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Met investigating suspected arson attack on north London memorial wall

Scotland Yard says incident in area that is home to large Jewish community is not being treated as terrorism Police said on Tuesday they were investigating a suspected arson attack at a memorial wall in a north London area that is home to a large Jewish community.London’s Metropolitan police said th...

Reuters 3 months ago

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Beekeeper jailed after releasing insects on authorities trying to evict her friend

Massachusetts woman jailed for six months after court heard she admitted to freeing bees on sheriff’s deputiesA beekeeper has been jailed for six months after she set swarms of her insects on sheriff’s deputies attempting to carry out an eviction at a friend’s house.Rebecca Woods insisted she only r...

Richard Luscombe 3 months ago

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Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds

Climate group calls for urgent windfall tax on excess fossil fuel profits, as delegates tell Colombia conference their nations are sufferingThe Middle East oil and gas crunch will impose as much as a trillion dollars of additional costs on the global economy while petroleum companies rake in spectac...

Jonathan Watts and Fiona Harvey in Santa Marta, Colombia 3 months ago

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Deloitte and Zoom’s trims to parental-leave benefits may hurt them in long run, experts say

The firms said last week that they will be reducing parental leave and other benefits for employees starting next yearRecent moves by US companies Deloitte and Zoom to reduce how much paid parental leave they offer employees could signal a larger reduction in benefits in corporate America, according...

Eric Berger 3 months ago

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US activists plan May Day economic blackout: ‘No school, no work, no shopping’

Actions expected to exceed 3,000 as unions and groups expand protests inspired by Minnesota ICE crackdownLabor unions, democratic organizations and community groups are organizing an economic blackout this year to commemorate May Day, International Workers Day, inspired by the economic blackout in M...

Michael Sainato 3 months ago

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Barge rescue attempt for Timmy the whale in Germany gets go-ahead

Vets say whale stranded for a month near Lübeck is fit to be transported in rescue effort funded by two entrepreneursGerman officials have given the green light for a fresh attempt to rescue a humpback whale that has been stranded off the country’s Baltic Sea coast for more than a month.The 13-metre...

Agence France-Presse 3 months ago

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George Clooney condemns Washington shooting and calls on citizens to ‘truly make America great again’

Star tells awards ceremony: ‘I disagree with everything that this administration stands for, but there’s no place for the kind of violence we saw two nights ago’In the wake of the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, George Clooney used an awards-show speech to make a plea against “ha...

Andrew Pulver 3 months ago

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King to meet Trump off-camera amid clash fears before Charles’ Congress speech – US politics live

State visit of UK royals continues as monarch to tell US lawmakers that ‘our countries have always found ways to come together’Sign up for the Breaking News US email The suspected gunman who tried to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner appeared in federal court on Monday and was charged wit...

Tom Ambrose 3 months ago

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Shares in buy-to-let mortgage lenders fall after report Reeves plans rent freeze

FTSE 250 firms Paragon and OSB Group, owner of Kent Reliance and Precise Mortgages, slide on London Stock ExchangeRachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war falloutBusiness live – latest updatesShares in some of the UK’s biggest buy-to-let lenders such as Paragon and One Savings Bank ha...

Tom Knowles 3 months ago

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JD Vance’s key role in Iran talks presents him with a thorny predicament

Vice-president faces challenges as he assumes potential role of point man in endeavor to end a war he opposedAs a man who wears his Christian beliefs on his sleeve, JD Vance is no doubt acutely conscious of Jesus Christ’s dictum from his sermon on the mount declaring that “blessed are the peacemaker...

Robert Tait in Washington 3 months ago

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Ex-FCDO chief tells MPs he had concerns over Mandelson’s Epstein links

Philip Barton says there was pressure over pace of vetting from No 10, which he says was ‘uninterested’ in processUK politics live – latest updatesThe former Foreign Office chief has said he was concerned about Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffery Epstein – and said there was “absolutely” pressure fro...

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor 3 months ago

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Barclays cuts back risky lending after £228m hit from UK mortgage firm MFS

Bank’s chief executive points to rising fraud as it sets aside a further £105m for motor finance compensationBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays is pulling back from lending to risky borrowers, as its chief executive warned of increasing numbers of fraud cases and the bank took a £228m hit from t...

