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Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91
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Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91

Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New YorkSlinger Francisco, known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the “calypso king of the world”, has died aged 91.Francisco, who got his breakthrough in calypso music with his 1956 hit song Jean and Dinah, died peacefully surrounded by his family in New York on Sunday, his family said in a sta...

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Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election, says Liberty
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Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election, says Liberty

Polling for rights group shows issue is concern for voters and many feel recent policies have had negative effect Free speech will be a big concern for voters at the next general election, with the government’s current approach on the issue perceived by many to be bad for Britain, polling suggests.Three in five people said a political party’s position on free speech would affect how they voted at ...

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Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico’s Baja braces for Hurricane Polo

Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico’s Baja braces for Hurricane Polo

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Hurricane Nolo is moving away from Hawaiian islands but threat of heavy rain, flash floods and strong winds persistsHurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian islands on Sunday, but the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds persisted in areas of the island chain still recovering from previous storms.Nolo was about 365 miles (585km) south-south-west of Honolulu and moving away...

Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico's Baja braces for major Hurricane Polo

Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico's Baja braces for major Hurricane Polo

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Hurricane Nolo is moving away from Hawaiian islands but threat of heavy rain, flash floods and strong winds persistsHurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian islands on Sunday, but the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds persisted in areas of the island chain still recovering from previous storms.Nolo was about 365 miles (585km) south-south-west of Honolulu and moving away...

Far-right makes major gains in French Senate as Le Pen eyes power

Far-right makes major gains in French Senate as Le Pen eyes power

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France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party and its allies secured a record 14 seats in the right-wing dominated Senate in polls Sunday, effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber just months before a presidential election. RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen hailed a “historic victory” after the results were announced. Local elected officials vote for new senators for half th...

French far-right to form first Senate parliamentary group, early results show

French far-right to form first Senate parliamentary group, early results show

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Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally made significant gains in elections to the French Senate on Sunday, securing a parliamentary group in the upper house for the first time, French media reported on the basis of near-final election results. In a post on social media, Le Pen spoke of a “historic victory” and a “major milestone” even before the full results were available. “The results have exc...

Australia news live: Gallagher says final budget outcome will shave $6bn off deficit; RBA interest rate hike looms

Australia news live: Gallagher says final budget outcome will shave $6bn off deficit; RBA interest rate hike looms

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Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA dog needing a fence: Medicare breach reveals AI issueNobody should be surprised when an artificial intelligence agent goes off the rails, because it was never really on them in the first place, an AI expert says.What was missing in these systems is this engineering approach of building the fence. Continue readin...

Trump expects Iran talks next week after rejecting seven-day truce proposal

Trump expects Iran talks next week after rejecting seven-day truce proposal

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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he expected talks with Iran to resume next week, despite rejecting Tehran’s proposal for a seven-day truce followed by the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has raised the possibility of renewed air strikes on Iran, but told Axios he anticipated further negotiations.

Scott Kennedy on China’s ‘slow tech dragon’ and 2 more Xi-Trump meetings

Scott Kennedy on China’s ‘slow tech dragon’ and 2 more Xi-Trump meetings

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Scott Kennedy is a senior adviser and trustee chair in Chinese business and economics at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. His areas of focus include China’s hi-tech drive, US-China relations and global economic governance. Open Questions first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here. How would you characterise the outcomes of the Chin...

South Korea demands apology from Ukraine over disclosure of North Korean POW transfer

South Korea demands apology from Ukraine over disclosure of North Korean POW transfer

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South Korea’s presidential office demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea and then falsely denying ‌that the two sides had agreed to keep the move confidential. “The presidential office expresses strong regret over Ukraine’s unilateral disclosure and its subsequent false announcement tha...

Late-night drive and a 999 call: farmer’s chance encounter that led to terrorism arrests at RAF base

Late-night drive and a 999 call: farmer’s chance encounter that led to terrorism arrests at RAF base

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Local people say members of WhatsApp group noticed suspicious activity around vans in Whelford overnightIn the early hours of Sunday morning, a resident of the village of Whelford was driving home from a party when she saw three white vans parked on a country road. She was immediately suspicious, she said, and all the more so when she spotted a “large group of hooded and balaclavaed” men. She call...

Russian attacks kill eight in Ukraine after Moscow vows to continue war

Russian attacks kill eight in Ukraine after Moscow vows to continue war

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Russian strikes killed eight people across Ukraine on Sunday, authorities said, a day after Moscow vowed to continue the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched about 3,900 drones, aerial bombs and missiles over the past week. Ukraine accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians as winter approaches.

Israel revokes Dutch diplomats' West Bank credentials over settlement goods ban

Israel revokes Dutch diplomats' West Bank credentials over settlement goods ban

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Israel will revoke the diplomatic accreditation of Dutch officials based in the occupied West Bank after the Netherlands began enforcing a ban on goods from Israeli settlements, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Sunday. The officials have seven days to surrender their Israeli-issued diplomatic papers, he said.

Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It is a privilege, not a right’

Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It is a privilege, not a right’

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US attorney general argues that president was ‘sick and tired’ of inaccurate reporting by CNN, MS Now and PoliticoDonald Trump’s attorney general Todd Blanche argued on Sunday that the administration was permitted to ban three news outlets from the White House because “it is a privilege and not a right to be there”.Appearing on the ABC News program This Week during the second week of the White Hou...

The US-China relationship has stabilised but on Beijing’s terms

The US-China relationship has stabilised but on Beijing’s terms

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For all the solemnity of the B-2 flyover with four F‑22 Raptors and a silent South Lawn drill, the real business of US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was narrower than the choreography. The Chinese readout reiterated the concept that should frame the relationship’s next phase: constructive strategic stability – cooperation as the primary track, competi...

Russian drones kill 5 across Ukraine, including market outside Kyiv

Russian drones kill 5 across Ukraine, including market outside Kyiv

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Russian drones set ablaze a market outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, killing two people, while three others died in strikes by Moscow’s forces in different regions and Kyiv itself also came under attack, ‌local officials said. Ukrainian prosecutors said the drone attack hit a market in Sofiiska Borshchahivka on the western outskirts of Kyiv, killing two people and injuring about 10. Pi...

Russian drones kill 2 in market outside Kyiv, 3 others in different regions, officials say

Russian drones kill 2 in market outside Kyiv, 3 others in different regions, officials say

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Russian drones set ablaze a market outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, killing two people, while three others died in strikes by Moscow’s forces in different regions and Kyiv itself also came under attack, ‌local officials said. Ukrainian prosecutors said the drone attack hit a market in Sofiiska Borshchahivka on the western outskirts of Kyiv, killing two people and injuring about 10. Pi...