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Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville funeral
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Dolly Parton laid to rest in private Nashville funeral

The queen of country was interred next to her late husband in an intimate ceremony attended by close familyDolly Parton was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Nashville on Friday, her family has confirmed.The queen of country music, who died aged 80 on 25 August “after bravely facing a brief battle with cancer”, was interred at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum alongside her husband of 60 ye...

Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice
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Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice

Response seeks to discredit Washington Post story that four generals and admirals advised against prolonging Iran warPete Hegseth regularly receives formal objections from senior commanders and proceeds anyway, the Pentagon’s top spokesman has said, as he tried to discredit a Washington Post report that four generals and admirals had advised against prolonging the war in Iran.“Of course, we demand...

‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds
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‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds

Technology trained on millions of routine ECGs could fast-track high-risk patients for treatmentDoctors have developed a “superhuman” AI tool that can spot heart disease in less than two seconds.The groundbreaking technology has been trained on millions of patients and works by extracting more information from a routine electrocardiogram (ECG) than the human eye can typically see. Continue reading...

Border area between Nepal and China where 33 Australians are missing still almost entirely cut off
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Border area between Nepal and China where 33 Australians are missing still almost entirely cut off

Majority of missing Australians were near Gyirong Port minutes before impact. Rescuers say the area is now destroyed, covered in metres of silt and debrisGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt has been almost a week since the catastrophic floods in Nepal and not even a vehicle can get into the area where the majority of missing Australians were last heard from.Gyirong Port, ...

Met Gala exhibition honoring John Galliano is cancelled after backlash

Met Gala exhibition honoring John Galliano is cancelled after backlash

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Fashion designer was convicted of hate crime by French court in 2011 after series of racist and antisemitic remarksThe controversial fashion designer John Galliano announced on Monday that an exhibition honoring his work that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art had scheduled to open for the upcoming spring’s Met Gala is not going to go forward.The museum’s decision to honor Galliano, who was con...

Germany poised to identify suspect in Leipzig drone attack on Ukrainian plane

Germany poised to identify suspect in Leipzig drone attack on Ukrainian plane

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Berlin expected to outline response to incident this month widely speculated to have been coordinated by RussiaThe German government is imminently expected to announce who it believes was behind a suspected drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane earlier this month and to outline its response to the incident in coordination with its European and Nato partners.The chancellor, Friedrich Merz, told t...

A pediatrician is running for Senate. Can doctors change the political debate over health and science?

A pediatrician is running for Senate. Can doctors change the political debate over health and science?

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After Lindsey Graham’s death, Democrat Annie Andrews finds herself in a closely watched race as she seeks to flip his Republican seatAnnie Andrews was a dark horse Democrat challenging a five-term Republican in the US Senate when 314 Action, a political action fund devoted to electing scientists and doctors, first backed her.Now, after the unexpected death of Senator Lindsey Graham, Andrews finds ...

BT on track for estimated £2bn windfall from selling old copper amid AI boom

BT on track for estimated £2bn windfall from selling old copper amid AI boom

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Telecoms company to benefit from rollout of full-fibre broadband and soaring prices for recycled metalBT is on track for an estimated £2bn-plus windfall over the next decade from selling off old copper cabling, as it cashes in on soaring prices amid the AI market frenzy and switches the UK’s network to full-fibre broadband.Copper is one of the main beneficiaries of the “electrification of everythi...

Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finds ‘reasonable cause to believe’ tech firm subjected workers spoke up about Palestine to hostile work environmentThe US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws, has found that Cisco, the global tech company, probably violated the civil rights of Middle Eastern, Muslim and other company emp...

Trump says US will ‘hit Iran hard’ as hostilities resume – Middle East crisis live

Trump says US will ‘hit Iran hard’ as hostilities resume – Middle East crisis live

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Iran responded to an assault on its Larak Island by targeting US bases in JordanFirst US military attacks on Iran in a month prompt retaliationCoinciding with this week’s G20 meeting, the EU has issued a statement saying it will work with the US and other allied countries to maintain economic pressure against Iran.“The ‌EU welcomes efforts at ensuring that Iran ceases its destabilising activities ...

