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

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...

Is Bulgarian prime minister Rumen Radev sizing up the EU’s Orbán-shaped hole?
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Is Bulgarian prime minister Rumen Radev sizing up the EU’s Orbán-shaped hole?

Rightwing populist’s inconsistent positions on Europe and Russia suggest he is testing how far he can push partners and electorateOne evening nine years ago in the Bulgarian town of Balgari, a Brazilian tourist approached the casually dressed, middle-aged man surrounded by bodyguards, bystanders and photographers. “Why are you important?” she asked. “I’m not so important,” he replied. She repeated...

Zelenskyy sacks deputy head of his office amid reported corruption investigation – Europe live
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Zelenskyy sacks deputy head of his office amid reported corruption investigation – Europe live

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies said they uncovered group responsible for money laundering $3.35m but did not name individuals involved Meanwhile, for all the noise and controversy around it, the Ukrainian parliament has just approved Zelenskyy’s nominations for foreign and defence ministers.Andrii Sybiha and Yevhen Khmara were both approved by the lawmakers just minutes ago.“I am grateful to t...

Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School investigated over hidden fees
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Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School investigated over hidden fees

UK competition watchdog investigation is part of broader clampdown on illegal ‘drip pricing’ Business live – latest updatesThe UK’s competition watchdog has launched investigations into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School over concerns that all three companies displayed misleadingly low prices to their customers.The Competition and Markets Authority’s investigations are part of a bro...

Alaska athlete uses bear spray to fend off animal attack: ‘nightmare come to life’

Alaska athlete uses bear spray to fend off animal attack: ‘nightmare come to life’

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Klaire Rhodes was attacked by a brown bear in state park but spray helped her escape with ‘relatively minor injuries’An Alaska marathon athlete used a repellant spray to fend off an attacking bear that officials say injured her while she ran on a popular trail recently – an encounter that she has since described as “a nightmare come to life”.The particularly harrowing episode unfolded on 13 August...

Labour ‘could lose up to 50 seats’ to Greens if new drilling in North Sea approved

Labour ‘could lose up to 50 seats’ to Greens if new drilling in North Sea approved

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Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at electionUK politics live – latest updatesLabour could lose dozens of seats to the Green party if the government allows new drilling in the North Sea, according to internal research shared with the Guardian.Green party analysis suggests up to 50 Labour MPs – including key Andy Burnham ally ...

Activist forced out of US after criticising Trump-aligned Colombian politician

Activist forced out of US after criticising Trump-aligned Colombian politician

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Beto Coral held up banners in Florida warning fellow Colombians to not vote for Abelardo de la EspriellaIn the week before Colombia’s presidential election, Beto Coral, a well-known activist living in the United States, travelled to Florida to persuade fellow Colombians not to vote for the far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella.Coral held banners outside polling stations in Miami warning tha...

Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School investigated over hidden ticket fees

Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School investigated over hidden ticket fees

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UK competition watchdog investigation is part of broader clampdown on illegal ‘drip pricing’Business live – latest updatesThe UK’s competition watchdog has launched investigations into Trainline, Virgin Atlantic and Red Driving School over concerns that all three companies displayed misleadingly low prices to their customers.The Competition and Markets Authority’s investigations are part of a broa...

Rising inflation underlines scale of Andy Burnham’s cost of living challenge

Rising inflation underlines scale of Andy Burnham’s cost of living challenge

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PM’s plan to shield households from more pressure risks being overwhelmed by wider price risesUK inflation rises to 2.9%Business live – latest updatesJuly’s increase in inflation, to 2.9%, is likely to be the first of several, underlining the challenge facing Andy Burnham in shielding consumers from a fresh cost of living squeeze this autumn.Rising energy bills, as an increase in Ofgem’s quarterly...

