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Zelenskyy sacks deputy head of his office amid reported corruption investigation – as it happened
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Zelenskyy sacks deputy head of his office amid reported corruption investigation – as it happened

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies said they uncovered group responsible for money laundering $3.35m but did not name individuals involved The rise in Germany’s ⁠borrowing costs to a 15-year high reflects the ⁠increased security challenges ⁠facing ​the country following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ⁠the need to spend much more defence, the Finance Ministry ⁠said on Wednesday.German 10- ​and 30...

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Government rough sleeping funding may not ‘be enough’ to tackle problem, says Burnham – as it happened
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Government rough sleeping funding may not ‘be enough’ to tackle problem, says Burnham – as it happened

PM pledges to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas but issues ‘rallying call’ for community and voluntary organisations to help with plan Andy Burnham has admitted government funding “may not fully be enough” to achieve his aim of offering a place to stay to every rough sleeper by Christmas, as he made a “rallying call” for communities to get behind his plan.Speaking on a visit to the nort...

Lindsey Graham’s sister and fill-in senator says she’s ‘not that informed on national security’
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Lindsey Graham’s sister and fill-in senator says she’s ‘not that informed on national security’

She made the statement during a debate when asked about potential threats to US national security in South China SeaUS politics live – latest updatesAsked whether Taiwan and the South China Sea threaten US national security, republican fill-in senator Darline Graham hesitated. “I’m just going to be honest here,” she told Tuesday night’s debate audience. “I’m – not that informed on national securit...

Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn
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Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn

Madrid government changes stance after previously saying anyone who entered territory illegally would be sent backEurope live – latest updatesThe Spanish government has U-turned and said it will allow 500 migrant children in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland.The majority of the estimated 70,000 people who crossed into Ceuta – a Spanish territory on the coast of north Africa – on 30 July have retur...

Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to relocate to mainland in immigration U-turn
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Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to relocate to mainland in immigration U-turn

Madrid government changes stance after previously saying anyone who entered enclave illegally would be sent backThe Spanish government has U-turned and said it would allow 500 migrant minors in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland.The majority of the estimated 70,000 migrants who crossed into Ceuta – a Spanish enclave on the coast of North Africa – on 30 July have returned to Morocco. However, under ...

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Germany’s firewall was meant to hold the far right at bay. It may have done the reverse

Germany’s firewall was meant to hold the far right at bay. It may have done the reverse

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An AfD win in ​next month’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt would shatter a decades-long political consensus and reverberate throughout the EU• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIn just over two weeks’ time, Saxony-Anhalt – home to historic timber-framed houses, the dramatic Harz mountains and the birthplace of Martin Luther – will hold what could prove one of the most ...

British energy bills forecast to hit three-year high this winter

British energy bills forecast to hit three-year high this winter

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Expected quarterly rise if 4% highest likely to wipe out Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity billsHousehold energy bills across Great Britain are expected to climb to a three-year high this winter as the impact of the Middle East war wipes out Andy Burnham’s tax cut on electricity bills.The government’s cap on energy prices is on track to rise by 4% from this October to the equivalent of £1,729 a yea...

US justice department defends prosecution of James Comey over ‘8647’ seashell post

US justice department defends prosecution of James Comey over ‘8647’ seashell post

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Justice department claims there’s ‘no dispute’ over whether ex-FBI head’s post could be read as a threat against TrumpThe US Department of Justice has defended its prosecution of former FBI director James Comey, claiming in new court documents there is “no serious dispute” that his social media post last year featuring a photo of seashells arranged to read “8647” could be interpreted as a threat a...

Andy Burnham calls on wider society to help end homelessness by Christmas

Andy Burnham calls on wider society to help end homelessness by Christmas

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PM says public money alone won’t solve problem but ‘we did it in the pandemic, we can do it again’UK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has said government money alone may not be enough to get rough sleepers off the streets by Christmas, as he issued a “rallying call” for councils, charities and communities to help solve the problem.Speaking on a visit to the north-east of England, he said...

Ukrainian diver arrested in Croatia over Nord Stream pipeline bombings

Ukrainian diver arrested in Croatia over Nord Stream pipeline bombings

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Berlin to seek suspect’s extradition for 2022 explosions that damaged gas pipelines to Russia A Ukrainian man has been arrested in Croatia as part of an investigation into the 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Germany and Russia.Undersea explosions in September 2022, just months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, damaged three of the four pipelines built to carry R...

