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Germany and Italy swelter in heatwave as records tumble across Europe
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Germany and Italy swelter in heatwave as records tumble across Europe

Denmark experiences highest temperature on record on Saturday in eastward spread of weather systemEurope heatwave – latest updatesGermany ⁠and Italy endured sweltering conditions on Saturday as a heatwave linked to dozens of deaths in western Europe spread eastwards, after temperatures broke records above 40C (104F).Denmark registered its highest temperature on record on Saturday, according to the...

Lebanon-Israel deal may stop war crime victims seeking justice, experts say
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Lebanon-Israel deal may stop war crime victims seeking justice, experts say

Agreement could also end hopes of ICC jurisdiction in Lebanon, which advocates pushed for to prosecute IsraelA new agreement between Lebanon and Israel could block victims of Israeli war crimes in Lebanon from pursuing accountability and hinder future efforts to give the international criminal court jurisdiction in the country, legal experts warned.Lebanon and Israel signed a 14-point framework ag...

Lebanon-Israel deal may block war crime victims from seeking justice, experts warn
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Lebanon-Israel deal may block war crime victims from seeking justice, experts warn

Agreement could also end hopes of ICC jurisdiction in Lebanon – a move advocates pushed for to prosecute Israel A new agreement between Lebanon and Israel could block victims of Israeli war crimes in Lebanon from pursuing accountability and hinder future efforts to give the international criminal court jurisdiction in the country, legal experts warned.Lebanon and Israel signed a 14-point framework...

Europe heatwave live: drought fears in Italy as records tumble around Europe
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Europe heatwave live: drought fears in Italy as records tumble around Europe

Temperature records broken in Germany, Denmark and Slovakia as Europe remains gripped by heatwaveAfter decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?Seawater is seeping into Italy’s longest river as the waterway starts to run dry in the heatwave, hitting a farming heartland that produces the milk for Parmesan cheese.The Po River has never fallen this low so early in the ...

GB News pundit charged with fraud during time as Labour adviser

GB News pundit charged with fraud during time as Labour adviser

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Exclusive: Matthew Torbitt faces two counts by false representation in relation to travel and expense claimsA prominent political commentator has been charged with fraud in relation to his time as a Labour adviser, the Guardian can reveal.Matthew Torbitt, a regular guest pundit on GB News, faces two counts of fraud by false representation in relation to his travel and expenses claims while working...

‘It’s become a litmus test’: wins for Israel critics shine light on key issue for Democrats

‘It’s become a litmus test’: wins for Israel critics shine light on key issue for Democrats

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Candidates who believe Israel has committed genocide won big in New York – will it push the party to move their way?Regardless of which party wins control of Congress in November, New York City voters have all but ensured that next year a vocal bloc of new House Democrats will arrive on Capitol Hill, elected, in large part, because they believe Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza.That is an up...

‘Like a dead body’: after warehouse fire, LA residents say air thick with smell of rotting food

‘Like a dead body’: after warehouse fire, LA residents say air thick with smell of rotting food

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Cleanup under way after week-long fire at a Boyle Heights facility spoiled tens of millions of pounds of frozen foodSomething is rotten in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights.For a week, thick black smoke filled the air while a massive warehouse burned near downtown Los Angeles, prompting a state of emergency and evacuation orders in the immediate area as air quality worsened. Firefighters finally e...

Thunderstorms disrupt Gatwick and Heathrow as hundreds of flights delayed or cancelled

Thunderstorms disrupt Gatwick and Heathrow as hundreds of flights delayed or cancelled

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Passengers reported being stuck on grounded planes in sweltering conditions as severe weather caused travel disruption across EuropeEurope heatwave: latest updatesThunderstorms have caused severe delays to hundreds of flights at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, leaving passengers stuck on grounded planes for hours in the scorching heat.Overnight, downpours and thunderstorms lit up the skies of Londo...

Europe heatwave live: drought fears in Italy, records broken in Slovakia and Denmark, major roads buckle in Germany

Europe heatwave live: drought fears in Italy, records broken in Slovakia and Denmark, major roads buckle in Germany

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Forecasters say hottest conditions spreading into central and eastern EuropeAfter decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?Seawater is seeping into Italy’s longest river as the waterway starts to run dry in the heatwave, hitting a farming heartland that produces the milk for Parmesan cheese.The Po River has never fallen this low so early in the year, raising fears o...

