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Revocations will start on Friday for those who owe $100,000 or more, and then expand to those who owe $2,500 or moreSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US state department will begin revoking the US passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support.The department told the Associated Press on...
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Donald Trump says the ceasefire remains in place despite the strikes, with Iranian TV saying the situation is 'back to normal'The United States and Iran exchanged fire late on Thursday in the most serious test yet of their month-long ceasefire.Iran accused the US of violating the ceasefire by targeting two ships at the strait of Hormuz and...
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First results in England expected shortly, while Scottish and Welsh parliament results are due from midday2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesWe're getting statements from some of the political parties now as we wait for results.For the Conservatives, party chairman Kevin Hollinrake said:We have run an energetic and...
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Trump sets Fourth of July deadline as he vents impatience at speed of EU's implementationDonald Trump has said the EU must ratify its trade deal with the US by 4 July or face "much higher” tariffs, after European officials fell short of agreement on the pact.Trump said he spoke to the EU chief, Ursula von der Leyen, about the issue and, he posted...
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Trump also issues new deadline for EU to implement trade deal terms before raising tariffs to 'much higher levels'The US trade court on Thursday ruled against Donald Trump's latest 10% global tariffs, finding across-the-board tariffs were not justified under a 1970s trade law.The US court of international trade ruled in favor of small businesses...
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Ryan Cohen selling tube socks and baseball cards after offering $55.5bn, although source of funds remains unclearThe CEO of GameStop, Ryan Cohen, said he was selling vintage video games, baseball cards, GameStop merchandise and a $14,000 pair of tube socks to help fund the company's proposed $55.5bn acquisition of eBay.His platform of choice? eBay,...
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Results of elections for councils in England, the Senedd in Wales and the Scottish parliament could transform Great Britain's political landscape2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesPolls have closed across England, Scotland and Wales for local, mayoral and parliamentary elections, with the first results to be announced...
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The two Victorian women face charges including enslavement, while another woman will appear in court in Sydney having been charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation. Follow updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDavid Attenborough at 100: 'I had thought I would celebrate quietly'In a dose of good news, Sir...
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Prosecutors allege SPLC funneled over $3m to sources in extremist groups but legal experts say case is weakSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges related to allegations the organization committed fraud and conspired to money launder.The 11-count indictment...
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Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in NetherlandsWhat is hantavirus?Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship are improving, global health officials have said.A British passenger, understood to be a 69-year-old man, was taken to South Africa on...
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Move comes days after supreme court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymanderingUS politics live – latest updatesTennessee's Republican-dominated legislature passed redistricting maps on Thursday, eliminating the state's one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district a week after the US supreme court...
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Agency says FBI director 'followed all applicable ethical guidelines' in giving out personalized bourbon bottlesThe FBI said that agency director Kash Patel "followed all applicable ethical guidelines” after a report in the Atlantic alleged that he distributed customized bourbon whiskey bottles as gifts.In an article published on Wednesday, the...
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Appliance giant slashes earnings forecast and hikes prices by 10% with another 4% spike plannedWith the war in Iran and economic concerns putting pressure on consumers and how they spend their money, Whirlpool is having to adjust to Americans delaying big-ticket purchases while also raising prices to help stabilize its North American business.The...
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Weeks before her death, Annabel Rook, 46, from Stoke Newington, left her sister a voice message about Clifton George's abusive behaviourThe co-founder of a social enterprise who was fatally stabbed by her partner said he was "on the warpath” shortly before she died, in a voice message that was played during a murder trial.Clifton George, 45, is...
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President indicated that deal had materialised but truth was that Saudi Arabia had stopped US use of its basesMiddle East crisis – live updatesWhen Donald Trump abruptly pulled the plug on "Project Freedom”, the scheme to open the strait of Hormuz, barely a day after it had been announced, he gave the impression that an opportunity for a peace...
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Latest briefings float hope of basic deal that would keep peace and free shipping while further negotiations continueMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US and Iran are close to a temporary agreement to halt the war in the Middle East, officials in Pakistan claimed on Thursday, as diplomatic activity gathered fresh momentum after a near...
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Senators sent letter to FCC chair, Brendan Carr, in protest at commission's order last week challenging ABC's licensesA group of prominent Senate Democrats sent a letter on Thursday to Brendan Carr, the Trump-aligned Federal Communications Commission chair, asking him to rescind the US media regulator's order last week requiring ABC to apply early...
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Facebook and Instagram owner claims charges should not be calculated based on a company's global revenueMeta has launched a legal challenge against the UK's media regulator over the fees and fines regime it is enforcing under landmark digital safety legislation.The Facebook and Instagram owner is claiming that Ofcom's methodology for calculating...
