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Michael Smith, 52, charged after flooding platforms with thousands of AI songs and boosting them with botsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to defrauding music streaming platforms and his fellow musicians out of millions in royalties by flooding the services with...
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Footage shows US musician struggling with field sobriety tests he calls 'really hard' before his 2024 arrest in New YorkJustin Timberlake struggled to perform field sobriety tests requiring him to walk a straight line and stand on one leg after the pop star was pulled over in New York's Hamptons in 2024 by police officers who suspected him of...
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Joe Kent, who left Trump administration over Iran war, tells Megyn Kelly 'facts are on my side' amid FBI investigationSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe counter-terrorism official who resigned from Donald Trump's administration over the US and Israel's war against Iran has said he is bracing for...
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Anthropic fought against the government's misuse of its technology, but authorities are buying Americans' data, enabling them to surveil citizens at scaleThe FBI declares it can conduct mass surveillance without AI, despite Anthropic's protest.A central part of the standoff between Anthropic and the Department of Defense has revolved around the...
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Autopsy reveals James 'Jimmy' Gracey's injuries consistent with repeatedly hitting breakwater's rocks, Spanish media reportA University of Alabama student who was found dead in Barcelona after going missing while vacationing evidently fell into the sea on accident in view of surveillance cameras – and an autopsy revealed injuries on his body that...
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Venezuelan-born dancer posts emotional video saying she plans to take on new projects in other areasStrictly Come Dancing's longest-serving female professional dancer, Karen Hauer, has quit the show after 14 years.In a video posted on Instagram, Hauer said it was "the right time to close this chapter and take on new projects in other areas I'm...
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The SA election result is devastating for the Liberals, but there are warning signs for Labor too in One Nation's startling rise, which has rocked Australian politicsLabor secures overwhelming victory in SA electionRarely – perhaps never – has the winner of an election felt more like a subplot to a bigger and more consequential narrative than...
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Exclusive: War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combinedThe US-Israel war on Iran is a disaster for the climate, according to an analysis that finds it is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined.As warplanes, drones and...
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The Woman's Hour host, who has died aged 75, could talk about hydrangeas, campaign against domestic abuse, then tear a strip off a politician – all within a few minutesBefore she took over Woman's Hour in 1987, Jenni Murray was a presenter on the Today programme. She had joined the BBC in Bristol in 1973, and became a TV reporter and presenter...
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FoI request reveals no evidence of testing despite ministers hailing agreement as key to delivering AI-led public service reformWhen the UK government signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI, the tech firm behind ChatGPT, the partnership was hailed as one that could harness artificial intelligence to "address society's greatest...
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Exclusive: Tariq Ahmad says he has raised concerns with party leadership after shadow justice secretary's remarksThe shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, has been accused by a Conservative peer and former counter-extremism minister of "instilling fear” among Muslims with his comments about public prayer.British Muslims were openly talking...
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Nearly 300 of the actor's items, from designer gowns to everyday basics, to be sold in Los Angeles, with some lots under $100A customised sunhat. A slogan sweatshirt. A "mom” necklace. An old copy of Cosmopolitan. If these sound like items found in many homes today, they're actually the castoffs of a household name: Gwyneth Paltrow.Next week,...
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Online searches for electric and hybrid cars increase as war-linked fuel prices hit highest levels in nearly three yearsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxUS car buyers are showing a surge in interest in electric vehicles after Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran helped cause a major jump in gasoline...
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Court's decision to eliminate Save plan and internal shuffling on who handles what when it comes to student loans presents new challenges for borrowersSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMany Americans with student debt are again facing future upheaval after a federal appeals court recently ordered the end...
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Almost 60 injured in blaze in Daejeon with footage seemingly showing people jumping from burning building to escapeA fire at a car parts factory in South Korea has killed 14 people and injured almost 60 others.Firefighters said all of the missing are now accounted for after a search operation of the wreckage of the three-storey building. Continue...
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Families, advocates and lawmakers say poor care, opaque investigations and bureaucracy leave deaths unexplainedSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe circumstances of many of the record number of deaths in US immigration custody under the second Trump administration have left loved ones often searching in...
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Weapons fired after PM authorises US to carry out further attacks from UK bases, a move critics say must be approved by parliamentMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe Ministry of Defence has condemned Iranian strikes directed towards a US-UK military base on the island of Diego Garcia.Iran fired the missiles after warning that British...