Children embrace Cornish language as it enjoys ‘remarkable resurgence’

Children embrace Cornish language as it enjoys ‘remarkable resurgence’

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Go Cornish Celebration engages younger generation as council finalises strategy to boost everyday use of Kernewek Seven-year-old Albie, a pupil at Trewirgie infants’ school in Redruth, did not hesitate when asked why he liked learning Kernewek, the Cornish language.“We used to talk this way in the old days,” he said. “And I like speaking now. I enjoy the songs we sing, the Cornish books we read, a...

Europe heatwave live: drought fears in Italy, records broken in Slovakia and Denmark, and 700 flights delayed in England

Europe heatwave live: drought fears in Italy, records broken in Slovakia and Denmark, and 700 flights delayed in England

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Forecasters say hottest conditions spreading into central and eastern EuropeAfter decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?Seawater is seeping into Italy’s longest river as the waterway starts to run dry in the heatwave, hitting a farming heartland that produces the milk for Parmesan cheese.The Po River has never fallen this low so early in the year, raising fears o...

Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’

Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’

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Prime minister Anthony Albanese says too many children still on platforms but he is ‘heartened’ by world-leading lawSocial media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdownGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will double the penalty for breaches of Australia’s youth social media ban to $99m, arguing tech companies are “not doi...

The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event

The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event

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Court files show how men connected through TikTok and encrypted apps planned attack on White House UFC fightWhen Tycen Proper, 19, finished high school, his family gave him at least $3,000 of “graduation money”, according to court documents. Despite the generosity, he seemed content to just live at his parents’ home, in a tiny Ohio town near Amish country, and spend more and more time on the inter...

‘I’m missing out’: the cash-strapped UK university students forced to live at home

‘I’m missing out’: the cash-strapped UK university students forced to live at home

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Experts say students from poorer backgrounds increasingly having to limit their options because of money worriesMost days, Mariam spends hours simply waiting.The 19-year-old University College London student often finishes her lectures by mid-morning but has careers events or society meetings in the evening. The three-hour round trip to her family home means travelling back and forth makes little ...

David Hencke, Guardian journalist who exposed cash-for-questions scandal, dies aged 79

David Hencke, Guardian journalist who exposed cash-for-questions scandal, dies aged 79

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Former Westminster correspondent earned a reputation for uncovering political wrongdoing in the 1990sThe acclaimed journalist David Hencke, whose career at the Guardian spanned more than three decades, has died of liver cancer aged 79.As Westminster correspondent, Hencke was instrumental in exposing the cash-for-questions scandal that forced the resignations of two Conservative ministers, and the ...

David Hencke, Guardian journalist who exposed ‘cash for questions’ scandal, dies aged 79

David Hencke, Guardian journalist who exposed ‘cash for questions’ scandal, dies aged 79

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Former Westminster correspondent earned a reputation for uncovering political wrongdoing in the 1990sThe acclaimed journalist David Hencke, whose career at the Guardian spanned more than three decades, has died from liver cancer aged 79.Hencke, the Guardian’s former Westminster correspondent, was instrumental in exposing the “cash for questions” scandal that forced the resignations of two Conserva...

‘Not a culture war’: the council that won its case over England flags on lampposts

‘Not a culture war’: the council that won its case over England flags on lampposts

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Leader of local authority in Oxfordshire faces backlash over injunction ‘to maintain neutral, safe space for residents’While Londoners scurried from building to building seeking shade on another baking hot day this week, one man paused in the shadow of the Royal Courts of Justice.The leader of Oxfordshire county council, Tim Bearder, was not only satisfied in the shade of the court’s gothic towers...

‘Not puff pieces and kid gloves’: why Bari Weiss is hiring British journalists at CBS News

‘Not puff pieces and kid gloves’: why Bari Weiss is hiring British journalists at CBS News

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Editor-in-chief has developed network of UK thinkers she believes reject what she regards as overly ‘woke’ consensusIn the six years since she very publicly resigned from the New York Times, and in her tumultuous eight months as editor-in-chief of one of the US’s most prestigious television networks, Bari Weiss has become renowned as a media disruptor and challenger of what she regards as an overl...

‘This isn’t about any one administration’: protests kick off in DC to reimagine the next 250 years in the US

‘This isn’t about any one administration’: protests kick off in DC to reimagine the next 250 years in the US

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Next250’s Declaration of Interdependence, a new art gallery that features Americans’ collective values and hopes for the future, will open in McPherson SquareThousands are expected to gather a block away from the White House today to unveil their vision for America’s future.At the Next250 All of US rally, held a week before the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding, organizers will launch th...