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Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis – live updatesA refusal by Saudi Arabia to allow the US to use its bases and airspace to provide a military escort for oil tankers passing through the strait of Hormuz lay behind Donald Trump's decision to...
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Moscow steps up maritime presence in North Sea after UK threats to seize shadow fleet oil tankersBritain's Royal Navy tracked and followed a Russian frigate every day last month as it sailed from the Atlantic to the North Sea, as Moscow steps up its maritime presence after UK threats to seize shadow fleet oil tankers.The Russian navy's Admiral...
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Chi Leung Wai and Chung Biu Yuen convicted over surveillance of dissidents in 'shadow policing' operationA UK Border Force officer and Hong Kong trade official based in London have been found guilty of spying for China and surveilling dissidents through a "shadow policing” operation.Chi Leung "Peter” Wai, 38, and Chung Biu Yuen, 65, also known...
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Norfolk police charge 39-year-old from Suffolk, who will appear in court later A man has been charged after allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor near his new home on the Sandringham Estate.The former Duke of York was out walking his dogs when the incident occurred in Wolferton, close to his Marsh Farm property, shortly after 7.30pm on...
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Comments with optimistic tone went viral on social media, with some calling it an unofficial start of his 2028 campaignMarco Rubio, the top US diplomat, has stoked speculation about a potential run for president in 2028 by releasing a campaign-style video that articulates a hopeful vision of America.The minute-long vertical video features images of...
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Musician whose real name is Bill Kahan Kapri is charged with trafficking MDMA after incident last NovemberKodak Black, the Florida-based rapper, was scheduled to appear in court in Orlando on Thursday on a felony drug charge stemming from an incident last year in which gunshots were allegedly fired near a children's educational building.The...
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The chief justice defends court's impartiality after decisions on abortion, presidential immunity and voting rightsUS chief justice John Roberts has insisted supreme court judges are not "political actors” amid outrage over its recent decision undermining the Voting Right Act, and other moves that have benefited Donald Trump and his allies."I...
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Turmoil and violence rocks state after prime minister Narendra Modi's party claimed victory in legislative electionTensions have been high in the Indian state of West Bengal after a top political aide from Narendra Modi's party was shot dead in the street and hundreds were arrested as violence broke out following elections this week.The prime...
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Holder went back to woman's Cheltenham flat after night out and refused to stop assault even when she began cryingA co-founder of the clothing company Superdry has been jailed for eight years for raping a woman after a night out in Cheltenham.James Holder, 54, had been due to get a taxi back to his home in the Cotswolds with a male friend. Instead,...
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Honour recognises Albanese's work 'documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza'The Spanish government awarded the UN legal expert Francesca Albanese one of its highest civilian honours in recognition of what it termed her "extensive work in documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza”.Albanese, an...
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Yona Simcha Schreiber from settlement in West Bank faces charge of assault motivated by hostility towards religious groupAn Israeli settler suspected of kicking and wounding a French Catholic nun in Jerusalem will go on trial for assault motivated by hostility towards a religious group, Israel's justice ministry has said.The attack on the nun, a...
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Families pressured to stay silent, with at least 24 executions reportedly taking place since March amid internet blackoutMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran is carrying out near-daily executions of prisoners in secrecy and, in some cases, refusing to hand the bodies of the dead to their families, according to rights groups and sources close to...
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New PEN America report analysed 3,743 unique titles removed from libraries and classrooms and found books about activism and social movements were targetedA new report has found that the number of banned non-fiction books doubled during the 2024-2025 school year in the US.PEN America analysed the 3,743 unique titles removed from school libraries...
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Police say man is not suspected of involvement in the theft itself and the phone has not been recoveredPolice investigating the theft of a phone belonging to Keir Starmer's former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney have arrested a man.The man, who was arrested on Wednesday in Peckham, south London, is suspected of receiving the phone after it was...
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Additional funding for the costly 90km public transport project promised before state's November electionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal budget will include another $3.8bn for the Suburban Rail Loop, Melbourne's controversial and costly 90km public...
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One person died and a dozen others were injured in the attack, during a June 2025 demonstration in BoulderA man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty on Thursday to killing one person and injuring a dozen others in a 2025 firebombing attack on a demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, in support of...
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London Waterloo services particularly hit after radio network problem prevented communication between drivers and signallersTrains in parts of southern England have been severely disrupted after a fault in a radio system.Services out of London Waterloo, one of Britain's busiest railway stations, have been particularly delayed. Continue reading...
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Court in Hanover says man entitled to payout after he and his family had to lie on concreteA German holidaymaker has won a payout of almost €1,000 after being unable to find a sunlounger for himself and his family because other guests had got there first.The man, whose identity is not known, holidayed on the island of Kos, in Greece, with his...
