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• Iran awaiting response from Trump on proposal to open strait of Hormuz in six days

  24-09-2026 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Country says US must lift sanctions on its oil exports and end the war on all fronts, including in LebanonIran said it has told Donald Trump it is willing to open the strait of Hormuz in six days, and to start talks on its nuclear program the day after, so long as the US lifts sanctions on Iran’s oil exports in return, ends the war on all fronts – including in Lebanon – and releases some of Iran’s frozen assets.The proposal is designed to accelerate the steps first laid d
  
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• Horror warning issued as Russia prompt fears of 'desperate' move 'in coming months'

  24-09-2026 23:54 via express.co.uk
  Russia is expected to step up its hostile activities against Western nations and NATO, it has been claimed.
  
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• ‘Cracking auction, Gromit!’ Original Aardman puppets go under the hammer

  24-09-2026 23:41 via theguardian.com
  Wallace and Gromit stop-motion models and other beloved creations raise money to train new generations of animators Wallace’s reaction as the auction got into full swing might have been a trademark “good grief!” – and the enthusiasm of some of the bidding could have caused even the phlegmatic Gromit to show surprise.Fans of Wallace and Gromit and other beloved creations of Aardman Animations seized the chance to grab souvenirs when more than 200 pieces – including W
  
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• Melania Trump gives insight into life with Barron and Donald and 'suffering' family time

  24-09-2026 23:22 via express.co.uk
  The First Lady acknowledged that she does not get to spend as much time with President Donald Trump and their son.
  
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• Far-right activist Daniel Thomas charged over alleged dinghy slashing in Channel

  24-09-2026 23:20 via theguardian.com
  Thirty-seven-year-old charged with one count of criminal damage and failing to disclose his phone pin to police The far-right agitator and anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas has been charged with criminal damage and failing to disclose his phone pin to police following an incident in the Channel on Tuesday, where he allegedly slashed a dinghy while a French rescuer was on board.Thomas, 37, of no fixed abode, has been charged with one count of criminal damage along with an offence under section
  
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• NHS bodies in England impose two-year minimum wait for ADHD and autism assessments

  24-09-2026 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Patient groups decry ‘scandalous’ delays as four integrated care boards take step due to soaring demand for diagnosesNHS bodies are forcing people with suspected attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism to wait at least two years before they can be assessed as they struggle to meet surging demand for diagnoses of neurodiversity.Four NHS integrated care boards (ICBs) covering large regions of England have adopted the approach because they cannot afford the cost of the numbe
  
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• Putin tipped to give horror choice to NATO with 'mass casualty event'

  24-09-2026 22:16 via express.co.uk
  US intelligence has warned European countries about a suspected Russian plan.
  
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• Met chief criticises court system after paedophile granted bail

  24-09-2026 21:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers left feeling ‘hamstrung’, says Mark Rowley after offender allowed to return to flat overlooking playgroundPressure to cut the number of prisoners on remand has led to “dangerous and prolific offenders” being granted bail, the country’s most senior police officer said after a paedophile was allowed to return to his flat that overlooked a children’s playground.Zafer Dogan was jailed on Thursday for two years and four months after he was convicted of tak
  
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• Father arrested after child bride, 3, sold to 60-year-old man

  24-09-2026 20:48 via express.co.uk
  The girl was sold for less than £7,000 with the 60-year-old man still at large from police.
  
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• Trump swoons over strongman soulmate Xi – are you feeling jealous, Vladimir?

  24-09-2026 20:30 via theguardian.com
  Deference was deafening as US president rolled out red carpet for world’s biggest jailer of journalists – perhaps he was seeking tipsOne is an authoritarian who represses the media and has a strong allergy to democratic elections. The other is head of the Chinese Communist party.Donald Trump welcomed the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to the White House on Thursday, setting the stage for a scene quite unlike anything the august old building has seen over more than two centuries. Cont
  
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• Moment dozens of delegates walk out as Israel's Netanyahu takes to podium at UN

  24-09-2026 20:26 via express.co.uk
  During the mass walkout, other delegates could be seen applauding the Israeli leader.
  
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• Democratic lawmakers accuse Trump administration of interference in Brazilian elections

  24-09-2026 19:56 via theguardian.com
  Legislators sent letter to Marco Rubio saying US interference is weakeningBrazil’s democratic institutionsUS politics live – latest updatesA group of 31 Democratic members of the US Congress has sent a letter to the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, criticising the Trump administration over “an apparent effort to interfere with, and potentially undermine” Brazil’s elections.Latin America’s largest country will hold the first round of its presidential election o
  
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• Ukrainians in UK fear homelessness over host scheme funding cuts

  24-09-2026 19:45 via theguardian.com
  Monthly ‘thank you’ payments for people hosting refugees to be cut from £350 to £100 from next yearUkrainian refugees in the UK fear they could be left homeless after the government quietly axed 70% of funding for hosts of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, reducing monthly “thank you” payments to them from £350 to £100.The scheme was launched after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has provided support for 181,000 of the 234,000 U
  
