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Perseid meteor shower set to dazzle northern hemisphere this week

Astronomers say viewing conditions promising for this year’s shower, and 50 to 100 meteors an hour may be visibleThe Perseid summer light show is back, and viewing conditions are especially promising across the northern hemisphere.The meteor shower’s is expected to peak on Wednesday night into Thurs...

Associated Press 2 weeks ago

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Israel rejects US-led 15-point Gaza peace plan, says Netanyahu

In rare public break with Trump, Israel’s prime minister says IDF will not withdraw until Hamas is disarmedMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected a US-backed 15-point peace plan for Gaza in a rare public break with Donald Trump.In a statemen...

Andrew Roth in Washington 2 weeks ago

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Canadian government steps in as ‘out of control’ wildfires force thousands to flee

British Columbia battling 102 fires day and night across province, as breakneck speed hampers firefighters’ effortsCanada’s federal government has announced it will provide urgent assistance to British Columbia after an onslaught of unprecedented fast-moving wildfires forced about 22,000 people to f...

Olivia Bowden in Toronto 2 weeks ago

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Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China as its strongest storm this year

Tropical cyclone brings torrential rain and high winds to east coast after hitting Japan’s southern Okinawa provinceTyphoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, has made landfall on the country’s east coast, bringing torrential rain and strong ⁠winds and triggering war...

Reuters in Beijing 2 weeks ago

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Lake Mead plummets to historic low water level as Colorado River struggles

Levels at reservoir along Arizona-Nevada border dipped below previous record set in 2022, amid water crisis in westLake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, the latest sign of a deepening water crisis in the...

Guardian staff and agencies 2 weeks ago

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Labour seeking ‘deeper relationship’ with EU under Burnham, new minister says

Exclusive: Hamish Falconer wants ‘sense of renewed pace’ in post-Brexit talks while staying within Labour’s red lines‘I was on my honeymoon!’: Hamish Falconer’s surprise call-up to Burnham’s cabinetThe UK will move faster and be more ambitious on achieving closer ties with Europe under Andy Burnham’...

Jessica Elgot and Lisa O’Carroll 2 weeks ago

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London mayor orders council to drop plan to ban new pubs and bars in Soho and West End

Exclusive: Sadiq Khan urges Westminster council to adopt ‘positive vision of economic growth’ of nightlifeSadiq Khan has ordered Westminster council to scrap a policy that would ban new pubs and bars from opening in Soho and the West End of London.This comes after the Guardian revealed the council’s...

Helena Horton 2 weeks ago

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Harry Potter fans force diversion of UK-Ireland power link to avoid 'Dobby's grave'

Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.

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Harry Potter fans force diversion of UK-Ireland power link to avoid 'Dobby's grave'

Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.

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Drones spotted over German base days after Leipzig bomb incident

Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts.

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Drones spotted over German base days after Leipzig bomb incident

Police are investigating a drone sighting over a miltary base reportedly used for housing Patriot missile system parts.

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Pakistani grooming gang suspect ‘refuses to give date for return to UK’

Rukhsar Ahmed was recently elected an MP in Pakistan while on bail over alleged child rape in 1990s ManchesterA grooming gang suspect released on bail in the UK and then re-elected as an MP in Pakistan has reportedly declined to say when he would return to face rape charges.The Guardian disclosed th...

Shah Meer Balochand Rajeev Syal 2 weeks ago

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Man arrested after boat capsizes near Statue of Liberty killing woman and infant

Twelve people were rescued from the water after a large search and rescue operation, police say.

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China expresses ‘grave concern’ as internal documents reveal suicide warning before death in Melbourne immigration detention

Exclusive: Serious questions raised about whether Chinese citizen was properly monitored at centre run by US prison giantGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe US private prison company running Australia’s immigration system was warned that a newly detained Chinese citizen ex...

Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle 2 weeks ago

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Italy condemns Spain’s ‘unacceptable’ border controls as Ceuta fallout intensifies

Travellers caught up in migration row as Madrid introduces checks on visitors from Italy in retaliation for Rome’s moveItaly’s foreign minister has called Spain’s decision to impose retaliatory checks on travellers from Italy “incomprehensible and completely unacceptable” as people making their way...

Ashifa Kassam in Madrid 2 weeks ago

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Captain charged after woman and five-month-old die in New York boat capsizing

Manuel Hernandez charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment after boat overturned in New York harborThe captain of a boat that capsized in the New York harbor on Saturday evening has been charged following the deaths of a 27-year-old woman and five-month-old girl.Manuel Hernandez, 46, was arres...

Eric Berger 2 weeks ago

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Taylor Swift songs removed from Trump and White House’s social media posts

Rage-baiting efforts of Trump accounts silenced after posts such as a video linking her Red album to RepublicansSome of Taylor Swift’s songs have been removed from videos posted on social media by Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House, silencing efforts to mock the pop star.A video posted 3 Au...

Eric Berger 2 weeks ago

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Chinese EV sales surge to new high in Europe putting tariffs under scrutiny

Imports this year now account for 14% of the market amid claims vehicles are being dumped in the EU and UKChinese electric car sales have risen across Europe to a record high driven by strong demand and low tariffs in the UK and a surge in buyers in Italy.Against a backdrop of claims that Chinese ca...

Jasper Jolly 2 weeks ago

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A pretty penny: three Banksy artworks cost taxpayers £150,000 in upkeep

Shadow justice secretary says artist should foot bill, while others say his murals make art accessibleThree Banksy artworks have cost taxpayers almost £150,000 in cleaning, security and other costs, with the bill expected to rise.The largest bill relates to a mural painted on the Royal Courts of Jus...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent 2 weeks ago

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Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

Exclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were located overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from USMore than half the accounts that posted on Elon Musk’s X about the rioting in Belfast and the civil disorder in Southampton in June were based outside the UK, an analysis by the Guardian can...

Carmen Aguilar García, Michael Goodier, Pamela Duncan and Dan Sabbagh 2 weeks ago

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Parents of baby girl killed at nursery fear unsafe sleeping ‘rife’ in sector across England

Katie and John Meehan say responses to campaign they launched after death of daughter Genevieve must be ‘wake-up call’The parents of a nine-month-old girl who died after being placed in an unsafe sleeping position at nursery said they feared poor practice may be “rife” across England.Genevieve Meeha...

Josh Halliday North of England editor 2 weeks ago

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Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu rejects US’s Gaza plan and vows no withdrawal until Hamas disarms

Israeli prime minister says he will not support 15-point plan hailed by Donald TrumpIranian president Masoud Pezeshkian met the country’s supreme ⁠leader Mojtaba Khamenei around the start of the president’s third year in office in late July, state ⁠media said on Sunday, ⁠and ​a paramilitary leader p...

Hayden Vernon 2 weeks ago

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Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Saudi oil refinery

Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Iran issues tough demands to reopen of strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesYemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the kingdom signed ⁠a defence p...

Guardian staff and agencies 2 weeks ago

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Ancient Roman shipwreck discovered off Sicily coast

Italy's culture minister says it is one of the most important underwater archaeological finds in years.

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