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Vehicle hits crowd in Cabo San Lucas after Mexico’s World Cup victory over Czechia

17 people injured after car drives through crowdDriver arrested following incident in tourist resortMore than a dozen people were injured on Wednesday night ⁠when a vehicle ⁠drove through ​a crowd in the popular tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas during a celebration of ⁠Mexico’s World Cup match victo...

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Trump to meet House speaker in attempt to break legislative gridlock – US politics live

Trump suddenly scrapped the signing of a pivotal bipartisan housing bill yesterday, demanding the Senate pass his voter ID bill Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog.A dramatic day is in store in Washington DC as Donald Trump heads for a crucial meeting with Mike Johnson, the House speaker,...

Lucy Campbell (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) 2 months ago

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‘Act on the evidence outside the window’: Andy Burnham urged to stick to net zero targets if he becomes PM

Burnham is coming under pressure from some to ditch net zero targets but this could be highly damaging on many levelsUK politics live – latest updatesBritain’s net zero economy is booming. The sector is worth £100bn a year to the UK, has outpaced other sectors, and supports higher-paying jobs than t...

Fiona Harvey Environment editor 2 months ago

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Salisbury house where Skripal was poisoned with novichok up for sale

Estate agent is offering 30% share in former Russian spy’s house for £114,000, with the rest owned by councilThe house in Salisbury where the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok is up for sale.A 30% shared ownership of the house on Christie Miller Road is bei...

Steven Morris 2 months ago

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Reform UK plan to target EU nationals based in Britain ‘absolutely outrageous’

Exclusive: Rights group says Nigel Farage’s party is reneging on promises made during the Brexit referendum campaignUK politics live – latest updatesEU nationals based permanently in the UK have expressed alarm over a Reform UK plan to target their rights to accommodation and employment, saying the...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent 2 months ago

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Police investigating death of man on Jet2 flight from Larnaca to Manchester

Officers looking into reports the man had been ‘aggressive and disruptive’ and that passengers had restrained himA police investigation has been launched after a man on a Jet2 flight died after reportedly being restrained by passengers.A spokesperson for Greater Manchester police confirmed the death...

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent 2 months ago

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Highest June minimum temperature record broken in Cardiff as ‘savage’ heatwave continues

Thermometer shows 23.5C overnight in Welsh capital as climate crisis makes such extreme temperatures more severe and more likelyEurope live – latest updatesA sweltering night in Cardiff has broken another new UK heat record as brutally hot conditions continue across England and Wales. Temperatures o...

Damian Carrington Environment editor 2 months ago

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Hospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heat

Extreme weather breaks MRI scanners and cooling units, as workload rises for sleep-deprived staff on sweltering wardsDoctors have sounded the alarm over the disastrous impact of extreme heat on the NHS in England, with radiotherapy machines and MRI scanners failing, critical IT systems stalling and...

Andrew Gregory Health editor 2 months ago

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Would-be physician assistants deterred by strict caps on US student loans

Advocates condemn change that caps loans at $20,500 per year – less than half median annual cost of PA programStrict new caps on federal student loans are causing would-be physician assistants to reconsider training, groups representing physician assistants said.An overhaul of the federal student lo...

Jessica Glenza 2 months ago

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Powerful earthquakes rock Venezuela as death toll reaches 164 | First Thing

Buildings collapse after double quakes of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude. Plus, the apartment renters facing a tide of feesGood morning.Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, has declared a state of emergency after the country was struck by two powerful earthquakes that collapsed dozens of buildings, k...

Jem Bartholomew 2 months ago

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Rome airports threaten to suspend new EU passport system to avoid summer ‘disaster’

Airports CEO says letting non-EU passengers skip entry-exit system would be only way to avoid peak season travel chaosRome’s airports will have to suspend the EU’s new digital border system for non-EU citizens to avoid a “disaster” during the peak tourism summer months, according to the head of the...

Julia Kollewe 2 months ago

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Datacentres facing increase in global climate-related legal cases, report finds

LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollutionThe proliferation of datacentres and AI is increasingly at the forefront of environmental litigation around the world from Chile to Ireland, a report has found.In an analysis of about 3,600 climate-relate...

