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Byelection loss suggests voters rebelled against SNP over Peter Murrell's theft of £400,000 in party fundsUK politics – live updatesThe Scottish National party (SNP) has lost the formerly safe seat of Aberdeen South in a shock loss to the Scottish Conservatives.The SNP's Stephen Flynn, who gave up the Aberdeen South seat in order to take a seat...
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Ukraine hammered Russia with the largest attack on the capital city of Moscow since Russia invaded its neighbor more than four years ago. A massive swarm of Ukrainian drones hit a major oil refinery there, among other targets, on Thursday. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was a retaliatory act. Aidan Stretch reports.
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Many of President Trump's stated reasons for going to war with Iran are left unresolved in the initial deal with Iran, and many of the president's goals for the war haven't been met. But what has changed in just a few months is his rhetoric. Margaret Brennan reports.
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The White House released the text of the U.S.-Iran peace framework, including provisions that would limit Iran's nuclear ambitions. But some critics say the proposal is similar to the 2015 Obama-era deal that President Trump killed. NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports.
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Result expected around 3am as Labour's Greater Manchester mayor hopes a win over Reform UK will help force the prime minister to step asidePolls close in Makerfield byelection as Andy Burnham eyes No 10Burnham brings in top economists before possible leadership runDavid Blunkett, the former Labour cabinet minister, has suggested that Keir Starmer...
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Labour mayor giving advisory roles to ex-Bank of England economist and others seen as attempt to reassure marketsMakerfield byelection – latest updatesThree economic heavyweights have been brought in to advise Andy Burnham as he attempts to reassure the markets before his possible return to parliament on Friday and challenge to Keir...
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Labour's Greater Manchester mayor predicted to beat Reform but Keir Starmer is unlikely to easily step asideMakerfield byelection – latest updatesPolls have closed in Makerfield, Aberdeen South, and Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, with the result in the north-west of England constituency byelection poised to decide the future of UK politics.The...
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Musicians and production team understood to be facing same punishment after livestream of patriotic songThe Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of a production team, including musicians, have been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for performing in a concert livestreamed on Ahmadi's YouTube channel in 2024.According to court documents,...
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David Farley was told One Nation's policy was to fly only the Australian flag, party leader tells conferenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation's leader, Pauline Hanson, says she "had to have a conversation” with the new Farrer MP, David Farley, after he...
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Follow today's news live• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere were two small earthquakes in New South Wales this morning, according to Geoscience Australia.A 3.4 magnitude quake hit near Orange around 5.45am this morning, with at least 108 people reporting they felt the shakes. And a 3.2 magnitude temblor hit near...
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Drivers feel some relief but prices still a dollar more per gallon overall since before US-Israel attack on IranSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The average price of US gasoline fell to just under $4 a gallon on Thursday for the first time since March, following the announcement of a preliminary agreement between the US and Iran to...
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Germany's adage 'crooked logs make straight fires' conveys a powerful message about human potential, reminding us that flaws do not detract from one's worth. It encourages us to utilize what we have rather than wait for perfect conditions, advocating against the tyranny of perfectionism.
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Number of people infected now tops 1,000 though health officials say the global risk remains lowSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, officials said on...
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US defence secretary addresses allies in latest attempt to get Europe to raise military budgetsPete Hegseth has announced a review of the US military presence across Europe, in a combative address to Nato allies where he threatened to cut force numbers in countries spending the least on defence.The US defence secretary, speaking at a meeting of...
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As US lifts its blockade, Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation periodIran has announced plans to introduce a system of maritime fees in the strait of Hormuz in two months, after the 60-day period of negotiation that has been triggered by the signing of the memorandum of...
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Exclusive: Former chief Brexit negotiator says staying out of euro and Schengen area would be 'perfectly possible''Cynical to get power': Michel Barnier on Boris Johnson, Brexit and the EU's futureMichel Barnier has said Britain could regain its special terms if it rejoined the EU and claimed it was becoming clearer every day to the British people...
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Former negotiator believes in an unstable world, it is 'perfectly possible' the UK can rejoin the EU with old opt-outsUK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier saysA couple of years ago, Michel Barnier spent a weekend with Boris Johnson's father, Stanley. It was not some ghoulish Brexit spin-off of The Traitors, but...
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Updated document, which emphasises harm done to African women, is being considered by other Caribbean countriesBarbados's prime minister, Mia Mottley, has announced a new manifesto from Caribbean leaders asserting the "moral, ethical and legal case” for reparations over damage caused by hundreds of years of enslavement.Mottley was speaking at a...
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'Mastermind' Dawie Groenewald given fine of 2m rand or four-year jail term almost 16 years after arrestTwo traffickers of rhino horns have been sentenced by a South African court in what police said was the world's largest such case, partly bringing to an end an almost two-decade legal saga.Dawie Groenewald and Tielman Erasmus had faced more than...
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Officers arrest man on suspicion of attempted murder as child is treated in hospital for serious injuries A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure, Cambridgeshire police said.The force said officers were called to Johnsons of Old Hurst zoo in Huntingdonshire at 1.24pm on...
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Data shows that the increase in at-home living stems from high housing costs rather than labor market conditionsA record number of the US's young adults were living with their parents last year, according to new data from Realtor.com, as high housing costs pushed the milestone of independent living out of reach.A third of young adults between the...
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Plan is admission US could not achieve what it sought through war as red line after red line has been erasedOnly a man with an unparalleled ignorance of history such as Donald Trump would have signed America's peace treaty with Iran at Versailles, the byword for national humiliation. And only a man with an impish sense of humour such as Emmanuel...
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Miguel Díaz-Canel cites China and Vietnam as possible models for opening up the country's economyCuba's economy needs urgent changes to overcome a crisis intensified by a US oil blockade, the president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has said in a speech to Communist party leaders."The situation calls for urgent and necessary changes,” Díaz-Canel told the...
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