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Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert
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Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert

Well-preserved fourth-century quarters reveal details of daily life, urban development and economic activitiesArchaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a well-preserved Byzantine-era city in the western desert.The fourth-century quarters had residential and religious structures, including a basilica-st...

Nadeem Badshah
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Norfolk Island’s unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging
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Norfolk Island’s unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging

Exclusive: Most of the island’s corals are likely to be species that have not been formally described by science, researcher saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScientists fear unique corals that fringe Australia’s remote Norfolk Island could disappear because of a triple...

Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent
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Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal and nearby port
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Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal and nearby port

St Petersburg governor reports no victims after ‘large-scale’ overnight attack that also hit Baltic port of VysotskUkraine launched a big overnight drone attack on St Petersburg and the surrounding area, hitting the city’s oil terminal and port infrastructure in the wider region.The St Petersburg go...

Nadeem Badshah
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Tens of thousands march in London for annual Pride parade
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Tens of thousands march in London for annual Pride parade

More than 35,000 people from about 600 groups made their way from Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall via PiccadillyTens of thousands of people marched through central London for the annual LGBT+ Pride parade.Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, joined the crowd as they proceeded through the capital on Saturd...

Geraldine McKelvie
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In a pickle: US pickle company pulls out of DC fair over Confederate flag
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In a pickle: US pickle company pulls out of DC fair over Confederate flag

Mt Olive Pickle Company says it was unaware image of flag was included in exhibit, and cites value of ‘human dignity’A leading vendor of the US delicacy that is the pickle has withdrawn from the Great American State Fair in Washington DC after North Carolina’s booth displayed a video containing a Co...

Edward Helmore
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Three children dead after boat capsizes during storm in Wisconsin
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Three children dead after boat capsizes during storm in Wisconsin

Officials rescued seven other people after a sudden storm led to a boat sinking on Geneva LakeThree children died after a boat capsized on Wisconsin’s Geneva Lake during inclement weather on the eve of the US’s semiquincentennial celebrations, and seven other people had to be rescued by emergency re...

Gloria Oladipo
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Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up
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Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he did about SpaceX, which he also owns, in the run-up to the aerospace an...

Michael Goodier, Carmen Aguilar García, Aisha Down and Ben Quinn
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Week-long heatwave due in England with 34C peak in south-east
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Week-long heatwave due in England with 34C peak in south-east

Heat health alerts in place in most regions of England from Sunday to Saturday with mercury also rising in WalesAnother heatwave is on the way across parts of the UK with peak temperatures of 34C forecast.Temperatures in the south of England could reach 28C on Saturday, according to the Met Office....

Morgan Ofori
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Trump pardons 11 people on eve of country’s Fourth of July celebrations
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Trump pardons 11 people on eve of country’s Fourth of July celebrations

Pardons issued to nine people charged with violating Clean Air Act as extreme heat smothers much of USDonald Trump on Friday issued pardons to 11 people – two convicted fraudsters and nine charged with having violated the federal Clean Air Act by disabling or otherwise modifying trucks’ emissions co...

Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies
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Burnham will change No 10 ‘boys club’ briefing culture, says Lucy Powell
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Burnham will change No 10 ‘boys club’ briefing culture, says Lucy Powell

Deputy Labour leader says No 10 needs to become more meritocratic and has asked Burnham to commit to 50/50 gender split for ministers and staffAndy Burnham will change a “boys club” culture of factional briefings at No 10 which silenced critics, according to the deputy leader of the Labour party.Luc...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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What impact will Andy Burnham have on Zack Polanski and the Greens?
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What impact will Andy Burnham have on Zack Polanski and the Greens?

Voters disillusioned with Starmer’s Labour were tempted by the Greens – but Polanski’s party fears the affable, left-leaning Burnham could win them backThe shift was notable. A week after Keir Starmer said he would resign, YouGov polling showed Labour up two points and the Greens down by the same am...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
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Washington DC’s Fourth of July parade canceled due to soaring temperature
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Washington DC’s Fourth of July parade canceled due to soaring temperature

National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning as high temperatures have paralyzed the east coastOrganizers of Saturday’s Independence Day parade in Washington DC abruptly canceled the event late on the eve of the event, with sweltering temperatures in the nation’s capital and on the east c...

Edward Helmore
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Three-year-old injured in UK crocodile enclosure faces ‘long rehabilitation’
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Three-year-old injured in UK crocodile enclosure faces ‘long rehabilitation’

Boy who was allegedly thrown into the area at a Cambridgeshire zoo has undergone five surgeriesA three-year-old boy left seriously injured after being allegedly thrown into a crocodile enclosure has undergone five surgeries and faces a long “rehabilitation journey”.His family, who provided the updat...

Sammy Gecsoyler
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How the 1986 Mexico World Cup was almost cancelled after a devastating earthquake
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How the 1986 Mexico World Cup was almost cancelled after a devastating earthquake

Guardian reports after the disaster told of 5,000 deaths, much of the capital being razed, and doubts about Mexico hosting the finalsMexico last hosted the World Cup in 1986, but the competition was almost cancelled several months before the start when an earthquake struck the capital, Mexico City,...

compiled by Jason Rodrigues
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Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
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Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project

Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platformThe Merlin bird ID app will allow users to feed real-time bird identifications into one of the world’s biggest citizen-science biodiversity projects in an update it is hoped will aid conservation of...

Sandra Laville
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‘Emotional connection’: Wonderwall becomes England’s World Cup anthem
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‘Emotional connection’: Wonderwall becomes England’s World Cup anthem

Oasis tune has been sung from Texas to Massachusetts and soon in Mexico City – and the players have joined in tooIt has become England’s World Cup anthem more three decades after it was first released, being belted out by fans from Texas to Massachusetts.Wonderwall by Oasis will soon be heard in Mex...

Kevin Rawlinson
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UK woman, 21, arrested in Thailand after allegedly stabbing boyfriend to death
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UK woman, 21, arrested in Thailand after allegedly stabbing boyfriend to death

Officers found the body of a 34-year-old man in a luxury rental home in the Pattaya area, local media saysA 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Thailand after allegedly fatally stabbing her boyfriend, according to local media reports.The Bangkok Post reported that on Thursday morning loca...

Natasha May in Bangkok
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