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CEO of bitcoin firm championed by Nigel Farage leaves company
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CEO of bitcoin firm championed by Nigel Farage leaves company

Resignation announced of Jai Patel, whose liquidated crypto firm was relaunched as Stack BTC this yearThe chief executive of a bitcoin company promoted by Nigel Farage has left his role as the venture attempts to convince investors that it is going to deliver “long-term value” for shareholders.Stack...

Helena Horton
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More than 80 unopened ballots found in SA seat won by One Nation prompts recount
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The Guardian · World

More than 80 unopened ballots found in SA seat won by One Nation prompts recount

AEC to recount votes in electorate of Narungga after Chantelle Thomas won the seat by just 58 votes at the March state electionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s claim to the seat of Narungga has hit a snag we...

Tory Shepherd and Australian Associated Press
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Private rents in Great Britain stop rising for first time since 2017
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Private rents in Great Britain stop rising for first time since 2017

More landlords having to cut prices to secure tenants, Rightmove data showsAverage private rents have stopped rising in Great Britain after almost a decade of increases, as more landlords cut their prices to secure a tenant, data shows.The typical advertised private rent outside London for propertie...

Rupert Jones
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US launches fifth strike on alleged Pacific drug boat in a week, killing three
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US launches fifth strike on alleged Pacific drug boat in a week, killing three

Wednesday’s strike brings the total of those killed in US military strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 177Three people were killed in a US strike on another alleged drug-trafficking boat, the fifth such deadly attack in as many days, military officials have announced.US southern command said i...

Guardian staff and agencies
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Russia pummels Ukraine with drone and missile strikes, killing three
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Russia pummels Ukraine with drone and missile strikes, killing three

Two killed, including a child, in Kyiv with another death in the city of Dnipro amid strikes across the countryRussian forces attacked Kyiv and other cities early on Thursday, killing three people, including a 12-year-old child, injuring more than 20 and badly damaging buildings, officials said.Mosc...

Agence France-Presse
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How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution
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How South Korea plans to use the Iran crisis to spur a renewables revolution

Energy crisis unfolding in Middle East has added political urgency, and more funding, to transform South Korea’s solar industryIn Guyang-ri, a farming village of 70 households about 90 minutes south-east of Seoul, people gather for communal free lunches six days a week. The meals are funded by the v...

Raphael Rashid in Seoul
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When the ‘Dubai dream’ goes wrong - podcast
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When the ‘Dubai dream’ goes wrong - podcast

Journalist Will Coldwell tells the story of how a British businessman was imprisoned in Dubai – and how his family finally got him homeWhen Albert Douglas found out he was facing a long prison sentence in Dubai, he tried to escape the UAE … and failed. What followed was years of court proceedings, t...

Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Will Coldwell; produced by Ivor Manley, Eli Block and Ross Burns; executive producer Alex Atack
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Sonia Sotomayor apologizes to Brett Kavanaugh in US supreme court justice spat
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Sonia Sotomayor apologizes to Brett Kavanaugh in US supreme court justice spat

In a spilling of the court’s divisions in public, Sotomayor had criticized Kavanaugh over a dissenting ruling on ICE raidsSonia Sotomayor, a US supreme court justice, issued an apology on Wednesday for her recent criticism of fellow justice Brett Kavanaugh, an unusual public mea culpa that underscor...

Reuters
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Georgia man charged over attacks that killed DHS worker and other woman
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Georgia man charged over attacks that killed DHS worker and other woman

Killing of Lauren Bullis and woman not yet identified in ‘random’ Monday attacks draws attention of Trump officialsAn Atlanta man has been charged in a string of attacks over a matter of hours that left two women dead and a man in critical condition, drawing the Trump administration’s attention afte...

Associated Press
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Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says
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Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says

Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainablyThe owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire received record subsidies of almost £1bn for burning trees to generate electricity in 2025, a climate thinktank has...

Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
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Gray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, dying there at alarming rates
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Gray whales, once rare in San Francisco Bay, dying there at alarming rates

Researchers find increase in whale deaths in the Bay, largely because of collisions with vessels on busy shipping routeGray whales have historically been a rare sight in the San Francisco Bay. They trek from the warm lagoons of Mexico’s Baja California over 10,000 miles north to the Arctic region to...

Uwa Ede-Osifo
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France seeks release of 86-year-old French widow detained by ICE
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France seeks release of 86-year-old French widow detained by ICE

Agents detained Marie-Therese Ross in Alabama on 1 April after she overstayed her 90-day visa, according to DHSThe French government is pressing the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the 86-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody after she was detained...

Associated Press
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Reeves gives more energy bill support to businesses as Iran war pushes up costs
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Reeves gives more energy bill support to businesses as Iran war pushes up costs

Scheme cutting bills by up to 25% expanded to cover 10,000 firms, but they will not be paid until next yearRachel Reeves has announced an expansion of support for the most energy-intensive UK businesses, as they face soaring bills as a result of the Middle East conflict.The chancellor said the long-...

Heather Stewart and Richard Partington in Washington
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