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‘Ugly in a beautiful way’: Denmark’s Mullet Championship celebrates divisive hairstyle

Danish follicle rebels go head to head in competition for best short-in-the-front long-in-the-back cutBusiness in the front, party in the back. A packed Danish crowd has celebrated the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle, defined by very short hair at the front and longer hair at the back.De...

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UK readies sanctions against Israel to deter proposed illegal West Bank settlement

Move comes as 137 Labour MPs sign letter demanding ‘urgent, concrete action’ to stop settler violenceThe UK Foreign Office and a group of western countries are due to announce a package of sanctions against Israel this week designed to deter companies from becoming involved in a new proposed West Ba...

Patrick Wintour, Alexandra Topping and Jessica Elgot 2 months ago

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Trump refuses to rule out using ‘anti-weaponization’ fund for Capitol rioters who attacked police

US president says ‘I’d pay the kind of money they deserve’ amid questions over his administration establishing fundDonald Trump declined on Sunday to definitively rule out compensating individuals who were charged with assaulting police officers when his supporters attacked the US Capitol on 6 Janua...

Marina Dunbar 2 months ago

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Thousands march for French schoolgirl murdered after police failed to question suspect

Jérôme Barella had been accused of rape in months before murder but series of delays meant police had failed to summon him for questioningThousands of mourners have turned out for a silent march for a 11-year-old schoolgirl whose murder prompted widespread outrage when it emerged police had failed t...

Kim Willsher 2 months ago

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Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’

Anchor who was fired accuses editor-in-chief of requesting changes to report that video of shooting did not supportFired CBS 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley has accused editorial management at his old network of interfering with a broadcast segment looking at an immigration officer’s killing of Minne...

Edward Helmore 2 months ago

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Israel escalates war against Hezbollah with airstrikes on Beirut suburbs

Attack on ‘terrorist headquarters’ comes as Trump says he will not demand Lebanon is included in ceasefire dealIsrael has carried out airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, the most serious escalation in its war with Hezbollah since a ceasefire was established in mid-April.The strike hit two...

William Christou in Beirut 2 months ago

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Search for suspects continues after 12 people shot near festival in Toledo, Ohio

Search enters second day after Saturday shooting that wounded 12, two reported in critical condition, police sayOrganizers of a festival in the historic center of Toledo, Ohio, have cancelled planned events on Sunday as police continue the search for at least two shooters who wounded 12 people a day...

Edward Helmore 2 months ago

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‘Significant breakthrough’: NHS hospitals adopt faster, more accurate bladder cancer test

Five hospitals in England and Wales have switched to test taken at home, rather than invasive hospital procedureNHS hospitals are using a new way of diagnosing bladder cancer that is faster, more accurate and more convenient for patients than the existing test.Doctors said the Galeas bladder test wa...

Denis Campbell Health policy editor 2 months ago

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Lenny Henry says racism in UK ‘still at large’ as he tours standup comeback

Comedian is doing first tour in more than 15 years and says many issues he talked about in 1980s are still alive todayLenny Henry has said racism is “still at large” as he does his first standup tour in more than 15 years.Henry, best known for The Lenny Henry Show, which ran from 1984 to 2005, said...

Nadia Khomami and agency 2 months ago

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Case of Texas woman on death row over grisly murder back in spotlight

New film revives story of Taylor Parker, convicted in 2022 of cutting unborn daughter from womb of friend she killedIn an America so often saturated with brutal crime stories, it takes special circumstances to truly register shock.But the story of Taylor Parker, now sitting on a Texas death row afte...

Edward Helmore in New York 2 months ago

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Middle East crisis live: Israel strikes southern Beirut days after ceasefire agreement with Lebanon

Israel claimed it was attacking Hezbollah command centers in response to attacks on northern IsraelIsrael had already struck the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital at least twice since the first agreement between Lebanon and Israel went into effect as part of the 17 April ceasefire, under whic...

Yohannes Lowe 2 months ago

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FBI fires several analysts tied to disputed ‘Catholic ideology’ memo

Firings are part of a broader personnel purge under under the leadership of director Kash Patel, a Trump loyalistSeveral FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic “violent extremists” were fired on Friday, according to their lawyer, the latest wave...

