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US military kills three people in boat strike in eastern Pacific
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US military kills three people in boat strike in eastern Pacific

Without offering details or evidence, US Southern Command describes the people killed as ‘narco-terrorists’The US military said on Tuesday it had struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people, in the latest such attack that rights groups label as “extrajudicial killings” and Washingto...

Guardian staff and agencies
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Search called off for Australian hiker missing in rugged Canadian national park
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Search called off for Australian hiker missing in rugged Canadian national park

Police suspend ‘extensive’ six-day air and ground search in Nova Scotia, citing ‘no new information’Teams in eastern Canada have called off an “extensive” six-day air and ground search of a rugged park for a missing Australian hiker.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said this week it had susp...

Leyland Cecco in Toronto
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Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges
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The Guardian · World

Reinstate windfall tax on banks after surge in profits, TUC urges

Unions group wants rate returned from 3% to 8% after big four UK lenders reveal £14bn total profit in first quarter An increased windfall tax should be imposed on the UK’s largest banks according to trade union leaders, after the big four lenders reported almost £14bn in first-quarter profits, partl...

Mark Sweney
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Black people in England twice as likely to suffer stroke as white counterparts
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Black people in England twice as likely to suffer stroke as white counterparts

In-depth study also reveals patients from black African and Caribbean backgrounds are less likely to receive timely carePeople from black backgrounds in England are twice as likely to experience strokes as their white counterparts, while also being less likely to receive timely care, according to th...

Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
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Correspondents’ dinner suspect faces new charge of assaulting federal officer
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Correspondents’ dinner suspect faces new charge of assaulting federal officer

Revised indictment alleges Cole Allen, accused of targeting Trump, assaulted federal officer with deadly weaponCole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman at the White House correspondents’ dinner, is facing an additional related charge for assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, federal autho...

Uwa Ede-Osifo
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Rubio insists US is ‘very fortunate’ as Iran war pushes gas price near $4.50
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The Guardian · World

Rubio insists US is ‘very fortunate’ as Iran war pushes gas price near $4.50

US secretary of state says US is better off than other countries hit by disruption in oil suppliesMarco Rubio has argued the US is in a “very fortunate” position as fuel prices continue to climb nationwide amid disruption sparked by the US-Israel war on Iran.With average US fuel prices now approachi...

Shrai Popat in Washington
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Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says
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Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says

Green party leader also accused of incorrectly stating he was a full member of the National Council of HypnotherapyZack Polanski falsely claimed to be a spokesperson for the British Red Cross while campaigning for the Green party leadership, the charity has said.The claim was also mentioned on his p...

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
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California ‘failing victims’ of violent crime as financial support plummets
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California ‘failing victims’ of violent crime as financial support plummets

Analysis finds victims’ compensation program is awarding less money to fewer people, although budget has increasedVictims of violent crime in California are finding it increasingly hard to get support from the state, a new analysis has found, a development that has locked some of the most vulnerable...

Abené Clayton
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‘Grotesque’: parties criticise Reform UK plan to set up migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas
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‘Grotesque’: parties criticise Reform UK plan to set up migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas

Pledge ahead of local elections dismissed as ‘not a serious policy’ and ‘profoundly un-British’Coming just days before millions go to the polls, Zia Yusuf’s announcement that a Reform government would ‘prioritise’ the citing of migrant detention centres in areas with Green MPs or councils was certai...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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Georgia county poll workers targeted by subpoena seeking their contact details
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Georgia county poll workers targeted by subpoena seeking their contact details

Fulton county is trying to fend off federal prosecutor’s demand for information on 2020 election workersFulton county, Georgia, is trying to fend off a subpoena from a federal prosecutor in North Carolina seeking contact information for thousands of poll workers from the 2020 election.The subpoena,...

George Chidi
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US-Iran truce teeters on meltdown as stalemate takes toll on each side
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US-Iran truce teeters on meltdown as stalemate takes toll on each side

Conflict appears to have reached painful stalemate, but leaders in Tehran and Washington seem to think victory is nearThe month-old ceasefire between Iran and the US appeared to be in new peril on Tuesday with a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles reported to have targeted the United Arab Emirates as...

Jason Burke International security correspondent
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MoD has no system to detect civilian harm caused by military, study shows
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The Guardian · World

MoD has no system to detect civilian harm caused by military, study shows

Revelation comes after report commissioned by department released in response to charity’s FoI requestThe Ministry of Defence has no system for examining whether UK military action has killed or injured civilians in war, a study commissioned by the department has revealed.The MoD also “does not main...

Dan Sabbagh
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Ex-US spy for Israel calls for Gaza ethnic cleansing as he seeks Knesset seat
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The Guardian · World

Ex-US spy for Israel calls for Gaza ethnic cleansing as he seeks Knesset seat

Jonathan Pollard, who served 30 years for selling US military secrets, advocates ‘forcible removal’ of PalestiniansJonathan Pollard, a former US navy intelligence analyst jailed for 30 years for spying for Israel, has said he will stand for election to the Knesset this year on a platform of ethnic c...

Julian Borger in Jerusalem
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US to take steps to curb antidepressant prescribing, RFK Jr says
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US to take steps to curb antidepressant prescribing, RFK Jr says

Plan promotes ‘deprescribing’ as psychiatrists warn crisis stems from lack of access to care, not overuseThe federal health department will begin a series of steps intended to curb antidepressant use in the US, Robert F Kennedy Jr announced this week.Antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin...

Rachel Leingang
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Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs
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Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs

Tom Watson, who had role in attempted coup against Tony Blair in 2006, said move would go down extremely badly with votersLabour MPs have been urged to stop plotting to remove Keir Starmer by Tom Watson, who as a junior minister spearheaded the last attempted coup against a Labour prime minister, fa...

Pippa Crerar, Peter Walker and Jessica Elgot
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