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Syrian commission prepares war crimes case against notorious Assad official
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Syrian commission prepares war crimes case against notorious Assad official

Fadi Saqr is accused of mass killings of civilians in Tadamon, Damascus, where people say he must face justiceA Syrian rights commission is preparing a case accusing Fadi Saqr, a militia leader within the Assad regime, of involvement in crimes against humanity and war crimes, a senior Syrian officia...

Melvyn Ingleby in Istanbul and William Christou in Beirut
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Revealed: British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry
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Revealed: British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry

WPP accused of breaching its climate policy after report reveals firm linked to twice as much oil advertising as US rivalsA British advertising conglomerate has helped the oil companies ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and BP spend an estimated $1.5bn (£1.1bn) on adverts in the US since the 2015 Paris agr...

TJ Jordan
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Rising costs forcing 3m UK households to skip meals, Which? report finds
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Rising costs forcing 3m UK households to skip meals, Which? report finds

Consumer insight tracker shows 85% are worried about food prices and a majority think the economy will deteriorateThree million UK households are being forced to skip meals as consumers resort to drastic measures to deal with rising costs, according to a Which? report published on Thursday.The confl...

Claudia Efemini
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RSPB cautiously welcomes slight increase in UK nightingale population
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RSPB cautiously welcomes slight increase in UK nightingale population

Elusive nightingale ‘doing well’ at Northward Hill, Kent, but experts cite concerns around loss of habitatThe dawn chorus at RSPB Northward Hill in Kent is a riot of sound: the melodic robin, the two-tone cuckoo, the whitethroat’s scratchy warble. Even the garbling geese and mooing cows from the nei...

Tomé Morrissy-Swan
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Jarvis Cocker and Kim Sion to curate art exhibition at Hepworth Wakefield
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Jarvis Cocker and Kim Sion to curate art exhibition at Hepworth Wakefield

Musician and his wife, a creative consultant, hope the Hodge Podge can expand ideas of creativity and communityA new exhibition curated by Jarvis Cocker and his wife, the creative consultant Kim Sion, will open at Hepworth Wakefield next year, aiming to encourage people to discover their own creativ...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
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BBC responds to interest in Cornish with new language podcast
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BBC responds to interest in Cornish with new language podcast

Learn Cornish launched few months after language given new level of protection Listeners tuning in to the BBC’s latest podcast offering on Friday may find themselves saying dydh da to a language that is enjoying something of a resurgence. The new programme called Learn Cornish will be fronted by the...

Yassin El-Moudden
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Bondi royal commission: report calls for better policing of Jewish festivals after ‘high’ terror risk flagged for Hanukah event
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Bondi royal commission: report calls for better policing of Jewish festivals after ‘high’ terror risk flagged for Hanukah event

Interim report contains 14 recommendations, after inquiry examined agencies’ actions before the attack in which 15 people were killedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney’s Jewish community told police of a “high” thre...

Ben Doherty, Josh Butler and Nino Bucci
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Brown University shooting suspect driven by 'accumulation of grievances,' FBI says
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Brown University shooting suspect driven by 'accumulation of grievances,' FBI says

Claudio Neves Valente, who killed himself after deadly attack, began planning for violence in 2022, authorities sayThe gunman behind a deadly shooting at Brown University in December appeared to have been aggrieved by personal failures and sought retribution against those he deemed responsible, fede...

Uwa Ede-Osifo and agencies
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World’s largest aircraft carrier to return to US after record deployment
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World’s largest aircraft carrier to return to US after record deployment

USS Gerald R Ford to sail home after 10-month spell including role in Maduro capture and Middle East warThe world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran an...

Associated Press
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Florida approves US House map meant to boost Republicans in midterms
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Florida approves US House map meant to boost Republicans in midterms

Vote comes on same day the US supreme court rolls back a key provision of the Voting Rights ActThe Florida legislature approved a new congressional map intended to maximize Republicans’ advantage in the state as part of the national redistricting battle that Donald Trump launched before this year’s...

Associated Press
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Prosecutors release detailed description of how D4vd allegedly killed teen girl
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Prosecutors release detailed description of how D4vd allegedly killed teen girl

New court document made public in case of singer charged with murder and sexual abuse of Celeste Rivas HernandezProsecutors described in a new court document how D4vd, who has been charged with the murder and sexual abuse of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, allegedly fatally stabbed her to preve...

Dani Anguiano
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New Orleans sheriff indicted on 30 counts just days before term ends
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New Orleans sheriff indicted on 30 counts just days before term ends

Susan Hutson accused of malfeasance and other crimes that enabled 2025 mass escape from Louisiana jailThe sheriff of New Orleans was hit on Wednesday with a sweeping 30-count indictment alleging malfeasance and payroll fraud amid an outside investigation into her office that was prompted by a massiv...

Athina Morris and Katie Moore of WWL Louisiana in New Orleans
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Raise tax on alcohol and junk food to cut deaths from liver disease, experts say
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Raise tax on alcohol and junk food to cut deaths from liver disease, experts say

Report calls for tough action to combat ‘escalating and unsustainable burden’ of liver-related problems in EuropeGovernments in Europe should impose much higher taxes on alcohol and unhealthy food to tackle the continent’s 284,000 deaths a year from liver disease, experts say.Taxes on those products...

Denis Campbell Health policy editor
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Trial of non-invasive endometriosis scan boosts hopes for quicker diagnosis
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Trial of non-invasive endometriosis scan boosts hopes for quicker diagnosis

Results suggest radiotracer maraciclatide can ‘light up’ condition on scan and reduce need for investigative surgeryA non-invasive scan for endometriosis has shown promising results in a trial, boosting hopes for far quicker diagnosis.The trial, which included 19 women with the condition, suggests t...

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
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