Isabella Kaminski 2 months ago

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US renters call for action to combat surge of ‘take it or leave it’ apartment fees

Tenants push for tougher rules against unfair add-on charges. Industry players argue against policies that they say could limit the ‘effective use of fees’‘Extremely overwhelmed’: apartment renters face rising tide of feesAcross the US, many renters are calling for national action to stem add-on cha...

Tracie McMillan 2 months ago

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Louisiana sheriff retires after pleading guilty to beating podcaster who often criticized him

Randy Smith’s resignation was part of plea deal after attack on podcaster Bobby Couvillion at a Madisonville restaurantA suburban New Orleans sheriff who had held one of his community’s most prominent political offices for a decade has retired shortly after pleading guilty to battering a podcaster w...

Ramon Antonio Vargas 2 months ago

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Bodies in Nottingham NHS trust mortuary in state of ‘advanced deterioration’, inspectors say

Human Tissue Authority says bodies not transferred to freezer in time due to insufficient storage needsBodies in the mortuary at the NHS trust at the centre of the health services biggest ever maternity care scandal were found in a state of “advanced deterioration” due to not being transferred to a...

Donna Ferguson 2 months ago

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UK to halve tariff-free steel imports to counter glut of cheap Chinese metal

Duty on imports outside new quota will double in move echoed by similar changes in EU limitsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK government will halve the amount of tariff-free steel imports allowed in an attempt to counter a global oversupply of cheap Chinese metal and boost its beleaguered local i...

Lisa O’Carroll and Jasper Jolly 2 months ago

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JD Vance is the face of the beleaguered Iran deal – is he its fall guy?

The vice-president, leading a foundering peace deal to end the kind war he’s opposed in the past, is left holding the bagJD Vance has taken the greatest gamble of his vice-presidency by making himself the face of the Iran ceasefire deal – a shaky agreement that already seems to be unraveling at the...

Andrew Rothin Washington 2 months ago

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Elizabeth Warren says ‘frenzy’ of mergers under Trump could be reversed

Senator warns of ‘tsunami of anger’ against big companies and suggests future administrations may undo key dealsDemocratic senator Elizabeth Warren has warned that corporate mergers approved by the Trump administration – including a pending deal that would put two of America’s largest news outlets u...

Chris Stein in Washington 2 months ago

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EasyJet opens talks with Castlelake after rejecting £4.9bn takeover offer

British carrier says it hopes to receive ‘more attractive proposal that better reflects the value of easyJet’Business live – latest updatesEasyJet has opened talks with Castlelake, despite rejecting a fourth takeover offer worth £4.9bn from the US investment firm, as the airline said it would open i...

Julia Kollewe 2 months ago

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Reeves backs Burnham to be PM despite reports she may be offered only junior role

Allies of Reeves lobby to keep her as chancellor as the ‘stable’ choice while Wes Streeting and Ed Miliband also in the pictureUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has given her support to Andy Burnham to be the next prime minister, despite reports that she is likely to be moved out of the...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent 2 months ago

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Hot Mess and Acid’s Reign: the romcom and queer cabaret spotlighting climate crisis

A blooming new wave of musical theatre is exploring the plight of the planet with a playful and hopeful approachEarth is a single woman with a lot to give; Humanity is a charismatic bad boy who turns out to be an inveterate taker. Their toxic relationship is told in Hot Mess, a musical created by Ja...

Arifa Akbar 2 months ago

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Europe braced for another day of extreme heat as warnings issued across UK, France and Italy – live

UK June heat record could be broken for the second consecutive dayParis mayor Emmanuel Gregoire said there had been an “increase in mortality” in the capital owing to the heatwave, without giving any figures, AFP reported.He said “pretty much all our indicators are in a critical state”, including ca...

Jakub Krupa 2 months ago

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Reeves hints she accepts Burnham will not keep her as chancellor – UK politics live

Reeves refused to say whether she would accept a more junior job in cabinet if Burnham offered her oneGood morning. Rachel Reeves now seems to resigned to losing her job as chancellor when Andy Burnham becomes PM, probably three weeks tomorrow. She had reportedly been angling to stay in post, but sh...

Andrew Sparrow 2 months ago

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‘More relevant than making fires’: Explorer Scouts launch badges for AI and digital age

Content creation and online safety among new topics for 14- to 18-year-olds – but tweaks may be needed when social media ban comes inScouts are introducing badges in content creation, digital communication and online safety after consulting nearly 3,000 teenagers who said they wanted skills to help...

Amelia Hill 2 months ago

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