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US man accused of killing rock singer in 1993 arrested after decades on the run
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US man accused of killing rock singer in 1993 arrested after decades on the run

Richard Werstine, wanted in connection with killing of Cold as Life vocalist Rodney Barger, was arrested in PanamaA suspect accused of murdering his rock singer friend in 1993 has been apprehended in Central America after spending more than 30 years successfully evading authorities.According to the...

Marina Dunbar
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Marine Le Pen’s party hits back at Kylian Mbappé criticism
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Marine Le Pen’s party hits back at Kylian Mbappé criticism

French football captain warned against prospect of far-right National Rally party gaining powerThe French football captain, Kylian Mbappé, has angered Marine Le Pen’s far-right party after expressing concerns about it winning next year’s presidential election.Mbappé, 27, who grew up in Paris’s north...

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
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Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court
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Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions overturned by South Carolina supreme court

Justices said decision was due to ‘improper external influences on the jury’ by a court clerk during the trialSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe South Carolina supreme court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney, due...

Anna Betts
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Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds
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Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds

Researchers say rise not inevitable and it is important to unpick what is behind differences in obesity trendsA continuing rise in obesity around the world is not inevitable, research suggests, with rates in some countries levelling off or potentially in decline.Researchers say focusing on what has...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent
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Why budget rhetoric won’t match reality for many younger Australians
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Why budget rhetoric won’t match reality for many younger Australians

Figures show the treasurer’s reforms will make the tax system fairer but some will not have the advantages enjoyed by their parents As Jim Chalmers was doing the round of the parliamentary press gallery on Tuesday, he was encouraging journalists to see the tax reforms in the budget as the most ambi...

Patrick Commins Economics editor
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Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI
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Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI

Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job securityA court in China has ruled in favour of a worker whose company replaced him with artificial intelligence (AI), awarding him more than £28,000 in compensation.The worker, whose surname is Zho...

Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent
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‘The guards could not speak without yelling’: life as an 85-year-old ICE detainee
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‘The guards could not speak without yelling’: life as an 85-year-old ICE detainee

US authorities arrested French citizen Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé after she missed an immigration appointmentThe wailing at the Louisiana immigration detention facility began at night, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé remembered, back at home in France. “Children crying, and even babies.”The 85-year-old’s deten...

Associated Press in Nantes
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Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges
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Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges

Santa Clara county claims Meta Platforms violated the state’s false advertising and unfair business practices lawsCalifornia’s Santa Clara county has sued Meta Platforms, alleging it has profited from Facebook and Instagram ads promoting scams in violation of California’s false advertising and unfai...

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Bahamas re-elects Progressive Liberal party’s Philip Davis as prime minister
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Bahamas re-elects Progressive Liberal party’s Philip Davis as prime minister

Davis is the country’s first leader to serve a second consecutive term in nearly 30 yearsThe Bahamas prime minister, Philip Davis, and his ruling Progressive Liberal party (PLP) have been re-elected, making him the country’s first leader to serve a second consecutive term in nearly 30 years.“The Bah...

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Russia targets Ukraine with more than 200 drones in daytime assault
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Russia targets Ukraine with more than 200 drones in daytime assault

Moscow and Kyiv trade long-range attacks after brief truce and Donald Trump’s assertion war could end soonEurope live – latest updatesRussia targeted Ukraine with more than 200 drones in a large-scale daytime assault on Wednesday, hours after a previous barrage of civilian areas had killed at least...

Peter Beaumont and agencies
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What to know about Kyle Diamantas, the new acting FDA commissioner
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What to know about Kyle Diamantas, the new acting FDA commissioner

The ex-lawyer who Trump described as ‘very talented’ was previously deputy commissioner for food at the FDAThe new acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), who Donald Trump described as a “very talented person”, is a former corporate lawyer who previously defended a popular...

Sara Braun
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Scepticism and tight security as Beijing braces for Trump visit
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Scepticism and tight security as Beijing braces for Trump visit

US’s apparent decline has fuelled growing Chinese nationalism while US president has lost his novelty valueTrump in Beijing – latest updatesFive key issues for Xi-Trump summitYaoji Chaogan, a no-frills canteen next to Beijing’s historic Drum and Bell towers, once proudly displayed photographs of Joe...

Amy Hawkins in Beijing
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Gunshots in Philippines senate where senator is holed up to evade arrest
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Gunshots in Philippines senate where senator is holed up to evade arrest

Ronald dela Rosa, accused of crimes against humanity by international criminal court, in standoff with authoritiesGunshots have been fired in the Philippine senate, as a senator who is wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) remained holed up in the building to evade arrest.Ronald dela Rosa...

Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
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US-based internet suicide forum, implicated in 160 deaths, fined £950,000
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US-based internet suicide forum, implicated in 160 deaths, fined £950,000

Ofcom attempting to block UK access to site cited in multiple coroners’ reportsA nihilistic internet suicide forum implicated in over 160 UK deaths has been fined £950,000 by the online regulator in its latest attempt to shut it down.Ofcom said the US-based website remains accessible in the UK despi...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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