Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White
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Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White

Jes Staley made the comments to US lawmakers investigating his links to Jeffrey EpsteinThe former Barclays boss Jes Staley has denied having sex with a woman dressed as Snow White, after being questioned about an infamous email exchange about Disney princesses with Jeffrey Epstein.The comments were detailed in newly released transcripts from a closed-door interview last month with US lawmakers as ...

Trump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal

Trump’s war on Iran is rapidly draining US navy budget, documents and interviews reveal

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Exclusive: Experts and former officials say accounts are running dry, and funding a war with no clear endgame is the main challengeDonald Trump’s war on Iran has driven the US military into a severe financial crisis, with the US navy forced to transfer money from its payroll and other sources to cover the costs of combat, according to documents obtained by the Guardian, and interviews with navy of...

Jury deliberations begin in Lindsay Clancy murder trial after her attorney blames medical system

Jury deliberations begin in Lindsay Clancy murder trial after her attorney blames medical system

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The state concludes: ‘This wasn’t a woman suffering from a lack of care’ or ‘a lack of resources’Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial has moved into deliberations as jurors decide whether the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three children in January 2023.Over the past five weeks, the t...

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney blames the medical system in his closing argument

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney blames the medical system in his closing argument

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The state concludes: ‘This wasn’t a woman suffering from a lack of care’ or ‘a lack of resources’Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial has moved into deliberations as jurors decide whether the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three children in January 2023.Over the past five weeks, the t...

Brazil’s rare earths will not loosen China’s magnet grip this decade, researchers say

Brazil’s rare earths will not loosen China’s magnet grip this decade, researchers say

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Brazil will not be able to make rare earth magnets from its own raw materials before 2032, the coordinator of the country’s main magnet pilot plant said on Wednesday, leaving China’s near monopoly on the technology intact for years to come. Andre Luis Pimenta de Faria, who runs the plant for Senai, the research and training arm of Brazil’s national industry confederation, told a public policy pane...

US Patriot missile shortage in Europe ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say

US Patriot missile shortage in Europe ‘beyond critical’ due to Iran war, officials say

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The US military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by US President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, an American defence official in Europe and a Nato official said, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in Nato countries to a potential Russian attack. The US defence official said the most concerning shortfall involves Patriot missil...

Greek Orthodox priest and cult musician clarifies views on homosexuality

Greek Orthodox priest and cult musician clarifies views on homosexuality

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Father Dionysios Tabakis says his views are those of the Orthodox church ‘nothing more, nothing less’A Greek Orthodox priest whose home-recorded album of drone metal and religious dubstep has made him a cult figure in experimental music circles has issued a statement in which he has clarified his stance on homosexuality and the Greek radical right.“As can be seen from my musical expression, I am i...

Teesside MPs call for more police help after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths

Teesside MPs call for more police help after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths

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Labour’s Andy McDonald says gangs ‘clearly featuring’ in a series of incidents and police are underfundedFive MPs on Teesside have called on the government to provide more help to local police and fire services after a week in which nine people have died in two incidents.The MPs said the communities they represented should get the “strongest possible backing from the government”. Continue reading....

Teesside MPs call for more police and fire service resources after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths

Teesside MPs call for more police and fire service resources after Middlesbrough and A66 deaths

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Statement asks government for more backing after week in which nine people have died in series of incidentsFive MPs on Teesside have called on the government to provide more help to local police and fire services after a week in which nine people have died.The MPs said the communities they represented should get the “strongest possible backing from the government”. Continue reading...

UEFA moves to file criminal complaint against Infantino over failed FIFA sell-off

UEFA moves to file criminal complaint against Infantino over failed FIFA sell-off

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The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is preparing a criminal complaint in Swiss courts against FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his failed plan to sell a stake in World Cup revenues to investors, including Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital, for $4.2 billion, a price UEFA lawyers called a “fraudulently off-market price".

Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings flood lake could burst

Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings flood lake could burst

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Flash floods have killed at least 359 people while homes and infrastructure have been swept awayNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesWhat caused the flash flood in Nepal and Tibet?The international community was scrambling to get aid into flood-stricken parts of Nepal and Tibet on Thursday as authorities warned that a lake ⁠formed at the ⁠site ⁠where the ​deadly torrents occurred ⁠was rising an...

Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings another lake could burst

Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings another lake could burst

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Flash floods have killed at least 359 people while homes and infrastructure have been swept awayNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesWhat caused the flash flood in Nepal and Tibet?The international community was scrambling to get aid into flood-stricken parts of Nepal and Tibet on Thursday as authorities warned that a lake ⁠formed at the ⁠site ⁠where the ​deadly torrents occurred ⁠was rising an...

14-year-old New Hampshire gamer built 3D-printed VR controller after he couldn't grip a standard one

14-year-old New Hampshire gamer built 3D-printed VR controller after he couldn't grip a standard one

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Fourteen-year-old Scott Merrow from Auburn, New Hampshire, could not grip the standard left-hand controller used for virtual reality games because of his “little hand”. Instead of giving up gaming, he worked with his mechanical engineer uncle to develop an adaptive VR controller. After three prototypes, Scott created a 3D-printed arm sleeve with a sensor that lets him control the game using pressu...

Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies in The Hague

Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies in The Hague

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Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocideFrom the archive: Fourteen years a fugitive: the hunt for the Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he wonRatko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in p...