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RFK Jr fires leaders of group that sets guidelines for preventive healthcare
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RFK Jr fires leaders of group that sets guidelines for preventive healthcare

US Preventive Services Task Force had already been largely sidelined before health secretary fired its two chairsThe Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies, for...

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For peat’s sake: RHS faces conservative backlash over Chelsea flower show
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For peat’s sake: RHS faces conservative backlash over Chelsea flower show

Critics of Royal Horticultural Society turn hose on corporate sponsorship, peat-free compost and general ‘wokery’There was King Charles and David Beckham as well as a nocturnal garden to support bats and a Viking-themed allotment full of edible plants in pots. The Royal Horticultural Society’s Chels...

Alexis Parr
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Record 274 climbers summit Everest from Nepalese side in single day
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Record 274 climbers summit Everest from Nepalese side in single day

Climbers take advantage of clear weather after threat of ice fall on normal route delayed start of spring season A record 274 climbers have reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepalese side in a single day after a spring season that started late because of the threat of ice fall on the norm...

Peter Beaumont
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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir
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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir

Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysisA £50m Met police deal with the controversial US tech company Palantir has been blocked by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, with City Hall citing a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle
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Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle

Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?Several hours after dark in a quiet Caribbean neighbourhood, a cluster of environmental activists gather on plastic chairs between a mango tree and a courtyard wall emblazoned with the...

Jonathan Watts
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Girl, two, dies after being left in car as extreme heat sweeps Spain
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Girl, two, dies after being left in car as extreme heat sweeps Spain

Authorities in Galicia declare two days of mourning after toddler dies during exceptionally high May temperaturesEurope live – latest updatesA two-year-old girl has died of heatstroke in north-west Spain after being accidentally left in her father’s car during an unseasonably hot spell that could pu...

Sam Jones in Madrid
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Bernie Sanders backs climate activist in close Michigan congressional primary
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Bernie Sanders backs climate activist in close Michigan congressional primary

Will Lawrence, an outspoken opponent of AI data centers, is running in swing district where three mega complexes loomA prominent environmental organizer calling for a nationwide moratorium on data centers as he runs for the Democratic nomination in a swing Michigan congressional district has secured...

Dharna Noor
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Net migration to UK falls by nearly 50% after Labour’s vow to cut numbers
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Net migration to UK falls by nearly 50% after Labour’s vow to cut numbers

Decline to 171,000 last year will encourage ministers in what is seen as a battleground issue against ReformUK politics live – latest updatesNet migration to the UK fell by nearly 50% to 171,000 last year, according to official figures released on Thursday, in what will be seen as a boost for Keir S...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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Pauline Hanson announces Norway-inspired gas policy as she decries 25% export tax as ‘economic vandalism’
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Pauline Hanson announces Norway-inspired gas policy as she decries 25% export tax as ‘economic vandalism’

One Nation proposal would abolish offshore gas profits tax and acquire 30% equity in new projects in a move the Coalition says is ‘borrowed from Venezuela’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation has vowed to replace the contentious offshore gas profits tax and acquire 3...

Dan Jervis-Bardy Chief political correspondent
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Lyme disease cases in England rise by more than 20% in a year
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Lyme disease cases in England rise by more than 20% in a year

Scientists developing vaccines and anti-tick treatments amid growing concern over spread of diseaseCases of Lyme disease have risen more than 20% in England in the past year, public health experts have revealed, as pharmaceutical companies work to create new vaccines and drugs to tackle the tick-bor...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent
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Wes Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch
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Wes Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch

MP says current system is unfair and his idea would result in a ‘wealth tax that works’UK politics live – latest updatesThe former health secretary Wes Streeting has set out plans for a “wealth tax that works”, by equalising tax on assets and income.Streeting said the current system – in which capit...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter
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Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter

Chancellor wins support from Conservative Mel Stride, while Nigel Farage says he would ‘like to buy man a pint’UK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves surprised onlookers when she gave a stern rebuke to a foul-mouthed heckler who shouted at her from his van as she conducted a broadcast interv...

Helena Horton
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EasyJet summer holiday bookings down on last year amid Iran war uncertainty
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EasyJet summer holiday bookings down on last year amid Iran war uncertainty

Budget airline, which took £25m hit on jet fuel in March, says passengers are waiting later to book tripsThe budget airline easyJet has said its summer holiday bookings are lagging behind last year as the Iran war weights on consumer confidence and has left passengers waiting later to book trips.The...

Joanna Partridge
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Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser
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Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser

Ban social media and reform education to tackle scandal of young people not in work or study, says Peter HymanSchools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the UK, according to an influential former Labour adviser who has called for urgent action to help a “l...

Alexandra Topping and Richard Partington
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Dublin gangland figure brings extremist views to Irish mainstream on campaign trail
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Dublin gangland figure brings extremist views to Irish mainstream on campaign trail

Gerry ‘the monk’ Hutch has won fans in north Dublin byelection campaign with anti-immigrant rhetoricElaine Roe, 61, a cafe worker, has no doubt what is the most important issue in this week’s byelection for Dublin’s north inner city. “The government is wrecking our country, they’re bringing in rapis...

Rory Carroll in Dublin
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