‘It’s just so wrong’: Haitians in Ohio reel from supreme court TPS ruling

‘It’s just so wrong’: Haitians in Ohio reel from supreme court TPS ruling

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After outrageous insults from Donald Trump, Haitians have helped to revive Springfield – now their future is uncertainThe embattled Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio is among many groups reeling after this week’s ruling from the supreme court that strips the legal immigration status from hundreds of thousands of Haitians living and working in the US – and could be a threat to more than a mill...

Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax

Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax

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US president says levy would be imposed immediately and supersede pre-existing trade deals with the country Donald Trump threatened on Friday to place a 100% import tariff on any European country that imposes a tax on digital services from US companies.Writing on Truth Social, the US president said that “numerous European countries” had been discussing putting a digital services tax on American c...

Europe heatwave live: Germany braced for temperatures ‘well over 40C’; extreme heat warnings for England

Europe heatwave live: Germany braced for temperatures ‘well over 40C’; extreme heat warnings for England

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Forecasters say hottest conditions spreading into central and eastern EuropeWhile it will be a lot less hot in the UK, there is still an amber warning for extreme heat over parts of East Anglia and south-east England today.The Met Office has forecast today’s temperatures as follows:Aberdeen 22CBelfast 21CBirmingham 28CCardiff 27CGlasgow 22CLiverpool 28CLondon 32CNewcastle 27CPlymouth 23CSheffield ...

Gracie the giraffe who wandered off in Texas found safe – for real this time

Gracie the giraffe who wandered off in Texas found safe – for real this time

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Animal who went missing from private ranch for nearly two weeks had been falsely reported as found earlier in the weekThe search for a giraffe who absconded from a private game ranch in rural Texas and effectively went missing for nearly two weeks was found safe on Friday just a few miles away from the homestead, according to authorities.An aerial search ultimately pinpointed the whereabouts of Gr...

Nigel Farage’s anti-WHO campaign moves to US with allies added to board

Nigel Farage’s anti-WHO campaign moves to US with allies added to board

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Relocation of Action on World Health raises questions over why Reform UK leader is involved in a US pressure groupNigel Farage’s campaign against the World Health Organization (WHO) is moving to the US with a new board of lobbyists, raising questions over why the Reform UK leader is involved in an American pressure group.The Action on World Health campaign, co-founded by Farage, is relocating to t...

Germany braced for temperatures ‘well over 40C’ as Europe heatwave pushes east – live

Germany braced for temperatures ‘well over 40C’ as Europe heatwave pushes east – live

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Forecasters say hottest conditions are now spreading into central and eastern Europe, including Poland and the BalkansThe UK is set to get some respite from this week’s record-breaking heat over the weekend, but much of the rest of Europe remains in the grip of an intense heatwave as it shifts eastwards.Germany provisionally recorded its highest ever temperature yesterday with 41.3C near the city ...

Today programme suffers ‘body blow’ as BBC prioritises social and digital content

Today programme suffers ‘body blow’ as BBC prioritises social and digital content

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Staff at Radio 4 show, which has 5 million listeners, told making content for likes of TikTok will take precedence for correspondentsFor decades, the task of briefing the nation on Radio 4’s agenda-setting Today programme has been one of the most urgent tasks facing the BBC’s top journalists.However, insiders at the corporation say that duty has effectively been downgraded, after an edict that wil...

Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests

Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests

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Exclusive: Researchers call for urgent investigation of risks to babies of tablets, smartphones and other digital devicesScreen time for babies and toddlers under the age of two has been linked with long-term negative effects on health and quality of life and should be avoided, according to a landmark study.It warns that using screens during that period may lead to wide-ranging developmental conce...

Parents booking air-conditioned hotels to keep babies safe in UK heatwave

Parents booking air-conditioned hotels to keep babies safe in UK heatwave

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Hotels report increase in last-minute bookings, including from families attempting to escape hot homesFamilies, including parents with newborn babies, are booking air-conditioned rooms in hotels to escape the UK heatwave, with companies reporting a surge in demand.Data from the accommodation reservation website Booking.com shows that since 1 June, the share of searches using the “air-conditioning”...

Australian man arrested in Thailand after 17-year-old’s body found in suitcase

Australian man arrested in Thailand after 17-year-old’s body found in suitcase

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The 46-year-old was stopped at about 9.30pm on Friday while preparing to board a Jetstar flight to Perth, according to police and local mediaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian man has been arrested at a Thai airport in connection with the alleged murder of a 17-year-old girl whose naked body was found in a suitcase, according to local police.The man, 46, was s...