South African airline defends dramatic low-level flyby before rugby union clash

South African airline defends dramatic low-level flyby before rugby union clash

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Cape Town stunt sparks major debate over safety risksAirlink insist flyby conducted according to regulationsA pre-game stunt involving two passenger jets flying dramatically low over a stadium in South Africa drew huge cheers from the estimated crowd of around 56,000 people, but also sparked a major debate over safety risks.The flyby by two Embraer jets, operated by local airline Airlink, happened...

Nepal rescuers race to reach hundreds feared trapped in hydropower tunnels

Nepal rescuers race to reach hundreds feared trapped in hydropower tunnels

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Workers thought to be stuck in underground areas at 11 sites after last week’s devastating flash floodsRescue teams are working to reach more than 900 missing hydropower workers, hundreds of whom are feared trapped in the tunnels and underground areas of 11 hydropower projects in Nepal after the devastating flash floods, ​the ⁠country’s disaster ​management authority has said.The death toll from t...

British family pleads with French authorities to release body of relative who died in Channel

British family pleads with French authorities to release body of relative who died in Channel

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Jasmeet Wadhwa, who fled Taliban persecution in Afghanistan, lost his life while trying to reach UK in AprilA British family is pleading with French authorities to release the body of a relative that officials have held for five months after he died in the Channel in April.Jasmeet Wadhwa, 32, died while attempting to reach the UK on a dinghy on 1 April with his mother, Harbans Kaur Wadhwa, after t...

British family plead with French authorities to release body of relative who died in the Channel

British family plead with French authorities to release body of relative who died in the Channel

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Jasmeet Wadhwa, who fled Taliban persecution in Afghanistan, lost his life in AprilA British family is pleading with French authorities to release the body of a relative that officials have held for five months after he died in the Channel in April.Jasmeet Wadhwa, 32, died while attempting to reach the UK on a dinghy on 1 April with his mother, Harbans Kaur Wadhwa, after they fled Taliban persecut...

Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed during search

Georgia police officer put on leave after family’s pet donkey killed during search

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Donkey named HeeHaw was shot and killed as authorities reportedly looked on property in search of a missing personA police officer in the US state of Georgia was placed on leave after a family’s pet baby donkey was shot and killed during an early-morning search on their property.The animal’s owner, Hannah Israel, said officers were at her pasture without notification or permission at about 12.45am...

Iran’s economy in crisis as US launches new sanctions campaign

Iran’s economy in crisis as US launches new sanctions campaign

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Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast is expected to push many Iranians into deeper poverty as food inflation soarsFor many Iranians, the new US sanctions campaign, called Operation Economic Outcast, seems superfluous given the grim economic situation in their country.Iranians are facing runaway food inflation, closed petrol stations and a seemingly never-ending depreciation of the nation’s currency ...

Smelling test: children need education in sniffing aromas, scientist says

Smelling test: children need education in sniffing aromas, scientist says

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Exclusive: Dr Will Tullett says better understanding of scents can improve wellbeing and perception of the worldChildren need a better education in sniffing aromas, a leading historian of smells has said, noting it may improve their wellbeing and help them understand the world around them.Dr Will Tullett, of the University of York, said pollution had been found to impair people’s olfactory abiliti...

Badenoch appoints Andrew Griffith shadow chancellor in sweeping reshuffle

Badenoch appoints Andrew Griffith shadow chancellor in sweeping reshuffle

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Tory leader expected to install Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary as James Cleverly quits to run for London mayorKemi Badenoch sacked her shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, and shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, in a sweeping Conservative reshuffle on Monday, replacing Stride with Andrew Griffith, and is expected to install Tom Tugendhat in foreign.Stride, who has been the shadow chancello...

Iranian president says he still wants diplomatic end to war after US strikes on Hormuz – Middle East crisis live

Iranian president says he still wants diplomatic end to war after US strikes on Hormuz – Middle East crisis live

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US targets Iran’s Larak Island in first exchange of fire in more than a month as Masoud Pezeshkian says America ‘has not fulfilled its commitments’First US military attacks on Iran in a month prompt retaliationCoinciding with this week’s G20 meeting, the EU has issued a statement saying it will work with the US and other allied countries to maintain economic pressure against Iran.“The ‌EU welcomes...

