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Sánchez condemns ‘selfish’ reaction of some EU countries to Ceuta border crisis as death toll rises – Europe live
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Sánchez condemns ‘selfish’ reaction of some EU countries to Ceuta border crisis as death toll rises – Europe live

In letter to Brussels, Spanish PM hits out at ‘polarising and illegal’ reaction after tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco to Spanish enclaveThe Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has hit back at some EU countries for what he described as their “selfish, polarising and illegal reaction” to the mass border crossings at Ceuta, as he thanked Morocco for its help in dealing with the cr...

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Death toll in Ceuta border crisis rises to 67 as Spanish government announces plans for barrier – Europe live
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Death toll in Ceuta border crisis rises to 67 as Spanish government announces plans for barrier – Europe live

Tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco to the Spanish enclave this weekFrance has been battling one of its most destructive wildfires in decades, with firefighters facing a vast and unpredictable inferno in the south-west of the country. In this feature, my colleague Jason Burke reports from Le Porge, where he explores the extraordinary efforts of those on the frontline, from firefighter...

Zelenskyy warns of low air defence supplies after Russian strike kills nine in Ukraine – Europe live
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Zelenskyy warns of low air defence supplies after Russian strike kills nine in Ukraine – Europe live

Twenty-two people were injured in overnight attack in which Kyiv said it was able to shoot down just one of 27 Russian ballistic missilesThere has been an update by the Spanish government on the Ceuta border crisis, with officials saying the death toll has risen to 67. The government also announced plans to install a containment barrier extending from the breakwater into the sea to deter further c...

Knickers in a twist: why M&S selling crotchless underwear isn’t as outrageous as it seems
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Knickers in a twist: why M&S selling crotchless underwear isn’t as outrageous as it seems

Some have called it ‘S&M’, but partnership with Ann Summers is less a scandal than another step in a century of evolving underwear trends, experts sayThe news that Marks & Spencer is selling Ann Summers crotchless knickers on their website has been greeted – as might be expected – with outrage online, being described as everything from “tawdry” to “S & M”.But it could be this is just t...

Knickers in a twist: why M&S selling crotchless panties isn’t as outrageous as it seems
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Knickers in a twist: why M&S selling crotchless panties isn’t as outrageous as it seems

Some have called it ‘S&M’, but partnership with Ann Summers is less a scandal than another step in a century of evolving underwear trends, experts sayThe news that Marks & Spencer is selling Ann Summers crotchless knickers on their website has been greeted – as might be expected – with outrage online, being described as everything from “tawdry” to “S & M”.But it could be this is just t...

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‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster

‘MPs have had their stomachs pumped’: concerns over ‘alcohol-soaked’ culture in Westminster

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Alcohol is embedded in profession where long hours, loneliness and lobbying are the norm, report findsParliament is “Britain’s last alcohol-soaked workplace” where MPs are offered free drinks as early as midday despite alcohol-related scandals, a report has revealed.Drinking is commonplace and some MPs have had their stomachs pumped after consuming so much alcohol that they ended up in hospital, o...

EU relations, climate crisis and Gaza: why Ed Miliband is fired up by Foreign Office challenges

EU relations, climate crisis and Gaza: why Ed Miliband is fired up by Foreign Office challenges

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Labour veteran is said to relish role that requires careful negotiation of Trump and impending G20 leadershipExtraordinarily, given the importance of geopolitics, the office of foreign secretary has sometimes appeared a consolation prize in British politics, perhaps reflecting the transfer of responsibility to Downing Street or the Cabinet Office.That is not how Ed Miliband views the job. His alli...

First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

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Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreadsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 80 dead and sick birds seen on rocks off the South Australian coast are suspected to be the first mass mortality event from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, only six weeks after the disease arrived in Australia.Authorit...

Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM

Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM

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Labour politicians say mutualised model puts public in control without adding debt to government’s balance sheetMPs and mayors close to Andy Burnham have told the prime minister there is a “third way” tlauo gain more control of failing companies, as the row over whether or not to nationalise Thames Water rumbles on.Burnham is said to be concerned about the increase in government debt that Treasury...

‘A symbol of resistance’: the fight to save treehouse built on no man’s land next to Berlin Wall

‘A symbol of resistance’: the fight to save treehouse built on no man’s land next to Berlin Wall

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Supporters fear structure could be torn down as safety hazard and want it to become memorial to postwar foreign labourers in honour of its Turkish creatorSometimes the currents of history converge in a single spot. In Berlin, one of the most intriguing of those places is a small traffic island with a lovingly tended garden and a ramshackle two-storey structure called the Treehouse at the Wall.In 1...

