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US and Iran exchange strikes as Tehran again says strait of Hormuz is closed
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US and Iran exchange strikes as Tehran again says strait of Hormuz is closed

Tehran says vessel using unapproved route in strait was struck, drawing strikes from US forces to ‘degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners’Iran’s ⁠Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday it had closed the strait of Hormuz after a vessel travelled on an unapproved route and was st...

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Man dies after falling from Eleventh Night bonfire in east Belfast
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Man dies after falling from Eleventh Night bonfire in east Belfast

Warren Lyttle, who was in his 40s, died from his injuries after incident on the Braniel estate on FridayA man in his 40s has died after falling from an Eleventh Night bonfire in Belfast, police said.The incident occurred on the Braniel estate in the east of the city on Friday night. Continue reading...

Nadeem Badshah
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Family pleads for answers in death of young Black man in Mississippi
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Family pleads for answers in death of young Black man in Mississippi

Body of Nolan Wells, 18, found after he traveled to Horn Island over Fourth of July weekend with three white friendsA mother on Friday pleaded for anyone to come forward with information about what happened to ⁠her son, Nolan Wells, a young Black man whose body was found on an island off the coast o...

Reuters
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Elon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, says Musk’s father
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Elon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, says Musk’s father

Errol Musk says far-right activist is ‘a fine young man’ and held meetings with Russian business figuresElon Musk’s family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, according to the billionaire X owner’s father, who was with the British far-right activist in Moscow as he encouraged anti-migration pr...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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Ann Widdecombe may have been killed 24 hours before her body was found
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Ann Widdecombe may have been killed 24 hours before her body was found

Police working on assumption ex-politician, found dead at her Devon home on Thursday, was attacked on Wednesday afternoonAnn Widdecombe: obituaryAnn Widdecombe may have been dead at her home for nearly 24 hours before her body was discovered, police believe.In an update on Saturday afternoon, office...

Geraldine McKelvie
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Probation hostels in England and Wales forced to shut after staffing crisis
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Probation hostels in England and Wales forced to shut after staffing crisis

Watchdog says public being put in danger by closure of premises that accommodate most dangerous offendersNearly one in ten probation hostels where England and Wales’ most dangerous offenders live after leaving prison have been closed after a staffing crisis.As ministers prepare the early release of...

Jessica Brown and Rajeev Syal
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Drones are detecting more sharks at US beaches but do they make public safer?
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Drones are detecting more sharks at US beaches but do they make public safer?

Increase in sightings may not reflect increase in sharks with little evidence that threat to swimmers has risenExperts say that despite recent increased investment in drones to monitor for sharks in states like New York, the machines have limited usefulness as a public safety tool and there does not...

Eric Berger
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Nigeria says army has killed 300 bandits in north-western state of Zamfara
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Nigeria says army has killed 300 bandits in north-western state of Zamfara

Gangs made up of cattle rustlers and jihadists have long terrorised communities in northern and central NigeriaNigerian soldiers killed more than 300 members of kidnapping and cattle bandit gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara this week, according to a government official.Nigerian government...

William Christou
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TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan dies after being ill with prostate cancer
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TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan dies after being ill with prostate cancer

Murnaghan ‘died peacefully’ at his home in London on Saturday, says his familyThe TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan “died peacefully” at his home in north London on Saturday morning “following a period of illness with prostate cancer”, his family said in a statement.More details to follow … Continue rea...

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Levi Bellfield to have DNA test in connection with Lin and Megan Russell murders
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Levi Bellfield to have DNA test in connection with Lin and Megan Russell murders

Exclusive: CCRC will test serial killer as part of inquiry into whether Michael Stone was wrongly convicted of 1996 murdersThe serial killer Levi Bellfield will have his DNA taken in an attempt to establish if he murdered Lin and Megan Russell in 1996.Michael Stone has protested his innocence since...

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
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NHS anaesthetist shortage prevents 1.5m operations a year, report finds
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NHS anaesthetist shortage prevents 1.5m operations a year, report finds

Exclusive: Alarming shortfall of specialists stops about 4,000 procedures a day, many for patients in urgent need of surgeryThe NHS is unable to perform 1.5m operations a year because of a drastic shortage of anaesthetists, a report reveals.More than 8 million patients are on waiting lists across En...

Andrew Gregory Health editor
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Mitch McConnell mystery deepens as health questions remain unanswered
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Mitch McConnell mystery deepens as health questions remain unanswered

Senator’s office has released only sparse details about hospital stay, leaving fevered speculation to fill vacuumMystery surrounding Senator Mitch McConnell’s health is deepening as the US Congress prepares to return from recess next week.McConnell, 84, has not been seen in public since he was admit...

David Smith in Washington
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Alfred Dreyfus statue to finally receive permanent home in central Paris
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Alfred Dreyfus statue to finally receive permanent home in central Paris

Sculpture of Jewish army officer wrongly accused of treason has been moved around the city for decadesFor 40 years, the statue of Capt Alfred Dreyfus has been moved around Paris, never finding a permanent home.The French army twice refused to allow it to stand at l’École Militaire, where Dreyfus, a...

Kim Willsher in Paris
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