Julia Kollewe 3 months ago

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‘Culture of misogyny’: teacher surrounded by hundreds of students and pelted with food at elite Brisbane boys’ school, court told

Teacher at Marist College Ashgrove claims she suffered ‘serious psychiatric injury’ after the schoolyard incidentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teacher at one of Brisbane’s top private boys’ schools has claimed she was subject to a “culture of misogyny” after being surr...

Andrew Messenger 3 months ago

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Macron expected to back Andorra’s moves to decriminalise abortion during visit - Europe live

France’s president, who is also co-prince of the micro-state, expected to speak frankly about issue in country with some of strictest abortion laws in EuropeEurope correspondentJournalists in the EU face increasing levels of harassment, threats and violence, while news outlets are owned by a shrinki...

Jakub Krupa 3 months ago

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Austrian man goes on trial for 2024 Taylor Swift concert terror plot

Defendant, 21, in court with second man over alleged scheme to kill music fans outside Vienna stadiumThe trial against a man accused of plotting to attack one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago began in Austria on Tuesday.The plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still c...

Associated Press 3 months ago

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Mexican special forces arrest top commander of powerful cartel

Audias Flores, known as ‘El Jardinero’, of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, captured in western state of NayaritMexican special forces have arrested one of the top commanders of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel in the western state of Nayarit.Audias Flores, known as “El Jardinero”, is a...

Reuters in Monterrey 3 months ago

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Adelaide writers’ week sacrificed to save city’s prestigious arts festival, documents show

Briefings obtained by freedom of information warned a ‘cascade of withdrawals’ could lead to collapse of 2026 South Australian festivalGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAdelaide writers’ week was sacrificed to save the 2026 Adelaide festival, an event that ploughs more than...

Kelly Burke 3 months ago

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Middle East crisis live: Iran says it needs guarantees against attacks before Gulf can be stable

Tehran’s UN envoy says ‘full respect’ of Iran’s rights also key for lasting regional stabilityUS is being ‘humiliated’ by Iran’s leadership, says Friedrich MerzLebanon’s minister for the environment has accused Israel’s military of committing “an act of ecocide” in the foreword to a report detailing...

Yohannes Lowe 3 months ago

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Ministers open-minded on shape of UK social media limits, Phillipson says

Education secretary says children will face restrictions and government will consider range of views on their formChildren in the UK will face restrictions on their use of social media but the government remains open-minded about what form the limits will take, Bridget Phillipson, the education secr...

Jamie Grierson 3 months ago

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Author of novel depicting toddler role-play spared jail after being convicted of writing child abuse material

Lauren Ashley Mastrosa given 18-month community corrections order after book was read by handful of advance readersThe author behind an offensive novel depicting toddler role-play has been convicted but spared jail for penning child abuse material.Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, a 34-year-old former marketi...

Australian Associated Press 3 months ago

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Former top civil servant gives evidence to MPs on Mandelson vetting ahead of critical vote for Starmer - UK politics live

Philip Barton gives evidence to foreign affairs committee, with Morgan McSweeney due later this morning, ahead of vote this afternoon Q: Where you ever asked your view about appointing Peter Mandelson?Barton says he was first told about this on 15 December 2024.In the end, this is an appointment to...

Andrew Sparrow 3 months ago

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‘Protected for another century’: experts lift 15-tonne foremast from HMS Victory

In latest stage of £42m restoration project, 30-strong team removed mast from Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar flagshipThere is only one correct way to extricate a 15-tonne wrought iron mast from one of the world’s most famous and beloved warships – very slowly, and with extreme care.Which is precisely...

Steven Morris 3 months ago

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UK and US always find ways to come together, King Charles to tell Congress

Monarch to allude to recent strains in special relationship in speech to both houses during four-day state visitKing Charles is expected to allude to recent strains between the UK and US in a rare address by a monarch to the US Congress as he will underline that “time and again our two countries hav...

Jamie Grierson 3 months ago

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BP profits more than double as oil and gas prices soar in Iran war

Energy company hails ‘exceptional’ contribution of oil trading operations as profits hit $3.2bn in the first quarterBusiness live – latest updatesBP’s quarterly profits have more than doubled after a jump in oil and gas prices linked to the conflict in the Middle East.The energy company said on Tues...

Guardian staff and agencies 3 months ago

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