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Five charged in Liberia after more than 200kg of cocaine seized in drug bust
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Five charged in Liberia after more than 200kg of cocaine seized in drug bust

Shipment discovered at airport in Monrovia and valued at £14.2m had been falsely declared as seasoning cubesAuthorities in Liberia have charged five suspects over one of the largest drug seizures in the country’s history, after police found more than 200kg of cocaine falsely declared as Maggi season...

Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
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AI models already ‘doing things their creators never intended’, Australia’s assistant technology minister warns
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AI models already ‘doing things their creators never intended’, Australia’s assistant technology minister warns

Andrew Charlton says artificial intelligence ‘cheating, deceiving, going their own way’ – and time to get ahead of it is in testing labFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastArtificial intelligence models are already “cheating...

Josh Taylor Technology reporter
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Tuesday briefing: What challenges would Ed Miliband face as chancellor?
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Tuesday briefing: What challenges would Ed Miliband face as chancellor?

In today’s newsletter: Former Reasons to Be Cheerful guests on the challenges facing the presumptive next occupant of No 11 Downing StreetGood morning. Does anybody else remember Reasons to Be Cheerful? The podcast was hosted by radio presenter Geoff Lloyd and Ed Miliband, during what has been unkin...

Libby Brooks
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June heatwave in UK led to ‘mass sleep deprivation’, poll suggests
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June heatwave in UK led to ‘mass sleep deprivation’, poll suggests

Exclusive: Record temperatures fuelled by climate crisis left 86% of homes ‘too hot’ and many people feeling unwellWith parts of England once again in the grip of a heatwave, an opinion poll shows the one at the end of June led to “mass sleep deprivation”, with two in three people struggling to slee...

Damian Carrington Environment editor
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US airman accused of exposing himself to 16-year-old girl avoided British trial
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US airman accused of exposing himself to 16-year-old girl avoided British trial

Hannes Marschalek, who allegedly exposed his penis to four other women in Cambridgeshire, tried via US court martialA US airman who allegedly exposed himself to a 16-year-old girl and four young women in England was able to avoid the British justice system after the US military was permitted to take...

Rob Evans, Emine Sinmaz and Harry Davies
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Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales
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Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales

Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosisTwo tests that can dramatically speed up diagnosis of endometriosis are to be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, in a move hailed as a “gamechanger” for millions of women.One...

Andrew Gregory Health editor
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Nato braces for difficult summit as Trump puts pressure on spending
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Nato braces for difficult summit as Trump puts pressure on spending

Meeting of 32 member states comes at crucial time for alliance after tensions with US over Iran and GreenlandNato leaders will gather in Ankara on Tuesday after a turbulent six months. And as the US continues to pressure its allies to increase defence spending, the other 31 members of the alliance w...

Dan Sabbagh in Ankara
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Student loan promotion in England and Wales amounted to mis-selling, MPs say
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Student loan promotion in England and Wales amounted to mis-selling, MPs say

Treasury select committee also says ministers have moral obligation to reverse last year’s repayment threshold freezeSlideshows that compared student loan repayments with the cost of a mobile phone contract, and YouTube videos that did not mention the fact that loan terms could change amounted to mi...

Hilary Osborne
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Europe faces up to prospect US may be unable to arm Nato allies
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Europe faces up to prospect US may be unable to arm Nato allies

Wars in Iran and Ukraine have expended stockpiles of sought-after missiles, leaving gap in military resourcesThere are growing concerns in Europe that the US defence industrial base is no longer providing the weapons pledged to Nato allies with US stockpiles depleted owing to the conflicts in Ukrain...

Andrew Roth in Washington
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Marine Le Pen’s political future at stake with ruling on electoral ban imminent
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Marine Le Pen’s political future at stake with ruling on electoral ban imminent

Leader of France’s far-right National Rally and a contender for the presidency set to hear appeal decision on TuesdayMarine Le Pen, France’s far-right figurehead and a leading contender for its presidency, will learn on Tuesday whether she can run in next year’s election when a Paris appeals court r...

Jon Henley in Paris
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Dowry murders in India no longer spark public anger or debate, study finds
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Dowry murders in India no longer spark public anger or debate, study finds

Thousands of women are killed in dowry disputes each year, despite the practice being banned in 1961Dowry deaths in India no longer provoke the public anger they once did, despite thousands of women’s lives still being lost every year, according to new research.The killings – women who are murdered...

Matthew Pearce
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