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Bypassing animal health certificate system by using cheaper pet passport issued abroad could backfire, experts sayBritish pet owners who want to take their furry friends elsewhere in Europe have been warned not to try to dodge expensive health certificates by using a pet passport issued abroad.Before Brexit, taking a cat, dog or ferret to the EU...
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At least 400 killed in Pakistan's strike on drug rehab centre, Taliban say, with families searching unmarked mass gravesSohrab Faqiri spent Eid, the Muslim festival to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, looking for the grave of his brother, killed in a massive Pakistan airstrike on Kabul this week.Pakistan's bombardment campaign, on what...
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Labor secures landslide win, but One Nation vote tops 20%, leaving Liberals devastated and eating into ALP territory in outer suburbsI'm going to leave you some land mines, Hanson warns premierOne Nation has put meat on the bones of its polling surgeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSouth Australia's Peter Malinauskas has...
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Roberts, who was the first Aboriginal person to host a prime-time current affairs program, was diagnosed with a rare type of ovarian cancer seven months agoRhoda Roberts – obituaryRhoda Roberts, the Bundjalung Widjabul Wiyebal cultural leader and arts devotee, has died at the age of 66.In a statement made via Instagram, Roberts's family announced...
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Medics and officials say there is systematic use of double-tap strikes in campaign to make the south uninhabitableMiddle East crisis – live updatesLebanese healthcare workers and officials say Israeli bombings have deliberately targeted medical workers and facilities in south Lebanon, including through the use of double-tap strikes, in what they...
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James Milner - the Premier League's record appearance holder, speaks to reporter Kelly Somers about his career - including a debut goal for hometown club Leeds, a dramatic Champions League semi-final comeback against Barcelona and returning from nine months out injured.
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Mors Imperator caused a scandal in 1887 amid fears it mocked the German kaiser – more than 100 years later it is being displayed in a state museumWrapped in a cloak with ermine fur and wearing a jagged iron crown, a hulking skeleton rests one foot on a globe and knocks over a royal throne with a dramatic flick of its ivory wrist.Entitled Mors...
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Regime will do whatever it takes to cling on to power – including sacrificing economies of other Gulf statesMiddle East crisis – live updatesBrinkmanship, the ability to take a country to the edge of war without plunging it into the abyss, was the cornerstone of cold war diplomacy. But in our different, more unstable times – in which the line...
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President says US 'getting very close to meeting our objectives'; missiles fired at joint US-UK military base in Indian Ocean but neither hitCircling back now to Diego Garcia, Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean – but neither of them hit, according to news reports citing US...
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Family says actor, who played Xander in hit TV series, died on Friday 'in his sleep of natural causes'Nicholas Brendon, the actor best known for playing Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died. He was 54.Brendon's family issued a statement saying that he died on Friday "in his sleep of natural causes”. Continue reading...
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This blog is now closed – our live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran continues in a new blog hereKuwait's state oil firm KPC said its Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by multiple drone attacks early on Friday, causing a fire in some units, with no initial casualties reported, the state news agency said.Firefighters responded immediately, with...
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California jurors hand win to investors who sued billionaire saying he publicly disparaged social media platform in 2022A California jury has ruled that Elon Musk is responsible for Twitter investors' stock plummeting when he sought to buy the social media platform for $44bn in 2022. Jurors handed the win to a group of investors who sued the...
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Aoi Baxter was the party's candidate for the state seat of Adelaide in Saturday's election Former South Australian One Nation candidate, Aoi Baxter, has been dumped by the rightwing party, after media reports claiming there is a warrant for his arrest in the UK.Baxter, who was reportedly previously known as Trent Baxter, had allegedly failed to...
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Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says move will bring 140m barrels to market but insists Tehran will not benefitMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Trump administration has waived sanctions on Iranian oil purchases at sea for 30 days to ease surging oil prices driven by the US-Israeli war on Iran.The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said...
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Proposal fails to advance in Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some airportsA bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed to advance on Friday in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country's biggest airports.Democrats declined to provide the...
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Prosecutors say they paid 'slammers' to intentionally crash into tractor-trailers and file fraudulent lawsuitsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA federal jury in New Orleans has found two personal injury attorneys guilty of involving themselves in a scheme to stage collisions with 18-wheelers and then...
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US president claims he 'always says yes' to Australia, Japan and South Korea, after saying he didn't need help from trio of countries earlier this weekMiddle East crisis – live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDonald Trump says he is "very surprised” Australia has not sent warships to aid in opening the strait...