Calls for urgent law change as UK’s largest water reuse system cannot be switched on

Calls for urgent law change as UK’s largest water reuse system cannot be switched on

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Recycling system in Cambridgeshire that could save thousands of litres a day is deemed not in line with rulesThe largest water reuse system in the UK, which could save thousands of litres of water a day for people living in one of the driest regions of the country, is not allowed to be switched on because of drinking water regulations.As water supplies in England reach critical levels, the Guardia...

Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’

Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’

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Firefighters describe being pushed to limit by a brutal wildfire season, with key leadership roles going unfilledThe US has faced a critical shortage of firefighters at the US Forest Service (USFS) this summer as thousands of fires erupted across the country.Despite officials’ claims that the firefighting workforce was stronger than ever, the agency has failed to keep pace with escalating conditio...

Florida governor suspends former close ally over child sexual abuse charges

Florida governor suspends former close ally over child sexual abuse charges

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Michael Caruso, once praised by Ron DeSantis, removed from Palm Beach county civic official roles after arrestFlorida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has suspended a former close ally and senior civic official who was arrested on felony child sexual abuse charges.Michael Caruso, who was removed as clerk of court and comptroller for Palm Beach county on Tuesday, was a vocal supporter of a law ...

Man who died with woman and girl off Sussex coast was Palestinian refugee

Man who died with woman and girl off Sussex coast was Palestinian refugee

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Palestinian embassy named man as Hossam al-Khawas but was unable to confirm names of other family membersA father who died alongside a woman and a teenage girl off the Sussex coast on Tuesday was a Palestinian refugee, the Palestinian embassy has said.The embassy in London named him as Hossam al-Khawas from the Rashidieh camp in Lebanon. The embassy said it was unable to confirm the names of the o...

Adviser to far-right Latin American leaders arrested for allegedly plotting to kill girlfriend

Adviser to far-right Latin American leaders arrested for allegedly plotting to kill girlfriend

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Fernando Cerimedo, 42, arrested on suspicion of ordering shooting of Bolivian lawyer Nadia BellerA senior adviser to many of Latin America’s new wave of far-right leaders has been arrested for allegedly masterminding the attempted murder of his girlfriend.The businessman and political consultant Fernando Cerimedo, 42, had been working as an adviser to the Bolivian president, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, a...

Lewes derailment: images show track defect before incident on hottest day

Lewes derailment: images show track defect before incident on hottest day

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Network Rail and Southern owner GTR apologise after investigators reveal picture of possible heat-buckled track Rail operators have apologised after a report into last Thursday’s train derailment in East Sussex found a “track geometry irregularity” on the approach to the site where the train derailed on the hottest day of the year so far.An interim report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch ...

More than 20 tons of squid spilled on to Rhode Island highway during traffic accident

More than 20 tons of squid spilled on to Rhode Island highway during traffic accident

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Sunday incident created ‘significant traffic disruptions’ and a foul odor as crews worked to clear cephalopod remainsMore than 20 tons of squid spilled on to a Rhode Island highway during a traffic accident, creating hours of delays for motorists and a foul stench as crews worked in baking sunshine to scrape up the remains of the fast-decaying cephalopods.The incident occurred Sunday morning in Na...

Hawaii crews work to restore power to thousands after Lala outages

Hawaii crews work to restore power to thousands after Lala outages

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Storm also caused destructive flooding and damage to homes and infrastructure with one woman deadTropical storm Lala wreaks ‘devastation’ to some areas of Hawaii’s Big IslandCrews in Hawaii are working to restore power to thousands of residents after the outer bands of Hurricane Lala battered the islands over the weekend, causing destructive flooding and killing one person.On the hard-hit Big Isla...

First Thing: Trump in Canada tariff backdown after ‘substantial progress’ made on trade deal

First Thing: Trump in Canada tariff backdown after ‘substantial progress’ made on trade deal

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US president cancelled planned tariff imposition just hours before it was to come into force. Plus why are people so obsessed with television vampires?Good morning. Donald Trump has paused his threatened punitive tariff on Canada just hours before it was due to come into effect. After Trump’s announcement, the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, said “substantial progress” had been made towards ...

Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to conceal Covid-19 records

Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to conceal Covid-19 records

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David Morens confessed to concealing government documents linked to grant research fundingA former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to ​grant research funding and the Covid-19 pandemic.David Morens, who had worked under Fauci ‌as a senior official at the National Institut...

