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UK extreme heat prompts Cobra emergency meeting

High temperatures continue with forecasts reaching 38C on Thursday and wildfires stretching emergency servicesThe prime minister will chair a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on Wednesday in response to extreme heat, which has caused wildfires and plunged many parts of Britain into drought.A...

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Wednesday briefing: Why the prison crisis is about much more than early release

In today’s newsletter: As ministers scramble to resolve overcrowding in prisons, experts say the crisis demands a rethink of who we lock up – and what happens when they’re set freeGood morning. On his family holiday last week, the prime minister, Andy Burnham, was reported to be taking daily calls f...

Libby Brooks 2 weeks ago

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Members of Liberal group received ‘kickbacks’ from lobbying company’s Catholic Schools NSW contract, Icac hears

Lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood gives evidence about allegations linked to Reformers at Independent Commission Against Corruption hearingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMembers of a conservative Christian Liberal party factio...

Penry Buckley 2 weeks ago

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All-British chocolate bar made by scientists using Reading-grown cocoa

Master’s student made first bar with 100% UK ingredients since 1932 to highlight affect of climate crisis on cocoa plants The late queen was the only person in history to have ever eaten a chocolate bar made with 100% British ingredients, after she was given one as a six-year-old in 1932 by the conf...

Helena Horton 2 weeks ago

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Mass evacuations in Beijing as Typhoon Dolphin brings more torrential rain to China

Forecasters warned the Chinese capital could receive more than one-third of its average annual rainfall over 24 hoursThousands of people have been evacuated from areas at risk of flooding and landslides in Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Dolphin continue to bring torrential rain to northern and...

Yu-chen Li in Taipei 2 weeks ago

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Massive bailout for Australia’s largest aluminium smelter expected to be announced by PM and NSW premier

Rio Tinto said in December it may cease operations at the Tomago aluminium smelter at the end of its current electricity supply contractFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese and the New South Wales premier, C...

Tom McIlroy and Penry Buckley 2 weeks ago

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Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say

First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and cropsFirefighters and residents of south Lebanon have accused the Israeli military of lighting wildfires in the region, as forested areas burned down in blazes sparked by Israeli bombing.Environm...

William Christou in Beirut 2 weeks ago

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UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds

Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down citiesRepeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the end of July, new analysis sh...

Heather Stewart Economics editor 2 weeks ago

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British man with dementia told to leave Sweden after losing migration case

Exclusive: Horace Mason, 74, who has lived in Sweden for 25 years, faces being deported after court rulingA 74-year-old British man who has been living in Sweden for 25 years who needs round-the-clock care for dementia has been given 10 days to leave the country after he lost a post-Brexit migration...

Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent 2 weeks ago

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‘A mouse can’t tell us what works’: UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing

Organoids and tissues grown from human cells promise more accurate results, with £20m Cambridge project to create standardised modelsMiniature human organs and other tissues are to be grown from NHS patients’ cells in a drive to improve medicine testing and reduce the number of animals used in drug...

Ian Sample Science editor 2 weeks ago

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Progressive Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary in race defined by anti-ICE anger

State’s Democratic lieutenant governor bests Angie Craig in another election contest pitting a progressive against a moderatePeggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, won the Democratic primary for US Senate in the state, in another election contest that pitted a progressive against a moderat...

Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis 2 weeks ago

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Bondi shooting hero Ahmed al-Ahmed cleared of assault charges

Al-Ahmed, who maintains his innocence, was accused of putting his father in a headlock in MarchFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe man who disarmed one of the gunmen allegedly responsible for the Bondi beach terror atta...

Australian Associated Press 2 weeks ago

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Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight

The Comac C919 will fly from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, although experts say it could take generations for it to challenge the west’s dominance of the industryChina hopes to break into the world of commercial aviation with the first international flight of a Chinese-made passenger jet sched...

Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent 2 weeks ago

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Thailand suspends gun licences as teen shooter and grandparents he killed are cremated

Prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul calls for tighter gun controls and ‘decisive penalties’ after nine dead in school shooting Thailand has suspended firearms licences after last week’s deadly school shooting, as the bodies of the teenage attacker and the grandparents he killed were cremated.The pri...

Agence France-Presse 2 weeks ago

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A ‘body’ found in a suitcase was actually a sex doll. How did NSW police get it so wrong?

Officers – correctly – may not have fully unzipped the bag containing the lifelike doll to avoid destroying evidence, one expert saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRevelations that a “body” found inside a suitcase was...

Kat Wong 2 weeks ago

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Senator Darline Graham advances to runoff in South Carolina special primary

Lindsey Graham’s sister, appointed to replace the Republican, held a narrow lead in the Senate primaryUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailSenator Darline Graham, appointed to complete the Senate term of her late brother, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina...

George Chidi 2 weeks ago

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Cook Islands election: PM Mark Brown speaks on the diplomatic crises that defined his year

The prime minister tells the Guardian that last year’s diplomatic rift with ally New Zealand could be on voters’ minds as they head to the pollsAs voters in the Cook Islands prepare to head to the polls in a high-stakes general election, they will have much to reflect on. Over recent years, politics...

Rashneel Kumar in Rarotonga 2 weeks ago

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ICE to spend up to $20m on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

According to manufacturer, shock ‘is usually effective in bringing individuals into compliance in less than three seconds’ICE plans to spend up to $20m (£15m) to purchase thousands of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks for officers and agents by March, according to a notice published M...

Maanvi Singh and agencies 2 weeks ago

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Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a ‘self-sacrificial somersault’ during sex – but why?

New research sheds light on the genetic basis of the venomous insect’s ‘weird mating behaviour’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIf you think you’ve had a bad one-night stand, spare a thought for the male redback spider,...

Donna Lu 2 weeks ago

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Australia politics live: Bragg to outline Coalition plans to heavily cut net migration and shred 96% of house construction code

Policy comes as debate continues over causes of and solutions to housing issues. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCBA records bumper $11bn profitCommonwealth Bank has recorded a bumper $11bn full year cash profit, up 7%, after recording strong growth...

Krishani Dhanji 2 weeks ago

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Trump’s Air Force One deception faces scrutiny over ‘decoy’ passengers

Journalists and others were allowed to fly on presidential jet despite security threat while Trump was spirited awaySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Democrats called on Tuesday for a congressional briefing over a stunning charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited to differ...

Joseph Gedeon and David Smith in Washington 2 weeks ago

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Dethroned Miss North Carolina USA threatens legal action over title removal

Brittany Boltinhouse’s attorney says removal of title and crown ‘another troubling example of cancel culture’A lawyer for beauty queen Brittany Boltinhouse, dethroned as Miss North Carolina USA last week, is threatening legal action, claiming the actions of pageant organizers were “wrongful and unju...

Edward Helmore 2 weeks ago

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Judge blocks Trump’s order aimed at using USPS to restrict mail-in voting

Ruling expands on earlier order that prevented implementation in 23 mostly Democratic-led statesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA federal judge on Tuesday blocked ⁠the US Postal ⁠Service ​(USPS) from implementing part of Donald Trump’s executive order that aims ⁠to tighten rules for...

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White House pushes DoJ to revive reflecting pool case against Olympian

Justice department is asked to weigh new charges against David Hearn after US attorney dropped vandalism chargesThe White House has asked the Department of Justice to weigh new charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, according to a person famili...

Sam Levine in New York 2 weeks ago

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