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German swimming lake criticised for ban on non-German speakers
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German swimming lake criticised for ban on non-German speakers

Policy at Heidesee lake in Halle introduced after cases in which visitors ignored rules and lifeguards’ instructionsAn open air swimming lake in the eastern German city of Halle which has refused entry to bathers who don’t speak German has been told it must lift the ban or face possible legal action...

Kate Connolly in Berlin
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A decade after the Brexit vote, Europe has moved on even if Britain hasn’t
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A decade after the Brexit vote, Europe has moved on even if Britain hasn’t

In this week’s newsletter: As the EU consolidates,​ t​he UK faces renewed debate ​over the long‑term shape of its relationship with the continent• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe morning of 24 June 2016, the day after Britain voted to leave the EU, dawned grey and o...

Jennifer Rankin Brussels correspondent
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Dior mashes up laid-back ‘indie sleaze’ with elegant luxury
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Dior mashes up laid-back ‘indie sleaze’ with elegant luxury

Jonathan Anderson’s golden touch is on display in Paris with mix of metallics, brooches and ripped jeansFashion brands were tuned to the weather forecast in Paris in the run-up to the menswear shows this week – and aware temperatures would reach 40C on Wednesday. This weekend a decision was made – t...

Lauren Cochrane in Paris
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Top army general who was last US soldier to leave Afghanistan abruptly steps down
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Top army general who was last US soldier to leave Afghanistan abruptly steps down

Gen Christopher Donahue, commander of forces in Europe and Africa, is leaving after just 18 months in the jobThe army’s commander of its forces in Europe and Africa – who was famously the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021 – is unexpectedly stepping down from his post after just 18 m...

Associated Press
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Andy Burnham plans to move parts of No 10 operation to Manchester
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Andy Burnham plans to move parts of No 10 operation to Manchester

Makerfield MP considering northern base for PM’s office among measures to devolve power away from LondonUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is planning to move parts of the No 10 operation to Manchester as part of measures to devolve power away from London.The Makerfield MP will say next w...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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Driven to succeed: meet London’s youngest black-cab driver
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Driven to succeed: meet London’s youngest black-cab driver

Bahrain Mujagata is just 21 years old and balances taxi driving with university studies and acting classes“I’ve got T-shirts older than you!” The joke draws laughter from a table of black-cab drivers gathered in the Astral cafe on Regency Place in Westminster. Around the table, cabbies swap stories...

Sundus Abdi
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Gracie the giraffe who loves to wander found safe after search with community help
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Gracie the giraffe who loves to wander found safe after search with community help

Local sheriff’s office appealed for citizens to keep their eye out for Gracie’s ‘rounded ears’ – to distinguish from any other missing giraffesFor almost two weeks, residents of a rural Texas county have been looking, mostly up, for a missing giraffe called Gracie that wandered off from a private ga...

Richard Luscombe
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Camp Mystic files for bankruptcy after 28 people died in 2025 Texas floods
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Camp Mystic files for bankruptcy after 28 people died in 2025 Texas floods

Camp owners said total debt exceeds $10m in chapter 11 filing after catastrophic flood last JulyCamp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 28 people died in a catastrophic flood last July, has filed for bankruptcy, according to court records.In a Chapter 11 filing, submitted Wednesday in...

Anna Betts
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The Warriors come out to Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda musical
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The Warriors come out to Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda musical

Miranda and Eisa Davis’s concept album based on the 1979 film is to be realised for the stage, co-directed by Jenny Koons and Hamilton’s Andy BlankenbuehlerLin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’s concept album based on The Warriors, the cult novel and film about warring New York gangs, is to become a Br...

Chris Wiegand
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Pair admit manslaughter after poisoning men in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire
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Pair admit manslaughter after poisoning men in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire

Woman posed as sex worker and drugged men in order to steal from them with accompliceA woman posed as a sex worker and administered a deadly amount of sedative to two men so that she and an accomplice could steal from them.Adina Mihai, 31, and Madalin Dumitru, 30, admitted the manslaughter of an 80-...

Steven Morris
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Zohran Mamdani has lost none of his political magic
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Zohran Mamdani has lost none of his political magic

The New York Knicks might have won in five, but the city’s mayor did it in three: a trio of candidates backed by Mamdani appear set to land seats in US CongressUS politics live – latest updatesA man or a movement? That was the question being asked when Zohran Mamdani gambled his political capital on...

David Smith in Washington
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Bahraini award to UK envoy shows ‘our diplomats are up for grabs’, says peer
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Bahraini award to UK envoy shows ‘our diplomats are up for grabs’, says peer

Rights activists call UK ambassador ‘morally compromised’ for accepting honour from Bahraini king in apparent breach of Foreign Office rulesThe British ambassador to Bahrain has been accused of breaching government rules over accepting an award by the Gulf state’s king, a move critics suggest signal...

Geneva Abdul
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France confirms first Ebola case in doctor who had worked in DRC
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France confirms first Ebola case in doctor who had worked in DRC

French health ministry says patient’s contacts are being traced and that risk to European public is very lowThe first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France, the country’s health ministry has said, in a doctor who had returned from a humanitarian mission to an area affected by the outbreak in th...

Rachel Savage and agencies
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Farm workers at high risk amid screwworm outbreak in US south-west
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Farm workers at high risk amid screwworm outbreak in US south-west

Those who work with animals are at greater risk for infection, but face challenges in accessing healthcareAgricultural workers are among the highest risk group for human infection during the screwworm outbreak in the American south, yet they frequently face challenges in accessing public health – an...

Melody Schreiber
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Louis Vuitton brings the beach to Paris in near 40C heat
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Louis Vuitton brings the beach to Paris in near 40C heat

Pharrell Williams’s menswear collection had a surf theme, while Saint Laurent models wore skinny suitsIn temperatures close to 40C, most of Paris would have loved to go to the beach this week. Guests at the Louis Vuitton show got the look at least – the ground was covered with sand and there was a h...

Lauren Cochrane
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Meta pauses employee tracker for AI training amid privacy concerns
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Meta pauses employee tracker for AI training amid privacy concerns

About 1,600 workers signed petition against tool that tracked staff keystrokes, mouse clicks and computer screen contentMark Zuckerberg’s Meta has paused a program that tracked employees’ computer activity amid data privacy concerns and a staff backlash.The owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp...

Dan Milmo Global technology editor
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Why off-duty cops in second jobs ‘kill and die more’ in recession-hit Argentina
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Why off-duty cops in second jobs ‘kill and die more’ in recession-hit Argentina

Growing number of cases involve police working as rideshare drivers while carrying government-issued gunsWhen the gap between his salary and his family’s basic expenses began widening dramatically, Diego – like many other Argentinians – started working as a rideshare driver on top of his day job. He...

Josefina Salomón and Patricio A. Cabezas in Buenos Aires
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