Associated Press 2 months ago

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As US turns 250, Trump adds fuel to battles over monuments and memory

Proposed memorials have become flashpoints in a wider struggle over history and political powerDisputes provoked by public monuments, flags and symbols are intensifying as the US’s 250th birthday approaches next month, and none are so contentious as those proposed by Donald Trump.Among the recent pr...

Edward Helmore 2 months ago

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Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’

Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in NormandyThe US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been accused by historians and rights campaigners of “grotesque stupidity” and desecrating the memory of the soldiers who stormed the beaches of No...

Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent 2 months ago

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The London school that has screen-free days for pupils, teachers – and parents

Holy Family Catholic primary school says enthusiastic response from parents has been biggest surpriseSchools banning pupils from having smartphones are commonplace. But what about a school where pupils ban teachers from using their smartphones, and then get their parents to join in?And not just phon...

Richard Adams Education editor 2 months ago

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Manhole mystery grips New York – just what are city’s ‘mole people’ up to?

Video of figures clambering in and out of manholes sparks intrigue – and comparisons with crime-fighting turtlesIt started in early May. Under cover of darkness, three people pried open a manhole cover in Queens, New York, and clambered down into the sewer.The incident might have gone unnoticed, but...

Adam Gabbatt in New York 2 months ago

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Russian drone hits building storing spent nuclear fuel near Chornobyl

Attack was ‘extremely vile’ and deliberate, says Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy A Russian Shahed drone has substantially damaged a building used to store spent nuclear fuel close to the disused Chornobyl nuclear power plant, in what Ukraine’s president described as a deliberate and “extreme...

Peter Beaumont in Kyiv 2 months ago

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Arkansas sheriff’s candidate focused on ‘family’ after dismissal of murder charge

Aaron Spencer never denied fatally shooting Michael Fosler, 67, the sexual abuser of his daughter, aged 13An Arkansas sheriff’s candidate who was alleged to have killed his teenaged daughter’s sexual abuser says he is focused on “family and getting back to a normal life” after the dismissal of a mur...

Ramon Antonio Vargas 2 months ago

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‘Görli is our garden’: Berliners fight to stop mayor locking their park at night

Kreuzberg campaigners win court ruling against €2m fence aimed at shutting out drug dealersThe “hollow” in Görlitzer Park was heaving with revellers who had gathered in reaction to a court ruling against Berlin’s mayor who wanted to lock it up at night. “Görli is our garden,” said Monika, a retired...

Kate Connolly in Berlin 2 months ago

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US insurers’ move to back vaccines sends ‘powerful’ message about safety of shots, experts say

As Trump officials take aim at vaccine schedule, scientists encouraged by companies’ desire to continue coverageA group of insurers will continue covering routine vaccines through 2027 as the Trump administration once again takes aim at the shots and outbreaks of preventable illnesses such as measle...

Melody Schreiber 2 months ago

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More than a million people join Pope Leo for outdoor Mass in Madrid

In his first visit to an EU country outside Italy, pope urges world leaders to stop dividing electorates and to respect ‘every human being’More than a million people have filled the streets near one of Madrid’s main squares to join Pope Leo for an outdoor Mass, likely to be the largest event of his...

Reuters in Madrid 2 months ago

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BA boss warns costly aviation taxes and rail tickets are stunting UK growth

UK lagging behind rivals on tourism growth because of travel costs and lack of joined-up planning, says CEO Sean DoyleThe cost of travel to and around the UK is keeping millions of tourists away and slowing economic growth, the boss of British Airways said, as he urged a rethink of aviation taxes.Th...

Gwyn Topham in Rio de Janeiro 2 months ago

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‘A driver of political violence’: how the breakneck AI boom is fueling anti-tech extremism

Backlash against AI is taking an extremist turn, following in the footsteps of earlier techno-pessimist militantsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email When a 20-year-old man from Texas was arrested earlier this year for allegedly trying to burn down OpenAI’s headquarters and Sam Altman’s...

Nick Robins-Early 2 months ago

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‘It’s time to move forward’: Armenians vote in election closely watched by Russia and EU

Voters to choose between pro-Russian opposition and incumbent Nikol Pashinyan, who is more closely aligned with the westArmenians are going to the polls in an election that could cement the country’s shift towards Europe and away from its traditional alliance with Russia.Prime minister Nikol Pashiny...

Pjotr Sauer in Yerevan 2 months ago

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