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Czech police hunt thief who stole 800-year-old skull of saint from church
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Czech police hunt thief who stole 800-year-old skull of saint from church

Suspect was seen on fuzzy security photo running between benches of church carrying skull, police sayCzech police are hunting a thief who snatched the 800-year-old skull of a saint from a display box in a church and ran away with the relic.A fuzzy security camera photo released late on Tuesday appea...

Agencies in Prague
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Lab testing group Intertek to back £10.6bn takeover by Swedish firm EQT
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Lab testing group Intertek to back £10.6bn takeover by Swedish firm EQT

FTSE 100 business ‘minded to recommend’ £60-a-share tilt from company owned by billionaire Wallenberg familyBusiness live – latest updatesThe laboratory testing company Intertek has become the latest FTSE 100 business to agree to a takeover, backing a £10.6bn approach from a private equity firm owne...

Julia Kollewe
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Trump due in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping | First Thing
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Trump due in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping | First Thing

The Iran war will cast a long shadow over the talks. Plus, the 100 best novels of all timeGood morning.Donald Trump is due to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening, the first visit to China by a US president since he was last there nearly a decade ago, as he seeks to mend power and prestige weakene...

Jem Bartholomew
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Wes Streeting plans to resign and mount leadership challenge, allies say
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Wes Streeting plans to resign and mount leadership challenge, allies say

Sources say health secretary intends to trigger leadership election as early as ThursdayUK politics live – latest updatesWho are the main threats to Starmer’s leadership?Allies of Wes Streeting have said he is preparing to stand down as health secretary amid deep frustration with Keir Starmer’s lead...

Pippa Crerar, Alexandra Topping and Jessica Elgot
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Starmer sets out changes to education, health and courts in king’s speech
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Starmer sets out changes to education, health and courts in king’s speech

King Charles unveils government agenda for the next year as PM faces leadership threat from within Labour• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has put long-promised changes to education, health and the courts at the heart of his agenda for the next year, as the embattled prime minister loo...

Kiran Stacey
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Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says
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Datacentres using 6% of electricity supply in UK and US, research says

Industry body says energy consumption driven by AI up 15% globally in two years as it warns of societal backlashDatacentres are consuming 6% of electricity in the UK and US, with the growing strain of AI on energy supplies prompting community resistance, according to research.The proportion of elect...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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Kanye West loses lawsuit over uncleared sample played at stadium fan event
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Kanye West loses lawsuit over uncleared sample played at stadium fan event

Rapper known as Ye must pay six-figure sum to four plaintiffs who successfully argued he infringed copyrightKanye West has lost a lawsuit which alleged he infringed on other artists’ copyright by playing an uncleared sample of their work during a live event.In July 2021 the artist, now legally known...

Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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1MDB financier Jho Low seeks pardon from Donald Trump
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1MDB financier Jho Low seeks pardon from Donald Trump

Fugitive faces charges including corruption and money laundering in US and Malaysia for role he allegedly played in scandalThe fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low, a central figure in the multibillion-dollar scandal at the state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), is reportedly seeking a pard...

Reuters
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Bodies of three women recovered from sea off Brighton
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Bodies of three women recovered from sea off Brighton

Sussex police say officers are working to identify women and understand what happened to themThe bodies of three women have been recovered from the sea off Brighton, Sussex police said.The force said emergency services were called to concerns for the welfare of three women in the sea off Brighton at...

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Starmer holds 16-minute meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis
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Starmer holds 16-minute meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis

Ally of health secretary calls for prime minister to set out timetable for departure ahead of king’s speech• UK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has held talks with Keir Starmer in Downing Street as an ally of the health secretary renewed calls for the prime minister to resign, saying his...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent
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Easy as ABC: voters in England tend to pick names nearer top of ballot, data suggests
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Easy as ABC: voters in England tend to pick names nearer top of ballot, data suggests

Exclusive: Where parties fielded multiple candidates in last week’s vote, those at top of list were more likely to be pickedFancy your chances in politics? Then perhaps you should change your name to Aaron Aaronson or Aaliyah Aardvark, figures from last week’s local elections in England suggest.A Gu...

Michael Goodier and Helena Horton
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins Trump as tech dominates China trip
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang joins Trump as tech dominates China trip

Invitation to be part of group including Elon Musk and Tim Cook highlights American AI and tech ambitionsThe billionaire chief executive of the chipmaker Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has joined Donald Trump’s China delegation after a reported last-minute invitation, highlighting the US’s AI and tech ambiti...

Kalyeena Makortoff
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London prisoner with muscle-wasting condition claims he has to crawl on floor
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London prisoner with muscle-wasting condition claims he has to crawl on floor

Umer Khalid, accused of role in Palestine Action break-in, alleges he has not received proper treatment or wheelchairA prisoner with a muscle-wasting condition accused of taking part in a Palestine Action protest claims he has been forced to crawl around the jail – including to get medicine – becaus...

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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