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Sunbed group in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn
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Sunbed group in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn

Health organisations refute assertion by Sunbed Association that tanning is protective and warn it could increase risk of skin cancerThe body that represents the UK’s sunbed salons is wrongly insisting that a tan protects against sunburn, even though leading medical bodies say that claim is untrue.Health organisations have challenged the accuracy of information being disseminated by the Sunbed Ass...

Sunbed firm in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn
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Sunbed firm in hot seat over false claims that tanned skin protects against sunburn

Health organisations refute assertion by Sunbed Association that tanning is protective and warn it could increase risk of skin cancerThe body that represents the UK’s sunbed salons is wrongly insisting that a tan protects against sunburn, even though leading medical bodies say that claim is untrue.Health organisations have challenged the accuracy of information being disseminated by the Sunbed Ass...

Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism
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Tenderness and Rage: how groups affected by HIV found power, comfort and joy in Aids activism

London exhibition explores how care and protest improved rights and dignity of those living with diseaseFrom photos of a mass “die-in” by Aids activists in Trafalgar Square, London, in the 1990s to plushie breasts, lips and vulvas hand-stitched by HIV-positive women, a new exhibition explores how care and protest have improved the rights and dignity of those living with the disease.The show, Tende...

Australia news live: Jess Wilson tells Liberals national party conference Victoria is ‘one hot mess’; two arrested at protest over Brisbane’s Olympic stadium
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Australia news live: Jess Wilson tells Liberals national party conference Victoria is ‘one hot mess’; two arrested at protest over Brisbane’s Olympic stadium

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them?People with direct personal financial stakes in Labor’s tax reforms are among the loudest voices opposing the changes. Continue reading...

James Valentine memorial: famous friends, family and fans gather to farewell ABC radio host

James Valentine memorial: famous friends, family and fans gather to farewell ABC radio host

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Governor general Sam Mostyn, television personalities Richard Roxburgh, Julia Morris and Gretel Killeen among those who attended the packed public event in SydneyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJames Valentine’s fans joined his family, friends, colleagues, and the entertainment industry in a moving celebration of his ...

Friday briefing: ​What do the cuts in aid mean for the fight against Ebola in the DRC?

Friday briefing: ​What do the cuts in aid mean for the fight against Ebola in the DRC?

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In today’s newsletter: As the virus spreads across borders, health workers warn that weakened global support is making a prolonged crisis more likelyEbola is spreading rapidly in parts of east Africa. The deadly disease, which kills around half of those it infects, is suspected to have claimed the lives of at least 240 people since the outbreak began in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of...

CMAT shares ‘deep sadness’ over body-shaming after BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend performance

CMAT shares ‘deep sadness’ over body-shaming after BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend performance

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The Irish singer-songwriter says her rise has been increasingly ‘tarnished by the fact that I would be allowed to enjoy it so much more if I was thin’The Irish singer-songwriter CMAT has responded to ongoing abuse she has received about her body and her weight following an appearance last week at BBC’s Radio 1 Big Weekend.The musician, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, wrote on Instagr...

Russian drone crashes into Romanian apartments, wounding two people and starting fire

Russian drone crashes into Romanian apartments, wounding two people and starting fire

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Armed drone was part of attack on Ukraine, say Romanian authorities after military scrambled F-16 fighter jets in response A Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people, authorities said, in what an official statement condemned as an “irresponsible escalation” by Moscow.The drone was tracked by radar in R...

Russian drone hits Romanian apartments, wounding two people and starting fire

Russian drone hits Romanian apartments, wounding two people and starting fire

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Armed drone was part of attack on Ukraine, say Romanian authorities after military scrambled F-16 fighter jets in response A Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people, authorities said, in what an official statement condemned as an “irresponsible escalation” by Moscow.The drone was tracked by radar in R...

Trump: the boy who cried ‘peace’ in the Middle East – podcast

Trump: the boy who cried ‘peace’ in the Middle East – podcast

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On Saturday, Donald Trump said talks with Tehran were going well and an agreement to end the war was ‘largely negotiated’. On Sunday, the US launched strikes on Southern Iran. By Thursday, Donald Trump had circulated a draft peace agreement for the war with Iran among allies.This week, as the US-Iran deal remains in a precarious state, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Ali Vaez of the International Cri...

KPMG Australia’s CEO Andrew Yates quits over whistleblower scandal

KPMG Australia’s CEO Andrew Yates quits over whistleblower scandal

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Yates says we have let ourselves down’ when dealing with allegations of client information being misusedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKPMG’s Australian chief Andrew Yates will step down immediately, after taking responsibility for the consultancy firm’s failure to properly respond to whistleblower allegations around...

WHO chief arrives in DRC promising Ebola outbreak ‘can be stopped’

WHO chief arrives in DRC promising Ebola outbreak ‘can be stopped’

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus heads for Ituri province where epidemic is centred and calls for halt to fighting that hampers medical relief effortsThe deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo can be stopped, the World Health Organization (WHO) head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said as he arrived in Kinsasha.Tedros landed in the DRC on Thursday evening and was due on Friday to tra...

JD Vance says Trump ‘pushing forward’ with Golden Dome as he addresses Air Force Academy – as it happened

JD Vance says Trump ‘pushing forward’ with Golden Dome as he addresses Air Force Academy – as it happened

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This live blog is now closed.Sign up to the Breaking News US emailIn one of the opinions shared by the Supreme Court Thursday morning, the Court has ruled in favor of a Black man who claims that there was racial bias in the make up of the jury that convicted him.In Pitchford v Cain, five of the Court’s justices sided with Terry Pitchford, a man sentenced to death for his part in killing a grocery ...

