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Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up
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Starmer restores powers to ousted hereditary peers in Lords shake-up

Dozens handed life peerages in apparent concession, enabling their return to red benchesDozens of hereditary peers whose seats have been abolished have had their lawmaking powers restored as Keir Starmer seeks to accelerate changes to the House of Lords.It is understood that 15 Conservative heredita...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent
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British soldiers lost control in 1972 Springhill shootings, inquest finds
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British soldiers lost control in 1972 Springhill shootings, inquest finds

Coroner says none of the five civilians killed in incident in Belfast during Troubles should have been shotBritish army soldiers “lost control” and used force that was “not reasonable” in the killing of five civilians in Northern Ireland in 1972, an inquest judge has ruled.Four of the victims – two...

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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US reinstates ‘gun show loophole’ amid rollback of firearms restrictions
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US reinstates ‘gun show loophole’ amid rollback of firearms restrictions

DoJ announces changes including ‘loophole’ that allows people to buy guns at shows without background checkThe US justice department has rolled back several significant restrictions on guns, including reinstating the so-called “gun show loophole”, which allowed people at such events to buy firearms...

Edward Helmore in New York
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Venice Biennale jury quits amid row over participation of Russia
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Venice Biennale jury quits amid row over participation of Russia

Decision follows backlash from Italian government and European CommissionThe jury of the Venice Biennale has quit just days before the prestigious art exhibition was due to begin, amid a row over the decision to allow Russia to participate.The resignation of the five-member international jury was an...

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses
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AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses

Researchers say results mark a ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’From George Clooney in ER to Noah Wyle in The Pitt, emergency department doctors have long been popular heroes. But will it soon be time to hang up the scrubs?A groundbreaking Harvard study has found that AI sys...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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Hegseth ‘dangerously exaggerated’ US military triumph in Iran, Senate hears
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Hegseth ‘dangerously exaggerated’ US military triumph in Iran, Senate hears

Senator Jack Reed says at hearing that defense secretary failed to give Trump accurate picture of war in IranUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailPete Hegseth has failed to give Donald Trump an accurate picture of the war on Iran while resorting to “dange...

Robert Tait in Washington
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Met police arrest two Green election candidates over alleged antisemitism
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Met police arrest two Green election candidates over alleged antisemitism

Lambeth council candidates Saiqa Ali and Sabine Mairey understood to have been detained over social media postsTwo women standing as Green party candidates in the local elections have been arrested over alleged antisemitic social media posts.The women, running in seats for Lambeth council, south Lon...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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UK terrorism threat level raised to ‘severe’ after Golders Green attack
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UK terrorism threat level raised to ‘severe’ after Golders Green attack

Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre’s assessment means terror attack thought to be ‘highly likely’The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to “severe” by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre after the Golders Green stabbings, meaning a terror attack is thought to be “highly likely”.The home secretar...

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
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Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon general
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Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon general

US president said he was instead nominating radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr Nicole Saphier for the postSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump on Thursday pulled his nominee to become the US surgeon general, Casey Means, and replaced her.The US president said that Means will conti...

Guardian staff and agency
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Four rescued from Seine after bus plunges into river near Paris
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Four rescued from Seine after bus plunges into river near Paris

Vehicle was travelling through Juvisy-sur-Orge when it veered off the road into the riverFour people have been rescued from the Seine near Paris after a bus driven by a trainee driver collided with a parked vehicle before plunging into the river.The bus was travelling through the town of Juvisy-sur-...

Agence France-Presse in Juvisy-sur-Orge
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Man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump to remain in custody
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Man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump to remain in custody

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, allegedly stormed the White House correspondents’ association dinnerThe man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump by rushing the black-tie press gala in Washington DC at the weekend where the US president was a guest, agreed on Thursday to remain in custody while hi...

Guardian staff and agency
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Original Blair Witch team added to reboot after voicing outrage
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Original Blair Witch team added to reboot after voicing outrage

A new reboot of the 1999 horror hit will feature two of the original stars and the directing team as executive producersThe reboot of The Blair Witch Project will now boast those involved with the original as producers after they voiced their frustration.The 1999 indie smash was made for $35,000 but...

Benjamin Lee
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