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‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran war

No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figuresThe Pentagon is taking a “shameful approach” to releasing information about US casualties in the Iran war, Leon Panetta, a former defence secretary and CIA director, has told the Guardian....

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What’s behind Maga influencer Laura Loomer’s about-face on Ukraine?

After a Kyiv visit, rightwing firebrand now supports Ukraine – but perhaps it’s just because Trump favors a winnerLaura Loomer, the online Maga provocateur, has never worked in the White House or anywhere else in the government, but her sudden conversion to the Ukrainian cause this week is significa...

James Risen 1 month ago

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‘Nobody was there for us’: mother urges Andy Burnham to reopen case of daughter killed in Texas

Lucy Harrison, 23, was shot in 2025 with her father’s gun. He was never arrested and a grand jury chose not to indict himLucy Harrison felt that 2024 was her best year yet. The 23-year-old had graduated from university with first class honours, landed her dream job and bought her first house with he...

Josh Halliday North of England editor 1 month ago

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Entire Cairngorms village evacuated as raging wildfire nears

Major incident declared over blaze which started 11 days ago as wind strengthensA major incident has been declared over a wildfire that has been raging in the Cairngorms national park for more than a week, police have said, with a whole village having been evacuated.Officers from Police Scotland sai...

Kevin Rawlinson 1 month ago

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‘Maybe he’s a ‌racist’: Donald Trump takes bizarre swipe at NBA great LeBron James

US president responds to question about NBA’s ‘best ever’James backed three candidates who ran against TrumpIn a bizarre response to being asked to weigh in on the basketball careers of ⁠Michael Jordan and LeBron James, the US president Donald Trump said that James might be “a racist”.In Friday’s ⁠W...

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Home Office rejects Palestinian Jerusalemite woman’s UK visa but approves husband’s

Officials not satisfied Therese Abdallah is a ‘genuine visitor’ and believe she would not leave after visit to son in LondonA Palestinian Jerusalemite who lives in London has been left devastated after a planned trip by his parents had to be cancelled when the Home Office ruled his mother was not a...

Diane Taylor 1 month ago

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Family of missing Rohingya footballer fear he is among 500 believed dead in Myanmar shipwrecks

‘I can’t tolerate this life,’ said the 24-year-old in his last voice message to his relatives. Attacked by the military, a rebel army and criminal gangs, Siraz Ullah risked all for a better futureThe fear was audible as he spoke, recording a message to his family, asking for their prayers. After pre...

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Eastern Rosellas! - Meet the seven-year-old behind viral song

Seven-year-old Miles Phillips' hit song has now had 1.5m views and was even played on the radio.

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Almost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures show

Campaigners urge government to introduce right of access to water, particularly as heatwaves become more commonAlmost three-quarters of riverbanks in England have no public access, according to data released by the Right to Roam campaign.Across the country, the public cannot use riverbanks or gain a...

Sandra Laville Environment correspondent 1 month ago

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Trump takes swipes at press during White House Correspondents' Dinner

The event celebrated press freedom after the first dinner was cancelled by a shooting in April.

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Iran-backed Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi Arabia

US military says it disabled a tanker that was attempting to evade the American blockade on Iranian ports.

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It's the cocktail taking young drinkers by storm - but the packaging is 'unrecyclable'

BuzzBallz cannot be recycled because the metal lid and plastic body are attached, say experts.

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It's the cocktail taking young drinkers by storm - but the packaging is 'unrecyclable'

BuzzBallz cannot be recycled because the metal lid and plastic body are attached, say experts.

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I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped our new PM

In the Warrington suburb of Culcheth, people are hopeful about what one of their own can achieve as the first northern PM in half a centuryThe Cherry Tree pub is an unassuming local. On a busy road in the Cheshire village of Culcheth, it is a chain-run pub where four shots cost £8, every burger come...

Richard Partington 1 month ago

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Reclaiming stolen childhoods: swimming classes resume in Gaza after three years of war

In sea pools built with sandbags and rubble, Amjed Tantesh gives traumatised children brief respite from their daily livesSwimming classes have started again in Gaza after three years of war, with hundreds of children learning to float, doggy paddle and take their first strokes in five makeshift sea...

Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem; photographs by Amjed Tantesh 1 month ago

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UK’s largest Muslim event goes ahead with added security as hate crime rises

Jalsa Salana in Hampshire has had enhanced support from police, emergency services and local authoritiesSecurity has been increased by several hundred additional staff at the UK’s largest Muslim convention, Jalsa Salana, alongside enhanced coordination with police, emergency services and local autho...

Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent 1 month ago

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UK savings deals: the heat is on as banks offer up to 8%

Don’t delay in taking advantage of the competition that is pushing up interest rates and increasing choice, experts sayIt is shaping up to be a decent summer for savers as fierce competition among providers pushes up interest rates and increases choice.You can currently get instant- and easy-access...

Rupert Jones 1 month ago

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Gangs, violence and dumped dead animals: The hidden world of illegal hare hunts

Farmers talk of attacks as police receive nearly 9,000 reports of banned hare coursing, the BBC finds.

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How the mystery of dead animals dumped in villages led to a hidden world of illegal hunts

Farmers describe attacks and police receive nearly 9,000 reports of banned hare coursing.

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Herbicide banned in 70 countries to be pulled from sale in Australia by chemical maker

Syngenta says it will stop selling paraquat in Australia after new regulations on chemical linked to Parkinson’s diseaseGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSyngenta, the producer of a herbicide banned in more than 70 countries and which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease,...

Andrew Messenger 1 month ago

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Trump pokes fun at press during White House Correspondents' Dinner

The event celebrated press freedom after the first dinner was cancelled by a shooting in April.

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UK papers: 'Summer of chaos' and 'water bosses' pay rises'

The wildfires sweeping through Europe is prominent across many of Saturday's papers.

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‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites

Officials have long lobbied for peak that rises 2,918 metres above sea level to be given coveted designationMore than four decades have elapsed since Evangelos Geroliolios made his first ascent to the home of the ancient gods. At the top of Mount Olympus, on the rocky peak of Greece’s highest mounta...

Helena Smith in Litochoro 1 month ago

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Trump orders Smithsonian to post warnings about 'inaccurate' US history

The Trump administration has often accused the world's largest research museum of harbouring an anti-American bias.

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