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From high heels to ‘Zara death pants’: how fashion falls foul of women’s safety

A physio, a tailor and a historian on the style trends that can put women in hospital and how to avoid the dangers“Buyer beware” is one of the oldest principles in English law. Now, a pair of wide legged trousers from Zara is bringing the phrase back to the forefront of shoppers’ minds.On social med...

Chloe Mac Donnell 1 month ago

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Justice Elena Kagan decries idea that US supreme court ‘rubber-stamps’ Trump’s agenda

Kagan rejects notion that high court ‘does whatever the administration wants’, pointing to tariffs ruling and moreLiberal justice Elena Kagan has said it was “wrong” to accuse the US supreme court of becoming a rubber stamp for Donald Trump in his second term, amid criticism of its authorization of...

Chris Stein in Washington 1 month ago

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Canadian government urged to block data-sharing deal between Thomson Reuters and US ICE

ICE will pay Canadian media giant US$125m to use its investigative database to identify ‘immigration fraud’A Canadian federal opposition party leader is calling on the Mark Carney government to block the latest data-sharing deal between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Canadian m...

Olivia Bowden in Toronto 1 month ago

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Judge orders Hegseth to explain US military’s new testosterone policy

Court questions plan to offer male hormone treatment to cisgender troops while denying it to trans service membersPete Hegseth’s controversial plan to screen older soldiers for testosterone deficiencies and offer them more of the hormone faced scrutiny this week from a federal judge, who ordered the...

Richard Luscombe 1 month ago

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Poland’s main rightwing opposition splits after loyalty pledge ultimatum

Former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki and allies say they were forced out over factional disagreements Poland’s main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has split, after former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his allies said they were forced out over factional disagreements on policy dir...

Jakub Krupa 1 month ago

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Four men in 20s die after car crashes into lamp-post in Merseyside

Police appeal for witnesses after collision in Huyton leaves four men dead and a fifth in hospitalFour men in their 20s have died after a car crash in Merseyside in the early hours of Friday.Police were called just before 2am to reports that a black Seat Cupra had left the road and collided with a l...

Priya Bharadia 1 month ago

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Woman and man arrested in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb

Detectives targeting dissident republicans stopped a vehicle containing explosives near CarrickmacrossTwo people have been arrested after police in Ireland targeting dissident republicans intercepted an “extremely significant” bomb that was being transported in a vehicle near the border.Members of t...

Lisa O’Carroll in Donegal and agencies 1 month ago

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Maga influencer Laura Loomer reverses course on Ukraine after Kyiv visit

Rightwing provocateur meets Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who says he expects to meet Donald Trump in Washington next weekVolodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Donald Trump in Washington next week, according to the rightwing US influencer Laura Loomer, amid signs the White House’s traditional hostility towards Ukrai...

Luke Harding in Kyiv and agencies 1 month ago

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Burnham urged to award £2.4bn military satellite contract to Airbus over US rival

Unite union leader says giving Skynet 6 WSS contract to Lockheed Martin would be a ‘massive mistake’Business live – latest updatesOne of the Labour party’s biggest union backers has called for Andy Burnham to award a £2.4bn military satellite contract to the European manufacturer Airbus rather than...

Jasper Jolly 1 month ago

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Texas nun detained by ICE speaks out for first time: ‘It was very heartbreaking for me’

Sister Leticia Ugboaja says she went into a cold sweat as ICE officers approached her in McAllen on her way to church A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas said on Thursday that she went into a cold sweat as two armed men approached her while she walked to Sunday mass in h...

Associated Press 1 month ago

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Ukraine’s pivot to warehouse strikes brings war closer to ordinary Russians

Kyiv’s attacks on Wildberries, country’s answer to Amazon, destroy goods made, sold, and bought by everyday RussiansStanding in front of a vast warehouse engulfed in flames outside Moscow, Tatyana Mikhailova watched as her entire stock of 4,000 fur coats, bought months in advance for the winter seas...

Pjotr Sauer 1 month ago

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Democrats accuse Trump of using forced labor as ‘convenient’ justification for tariffs

US president faced criticism after officials announced tariffs of between 10% and 12.5% on more than 80 countriesUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has been accused of using forced labor as “a pretext” to impose a fresh wave of tariffs on dozens of countries, as critics warned of higher p...

