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Top House Democrats vow to oppose bid to cut US military aid to Israel
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Top House Democrats vow to oppose bid to cut US military aid to Israel

House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, calls amendment ‘overly broad’ as party grapples with backlash over IsraelUS politics live – latest updatesTop House Democrats on Tuesday said they will oppose an effort to cut funding for Israel’s military, amid a rebellion from voters over US support for the...

Chris Stein in Washington
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Britons urged to take ‘small steps’ to prepare for potential national crises
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Britons urged to take ‘small steps’ to prepare for potential national crises

Government to launch campaign to help people cope with events such as weather emergencies or cyber-attacksThe British public should begin taking “small but important steps” to secure and protect water, power supplies and basic phone signal in case of further severe weather emergencies, national cris...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent
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Tom Cruise among names set to take part in World Cup closing ceremony
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Tom Cruise among names set to take part in World Cup closing ceremony

Mission: Impossible star to appear in a pre-game show that will also feature Robbie Williams and Jennifer HudsonA wide array of performers, from actor Tom Cruise to streamer IShowSpeed, will help close out the World Cup, Fifa announced on Tuesday.Soccer’s governing body released the lineup for the c...

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Pilot killed fighting Colorado wildfire identified as Nicholas Dale
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Pilot killed fighting Colorado wildfire identified as Nicholas Dale

British Columbia pilot was only person aboard helicopter that crashed during aerial firefightingThe pilot who died when his helicopter crashed while fighting a Colorado wildfire has been named as Nicholas Dale of Sooke, British Columbia.Dale, 56, died when his helicopter crashed into the Silver Jack...

Edward Helmore
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ICE pauses vehicle stops after deadly shootings in Texas and Maine
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ICE pauses vehicle stops after deadly shootings in Texas and Maine

The deaths of Joan Sebastian Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo have prompted calls for independent investigationsFederal immigration officials have been instructed to stop pulling over vehicles until further notice, according to a homeland security source, following two recent deadly shootings in...

José Olivares
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Ann Widdecombe killing: police investigating possible leftwing motivation
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Ann Widdecombe killing: police investigating possible leftwing motivation

Detectives examining whether hatred of Widdecombe’s strong views or of Reform party were factors in killing described as a ‘targeted attack’The police investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe is examining whether a leftwing or single-issue cause may lie behind her killing, the Guardian has lea...

Vikram Dodd, Josh Halliday and Priya Bharadia
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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one yearThousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned.Univ...

Anna Bawden and Sally Weale
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Supreme court justices testify to House on budget request to increase security
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Supreme court justices testify to House on budget request to increase security

Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett appear before House lawmakers to request more security for the judiciarySupreme court justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are testifying Tuesday in front of House lawmakers to discuss the court’s budget request, particularly the need for increased se...

Shrai Popat
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Yellowstone tourist tossed 8ft in air by bison says attack could have been worse
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Yellowstone tourist tossed 8ft in air by bison says attack could have been worse

Carl McDaniel, 65, says run-in ‘was not as catastrophic as it could’ve been’ in first remarks since attack that injured himA grandfather flipped 8ft in the air by a bull bison at Yellowstone national park recently has spoken out for the first time about the encounter that broke his femur in four pla...

Richard Luscombe
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EU rejects Trump administration claims that ICC threatens US sovereignty
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EU rejects Trump administration claims that ICC threatens US sovereignty

US government says it wants to ‘systematically disable’ The Hague-based international criminal courtA spokesperson for the EU has pushed back against the Trump administration’s assertion that the international criminal court poses a threat to US sovereignty, a day after the US government said it wou...

Ashifa Kassam and Cate Brown
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Keir Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive France’s Légion d’honneur
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Keir Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive France’s Légion d’honneur

Exclusive: Emmanuel Macron honours outgoing prime minister for leadership role in supporting UkraineKeir Starmer has become the first UK prime minister to be presented with the Légion d’honneur by a French president, in recognition of his work with France on the security of Europe.Emmanuel Macron aw...

Pippa Crerar Political editor
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Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees
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Tuberculosis outbreak at Colorado ICE jail sickens at least 12 detainees

The reported infections are the latest in a series of health concerns at the federal immigration jail in AuroraAt least 12 people detained at a federal immigration jail in Colorado have contracted tuberculosis in recent days, according to testimony from inside the facility where dozens of others hav...

Richard Luscombe
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T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record
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T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record

Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South DakotaA vast, fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex nicknamed Gus sold at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday for $50.1m with fees (£37.4m) to a phone bidder – making it the most valuable dinosaur fossil...

Edward Helmore in New York
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US rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bid
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US rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bid

Rapper paid JM Burkman & Associates $600,000 to push for president’s pardon but firm says no partial refund promisedLouisiana rapper Boosie Badazz is reportedly looking to claw back $300,000 from a firm of Washington DC lobbyists after they failed to secure a Donald Trump pardon that he hired th...

Edward Helmore
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E Jean Carroll receives $5.6m owed by Trump after court releases damages
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E Jean Carroll receives $5.6m owed by Trump after court releases damages

Funds released from escrow account after Trump’s efforts to block sexual abuse and defamation award failA Manhattan federal court has released more than $5.6m that Donald Trump owes E Jean Carroll in her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him, records reveal. The disbursement...

Victoria Bekiempis in New York
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Young Germans opting out of military service as Berlin strives to boost army
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Young Germans opting out of military service as Berlin strives to boost army

Almost 6,000 people apply to be excluded on moral or religious grounds despite ‘conscription lite’ policy The number of young men applying to be conscientious objectors and refuse armed military service in Germany has risen sharply this year, undermining a drive by Berlin to create Europe’s stronges...

Deborah Cole
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UK man admits 32 sexual offences against allegedly drugged or sleeping partner
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UK man admits 32 sexual offences against allegedly drugged or sleeping partner

Defendant pleads guilty to crimes over the course of 12 years, some of which also involved ‘a person unknown’A man has been told he faces a possible life sentence after pleading guilty to 32 sexual offences against his girlfriend while she was allegedly drugged or asleep, including some attacks he r...

Guardian Staff
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