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Republicans ask WNBA to protect Caitlin Clark from possible ‘racially motivated’ attacks

Clark has been on the end of hard fouls during careerBlack players routinely receive racist abuse in WNBAEleven Republican politicians have written to the WNBA asking the league to protect Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark from “multiple attacks” on court.Clark has been on the receiving end of hard f...

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Farage's by-election in Clacton officially confirmed

Reform's Lee Anderson has moved the writ in the Commons, with the by-election likely to happen on 13 August.

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Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals

Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by miningLife has colonised every corner of the planet by evolving ingenious survival strategies but these are increasingly being overwhelmed by destructive human activities, this year’s red list of end...

Damian Carrington Environment editor 1 month ago

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Prince Harry gets UK trip back on track with hospital visit

The Duke of Sussex visits a children's hospital in Birmingham in a trip to the UK that has had a bumpy start.

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First Thing: Second day of US strikes on Iran as Trump says Tehran ‘behaving very badly’

Explosions reported in southern Iran in most extensive exchange of fire since interim ceasefire. Plus the complicated legacy of beat poet Allen GinsbergGood morning. The US military carried out strikes on Iran for a second day, hours after President Donald Trump said an interim agreement to end the...

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Viral squeaky frog now at risk of extinction

A squeaky frog that became an internet sensation is added to a global list of species at risk of extinction.

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Invest in Britain or I’ll force you to, minister tells pension funds

Business secretary Peter Kyle says asset managers should feel a patriotic duty to make the UK a successBusiness live – latest updatesThe business secretary, Peter Kyle, has warned UK pension funds to “get off their high horses” and invest in Britain or be forced to do so by law.Expressing frustratio...

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent 1 month ago

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Mosque effigy on loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland condemned as ‘vile’

Amnesty calls pyre – due to be burned on Friday in Moygashel – ‘blatant attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred’A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland featuring an effigy of a mosque has been condemned as an incitement to hatred.The effigy sits atop a tower of pallets that is to be burned on Friday n...

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Maddy Cusack inquest adjourned over evidence request

Maddy Cusack died after being found unconscious at her family home in September 2023.

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US and Iran trade most intense strikes since ceasefire extended

At least 14 people killed in Iran in overnight attacks as Trump declares the agreement ‘over’Middle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US launched airstrikes against Iran overnight, killing at least 14 people, while Tehran responded by hitting Gulf countries in the most intense exchange of fire si...

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Are France beatable? - BBC experts have their say

France are the overwhelming favourites to win the World Cup. BBC Sport's reporters in America look for chinks in their armour.

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France's superstars are beatable - and these are their weaknesses

France are the overwhelming favourites to win the World Cup. BBC Sport's reporters in America look for chinks in their armour.

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Are France beatable? - BBC experts have their say

France are the overwhelming favourites to win the World Cup. BBC Sport's reporters in America look for chinks in their armour.

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Porn site company fined £630,000 over failed age checks

Ofcom has fined a slew of sites it says are failing to prevent children accessing their adult content.

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Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87

Versatile Essex-born hitmaker known for Rhinestone Cowboy, It Only Takes a Minute and many more had been living with Alzheimer’s diseaseBrian Potter, one of the most versatile and successful British producers and songwriters of his generation, has died aged 87. He had been living with Alzheimer’s di...

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Man denies attempted murder of 10 people on train near Huntingdon

Anthony Williams pleads not guilty to various charges after passengers were stabbed onboard.

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Man denies attempted murder of 10 people on train near Huntingdon

Anthony Williams pleads not guilty to various charges after passengers were stabbed onboard.

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Tensions erupt in Indian state after 11-year-old raped and murdered

The girl's body was fished out from a pond on Sunday - a day after her family reported her missing.

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EU’s ‘unpleasant and dangerous’ border checks need overhaul, says Greek airports boss

Airports have had to use gazebos to shield passengers from sun as they wait to be processed, says Alexander ZinellThe boss of 14 Greek airports has called for a serious overhaul of the EU’s new border checks, after being forced to erect gazebos for passengers to cope with queues.The chief executive...

Kalyeena Makortoff and Gwyn Topham 1 month ago

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Labour MPs to rebel on political funding reforms, demanding tougher measures

Exclusive: Demands include ban on cryptocurrency donations after controversies over Nigel Farage fundingUK politics live – latest updatesLabour MPs are to rebel next week over the government’s reforms to political funding, pushing ministers to introduce tougher measures including a ban on cryptocurr...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor 1 month ago

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US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds

Deaths and injuries up as critics condemn administration’s ‘appalling’ plan to gut federal disaster management systemThe number of US chemical accidents is rising just as the Trump administration guts protections against the disasters, a new analysis of federal data by the Public Employees for Envir...

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Sharp rise in domestic abusers using finances for coercion, UK charities say

Refuge reports ‘staggering’ 78% annual increase in referrals for cases of technology-facilitated or economic abuseDomestic abuse charities have reported a “staggering” increase in perpetrators using technology and finances to control their victims, with a “concerning” rise in people being coerced in...

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent 1 month ago

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Pets being hit by heatstroke even when resting, say UK vets

Experts say most cases used to be seen after exertion or being left in cars, but extreme heat has widened riskExtreme temperatures are causing heatstroke in pets even when they are restricted to homes and gardens, vets have warned, as parts of the UK enter the third heatwave of the year.Experts say...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent 1 month ago

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Farage's by-election in Clacton officially confirmed

Reform's Lee Anderson has moved the writ in the Commons, with the by-election likely to happen on 13 August.

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