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• France says EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ law should not include the UK

  24-09-2026 19:42 via theguardian.com
  ‘If you’re not in the internal market, you don’t get the same protection,’ says French minister of policy designed to curb Chinese competitionFrance is leading a push to exclude the UK from the EU’s “Made in Europe” policy that could result in British companies losing out in the race to supply European countries with low-carbon technologies and electric cars.The plans were raised by Andy Burnham when he met the European Commission president, Ursula von d
  
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• Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems

  24-09-2026 19:26 via theguardian.com
  Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030sA huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could be delayed into the mid-2030s.The site in Loughton, Essex, was described as the country’s largest AI supercomputer when it was announced in 2025, but power supply problems mean it now faces a lengthy wait before coming online. Continue reading...
  
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• Priest dies after horror stabbing attack at Polish monastery as four others wounded

  24-09-2026 18:55 via express.co.uk
  Police rushed to the monastery as five people were stabbed.
  
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• EU makes humiliating U-turn after it copies UK's Rwanda scheme

  24-09-2026 18:47 via express.co.uk
  The bloc remains divided on immigration, with some opting for a tougher stance on border enforcement.
  
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• Russia could attack a Nato country within months, Danish intelligence says

  24-09-2026 18:05 via theguardian.com
  Warning comes hours after Poland says fire at Starlink satellite station was ‘act of sabotage’Russia could launch a limited military attack against a Nato country in the coming months, Danish intelligence said, in one of the starkest warnings yet by western security services.In a report published on Thursday, the Danish defence intelligence service warned of a “low but growing risk” that Russia could launch long-range strikes on Nato infrastructure supporting Ukraine, or
  
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• Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam

  24-09-2026 17:40 via theguardian.com
  Former Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ Rick Wakeman has played to all kinds of people around the globe, but he has now performed to an audience he had never encountered before – an enclosure of 150 bears.The former Yes musician, who has gone on to have a prolific solo career, played the piano at a Vietnamese bear sanctuary. Continue reading...
  
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• Rebel offensive against Ethiopian army stokes fears of return to civil war

  24-09-2026 17:29 via theguardian.com
  Fighting escalates after Tigrayan rebels form new coalition aimed at overthrowing Abiy Ahmed governmentThere are growing fears of a return to civil war in Ethiopia after an offensive by fighters from Tigray into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara and the formation of a new rebel alliance aimed at overthrowing the government of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed.About 600,000 people died between 2020 and 2022 during a devastating war between the Ethiopian army and the political party and para
  
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• Germany investigates 105-year-old suspected former Nazi prison camp guard

  24-09-2026 16:55 via theguardian.com
  Man accused of being accessory to murders at Stalag 326 VI K amid race to prosecute suspects before they dieA 105-year-old man is under investigation on suspicion of being an accessory to multiple murders at a Nazi prisoner of war camp, German prosecutors have said.The case, which is being handled by the public prosecutor’s office in Dortmund, centres on the Stalag 326 VI K camp in western Germany, in what is now the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Continue reading...
  
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• White House chaos as Chinese and US reporters 'brawl' in 'heated' clash

  24-09-2026 16:53 via express.co.uk
  Witnesses suggested the clashes were tense.
  
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• Trump sparks health panic as he prepares to meet Xi - 'Can't walk straight'

  24-09-2026 16:21 via express.co.uk
  The US President left viewers confused.
  
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• Trump pictured screaming at his Marine One pilots as furious President left aircraft

  24-09-2026 15:37 via express.co.uk
  Trump was meeting with China's Xi.
  
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• Family of Iranian twins sentenced to death and decades in jail ask UN for help

  24-09-2026 15:15 via theguardian.com
  Taraneh and Romina Rahimi were charged with ‘waging war against God’ after joining protests against Tehran regimeThe family of 21-year-old twins who have been sentenced respectively to death and decades in jail for protesting against the Iranian regime have appealed to the United Nations for help.A formal “submission of information” relating to the case of Taraneh and Romina Rahimi has been submitted by British human right lawyers on their family’s behalf. Continue
  
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• Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University

  24-09-2026 12:26 via theguardian.com
  Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulityNewcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability.The university announced that Anant Ambani had been given a professorship of practice for “his work in conservation, biodiversity protection, animal welfare and environmental st
  
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• Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA

  24-09-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian websiteNAZA, the award-winning documentary from Israeli film-makers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, is set to be released in cinemas in more than 50 countries before a digital global release on theguardian.com.The film, which the Guardian produced, premiered at the Venice film festival earlier this month, where it was met with a 25-minute stan
  
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• Who is Luke Delaney? Meet NASA test pilot preparing for his first spaceflight with SpaceX ...

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
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• Who is Jessica Watkins? NASA astronaut set to command SpaceX Crew 13 mission to International ...

