawn, an IndyCar rally through...
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Huge scale of funeral for supreme leader across five cities is intended to relay message of resistance to rest of the worldIn the small hours of Friday the police roadblocks, stalls, posters and army vans were starting to appear across Tehran as millions of Iranians prepared to attend the long-delayed six-day funeral ceremony for Ali Khamenei's,...
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Premier apologised over organised crime in some of Victoria's largest construction projects, in op-ed that claimed a royal commission would not solve the issueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Allan has admitted that criminals have infiltrated some of Victoria's...
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From Times Square to the Norwegian parliament and even in fighter jet cockpits, the choreographed row is everywhereThe fans have done it, in their thousands, in the stadiums. The players have done it on the pitch. Pretty much anyone who was there did it in New York's Times Square. Norwegian MPs did it in parliament.Prince Sverre Magnus, third in...
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Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou's device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committeeNSO Group's hacking software was repeatedly used against a member of the European parliament while he was conducting an investigation of spyware abuses in Europe, according to a new report.Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of...
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President says Washington's relationship with Nato is 'not reciprocal' and 'they were not there for us' in Iran warDonald Trump has said it is "ridiculous” for the US to continue its "one sided” relationship with Nato, less than a week before a summit of the military alliance in Ankara.Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that "They were...
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A security guard, Hernan Alberto Gil Flores, miraculously survived eight days trapped under rubble after twin earthquakes in Venezuela. Rescuers, including international teams, painstakingly tunneled for over 100 hours, maintaining contact and providing sustenance. His survival, a beacon of hope amidst devastation, saw him emerge to a tearful...
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This weekend marks 250 years since the signing of the declaration of independence, but Donald Trump is making the celebration all about himself. As the anniversary approaches, Jonathan Freedland talks to the Atlantic's Yoni Appelbaum about why so many Americans are feeling less patriotic these daysArchive: AP, Reuters Continue reading...
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Jérémie Queyras, 28, created painting over months of sessions at his studio where pair struck up unlikely bondOver months they met secretly in a studio in the government quarter of central Berlin – a young artist and his subject, the former German chancellor Angela Merkel. For hours at a time, while Jérémie Queyras painted her portrait, they...
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In one area 76% of fishing boats were followed, with baby dolphins learning the technique from their parentsBottlenose dolphins in the Adriatic are increasingly following trawlers to scavenge for food, with baby dolphins learning the technique from their parents, a study has found."These days the easiest way to find [bottlenose dolphins] is to look...
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Judge finds woman was truthful after the former St Kilda star accused her of lying about attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer AFL player Nicky Winmar has been found guilty of dragging a woman by the hair and hitting her head against a door.Winmar, 60, argued...
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Darweish Mohamed, 15, died after being found with alleged stab wounds outside a Craigieburn hospital on Wednesday nightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLoved ones of a 15-year-old boy who was allegedly stabbed and left to die outside a hospital have asked the community...
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Exclusive: Documents also show the Catholic order sought financial support from the Holy See months before it declared it lacked money to pay survivorsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Christian Brothers has deliberately kept nine convicted child abusers, one who is...
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Official statement offers the most detailed official account yet of the highly unusual and fatal incident in BeijingChinese authorities said the man who flew a small plane into Beijing's tallest skyscraper last week was a 66-year-old who had mental health problems.The statement published on Thursday offered the most detailed official account yet of...
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Princess Cruises vessel is docked in San Francisco for disinfecting in third outbreak for company this yearMore than 100 passengers and about 23 crew members on a Princess Cruises ship fell sick from suspected norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marking the third outbreak to hit one of the company's...
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Migratory giant petrel discovered near Hawks Nest north of Newcastle infected with H5. Testing under way to determine if it's highly pathogenic H5N1 strainFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales has its first suspected case of the deadly H5 bird flu in a giant...
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A man, identified as Lobga Rangzen, set himself ablaze outside the UN headquarters in Manhattan, carrying a Tibetan flag in a suspected protest. Witnesses reported seeing him engulfed in flames before being quickly attended to by emergency services. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Leaflets found at the scene bore slogans like "China Out of...
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Japan's parliament is set to add two more women's toilet cubicles following a petition by 58 female MPs highlighting the shortage. This move addresses the under-representation of women in politics, where they hold only 68 out of 465 lower house seats. The expansion aims to alleviate long queues faced by female lawmakers and staff, reflecting a...
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Indian prime minister has a habit of collecting awards on his travels, some as their first and only recipientAs Narendra Modi touched down in Seychelles over the weekend, the archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean swiftly bestowed one of its "highest” honours upon the Indian prime minister.Modi beamed as he accepted the Guardian of the Blue...
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Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, will skip his father's funeral due to Israeli threats, according to a representative. This follows a stark warning from Iran's Foreign Minister to the US, citing Israeli remarks about Mojtaba Khamenei being "marked for death." Diplomatic talks in Doha reported positive progress on a Middle East MoU, with...
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Candace Owens is facing renewed criticism after a viral interview clip resurfaced in which she reflected on Charlie Kirk's personal life and claimed he never found the love he had long wanted. Her remarks also referenced his widow, Erika Kirk, prompting backlash on social media. Critics accused Owens of making unverified personal claims during a...
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