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Middle East crisis live: Israel issues evacuation order for parts of northern Gaza
IDF says residents should evacuate Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Zayed, al-Manshiya and Tal al-Zaatar. At least 50,399 Palestinian people have been killed and 114,583 ...
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Before and after satellite images show devastation caused by Myanmar earthquake – video
Rescue efforts are entering their third day and attempts to find survivors are intensifying after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, killing at least 1,600 people ...
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Trump’s counter-terror cuts will harm fight against far right, experts warn
Scale of cuts undermines US president’s own promises of ending stateside terrorism and curtailing antisemitism. Donald Trump’s administration has ended funding for a slew of counter-terrorism ...
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Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage. Beneath the smugness of Ron DeSantis , at Florida leading the nation in ...
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Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein
The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight. A crackdown on political dissent is well under way in Germany. Over the past two years, ...
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Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ endangers the world’s broken economy – and him | Martin Kettle
While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to champion. It would be “liberation day” in the US, the White ...
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After months of surrender, the Democrats have finally stood up to Trump – thank you, Cory Booker | Emma Brockes
Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and cathartic. One of the problems beleaguering political opponents of Donald Trump has been finding a form of protest that, ...
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National security adviser Michael Waltz reportedly conducted business via Gmail
Latest security flap again focuses scrutiny on Waltz after he earlier added journalist to Yemen war-planning chat. US politics live – latest updates Michael Waltz, the embattled national ...
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Man pulled alive from Myanmar earthquake rubble after five days
Twenty-six-year-old rescued from hotel in Naypyidaw as agencies call for increased aid before monsoon. A man has been pulled alive from the rubble of a hotel in Myanmar , five days after the ...
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Myanmar earthquake: China and others step into aid gap left by Trump cuts
US president accused of blowing up country’s ability to respond to disasters by removing funding. As aid from China, Russia, India and the UK begins to flow into Myanmar, there is a conspicuous gap ...
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Elon Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race
Musk denied he was buying votes but said the court election outcome would be critical to Trump’s agenda and ‘the future of civilization’. Elon Musk gave out $1m checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin ...
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Iran dissident still reeling from aftermath of foiled murder plot: ‘I’ve been living in a nightmare’
Masih Alinejad is a vocal critic of Tehran who recently was pursued by hitmen for her advocacy of Iranian women. Masih Alinejad has long held fast fighting for women’s rights in Iran despite ...
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Labour tries to seem in control while The Donald unleashes chaos on the world | John Crace
Underneath the measured words you could almost smell the panic as the government scrambled to come up with a plan to respond to Trump’s tariffs. With characteristic humility and good grace … ...
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‘Did you stand up?’: read part of Cory Booker’s blockbuster 25-hour speech | Cory Booker
I rise tonight because silence at this moment of national crisis would be a betrayal of some of the greatest heroes of our nation. Editor’s note: the following is an excerpt from Cory Booker’s ...
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Trump has abandoned the idea of diplomacy in the Middle East | Jo-Ann Mort
The administration has proposed no realistic settlement, leaving a void for Netanyahu. This is foolishness gone wild. When I wrote an opinion piece for the Guardian a few months ago, anticipating ...
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How Afrofuturism can help us imagine futures worth living in | Lonny Avi Brooks and Reynaldo Anderson
Afrofuturism knows that futures are made – and that who gets to make them is a political question. The digital age sings a seductive song of progress, yet a deliberate erasure echoes within its ...
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Yes, I have just done a naked forward roll. But there was a good reason | Adrian Chiles
There I was, lying in bed and worrying I’d lost a basic life skill. Can you blame me for putting it to the test?. When I was in the first year at middle school, in Miss Hale’s class, my parents ...
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Commemorative socks are one thing, Jeff Goldblum, but you’re missing a trick not doing official knickers | Stuart Heritage
Many stars blanch at their commodification. But as the master of drollery launches a new line of monogrammed merch, I think he isn’t going far enough. Jeff Goldblum is an actor. He has starred in ...
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Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot
It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissent. The faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir ...
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I put the Married at First Sight ‘experiment’ to the test. The results are stark | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
I’ve become addicted to the show. But as a scientist I wonder: how many couples actually stay together?. It has finally happened. After a decade of avoiding the show, my wife and I decided that we ...
