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Man dies after being bitten by shark off Western Australian coast

Government department says man was in the water around Michaelmas Island, near Albany, when he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre sharkGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA male diver aged in his 30s has died after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia.The state’s poli...

Catie McLeod 2 months ago

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Armenia heads to polls amid Russian pressure and threat of ‘Ukrainian scenario’

Relationship between Vladimir Putin and traditional ally has slowly unravelled under current PM Nikol PashinyanThe bottling line at the Abovyan cognac factory in Armenia is running at full tilt.Women in white coats and hairnets work the conveyor with practised speed – labelling, stacking, loading pa...

Pjotr Sauer in Yerevan 2 months ago

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Predator or prey? The confounding case of the missing sea eagle

The UK’s biggest bird of prey has been compared to a flying barn door. So how can one fitted with a satellite tracker disappear in prime grouse-shooting country?The six police officers arrived at the Snilesworth estate in two pickup trucks last week, according to one account. They asked to go up on...

Daniel Boffey on the North York Moors 2 months ago

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Ebola spread in central Africa could match 2014 record outbreak, US health officials say

Modelling from US CDC shows Ebola spread could be on ‘dangerous trajectory’, but experts warn outbreaks can be very hard to predictCentral Africa’s Ebola outbreak could spread to be similar in scale to the worst outbreak in history, west Africa’s 2014-2016 outbreak that killed more than 11,000 peopl...

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US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe

US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidateA deepening US-European rift over the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina has broken open with a dispute over a top administrative post, leading to a US threat to “reconsider” its role in...

Julian Borger Senior international correspondent 2 months ago

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Doctor’s ‘grossly irresponsible prescribing’ played direct role in two deaths, Tasmanian coroner finds

Dr David Jackson gave ‘effectively an unlimited supply for a drug binge’ to one addict, inquest findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former medical practitioner who was the subject of multiple red flags played a direct role in the deaths of two patients through grossly i...

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Regrettable references and claims of ‘rigged’ election laws: why this week has reignited Jacinta Allan spill rumours

Just months from the Victorian election, the premier’s performance has left some MPs wondering if it’s too late for Labor to change leadersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Allan faced three major tests this week. The way she handled them has left some of her colleag...

Benita Kolovos 2 months ago

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Xavier Becerra secures spot in California governor’s general election

Becerra advanced to the general election after emerging from California’s crowded primary field in the race to succeed Gavin NewsomXavier Becerra has advanced to the November general election in California’s gubernatorial race, cementing a stunning come-from-behind primary victory in one of Californ...

Lauren Gambino 2 months ago

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US says Iran radar sites struck and drones intercepted, in latest threat to fragile ceasefire

Iran and the US have exchanged a series of attacks near the strait of Hormuz, imperilling efforts to reach a peace dealThe US military said it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the strait of Hormuz and struck coastal surveillance radar sites in response.“The attack drones posed...

Guardian staff and agencies 2 months ago

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Man charged with murder of veteran US character actor James Handy

Handy, 81, died after being stabbed, allegedly by Michael Gledhill, whose mother was in relationship with HandyA man has been charged with murder in the stabbing of Jumanji and Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy, who was in a relationship with the suspect’s mother.Michael Gledhill, 44, was charged...

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Texas murder trial under way with 19-year-old accused of stabbing fellow high schooler

Case draws nationwide attention amid debate over racial tensions, as defendant is Black and slain student was whiteTestimony has been unfolding in the murder trial of a 19-year-old accused of fatally stabbing a fellow high schooler during a track meet in Texas more than a year ago.The case has drawn...

Maya Yang 2 months ago

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Essex woman jailed for life for poisoning baby son with cocktail of drugs

Emma Barnett killed her one-year-old after a court ruling he be taken away from herA mother who poisoned her one-year-old son with a lethal cocktail of prescription medications added to milk in a baby bottle has been jailed for life for his murder.Emma Barnett, 36, killed her son Oakley before he co...

