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Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband
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Progressive economists reject Unite leader’s criticism of Ed Miliband

Sharon Graham is urged to withdraw her claim that the energy secretary would cost jobs if he became chancellorMore than 40 progressive economists have written to Sharon Graham, the leader of Unite, rejecting her claim that Ed Miliband would destroy jobs if he becomes the next chancellor.With Andy Bu...

Heather Stewart Economics editor
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Failure to plan for rising temperatures has left UK’s schools sweltering
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Failure to plan for rising temperatures has left UK’s schools sweltering

Many buildings are in use past their predicted lifespans, but even newer designs lack measures to beat heatTo see the UK’s failure to plan for the impacts of climate crisis, look no further than Beaconsfield primary school in west London – where a building more than 100 years old copes with extreme...

Richard Adams and Fiona Harvey
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Trafalgar Square’s St Martin-in-the-Fields gives up secrets of its stones
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Trafalgar Square’s St Martin-in-the-Fields gives up secrets of its stones

Church marks 300 years with exhibition and online archive telling of UK’s first Black voters, and history of compassion and protestFrom a family of chimney sweeps including one of Britain’s two earliest documented Black voters, to the mystery of a 19-year-old youth believed enslaved, St Martin-in-th...

Caroline Davies
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Different sperm whale ‘dialects’ detected on separate sides of the Mediterranean
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Different sperm whale ‘dialects’ detected on separate sides of the Mediterranean

Matriarchal groups in east and west exhibit distinct click patterns, used to form social structuresFrom “Howdy” to “G’day”, English – like other languages – is rich in dialects. Now researchers have found sperm whales on different sides of the Mediterranean show similar variations in their vocalisat...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent
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Play puts spotlight on Kenya’s crisis of gender-based violence
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Play puts spotlight on Kenya’s crisis of gender-based violence

Autobiographical work Free Me aims to encourage victims to speak out in country where violence against women is risingThere are audible gasps in the auditorium in Nairobi as a husband launches a volley of blows and slaps on his wife and pushes her to the floor. “I wish I could spare you this,” the w...

Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi. Photographs by Esther Sweeney
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Mamdani-backed candidates sweep Democratic primaries in New York City
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Mamdani-backed candidates sweep Democratic primaries in New York City

JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg fails to advance in election to replace Jerry Nadler in Manhattan districtZohran Mamdani’s growing influence over the Democratic party was on show in New York City on Tuesday as three congressional candidates endorsed by New York’s democratic socialist mayor won close...

Adam Gabbatt in New York
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Admiral fired in Hegseth purge wins Democratic primary in South Carolina
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Admiral fired in Hegseth purge wins Democratic primary in South Carolina

Nancy Lacore will spearhead effort to flip Republican House seat in November’s midterm electionsA three-star navy rear-admiral fired by Pete Hegseth last year in the defense secretary’s purge of senior US military officials has won the Democratic primary in a closely watched congressional race.Nancy...

Guardian staff
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Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastest
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Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastest

China’s LineShine debuts at number one in Top500 – a list sometimes viewed as a national measure of global tech prowessA supercomputer in China now outranks its US counterparts as the world’s most powerful. It is the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as...

Guardian staff
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Federal judge blocks Trump policy that allows immigration court arrests
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Federal judge blocks Trump policy that allows immigration court arrests

Judge vacates administrations policies, finding actions of ICE and another government arm ‘arbitrary and capricious’A federal ⁠judge in California vacated the ⁠Trump administration’s ​nationwide policies expanding arrests at immigration courthouses and the duration for detaining noncitizens in short...

Reuters
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Woman attacked by shark at Coogee beach wakes briefly from coma to say three words
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Woman attacked by shark at Coogee beach wakes briefly from coma to say three words

‘I love you,’ Leah Stewart told her mother and partner after being extubated on TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman attacked by a shark at Sydney’s Coogee beach has uttered her first words after waking from a...

Achol Arok and AAP
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House gives final approval to bipartisan housing bill aimed at lowering costs
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House gives final approval to bipartisan housing bill aimed at lowering costs

Donald Trump has indicated he will sign rare bipartisan initiative to tackle affordability after 358-32 vote in HouseThe House gave final approval on Tuesday to a broad bipartisan bill aimed at lowering the cost of housing, with lawmakers in both parties eager to show progress on affordability issue...

Associated Press
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Trump’s acting intelligence chief fires dozens of staff members – report
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Trump’s acting intelligence chief fires dozens of staff members – report

Firings come less than a week after US president appointed Bill Pulte as acting director after Tulsi Gabbard left the postSeveral staff members have reportedly been fired from the US office of the director of national intelligence (DNI), multiple outlets have reported. These firings come less than a...

Abené Clayton
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Man arrested near Trump’s reflecting pool plans to fight obscenity charge
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Man arrested near Trump’s reflecting pool plans to fight obscenity charge

Christian Miles berated Oklahoma state troopers near Washington DC landmark subject to botched renovationA Washington DC resident arrested this week near the National Mall’s reflecting pool told the Guardian he planned to fight the charges, as Donald Trump continues to blame vandals for the botched...

Robert Mackey
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Weakening UK net zero policy would damage economy, chief climate adviser says
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Weakening UK net zero policy would damage economy, chief climate adviser says

Climate Change Committee chair Nigel Topping says U-turns damage investor confidence and disrupt businessesWeakening the UK’s net zero policy would disrupt business and damage the economy, the UK’s chief climate adviser has warned.Nigel Topping, chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), said: “Th...

Fiona Harvey Environment editor
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Adidas, Uniqlo and Calvin Klein ads banned over ‘recycled’ clothing claims
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Adidas, Uniqlo and Calvin Klein ads banned over ‘recycled’ clothing claims

UK regulator has increased its scrutiny of fashion retailers over potentially misleading environmental statementsAds for Calvin Klein, Adidas and Uniqlo promoting “recycled” clothing and shoes have been banned by the UK watchdog after the advertisers were unable to prove their green claims.Each of t...

Mark Sweney
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Deaths linked to London air pollution have fallen 40%, study estimates
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Deaths linked to London air pollution have fallen 40%, study estimates

However, Imperial College team also find that pollution has worse health impact than previously understoodDeaths linked to air pollution fell by an estimated 40% in London over the five years from 2019, according to new analysis.The city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, welcomed what he called “overwhelming evi...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff
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Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff

Decision is one of Makerfield MP’s most significant since his Westminster return as he builds his team for governmentAndy Burnham has chosen his Blairite former colleague James Purnell as his chief of staff, the Guardian understands, as he begins to finalise his team for government.The Makerfield MP...

Kiran Stacey and Jessica Elgot
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Card payments outage hits pubs and shops during England match
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Card payments outage hits pubs and shops during England match

Customers report having to use cash at stores such as Tesco and to buy drinks due to outage at payments processor WorldPayShoppers reported problems with making card payments at British pubs and supermarkets on Tuesday after a power outage affected one of the world’s largest payment processing platf...

Nadeem Badshah
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