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AOC 2028: Could the US elect its first female president? – podcast
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AOC 2028: Could the US elect its first female president? – podcast

Leftwing Democrats are having their moment in the sun, with Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and endless calls for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president in 2028. Has Democratic socialism shifted from the political fringe to the mainstream? And can this group lure back t...

Presented by Jonathan Freedland with Bhaskar Sunkara, produced by May Robson and Nada Smiljanic; the executive producer is Maz Ebtehaj
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Will brutal wildfires force French leaders to take climate crisis seriously?
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Will brutal wildfires force French leaders to take climate crisis seriously?

Campaigners worry politicians will have moved on by time of elections in which Marine Le Pen is expected to challengeAs dozens of forest wildfires burned across France this week amid the summer’s fourth brutal heatwave and increasing air pollution, some wondered whether voters’ first-hand experience...

Angelique Chrisafis
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Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations
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Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations

Company says it discovered unauthorized access during ‘proactive review’ after rival OpenAI revealed rogue agentAnthropic ⁠said on Thursday its AI Claude model hacked ⁠systems of ⁠three ​organizations during testing, days after rival OpenAI ⁠revealed a rogue agent had gone on a days-long ⁠hacking sp...

Reuters
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Lindsay Clancy’s husband told police children were dead, court hears
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Lindsay Clancy’s husband told police children were dead, court hears

Officers in murder trial testify of arriving at Massachusetts home after anguished 911 call from Patrick ClancyThe two police officers focused first on Lindsay Clancy drifting in and out of consciousness in the snow after jumping from her Massachusetts home’s second-floor window in January 2023. Wit...

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Seattle police chief resigns after deadly food festival shooting
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Seattle police chief resigns after deadly food festival shooting

Mayor announces resignation of Shon Barnes after city officials faced criticism over response to Sunday shootingSeattle’s police chief has resigned amid criticism of the city’s response to a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend, Katie Wilson, the mayor, said on Thursday.The announcement fo...

Associated Press in Seattle
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Mandela Barnes drops out of high-stakes Wisconsin governor’s race
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Mandela Barnes drops out of high-stakes Wisconsin governor’s race

Former lieutenant governor says path to Democratic nomination no longer viable as democratic socialist rival surges aheadMandela Barnes, the former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, dropped out of the Democratic primary for governor on Thursday, upending the high-stakes contest less than two weeks b...

Lauren Gambino
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Burnham to free mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’ with new devolved powers
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Burnham to free mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’ with new devolved powers

Local leaders say plan will transform funding so English regions no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for projectsEngland’s regional mayors will be able to break out of the “death grip of the Treasury” by borrowing to invest in big projects under “transformational” plans to shift power out of Whiteh...

Josh Halliday North of England editor
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Australian Rose Davies wins gold in 5,000m in second Commonwealth Games triumph
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Australian Rose Davies wins gold in 5,000m in second Commonwealth Games triumph

Newcastle-born Davies wins in GlasgowFollows earlier gold in 10,000m Rose Davies has roared to a landmark track triumph at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first woman ever to complete the 5,000m and 10,000m double.The Newcastle-born 26-year-old dropped to her knees in joy after winni...

Australian Associated Press
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Diane Abbott and Joani Reid readmitted as Labour MPs
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Diane Abbott and Joani Reid readmitted as Labour MPs

Both MPs have had the parliamentary whip restored following separate independent disciplinary processesMPs Diane Abbott and Joani Reid have been readmitted into Labour and had the parliamentary whip restored, just under two weeks into Andy Burnham’s premiership.The party confirmed that this followed...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent
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New survey reveals fears of US farm workers amid Trump’s immigration raids
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New survey reveals fears of US farm workers amid Trump’s immigration raids

Vast majority of farm workers say raids and deportations have affected their jobs and 61% report shopping lessSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Farm workers in the US are reeling from the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, including increased raids and deportations, acc...

Michael Sainato
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Netflix sued for $105m over stolen Nicolas Cage war thriller
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Netflix sued for $105m over stolen Nicolas Cage war thriller

Makers of unreleased $45m film Fortitude sue after hard drive stolen from streamer’s Los Angeles officeNetflix is being sued for $105m over the theft of a hard drive including an unreleased Nicolas Cage war movie.The streamer’s Los Angeles office was the target of a theft involving a number of hard...

Benjamin Lee
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US Senate rejects bid to rein in Trump’s authority over Iran war
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US Senate rejects bid to rein in Trump’s authority over Iran war

Measure fails 49-50 as US launches new retaliatory attacks in Iran and lawmakers question the prolonged conflictUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Senate on Thursday rejected a largely symbolic effort to limit Donald Trump’s authority to wage war in Iran, amid rising regional tensions after the...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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Saudi forces planning ‘major offensive against Houthis in central Yemen’
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Saudi forces planning ‘major offensive against Houthis in central Yemen’

Yemeni sources say Saudi Arabia is preparing sea and possible land attack to break chokehold on oil exports through Red SeaSaudi Arabia is preparing for a major military offensive against the Houthis by sea and possibly by land in central Yemen, Yemeni sources believe, in a move to break the chokeho...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Russian missile destroys US firm’s Kyiv drone factory
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Russian missile destroys US firm’s Kyiv drone factory

Strike on Terminal Autonomy plant appears to be first time in the war that Moscow has targeted a US companyA drone factory in Kyiv destroyed by a Russian ballistic missile on Friday was owned by a US corporation registered in Delaware, in what appears to be the first time Moscow has targeted a US co...

Aram Roston in Washington
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American Red Cross declares second-ever national blood supply crisis
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American Red Cross declares second-ever national blood supply crisis

Donations to top US provider have dropped to four-year summer low with less than a day’s supply of type O positiveThe American Red Cross has declared the second-ever national blood supply crisis after blood donations fell to a four-year summer low.On Monday, the 145-year-old non-profit said that as...

Maya Yang
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More prisoners in England and Wales are recalled than released for first time
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More prisoners in England and Wales are recalled than released for first time

Returns for breaches of licence conditions rose 31% in the first quarter of 2026, adding to pressure on prison placesMore people were recalled to prison than were released during the first three months of 2026, the first time on record the “recall rate” has surpassed 100% in England and Wales.Betwee...

Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent
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