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‘If we die, we die together’: wife of Ryanair passenger almost sucked through window speaks

Svetlana Grković says she grabbed her husband’s legs while he was ‘outside up to his chest’ for two minutesRyanair passenger almost sucked out of window during flightRyanair has axed family seating policy – but kids’ fees add upA woman who saved her husband from being completely sucked out of a Ryan...

Mark Sweney 1 month ago

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Trump ballroom donor to lead state department’s $200m Armenia fund

Konstantin Sokolov, who gave undisclosed sum and has not held government job before, to chair Tripp+ trade project Konstantin Sokolov, a Russian-born private equity investor in Chicago, will serve as chairman of a new state department enterprise fund overseeing more than $200m designated for a centr...

Cate Brown 1 month ago

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RFK Jr’s advisory panel overhaul stalled update on helping kids quit tobacco

US preventive services taskforce’s members have not issued binding recommendations since March 2025The health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s overhaul of an influential federal advisory group has stalled an update that would have highlighted “encouraging” new evidence on helping children quit tobacc...

Jessica Glenza 1 month ago

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Tories deny purge as Lord Barwell hits back after losing party whip

Former minister says decision suggests ‘intolerance of criticism’ but source says it was for problems with conductThe Conservatives have denied they are purging prominent centrists after Gavin Barwell lost the whip in the wake of warnings from Kemi Badenoch that supporters of policies such as target...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent 1 month ago

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Iran targets Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation as US strikes continue

US hits targets in port cities of Bushehr and Bandar Abbas while Iran attacks two tankers in strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US launched strikes on Iran for a third day and Iran retaliated with strikes on US allies and tankers, hours after Donald Trump said the US would t...

William Christou in Beirut 1 month ago

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Oil price jumps as US-Iran clashes raise odds of interest rate rises

Stock markets fall as analysts price in two quarter-point UK rate rises by the end of the yearBusiness live – latest updatesOil and gas prices have jumped and expectations of interest rate rises in Europe have increased after the US carried out a third night of military strikes against Iran.Brent cr...

Lauren Almeida and Julia Kollewe 1 month ago

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BBC faces ‘real jeopardy’ as licence fee payments fall faster than expected

Director general, Matt Brittin, says funding model ties corporation to the past as number of licences falls by 539,000The number of people paying the BBC’s licence fee has fallen faster than expected in the last year, with half a million more households opting out of the payment.Matt Brittin, the BB...

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Victims of Trump purge call supreme court ruling a ‘dagger in heart’ to civil service

Rebecca Slaughter, who was fired by Trump from the FTC in 2025, worries agencies will be undermined by threat of removal if a decision is contrary to president’s favorFederal officials fired by the Trump administration are calling the recent supreme court decision a “dagger in the heart” of the civi...

Michael Sainato 1 month ago

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‘Misuse’ of crowd control weapons on ICE protesters led to blindings and traumatic brain injuries, report finds

Doctors and human rights experts documented hundreds of incidents from June 2025 through May 2026 and estimate true number is ‘far greater’It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and again over the past year: using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spr...

José Olivares 1 month ago

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Johnson government wasted ‘vast’ sums on PPE, Covid inquiry finds

Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning reportBoris Johnson’s Conservative government wasted public money on a “vast” scale with flawed buying of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic, an official inquiry h...

David Conn 1 month ago

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China’s monthly car ‌exports top 1m for first time as overall trade soars

Country risks new tariffs from US and EU as it looks likely to match or beat last year’s record surplus of $1tnBusiness live – latest updatesChina’s monthly car ‌exports topped 1m for the first time in June as overall overseas shipments from the world’s second biggest economy rose 27%.Official Chine...

Lisa O’Carroll 1 month ago

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First Thing: Trump threatens to impose US tolls on Hormuz shipping as strikes on Iran continue

Change of US position on free navigation comes as two tankers hit by Iranian cruise missiles. Plus, the international outpouring of love for the late actor Sam NeillGood morning. The US has launched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran, hours after Donald Trump said Washington would reinst...

