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Lauren Laverne reveals blood and bone marrow disorder diagnosis
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Lauren Laverne reveals blood and bone marrow disorder diagnosis

Radio and TV presenter, who recovered from cancer in 2024, announces she has smouldering myelomaLauren Laverne has announced she has been diagnosed with a blood and bone marrow disorder, less than two years after recovering from cancer.The radio and TV presenter revealed she has smouldering myeloma,...

Nadeem Badshah
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Tory MP Patrick Spencer found not guilty of Groucho Club sexual assaults
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Tory MP Patrick Spencer found not guilty of Groucho Club sexual assaults

MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich cleared over incident at London members’ club in 2023A Conservative MP has been cleared of sexually assaulting two women at the Groucho Club in London after claiming that he just wanted to give them a hug.Patrick Spencer was seen on camera coming up behind tw...

Matthew Weaver
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Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says
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Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says

Republican Josh Hawley accuses Mark Zuckerberg’s firm of relentlessly pursuing and attempting to bankrupt herA US senator has accused Meta of using lawfare in “efforts to destroy” a whistleblower who made allegations about the social media company’s dealings with China and its treatment of teenagers...

Michael Savage
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Israeli strike on Gaza funeral killed at least seven people, hospital says
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Israeli strike on Gaza funeral killed at least seven people, hospital says

Another 22 reportedly wounded while mourning Palestinian killed in Israeli attack earlier the same dayAn Israeli strike on a funeral in the Gaza Strip has killed at least seven people and wounded another 22, according to a local hospital.There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Cont...

Guardian staff and agencies
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Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch
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Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch

One UK man whose bill is usually less than £1 says he ‘almost had a heart attack’ when he saw £5.8bn invoicePeople always suspected big tech was greedy, but not quite like this. Patrons of Amazon Web Services have been landed with panic-inducing monthly bills running as high as $1.5tn for subscripti...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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Ribena owner invests in helping blackcurrants withstand extreme weather
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Ribena owner invests in helping blackcurrants withstand extreme weather

The £200,000 move comes after harvests in Britain hit by wet winter, spring frost and hail, then heatwavesThe owner of Ribena is to invest £200,000 in helping blackcurrant bushes withstand stress after extreme weather put a squeeze on this year’s UK harvest.That harvest is now under way in the berry...

Sarah Butler
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Southern Water fined £7m after illegally dumping sewage off Kent coast
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Southern Water fined £7m after illegally dumping sewage off Kent coast

Firm pleaded guilty to 13 offences over discharges at Margate and Broadstairs wastewater pumping stationsSouthern Water has been fined more than £7m after dumping sewage illegally off the Kent coast between 2019 and 2021.The company, described by the judge as having a “record of criminality” which i...

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Iran proves it can still inflict damage despite waves of US attacks
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Iran proves it can still inflict damage despite waves of US attacks

Leaked US intelligence report concluded Iran retained 70% of missiles and launchers after 38-day spring campaignIran and the US have been trading blows for six consecutive nights and there are no shortage of signs that the renewed fighting will worsen further. Tehran and Washington remain far apart...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
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Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81
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Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81

The acclaimed Irish actor started her career in Coronation Street and Casualty before a string of high-profile Hollywood rolesBrenda Fricker, who became the first female Irish Oscar winner for acting with My Left Foot, has died aged 81. Her agent Phil Belfield told the BBC in a statement: “We will n...

Andrew Pulver
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Trump speech lays groundwork for him to tamper with midterm results, critics warn
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Trump speech lays groundwork for him to tamper with midterm results, critics warn

Democrats and advocates sound alarm at Trump rehashing false claims about 2020 election in his primetime addressDemocrats and voting rights groups say Donald Trump’s primetime speech making unverified claims of Chinese interference in the 2020 election is the clearest sign yet that the president is...

Chris Stein in Washington
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What Andy Burnham’s first speech as Labour leader tells us
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What Andy Burnham’s first speech as Labour leader tells us

The incoming prime minister showed his oratorical skill and that he is prepared to borrow from populismUK politics live – latest updatesNearing the end of his speech accepting the Labour leadership, Andy Burnham paused. “I know what to do,” he said. “I have a plan.” Perhaps he does. But even after h...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
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Mother of Henry Nowak’s murderer jailed for removing knife from scene
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Mother of Henry Nowak’s murderer jailed for removing knife from scene

Kiran Kaur, 53, sentenced to three years for assisting her son, Vickrum Digwa, after his fatal stabbing of student in SouthamptonThe mother of Vickrum Digwa, whose false claims of racism against the man he killed triggered riots in Southampton, has been jailed for removing a knife from the murder sc...

Jamie Grierson
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Burnham finally answers the burning question: how does he take his tea?
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Burnham finally answers the burning question: how does he take his tea?

Incoming PM has deigned to answer some quickfire TikTok questions – also revealing his stance on socks with sandalsUK politics live – latest updatesIt was Tony Blair who wrote that the “leader sets out for the people what they need and not simply what they want. Otherwise, the leader is just a follo...

Kevin Rawlinson
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Fifa flies Portugal’s World Cup team on plane used for ICE deportations
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Fifa flies Portugal’s World Cup team on plane used for ICE deportations

Aircraft that transported team to match is same one used to deport dozens of Venezuelans to Cecot mega-prisonA plane used by the Portugal men’s soccer team to fly to a World Cup match is the same one used daily for the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, and brought dozens of Venezuela...

Sophie Sullivan
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Biodiversity fears as human-bred hybrid fish integrate into Philippines lake
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Biodiversity fears as human-bred hybrid fish integrate into Philippines lake

Escaped flowerhorn cichlids are causing concern for native species and about parasites capable of infecting humansEscaped ornamental aquarium fish have integrated into a local ecosystem in the Philippines, but scientists say they may be threatening the native biodiversity of the lake.Flowerhorn cich...

Vandy Widyalankara
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More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east
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More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east

109 million people face another day of poor air quality as smoke from blazes in Ontario drifts over the USSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Tens of millions of Americans face another day of smoky skies, irritated eyes and bad air quality, as Canadian wildfire smoke spread again over...

Edward Helmore in New York
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Dismissal of Ukraine’s defence minister highlights wider issues for Zelenskyy
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Dismissal of Ukraine’s defence minister highlights wider issues for Zelenskyy

Mykhailo Fedorov, celebrated by many for innovative, tech-driven approach, was sidelined for military old guardVolodomyr Zelenskyy’s abrupt dismissal of Ukraine’s youthful and innovative defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, at precisely the moment Kyiv appeared to be gaining advantages in several sph...

Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent
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What is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?
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What is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?

Illness surging in Michigan and other US states is rarely life-threatening, CDC says – but it can have severe effectsCDC investigates parasite that’s caused cases of ‘explosive’ diarrhea in 18 US statesCases of cyclosporiasis – a parasitic illness that can cause “explosive”, watery diarrhea – have s...

Lucy Campbell and agency
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