The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK

The tangled financial web at the heart of Reform UK

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Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationshipsIt has been three months since the Guardian revealed that Nigel Farage had accepted a £5m gift from Christopher Harborne, a billionaire donor to Reform UK.This was not the first story in our continuing investigation. But it has proved the...

‘Proteinmaxxing’ could lead to higher prices for infant formula, say experts

‘Proteinmaxxing’ could lead to higher prices for infant formula, say experts

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Whey protein, a key infant formula ingredient, is in growing demand, partly linked to rising use of weight-loss drugsThe rise of “proteinmaxxing” – a trend in which consumers try to eat as much protein as possible – could lead to higher prices for infant formula, experts warn.Whey protein, a key ingredient in infant formula, has surged in popularity over the past year as health professionals empha...

The final hit: Is Glasgow’s 25-year gruesome gangland feud finally over?

The final hit: Is Glasgow’s 25-year gruesome gangland feud finally over?

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The double assassination of two Scots in the Costa del Sol may have ended the war between the Lyons and the Daniels – but the crimes haven’t gone awayIt was a warm evening in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol last year when two Scottish men met a violent end.The punters of Monaghans seafront bar had barely finished watching the Nations League final on 8 June when a car pulled up outside. A masked gu...

Noma restaurant prepares to reopen under new leadership after abuse allegations

Noma restaurant prepares to reopen under new leadership after abuse allegations

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World-class venue puts renewed focus on staff wellbeing under new head chef after René Redzepi stepped down and apologised for his behaviourThe Copenhagen restaurant Noma – often ranked among the world’s best – is preparing to reopen next week under new leadership for the first time since its star chef and co-founder, René Redzepi, stepped down amid accusations of physical and psychological abuse....

‘Who could have done this?’ Mystery over Briton found dead in a suitcase in Athens

‘Who could have done this?’ Mystery over Briton found dead in a suitcase in Athens

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Greek police throw entire homicide division at trying to explain fate of 38-year-old Elisabeth-Jane RossTwo worlds separated by sheets of corrugated iron: one, a tree-lined road, bordered by a park and the home of Greece’s oldest sports club; the other a wasteland of derelict buildings and graffiti-covered walls in what was once a car park.It is here, on the wrong side of the divide, in Kypseli, a...

‘We stared into an abyss’: the heroes battling to tame France’s ‘megafire’

‘We stared into an abyss’: the heroes battling to tame France’s ‘megafire’

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Exhausted firefighters wage ‘war of attrition’ against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homes By noon it is time for a break. The temperature is about 35C, the smell of ash, cinders and burnt wood hang acrid in the air. At tables laid out in the shrinking shade on the desiccated grass and sand outside the sports centre in Le Porge, 200 men and a handful of women have gathered. Firefigh...

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

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Exclusive: As wildfires rage, Frank Elderson says more work needed to assess risk from collapse of ecosystem servicesA senior policymaker at the European Central Bank has said the climate emergency and the breakdown of nature poses a dramatically growing risk to the global economy.Frank Elderson, a member of the ECB’s executive board, said the eurozone lender of last resort was stepping up its mon...

Singapore bans Massive Attack for showing Palestinian flag, breaching ban on foreign emblems

Singapore bans Massive Attack for showing Palestinian flag, breaching ban on foreign emblems

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Two members given ‘stern warnings’ after concert and barred from returning, with band also excluded from performing in Singapore again, say authoritiesBritish trip-hop band Massive Attack has been barred from performing in Singapore after an investigation found two members unfurled a Palestinian flag during a concert, police said.Singapore, known for its tough laws on public speech and assembly, b...

Petrol prices on track to top $2 a litre as Bowen sounds death knell for fuel excise relief

Petrol prices on track to top $2 a litre as Bowen sounds death knell for fuel excise relief

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Petrol now costs more than $1.90 a litre in every capital city, with diesel expected to exceed $2.40 a litrePetrol prices could surpass $2 a litre and diesel $2.40 in coming days, after the government’s 16-cent discount ends on Sunday.The 32-cent per litre reduction in fuel excise, introduced in March at the peak of the fuel price spike, was halved to 16 cents in July. Continue reading...

Justice department admits reflecting pool damage not caused by vandals as it moves to drop charges against Olympian – as it happened

Justice department admits reflecting pool damage not caused by vandals as it moves to drop charges against Olympian – as it happened

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This blog is now closed. You can read our latest story hereWhen asked by a reporter at Camp David about negotiations with Iran, Trump said the US would be “hitting them very hard”.“We just want to win,” he said. “We’re doing very well, trying to be nice, as nice as you can be in a situation like that, but, you know, they’re being decimated. They have no Navy. They have no air force, they have no a...

