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Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says
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Landslide at waste mound in Guinea capital kills 30, government says

Dump site in Conakry, which minister had just promised to move, collapsed after heavy rain in west African stateA ⁠landslide at a huge waste dump in Guinea’s capital has killed 30 people, the government said on Sunday, after heavy rains overnight prompted it to ⁠collapse, engulfing nearby tents and shacks.The incident occurred less than a week after the government announced plans to close the ⁠sit...

Australia news live: shark attack victim thanks donors after ‘incredibly difficult’ recovery; second fur seal dies of suspected bird flu
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Australia news live: shark attack victim thanks donors after ‘incredibly difficult’ recovery; second fur seal dies of suspected bird flu

Leah Stewart lost her arm in a great white shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee beach. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNightly ‘penguin parade’ undergoes vaccinations for bird fluThe nightly parade of penguins on Phillip Island is a tourist favourite, but has recently taken on a more serious tone, AAP reports.We started on some of the quieter penguin p...

Australia news live: Shark attack victim thanks donors after ‘incredibly difficult’ recovery; penguin parade gets flu shots
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Australia news live: Shark attack victim thanks donors after ‘incredibly difficult’ recovery; penguin parade gets flu shots

Leah Stewart lost her arm in a great white shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee beach. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMajor housing investment near Perth could provide boost to apartment buildingThe National Reconstruction Fund will invest $120m into a $240m advanced manufacturing project north of Perth expected to be able to build 2,000 apartments a ...

Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list
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Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list

UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s partyBritish citizens who were born abroad would be made to wait longer for social housing under proposals to be announced by Reform UK on Monday.Nigel Farage’s party will announce the policy at a press conference in London. Under the policy, people born in the UK and young married couples ...

Families release pictures of police officers killed in A66 crash in which five others died

Families release pictures of police officers killed in A66 crash in which five others died

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Emotional tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough whose vehicle was in a head-on collision with car travelling wrong wayCleveland police have published photographs of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough who died when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66 crashed head-on into their police vehicle.Two 17-year-old boys were among the seven people who were killed in the incident on Tees...

Fast-moving wildfire in Reno, Nevada, forces thousands to evacuate homes

Fast-moving wildfire in Reno, Nevada, forces thousands to evacuate homes

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Hawk fire has covered more than 10,500 acres as blaze approaches University of Nevada campus in RenoA fast-moving Nevada wildfire exploded to more than 10,500 acres (4,200 hectares) early on Sunday, pushing from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno and forcing nearly 14,000 homes to evacuate as flames threatened neighborhoods and reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus.The Ha...

The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile

The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile

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Breakdown shows Washington now prioritises its own interests over any semblance of shared economic ground‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade warThe calamitous collapse of trade negotiations between Canada and the United States is a warning to nations worldwide that pursuing any kind of dialogue with the current US administration is doomed at the outset, accordin...

Tim Scott defends Darline Graham’s ‘national security is not my thing’ comment

Tim Scott defends Darline Graham’s ‘national security is not my thing’ comment

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Republican senator tries to assuage concerns but does not offer details of Graham’s national security experienceTim Scott defended fellow US South Carolina Republican senator Darline Graham’s knowledge of national security issues ahead of their state’s runoff election on Tuesday.Graham, who was appointed to fill the Senate seat held by her brother Lindsey Graham after his sudden death in July, is ...

Iryna Zarutska’s family sues North Carolina city over her murder

Iryna Zarutska’s family sues North Carolina city over her murder

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Relatives of woman fatally stabbed on public transit allege death was preventable and Charlotte knew of violent crime issueThe family of Iryna Zarutska is suing Charlotte and a security company one year after the Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed onboard a light rail train in the North Carolina city.A lawsuit filed on Friday in Charlotte’s Mecklenburg county superior court alleges Zarutska’s d...

Iryna Zarutska’s family sues Charlotte over alleged security failures in her death

Iryna Zarutska’s family sues Charlotte over alleged security failures in her death

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Relatives of woman fatally stabbed on public transit allege death was preventable and city knew of violent crime issueThe family of Iryna Zarutska is suing Charlotte and a security company one year after the Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed onboard a light rail train in the North Carolina city.A lawsuit filed on Friday in Charlotte’s Mecklenburg county superior court alleges Zarutska’s death ...

