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Syria attacks: Biden warns Iran US will ‘act forcefully’ to protect Americans

US president says he does not seek conflict with Iran but warns of consequences as Tehran-backed forces and US personnel launch attacksPresident Joe Biden has warned Iran that the United States will “act forcefully” to protect Americans, after the ...
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Emmanuel Macron takes off ‘luxury’ watch during pensions TV interview

Discreet removal causes social media outrage with claims timepiece is worth €80,000 and he is ‘president of the rich’Emmanuel Macron has sparked social media outrage after eagle-eyed television viewers spotted him removing his “luxury” watch ...
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‘Executive guy’ DeSantis doesn’t want to be Trump 2024 running mate

Florida governor, who trails former president in Republican polls, says he would not accept an offer to join Trump’s ticketRon DeSantis, the rightwing Florida governor and rising Republican star, has said he would not accept an offer to be Donald ...
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Gwyneth Paltrow testifies she felt ‘violated’ in Utah ski crash

Actor thought crash was a ‘prank’ or something ‘perverted’ during a 2016 collision with Terry Sanderson at a mountain resortGwyneth Paltrow testified on Friday afternoon that she felt “violated” during the 2016 ski collision at a mountain resort ...
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Head of Credit Suisse talks of his profound sadness over UBS takeover

Ulrich Körner acknowledges an ‘emotional and challenging week’ after deal was forced through by Swiss authoritiesBusiness live: latest coverageDeutsche Bank leads sell-off in European bank sharesThe chief executive of stricken Credit Suisse has ...
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US teens say they have new proof for 2,000-year-old mathematical theorem

New Orleans students Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson recently presented their findings on the Pythagorean theoremTwo New Orleans high school seniors who say they have proven Pythagoras’s theorem by using trigonometry – which academics for two ...
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Russian forces preparing for Ukrainian counteroffensive, says Medvedev

Former president also warns Moscow will use ‘absolutely any weapon’ if Kyiv attempts to retake CrimeaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe Russian former president Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow was preparing for a Ukrainian counteroffensive, ...
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Germany faces EU backlash over U-turn on phasing out combustion engine

Row a further signal of tensions over the green deal landmark proposals to tackle climate crisisGermany is facing a growing backlash inside the EU over its U-turn on a law to phase out the combustion engine in new cars by 2035, despite signs of an ...
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Liam Holden was waterboarded and tortured by British army, Belfast high court rules

Estate awarded £350,000 including damages for inhumane and degrading treatmentIn 1973 Liam Holden was convicted of murdering a British soldier in Northern Ireland and became the last person in the United Kingdom to be sentenced to hang.On Friday – ...
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Pope Francis returns three fragments of Parthenon to Greece

Carved heads of a boy, a horse and a bearded man, formerly in Vatican museum, unveiled in AthensThe desire of Pope Francis to right a wrong has led to the official return to Greece of three ornately carved fragments that once adorned the ...
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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 395 of the invasion

Russian attacks on Ukraine leave at least 10 civilians dead; UN says both sides in war have summarily executed PoWsSee all our Ukraine coverageAt least 10 civilians were killed and 20 wounded from long-range Russian bombardments in several parts ...
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Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk refuses to shake hands with Russian opponent at Miami Open

Marta Kostyuk made the stand after 6-1, 6-3 defeat to PotapovaRussian was warned by WTA for wearing Spartak Moscow shirtTensions in the sporting world around the conflict in Ukraine spilled over into the tennis arena when the Ukrainian player ...
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The ‘ordinary’ family at No 35: suspected Russian spies await trial in Slovenia

Couple arrested with huge amount of cash and history of extensive European travel now allegedly pawns in diplomatic gameMaria Mayer and Ludwig Gisch settled in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, in 2017, with their two young children. People who met ...
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What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The Ukrainian father who rescued his children from Russia; a tale of two visits as Xi meets with Putin and Kishida travels to KyivSee all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageEvery week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the Ukraine war, ...
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‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged

Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recoverAs David Klee nosed his boat out into the channels of Whangamarino, he saw the birds were dying. Hundreds were already dead, floating, ...
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Boris Johnson: why is he in so much trouble – and can his political career survive?

The ex-UK prime minister was questioned by MPs this week about parties in No 10 during lockdown. If they don’t accept his answers their verdict could finish himBoris Johnson spent the afternoon of Wednesday 22 March being questioned closely by a ...
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A favourite reef, a beloved atoll: Marshall Islands parents name children after vanishing landmarks

Marshallese are looking for ways to stay connected to their home as climate change and poor economic prospects force them to leaveEvery summer when Tony Paul was a child in Kwajalein, an atoll in the Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands, his ...
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Freewheelin’ to fame – the untold story of Bob Dylan’s iconic VW van

The blue camper on the cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan summed up the free-spirited 60s. It was owned by a New York butcher and this is its hidden storyNew York City’s Greenwich Village has always been a magnet for outsiders, artists and poets. ...
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First global water conference in 50 years yields hundreds of pledges, zero checks

Non-binding commitments, paucity of scientific data and poor representation of global south left a lot to be desired at summitThe first global water conference in almost half a century has concluded with the creation of a new UN envoy for water ...
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‘No one can deny it now’: death flight plane to be returned to Argentina

Flight logs revealed how 12 people were thrown out to their deaths into the Atlantic during the years of dictatorshipOn the night of 14 December 1977, the three pilots flew their turboprop aeroplane for more than an hour out over the Atlantic ...
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‘One of New Zealand’s great moments’: how OMC’s How Bizarre became – and remained – a hit

In 1996, singer Pauly Fuemana and producer Alan Jansson wrote a smash hit that came to define the decade and changed New Zealand’s music industry forever. Those who were there recall how it happenedTwenty-seven years ago this April, a curious Kiwi ...
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Hitchhiking-crab takes a ride on a jellyfish – video

A juvenile coral crab is spotted taking a ride on a jelly blubber by a member of the Terrigal Ocean Swimmers club off Terrigal Beach on the NSW Central Coast. Prof Shane Ahyong, head of marine invertebrates at the Australian Museum, says that both ...
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Never mind the lies on Fox News: Rupert’s getting married again. Just be happy for him | Marina Hyde

I worry that the fuss about fraudulent election claims will overshadow the real story. It’s love at fifth sight“I was very nervous. I dreaded falling in love.” Ah, there goes newly affianced Rupert Murdoch, sounding for all the world like a widow ...
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Why was Boris Johnson cast into the wilderness this week? Because a populist without a tribe is nothing | Jonathan Freedland

With Trump and Netanyahu wreaking havoc, Johnson’s fall makes clear that only former allies can destroy these strongmenHow do you kill off a strongman? How do you drain the political life from the brand of nationalist-populist leader that’s ...
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Deutsche Bank is no Credit Suisse, despite investors’ fears | Nils Pratley

German lender’s shares were hit by general loss of confidence, not by any specific failingsIt’s rarely a good sign when politicians, in the middle of a crash in the share price of their country’s biggest financial institution, declare there’s ...
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