Martin Belam 1 month ago

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Lindsey Graham autobiography sheds light on record on race

Memoir details upbringing of late senator – who denied existence of systemic racism – in segregated southA little-known autobiography from Lindsey Graham published in 2015 sheds light on his complicated record of acknowledging and addressing racism in South Carolina.Graham, born in 1955, came of age...

Marilyn W Thompson 1 month ago

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Iranian flights to Yemen are violation of sovereignty, says Yemeni official

Plane bringing Houthi delegation home from Tehran had to divert after Yemeni government bombed Sana’a airportMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIranian flights to and from Yemen are an unacceptable violation of the country’s sovereignty, the vice-president in Yemen’s Saudi-backed, UN-recognised...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor 1 month ago

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‘God is punishing the politicians’: anger at earthquake response grows in Venezuela

Threat of social unrest rises as public indignation at lack of disaster aid comes on top of fallout from US military intervention• A revolution in ruins: fury amid the rubble of a housing project in quake-hit VenezuelaPublic anger at what many perceive as the Venezuelan government’s botched response...

Tom Phillips in Caracas 1 month ago

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Nigel Farage turned down taxpayer-funded security including bodyguard, car and driver last year – UK politics live

The head of Reform UK refused the security, which was a similar level to that received by the leader of the opposition, because he considered it inadequate Continue reading...

Andrew Sparrow 1 month ago

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Jenrick criticises government for not offering Farage earlier security meeting

Reform’s Treasury spokesperson says talks on party leader’s protection only happening ‘as a result’ of Ann Widdecombe’s deathUK politics live – latest updatesRobert Jenrick has criticised the government for not offering Nigel Farage a security meeting earlier, saying it has only happened “as a resul...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent 1 month ago

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Polish-Ukrainian solidarity over Russian threat undermined by bitter historical dispute

Kyiv’s decision to honour second world war fighters who killed about 100,000 Poles has revived simmering tensionsIn the aftermath of Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Polish-Ukrainian solidarity emerged as one of the most heartwarming subplots of the Kremlin’s brutal war. Millions of Pole...

Shaun Walker in Warsaw and Kyiv 1 month ago

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France hopes to send ‘strategic signal’ about Europe’s renewed military focus at Bastille Day celebrations – Europe live

Many leaders from the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ stayed overnight in Paris to attend the parade, which will be Emmanuel Macron’s last as presidentMacron is here, welcomed by the French chief of defence, among others.He’s off to inspect the parade driving around the Arc de Triomphe in his role as the...

Jakub Krupa 1 month ago

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South East Water to pay £30.5m penalty after multiple failures

Ofwat investigated supplier over supply interruptions, customer failings and for breaching its licenceBusiness live – latest updatesSouth East Water will pay £30.5m after a series of supply interruptions, customer failings and for breaching its licence, regulator Ofwat has confirmed.The watchdog sai...

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LGBTQ+ pop-up in former Sydney church ordered by landlord to cancel events after religious protest

Landlord of deconsecrated building sends notice of breach to Divine Playhouse, claiming it ‘insulted and mocked’ beliefs of Christian AustraliansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA deconsecrated Sydney church newly transf...

Kat Wong 1 month ago

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‘We are dying little by little here’: asylum seekers at mercy of Home Office hotel closures

Legal challenges launched over accommodation ‘adequacy’ as UK government closes more asylum hotelsHuda and her two children aged 10 and 12 had been living in two rooms in a London hotel for six months when they were told with just a few days’ notice they would be moved. The 41-year-old engineering g...

Diane Taylor 1 month ago

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Tuesday briefing: The law that Hillsborough built – and the bitter final battle to get it through

In today’s newsletter: A new law criminalising public bodies and officials that lie to the British public is expected to complete it final stages in the Commons. Why did it take so long?Good morning. We think we know this story, the one about the 97 who went to watch a football match on a sunny afte...

Libby Brooks 1 month ago

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Ed Husic says weakening copyright to benefit AI companies would betray Labor party’s ethos

Labor MP says ‘a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work’ was a founding principle of the ALP as media union calls for tougher new rules on AI use of creative workFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Labor MP Ed Husic says...

Josh Butler 1 month ago

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