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Count Binface on Clacton byelection: ‘I didn’t know old Farage was going to self-detonate’

Parody candidate, expected to be Reform leader’s only challenger for seat, suggests ‘perhaps it’s all a fever dream’Count Binface had been looking forward to a relaxing journey back to his home planet of Sigma IX when Nigel Farage dropped a political bombshell on Tuesday.Instead, Britain’s hottest n...

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Aid worker who organised World Cup screenings in Gaza killed in Israeli strike

Mohamed al-Wahidi died when a missile struck his taxi shortly before Egypt played Argentina in their last 16 matchA Palestinian aid worker who had organised screenings of World Cup matches in Gaza was killed by an Israeli missile strike just before the game between Egypt and Argentina on Tuesday ev...

Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger in Jerusalem 1 month ago

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Marine Le Pen will run for election in 2027. Will she have to wear an electronic tag?

Court clears way for RN leader to be presidential candidate after she was found guilty of overseeing a scheme that misused more than €4m of EU money• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSo she’s running. Written off by many after her conviction last year for embezzling publ...

Jon Henley, Europe correspondent 1 month ago

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City regulator urges judges to dismiss larger payout claims in car loans scandal

FCA clashes with consumer group pushing for bigger compensation, alleging lack of transparency and conflict of interest The City regulator is trying to get the only consumer group arguing for higher motor finance scandal payouts thrown out of court, alleging that its co-founders have not been transp...

Kalyeena Makortoff 1 month ago

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Starmer says Trump wants to ‘stay in touch’ after he steps down

PM suggests maintaining links with US president will be part of his continued responsibility to UK-US relationshipEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has agreed to stay in touch with Keir Starmer after he steps down from No 10 despite his increasingly tense relationship with the UK prime minist...

Pippa Crerar in Ankara 1 month ago

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Emmy nominations 2026: the list of key categories

With strong showings for newcomers Pluribus and Widow’s Bay, nominations for the 78th Emmys, hosted by Mariska Hargitay, are out ahead of the 14 September showEmmy nominations 2026: The Pitt and Hacks lead in an impressive year for HBOMariska Hargitay to host 78th Emmy awardsThe 2026 Emmy award nomi...

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Three arrested in fraud investigation at University of Greater Manchester

Police ‘exploring evidence’ of more than £1m in fraudulent activity involving 60 transactions and more than 1m emailsThree people have been arrested as part of an investigation into financial crimes involving the University of Greater Manchester, including allegations of fraud, bribery and money lau...

Richard Adams Education editor 1 month ago

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Trump asks judge not to order release of $5.8m payment to E Jean Carroll

Trump’s request stems from the supreme court’s 29 June decision not to review his appeal Donald Trump has asked a judge not to order the release of more than $5m in court-held funds that he owes E Jean Carroll in her successful 2023 sexual abuse and defamation civil trial against him.Trump had depos...

Victoria Bekiempis 1 month ago

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‘He did not deserve to die’: family of man fatally shot by ICE agent speaks out

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by agent in Texas while on his way to work, and family found out from news reportsThe family of a Mexican immigrant who was fatally shot by a federal immigration agent on Tuesday in Texas called for an independent investigation into his killing, as questions swirl a...

José Olivares 1 month ago

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Trump gives Zelenskyy vague promise of licence to manufacture Patriot missiles

Licence would be diplomatic coup for Kyiv but process of making munitions would likely be expensive, complex and longEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has told Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine may be allowed to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors to counter Russian ballistic attacks. It...

Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent 1 month ago

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The curse of Donald Trump: where he goes, sporting defeat follows

The USMNT’s World Cup crashout is the latest episode to suggest the support and intervention of Donald J Trump brings bad luckThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayBreaking a mirror. Walking under a ladder. Spilling salt. A black...

Adam Gabbatt 1 month ago

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Trump on rampage at Nato summit: what does it mean for Ukraine? – The Latest

The US president is in combative mood as Nato leaders meet for a two-day summit in Ankara. There are divisions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, defence spending, and the US-Israel war in Iran with signs of the fragile ceasefire collapsing.The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is holding talks w...

