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Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs

Chief property and security officer Ian Collard set to submit written answers to foreign affairs committee questionsA key figure in the row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington will not appear before a parliamentary committee of MPs to give evidence.Emily Thornberry had...

Nadeem Badshah 3 months ago

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Militants and separatists launch coordinated attacks across Mali

Al-Qaida-linked group JNIM claims responsibility for strikes on airport in capital, Bamako and four other citiesIslamic militants and separatists attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years.The al-...

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It costs $230 out-of-pocket to see a dermatologist. Many Australians go without – despite soaring skin cancer rates

Exclusive: Report shows cost of first appointment rose $20 in one year, with steeper rises in Western Australia, South Australia and TasmaniaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPatients are increasingly going without medically necessary dermatological care, the head of the Con...

Melissa Davey Medical editor 3 months ago

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Woman and child die after getting into ‘difficulty’ in water in west London

Pair, believed to be mother and son, recovered from water but died at scene in Elthorne Park, Ealing A woman and her young child have died after getting into “difficulty” in the water at a west London park, police said.Police were called to Elthorne Park in Ealing just before 4.30pm on Saturday, whe...

PA Media 3 months ago

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One police officer dead after Chicago hospital shooting

Officials say the suspect in the shooting, which left another officer in critical condition, has been taken into custodyA shooting at a Chicago hospital on Saturday morning has left a police officer dead and another critically injured, according to NBC 5 Chicago.The suspect, who has not been publicl...

Uwa Ede-Osifo 3 months ago

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After destroying more than 120 homes, wildfires still a danger, Georgia officials say

Blazes in US south-east have blown smoke over a wide area, and contributed to at least one death in FloridaTwo wildfires in south-eastern Georgia that have destroyed more than 120 homes continued to threaten property and lives on Saturday as officials warned that strong winds could spread the flames...

Associated Press 3 months ago

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Macron says EU’s mutual defence clause ‘not just words’

French president cites joint military aid to Cyprus as proof of Europe’s ability to defend itself during trip to AthensEmmanuel Macron has spoken up for Europe’s ability to defend itself, saying a mutual assistance clause, enshrined in the EU treaty, was unambiguous and “not just words”.The French p...

Helena Smith 3 months ago

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Egyptian family of six taken back into ICE custody days after being released

Hayam El Gamal and five children were held for 10 months after husband allegedly threw molotov cocktails at crowdAn Egyptian family of six has been taken back into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, days after they were released from a detention facility in Texas on Thursday, according to...

Uwa Ede-Osifo 3 months ago

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Social media influencer dies six days after car hit her outside London nightclub

Klaudia Zakrzewska, 32, was hit at about 4.30am six days ago in Soho in incident that left 58-year-man with life-changing injuriesA social media influencer has died six days after a car hit her and other pedestrians outside a nightclub in London, police said.Klaudia Zakrzewska, 32, was injured in Ar...

Nadeem Badshah 3 months ago

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Texas camp where 25 girls died in 2025 flood may not be allowed to reopen

Camp Mystic must make changes to its emergency notification processes to receive its operating licenseThe Texas Christian summer camp where 27 girls and counselors died in a catastrophic flood in July 2025 may not be allowed to open again this upcoming summer after state officials found it has not m...

Oliver Milman 3 months ago

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Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiationsDonald Trump said he has told US envoys not to go to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran’s top diplomat left Islamabad late on Saturday.Trump added to Fox News: “They can call u...

Associated Press 3 months ago

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Teenager charged in London with woman’s murder after UAE extradition

Enzo Bettamio alleged to have stabbed Kamonnan Thiamphanit in April 2024 at a property in BayswaterA teenager has been charged with murder over the death of a 27-year-old woman after his extradition from the United Arab Emirates to the UK.The charge relates to the stabbing of Kamonnan Thiamphanit, w...