Democrats incredulous over Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meeting

Democrats incredulous over Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner meeting

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Critics include Senator Chris van Hollen, ex-aide to Obama Tommy Vietor and ex-Republican congressman Adam KinzingerDemocrats and other Donald Trump critics reacted incredulously to a New York Times report on Sunday that House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Jared Kushner, the president’s influential son-in-law, to discuss possible areas of collaboration.The meeting comes months ahead o...

Natalie Harp reportedly posted 150 pro-Trump tweets on day of Capitol riot

Natalie Harp reportedly posted 150 pro-Trump tweets on day of Capitol riot

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Devoted Trump aide flooded her now-disabled profile urging people to ‘never concede’ on 6 January 2021The Donald Trump aide Natalie Harp flooded a since-disabled social media account with pro-Trump posts on the day that the president’s supporters attacked the US Capitol in early 2021, years before she went to work for him and developed an extraordinary close relationship with him, a new report has...

Two 17-year-olds among seven people dead in A66 crash that killed two police officers

Two 17-year-olds among seven people dead in A66 crash that killed two police officers

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Tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough who died after head-on collision with car travelling wrong wayA 16-year-old boy was one of seven people killed on Teesside when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66, believed to be using cloned plates, crashed head-on into a police vehicle.Cole Robert Worthy, 16, Theo Rae, 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and 23-year-olds Michael Robert Cahill and J...

Spying device detectors may give domestic abuse victims false sense of security, study finds

Spying device detectors may give domestic abuse victims false sense of security, study finds

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Many tools fail to help victims find hidden cameras, microphones and trackers, leaving them at risk of ongoing surveillanceCommercial detectors intended to help domestic abuse victims find hidden spying devices may actually give them a false sense of security, a study has found.The consumer detection tools claim to identify hidden cameras, microphones or trackers through methods such as signal-str...

Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say

Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say

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Hundreds of experts write to environment minister calling for stronger protections for ‘unique and distinct’ marine ecosystemsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has been accused of leaving waters near the mainland largely unprotected by establishing the bulk of highly protected marine parks in r...

The new Halloween video game has been banned in Australia – and not because of the violence

The new Halloween video game has been banned in Australia – and not because of the violence

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Academics – and a former director of Australia’s Classification Board – say Halloween: The Game’s ban due to ‘incentivised drug use’ highlights an incoherent set of standardsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHalloween’s Michael Myers is one of film’s most feared boogeymen, responsible for some of the most brutal on-scre...

Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile coastal zones, scientists say

Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile coastal zones, scientists say

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Hundreds of experts write to environment minister calling for stronger protections for ‘unique and distinct’ marine ecosystemsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has been accused of leaving coastal waters largely unprotected by establishing the bulk of highly protected marine parks in remote areas.More than 270 leading marine scientists from 84 rese...

Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia – and it’s not because of the violence

Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia – and it’s not because of the violence

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Academics – and a former director of Australia’s Classification Board – say Halloween: The Game’s ban due to ‘incentivised drug use’ highlights an incoherent set of standardsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHalloween’s Michael Myers is one of film’s most feared boogeymen, responsible for some of the most brutal on-screen deaths in horror cinema. US video game developer Il...

‘Absurd’: children to see gambling logos on sports jerseys until 2032 in transition period condemned by Pocock

‘Absurd’: children to see gambling logos on sports jerseys until 2032 in transition period condemned by Pocock

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Government says it hopes clubs will end jersey deals with wagering companies earlier, but calls it a commercial decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChildren across Australia will continue to see gambling logos on professional sport jerseys until up to 2032 despite the government’s pledge to break the link between sport and wagering.The Albanese government has banned ...

Australia’s first home buyers are still taking out loans as property investors step back, data shows

Australia’s first home buyers are still taking out loans as property investors step back, data shows

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Exclusive: New entrants the only cohort making more loan applications amid interest rate rises and tax changes, mortgage broker saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirst home buyers are still taking out a large number of loans, with government backing, even as investors step back from Australia’s property market.New entrants are now the only cohort applying for more loan...