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Very destructive winds gusting up to 195km/h are forecasted, with major flooding expected in Katherine by MondayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn emergency warning has been issued and thousands are bracing for Tropical Cyclone Narelle before its landfall in the Northern Territory, with winds of up to 195km/h expected.The...
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Mary Fong Lau crashed into bus shelter in 2024, causing deaths of two parents and two infant childrenThe 80-year-old woman that prosecutors found responsible for a car crash that killed a family of four in San Francisco has been sentenced to two years of probation and will have her driver's license suspended.Lau will receive no jail time and will...
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One person survived and two were killed, the military said, who were turned over to Costa Rican coast guardUS Southern Command announced on Friday that US forces carried out another "lethal kinetic strike” on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific which left one survivor and two people dead.After the strike, the military said that...
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Lawsuit alleged changes gave DoD free rein to punish reporters and outlets over coverage it did not likeSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration's restrictive Pentagon press access policy, which threatens journalists with being branded security risks if...
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Calls for Pennsylvania senator – Trump's 'favorite Democrat' – to resign after casting decisive committee voteDemocrats reacted with outrage to their party colleague John Fetterman's decision to advance the nomination of Republican US senator Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary.Fetterman, the senior US senator from Pennsylvania, has...
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Judge rules that Trump's health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declarationRobert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary, overstepped his power when he declared that gender-affirming treatments are unsafe, a federal judge has ruled.In a blow to the Trump administration's attempts to limit access to gender transition...
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Heavy rains have pummeled the Hawaiian island of Oahu and triggered the worst flooding the island has in 20 yearsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxTowering flash floods and an imminent dam failure in the northern part of Oahu triggered mass rescues and evacuation warnings in Hawaii on Friday, as the state...
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NTSB to investigate incident where commercial airliner and cargo plane tried to land on crossing runways in New JerseyA close call between a commercial airliner and a cargo plane attempting to land on crossing runways at New Jersey's Newark Liberty international airport is being investigated by federal aviation officials.The National Transportation...
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Man wielding knife also tried to slash tires and taken into custody, with two transit officers and police officer injuredSix people were brought to the hospital after a man wielding a butcher knife threatened to stab a bus driver, tried to slash tires at a Boston transit station Friday before being taken into custody, authorities said.Among those...
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Markets seem particularly attuned to increasing oil prices, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq down 1.5% and 2% respectivelyUS stock markets dropped again on Friday, capping off a fourth week of market turbulence as investors worried about the US-Israel war on Iran and its widespread impact on global oil prices.The Dow lost over 400 points on Friday,...
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Officials understood to be investigating use of visas by company linked to Ahmadi Religion of Peace and LightThe Home Office is investigating a company linked to a religious sect based in Cheshire over its use of immigration visas.The company under investigation is linked to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL), a sect that blends tenets...
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Some in cabinet in despair over possible impact of war begun by Donald Trump, who branded Nato allies 'cowards'Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has branded the UK and other Nato allies "cowards” as anger grows among cabinet ministers that his war in Iran could jeopardise Britain's fragile finances.Senior members of the UK...
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'Teleporting is no fun,' Gregg Phillips, picked to lead Fema's office of response and recovery, has said on a podcastA far-right conspiracy theorist turned high-ranking official at the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) claims to have once teleported to a Waffle House.Gregg Phillips, who in December was appointed to lead Fema's office of...
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Forces have been stripped back since the cold war but political stasis is dangerous in the face of growing global threatsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIt will have been more than three weeks since the US and Israel first attacked Iran when the first British warship finally arrives off the coast of Cyprus, a belated defensive deployment that...
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Eid al-Fitr celebrated amid political furore over claims public Ramadan prayers an 'act of domination'On Friday morning, little space remained in Baitul Futuh mosque as thousands of people poured in to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.The south London mosque, one of the largest in Europe, offered a glimpse of the Eid al-Fitr...
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Veteran broadcaster interviewed prominent female leaders including Margaret Thatcher and Hillary ClintonJenni Murray, the broadcaster who hosted BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 75.Murray joined the programme in 1987 and presented it until she departed as its longest-serving presenter in 2020. She was...
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Martinez Lake, about 145 miles west of Phoenix, reached 110F (43.3C) on Thursday amid scorching south-west heatSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA small community in the Arizona desert has broken a record for the highest March temperature ever recorded in the US, as the south-west bakes in a blistering...
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Tania Warner and Ayla, her seven-year-old with autism, sent to notorious Texas detention center and told to 'self-deport'Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter with autism who have been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for nearly a week have...
