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Urgent need for more security after physical attacks and abuse, say MPs’ staff
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Urgent need for more security after physical attacks and abuse, say MPs’ staff

Exclusive: Westminster survey finds one in two staffers experiencing clinical levels of psychological distressStaff employed by MPs are calling for urgently tightened security after reports of some being physically attacked and hundreds receiving threatening calls and messages.A survey of more than...

Josh Halliday North of England editor
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Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find
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Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find

Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cutsA US study has found a 70% drop in hospital admissions and days off from work or school when people with poorly controlled asthma had their gas stove and hob replaced with electric.Ohio’s pu...

Gary Fuller
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Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference
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Adelaide airport pulls ads from conservation groups but keeps gas and mining ads during ALP conference

Digital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConservation groups have questioned...

Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent
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Racy short story by Alan Turing offers glimpse of ‘playful, funny, cheeky’ side
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Racy short story by Alan Turing offers glimpse of ‘playful, funny, cheeky’ side

Writing from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academicWhen people think of Alan Turing, they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humourless, tortured. A better way of remembering the father of modern computing would be, an academic argu...

Mark Brown North of England correspondent
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‘Burnham bounce’ and World Cup lift mood in July, says data firm
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‘Burnham bounce’ and World Cup lift mood in July, says data firm

‘Wave of optimism’ is sparked by prospect of new PM, England football team’s progress and hot weatherConsumer confidence in the UK jumped this month by its biggest margin for nearly three years as the prospect of Andy Burnham becoming prime minister became almost certain.The data company GfK said a...

Phillip Inman
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Ireland urged to put pressure on Germany over pro-Palestinian activist’s trial
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Ireland urged to put pressure on Germany over pro-Palestinian activist’s trial

Irish politicians concerned about Daniel Tatlow-Devally’s treatment in jail want Micheál Martin to send observers to Ulm 5 trialA cross-party delegation of Irish politicians has urged Dublin to send observers to a high-security trial of pro-Palestinian activists in Germany and to raise concerns abou...

Deborah Cole Berlin correspondent
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Rare heron seen at Somerset estate where river has been allowed to run free
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Rare heron seen at Somerset estate where river has been allowed to run free

Black-crowned night heron one of many species thriving at Holnicote Estate where river ‘reset’ has transformed area into lush oasisA rare black-crowned night heron has been spotted on an estate in the south-west of England where an innovative river “reset” is transforming the area into an oasis for...

Steven Morris
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The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government – podcast
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The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government – podcast

South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen on the Cockroach movement – and the students driving India’s biggest protests in years‘I’ve never seen this many young people out on the streets,’ says Hannah Ellis-Petersen.For days, tens of thousands of Indians have been marching under the banner of t...

Presented by Helen Pidd with Hannah Ellis-Petersen; produced by Saskia Collette, Alex Atack and Brian McNamara; executive producer Eli Block
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What to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countries
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What to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countries

Tariffs ranging from 10%-12.5%, taking effect on Friday, are US president’s latest effort to circumvent CongressJust 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 from 10% to 12...

Gaya Gupta
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Double stabbing in New York City being investigated as possible hate crime
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Double stabbing in New York City being investigated as possible hate crime

Suspect allegedly yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ before attacking a 57-year-old Asian man and a 50-year-old Jewish manNew York City police are investigating a pair of stabbings near Central Park as a possible hate crime, police commissioner Jessica Tisch said Thursday.The suspect, Raul Morales, allegedly sta...

Roque Planas
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Pentagon list of service members killed in Iran war removes most recent four
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Pentagon list of service members killed in Iran war removes most recent four

New York Times reports that list of those killed changed from 18 on Wednesday to 14 on ThursdayThe Pentagon’s official online list of service members killed in the ongoing Iran war does not include the four soldiers who died during renewed fighting over the weekend, despite the fact that their names...

Robert Mackey
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US health panel recommends easing restrictions on controversial peptides
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US health panel recommends easing restrictions on controversial peptides

Vote from advisory group – whose members include people linked to peptides industry – likely to embolden RFK JrA panel of federal health advisers on Thursday narrowly recommended easing access to several peptides popular with wellness influencers and celebrities, despite warnings from government sci...

Associated Press
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UK ‘ready to defend itself’ after Iranian threat over US bases
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UK ‘ready to defend itself’ after Iranian threat over US bases

IRGC claims base in south-west England was used by US to launch bombing missions, making it ‘legitimate target’Middle East crisis live – latest updatesThe government has said the UK is “ready to defend itself” after Iran’s military warned that any bases being used by the US were “legitimate targets”...

Hayden Vernon
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Tesla stock suffers double-digit drop on carmaker’s worst day in years
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Tesla stock suffers double-digit drop on carmaker’s worst day in years

Elon Musk’s EV company lost a quarter of its value after revealing weak profits and high spending on AI and roboticsTesla’s stock fell about 13.5% on Thursday in one of the biggest single-day market losses in the company’s history.Elon Musk’s automaker has struggled throughout the year, losing about...

Nick Robins-Early and agencies
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D4vd lawyers challenge police testing of evidence found in singer’s home
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D4vd lawyers challenge police testing of evidence found in singer’s home

Defense attorneys question LAPD criminalist on third day of hearing to decide whether singer will stand trialAttorneys for the singer D4vd scrutinized how law enforcement officials chose to test evidence found in his home during the third day of a hearing to determine whether he will stand trial for...

Uwa Ede-Osifo
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Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans
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Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans

Burnham says ‘no one in government loses when power is shared’ as he revives Brown-era national economic councilIt’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK | Andy BurnhamRegional mayors are to be given a leading role in the UK’s economic policy, Andy Burnham...

Pippa Crerar Political editor
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Australia news live: Jim Chalmers says he has ‘other priorities’ than a gas tax; Anthony Albanese calls to congratulate Andy Burnham
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Australia news live: Jim Chalmers says he has ‘other priorities’ than a gas tax; Anthony Albanese calls to congratulate Andy Burnham

Treasurer points to other reforms after Labor members call for ‘fairer return’ from natural resources. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThanks Martin Farrer for kicking off the day. It’s Kat Wong here to take you through today’s news.Australia’s resi...

Kat Wong
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