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Uranium and control of strait of Hormuz key as talks to end US-Iran war continue
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Uranium and control of strait of Hormuz key as talks to end US-Iran war continue

Pakistani mediators believe permanent ceasefire within reach although major points of disagreement remainFuture control over the strait of Hormuz and a demand from Washington that Tehran export its stockpile of highly enriched uranium remain key stumbling blocks, as Pakistani mediators continued to...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Trump postpones executive order on AI over China concerns – US politics live
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Trump postpones executive order on AI over China concerns – US politics live

The US president said he doesn’t ‘want to do anything to get in the way’ of tech firms competing with ChinaHouse Republicans canceled a scheduled Thursday vote on a war powers resolution aimed at ending the US war with Iran, a measure that likely would have advanced had the vote been held.Donald Tru...

Morgan Ofori
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Carlo Petrini, Slow Food movement founder, dies aged 76
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Carlo Petrini, Slow Food movement founder, dies aged 76

Italy’s president leads tributes to campaigner who spent four decades promoting sustainability and local cuisineCarlo Petrini, the journalist who founded the Slow Food movement in protest against the arrival of the first McDonald’s in Italy, has died aged 76.Petrini, who had been diagnosed with pros...

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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‘Full-on summer heat’: western Europe braces for unusually high temperatures
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‘Full-on summer heat’: western Europe braces for unusually high temperatures

Portugal, Spain, France and UK expected to exceed 30C on Friday and into next week, with new May records predictedEurope live – latest updatesA large swathe of western Europe is bracing for the first significant heat event of the summer, with temperatures forecast to rise to more than 10C above the...

Jon Henley Europe correspondent and Sam Jones in Madrid
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Britain braces for busy roads as May bank holiday temperatures set to pass 30C
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Britain braces for busy roads as May bank holiday temperatures set to pass 30C

Almost 19m drivers expected to hit roads over long weekend, with heaviest traffic likely to be on Friday and SaturdayAn especially hot late May bank holiday weekend is expected to bring even more traffic to the roads than usual at the start of the half-term break taking place in parts of the UK, mot...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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UN’s climate crisis vote shows political momentum is growing, say experts
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UN’s climate crisis vote shows political momentum is growing, say experts

Resolution backed by 141 states hailed as ‘new chapter’ that could improve climate diplomacy and litigation effortsWhen the UN general assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a landmark climate crisis ruling on Wednesday, the Pacific island of Vanuatu’s prime minister hailed the result as the sta...

Isabella Kaminski
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Local US newspaper workers allege Hearst is trying to ‘destroy unions’
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Local US newspaper workers allege Hearst is trying to ‘destroy unions’

Media company says it is ‘committed to good faith bargaining’ amid claims including contract violationWorkers at local newspapers owned by Hearst allege the company is trying to “destroy unions” amid claims of widespread anti-union tactics, including violating union contracts and bad-faith bargainin...

Michael Sainato
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Healey asks Farage if any of £5m gift may have come from Russia-linked profits
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Healey asks Farage if any of £5m gift may have come from Russia-linked profits

Defence secretary also asks if billionaire’s company may have benefited from Iran war, which Reform leader initially supportedUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThe defence secretary, John Healey, has urged Nigel Farage to provide transparency about the £5m gift he receiv...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
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US arms sales to Taiwan on ‘pause’ due to Iran war, says acting navy chief
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US arms sales to Taiwan on ‘pause’ due to Iran war, says acting navy chief

Hung Cao’s comments are latest blow to Taipei after Donald Trump recently cast doubt over US’s enduring supportUS arms sales to Taiwan have been “paused” to ensure the US military has enough munitions for its Iran operations, according to Washington’s acting navy secretary, in the latest blow to Tai...

Alastair McCready in Taipei
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Tennessee school board member charged after calling teenage girl ‘hot’
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Tennessee school board member charged after calling teenage girl ‘hot’

Keith Ervin, 59, was charged with assault after he told a student ‘God – you’re hot’ at a public meeting in AprilAn east Tennessee school board member who told a teenage girl, “God – you’re hot,” on video at a public meeting in April has been charged with assault.State prosecutors on 18 May charged...

Ramon Antonio Vargas
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Number of air conditioned UK homes doubles to more than 4m in three years
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Number of air conditioned UK homes doubles to more than 4m in three years

Greater working from home and hot summer temperatures believed to be driving increase in ownershipAn estimated 4m homes in the UK now have air conditioning, double the figure from three years ago as Britons complain of “unliveable” conditions during high temperatures.Portable units with power rating...

Zoe Wood Consumer affairs correspondent
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Estée Lauder ends merger talks with Gaultier owner Puig
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Estée Lauder ends merger talks with Gaultier owner Puig

Sticking points to build beauty powerhouse included which family would hold balance of power, according to FTBusiness live – latest updatesThe US cosmetics company Estée Lauder has ended merger talks with its Spanish rival Puig to create a fashion and beauty retailer worth almost $40bn (£30bn/€34.5b...

Mark Sweney
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Slow-moving bands of heavy rain trigger flooding and landslides in parts of China
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Slow-moving bands of heavy rain trigger flooding and landslides in parts of China

Twelve dead as southern and central areas also suffer travel disruption, electricity outages and evacuationsHeavy, prolonged rainfall in southern and central China has resulted in weather warnings for flash flooding, landslides and waterlogging. The band of rainfall spanned 1,000km (620 miles) and s...

Magdalena Shopova for MetDesk
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Green party candidate for Makerfield byelection quits after less than 12 hours
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Green party candidate for Makerfield byelection quits after less than 12 hours

Party apologises for posts by Chris Kennedy about attack on Jewish ambulances and says he has withdrawn for personal reasonsThe Green party’s candidate for the Makerfield byelection has withdrawn from the ballot less than 12 hours after being announced.Chris Kennedy was announced to be running in th...

Jamie Grierson
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UK borrowed bigger than forecast £24.3bn in April as inflation adds to benefits bill
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UK borrowed bigger than forecast £24.3bn in April as inflation adds to benefits bill

Figure comes amid rising cost of pensions as bond market jitters take monthly debt interest to £10.3bn Business live – latest updatesThe UK borrowed more than expected in April as high inflation drove up the cost of pensions and benefits, amid concern over the Iran war and political uncertainty addi...

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
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Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump renews threat of military action
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Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump renews threat of military action

US secretary of state says president would like a negotiated agreement with Havana but likelihood ‘is not high’The US president, Donald Trump, and the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Thursday again raised the spectre of military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight...

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