UK social mobility watchdog could be axed as ministers plan shake-up

UK social mobility watchdog could be axed as ministers plan shake-up

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Exclusive: Labour MPs believe Gordon Brown-era SMC has become ineffective and its work ‘should be a core function of government’Ministers are considering a shake-up of the government’s social mobility watchdog that could range from giving it more teeth to abolishing it outright.The move comes amid concerns that the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) – originally conceived under Gordon Brown’s govern...

Ministers consider closing social mobility watchdog as part of planned shake-up

Ministers consider closing social mobility watchdog as part of planned shake-up

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Exclusive: Labour MPs believe SMC has become ineffective and its work ‘should be a core function of government’Ministers are considering a shake-up of the government’s social mobility watchdog that could range from giving it more teeth to abolishing it outright.The move comes amid concerns that the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) – originally conceived under Gordon Brown’s government in 2010 – ha...

Can Reform UK recover from its summer horribilis?

Can Reform UK recover from its summer horribilis?

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Clacton, funding, internal divisions – party prepares for annual conference next week after a season of misstepsSenior Reform UK figures like to boast that the summer time – and parliament’s longest recess – is when the party makes hay.Supposedly, it is when Nigel Farage and co can muscle in on the news cycle with provocative statements and new policies, painting “establishment” opponents as works...

Grand Canyon braces for more storms after flash flood leaves one person dead

Grand Canyon braces for more storms after flash flood leaves one person dead

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National park officials say body of a man, 46, was recovered and about 15 others remain missing or unaccounted forThe Grand Canyon area braced for more rain and thunderstorms on Monday after a flash flood that left one person dead and about 15 others missing or unaccounted for – with scores of visitors evacuated and the only water pipeline for tourists and residents destroyed.Emergency water restr...

The London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole

The London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole

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Exclusive: How a court case over an unoccupied office block could end a widely used tax avoidance schemeFrom the outside, the seven-storey building at 2 America Square looks like any other office block in the heart of London’s financial district.Located about half a mile from Tower Bridge, one might expect it to be a hive of commercial activity, teeming with employees holding important meetings. H...

Countries legally obliged to consider slavery reparations, says UN committee

Countries legally obliged to consider slavery reparations, says UN committee

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Guidance says states must implement ‘comprehensive measures’ to address legacy of racial discriminationA UN committee has said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other ⁠measures to address the enduring ⁠legacy of racial ​discrimination.Guidance published on Monday by the committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (CERD) said ...

Cross-party talks needed to tackle climate crisis, say Lib Dems

Cross-party talks needed to tackle climate crisis, say Lib Dems

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Andy Burnham urged to seek consensus over response to extreme heat and forthcoming ‘super El Niño’Andy Burnham should call a cross-party meeting to discuss the UK’s response to worsening extreme weather, including the forthcoming ‘super El Niño’, the Liberal Democrats have said.The prime minister chaired a Cobra emergency meeting on the drought earlier this month but there has been little from the...

In a town in the heart of the US, Israeli settler violence in West Bank hits close to home

In a town in the heart of the US, Israeli settler violence in West Bank hits close to home

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War on Gaza and violence in West Bank is playing out in the streets of Toledo, Ohio, where the Arab American community has flourishedFrom his office outside Toledo, Ohio, Thamin Tim Ridi opens his phone to livestream the scene outside the besieged house of his brother, Loui, thousands of miles away in the occupied West Bank.This month, with his property at risk of being destroyed by Israeli settle...

French high schools rush to put Macron’s phone ban into force

French high schools rush to put Macron’s phone ban into force

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Unions say ban will take time to enact, while president also wants under-15s social media ban as key legacyFrench high schools are rushing to put in place a hurriedly signed off ban on mobile phones this week as Emmanuel Macron pushes for children to spend less time in front of screens.Education unions warned that banning mobile phone use in lycées – where children are aged 15 to 18 – would be har...