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At age 18, he’s already graduated law school. Now he wants to fight ‘extremely predatory’ social media companies
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At age 18, he’s already graduated law school. Now he wants to fight ‘extremely predatory’ social media companies

Jimmy Chilimigras graduated high school at 12 and is now pursuing a master of laws degree – and he wants to find ‘an area to do some good’A Mississippi teenager who in May became one of the youngest ever law school graduates says he wants to help reform US tax law as well as litigate against social...

Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans
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First Thing: Trump backs G7 statement on Iran deal as domestic criticism grows
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First Thing: Trump backs G7 statement on Iran deal as domestic criticism grows

Republicans question details of deal set to be signed later in the week as European leaders seek to join talks. Plus: can we refreeze the Arctic?Good morning.Donald Trump, facing severe criticism from some domestic supporters for conducting a war against Iran that has met hardly any of its original...

Martin Belam
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Electrical retailer AO shifts UK call centre roles to South Africa
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Electrical retailer AO shifts UK call centre roles to South Africa

About 150 jobs have already been lost in Bolton as company reports 145% rise in profits and hands £20m to shareholdersBusiness live – latest updatesThe online electrical goods seller AO World has revealed it is outsourcing up to 200 UK call centre roles to South Africa blaming rising labour costs, a...

Sarah Butler
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BBC boss warns of compulsory redundancies as first phase of cuts revealed
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BBC boss warns of compulsory redundancies as first phase of cuts revealed

Broadcast channels under review and 10% of senior leaders to go as part of drive to cut £500m in costsEntire BBC programmes will be scrapped and compulsory redundancies will be necessary as part of sweeping cuts at the corporation, its new director general, Matt Brittin, has told staff.The former Go...

Michael Savage Media editor
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Forced adoption survivors to get full apology from UK government, says Phillipson
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Forced adoption survivors to get full apology from UK government, says Phillipson

Education secretary describes historical practice in England as a ‘shameful period’ in country’s historyDowning Street is to make a full apology on behalf of the state to those affected by historic forced adoption in England, the education secretary has confirmed.Bridget Phillipson, giving evidence...

Sally Weale Education correspondent
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Lululemon apologises after Japanese drum row at Great Wall yoga event
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Lululemon apologises after Japanese drum row at Great Wall yoga event

Online uproar in China follows Canadian brand’s use of taiko drum at sponsored festival held to celebrate Chinese cultureThe activewear brand Lululemon has apologised after a promotional event held on the Great Wall of China appeared to mistakenly feature a Japanese drum, prompting an uproar.The Can...

Joanna Partridge
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January 6 defendants pursue millions in claims through obscure federal process
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January 6 defendants pursue millions in claims through obscure federal process

Federal Tort Claims Act, over which DoJ has total discretion, provides workaround to Trump’s $1.8bn slush fundJanuary 6 defendants who assaulted police officers are pursuing legal claims for millions in compensation from the Trump administration using an obscure federal process with minimal oversigh...

Sam Levine in New York
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Florida couple given wrong embryo will retain permanent custody of their child
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Florida couple given wrong embryo will retain permanent custody of their child

Steven Mills and Tiffany Score reached an agreement with the biological parents of their child after fertility clinic’s mix-upA Florida couple who learned they had been given the wrong embryo after their newborn, Shea, appeared to be of a different race, will retain permanent custody of the child.St...

Uwa Ede-Osifo
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Rapper Mystikal sentenced to 20 years in prison for third-degree rape
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Rapper Mystikal sentenced to 20 years in prison for third-degree rape

The Louisiana musician has now been sentenced, having pleaded guilty to the charge in MarchThe rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for third-degree rape.In March, the US musician born Michael Tyler pleaded guilty to the charge, having originally been charged with the more severe...

Laura Snapes
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Vietnam police rescue hundreds of cats stolen for meat by animal crime ring
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Vietnam police rescue hundreds of cats stolen for meat by animal crime ring

Major operation launched after spate of pet thefts in Ho Chi Minh City, according to local mediaPolice in Vietnam have rescued more than 400 cats in a major bust of a cat meat crime ring in Ho Chi Minh City, according to animal welfare groups and local media reports.More than 40 cats were reunited w...

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Labour came to power with no big idea for relations with EU, says former top diplomat
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Labour came to power with no big idea for relations with EU, says former top diplomat

Ivan Rogers, Britain’s EU ambassador from 2013 to 2017, says party’s ideas did not ‘remotely measure up’ to challengeUK politics live – latest updatesLabour arrived in power with no big idea on the future relationship with the EU, a former British ambassador to Brussels has said.Ivan Rogers, Britain...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
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Surprisingly benign UK inflation data signals a softer Iran war hit than feared
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Surprisingly benign UK inflation data signals a softer Iran war hit than feared

War’s impact on UK cost of living more muted than first forecast suggesting fuel price rises have failed to spill out more widely across UK plcUK inflation stays at 2.8% as slowing food prices offset transport costsBusiness live – latest updatesAs soon as Iran choked off oil supplies through the str...

Heather Stewart
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AFP investigates banner stunt during Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club speech
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AFP investigates banner stunt during Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club speech

Activist group GetUp claims responsibility for incident, saying ‘we thought the occasion deserved some honesty’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian federal police is investigating a protest incident during Pauline Hanson’s speech at the National Press Club after...

Sarah Basford Canales
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Seven-year-old Abdiqadir was hit in a US airstrike. Without a $750 operation, he may lose his ability to walk
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Seven-year-old Abdiqadir was hit in a US airstrike. Without a $750 operation, he may lose his ability to walk

Abdiqadir Salah was pierced by shrapnel in a bombing that killed 12 in Somalia. But as the US denies civilians were hurt they face no hope of compensationRead more: Killed walking home from school: why did Somali children become targets of US drone strikes?A seven-year-old boy who was riddled with s...

Mohamed Gabobe in Mogadishu and Mark Townsend
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Trump backs G7 leaders’ call for wider talks on Iranian missile programme
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Trump backs G7 leaders’ call for wider talks on Iranian missile programme

Joint statement welcomes Trump’s deal with Iran to end war and calls for further talks involving European leadersEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump has backed a joint G7 leaders’ statement that welcomes the deal he has struck with Iran but says a follow-on agreement is necessary to rein in Ira...

Patrick Wintour in Évian-les-Bains
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Jeremy Clarkson shares ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis
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Jeremy Clarkson shares ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis

Presenter warns viewers of ‘sombre news’ before release of Clarkson’s Farm episodes, shot last year, in which he goes for operationJeremy Clarkson has revealed he was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer last summer and had an operation to remove 10% of his prostate, eight months a...

Donna Ferguson
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Russian warship incident in Channel deeply concerning, says Starmer
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Russian warship incident in Channel deeply concerning, says Starmer

PM says firing of warning shots at yacht was reckless and UK is dealing with proxy attacks from Russia ‘every day’Warning shots fired by a Russian warship sailing across the Channel on Tuesday morning were “deeply concerning and reckless”, Keir Starmer said from the G7 summit on Wednesday as he warn...

Alexandra Topping in Évian-les-Bains and Dan Sabbagh
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