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Jackie, a beloved bald eagle and livestream star, dies of mysterious illness

Thousands mourn the death of the eagle at California’s Big Bear Lake, whose life was closely followed via livestreamJackie – the beloved bald eagle at California’s Big Bear Lake whose livestream was followed by millions of viewers as she birthed and raised chicks – died on Monday due to a mysterious...

Maanvi Singh 2 weeks ago

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Ilhan Omar questions whether Trump administration has used ICE to ‘surveil’ critics

Congresswoman demands answers after a DHS agent was apparently stationed outside her Minnesota town hallDonald Trump’s administration is facing questions over whether it is using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “surveil political opponents” after after an investigative agent was apparen...

Maya Yang 2 weeks ago

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Burnham to give councils more powers to block vape and betting shops

Vape shops in England and Wales to need planning permission while betting shop law change will also apply in ScotlandCouncils are to be given powers to stop betting and vape shops taking over their high streets under new plans announced by Andy Burnham.Local authorities will be able to reject new be...

Aletha Adu and Alexandra Topping 2 weeks ago

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Boat operator faces federal charges after mother and infant killed in New York capsizing

Sara Sanchez, 27, and her daughter died after a speedboat capsized in the New York Harbor over the weekendThe driver of a speedboat that capsized in New York Harbor over the weekend, killing a 27-year-old woman and her infant daughter, was charged on Monday with causing their deaths through miscondu...

Associated Press 2 weeks ago

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Australia politics live: parliament returns as Labor seeks deals on NDIS, gambling ads and news bargaining reforms

Labor looks to negotiate with the Coalition to get several pieces of legislation through parliament. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGovernment listening to ‘money and power’ on gambling says independent MPKate Chaney, who was on the inquiry with th...

Krishani Dhanji 2 weeks ago

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Nearly 30 pine trees intentionally poisoned in Lake Tahoe’s Nevada side

Incidents of damaged trees at Burnt Cedar beach have been reported since 2022 and seem to be linked, officials sayPine trees near Lake Tahoe are being poisoned in what authorities believe are a series of interconnected incidents in the popular tourist community on border of Nevada and California.The...

Coral Murphy Marcos 2 weeks ago

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Trump demands Iran pay compensation for decades of US soldier deaths

US president’s statement is latest sign that negotations to end war and reopen strait of Hormuz have stalledDonald Trump has said he will demand that Iran pay compensation for the deaths of thousands of US soldiers and Iran’s own civilians killed in recent decades in the latest sign his negotiations...

Andrew Roth in Washington 2 weeks ago

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Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, sworn in as US attorney general

Loyalist sworn in after Senate voted narrowly in favor of his confirmation on Saturday morningTodd Blanche has been sworn as US attorney general, cementing Donald Trump’s installation of his former personal attorney in charge of the Department of Justice.Blanche, who has been serving as acting attor...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington 2 weeks ago

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‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat

Exclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crewsFirefighters in the UK are under increased pressure as a result of an “unprecedented summer of dangerous and volatile wildfires”, the Fire Brigades Union has said, as many parts of the count...

Caroline Davies, Matthew Pearce and Pippa Neill 2 weeks ago

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Trump signs order attempting to override CDC vaccine schedule and break up MMR shots

Order recommends all measles, mumps and rubella shots be given at separate visits though cost of doing them together is lowerDonald Trump has signed an executive order with plans for sweeping changes to the childhood vaccination schedule that attempts to override the authority of the US Centers for...

Melody Schreiber 2 weeks ago

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July was hottest month ever recorded in US as heatwaves scorched country

Scientists have made clear that the elevated heat in the US was being amplified by the human-caused climate crisisJuly was the hottest month ever recorded in the US, with repeated, scorching heatwaves across much of the country helping shatter all previous monthly temperature records stretching back...

Oliver Milman 2 weeks ago

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Ann Widdecombe police investigate whether accused had role in Farage incident

Police looking into whether Joshua Kerry linked to alleged attempted burglary last year at Reform leader’s then homePolice are investigating whether Joshua Kerry, the man charged with the murder of the former Reform UK and Conservative politician Ann Widdecombe, had any role in an attempted burglary...

