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Spain awards UN legal expert Francesca Albanese one of its highest civilian honours
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Spain awards UN legal expert Francesca Albanese one of its highest civilian honours

The honour recognises Albanese’s work ‘documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza’The Spanish government awarded the UN legal expert Francesca Albanese one of its highest civilian honours in recognition of what it termed her “extensive work in documenting and denouncing violations of international law in Gaza”.Albanese, an Italian human rights lawyer who serves as UN specia...

JD Sports says Iran war and youth unemployment to hit consumer spending
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JD Sports says Iran war and youth unemployment to hit consumer spending

Retail group with 4,800 stores worldwide expects drop in profits this year amid ‘muted market’Business live – latest updatesThe sports fashion retailer JD has said that profits will fall this year amid a “muted market” hit by concerns about the Middle East conflict and weaker spending by young people facing rising unemployment.The company, which runs 4,800 stores worldwide including the JD, Blacks...

Authorities search home linked to 1996 killing of college student Kristin Smart
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Authorities search home linked to 1996 killing of college student Kristin Smart

Smart went missing in California after returning from a party, and was declared legally dead in 2002 Authorities plan on Thursday to enter the second day of their search of a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996, according to law enforcement.The San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office served the warrant on Wednesday in the continuing inve...

Authorities search home connected to 1996 killing of college student Kristin Smart
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Authorities search home connected to 1996 killing of college student Kristin Smart

Smart went missing in California after returning from a party, and was declared legally dead in 2002 Authorities plan Thursday to enter the second day of their search of a home connected to the man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996, according to law enforcement.The San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office served the warrant Wednesday in the continuing investigat...

Susan Collins reveals medical condition but says her job as senator is unaffected

Susan Collins reveals medical condition but says her job as senator is unaffected

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Republican senator for Maine, facing tough re-election battle, says she has had benign essential tremor for decadesUS politics live – latest updatesSusan Collins, the Republican Maine senator seen by Democrats as vulnerable in November’s midterm election, has revealed a decades-old medical condition she said affects her appearance, but not her ability to do her job.Collins, 73, told News Center Ma...

Superdry co-founder James Holder jailed for eight years for raping woman

Superdry co-founder James Holder jailed for eight years for raping woman

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Holder went back to woman’s Cheltenham flat after night out and refused to stop assault even when she began cryingA co-founder of the clothing company Superdry has been jailed for eight years for raping a woman after a night out in Cheltenham.James Holder, 54, had been due to get a taxi back to his home in the Cotswolds with a male friend. Instead, the pair got into the victim’s taxi and went to h...

World Health Organization expects more hantavirus cases but doesn’t ‘anticipate large epidemic’ - Europe live

World Health Organization expects more hantavirus cases but doesn’t ‘anticipate large epidemic’ - Europe live

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The outbreak has been linked to a birdwatching expedition in Argentina joined by two passengers before they boarded the shipMeanwhile, Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar has arrived for talks at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, where he is due to meet with Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni.Since he is not the Hungarian PM yet – he will take his role this weekend – he was officially welcomed ...

Woman charged with joining Islamic State after arriving back in Australia

Woman charged with joining Islamic State after arriving back in Australia

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Two more women arrested and expected to be charged after a group of 13 with family links to IS landed back from Syria on ThursdayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman who arrived back in Australia after spending more than seven years in Syrian detention camps has been charged in Sydney with allegedly entering a declared conflict zone and joining Islamic State.Janai Saf...

Revealed: owner of former WH Smith stores is charging fee to use fictitious ‘family’ brand

Revealed: owner of former WH Smith stores is charging fee to use fictitious ‘family’ brand

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Exclusive: Documents show Modella Capital, which bought the chain last year, is so far owed £2.9m in royalty feesThe investment company that owns the former WH Smith high street stores is charging the retailer millions of pounds in licence fees for the right to use its widely derided TG Jones name, the Guardian can reveal.Modella Capital – which bought the chain from WH Smith’s parent company last...

Five hantavirus cases confirmed from the cruise ship, with three more suspected, says WHO chief - Europe live

Five hantavirus cases confirmed from the cruise ship, with three more suspected, says WHO chief - Europe live

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The outbreak has been linked to a birdwatching expedition in Argentina joined by two passengers before they boarded the shipMeanwhile, Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar has arrived for talks at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, where he is due to meet with Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni.Since he is not the Hungarian PM yet – he will take his role this weekend – he was officially welcomed ...