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Organisers of nationwide protest say its aim is to stop the government turning young Germans into 'cannon fodder'Tens of thousands of pupils across Germany are expected to boycott the classroom and take to the streets in a nationwide protest organisers say is to stop the government's rearmament policy turning young people into "cannon...
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Republican senator Brent Taylor announces run for Congress in redrawn ninth district, challenging incumbent Democrat Steve CohenTennessee Republicans redraw maps to erase last Democratic, Black-majority districtSign up for the Breaking News US emailFollowing Marco Rubio's closed-door meeting with Pope Leo XIV, the state department said that the...
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CEO of Danish shipping group says increased costs due to higher fuel bills passed on to customersBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of the shipping company Maersk has said the reopening of the strait of Hormuz would have a "limited impact” on cargo flows, as the industry grapples with a sharp rise in energy costs.Vincent Clerc, the chief...
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Crowds were invited to stand in silent solidarity with the family of the Warlpiri girl who was allegedly murdered in Alice Springs last weekWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe national body representing First Nations children has called for...
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Suspect accused of enrolling under false identity before arrest, in case echoing similar US incidentsA 28-year-old woman pretended to be age 16 and enrolled at a Bronx high school under a false identity before New York City police jailed her recently, according to officials.Kacy Claassen pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal impersonation in...
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Powerful radar system is providing new data on city's subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to itWalking into Mexico City's sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital's cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary,...
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Ministers to mandate use of tools that record individuals' cumulative exposure to harrowing incidentsPolicing in England and Wales faces a reckoning over the levels of trauma experienced by officers and staff as "trauma tracker” tools are to be mandated by ministers to ensure the psychological toll caused by exposure to death, abuse and neglect...
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On its fourth day of public hearings, royal commission into antisemitism also hears Jewish Australians have been pressured to resign and verbally abusedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJewish Australians have been told to use "less obviously Jewish” names, felt...
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Trump says truce 'is going' despite exchanges of fire but threatens to hit Iran 'a lot more violently' if it doesn't quickly agree to deal; Iran accuses US of violating ceasefireThe European Union is set to tell airlines the impact from the Iran war on tourism is not yet severe enough to justify emergency measures for the sector, draft EU...
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People gathered at dusk under the fig tree canopy of Sydney's Hyde Park to pay tribute to the 32-year-old who died nearby and lay undiscovered for up to a weekFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNo one should be left to die in the middle of Sydney, alone and unseen.That...
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In an exclusive interview from prison, Sadia Moalim Ali, a 27-year-old rickshaw driver, tells of her treatment after being arrested for demonstrating against the governmentA woman being held in prison in Somalia for taking part in peaceful protests has described how she was tortured by her guards.Sadia Moalim Ali, 27, told the Guardian she was...
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US secretary of state speaks with Leo and officials after tensions following attacks by Trump over Iran warThe Vatican has said it raised the "need to work tirelessly in favour of peace” in talks with the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who is in Rome on a trip widely regarded as an effort to ease tensions after Donald Trump's repeated...
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Health body gives briefing as Spain says ship will not dock in Tenerife but be anchored offshore and passengers will have no contact with the publicMeanwhile, Hungary's incoming prime minister Péter Magyar has arrived for talks at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, where he is due to meet with Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni.Since he is not the...
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Jason Atherton, who has restaurants in Dubai, St Moritz and now Tuscany, says it's tough to stay afloat in UK hospitality industryA British Michelin-starred chef says he is opening restaurants abroad to subsidise his UK venues against a backdrop of high taxes and a struggling hospitality sector.Jason Atherton is now in Forte dei Marmi, on the...
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Local beekeeper Mitch McLennan says hive thefts have become 'quite commonplace' due to rise of parasitic varroa mitesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are searching for thieves who allegedly stole $150,000 worth of beehives from a rural property in the New South...
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Two women charged in Melbourne on Friday with another charged in Sydney on Thursday night after group of 13 fly homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree women who arrived back in Australia after spending years in Syrian detention camps have been charged, with one...
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After backlash, including from actor and avid golfer Mark Wahlberg, state says 'we've worked to increase offering from 9 holes to a 12-hole course'Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney golfers will be able to play on a 12-hole course in the inner city after the state...
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Victorian and federal Labor governments greenlight Otway basin drilling project with potential to supply one-third of state's gasFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcasA new gas drilling project approved for Victoria's Otway basin will make "the path to a safe climate...
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Nobel laureate says he previously considered himself a supporter of Israel, but 'the campaign of annihilation in Gaza has changed all that'Nobel laureate JM Coetzee has declined to attend an upcoming literature festival in Israel, writing a excoriating letter to organisers citing the country's "genocidal campaign” in Gaza, stating: "It will take...
