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Two US army soldiers injured by brown bear during training exercise in Alaska
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Two US army soldiers injured by brown bear during training exercise in Alaska

Soldiers were participating in ‘land navigation training’ when bear injured them in a ‘defensive attack’Two US army soldiers have been injured after encountering a brown bear in a mountainous training area in Anchorage, Alaska, the military said on Friday.The incident happened on Thursday as the sol...

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Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy
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Starmer would have blocked Mandelson role over vetting failure, says Lammy

Deputy prime minister says it is ‘inexplicable’ top civil servant kept Downing Street in darkKeir Starmer would have blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he known he failed security vetting, David Lammy has said, as he attempted to shore up the prime minister...

Pippa Crerar Political editor
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Two drivers killed in motorway crash in Perth and Kinross
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Two drivers killed in motorway crash in Perth and Kinross

Two men died at the scene after a car was seen driving in the wrong direction on the M90 near Kinross, police saidTwo drivers have died in a motorway crash in Scotland involving a car apparently travelling in the wrong direction on the carriageway, police have said.The two men died at the scene of t...

Nadeem Badshah
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Three people sentenced to jail for bear-suit insurance scam in California
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Three people sentenced to jail for bear-suit insurance scam in California

State investigated claims of bear attacks on cars, unconvincingly backed up by video of person in bear suitWhen it comes to the California department of insurance, don’t poke the bear.That is the lesson three individuals in Los Angeles learned recently when they were sentenced to jail time for an in...

Eric Berger
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Two more Reform local election candidates accused of offensive posts
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Two more Reform local election candidates accused of offensive posts

Labour calls on Nigel Farage to sack candidates and says his party’s checks ‘clearly not fit for purpose’Reform UK’s checks on candidates are “clearly not fit for purpose”, Labour has said after two more candidates in May’s local elections were accused of making offensive or potentially racist socia...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
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Trump and Tehran’s series of mismanaged posts stall progress towards peace
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Trump and Tehran’s series of mismanaged posts stall progress towards peace

US president’s desperation for war to end has seen him trying to speed through a process he does not fully controlMiddle East crisis – live updatesA set of mismanaged and premature media announcements by Donald Trump and Tehran has led to the collapse of any progress towards a peace settlement betwe...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
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Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments

President signed executive order directing FDA to expedite review of psychedelic drugs including ibogaineDonald Trump on Saturday announced reforms intended to speed up access to medical research and treatment based on psychedelic drugs.The president signed an executive order directing the federal F...

Reuters and Guardian staff
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Iran closes strait of Hormuz again ‘until US lifts blockade’
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Iran closes strait of Hormuz again ‘until US lifts blockade’

IRGC reportedly fires on tanker as it tries to pass through strait after brief window when strait had reopened• Middle East crisis – live updatesIranian officials say they have reversed the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and reimposed restrictions on the vital shipping lane after the US said it w...

Jessie Williams
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Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church
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Trump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church

Manhattan church led by Norman Vincent Peale was known for opposing presidency of JFK – and Catholics in generalDonald Trump’s attacks this week on Pope Leo, for his criticism of the US attack on Iran and the US president’s decision to post an image of himself as Jesus Christ on social media, make a...

Robert Mackey
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