World Health Organization gives update on hantavirus virus outbreak on cruise ship - Europe live

World Health Organization gives update on hantavirus virus outbreak on cruise ship - Europe live

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The outbreak has been linked to a birdwatching expedition in Argentina joined by two passengers before they boarded the shipMeanwhile, Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar has arrived for talks at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, where he is due to meet with Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni.Since he is not the Hungarian PM yet – he will take his role this weekend – he was officially welcomed ...

Doctors’ union drops opposition to Cass review of NHS gender healthcare

Doctors’ union drops opposition to Cass review of NHS gender healthcare

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British Medical Association says review into gender identity services was ‘robust’ after previously rejecting findingsThe trade union representing doctors across the UK has dropped its opposition to the findings of the Cass review of gender identity services across the NHS.The British Medical Association (BMA) had previously rejected the findings of the landmark review of transgender healthcare, w...

Iran conducting near-daily prisoner executions in secrecy, say rights groups

Iran conducting near-daily prisoner executions in secrecy, say rights groups

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Families under pressure to stay silent amid internet blackout as executions reportedly surge with 24 killed in MarchMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran is carrying out near-daily executions of prisoners in secrecy and, in some cases, refusing to hand the bodies of the dead to their families, according to rights groups and sources close to the relatives of the dead.Many families only learn of exe...

‘People should be talking about it’: moves to curtail vaccine information obscures important science, doctors say

‘People should be talking about it’: moves to curtail vaccine information obscures important science, doctors say

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Quashed studies, halted publications and canceled research threaten damage to public health, critics saySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A series of high-profile and under-the-radar decisions by US health agencies have scientists and doctors questioning the extent of the agencies’ control over public communications – and they say the debate is obscuring the most important part, wh...

The Only Way Is Essex star Jake Hall found dead in Mallorca

The Only Way Is Essex star Jake Hall found dead in Mallorca

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Towie star Hall, 35, found unresponsive with head wounds reportedly caused by shards of glass at villa on Spanish islandThe Only Way Is Essex star Jake Hall has been found dead in a freak accident in Mallorca.The former reality TV show personality was found unresponsive with head wounds reportedly caused by shards of glass at a villa on the Spanish island. Continue reading...

Rachel Entrekin becomes first woman to win Cocodona 250 ultramarathon – and pets dogs along the way

Rachel Entrekin becomes first woman to win Cocodona 250 ultramarathon – and pets dogs along the way

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34-year-old heads elite field of men and womenAmerican takes small naps during 56-hour runRachel Entrekin has made history by beating a field of elite men and women to win the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon.Entrekin had won the women’s race on two occasions but on Wednesday she headed the entire field, winning in a record time of 56 hours 9 minutes and 48 seconds. Continue reading...

UK construction firms face some of sharpest cost rises in nearly 30 years

UK construction firms face some of sharpest cost rises in nearly 30 years

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Iran war is driving up prices for fuel and raw materials, says survey Business live – latest updatesConstruction companies in the UK are experiencing some of the sharpest cost rises in nearly 30 years as the war in Iran drives up prices for fuel and raw materials, according to a closely watched survey.The poll of UK construction companies found that input cost inflation – which accounts for expens...

UK construction firms face sharpest rise in costs in nearly 30 years

UK construction firms face sharpest rise in costs in nearly 30 years

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Iran war is driving up prices for fuel and raw materials, says survey Business live – latest updatesConstruction companies in the UK are experiencing some of the sharpest cost rises in nearly 30 years as the war in Iran drives up prices for fuel and raw materials, according to a closely watched survey.The poll of UK construction companies found that input cost inflation – which accounts for expens...

Report shows banned non-fiction books doubled over last school year in US

Report shows banned non-fiction books doubled over last school year in US

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New PEN America report analysed 3,743 unique titles removed from libraries and classrooms and found books about activism and social movements were targetedA new report has found that the number of banned non-fiction books doubled during the 2024-2025 school year in the US.PEN America analysed the 3,743 unique titles removed from school libraries and classrooms in the July to June period and found ...