Virgin Australia apologises to disability advocate removed from flight over wheelchair motor

Virgin Australia apologises to disability advocate removed from flight over wheelchair motor

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Shane Hryhorec’s viral video showing the interaction with flight staff has already garnered 16 million viewsVirgin Australia has apologised to a disability advocate who said he was “humiliated” by his removal from a flight over his wheelchair motor.The airline called Shane Hryhorec on Wednesday afternoon to offer an apology, two days after the Adelaide-based man published a viral video showing the...

Burnham pledges to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas – UK politics live

Burnham pledges to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas – UK politics live

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PM promises to mount ‘Covid-style campaign’ to get homeless people off streets in winter Hello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.Andy Burnham has pledged to work to “get everyone in for Christmas” as he continues to build on his policy to end rough sleeping.We see people bedded down in doorways and sat outside stations, carrying their lives in rucksacks and sleeping bags on their backs. And...

Fresh Ukraine corruption probe adds to pressure on Zelenskyy ahead of key vote – Europe live

Fresh Ukraine corruption probe adds to pressure on Zelenskyy ahead of key vote – Europe live

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Investigation into unnamed lawmakers comes hours before parliament is due to to vote on successor to Mykhailo Fedorov as he calls for electionsUkraine’s anti-corruption agencies opened an investigation into unnamed lawmakers and presidential advisers just hours before a key vote in parliament, adding to pressure on president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The Nabu and Sapo agencies released no further detail...

David Shrigley London exhibition will find the funny side of old masters

David Shrigley London exhibition will find the funny side of old masters

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Dulwich Picture Gallery show to feature British artist’s work hung next to paintings by Dutch and Flemish greatsThe contemporary UK artist David Shrigley will apply his trademark arch humour and distinctive artistic practice “in dialogue” with old masters of Dutch and Flemish painting in a major new solo exhibition in London.The celebrated visual artist will explore the 17th-century paintings with...

Defence joins search for missing bushwalker – as it happened

Defence joins search for missing bushwalker – as it happened

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This blog is now closedFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Collapsing confidence’ in housing market, Wilson saysTim Wilson has jumped on that reporting around rent increases and says there has been a collapse in confidence since the budget which is hurting renters.We’ve had, since the budget, collapsing confidence, a lack of will to invest in housing that is going to be ...

Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut

Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut

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Company’s robots have gained global fame via videos of them performing martial arts and as dancers for pop starsUnitree, the world’s biggest humanoid robot maker, has made a spectacular entry on to China’s stock market, with its shares surging by more than 600%.The Chinese company’s robots have gained global fame via viral videos of them performing martial arts, running at Olympic speeds and servi...

Peta Murphy called for gambling reform three years ago. Her husband says Labor’s changes fall ‘well short’

Peta Murphy called for gambling reform three years ago. Her husband says Labor’s changes fall ‘well short’

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The government’s gambling ad changes are expected to pass the Senate on Wednesday night or Thursday morning with the Coalition’s supportThe husband of late Labor MP, Peta Murphy, said the government’s gambling reform “falls well short” of what she called for in 2023, lamenting that its shortcomings were due to the “considerable lobbying power” of the wagering, sporting and media industries.Rod Glo...

Australia news live: defence join search for missing 18-year-old bushwalker; Marcia Langton tells antisemitism royal commission racism needs to be tackled in ‘coordinated way’

Australia news live: defence join search for missing 18-year-old bushwalker; Marcia Langton tells antisemitism royal commission racism needs to be tackled in ‘coordinated way’

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Follow today’s news liveFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Collapsing confidence’ in housing market, Wilson saysTim Wilson has jumped on that reporting around rent increases and says there has been a collapse in confidence since the budget which is hurting renters.We’ve had, since the budget, collapsing confidence, a lack of will to invest in housing that is going to be...

Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Dan Sullivan lead in Alaska primary for US Senate – US politics live

Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Dan Sullivan lead in Alaska primary for US Senate – US politics live

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Incumbent Sullivan is running for third term while Peltola is fighting to flip seat and aid Democrats retake control of CongressThe Guardian’s Chris Stein has more on the Alaska primary:Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as a Republican for the US Senate. Dan S Sullivan is a Republican US...

