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Skydiver dies after incident near Nottinghamshire airfield
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Skydiver dies after incident near Nottinghamshire airfield

Body of woman, 22, found in field in proximity of Langar airfield, where popular civilian skydiving centre operatesA 22-year-old skydiver has died after a skydiving incident near a Nottinghamshire airfield, police have confirmed.Emergency services were called to Langar airfield, a former RAF base, a...

Charlie Moloney
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Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’
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Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’

‘Haiti is a failed state’, says Carlos Giménez, congressman and Miami Cuban exile, after controversial court rulingCarlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, broke with the Trump administration on Sunday, calling on the White House to reconsider its push to eliminate temporary protected...

Edward Helmore
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AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper
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AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper

Exclusive: Foreign secretary warns of combined risks of AI, climate crisis, irregular migration and foreign interferenceArtificial intelligence poses a “Hiroshima”-style risk to humanity if governments do not agree to curb how it is developed, the foreign secretary has warned.Yvette Cooper urged cou...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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At least 25 people die in US as record heatwave scorches swaths of country
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At least 25 people die in US as record heatwave scorches swaths of country

More than 20 states reported temperatures above 100F as heat dome sits over eastern US during holiday weekendAt least about two dozen people have died amid the perilous climate crisis-driven heatwave that has scorched swaths of the US with record temperatures.As a huge heat dome sits over the county...

Lucy Campbell
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The Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s anti-Trump essay from 10 years ago
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The Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s anti-Trump essay from 10 years ago

Magazine invites readers to judge Vance’s ‘assessment’ of Trump, whom he called ‘cultural heroin’ during first termThe Atlantic on Saturday republished a JD Vance essay that dismissed Donald Trump as “cultural heroin” exactly 10 years earlier, bringing back to the fore his evolving from a critic of...

Lucy Campbell
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EasyJet agrees to £5bn takeover by US investment firm
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EasyJet agrees to £5bn takeover by US investment firm

Agreement in principle with Castlelake follows several rejected offers and means UK’s biggest low-cost carrier will be taken private EasyJet has agreed a £5bn takeover by US investment firm Castlelake that will see Britain’s biggest low-cost airline taken private.The companies announced an agreement...

Jasper Jolly
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FBI seized more than 600 drones flying over World Cup games in US cities
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FBI seized more than 600 drones flying over World Cup games in US cities

Agency says drones had been caught across all 11 US host cities in restricted airspace since tournament beganMore than 600 drones flying over restricted World Cup airspace in the US have been seized since the tournament began in June, the FBI said on Saturday – including 99 captured flying in Miami,...

Edward Helmore
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Iran seeks to tighten control over strait of Hormuz alongside Khamenei funeral
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Iran seeks to tighten control over strait of Hormuz alongside Khamenei funeral

IRGC warnings force ships to turn back as Tehran uses passages from Qur’an to send messages to Gulf delegationsThe diplomatic and military contest for control of the strait of Hormuz has intensified alongside the dramatic scenes of mourning for the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, with s...

Patrick Wintour in Tehran
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Delivery firm Evri sues BBC for £1.2m over Panorama documentary
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Delivery firm Evri sues BBC for £1.2m over Panorama documentary

Company seeks redress for contracts it says it has lost as a result of programme’s claims about its business practicesThe parcel delivery company Evri is suing the BBC for £1.2m over a documentary it claims caused it serious financial loss.Evri has filed particulars of claim at the high court which...

Jasper Jolly and agencies
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Trump’s $2bn bonanza heralds the rise of political grifters across the west
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Trump’s $2bn bonanza heralds the rise of political grifters across the west

With voters embracing leaders who brazenly monetise public office, experts say an ethical code is breaking downDonald Trump came to office in 2017 after decades of bankruptcies and business failures. Yes, he was rich, but his latest financial disclosure, published this week, suggests he will depart...

Tom Burgis
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Pioneer of ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism now says phrase unhelpful
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Pioneer of ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism now says phrase unhelpful

Exclusive: Prof Simon Baron-Cohen says his language was misunderstood and it is a myth that autistic people lack empathyThe scientist who pioneered the “extreme male brain” theory of autism has said he regrets characterising the condition in this way because the phrase lends itself to misunderstandi...

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
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Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts
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Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts

Exclusive: University moves and falling exam entries fuel concerns about opportunities for working-class pupilsCutting language courses at universities and schools risks undermining social mobility and vocational skills, former education secretaries and experts in the UK have warned.More than 70 lan...

Anna Bawden
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Nancy Pelosi’s husband could face charge after hitting parked car in California
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Nancy Pelosi’s husband could face charge after hitting parked car in California

Paul Pelosi could face misdemeanor charges over crash that left car with ‘major’ damage, authorities sayThe husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi was involved in a hit-and-run car crash in California that left a parked vehicle with “major” damage, authorities said on Saturday – and he could f...

Associated Press
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Gaza protests against two Democrats spark outcry and debate on tactics
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Gaza protests against two Democrats spark outcry and debate on tactics

Incidents involving California state senator Scott Wiener and New York congressman Dan Goldman underscore Israel-Palestine conflict’s role in US electionsTwo recent incidents involving US congressional candidates on opposite coasts have blown up into major controversies, underscoring how the Israel-...

Alice Speri
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Empty reservoirs, ladybirds and sunstroke: remembering the UK heatwave of 1976
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Empty reservoirs, ladybirds and sunstroke: remembering the UK heatwave of 1976

As Britain reached its hottest June temperature on record, readers recall the summer when temperatures hit 36CThe recent heatwave in the UK broke the previous June record of 35.6C, recorded during the 1976 heatwave.In Lingwood, Norfolk, a provisional temperature of 37.7C was recorded on Friday 26 Ju...

Alfie Packham and Jane Clinton
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At least eight shot, including four children, in New York’s Coney Island
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At least eight shot, including four children, in New York’s Coney Island

Incident took place late in the evening on Independence Day with one victim said to be in a critical conditionAt ⁠least eight people, including four children, were shot and injured during the ⁠US ​Independence Day holiday in New York City’s Coney Island neighbourhood, ABC News ⁠said on Sunday, citin...

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Nigel Farage did not declare gifts from crypto entrepreneur convicted of fraud
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Nigel Farage did not declare gifts from crypto entrepreneur convicted of fraud

Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick says Farage accepted staff, security and accommodation from George Cottrell before becoming an MPNigel Farage did not declare gifts and benefits provided by a crypto entrepreneur who has previously been convicted of fraud, Reform’s economic spokesperson has admitted.Robert...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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