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Russian jamming blamed after Nato jet downs Ukrainian drone over Estonia
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Russian jamming blamed after Nato jet downs Ukrainian drone over Estonia

Officials from Baltic states say Moscow behind latest such incident but also tell Kyiv to be more careful with its routingEurope live – latest updatesA Romanian F-16 Nato jet shot down a drone over Estonia on Tuesday in what appears to be the latest case of Russian electronic jamming diverting long-...

Shaun Walker
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Defense department watchdog opens inquiry into US airstrikes on alleged drug boats
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Defense department watchdog opens inquiry into US airstrikes on alleged drug boats

Officials will determine if standard process was followed before lethal strikes in Caribbean and eastern PacificSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Pentagon’s internal watchdog has opened an investigation into whether US military commanders followed proper procedures when conductin...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn
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‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn

Exclusive: Science agency is planning to sack a third of the team working on the national climate model, sources sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJob cuts at the national science agency mean Australia will no longer be able to submit climate projections to form part of g...

Adam Morton Climate and environment editor
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Australians with Down’s syndrome among those to suffer most from proposed NDIS cuts government analysis says
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Australians with Down’s syndrome among those to suffer most from proposed NDIS cuts government analysis says

‘It’s heartless to cut supports we need to leave the house, work and study at a time when the cost of living has dramatically increased’, advocate saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProposed funding cuts to NDIS would disadvantage Australians with visual impairment, psych...

Sarah Basford Canales and Dan Jervis-Bardy
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Strike near UAE reactor revives concerns over nuclear plant safety in wartime
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Strike near UAE reactor revives concerns over nuclear plant safety in wartime

Attack marks first time military action has forced a fully operating nuclear power plant to rely on backup generators• Middle East crisis – live updatesA drone strike that cut off external power to a nuclear reactor in the United Arab Emirates this week has revived concerns over the safety of nuclea...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
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Senior minister defends decision to withhold some Mandelson files
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Senior minister defends decision to withhold some Mandelson files

Darren Jones says there are good reasons not to disclose certain details and next batch will be released next monthUK politics live – latest updatesA senior minister has defended the government’s decision to withhold information relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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Sarah Eberle wins top prize at Chelsea Flower Show
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Sarah Eberle wins top prize at Chelsea Flower Show

Garden featuring giant woman carved out of tree makes designer one of few female artists to winFeaturing a giant, slumbering woman carved out of a fallen tree, Sarah Eberle’s hauntingly beautiful Chelsea Flower Show garden has won the top prize.Eberle, now the Royal Horticultural Society’s most deco...

Helena Horton
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Children’s reading should prioritise pleasure over learning, says laureate
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Children’s reading should prioritise pleasure over learning, says laureate

Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells MPs to focus on early-years reading, with more support for parents and nursery workersThe children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has urged the government to prioritise pleasure over learning in children’s reading.Giving evidence to MPs on the education committee, which i...

Sally Weale Education correspondent
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Jackson Pollock painting sells for record $181m at Christie’s in New York
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Jackson Pollock painting sells for record $181m at Christie’s in New York

Abstract expressionist’s Number 7A, 1948, becomes the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auctionA Jackson Pollock painting has sold for a record $181.2m (£135.3m) at Christie’s in New York.The sale on Monday made Number 7A, 1948 the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auction, according to...

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Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC is seeking his arrest
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Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC is seeking his arrest

Smotrich vows to retaliate by waging ‘war’ on Palestinian Authority and orders evacuation of a West Bank villageMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has said the international criminal court (ICC) prosecutor has sought a confidential arrest warrant...

Reuters in Jerusalem
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Vladimir Putin to arrive in Beijing for state visit hot on heels of Trump
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Vladimir Putin to arrive in Beijing for state visit hot on heels of Trump

Russian leader says relations between two countries have reached ‘unprecedented level’ on eve of 25th visit to ChinaVladimir Putin is due to arrive in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit, four days after Donald Trump left China.Putin’s visit to China – his 25th, according to Chinese state media – r...

Amy Hawkins in Beijing and Pjotr Sauer
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HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits
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HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander blames Conservative government for ‘obscene increase in times and costs’Business live – latest updatesThe HS2 high-speed railway will now cost up to £102.7bn and trains will not start running between London and Birmingham until as late as 2039, the government has...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour candidate for Makerfield byelection
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Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour candidate for Makerfield byelection

Party confirms that no other candidates have been shortlisted for election expected to take place on 18 JuneUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has been confirmed as the candidate for the Makerfield byelection as Labour’s national executive committee rubber-stamped the mayor of Greater Man...

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
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As WHO sounds alarm over Ebola in DRC, what can be learned from previous outbreaks?
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As WHO sounds alarm over Ebola in DRC, what can be learned from previous outbreaks?

Conflict, mistrust and delayed detection could complicate response to emergency caused by Bundibugyo variantTo be around the centre of an Ebola outbreak is to become used to the smell of chlorine. At hospitals and government buildings, surfaces are sprayed with it and hands washed in a 0.05% solutio...

Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent
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New York federal judge bans ICE arrests at Manhattan immigration courts
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New York federal judge bans ICE arrests at Manhattan immigration courts

Ruling blocks detentions at three federal courthouses except in rare cases amid protests over tacticsA federal judge in New York has banned US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting immigrants in or around three federal courthouses in lower Manhattan, where vigorous confront...

Edward Helmore
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Police to seek criminal charges against 77 companies and people over Grenfell fire
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Police to seek criminal charges against 77 companies and people over Grenfell fire

Scotland Yard to send files to CPS with ‘strong evidence’ of potential wrongdoing – but any trials could be years awayScotland Yard has said it hopes to bring criminal charges against 77 companies and individuals for the 2017 Grenfell tower fire, in which 72 people died.The lead investigator, Garry...

Vikram Dodd and Jessica Murray
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Grayson Perry’s life story to be told in ‘outrageous’ musical
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Grayson Perry’s life story to be told in ‘outrageous’ musical

Grayson the Musical will explore ‘identity, creativity and self-acceptance … with life coaching from a six-foot teddy bear named Alan’Grayson Perry’s life story is to be told in an “outrageous” new stage musical co-created with the composer of Jerry Springer: The Opera.Grayson the Musical is a portr...

Chris Wiegand
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Watchdog to investigate death of man after police contact at Bristol protest
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Watchdog to investigate death of man after police contact at Bristol protest

Retired NHS worker Nicholas Stone died after becoming unwell at protest against far-right Bristol PatriotsThe police watchdog is investigating the use of force against a retired NHS worker who attended a counter-demonstration against the far right and died shortly after contact with officers there.N...

Diane Taylor
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Old Spanish Hen? Estrella owner buys Greene King ale brand
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Old Spanish Hen? Estrella owner buys Greene King ale brand

Pub owner’s sale to Barcelona-based brewer Damm is latest takeover of a British beer by an overseas buyerBusiness live – latest updatesPub chain Greene King has agreed to sell its Old Speckled Hen ale brands to the Spanish owner of Estrella lager, making it the latest in a series of British beers to...

Lauren Almeida
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Son of Mango fashion chain founder arrested in Spain over death of father
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Son of Mango fashion chain founder arrested in Spain over death of father

Catalan police questioning Jonathan Andic over father Isak Andic’s apparent fall down a mountain ravine in 2024Police in Catalonia have arrested the son of Isak Andic, the founder of the fashion chain Mango, and are questioning him in connection with the death of his father in the mountains near Bar...

Sam Jones in Madrid
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