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Founder of China’s Evergrande jailed for life after pleading guilty to fraud
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Founder of China’s Evergrande jailed for life after pleading guilty to fraud

Hui Ka Yan also forfeits all his personal property and the company he set up is given hefty finesBusiness live – latest updatesThe founder of Evergrande, one of China’s largest property developers, has been sentenced to life in prison and had all of his personal property confiscated.Hui Ka Yan, 67 a...

Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent
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Como mayor bans bikes in city centre after being hit ‘by one of these beasts’
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Como mayor bans bikes in city centre after being hit ‘by one of these beasts’

Alessandro Rapinese denies he is waging personal vendetta against cyclists amid a public backlashThe mayor of Como has set the wheels of controversy in motion for banning bikes in the walled historical centre of the lakeside city after being hit by one.Alessandro Rapinese’s ban, which comes into for...

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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North Korea fires 10 missiles day after Trump curtails South Korea joint drills
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North Korea fires 10 missiles day after Trump curtails South Korea joint drills

Launches, detected by South Korea and Japan, came after US scaled back exercises with South Korea in apparent overture to Kim Jong-unNorth Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, a day after North Korea shrugged off Trump’s ord...

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
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Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist
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Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist

‘Emma’ the Rotherham chatbot has 17 languages says AI firm – but health watchdog says system struggling with local ‘twangs’Patients in a South Yorkshire town are frustrated by an AI GP receptionist not understanding their “broad accents”, a health watchdog has said.Healthwatch Rotherham, a local hea...

Mark Brown North of England correspondent
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Burnham announces plans to clean up illegal waste dumps – UK politics live
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Burnham announces plans to clean up illegal waste dumps – UK politics live

The prime minister has promised a crackdown on criminal gangs making money from dumping waste Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff has lifted the lid on how “unbearable” it was working in No 10, revealing she feared her conversations were being recorded by colleagues seeking to leak her remarks to t...

Tom Ambrose
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Sales of trainers dive as cost of living pressures hit JD Sports performance
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Sales of trainers dive as cost of living pressures hit JD Sports performance

Inflation deterring shoppers from spending, especially in the US, says sportswear fashion chain Sports fashion retailer JD has slashed its profit forecasts as cost-of-living pressures, fuelled by the US war on Iran, weighed on sales of trainers.JD Sports, which sells a range of sports brands includi...

Kalyeena Makortoff
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GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths
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GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths

Overall results slightly better than last year, with share receiving grades 7, 8 and 9 rising by 0.1 of a percentage point to 23.1%GCSE results – latest updatesAlmost one in four boys in England received top grades in maths while results in English improved across the board, helping to propel improv...

Richard Adams and Sally Weale
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‘An insult’: Zomi Frankcom’s family issues strongly-worded statement as Israel rejects criminal investigation into her killing
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‘An insult’: Zomi Frankcom’s family issues strongly-worded statement as Israel rejects criminal investigation into her killing

Penny Wong calls in Israeli ambassador as PM expresses ‘outrage’ over IDF decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of the slain Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom has described a decision by the Israel Defense Forces not to open a criminal investigation into her...

Tom McIlroy Political editor
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Russia launches ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv and surrounding region – Europe live
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Russia launches ‘massive attack’ on Kyiv and surrounding region – Europe live

Zelenskyy says Russia had been preparing for a long time, combining different types of missilesUkraine’s air ⁠force said that Russia ⁠had ⁠launched dozens ​of ballistic, cruise, and ⁠hypersonic missiles, as well as 168 ⁠drones in ​its ‌overnight attack ‌on the country.It said ‌that air defence units...

Jakub Krupa
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Travelodge boss quits amid fallout over hotel chain’s security failings
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Travelodge boss quits amid fallout over hotel chain’s security failings

Joanna Boydell steps down after widespread criticism over company’s handling of guest safety issuesThe boss of Travelodge has resigned after widespread criticism of her handling of security failings at the hotel chain, including a shocking case where a domestic abuser was given a key to a woman’s ro...

Kalyeena Makortoff
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Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams
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Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams

Former archbishop of Canterbury also has ‘awkward questions’ for activist Tommy Robinson on his claimed faithA former archbishop of Canterbury has accused Nigel Farage of misusing the UK’s Christianity “to channel anti-Muslim feeling” and said he also had “some awkward questions” for the far-right a...

Caroline Davies
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland await grades – latest updates
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland await grades – latest updates

Students will begin receiving this years exam results online and in person from 8am (GMT) this morningGood morning and welcome to our GCSE results day live blog.Today, like every year, hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland anxiously await their grades. Continue r...

Harry Borg (now) and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi (earlier)
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Case against Erin Patterson is ‘overwhelming’ and mushroom killer’s appeal should be dismissed, prosecutors say
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Case against Erin Patterson is ‘overwhelming’ and mushroom killer’s appeal should be dismissed, prosecutors say

Crown prosecutor tells Victorian court that all seven of Patterson’s grounds for appeal should failGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria’s highest court has been urged to dismiss Erin Patterson’s appeal against her triple murder conviction, hearing that the case against...

Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter
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