Chinese carmaker Chery to set up UK research centre

Chinese carmaker Chery to set up UK research centre

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Manufacturer, which makes Jaecoo and Omoda brands, will open facility in Bedfordshire in autumnThe Chinese carmaker behind the irreverently nicknamed “Temu Range Rover” is plotting further UK expansion with a major research and development centre in England.Chery, which makes the Jaecoo and Omoda car brands, said the launch of a new R&D site was “the next step in our long-term plan” for Britai...

Burnham issues open-water swimming warning after ‘terrible family tragedy’ in Sussex

Burnham issues open-water swimming warning after ‘terrible family tragedy’ in Sussex

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Parents and daughter died in incident in Shoreham-by-Sea, with girl from same family in critical conditionAndy Burnham has warned of the dangers of open-water swimming as he called the deaths of a mother, father and their teenage daughter who got into difficulty in water off Sussex “a terrible family tragedy”.The prime minister expressed his sympathies to their loved ones as a young girl from the ...

Andy Burnham warns of dangers of open-water swimming after ‘terrible family tragedy’ in Sussex

Andy Burnham warns of dangers of open-water swimming after ‘terrible family tragedy’ in Sussex

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A mother, father and their teenage daughter died after getting into difficulty in water off Shoreham-by-Sea, and a younger girl remains in hospitalAndy Burnham has warned of the dangers of open-water swimming as he called the deaths of a mother, father and their teenage daughter who got into difficulty in water off Sussex “a terrible family tragedy”.The prime minister expressed his sympathies to t...

ICC decries latest US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on court’s independence

ICC decries latest US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on court’s independence

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Trump administration put sanctions on the international criminal court’s president and a senior trial lawyerThe international criminal court on Wednesday condemned the latest US sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal’s independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world.The state department announc...

Forecast energy price cap rise in Britain could push UK fuel bills up 4% this winter

Forecast energy price cap rise in Britain could push UK fuel bills up 4% this winter

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Expected quarterly rise highest in three years and likely to wipe out Burnham’s VAT cut on electricity billsHousehold energy bills across Great Britain are expected to climb to a three-year high this winter as the impact of the Middle East war wipes out Andy Burnham’s tax cut on electricity bills.The government’s cap on energy prices is on track to rise by 4% from this October to the equivalent of...

Government rough sleeping funding may not ‘be enough’ to tackle problem, says Burnham – UK politics live

Government rough sleeping funding may not ‘be enough’ to tackle problem, says Burnham – UK politics live

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PM pledges to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas but issues ‘rallying call’ for community and voluntary organisations to help with plan Andy Burnham has admitted government funding “may not fully be enough” to achieve his aim of offering a place to stay to every rough sleeper by Christmas, as he made a “rallying call” for communities to get behind his plan.Speaking on a visit to the nort...

Republican senator Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola advance in Alaska Senate primary

Republican senator Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola advance in Alaska Senate primary

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Result tees up marquee race in US midterm elections, which could decide if Republicans or Democrats control SenateIncumbent Dan S Sullivan, the US senator, advanced in Alaska’s nonpartisan primary race for his seat on Tuesday alongside Mary Peltola, a former Democratic congresswoman.With the top four candidates moving forward from Alaska’s open primaries to the general election, the Associated Pre...

France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approval

France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approval

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Right to assisted dying established for patients with conditions assessed as incurable and causing unbearable pain Legislation granting incurably ill adults the right to assisted dying has been formally adopted in France after the text was approved by the country’s highest constitutional authority and published in the official journal.The law, known as a law on “end of life” or “aid in dying” rath...

Dog food recalled after reports of pets losing their sight

Dog food recalled after reports of pets losing their sight

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Move by Years, which provides personalised meals in subscription-based service, follows recipe changeA dog food brand has recalled all of its fresh meals after reports that a recipe change may have caused some animals to develop an eye condition that, if left untreated, can lead to sight loss.Years said owners should stop feeding its fresh meals to their dogs “immediately” and also told them not t...

Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and was hailed by Dr Oz under fire over ethics

Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and was hailed by Dr Oz under fire over ethics

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New findings further call into question scientific judgment of current health leaders in the Trump administrationA French researcher whose work was praised by Donald Trump and Dr Mehmet Oz during the Covid-19 pandemic published hundreds of papers with “substantial” ethical and legal concerns, according to a new analysis.An international team of scientists found concerns in 853 articles published b...