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Burnham to warn UK must be honest about its challenges as he prepares to become PM
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The Guardian · World

Burnham to warn UK must be honest about its challenges as he prepares to become PM

Labour leader will visit king to accept role on Monday and will start making cabinet appointments that afternoon Andy Burnham will warn that Britain must be honest about the challenges it faces as he becomes its sixth prime minister in a decade and prepares to appoint his first cabinet.The Labour le...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
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Second person dies in legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City
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The Guardian · World

Second person dies in legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

Outbreak has sickened dozens in the city but officials say they believe source of outbreak ‘has likely been eliminated’A second person has died amid a legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in New York City, according to officials, who also say there is evidence that the s...

Guardian staff and agencies
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Thames Water creditors seek talks with Burnham as nationalisation looms
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Thames Water creditors seek talks with Burnham as nationalisation looms

Consortium preparing for potential legal battle amid reports new PM could put the company into temporary public ownershipThe group of investors pursuing a rescue bid for Thames Water have said they are willing to discuss greater public control but are also preparing for a potential multi-billion pou...

Mark Sweney
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Rise in overseas surrogates ‘increases risk of stateless babies’
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Rise in overseas surrogates ‘increases risk of stateless babies’

Calls grow for global regulation as rising numbers of westerners use surrogates in countries with different lawsWhy Mexico is at the heart of ethical debate over global surrogacyWhy one couple are pinning their surrogacy hopes on MexicoThe rise in the use of surrogates abroad is leaving more babies...

Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent
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US boxer Hannah Rapp dies after being struck by car while cycling in Texas
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US boxer Hannah Rapp dies after being struck by car while cycling in Texas

Investigators arrest 31-year-old man identified as Charles Medina in connection with death of Rapp who was 26US boxer Hannah Rapp, who in June fought for the World Boxing Council women’s featherweight championship, was killed on Saturday while she bicycled in Texas after a motorist struck her with h...

Ramon Antonio Vargas
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As Andy Burnham enters No 10, what of his ‘bezzie mate’ Steve Rotheram?
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As Andy Burnham enters No 10, what of his ‘bezzie mate’ Steve Rotheram?

A longstanding bromance means the Liverpool regional major very much has the ear of the soon-to-be PMWhen a new prime minister enters Downing Street, observers usually look to those around the cabinet table to see where influence lies. With Andy Burnham, they should look 200 miles north – not to Man...

Josh Halliday North of England editor
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Nigel Farage admits George Cottrell paid for filming and let him use his home
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Nigel Farage admits George Cottrell paid for filming and let him use his home

Reform leader says support from fraudster before last election is ‘totally undeclarable in every single way’Nigel Farage has admitted his close friend the fraudster George Cottrell let him use one of his London homes and paid for social media filming before the last election but insisted it was “tot...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
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Trump’s rebranding of Palm Beach airport hasn’t taken off as he planned
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Trump’s rebranding of Palm Beach airport hasn’t taken off as he planned

Changes inside the Florida international airport are hardly evident as state and county hold back funds for full remodelOne of Donald Trump’s most grandiose vanity projects, a multimillion-dollar makeover of Florida’s Palm Beach international airport into a self-aggrandizing, gold-plated transportat...

Richard Luscombe in Miami
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South East Water supply disruption hits thousands of properties in Kent
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South East Water supply disruption hits thousands of properties in Kent

People in Tunbridge Wells area face lower pressure, intermittent supply or no water after ‘instrument failure’Thousands of homes and businesses in Kent are facing water supply problems for a second day, including a “complete lack of water” in some cases, South East Water said.About 7,000 properties...

Caroline Davies
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Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds
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The Guardian · World

Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds

Top Democrat says findings show public ‘way ahead of the politicians’ as Trump dismisses global heating as ‘hoax’Amid a summer of dangerous heat, drought and floods, a majority of Americans are connecting increasingly severe weather to the climate crisis, new polling shows, despite efforts by Donald...

Dharna Noor with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon
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How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises
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How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises

From manufactured election insecurity to an outbreak of ‘explosive’ diarrhea, Americans are bearing the brunt of harmful policiesBetween widespread cuts to vital government agencies, various disease and illness outbreaks, and new environmental disaster vulnerabilities, the United States is facing a...

Dharna Noor, Chris Stein and Jessica Glenza
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Bad Bunny concert in Milan abandoned because of hailstorm
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Bad Bunny concert in Milan abandoned because of hailstorm

Fans evacuated from sold-out open-air show as organisers promise full refundsAn open-air show by the Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny was abandoned in Italy on Saturday night because of a violent hailstorm, but the organiser said ticketholders would be reimbursed.Videos posted on social media showe...

Agence France-Presse
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Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says
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Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says

Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public financesRestoring the deteriorating health of the UK’s population to the level of 2014 would boost GDP by 2% and generate a £72bn dividend for the public finances, research suggests.A paper by...

Heather Stewart
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Middle East crisis live: US launches new round of airstrikes to ‘swiftly punish’ Iran after American troops killed
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Middle East crisis live: US launches new round of airstrikes to ‘swiftly punish’ Iran after American troops killed

Fresh attack comes after Iran’s supreme leader warned Washington would pay for ‘seeking to escalate’ the conflictTwo US troops killed and one missing in Jordan after Iranian attacksIn a post to X about an hour ago, Kuwait’s army said it was dealing with hostile missile and drone attacks, following w...

Yohannes Lowe (now) and Adam Fulton (earlier)
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Dozens of Russian missiles pound Kyiv in major attack
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Dozens of Russian missiles pound Kyiv in major attack

At least one death with authorities reporting fires and damage to offices and homes, while Ukraine’s forces earlier hit logistics warehouses in RussiaRussia has carried out one of its biggest ever ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, launching a five-hour raid that left at least one person dead and se...

Luke Harding in Kyiv
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