Nadeem Badshah 2 months ago

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US man who plotted with au pair to murder wife given life sentence

Brendan Banfield convicted of killing Christine Banfield and man lured to couple’s Virginia home as fall guyA Virginia man who was having an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife and a man who was lured to the c...

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Memo orders ICE to stop reporting deaths of newly released detainees

Acting director David Venturella rescinds Biden-era policy that required agency to report and investigate such deathsA memo issued by acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director David Venturella has ordered the federal agency to cease reporting the deaths of newly released detainees, i...

Edward Helmore and agency 2 months ago

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Thames Water should be nationalised, says Andy Burnham

Exclusive: Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate advocates public ownership of water companies as he prepares for potential leadership bidThames Water should be nationalised, Andy Burnham has said, revealing public ownership of water companies would “absolutely be an option” under his potential l...

Pippa Crerar and Helena Horton 2 months ago

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No court has authority to block Trump’s White House ballroom, DoJ lawyer says

Trump administration has asked DC circuit court of appeals to reverse lower court decision which blocked construction of $400m ballroomNo court has the authority to halt construction of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom and a secure underground facility, a Department of Justice lawyer has argued,...

George Chidi 2 months ago

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Two men convicted of wounding journalist in London ‘on orders of Iran’

Pouria Zeraati of Iran International TV was stabbed three times outside his London home in attempt to ‘silence’ himTwo men have been found guilty of involvement in a targeted knife attack on an Iranian journalist in London said to have been carried out on behalf of the regime in Tehran.Pouria Zeraat...

Geneva Abdul 2 months ago

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Putin rejects Zelenskyy’s offer to meet and reaffirms Ukraine war aims

Russian president describes letter from his Ukrainian counterpart as rude and says he can no point in face-to-face talksVladimir Putin has rejected an offer from Volodymyr Zelenskyy to hold a face-to-face meeting, insisting instead that Russia will achieve its war goals in Ukraine, including seizing...

Luke Harding and agencies 2 months ago

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Chagossians urge UK to complete islands’ handover to Mauritius

Chagos Refugees delegation says issue ‘hijacked within the halls’ of politics on visit to UKA Chagossian delegation visiting the UK has urged parliamentarians to complete stalled legislation to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which they say has been “hijacked within the halls” of UK politics.T...

Geneva Abdul 2 months ago

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Calls for inquiry into ‘all royal finances’ after Andrew subletting revelations

MPs urged to push for ‘radical reform’ after NAO finds former prince made income from Royal Lodge propertiesCampaigners have called for radical reform and a public inquiry into “all royal finances” after revelations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received an undisclosed private income from subletti...

Caroline Davies 2 months ago

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Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they’ll ‘stay and fight’ at 60 Minutes

Stahl and Whitaker had been wild cards after new CBS News management fired multiple people in recent weeksSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailLesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim announced on Friday their decision to remain at CBS’s 60 Minutes after the tumultuous firings of sev...

Maya Yang and Jeremy Barr 2 months ago

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Starmer says questions need to be asked over Nowak case but rejects ‘two-tier policing’ claim

PM rebuffs US state department’s criticism, adding police response to murder of Henry Nowak is under reviewKeir Starmer has rejected the claim that the UK is subject to “two-tier policing” after the Trump administration suggested it was evident in the response to the murder of teenager Henry Nowak.T...

Rowena Mason and Jamie Grierson 2 months ago

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Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall

Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automationLiz Kendall has insisted Labour will make artificial intelligence “work for workers”, and not abandon people whose jobs are swept away by its rapid advance.With public fears mounting about the impact of AI on empl...

Heather Stewart Economics editor 2 months ago

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Former Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

Long-serving presenter has been diagnosed with commonest form of dementia, says Alzheimer’s SocietyThe former Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, the Alzheimer’s Society has said.More details soon … Continue reading...

Press Association 2 months ago

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