Bessent ‘to-do’ list shows proposal for US to buy $5bn-$10bn of Japanese yen

Bessent ‘to-do’ list shows proposal for US to buy $5bn-$10bn of Japanese yen

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Treasury secretary’s notepad, photographed by Reuters on Friday morning, prompts questions over US plansDuring a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, the US treasury secretary Scott Bessent carelessly revealed plans for the US to buy $5bn-$10bn ⁠in Japanese yen in a scribbled “to do” list left visible to a Reuters photographer.The image, taken over Bessent’s shoulder during a portion of the me...

Bessent ‘to-do’ list shows proposal for US to buy $5-10bn of Japanese yen

Bessent ‘to-do’ list shows proposal for US to buy $5-10bn of Japanese yen

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Treasury secretary’s notepad, photographed by Reuters on Friday morning, prompts questions over US plansDuring a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, the US treasury secretary Scott Bessent carelessly revealed plans for the US to buy $5-$10bn ⁠in Japanese yen in a scribbled “to do” list left visible to a Reuters photographer.The image, taken over Bessent’s shoulder during a portion of the meet...

Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine

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Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royaltiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndian conglomerate Adani will pay no company tax despite generating almost $1bn in revenue from coal mining in Queensland over the past year.Financial accounts show the Carmichael thermal coal operations used la...

San Francisco pitbull rescued after two days trapped in railway tunnel

San Francisco pitbull rescued after two days trapped in railway tunnel

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Pup named Roo, who ran away from home, was found curled up next to rail track – and was ‘thrilled’ to be rescuedA two-year-old pitbull who ran away from home braved two days in a dim San Francisco railway tunnel before being rescued.Caltrain operators spotted the pup named Roo on his first day in the tunnel. Looking at the dog’s unmoving body, they had assumed he had been fatally struck by a train...

Justice department admits reflecting pool damage was not caused by vandals as it moves to drop charges against Olympian – US politics live

Justice department admits reflecting pool damage was not caused by vandals as it moves to drop charges against Olympian – US politics live

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US attorney in Washington DC moves to dismiss charges against David Hearn, telling court that documents indicated ‘damage was the result of flawed installation’Sign up for the US Breaking News emailWhen asked by a reporter at Camp David about negotiations with Iran, Trump said the US would be “hitting them very hard”.“We just want to win,” he said. “We’re doing very well, trying to be nice, as nic...

Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection

Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection

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Bev Craig, the city council leader, succeeds Andy Burnham as mayor, reversing Reform gains in May local electionsLabour has stormed to a decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection, seizing back areas that recently fell to Reform UK and the Greens.Labour’s Bev Craig, the Manchester city council leader, will now succeed Andy Burnham and hold one of the most powerful political posi...

Illinois officer who killed Sonya Massey denied medical release from prison

Illinois officer who killed Sonya Massey denied medical release from prison

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Sean Grayson, diagnosed with colon cancer, was sentenced to 20 years for killing Massey in Springfield in 2024A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy won’t get an early medical release from his two-decade prison sentence for killing Sonya Massey inside her home after the Black woman called 911 about a possible prowler, state officials decided on Friday.Sean Grayson had been diagnosed with colon cancer ...

Pilot ejects from F-35B jet crash near San Diego marine base, officials say

Pilot ejects from F-35B jet crash near San Diego marine base, officials say

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Unidentified pilot of F-35B fighter jet receives treatment for non-life-threatening injuries after accident near MiramarAn F-35B fighter jet crashed near a US Marine Corps base in San Diego on Friday morning, sparking a small fire that first responders doused.The pilot, who has not been publicly identified, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to a statement from the Marine Corps Mir...

F-35B jet crashed near Marine Corps in San Diego, pilot ejected safely – officials

F-35B jet crashed near Marine Corps in San Diego, pilot ejected safely – officials

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Pilot of stealth fighter jet, who has not been identified, was treated for non-life threatening injuries sustained in crashAn F-35B fighter jet crashed near a US Marine Corps base in San Diego on Friday morning, sparking a small fire that first responders doused.The pilot, who has not been publicly identified, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to a statement from the Marine Corps ...

Missing Australian hiker found dead in Wyoming, officials say

Missing Australian hiker found dead in Wyoming, officials say

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Body of William Standish discovered in Teton mountains as investigators say fatal fall likely cause of deathA 28-year-old Australian hiker who lost contact with his family while hiking the Continental Divide Trail between Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in Wyoming has been found dead, according to authorities.The man, identified as William Standish, was discovered by rescuers on Wednesd...