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Powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes western Colombia
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Powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes western Colombia

Reports of collapsed and severely damaged buildings in several major cities, including Cali and PereiraColombia earthquake live – latest updatesA powerful earthquake has struck western Colombia, with reports of collapsed and severely damaged buildings in major cities including Cali and Pereira.The U...

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
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Ofcom investigates GB News over guest’s pride and paedophilia remarks
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Ofcom investigates GB News over guest’s pride and paedophilia remarks

Regulator acts after 12,000 complaints over comments by Caroline Farrow linking parades with bestiality and paedophiliaUK politics live – latest updatesGB News is being investigated by the UK’s media regulator after a guest appeared to link pride parades with bestiality and paedophilia.The remarks a...

Michael Savage Media editor
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SpaceX plan for vast rocket launch site on Louisiana coast sparks backlash
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SpaceX plan for vast rocket launch site on Louisiana coast sparks backlash

Opponents fear Elon Musk firm’s plan to develop 18-mile strip of Pecan Island will badly damage fragile ecosystemPlans by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a vast rocket launch site on a stretch of Louisiana’s rapidly eroding coastline have stirred a backlash among some local opponents who fear it will ba...

Oliver Milman
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From Dubai luxury to an Irish jail cell: Daniel Kinahan’s drastic lifestyle shift
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From Dubai luxury to an Irish jail cell: Daniel Kinahan’s drastic lifestyle shift

Only spending outlet for man accused of helping to control a third of Europe’s cocaine supply will be prison tuck shopIt sounds like the penal equivalent of five stars: a private gym and library, daily outings to the exercise yard and a landing cleared of other prisoners.Daniel Kinahan’s first full...

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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PM urged not to change scheme to stop PC Andrew Harper killers’ early release
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PM urged not to change scheme to stop PC Andrew Harper killers’ early release

Manslaughter exemption would mean more releases would be needed within 18 months, Prison Service officials sayWhat could Andy Burnham do to block early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers?Andy Burnham has been warned that changing the terms of the prisoners’ early release scheme so PC Andrew Harpe...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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John Lewis managing director Peter Ruis quits job after less than three years
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John Lewis managing director Peter Ruis quits job after less than three years

Surprise departure comes after department store chain’s chair warned of ‘really tough trading conditions’Business live – latest updatesThe managing director of John Lewis has quit the job after less than three years in charge of the British department store chain, as the company faces “really tough”...

Jasper Jolly
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Louisiana warns beachgoers amid surge in flesh-eating bacteria infections
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Louisiana warns beachgoers amid surge in flesh-eating bacteria infections

State confirms nine cases, including five deaths, from Vibrio vulnificus organism, which thrives in seawaterHealth officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters.Louisiana has confirmed nin...

Ed Pilkington and agency
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Crew of Zuckerberg yacht did not hear radio call to assist boat, Meta says
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Crew of Zuckerberg yacht did not hear radio call to assist boat, Meta says

Small skiff ran out of fuel off Alaska and was helped by cruise ship even though Meta CEO’s vessel was closerZuckerberg faces questions over why superyacht reportedly declined to help stranded boatThe crew of a yacht owned by Mark Zuckerberg did not hear a radio call for a maritime assist from a sma...

Guardian staff and agency
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Record 230 people cross Channel to UK as smugglers turn to ‘mega-dinghies’
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Record 230 people cross Channel to UK as smugglers turn to ‘mega-dinghies’

Crossing in larger vessel highlights changing tactics despite increased enforcement on French coastUK politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesA dinghy carrying a record 230 people has arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in the early hours of Monday.It is the clearest indic...

Diane Taylor
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Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily
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Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily

Discovery of 2,100-year-old vessel hailed as ‘one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years’A 2,100-year-old Roman shipwreck carrying about 500 amphorae has been discovered 3 miles off the coast of Mazara del Vallo in Sicily.Italy’s cultural heritage police, the Car...

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and agencies
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Millions in Great Britain can now face emergency power cuts at short notice
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Millions in Great Britain can now face emergency power cuts at short notice

Exclusive: Grid operator Neso can now respond with rolling blackouts as last resort without need for government powersBusiness live – latest updatesMillions of households could face power cuts at short notice under new rules to help the electricity system operator avoid widespread blackouts when ene...

Jillian Ambrose
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Netanyahu rejects US-backed 15-point Gaza peace plan | First Thing
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Netanyahu rejects US-backed 15-point Gaza peace plan | First Thing

Israeli PM is insisting on a full Hamas disarmament before the deal can be implemented. Plus, what it feels like to get locked into an opera performance that lasts nearly 24 hoursDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a US-backed 15-poin...

Martin Belam
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New head of Australian trade union movement named after Sally McManus steps down
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New head of Australian trade union movement named after Sally McManus steps down

Melissa Donnelly, the national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, will replace the outgoing ACTU headGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMelissa Donnelly, the national secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, will take on the role as the next head o...

Cait Kelly  Inequality reporter
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Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’
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Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’

Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in TexasA Kurdish man who was force fed over the course of eight months while on hunger strike in US immigration detention has spoken out about it for the first time, describing how much the...

José Olivares in New York
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Harvey Nichols warns it could collapse without rescue deal, as bidders circle
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Harvey Nichols warns it could collapse without rescue deal, as bidders circle

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group is frontrunner to buy Knightsbridge-headquartered department store chainCan Harvey Nichols find its way back to being Ab Fab again?Business live – latest updatesHarvey Nichols has warned that it will not be able to survive another year without new investment, as bidders f...

Jasper Jolly
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Trial of former gang leader to begin over Tupac Shakur murder
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Trial of former gang leader to begin over Tupac Shakur murder

Prosecutors to argue that Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis ordered killing and provided gun in Las Vegas drive-by shooting of rapperThe trial is to begin of a former gang leader over the decades-old killing of the rapper Tupac Shakur, one of the most high-profile unresolved murders in the US.The proceedings, w...

Agence France-Presse in Los Angeles
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Weather tracker: Europe breaks more heat records as temperatures soar
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Weather tracker: Europe breaks more heat records as temperatures soar

Drought and wildfires intensify across continent, while tropical storms bring heavy rain and disruption to east AsiaEurope live – latest updatesHigh pressure has dominated central and eastern Europe in early August, breaking temperature records across the region. Austria recorded a high of 41.2C (1...

Magdalena Shopova for MetDesk
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