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BAE Systems to pay $36m penalty after 104 violations of US arms export rules
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BAE Systems to pay $36m penalty after 104 violations of US arms export rules

State department says it has reached administrative settlement with company’s US arm to resolve breachesThe UK defence company BAE Systems is to pay a $36m (£26.7m) civil penalty after breaching US arms exports regulations more than 100 times.The US Department of State announced on Thursday that it...

Graeme Wearden
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Ukraine ‘proposes deal with Russia to halt attacks on civilian ships in Black Sea’
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Ukraine ‘proposes deal with Russia to halt attacks on civilian ships in Black Sea’

Kyiv said to have suggested agreement in apparent attempt to reopen crucial grain corridor, according to ReutersUkraine has proposed a deal with Russia that would see both sides halt their attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea, Reuters has reported, in an apparent attempt to reopen a crucial gr...

Luke Harding, Andrew Roth in Washington and agencies
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Pete Hegseth dismisses reports of deteriorating conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
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Pete Hegseth dismisses reports of deteriorating conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln

Defense secretary said conditions on aircraft carrier deployed in support of Iran war have been ‘completely misrepresented’The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, insisted a wave of reports describing deteriorating conditions and mental health struggles onboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Linco...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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Nearly 100 children detained as adults under UK-France migration deal
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Nearly 100 children detained as adults under UK-France migration deal

Figures emerge in critical letter to Home Office from organisation appointed to scrutinise detention facilitiesNearly 100 children have been wrongly identified and detained as adults under Shabana Mahmood’s “one in, one out” deal with France, the Guardian can disclose.Home Office staff said that of...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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Third person dies at New Jersey immigration detention center
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Third person dies at New Jersey immigration detention center

José Chajón-Raxón experienced ‘seizure-like activity’ at Delaney Hall and later died after being hospitalizedA Guatemalan immigrant detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Newark, New Jersey, facility suffered a medical emergency and later died after being hospitalized, accordi...

Marina Dunbar
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Tesla paid Elon Musk 2.5m times more as CEO than its average worker in 2025
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Tesla paid Elon Musk 2.5m times more as CEO than its average worker in 2025

Tech billionaire’s $158.3bn deal an outlier in report showing widening gap of CEO to worker pay at top companiesElon Musk received over 2.5m times as much compensation at Tesla as the company’s average worker, according to a new report on the growing gap between top corporate executives and their wo...

Michael Sainato
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‘Birmingham Four’ lawyers hope spycops inquiry will help reopen case
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‘Birmingham Four’ lawyers hope spycops inquiry will help reopen case

Undercover officers working for West Midlands’ ‘special projects team’ planted evidence to convict men, lawyers claimLawyers representing four men convicted of terror offences are increasingly hopeful that revelations from the undercover policing inquiry could boost the chances of their case being r...

Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent
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Train derailment in East Sussex closes several routes
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Train derailment in East Sussex closes several routes

Rapid emergency response under way after Southern rail service comes off tracks in Lewes areaA passenger train has derailed in East Sussex, prompting a rapid emergency response in the area.Images of the aftermath show at least two carriages on their side. They appeared to show passengers standing on...

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UK records hottest day of the year as fifth summer heatwave reaches peak
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UK records hottest day of the year as fifth summer heatwave reaches peak

Kew Gardens in London hits 38.1C and 40C-plus expected in parts of Europe with continent trapped under heat domeEurope heatwave – latest updatesThe UK has recorded its hottest day of the year so far with a provisional temperature of 38.1C in southern England as Europe sweltered under a major heat do...

Sandra Laville and Ajit Niranjan
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DRC’s fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth province
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DRC’s fast-growing Ebola outbreak spreads to sixth province

Man dies in Bas-Uele after travelling from Haut-Uele, as head of WHO says outbreak on track to be deadliest everThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has spread to a sixth province, officials have said, a day after the head of the World Health Organization said the outbreak was...

Associated Press in Kinshasa
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Hegseth criticized for locking Democrats out of closed-door defense budget talks
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Hegseth criticized for locking Democrats out of closed-door defense budget talks

Republican lawmakers express concern after US defense secretary repeatedly excluded Democrats from briefingsUS politics live – latest updatesRepublican senators have criticized the Pentagon for locking Democrats out of classified briefings on defense spending, warning that Pete Hegseth’s approach co...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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Is Australia’s Buy Now Pay Later boom at an end?
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Is Australia’s Buy Now Pay Later boom at an end?

Several firms promised to disrupt the consumer credit market by offering consumers their purchases instantly and the bill later. Did it work?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfterpay has never turned a profit in Australia. Last month, it spent millions to take over a Sydney...

Luca Ittimani
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French ambassador to CAR faces investigation over alleged misconduct
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French ambassador to CAR faces investigation over alleged misconduct

Inquiry follows security concerns over reported visits of dozens of women to Bruno Foucher’s official residenceFrance has opened disciplinary proceedings against its ambassador to Central African Republic over allegations of misconduct, after claims he brought dozens of women into his official resid...

Agence France-Presse
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Will Trump’s next press secretary be a better liar than the first five?
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Will Trump’s next press secretary be a better liar than the first five?

As Karoline Leavitt plans to step down, it’s apparent how the president above all values a readiness to twist the truthAs Karoline Leavitt prepares to step down from her role as Donald Trump’s fifth White House press secretary, a brief review of her tenure, and that of her predecessors, makes clear...

Robert Mackey
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Man, 102, dies after alleged assault in south Wales pub
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Man, 102, dies after alleged assault in south Wales pub

Phillip Ormerod was taken to hospital after the incident in the Crow’s Nest in Cwmbran and later died of his injuriesA 102-year-old man has died of his injuries after allegedly being assaulted at a pub in south Wales.Phillip Ormerod of Cwmbran in the Welsh valleys, was taken to hospital after the in...

Bethan McKernan
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Lottery ticket sold at Illinois gas station wins $1bn Powerball jackpot
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Lottery ticket sold at Illinois gas station wins $1bn Powerball jackpot

Prize was eighth largest in Powerball history and followed three months without a top prize winnerA Powerball ticket sold at a gas station in western Illinois was the sole winner of the $1bn jackpot, ending a three-month drought without a top-prize victor.The ticket that won the jackpot on Wednesday...

Associated Press
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Piranha drama: boy, 8, hooks fearsome exotic fish in Pennsylvania lake
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Piranha drama: boy, 8, hooks fearsome exotic fish in Pennsylvania lake

South American fish with razor-toothed jaws was probably released by someone who owned it as a pet, officials sayAn eight-year-old boy fishing for bass in Pennsylvania was stunned to catch something more associated with the Amazon – and countless horror movies – than the rolling landscape of the eas...

Guardian staff
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Italian businessman admits organising bombing at home of journalist and friend
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Italian businessman admits organising bombing at home of journalist and friend

Valter Lavitola’s lawyer says he had intended attack to boost security for investigative reporter Sigfrido RanucciAn Italian businessman has admitted to masterminding a bomb attack at the home of Sigfrido Ranucci, a prominent investigative journalist, claiming it was intended to boost his security p...

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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