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Reform to ask for Clacton byelection to be held on 6 August after Farage resignation

Constituents to vote in contest being boycotted by major parties over financial scandal surrounding Reform leaderReform UK will request that the Clacton byelection be held on 6 August, the party has said, after Nigel Farage’s decision to resign from the seat.The Reform UK leader, who has represented...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent 1 month ago

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Oil prices rise sharply after Iran launches attacks on tankers near strait of Hormuz

Brent crude benchmark rose to more than $78 a barrel, its steepest increase since ceasefire beganOil markets have recorded the sharpest price rise in nearly two months after a series of attacks on fossil fuel tankers near the strait of Hormuz led Donald Trump to declare that the ceasefire deal with...

Jillian Ambrose 1 month ago

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Treasury yet to do due diligence on finding extra money for UK’s Nato spend

How to hit the 3.5% of GDP defence spending promise would be a matter for ‘the next prime minister’, MPs told The Treasury has as yet carried out no analysis of the trade-offs necessary for the UK to hit the 3.5% of GDP defence spending promise made to Nato, the department’s chief secretary has said...

Heather Stewart 1 month ago

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US judge throws out Trump’s $3.8bn defamation lawsuit against Washington Post

Suit stemmed from 2023 Post article that said bank with ties to the porn industry helped fund Trump’s media operationA federal judge in Florida has thrown out Donald Trump’s $3.8bn defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post over an article that said a bank with links to the pornography industry...

Richard Luscombe 1 month ago

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Australians with cancer are living longer but diagnosis rates on the rise for younger people, report reveals

Flagship health report also shows vaccine rates for children are falling, prompting concern from expertsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians with cancer are living longer than ever, a flagship health report has revealed, but falling childhood vaccination rates and i...

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Contaminated children’s play sand sold in Australia can release toxic airborne asbestos, research finds

Exclusive New study contradicts statements that play products removed from shelves because of asbestos concerns were ‘low risk’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastColourful children’s play sand that was sold in Australia while contaminated with asbestos can release hazardous a...

Catie McLeod Consumer affairs reporter 1 month ago

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Former UK information commissioner taking legal action against woman who flagged his conduct

John Edwards resigned in June after independent investigation following claims of sexual harassment and bullyingThe UK information commissioner who resigned over sexual harassment and bullying claims is understood to be taking legal action against a woman who flagged his conduct.The science and tech...

Robert Booth UK technology editor 1 month ago

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Photo of bound Palestinian detainee corroborates Israeli torture reports, say rights groups

Image of man in underwear, blindfold and bound to iron rod has been widely shared on social mediaMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesAn Israeli soldier’s photo of a Palestinian man from Gaza stripped to his underwear, blindfolded and bound face-down to an iron rod corroborates extensive reportin...

Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem 1 month ago

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Bank of England governor says he is ‘able to spot’ lobbying after Farage crypto meeting

Exclusive: Andrew Bailey says no policy changes were made as a result of pressure from crypto tycoon-backed Reform leaderUK politics live – latest updatesThe governor of the Bank of England has broken his silence about the pressure Nigel Farage put on him to drop a cryptocurrency policy that could b...

Tom Burgis 1 month ago

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Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water

Meta said it was working with officials to be a ‘good neighbor’ and drinking water supplies were not affectedOfficials in Wyoming said a contractor for Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company, Meta, flushed bacteria-contaminated water into public sewers during construction of a controversial new AI datacente...

Richard Luscombe 1 month ago

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Arizona man pleads guilty after illegally living in forest for years among ‘1,000lbs of trash’

Mark Gatz was arrested at illegal campsite in June and had faced multiple citations for residing in Tonto national forestA man in Arizona has pleaded guilty to violating federal fire restrictions and unlawfully residing in a national forest, after authorities said he spent years living at a makeshif...

Anna Betts 1 month ago

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UK judges begin hearing appeal over Trinidad and Tobago anti-gay law

Activist is challenging ruling last year that restored colonial-era homophobic law against same-sex intimacySome of the UK’s top judges are hearing arguments over whether a Trinidad and Tobago court had the legal right to overturn a 2018 ruling to remove colonial-era homophobic laws that criminalise...

Natricia Duncan, Kejan Haynes and Lisa O’Carroll 1 month ago

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