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
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• Turkey ‘closely monitoring military developments in Cyprus’

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  Turkey is “closely monitoring military developments on the island of Cyprus”, the country’s defence ministry’s spokesman Zeki Akturk said on Friday, offering criticism for the Republic of Cyprus’ efforts to bolster its military prowess in conjunction with other states/ “We reiterate that the Greek Cypriot administration in southern Cyprus’ ongoing armament activities and the military cooperation it is developing with third countries could negatively affe
  
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• Siberian town ‘under siege’ by bears as at least six people killed in just a month

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  At least 14 people have been killed in bear attacks across Russia since January this year...
  
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• Russia hits Kyiv with ballistic missiles, drones

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  Russia hit the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones early on Thursday, killing two, one of them in the parking lot of a maternity hospital that was damaged, officials said. In recent months Russia has stepped up its air war against Ukraine, deploying more of the faster and harder-to-intercept drones, and seizing on Ukraine’s shortage of...
  
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• Pope Leo to visit one of Catholicism’s most famous pilgrimage sites this weekend

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  Leo’s four-day...
  
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• On the sidelines of the 81st Session of the UNGA

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  This article is authored by Gouri Sankar Nag and Mihir Dey. ......
  
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• Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits eastern Turkey, EMSC says

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  A magnitude 5.1 ‌earthquake...
  
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• Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits eastern Turkey

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck eastern Turkey on...
  
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• Kiev residents brace for harsh winter amid increased attacks

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  The first days of autumn chill...
  
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• India's stake in Germany's far-Right turn

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
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• In England, a retired man spent 30 years building a slate miniature Lake District village, then moved the handmade town to hotel grounds so the public could see it

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  Some pastimes remain modest. Others gradually gain control of a garden, then a reputation, and ultimately require a brand-new house. A retired builder, Robinson, in the Lake District town of Flookburgh worked on a project for thirty years that developed from a hobby into a legitimate tourist destination. When the project's initial location eventually closed, it had to be meticulously dismantled and reconstructed somewhere else.A retired Cumbria builder spent nearly 30 years building a miniature
  
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• In 1952, a French doctor deliberately crossed the Atlantic alone in an inflatable life raft with no provisions; 65 days later, he reached the Caribbean alive and published an account of his voyage

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  Typically, doctors are trained to protect others from danger, not to put themselves in it. However, in the early 1950s, a French doctor came to believe the only way to prove his theory about maritime survival was to survive it himself, living off only what the sea could provide.Alain Bombard's conviction grew out of a single terrible morning in 1951, when he was a young hospital intern in Boulogne-sur-Mer and was called in urgently after a fishing trawler sank, leaving dozens of the crew dead or
  
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• Greek PM urges \u0026#39;courage\u0026#39; in talks with UK over Parthenon Marbles

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday urged "political...
  
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• F-35 stealth jet parts diverted to Hong Kong in major security blunder

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  The Pentagon is investigating how parts of the nation’s most advanced fighter jet ended up in Hong Kong...
  
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• California’s $886 million utility bill relief: Why many are getting money back - check if ...

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  This summer, millions...
  
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• BRICS, big cats, and the business of connected landscapes

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  This article is authored by Suryaprabha Sadasivan, managing principal, Chase Advisors. ......
  
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• Albanese slams OpenAI over Medicare portal breach disclosure delay

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  Albanese slams OpenAI over Medicare portal breach disclosure delay ......
  
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• AISI calls on Trump to put pressure on China over excess steel production capacity

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) is calling on President Donald Trump to raise the issue of steel exports from China and subsidies for the sector during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This is reported by Steel Market Update In a letter to the President dated 22 September, Kevin Dempsey,...
  
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• 29th International Business Forum begins in Istanbul

  24-09-2026 10:47 via article.wn.com
  he 29th International Business Forum (IBF), organized to bring together business people from all over the world and create a lasting communication and cooperation network, started on Wednesday in Istanbul. The IBF was organized under the main theme of "the Transformation of Humanity and The Business World in the Age of AI"...
  
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• Alarm bells sound in Brussels as EU sales of Chinese hybrid cars rocket

  24-09-2026 10:34 via theguardian.com
  Explosive growth in imported vehicles omitted from EV tariffs fuels concern for future of European carmakersEU imports three times more from China than bloc exports thereSales of Chinese hybrid cars have rocketed in the EU in the past four and a half years, data shows, underlining growing concerns in Brussels over the future of the European car industry.In 2022, just 659 Chinese-made fully hybrid cars (vehicles in which the petrol or diesel engine charge the motor and battery) were sold in the E
  
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• Xi Jinping lands in Washington as Trump breaks protocol with rare airport welcome for China ...

  24-09-2026 10:27 via article.wn.com
  Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, setting the stage for high-level talks with...
  
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• Who was Bianca Wilkerson? What we know about Virginia soldier who became 19th known death ...

  24-09-2026 10:27 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. Army identified...
  
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