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Norwegian teenager guilty of travelling to UK to carry out contract killing
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Norwegian teenager guilty of travelling to UK to carry out contract killing

Johannes Kongsnes Natland was recruited to murder unknown person by international crime gang linked to IranA Norwegian teenager has been found guilty of travelling to England to carry out a killing ordered by an international crime gang linked to Iran.Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, from Stavanger, N...

Priya Bharadia
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Reform UK councillor charged after alleged racist social media post
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Reform UK councillor charged after alleged racist social media post

Northumbria police said post by Glenn Gibbins, who was reinstated to the party after internal investigation, referenced Nigerian peopleA Reform councillor has been charged with posting a grossly offensive message on social media after allegedly making a racist comment about Nigerians.Glenn Gibbins,...

Josh Halliday and Ben Quinn
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Prince Harry and co-claimants face huge legal bill due to insurance shortfall
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Prince Harry and co-claimants face huge legal bill due to insurance shortfall

Claimants’ insurance might not cover Associated Newspapers’ costs for defending phone-hacking case, high court hearsThe Duke of Sussex and his co-claimants could be millions of pounds out of pocket after losing their privacy case against the publishers of the Daily Mail because their insurance may n...

Caroline Davies
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Body found in suitcase in Athens 11 days ago that of 38-year-old British woman
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Body found in suitcase in Athens 11 days ago that of 38-year-old British woman

Greek authorities identify remains after reported discovery in a derelict building by homeless manA body found in a suitcase in an abandoned building in central Athens has been identified as that of a 38-year-old British woman, with Greek authorities saying she had been dead for several weeks.Eleven...

Helena Smith in Athens
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Australians value batteries and EVs, but renewables industry must earn trust of regions, summit told
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Australians value batteries and EVs, but renewables industry must earn trust of regions, summit told

Clean Energy Council calls for a national, legislated scheme to funnel benefits of hosting renewables projects back to local councilsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereOrganised campaigns against wind and solar energy have proved “extremely effecti...

Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent
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‘It’s just not cricket’: seaside town reacts to ‘Clickgate’ cheating row
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‘It’s just not cricket’: seaside town reacts to ‘Clickgate’ cheating row

Laughter, disbelief and outrage over video appearing to show Saltburn player tricking umpire into giving batters outAt the Saltburn over-60s ukulele club there was an obvious reaction to news that the town’s cricket club was being compared to the Argentina football team: laughter. Then a spirited re...

Mark Brown North of England correspondent; photographs by Gary Calton
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Next 12 hours ‘decisive’ for wildfire near Madrid, says Spanish PM
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Next 12 hours ‘decisive’ for wildfire near Madrid, says Spanish PM

Comments by Pedro Sánchez come as extreme heat renews pressure on firefighters tackling blazes across southern EuropeEurope live – latest updatesThe next 12 hours will be “decisive” for a large wildfire burning near Madrid, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has said, as extreme heat renews...

Ajit Niranjan and Jennifer Rankin
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Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers
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Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers

BBC documentary reports incidents alleged to have taken place when actor and musician was in 30s and 40sThe actor and singer Jared Leto has been accused in a BBC documentary of criminal sexual conduct by four women, with the alleged offences taking place when the women were teenagers.The incidents r...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
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Assisted dying debate should come after end-of-life care reform, says Burnham
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Assisted dying debate should come after end-of-life care reform, says Burnham

Introducing the legislation would be ‘very challenging’ until care system improved, PM saysUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said the assisted dying debate needs to wait until palliative care and social care are fixed, as he set out his path to resolving one of the most intractable p...

Pippa Crerar Political editor
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Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firms
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Rogue OpenAI agent that hacked startup tried to attack other firms

ChatGPT developer says activity by autonomous tool was not at severity or scale of what occurred at Hugging FaceOpenAI has revealed that a cyber-attack carried out by a rogue AI agent had more than one victim.The ChatGPT developer said the agent – an autonomous tool that can carry out sequences of c...

Dan Milmo Global technology editor
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Boy, seven, dies after Essex coast incident that killed cousin and aunt
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Boy, seven, dies after Essex coast incident that killed cousin and aunt

Musa Ahmed was being treated in intensive care in London hospital after being pulled from West Mersea seaA seven-year-old boy has died a week after an incident off the Essex coast in which his teenage cousin and her mother died as they tried to rescue him.Musa Ahmed was being treated for life-threat...

Press Association
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Lib Dem MP calls for investigation into Reform deputy leader’s £80,000 loan
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Lib Dem MP calls for investigation into Reform deputy leader’s £80,000 loan

Richard Tice referred to parliament’s standards watchdog over undeclared sum from Farage aide George CottrellUK politics live – latest updatesRichard Tice has been referred to parliament’s standards watchdog over an undeclared loan of nearly £80,000 from Nigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell.The devel...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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BMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivals
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BMW to cut ‘as many as 8,000 jobs’ under pressure from Chinese rivals

Layoffs will come in admin and development divisions in Germany, with production operations unaffectedBMW is planning to cut as many as 8,000 jobs in Germany, according to reports, in the latest sign of Europe’s largest carmakers reducing costs under pressure from Chinese rivals.The Munich-headquart...

Jasper Jolly and agencies
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Half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought
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Half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought

Environment Agency names seven regions affected by unusually hot and dry weather and shortage of waterHalf of England is officially in drought, with July set to be the driest on record after winter floods, the Environment Agency has said.The “flash drought” developed quickly because of unusually low...

Pippa Neill
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