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Turtle doves to be shot for sport again across Europe as EU lifts hunting ban
Ban in place since 2021 has increased numbers of globally vulnerable pigeon species that is close to extinction in UK. Turtle doves will be allowed to be shot for sport again across Europe, as the ...
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Scandal-hit creative writing website NaNoWriMo to close after 20 years
The US nonprofit, whose online community encouraged members to write a novel in a month, has been rocked by controversy in recent years. NaNoWriMo, the US-based nonprofit organisation that ...
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Israel executes unarmed Red Crescent paramedics with the west’s blessing | Ahmed Moor
American and European leaders are the authors of this latest atrocity by their Israeli colleagues in Gaza. The Guardian reports that Israeli troops “killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue ...
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Last summer was second worst for common UK butterflies since 1976
More than half of Britain’s 59 native species are in long-term decline, UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme finds. Last summer was the fifth worst in nearly half a century for butterflies in Britain, ...
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France’s left is celebrating Le Pen’s conviction. But gloating will make it harder to beat the far right | Georgios Samaras
Beware the backlash strategies used by Trump and Berlusconi. It is vital that the National Rally leader isn’t able to capitalise on this verdict. The verdict is in: the National Rally (NR) and its ...
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Senate Republicans consider joining Democrats to oppose Trump over tariffs
Republican defections would amount to rare public rebuke as concerns mount over impact of president’s plans. US politics live – latest updates On the eve of Donald Trump’s so-called ...
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French ministers condemn threats to judges in Marine Le Pen case
Senior figures also reject claim verdict against Le Pen on embezzlement charges was ‘political and partisan’. French ministers have condemned threats against the judges who convicted the far-right ...
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‘Chaos’: Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts
US climate agency upended as Doge efforts to slash federal government compromise email security. A sense of chaos has gripped the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), one of the ...
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‘The ice is not freezing as it should’: supply roads to Canada’s Indigenous communities under threat from climate crisis
Northern Ontario is seeing a ‘shorter window’ for ice roads that deliver vital supplies to remote First Nations. At first there was no answer on the satellite phone. But on the third call, Donald ...
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Ukraine war briefing: EU ministers call out Kremlin for delaying ceasefire
Pin down Putin over peace talks, say foreign ministers, as Peskov talks of ‘drawn-out process’; Ukraine seeks changes to minerals deal. What we know on day 1,133 Continue reading...
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More than 1,900 scientists write letter in ‘SOS’ over Trump’s attacks on science
Members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warned Americans of ‘real danger in this moment’. More than 1,900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering ...
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Noel Clarke left women he thought spoke to Guardian ‘fearful and in tears’
Court hears from publisher’s head of investigations about actor’s libel claim over sexual misconduct allegations. The actor Noel Clarke made calls to some of the women he thought were cooperating ...
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James Bond should not be a woman due to franchise’s ‘profound sexism’, says Helen Mirren
Actor says she is opposed to the possibility of a female 007 and that cinema should focus on telling stories of ‘extraordinary’ real female spies. • Yes, Helen Mirren, James Bond is profoundly ...
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Justin Welby says he forgives serial abuser John Smyth
Welby ‘profoundly ashamed’ of comments he made after resigning as archbishop of Canterbury over scandal. The former archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said he forgives a serial abuser at the ...
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Wisconsin supreme court race a litmus test for Elon Musk’s political power
The high-stakes race will determine which party will control a court that will rule on abortion and voting rights. A race to determine control of the Wisconsin supreme court that has profound ...
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Elon Musk’s xAI firm buys social media platform X for $33bn
Specifics of deal remain unclear, including how X’s leaders will be integrated into new company. Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence firm has acquired Musk’s X – the social media platform ...
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US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive
Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%. The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for ...
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Roblox gives parents more power over children’s activity on gaming platform
Parents can block children from talking to certain people and get detailed screen-time insights on site popular with under-13s. Parents can now block their children from communicating with specific ...
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Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok future as US ban deadline looms
Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by Saturday. Donald Trump is preparing to consider a final proposal to decide the future of TikTok before a ...