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Hundreds of homes in Kent and Sussex left without water after supply outages
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Hundreds of homes in Kent and Sussex left without water after supply outages

Charing, Challock and Molash worst affected, as South East Water says ‘technical failure at pumping station’ to blameHundreds of homes in Kent and Sussex have been left without water by a company that MPs recently accused of incompetence.South East Water said the hot weather and extra demand for wat...

Sandra Laville Environment correspondent
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At four, her head was shaved and her clothes burned. Aunty Lorraine doesn’t want her trauma to be forgotten
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At four, her head was shaved and her clothes burned. Aunty Lorraine doesn’t want her trauma to be forgotten

The now 88-year-old is urging Australian governments to throw their support behind a new national plan for Stolen Generations survivors as they enter their final yearsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAunty Lorraine Peeters only remembers the metal gates opening as she was d...

Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondent
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UK’s higher-earning immigrants may be driven out by tougher rules, report suggests
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UK’s higher-earning immigrants may be driven out by tougher rules, report suggests

Figures raise questions over ministers’ plans to raise qualifying period for settled status from five years to 10Higher-earning immigrants are less likely to remain in the UK long-term and could be further deterred from staying by the government’s planned crackdown on settlement rights, analysis has...

Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent
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Shock of Iran war unites Middle East rivals in pushing Trump towards peace
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Shock of Iran war unites Middle East rivals in pushing Trump towards peace

Region adapting to diminished US power after Washington fails to land knockout blow on Tehran or safeguard alliesMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe shock of the Iran war and its fallout has driven rivals in the Middle East to get behind a peace deal, pushing the Trump administration to accept a te...

Saeed Shah in Islamabad
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Labour needs ‘system reset’ to tackle youth unemployment, report to say
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Labour needs ‘system reset’ to tackle youth unemployment, report to say

Alan Milburn, who is leading review commissioned by government, says current strategy ‘going in wrong direction’Labour has failed to tackle soaring youth unemployment and must launch a “system reset” involving a fresh attempt to overhaul health and disability benefits, a report commissioned by the g...

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
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Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress
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Iran denies deal with US is imminent despite some progress

Tehran says ‘contradictory statements’ from US and Israeli interference hindering negotiationsIran has poured cold water on suggestions that a deal with the US is imminent, pointing to the confusion in US positions and Israeli interference as key factors in why a complete agreement is proving diffic...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel on hopes of Iran peace deal
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Oil prices fall below $100 a barrel on hopes of Iran peace deal

Brent crude futures down 6% to lowest level in two weeks and stock markets riseOil prices fell below $100 a barrel on Monday and stock markets rose on hopes that the US and Iran are inching closer to a peace deal.Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, were down 6% to $97.28 a barrel, the low...

Julia Kollewe
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Chemical tank crack eases explosion fears as 50,000 residents flee California
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Chemical tank crack eases explosion fears as 50,000 residents flee California

US officials hope damaged tank at California aerospace site will relieve pressure and avert blast riskA damaged chemical tank in southern California cracked over the weekend, which authorities were hopeful would relieve pressure and reduce the risk of an explosion.Some 50,000 residents in Garden Gro...

By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press
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UK records its highest ever May temperature
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UK records its highest ever May temperature

Scientists say record-breaking heat is a reminder of how climate crisis is affecting livesThe fierce heat sweeping Europe over the bank holiday weekend has beaten the UK’s all-time temperature record for May, with highs of up to 35C still to come on Monday afternoon.A temperature of 33.5C was record...

Ajit Niranjan
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Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories in divided US
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Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks prompt raft of conspiracy theories in divided US

Ever-growing influence of social media and AI means such ideas spreading at faster rates than before, experts sayHantavirus and Ebola outbreaks carry with them familiar attendants in the US: extreme conspiracy theories about a planned pandemic, or “plandemic”, designed to upend midterms elections or...

Edward Helmore
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The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal
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The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal

Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisationRevealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate pushRead more from the BHP files investigation h...

Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton
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Rare Rubens notebook sheet goes on display in artist’s home city of Antwerp
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Rare Rubens notebook sheet goes on display in artist’s home city of Antwerp

Double-sided page featuring a sketch and text sheds new light on the baroque master and his time living in RomeMore than 400 years ago, the up and coming Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens toured the streets of Rome, notebook in hand, sketching images from Renaissance works adorning the city’s church...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
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Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling £400,000 from SNP
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Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling £400,000 from SNP

Ex-husband of Nicola Sturgeon admits reduced charges in court after deal with prosecutorsPeter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National party, has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling £400,310.65 from the party after agreeing a deal with prosecutors.Murrell, the ex-husband of...

Severin Carrell Scotland editor
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Metro Bank investors urged to reject executive pay report
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Metro Bank investors urged to reject executive pay report

Bonus scheme that could hand CEO a £60m windfall is ‘significantly out of line’ with market, says proxy adviserInvestors in Metro Bank are being urged to vote against the lender’s pay report next month, in protest of a complex bonus scheme that shareholder advisers say is “significantly out of line”...

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
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Parts of England expected to hit 35C in ‘unprecedented’ May heatwave
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Parts of England expected to hit 35C in ‘unprecedented’ May heatwave

Monday predicted to be hottest May day on record by large margin, as UK braces for ‘super El Niño’ summerTemperatures are expected to hit 35C in parts of England on Monday, in an “unprecedented” May heatwave.The Met Office is already predicting that records will be broken. A spokesperson said: “Toda...

Helena Horton
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