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Exclusive: Taped conversations also cover playwright's relationship with fame, self-doubt and communismHe was one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century and she was one of the greatest actors. In newly unearthed recordings made over a period of nearly three decades, Arthur Miller opened up about his short-lived marriage to Marilyn Monroe,...
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Davis, 32, arrested on Wednesday and charged with inciting hatred and causing fear. Arrest comes after police criticised at royal commission into antisemitismFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProminent neo-Nazi Joel Davis has been charged with alleged hate speech after a...
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Authorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam ChomskyAt a ceremony at the French national assembly attended by Nobel prize winners, former government ministers, MPs, decorated scientists and academics, all attention was on a previously unknown literature professor.Florent Montaclair, then 46, a...
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Exclusive: Voters remain split on issues critical to EU, such as support for Ukraine and dependence on Russian energyMore than three-quarters of Hungarians who voted for Péter Magyar in last month's election want his government to do more to address the climate crisis, and more than 70% want him to protect LGBTQ+ rights, a poll has found.Magyar's...
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Al Nahyans' control over farmland in Europe has meant they receive proportion of payments to farmsThe United Arab Emirates' ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed.A cross-border investigation by DeSmog and shared with the Guardian found subsidiaries controlled...
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Julie, once a circus elephant, and Kariba, from a Belgian zoo, are to be moved to a former ranch in PortugalEurope's first large-scale elephant sanctuary, which is opening to offer a more natural environment for some of the 600 animals still held in captivity across the continent, is to receive its first arrivals.Julie, Portugal's last circus...
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Albanese government announces east coast gas reservation policy, which will require producers to set aside 20% of export volumesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGas companies will be forced to set aside 20% of exports for domestic users under a reservation scheme that...
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Exclusive: Regime, which executed 243 people last year for drug offences, accused of investing in entertainment to whitewash its human rights recordThe acclaimed Australian film-maker Phillip Noyce is being paid by the Saudi regime to make a feature film portraying the repressive state's narcotics officers as heroes.The Watchful Eyes, based on a...
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Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in regionOfficials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise ship, amid reports that a number of passengers have already...
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Iranians walk next to a picture of Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a street in Tehran, Iran, 06 May 2026. US President Donald Trump announced pausing the operation of escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz, hinting at progress in peace talks with Tehran.
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The 16-page report was led by Trump-ally Sebastian Gorka, and places drug cartels in the Americas at the centre of counter-terrorism effortsThe Trump administration has accused Europe of being an "incubator” for terrorism fuelled by mass migration, in a new counter-terrorism strategy unveiled on Wednesday.The strategy also focuses on rooting out...
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Powerful property and farming firm Grosvenor Group says knock-on effect of Iran war could arrive next yearFertiliser shortages caused by the Iran war have driven up costs for UK farmers by up to 70% and will have a "dramatic” impact on food prices globally next year, according to one of Britain's most powerful property and farming companies.Mark...
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This blog is now closed.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBridget McKenzie says rollback of inland rail project sends 'chill' through communityNationals senator Bridget McKenzie, the shadow minister for infrastructure, said the Labor party has sent a "chill through the infrastructure pipeline” after the Albanese...
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Suit says director used Q'orianka Kilcher's features without permission after seeing her in advert for The New WorldSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailJames Cameron and the Walt Disney Company are facing a lawsuit that claims the director based a key character in the Avatar franchise on a teenage actor without her permission.The suit,...
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Demonstrators, angered by Russia's inclusion at arts festival, shouted 'Curated by Putin, dead bodies included'The Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale was forced temporarily to shut its doors on the second day of the preview after the activist group Pussy Riot staged a chaotic protest against the country's inclusion in the art festival.Wearing...
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Ahead of Paramount Skydance merger with Warner Bros Discovery, Amanpour talks 'ideological realignment of CBS'One of CNN's most recognizable and influential voices, chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour, has voiced concerns about CBS News parent company Paramount Skydance's acquisition of CNN parent company Warner Bros Discovery and what...
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President tells Iran to accept deal to end war or face new wave of bombing at 'much higher level and intensity'The US military fired on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday, shortly after Donald Trump issued a fresh ultimatum to Tehran, telling it to accept a deal to end the war or face a new wave of US bombing "at a much higher level and...
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Latest proposal, derided by Tehran as a 'wishlist', could yet be a way out – but with 5,000 dead, it comes at an awful priceAnother day, another hairpin turn in the world of Donald Trump's foreign policy.The weekend was all about war, and Trump insisting Iran had not yet "paid a big enough price”. Tuesday was Project Freedom, styled as a grand...
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