Boys aged 16 and 17 among seven people dead in A66 crash that killed two police officers

Boys aged 16 and 17 among seven people dead in A66 crash that killed two police officers

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Tributes paid to Matthew Blades, 37, and Tom Clough, 38, of Cleveland police, who died after collision with car travelling wrong wayA 16-year-old boy was one of seven people killed on Teesside when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66, believed to be using cloned plates, crashed head-on into a police vehicle.Cole Robert Worthy, 16, Theo Rae, 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and 23-year-olds Michael ...

Former Abercrombie CEO mentally fit for sex-trafficking trial, judge says

Former Abercrombie CEO mentally fit for sex-trafficking trial, judge says

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Michael Jeffries is ruled mentally competent to stand trial after being hospitalized for months for dementia symptomsThe former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has been ruled mentally competent to stand trial as he faces sex-trafficking charges after being hospitalized for months for dementia and Alzheimer’s symptoms.Michael Jeffries, who is 82 and free on bond for now, is scheduled to be tried in ...

CrossCountry cancels almost all rail services after power cut hits control centre

CrossCountry cancels almost all rail services after power cut hits control centre

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Transport secretary asks ‘publicly owned operators to lay on extra services where possible’CrossCountry has cancelled almost all of its train services in Great Britain after a power cut in Birmingham hit its control centre on Sunday.Most services have been cancelled until further notice, including routes from Glasgow to Edinburgh, Manchester to Birmingham, Cheltenham to Cardiff and Newcastle to Ed...

Burnham stays away from No 10 North wedding after bride’s plea

Burnham stays away from No 10 North wedding after bride’s plea

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Prime minister sends video message to newlyweds instead after bride Sarah Burwin asked him not to ‘ruin’ vibe at Heron House weddingAndy Burnham fulfilled a bride’s wishes by not turning up for her wedding after she asked him not to spoil her big day as she got married at the building housing No 10 North.Sarah Burwin had pleaded on TikTok in July for Burnham not to work from the building in Manche...

Iran’s foreign minister calls threat of new US economic sanctions ‘desperate’

Iran’s foreign minister calls threat of new US economic sanctions ‘desperate’

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Abbas Araghchi says country is unbowed but president Masoud Pezeshkian admits its people face ‘many problems’Iran’s foreign minister has dismissed the threat of a fresh round of US economic sanctions as a “desperate” ploy, even as its president acknowledged that the Iranian people are facing “many problems” amid Washington’s efforts to isolate and debilitate the country’s economy.Last week, Donald...

Arrest warrant issued for wife of Massachusetts officer found dead at home

Arrest warrant issued for wife of Massachusetts officer found dead at home

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Woman remains missing more than five days after police found officer she was married to dead in their homeAn arrest warrant has been issued for a mental health advocate who remained missing on Sunday, more than five days after police found the Massachusetts officer she had been married to dead in their home.Karen Solomon, 58, was last spotted in a doorbell camera video, walking down a street in a ...

Tributes paid to officers killed in A66 crash as police name five in other car

Tributes paid to officers killed in A66 crash as police name five in other car

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Redcar MP says Teesside community is ‘reeling’ after head-on collision involving vehicle being driven wrong wayTributes are being paid to two police officers who died on Teesside when a car travelling the wrong way along the A66 crashed head-on into their vehicle, also killing five young men.PC Matthew Blades, 37, and PC Tom Clough, 38, were killed when the marked armed response vehicle they were ...

Russia withdraws ambassador to UK as Kremlin raises pressure over Ukraine support

Russia withdraws ambassador to UK as Kremlin raises pressure over Ukraine support

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Embassy in London says Andrey Kelin left last month after seven years in diplomatic postRussia has withdrawn its ambassador to the UK, it has emerged, as the Kremlin continues to try to put pressure on Britain over its support for Ukraine.Andrey Kelin left last month after seven years in the diplomatic post, according to the Russian embassy in London. Continue reading...

Double jeopardy? Luigi Mangione state case unlikely to proceed, experts say

Double jeopardy? Luigi Mangione state case unlikely to proceed, experts say

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Defense files motion to dismiss state case after federal guilty plea but prosecutors say they are prepared to litigateAfter Luigi Mangione admitted in Manhattan federal court that he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, most experts believe that the state murder case against is highly unlikely to proceed – though some still see a slim possibility that it may yet happen.Mangione, who pleaded...