Nadeem Badshah 3 months ago

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Security vetting stepped up after MP is given bodyguard with far-right links

Extra social media checks brought in amid growing threat to politicians from extremistsThe security company that provides bodyguards for MPs has tightened its vetting processes after it sent a bodyguard with far-right links to protect a politician who was under threat from extremists.Mitie, which ha...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent 3 months ago

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Met investigates hundreds of officers after using Palantir AI tool

Met says AI software unearthed rule-breaking ranging from work-from-home violations to suspected corruptionThe Metropolitan police have launched investigations into hundreds of officers after using an AI tool built by the controversial tech company Palantir to root out rogue cops.The software was de...

Raphael Boyd 3 months ago

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Conspiracy theory over UFOs and missing scientists spreads from web to White House

Claim of nefarious plot draws attention of lawmakers and president – but are disappearances and deaths really linked?Are the disappearances or deaths of at least 11 US scientists, each allegedly connected in some way to space, defense and nuclear research, really linked in a nefarious plot: one that...

Edward Helmore 3 months ago

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California’s jet fuel supply drops to three-year low as Middle East turmoil squeezes global oil market

Industry analysts say fuel price surge could lead to canceled flight routes that could snarl travelers’ plansCalifornia’s jet fuel supply has dropped to a level not seen since 2023, as turmoil in the Middle East continues to squeeze the global oil market.As of 17 April, the state’s jet fuel stock wa...

Uwa Ede-Osifo 3 months ago

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What counts as the woods? Judge axes Nova Scotia’s ban that defied ‘commonsense definitions’

The court sided with a Canadian hiker who deliberately challenged the order imposed to curb spread of wildfiresAs wildfires raged across Nova Scotia last summer, the Canadian province made a simple plea to residents: stay away from the woods.As the situation deteriorated, authorities turned the requ...

Leyland Cecco in Toronto 3 months ago

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Mississippi school kids stop school bus on highway after driver passes out

Students aged 12 to 15 steered bus to safety and called for help after driver lost consciousness from asthma attackMiddle school students in Mississippi acted quickly to halt their school bus from crashing after their driver passed out while on a highway, prompting the operator to declare: “They sav...

Oliver Milman and agencies 3 months ago

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Roommate charged with murder in deaths of University of South Florida doctoral students

Hisham Abugharbieh was arrested after standoff with police and charged with killing Zamil Limon and Nahida BristyThe man who was detained after two Bangladeshi doctoral students went missing from the University of South Florida (USF) has been booked with two counts of murder.Hisham Abugharbieh faces...

Guardian staff and agencies 3 months ago

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Russian airstrikes kill at least seven people in Ukraine overnight

Dnipro bore the brunt of the attacks but Odesa and Kharkiv were also targeted in largest onslaught for several daysRussian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine killed at least seven people overnight, including five in the city of Dnipro, Ukrainian local authorities have said.Reports say that at...

Aneesa Ahmed 3 months ago

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ICE planning facility for children and families on Pfas-contaminated site

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found at least 41m ppt in groundwater at former military facility in LouisianaDonald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one the nation’s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a h...

Tom Perkins 3 months ago

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Partygate v Mandelson: Keir Starmer faces attack from his own playbook

Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris JohnsonThe lexicon of a British parliamentary scandal is arcane.As Keir Starmer fights to remain prime minister, he has had to respond to a “humble address”, had his judgment picked over d...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor 3 months ago

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Louisiana judge in abuse case belatedly recuses himself after ruling in favor of church on whose finance panel he sits

Kendrick Guidry, alone among judges, initially ruled that the state supreme court’s decision to uphold a ‘lookback window’ for abuse claims did not set a binding precedentOnly one judge in Louisiana has ruled in favor of the Catholic church’s ongoing attempts to strike down a law there which allowed...

David Hammer of WWL Louisiana and Ramon Antonio Vargas 3 months ago

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Staff decry ‘constant turbulence’ under Trump’s labor secretary, as she blames ‘deep state’ in resignation

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid allegations of an affair and steering grants to politically connected figuresThe secretary of the Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, resigned this week after several controversies surrounding her brief tenure at the helm of the agency. But labor officials say...

Michael Sainato 3 months ago

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