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National intelligence director said voting machine seizure was requested by US attorney in Puerto Rico – who's been trying to revive 2020 election conspiracy theoryWhen the US director of national intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, testified on Thursday that her office seized voting machines from Puerto Rico, she said it was at the request of the...
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Sabri Essid also found guilty of crimes against humanity after harrowing evidence from women enslaved by jihadistA French member of Islamic State has been convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed against Yazidis in a historic judgment that highlighted the atrocities committed by jihadists.The Paris criminal court...
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The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticidesThe population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect considered at risk of extinction.The figures, released this week by the World...
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Staffing shortages intensify and lead to longer screening times as TSA workers go for weeks without payMany travelers across the US are continuing to face significant delays at airport security checkpoints as the homeland security department shutdown, which has affected staffing of the Transportation Security Administration, remains ongoing.With...
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Lawsuit alleges university violated civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people in aftermath of war in GazaThe Trump administration has renewed its assault on Harvard University, filing a lawsuit in Massachusetts alleging the Ivy League institution violated the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people in the aftermath of the war in Gaza.The lawsuit,...
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Mediahuis suspends Peter Vandermeersch, who says he 'fell into trap of hallucinations', after investigation by newspaper where he was once editor-in-chiefThe publisher of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and the Irish Independent has suspended one of its senior journalists after he admitted using AI to "wrongly put words into people's...
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Gwyn Samuels, who committed crimes as James Bubb, befriended both victims online A Metropolitan police special constable who raped a girl and a woman after "systematically” grooming them both online has been jailed for 24 years.James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, first sexually assaulted the girl when she was just 12...
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Senior public servant wrote 'police will be dispersing them if numbers exceed capacity' while premier says protesters confronted after attempting to marchGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice planned to disperse the crowd at a Sydney protest against the visiting Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, if it exceeded 6,000...
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In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue among voters, especially in rural areasIn one telling of the story, the golden fields of a proud farming nation are under attack. Besieged by an industrial sprawl of solar panels, they are being smothered at the behest of an urban elite.That narrative has failed to thrive in...
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Owner of labrador says bottle find may be connected to poisoning that led to one of England's last public hangingsA man in Devon believes his beloved dog has dug up a key piece of evidence in his back garden connected to a notorious Victorian murder case.Paul Phillips, 49, told reporters that his labrador, Stanley, recovered a blue glass bottle...
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Late-night hosts panned Trump's joke about the 1941 attack, addressed new unredacted Epstein emails and talked popular puppy namesWith The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on hiatus until at least 27 March, late-night hosts on Thursday discussed Donald Trump's snafu while meeting Japan's prime minister, his caginess over Iran, and new findings in the...
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CBS News Radio to shutter after nearly 100 years as editor Bari Weiss tells staff cuts were 'necessary' decisionSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxCBS News announced it is laying off dozens of employees on Friday and ending CBS News Radio – its nearly 100-year-old radio service – as part of a strategic...
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Actor who rose to fame after starring in Bruce Lee's The Way of the Dragon also became a TV fixture with Walker, Texas RangerChuck Norris, the former world karate champion who used his fight prowess to become the star of a string of low-budget but financially successful action movies, has died aged 86.His family posted a message on social media...
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HHS is looking into the states for 'alleged disregard of, or confusion about' the federal Weldon amendmentSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday that it is investigating 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover...
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Washington considers Kharg Island takeover as Donald Trump calls Nato allies 'cowards' for refusal to 'help open' strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump said he was considering "winding down” military operations in the Middle East even as the US is reportedly sending three more amphibious assault ships and roughly 2,500...
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Defense secretary had said relatives of service members killed in refueling tanker crash told him 'do not stop until the job is done'Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe father of a US military member killed in the Iran war has contradicted Pete Hegseth's claim that bereaved families urged him to...
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Kim Leadbeater says people are 'extremely angry' at delaying tactics of peers as time runs out to pass billThe House of Lords "signed its own death warrant” over its stalling of the UK assisted dying bill, the MP Kim Leadbeater said as she joined more than a dozen terminally ill and bereaved people in protest outside parliament.Marking the second...
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Man and woman, one of whom is understood to be Iranian, held after asking to enter sensitive military siteTwo people have been arrested, one of whom is understood to be Iranian, after they tried to enter the Faslane nuclear submarine base in Scotland in what may have been an attempt at espionage.A man, 34, and a woman, 31, were detained by Police...