Gaya Gupta and Guardian staff 1 month ago

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British-born man living in US since age of nine held by ICE under threat of deportation

Connor Read, who is married and has two children, was apprehended in June during residency permit interviewA British-born man who has lived in the US since he was nine years old has been held in an ICE detention facility for more than a month and a half under threat of deportation, it has been repor...

Jamie Grierson 1 month ago

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Burnham urged to lobby EU leaders directly to waive EES border controls

Lib Dems call on PM to push for suspension of ‘bungled, malfunctioning’ system as overseas holiday travel peaksAndy Burnham has been urged to lobby EU leaders directly to suspend the new entry-exit system, EES, as the peak weekend for overseas holidays begins.About 2.2 million British holidaymakers...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent 1 month ago

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Singer Chris Brown pleads guilty to affray over London club confrontation

Other charges, including assault against Abraham Diaw, dropped as guilty plea averts trialThe R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray after a confrontation at a central London club.The 37-year-old had been facing trial later this year over an allegation he attacked a former friend wi...

Press Association 1 month ago

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New York Chinatown fears impact of $8bn casino development, calling it ‘predatory project’

Residents warn project could worsen gambling addiction and raise rents, while developers promise jobsOn Main Street in Flushing’s Chinatown, shoppers weave between fruit stands, restaurants and family-run businesses that have served the New York City neighborhood for decades. But behind the bustle,...

Katie McQue in New York 1 month ago

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Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse

Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violenceMost people arrested during violent protests after the sentencing of Henry Nowak’s murderer had previously been reported to the police for domestic abuse, the Guardian can disclose.Da...

Nic Murray and Rajeev Syal 1 month ago

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Gangs taking villages on Brazil-Peru border ‘hostage’, say Indigenous leaders

Delegation sent to Brasília after gunmen from organised crime group enter homes in western Amazon ForestIndigenous leaders on the Brazil-Peru border say their communities are being “taken hostage” by organised crime groups who are running rampant across the region, destroying Amazon Forest, building...

Jonathan Watts 1 month ago

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Trump’s latest tariffs put UK at disadvantage to the EU, say experts

While overall levy for UK is unchanged, sectors not covered by Turnberry deal face tougher competitionDonald Trump’s latest round of tariffs has put UK businesses at a disadvantage against the EU even though the overall tariff for London has not changed, experts have said.In the levies, announced la...

Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent 1 month ago

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Trump’s new tariffs ‘a sales tax that will make life harder for Americans’, say Democrats – US politics live

Even some Republicans apparently expressing concern over measures against 85 countriesSign up for the US Breaking News emailJust before a temporary levy on global imports was set to expire, the Trump administration issued a fresh wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries late on Thursday, ranging fr...

Tom Ambrose 1 month ago

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Trump administration drive to seize election powers sparking ‘chaos’ despite pushback

US courts, state officials and Democrats warn that moves are endangering voting rights and the rule of lawThe Trump administration continues to expand its authoritarian and radical drive to revamp voting rules and seize state election powers, though it faces growing resistance from US courts, state...

Peter Stone in Washington 1 month ago

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‘Forever chemicals’ linked to gut inflammation in children after early exposure

Researchers tracked mother-child pairs for up to 11 years, finding Pfas mixtures may affect developing gutsPrenatal and early life exposure to Pfas mixtures is probably linked to higher levels of intestinal inflammation in children, new first-of-its-kind research shows. Intestinal inflammation can c...

Tom Perkins 1 month ago

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Southport killer Axel Rudakubana is manipulating system, victims’ families say

Axel Rudakubana moved to psychiatric hospital after it was concluded he could not be safely managed in prisonThe Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been accused of attempting to “manipulate the system” by the families of his victims, after it emerged he had been transferred from prison to a psychi...

Jamie Grierson 1 month ago

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Four Palestinians and one Israeli killed during West Bank settler attack

Several others seriously injured in attack that residents of Palestinian village say also involved Israeli militaryFour Palestinians and one Israeli have been killed in a shooting in the northern West Bank, health officials have said, during what residents described as a settler attack also involvin...

Andrew Roth, Sufian Taha, Quique Kierszenbaum and agencies in Jerusalem 1 month ago

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