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Burnham must avoid ‘summer of speculation’ on tax, warns CBI chief
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Burnham must avoid ‘summer of speculation’ on tax, warns CBI chief

Rain Newton-Smith calls for a new generation of public-private partnerships to fund major projectsAndy Burnham must avoid another “summer of speculation” on tax and spend that would spook British business, the chief executive of the CBI has warned.As Burnham prepares to take up the Labour leadership...

Heather Stewart
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Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software
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Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software

Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targetsA former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus sp...

Sam Jones, José Bautista and Hicham Mansouri
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US attacks oil tanker in strait of Hormuz as strikes reported in Tehran
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US attacks oil tanker in strait of Hormuz as strikes reported in Tehran

US disables unladen oil tanker using Hellfire missiles in strait of Hormuz amid concerns strikes could spiral into open conflictThe US has fired on an oil tanker attempting to reach Kharg Island in the strait of Hormuz as part of its blockade on Iranian ports, as Tehran came under attack for the fir...

Jonathan Yerushalmy
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Fears for New Zealand’s native species as first bird flu case emerges
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Fears for New Zealand’s native species as first bird flu case emerges

Minister urges public to report cases of three or more sick or dead birds in a group after brown skua seabird tests positive for H5N1 on Wellington beachThe deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed in New Zealand for the first time, sparking alarm that some of the country’s most beloved and vulnerabl...

Eva Corlett in Wellington
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Five arrested in Hong Kong bookstore raids in ‘seditious’ materials crackdown
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Five arrested in Hong Kong bookstore raids in ‘seditious’ materials crackdown

Third round of arrests linked to independent bookshops widely regarded as clampdown on dissent in territoryHong Kong authorities have raided two bookstores and arrested five people on suspicion of selling allegedly seditious publications, in the latest step targeting independent booksellers.Videos a...

Guardian staff and agencies
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US military says it disabled tanker trying to breach blockade amid new wave of strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis live
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US military says it disabled tanker trying to breach blockade amid new wave of strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis live

Central Command says US aircraft fired missiles into oil tanker’s smokestack in strait of Hormuz as US strikes Iran for fourth consecutive dayTrump again threatens to strike Iran’s power plants amid impasse over strait of HormuzFor a second day in a row, US strikes targeted Iran’s southern port city...

Adam Fulton (now); Lucy Campbell, Harry Cockburn, Tom Ambrose, Taz Ali and Kate Lamb (earlier)
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New York Times files motion to quash justice department’s subpoenas
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New York Times files motion to quash justice department’s subpoenas

Journalists who had reported on security concerns around the new Air Force One, a gift from Qatar, received summonsThe New York Times on Wednesday filed a motion to quash subpoenas the justice department served journalists who reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force...

Associated Press
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Trump says Iran has released US citizen detained since 2024
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Trump says Iran has released US citizen detained since 2024

Dena Karari, dual US-Iranian citizen, ‘now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition’, president posts on Truth SocialDonald Trump said Wednesday Iran had agreed to release an American citizen who was “wrongfully detained” since December 2024.“She is now safely outside of Iran, and in good condi...

Robert Mackey
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How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa displacing thousands
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How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa displacing thousands

Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warnDozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month.Now scientists have concluded that the rains that cause...

Damien Gayle
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‘We screwed up the comms’: JD Vance admits errors over Epstein files release
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‘We screwed up the comms’: JD Vance admits errors over Epstein files release

Vice-president tells Joe Rogan administration botched handling and should have released all documents from startJD Vance agreed with criticism that the Trump administration botched the handling of the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, telling podcast host Joe Rogan that “we absolutely screwed up...

Dani Anguiano and agencies
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House defeats bid to end military aid to Israel as over 100 Democrats vote for it
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House defeats bid to end military aid to Israel as over 100 Democrats vote for it

Backing by 103 Democrats underscores how sentiment in party towards Israel and Netanyahu government has souredThe House on Wednesday defeated a measure to slash military aid to Israel, but more than 100 House Democrats voted for it in a significant rebuke of the longtime US ally as accusations that...

Chris Stein in Washington
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House Republicans resurrect Save America Act by adding it to spending bill
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House Republicans resurrect Save America Act by adding it to spending bill

Effort is latest attempt to pass bill that seeks to ban mail-in ballots and imposes voter identification requirementsHouse Republicans on Wednesday made another attempt to answer Donald Trump’s demand for new restrictions on voting nationwide by linking the measure to an unrelated spending bill and...

Chris Stein in Washington
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Mexico asks US state attorneys general to investigate immigrant ICE deaths
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Mexico asks US state attorneys general to investigate immigrant ICE deaths

Since start of Trump’s second term, 14 Mexican immigrants have died in ICE custody and three in agency operationsMexico formally requested that US state attorneys general criminally investigate cases of immigrants who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids, the Mexi...

Associated Press
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine’s popular defence minister
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The Guardian · World

Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine’s popular defence minister

Mykhailo Fedorov, credited with transforming the ministry, ousted in reshuffle after six months in postVolodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Ukraine’s popular defence minister, despite pleas from foreign partners and civil society for him to keep his job, as part of wide-ranging government reshuffle.In...

Luke Harding in Kyiv and Artem Mazhulin
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