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Cuban economy needs ‘urgent changes’ as US blockade deepens crisis, says president
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Cuban economy needs ‘urgent changes’ as US blockade deepens crisis, says president

Miguel Díaz-Canel cites China and Vietnam as possible models for opening up the country’s economyCuba’s economy needs “urgent changes” to overcome a major crisis intensified by a US oil blockade, president Miguel Díaz-Canel said in a speech to Communist party leaders. “The situation calls for urgen...

Agence France-Press in Havana
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Anger at ‘send them back’ chants by rightwing MEPs after EU migration law vote
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Anger at ‘send them back’ chants by rightwing MEPs after EU migration law vote

Other lawmakers respond with ‘shame on you’ in heated confrontation over passing of plan to increase deportationsRightwing MEPs have come under fire after they celebrated a vote aimed at increasing deportations across the EU with chants of “send them back”, leading other lawmakers to respond with cr...

Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent
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Border Force officer and Hong Kong trade official jailed for spying for China
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Border Force officer and Hong Kong trade official jailed for spying for China

Peter Wai and Bill Yuen sentenced to 10 and eight years at Old Bailey in first convictions under National Security ActA UK Border Force officer and a Hong Kong trade official based in London have been jailed for spying for China in what is the first such conviction in British criminal history.Peter...

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter
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Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
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Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol

Show features characters and sets from likes of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep and celebrates roots in cityAardman’s most famous characters, Wallace and Gromit, may be denizens of northern England but the studio’s deep-rooted connection to the south-west of the UK is being celebrated in a ne...

Steven Morris
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Tropical Storm Arthur downgraded from cyclone as it makes landfall in Texas
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Tropical Storm Arthur downgraded from cyclone as it makes landfall in Texas

Several inches of rain expected in south-eastern US as forecasters expect storm to cause life-threatening floodingTropical Storm Arthur was downgraded from a cyclone to a low pressure area along the upper Texas coast as it made landfall and lost wind intensity on Thursday.Forecasters still expect th...

Michael Sainato
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Leading figures from Eton college to attend rightwing London summit
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Leading figures from Eton college to attend rightwing London summit

Exclusive: Event co-founded by Jordan Peterson will bring together global populist-right figures, US state officials and Eton teachersThe Reform UK MPs Sarah Pochin and Andrew Rosindell will be there. As will a plethora of Reform advisers, backroom staff and figures such as Ben Delo, a British crypt...

Ben Quinn Political Correspondent
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Man charged with hate crime over cross burning in Chicago park
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Man charged with hate crime over cross burning in Chicago park

Merlin Lu faces felony and misdemeanor charges after police released images of a suspect fleeing the sceneA 21- year old man who admitted to setting fire to a cross in Chicago’s Grant Park last week is now in police custody on hate crime charges, per Chicago police.Merlin Lu was arrested and charged...

Michael Sainato
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FDA panel considers a first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology
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FDA panel considers a first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

Moderna seeks FDA approval of its new shot, mFlusvia, as option for 50 and olderUS health advisers are debating a new kind of flu vaccine Thursday, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the Covid-19 pandemic.Moderna is seeking Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval...

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Amber heat warnings issued for parts of southern England
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Amber heat warnings issued for parts of southern England

Temperatures expected to hit 30C on Friday and remain high over weekend as second heatwave in three weeks approaches Amber heat warnings have been issued for parts of southern England as a second heatwave in the space of three weeks approaches.Temperatures are expected to climb to 30C on Friday, rem...

Matty Edwards
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‘Mistreatment became normality,’ inquiry into Muckamore Abbey hospital abuse finds
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‘Mistreatment became normality,’ inquiry into Muckamore Abbey hospital abuse finds

Vulnerable adults suffered broken bones and severe neglect in Northern Irish hospital at centre of major police investigationA major inquiry into the abuse of vulnerable adults at Muckamore Abbey hospital, in Northern Ireland, has found “mistreatment became a normality” and patients suffered black e...

Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent
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Whole life order given to UK teacher who sexually abused and murdered adopted baby
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Whole life order given to UK teacher who sexually abused and murdered adopted baby

Jamie Varley jailed for life and partner John McGowan-Fazakerley jailed for 25 years over death of Preston DaveyA secondary school teacher has been jailed for life for sexually abusing and murdering the baby boy he was adopting with his partner.Jamie Varley, 37, was sentenced to a whole life order b...

Mark Brown North of England correspondent
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Choppy waters ahead as Iceland gets ready for its own EU referendum
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Choppy waters ahead as Iceland gets ready for its own EU referendum

In this week’s newsletter: After Trump’s interventions over Greenland, there are many in Iceland who believe they would be stronger in the EU. But will its recent history of independence win out?• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAs the UK marks the tenth anniversary of...

Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent
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Teenager dies after being thrown from horse-drawn carriage in Central Park
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Teenager dies after being thrown from horse-drawn carriage in Central Park

New York police department say teenager thrown to the ground when horse bolted away from its driverA teenager thrown to the ground Wednesday when a Central Park carriage horse bolted away from its driver has died, according to police.The 18-year-old was riding in the horse-drawn carriage with three...

Associated Press
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Bank of England keeps interest rates at 3.75% as Iran conflict weighs on economy
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Bank of England keeps interest rates at 3.75% as Iran conflict weighs on economy

Higher energy costs due to the closure of strait of Hormuz are expected to boost inflation and slow UK growthBusiness live – latest updatesBank of England policymakers have left interest rates on hold at 3.75%, as they continue to weigh the impact of the Iran conflict on the economy.The decision had...

Heather Stewart
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Trump signs deal that Iran labels ‘a record of US failure’ | First Thing
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Trump signs deal that Iran labels ‘a record of US failure’ | First Thing

President hails ‘major win’ for US as he attempts to exit war having failed to achieve regime change in Tehran. Plus: an investigation into the murky world of OnlyFans ‘managers’Good morning.Donald Trump has signed a 14-point agreement with Iran, claiming it delivered a “major win” for the US – even...

Martin Belam
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