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent 2 weeks ago

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Labour peer urges Badenoch to reverse decision on ex-neo-Nazi’s advisory role

Luciana Berger, who was subject to abuse from Joshua Bonehill-Paine, said Tory leader should ‘listen to victims’The Labour peer Luciana Berger has urged Kemi Badenoch to “listen to victims” and reverse her decision to give a national advisory role to a former neo-Nazi.Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jaile...

Aletha Adu 2 weeks ago

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Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity

Progressive US senator urges Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to ‘stop building machines that humans cannot control’Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic executives to halt their development of artificial intelligence, warning that the US Senate will implement regulation if the c...

Johana Bhuiyan 2 weeks ago

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of US deal for Gaza is a risky move

Israeli prime minister’s unexpected move blindsided IDF commanders and could alienate Trump, his main allyBenjamin Netanyahu’s public rejection of a US-backed deal for Gaza drew scepticism in Israel, amid reports he was personally hammering out details of a pilot military withdrawal days earlier.The...

Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem 2 weeks ago

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Indian police use force to disperse youth protesters calling for exam overhaul

Demonstrators accuse authorities of failing to tackle issues in exams for highly sought-after civil service jobsThousands of angry young job-seekers clashed with police in Jharkhand, one of India’s poorest states, on Monday as a weeks-long protest over alleged irregularities in recruitment drives fo...

Penelope MacRae in Delhi 2 weeks ago

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Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’

The former US president will host six episodes of A Great Book for Audible, discussing work from Toni Morrison and John le Carré to James BaldwinBarack Obama is set to host a podcast about books that have “profoundly shaped his worldview and our society”, from Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison to Tin...

Ella Creamer 2 weeks ago

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Reform donor Arron Banks urged to set out extent of surveillance of journalists

Industry body says use of private investigators against reporters is ‘attack on our democracy’ after Banks apparently admitted doing soThe businessman and Reform UK donor Arron Banks is facing calls to lay out the extent of his surveillance of journalists, described by an industry body as an “attack...

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter 2 weeks ago

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US intelligence ‘believes Russia was behind Leipzig airport drone bomb’

German government talks of a ‘new level of danger’ but declines to say who it thinks was responsible for deviceAmerican intelligence experts believe Russia was behind an attack on a German airport last week with a drone laden with explosives, US media have reported, as Berlin remained silent on the...

Deborah Cole in Berlin 2 weeks ago

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From ticket booking fees to shrinkflation, six other ways Burnham could cut cost of living

The prime minister is promising to crack down on ‘rip-off’ business practicesAndy Burnham has announced he will ban fake discounts and make it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions in an effort to improve life for UK consumers.In the long run, these so-called “everyday fixes” may not make as much...

Hilary Osborne Money and consumer editor 2 weeks ago

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FDA proposes new food ingredient rule but skips defining ‘ultra-processed’

Move closes loophole but doesn’t include definition of ultra-processed foods, promised earlier this yearThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is changing its rules on how food manufacturers notify them of ingredients brought to the market – but the Trump administration has once again punted on d...

Melody Schreiber 2 weeks ago

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Trump admits reflecting pool makeover was rushed but renews vandalism claim

US president on Truth Social concedes contractor had cut some corners to finish $14m renovation project by deadlineDonald Trump has conceded his own administration’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was rushed and shoddy, while insisting that alleged vandals were to blame for damag...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington 2 weeks ago

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Rare animals threatened as wildfire ravages New Forest heathland

More than 120 firefighters tackling blaze which started on Sunday after a van caught fire near habitat ‘more rare than rainforest’More than 120 firefighters are tackling a “devastating” blaze on internationally protected heathland in the New Forest.The area hit by the blaze, which started after a va...

PA Media 2 weeks ago

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At least 20 dead after 7.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Colombia – latest news

More than a dozen buildings collapsed in aftermath of earthquake, which has also prompted evacuationsJorge Moncayo, a 64-year-old taxi driver in Colombia’s third-biggest city, Cali, said he saw plumes of dust shoot up across the city from him home in the mountains as buildings collapsed after the ea...

Tom Ambrose 2 weeks ago

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