Three dead after gas explosion causes fire in Dallas apartment building

Three dead after gas explosion causes fire in Dallas apartment building

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Officials say bodies of two adult women and one child found in rubble and four other people taken to hospitalSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThree people died after an apparent explosion led to a major fire at a Dallas apartment complex on Thursday.Nearly 100 firefighters battled the flames that left the collapsed building heaped on the ground as black smoke billowed into the sky....

Death toll in Washington tank rupture rises to eight as recovery progresses

Death toll in Washington tank rupture rises to eight as recovery progresses

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Three more people remain missing and are presumed dead, after tank containing chemical mixture collapsedThe confirmed death toll in the chemical tank explosion at a Washington state paper mill rose to eight on Thursday after crews recovered the remains of six workers, officials said.Three more individuals remain missing and are presumed dead. Eight other people were injured, including a firefighte...

JD Vance says US ‘not there yet’ on an Iran deal – as it happened

JD Vance says US ‘not there yet’ on an Iran deal – as it happened

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This live blog is now closed, you can read our latest report from the Middle East hereDonald Trump shares draft Iran peace agreement with Israel and other alliesHezbollah has claimed dozens of drone and rocket attacks that it said targeted Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.The group said it launched several attacks on Israeli soldiers and tanks that crossed the Litani river in...

California’s ‘Los Gatos party mom’ sentenced to 35 years in prison

California’s ‘Los Gatos party mom’ sentenced to 35 years in prison

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Shannon O’Connor, 52, was convicted of charges including child endangerment and facilitating forcible sexual assaultA judge has sentenced a San Francisco Bay Area mother to 35 years in prison after her conviction for a slew of crimes resulting from hosting drunken sex parties for young teenagers.Widely known as the “Los Gatos party mom”, a nickname that references her hometown, 52-year-old Shannon...

Federal jury finds army veteran and two other ICE protesters guilty of conspiracy

Federal jury finds army veteran and two other ICE protesters guilty of conspiracy

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Case involving June 2025 protest is escalation in Trump officials’ attack on first amendment rights, say expertsA federal jury has found three protesters, including a US military veteran of the war in Afghanistan, guilty on felony conspiracy charges on Thursday for their part in a June 2025 protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).Legal experts have said the Spokane, Washington...

Australia news live: Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fall 2%; consumer watchdog sues Amazon over ‘hazardous’ pink toddler unicorn backpack

Australia news live: Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fall 2%; consumer watchdog sues Amazon over ‘hazardous’ pink toddler unicorn backpack

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Government data says rise of renewable energy displacing some coal and gas electricity. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them?People with direct personal financial stakes in Labor’s tax reforms are among the loudest voices opposing the changes. Continue reading...

Musical acts back out of performing at Trump-affiliated concert series

Musical acts back out of performing at Trump-affiliated concert series

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Morris Day, Young MC and others balk at appearing at US’s 250th anniversary events organized by administrationAt least five of the nine featured musical acts set to play in a concert series organized by the Trump administration to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary have dropped out, just one day after the lineup was announced.The first to drop out, hours after Wednesday’s announcement, was ...

Australia news live: consumer watchdog sues Amazon over ‘hazardous’ pink toddler unicorn backpack; concert to celebrate John Farnham

Australia news live: consumer watchdog sues Amazon over ‘hazardous’ pink toddler unicorn backpack; concert to celebrate John Farnham

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ACCC says backpacks for sale in online marketplace failed to comply with mandatory warnings for button batteries. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho’s leading the fight against Labor’s CGT reform – and what’s in it for them?People with direct personal financial stakes in Labor’s tax reforms are among the loudest voices opposing the changes. Conti...

Global heating is making hajj ever more dangerous, report finds

Global heating is making hajj ever more dangerous, report finds

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Rising heat in Saudi Arabia threatens millions of Muslim pilgrims – but cutting fossil fuels would keep it saferGlobal heating has “fundamentally altered” the climate of Mecca and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in months outside summer, new analysis has found.Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels means scorching temperatures of 40C (104F) are now regu...

Afghan president voiced concern over civilians killed by SAS troops, inquiry told

Afghan president voiced concern over civilians killed by SAS troops, inquiry told

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Newly released evidence from inquiry into 80 deaths shows Afghan partner forces no longer willing to work alongside British by 2011Concerns about the number of Afghan civilians being killed by British special forces in the early part of the last decade prompted the country’s then president to make a “muscular” complaint to Nato commanders fighting the Taliban.Newly released evidence from a public ...

Middle East crisis live: JD Vance says US ‘not there yet’ on an Iran deal amid question over nuclear program

Middle East crisis live: JD Vance says US ‘not there yet’ on an Iran deal amid question over nuclear program

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US vice-president says he feels ‘pretty good’ about prospects of memorandum of understanding being negotiated with TehranHezbollah has claimed dozens of drone and rocket attacks that it said targeted Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.The group said it launched several attacks on Israeli soldiers and tanks that crossed the Litani river into the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah near ...

Co-founder of Students for Trump arrested on domestic violence charges

Co-founder of Students for Trump arrested on domestic violence charges

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Ryan Fournier, 30, was charged with simple assault and attempted threats to do bodily harmThe co-founder of the group Students for Trump was arrested Tuesday on domestic violence charges.Washington DC’s Metropolitan police department arrested Ryan Fournier, 30, and charged him with simple assault and attempted threats to do bodily harm, Defector first reported. Continue reading...