Almost $4bn more for Victoria’s contentious Suburban Rail Loop to be included in federal budget

Almost $4bn more for Victoria’s contentious Suburban Rail Loop to be included in federal budget

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Additional funding for the costly 90km public transport project promised ahead of state’s November electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal budget will include another $3.8bn for the Suburban Rail Loop, Melbourne’s controversial and costly 90km public transport project.Prime minister Anthony Albanese will announce the additional funding alongside the Victorian...

Man arrested on suspicion of handling Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone

Man arrested on suspicion of handling Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone

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Police say man is not suspected of involvement in the theft itself and the phone has not been recoveredPolice investigating the theft of a phone belonging to Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney have arrested a man.The man, who was arrested on Wednesday in Peckham, south London, is suspected of receiving the phone after it was stolen, the Metropolitan police said on Thursday. Cont...

German tourist awarded €1,000 after losing out on sunloungers at Greek hotel

German tourist awarded €1,000 after losing out on sunloungers at Greek hotel

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Court in Hanover says man entitled to payout after he and his family had to lie on concreteA German holidaymaker has won a payout of almost €1,000 after being unable to find a sunlounger for himself and his family because other guests had got there first.The man, whose identity is not known, holidayed on the island of Kos, in Greece, with his family in 2024. He said that, despite waking up at the ...

Man to plead guilty in Colorado firebomb attack on pro-Israel demonstrators

Man to plead guilty in Colorado firebomb attack on pro-Israel demonstrators

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One person died and a dozen others were injured in the attack, during a demonstration in 2025 in BoulderA man accused of a firebomb attack that killed one person and injured a dozen others during a demonstration last year in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza was scheduled to plead guilty Thursday to murder and other charges.Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces up to life in prison w...

Trains in southern England disrupted after fault in radio system

Trains in southern England disrupted after fault in radio system

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London Waterloo services particularly hit after radio network fault prevented communication between drivers and signallersTrains in parts of southern England have been severely disrupted after a fault in a radio system.Services out of London Waterloo, one of the UK’s busiest rail stations, have been particularly delayed. Continue reading...

Professors sue Atlanta’s Emory University over handling of Israel-Gaza protests

Professors sue Atlanta’s Emory University over handling of Israel-Gaza protests

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Students and faculty have also protested against surveillance cameras on campus and handling of racist posts by a studentAtlanta’s Emory University is facing a lawsuit from three tenured professors over its handling of 2024 protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza, capping off a tumultuous end to the spring semester.In recent months faculty and students have also demanded the removal of Flock sur...

Uncertainty looms as last oil tanker from Middle East arrives in California | First Thing

Uncertainty looms as last oil tanker from Middle East arrives in California | First Thing

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State can meet fuel demand for next six weeks with its current supply, its energy commission vice-chair said. Plus, alleged Jeffrey Epstein suicide note unsealed by federal judgeGood morning.Gas prices have risen above $6 in California – but there is yet more uncertainty on the horizon after the last oil tanker from the Middle East arrived in the state this week.What do we know about progress on a...

Rubio meets Pope Leo in bid to ease tensions after Trump’s criticism of the pontiff - Europe live

Rubio meets Pope Leo in bid to ease tensions after Trump’s criticism of the pontiff - Europe live

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Relations between the Vatican and Washington are increasingly fraught after the US president lashed out at the pope over his criticism of the war in IranMeanwhile, Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar has arrived for talks at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, where he is due to meet with Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni.Since he is not the Hungarian PM yet – he will take his role this weekend ...

STV’s Scotland election coverage to be hit by strike action over pay

STV’s Scotland election coverage to be hit by strike action over pay

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About 120 journalists and broadcast staff expected to protest about pay freeze as STV invests in new radio stationUK politics live – latest updatesCoverage of Scotland’s election counts by STV, the commercial broadcaster, is expected to be heavily hit by strike action in an escalating dispute over pay.The National Union of Journalists and the technical union Bectu have targeted STV’s election rep...

Hundreds of homes damaged in Mississippi as multiple tornadoes reported

Hundreds of homes damaged in Mississippi as multiple tornadoes reported

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Governor asks people to ‘pray for Mississippi’ while National Weather Service reported ‘very large and dangerous tornado’Powerful storms that included at least one confirmed tornado tore through parts of Mississippi, collapsing hundreds of homes, tearing up trees and downing power lines, authorities said Thursday.There were no immediate reports of deaths or severe injuries from the storms that str...