Labor thinks it can win elections defending super. For Hanson, it’s just another way to deprive Taylor of political oxygen

Labor thinks it can win elections defending super. For Hanson, it’s just another way to deprive Taylor of political oxygen

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Despite leading in the polls, Hanson is allowed to offer thought bubbles instead of actual policyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAll sides of politics are feeling the heat from Pauline Hanson.On Tuesday, the One Nation leader pulled the rug out from under the Coalition by announcing a policy to slash tobacco excise by...

Erin Patterson challenges convictions over mushroom lunch – as it happened

Erin Patterson challenges convictions over mushroom lunch – as it happened

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This blog is now closedErin Patterson argues mushroom murder convictions should be quashed due to ‘catastrophic’ failure of justiceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLimited accomodation during sequestering ‘issues of convenience’, Patterson’s barrister saysKidd says Patterson’s case must be considered in the context of other cases where jurors had unsupervised access to “o...

Australia news live: defence force personnel join search for missing 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper

Australia news live: defence force personnel join search for missing 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper

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Follow today’s news liveFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Collapsing confidence’ in housing market, Wilson saysTim Wilson has jumped on that reporting around rent increases and says there has been a collapse in confidence since the budget which is hurting renters.We’ve had, since the budget, collapsing confidence, a lack of will to invest in housing that is going to be...

UK inflation rises to 2.9% as Iran war drives up energy bills

UK inflation rises to 2.9% as Iran war drives up energy bills

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Accelerating prices in July add to pressure on households, with chancellor saying ‘there is more to do to restore hope’Business live – latest updatesUK inflation rose to 2.9% in July as the impact of the Iran war on energy prices triggered a renewed cost of living squeeze for British households.The Office for National Statistics said inflation rose from a 15-month low of 2.6% in June, driven by th...

UK inflation rises to 2.9% as Iran war fuels living costs squeeze

UK inflation rises to 2.9% as Iran war fuels living costs squeeze

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Higher energy costs push up CPI but jobs slowdown could deter Bank of England from raising interest ratesUK inflation rose to 2.9% in July as the impact of the Iran war on energy prices triggered a renewed cost of living squeeze for British households.Underscoring the challenge for Andy Burnham’s government to give “breathing space” to hard-pressed consumers, the Office for National Statistics sai...

SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it

SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it

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Christmas Island locals who woke to see the spacecraft floating off the coast hope global attention will encourage touristsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEngineers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX are on their way to a remote Australian island to retrieve part of a Starship that dived into the Indian Ocean.The spacecraft – no...

Australia politics live: Coalition accuses Labor of treating veterans ‘with contempt’; national debt doubles to $30k per person

Australia politics live: Coalition accuses Labor of treating veterans ‘with contempt’; national debt doubles to $30k per person

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Follow today’s news liveFollow our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Collapsing confidence’ in housing market, Wilson saysTim Wilson has jumped on that reporting around rent increases and says there has been a collapse in confidence since the budget which is hurting renters.We’ve had, since the budget, collapsing confidence, a lack of will to invest in housing that is going to be...

In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why is Seoul so uneasy?

In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why is Seoul so uneasy?

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Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quartersAt their first summit, in August last year, the South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, told Donald Trump: “If you, Mr President, become the peacemaker, then I will assist you as the pacemaker.”The remark at the Oval Office captured the thrust of Lee’s approach to North Korea: di...

In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why does Seoul look so uneasy?

In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why does Seoul look so uneasy?

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President Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quartersAt their first summit, in August last year, South Korean president Lee Jae Myung told Donald Trump: “If you, Mr President, become the peacemaker, then I will assist you as the pacemaker.”The remark at the Oval Office captured the thrust of Lee’s approach to the North: ...