DR Congo tests over 300 passengers after suspected Ebola death on boat
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DR Congo tests over 300 passengers after suspected Ebola death on boat

Congolese health authorities were screening more than 300 people ⁠travelling on a ⁠river boat intercepted near Kinshasa on ⁠Thursday after the death of a passenger suspected of having Ebola raised concerns the virus may have spread on board, officials said. Authorities deployed a mobile laboratory to the vessel after it was stopped in Maluku, around 65km (40 miles) upstream from the capital on Wed...

Calls grow from Republicans for Max Miller to resign from Congress amid domestic abuse allegations – live
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Calls grow from Republicans for Max Miller to resign from Congress amid domestic abuse allegations – live

Ohio’s Republican Party are up against a 12 August deadline to pick a replacement nominee if Max Miller ends his campaignSign up for the Breaking News US emailOne quick note on the contempt resolution: Senator Rand Paul may try to send it straight to the Department of Justice, since advancing it in the Senate would require 60 votes. Republicans hold just 53 seats, making it almost certain to fall ...

Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases

Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases

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Agreement with RWE is fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projectsThe German energy company RWE has reached a $1.22bn deal with the US government to relinquish its offshore wind leases and instead redirect funds towards fossil fuel investments.The agreement marks the fifth deal the Donald Trump administration has struck with energy companies, offering ...

Covent Garden victims stabbed in the back with pair of scissors, court hears

Covent Garden victims stabbed in the back with pair of scissors, court hears

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Stella Gollovena, 47, has been charged with four counts of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harmA woman has appeared in court accused of stabbing four men in the back with a pair of scissors in one of London’s busiest tourist districts.Stella Gollovena, 47, is accused of attacking Patrick De Barr, Thomas Harding, Adrian Lovett and Mantas Jankus during the attack in Covent Garden on We...

Norfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plans

Norfolk police arrest two men after officers injured during unrest over asylum plans

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Homes of people believed to be asylum seekers attacked during two nights of violence in ThetfordTwo men have been arrested after police were injured as they intervened to protect men believed to be asylum seekers from angry mobs trying to break into their homes.The arrests followed two nights of unrest in Thetford, Norfolk, involving more than 100 people protesting against plans to house asylum se...

Two men arrested after Norfolk police injured during unrest over asylum plans

Two men arrested after Norfolk police injured during unrest over asylum plans

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Homes of people believed to be asylum seekers allegedly attacked during two nights of violence in ThetfordTwo men have been arrested after police were injured as they intervened to protect men believed to be asylum seekers from angry mobs trying to break into their homes.The arrests followed two nights of unrest in Thetford, Norfolk, involving more than 100 people protesting against plans to house...

TikTok creator Sydney Towle, who shared cancer journey, dies aged 26

TikTok creator Sydney Towle, who shared cancer journey, dies aged 26

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The creator documented her battle with rare bile duct cancer, inspiring more than a million followers onlineSydney Towle, a TikTok creator who shared her battle with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer, with over a million online followers, has died at age 26, her family announced on Thursday.Towle gained fame for her posts about her life as a spirited young woman that encouraged her T...