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Moon orbit program, preceding planned landing in 2028, has been delayed due to fuel leaks and clogged helium linesFor the second time this year, Nasa moved its moon rocket from the hangar out toward the launchpad on Friday in hopes of sending four astronauts on a lunar fly-around next month.If the latest repairs work and everything else goes Nasa's...
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Animal Aid says reclassification of research facilities as key infrastructure could catch even most peaceful actionA charity has filed a legal challenge over a "chilling” change in the law that restricts protest outside animal testing facilities in England and Wales by reclassifying them as "key national infrastructure”.Animal Aid says last...
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Mette-Marit says she 'did not know he was a sex offender', despite Googling him three years after his prison sentenceNorway's crown princess, Mette-Marit, has said she was "manipulated and deceived” by Jeffrey Epstein as she spoke publicly for the first time about her years-long relationship with the late sex offender.She also claimed that she...
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Jonathan Horn scooped best sports feature prize for a series on AFL, while Chris Hopkins won for pictures of a cancer sufferer caring for her son Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSports writer Jonathan Horn and photographer Chris Hopkins have won Melbourne Press Club awards for their work for Guardian Australia.Guardian...
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The right to protest is 'fundamentally American', says Bajun Mavalwalla who awaits trial and faces six years in prisonThis story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer CenterA US military veteran arrested on federal conspiracy charges after participating in a June 2025 protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told the...
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Fusion of cherished American eateries hopes to revive brands that have 'gone hungry' while rest of industry feastsNo one could say the New York union of Applebee's and Ihop happened without fanfare.A car park in Hawthorne, 30 miles north of Manhattan, had been decked out with a 30ft-high inflatable red apple. Red, white and blue bunting flew from...
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Foreign minister issues warning after Israeli attack on South Pars gasfield that prompted retaliatory strike on Qatar. Plus, what happened to the Oscars red carpet after the ceremony?Don't already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Iran has said it will show "zero restraint” if its energy infrastructure is targeted again as...
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Karachi particularly badly affected with 18 people killed, more than 50mm of rain and winds gusting up to 60mphUnseasonally wet weather struck southern Pakistan and north-west India on Wednesday, as heavy rain rolled in from the west, accompanied by thunderstorms, hail, and strong winds.Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, was particularly badly...
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Company says tool to compare self-reported hours with computer estimates is for 'awareness, not enforcement'Business live – latest updatesJP Morgan Chase has started to compare the hours junior investment bankers claim to have worked against logs on its IT system.The US bank said it would begin issuing reports to junior bankers that compare...
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This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: president blasts Nato allies amid reports US will send more troops to Middle EastSign up for the Breaking US News US emailThe US military is deploying thousands of additional marines and sailors to the Middle East, three US officials told Reuters on Friday.One of the officials, speaking on the...
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Record 171 million passengers are expected to fly this spring, even as TSA funding lapse risks longer airport linesSpring breakers in the US could see their long-awaited trips to party destinations disrupted by a trifecta of issues: airport security delays, high gas prices, and chaotic weather.The potential for flight delays comes as US airlines...
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Dozens of volunteers, mostly over the age of 70, offer rides and serve as interpretersSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxOn a February afternoon at a Spanish-immersion childcare center in Minneapolis, dozens of toddlers grabbed puffy coats out of cubbies as parents shuffled them out the door.Down the hall,...
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Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jumpRodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer's father was a farmer, as was his grandfather.The family-run Bushmeyer Farms in Illinois dates back more than 100 years, when his ancestors came to the US...
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Michael Randrianirina, who sacked PM and cabinet without explanation, claims measure is to root out corruptionMadagascar's military president has said new ministers will have to pass lie detector tests to root out corrupt candidates, after he dismissed the prime minister and cabinet without explanation earlier this month.Michael Randrianirina came...
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Kyiv sources say they think injection contained relaxant meant to make people more talkative in interrogationsHungarian security operatives administered a "forced injection” to one of the Ukrainians detained earlier this month during a dramatic raid on bank vehicles carrying gold bars and tens of millions of dollars and euros in cash, sources...
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Consultancy forecasts typical £1,972 annual dual-fuel bill as conflict pushes UK's gas market past three-year highsBusiness live – latest updatesHousehold energy bills in Great Britain could increase by more than £330 a year to almost £2,000 from this summer after the Iran war pushed the UK's gas market past three-year highs.A typical combined...
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