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• Russia-Ukraine war live: heavy shelling reported in Kharkiv region after overnight attacks in Kherson

  30-04-2023 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Two injured by rocket attacks in Kherson after heavy shelling and homes hit by anti-aircraft missiles in KharkivShelling through the night in the city of Kherson has injured two people, deputy head of Kherson Oblast Council Yuriy Sobolevsky said this morning.More than 27 attacks were reported on residential areas of the wider Kherson region on Saturday, according to its authorities, with some 135 shells fired. Continue reading...
  
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• Starmer says BBC chair would be appointed independently under Labour

  30-04-2023 20:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Opposition leader says party would change current system, in which PM has final say on who gets jobKeir Starmer has said Labour would make sure the BBC chair is independently appointed after Richard Sharp’s resignation following his failure to declare that he had helped Boris Johnson get a loan.The Labour leader suggested the party would reform the system, in which the prime minister currently has the final say on who gets the job. Continue reading...
  
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• Pep Guardiola warns Manchester City against complacency after Fulham win

  30-04-2023 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘I think Arsenal is not going to drop many points’Marco Silva loses Tim Ream with a broken armPep Guardiola urged Manchester City to avoid complacency after the champions pushed Arsenal off the top of the Premier League by grinding out a nervy 2-1 win against Fulham.City moved a point above Arsenal thanks to goals from Erling Haaland, his 50th of the season, and Julián Álvarez but they were under pressure during a feisty second half at Craven Cottage. Guardiola was conc
  
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• RCN and train drivers’ union dispute ministers’ claims about their strikes

  30-04-2023 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Nurses union head clashes with Steve Barclay over plans to protect patients and RMT rows with Mark Harper about striking on eve of Eurovision finalThe Royal College of Nursing has clashed with the government over whether sufficient exemptions have been made to protect patient safety during the nurses’ strike in England that is due to start on Sunday night.The clash came as a row erupted between the leader of the train drivers’ union and the transport secretary, who had criticised a p
  
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• Liverpool vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction - The Independent

  30-04-2023 19:55 via news.google.com
  
  Liverpool vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction  The IndependentPremier League LIVE: Man Utd v Aston Villa, Bournemouth v Leeds, Fulham v Man City, Newcastle v Southampton & Liverpool v Tottenham - radio & text - Live  BBCLiverpool vs Tottenham: Three key players to look out for  The Hard TackleESPN FC UNANIMOUSLY picks Liverpool to beat Tottenham  ESPN FCOpinion: Five things we learned from Tottenham’s 4-3 defeat to Liverpool
  
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• Eidevall hails first sell-out crowd at Emirates for Wolfsburg showdown

  30-04-2023 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Arsenal Women to play in front of record 60,000 home fansWomen’s Champions League semi-final poised at 2-2Head coach Jonas Eidevall believes the first sell-out crowd for a women’s match at the Emirates Stadium can inspire Arsenal into the Women’s Champions League final on Monday.It was revealed on Sunday that more than 60,000 tickets have been sold for the semi-final second leg against Wolfsburg, meaning the Gunners are expected to break the attendance record for a women’
  
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• Diogo Jota wins thriller for Liverpool after Spurs’ rousing late comeback

  30-04-2023 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  After 15 minutes at Anfield Tottenham were reliving a nightmare. By the 93rd they had found redemption and had no need to reimburse fans’ ticket costs for a second Sunday in succession. And by the 94th the nightmare was back, Liverpool clinching a fourth consecutive Premier League win seconds after blowing a three-goal lead.Spurs’ latest interim manager, Ryan Mason, was at least spared the torment and scrutiny that befell Cristian Stellini after the 6-1 rout at Newcastle, although it
  
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• Russia’s Daria Kasatkina supports LTA decision to help Ukrainian players

  30-04-2023 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Kasatkina: ‘Most of the players, they cannot go home’All England Club to support Ukrainians in grass court seasonDaria Kasatkina, the top-ranked women’s tennis player from Russia, has spoken in support of the All England Club and LTA’s decision to help Ukrainian players during the British grass court season.Following their decision to allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete as neutrals at this year’s championships, the AELTC and LTA announced last week that
  
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• ‘You can’t help but get swept up’: joy as Napoli near first title for 33 years

  30-04-2023 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Party fever grips Naples, a southern city long derided by Italy’s northern powerhouses, as Serie A football crown all but certainNaples has exploded into delirious celebrations as its football team edged closer towards clinching its first Serie A title in 33 years – a victory that would resonate well beyond football for this often-derided southern Italian city.Napoli had hoped to claim Scudetto glory with six games still to play, but a 1-1 draw against Salernitana meant it has had to
  
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• Sudan – live: UK to continue rescue operation with flight from Port Sudan - The Independent

  30-04-2023 19:37 via news.google.com
  Sudan – live: UK to continue rescue operation with flight from Port Sudan  The IndependentUK ends evacuation mission as former Sudan PM warns of 'nightmare for the world'  Sky NewsLast flights leave Khartoum - but how many British citizens are stuck in Sudan?  Channel 4 NewsBritons left behind in Sudan told to go to port  The TelegraphThe RAF's evacuation mission in Sudan has ended  Forces NetworkView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Guardian view on poverty in Scotland: a contradictory history | Editorial

  30-04-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The number of Scottish people in deep poverty has grown despite thoughtful welfare reforms. More will be neededSocial security is an investment in people, yet politicians in England have often treated it as a handout that should be almost impossible to survive on. The Scottish government has taken a different attitude. In place of George Osborne’s two-child limit on benefits, it has established a new weekly payment of £25 for each child. To mitigate the bedroom tax, it introduced dis
  
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• The Guardian view on US-China chip wars: no winners in zero-sum battles | Editorial

  30-04-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  UK policy is to ensure its industry doesn’t suffer collateral damage in the contest for tech supremacyRishi Sunak is readying a billion pounds to subsidise the UK’s fledgling microchip industry. It sounds big. But the British government is merely reacting to US economic warfare against China. Behind the talk of “friendshoring” and resurgent industrial policy is a struggle to avoid collateral damage in the battle between China and the US for tech supremacy.The EU plans alm
  
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• Manchester United fans’ protest not a distraction, says Erik ten Hag

  30-04-2023 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Fans marched on Old Trafford demanding ‘100% sale’Ten Hag: ‘We felt the fans were behind us’Erik ten Hag denied that a protest by fans demanding “100% sale” of Manchester United was a distraction, after thousands marched to Old Trafford from the city centre before the 1-0 win against Aston Villa on Sunday.Some of those involved in the action held banners stating “Full Sale Only” and “Glazers Out”. This was because of Sir Jim Ratcliffe&r
  
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• UK arranges extra evacuation flight from Port Sudan on Monday - BBC

  30-04-2023 19:10 via news.google.com
  
  UK arranges extra evacuation flight from Port Sudan on Monday  BBCSudan crisis: Last UK evacuation flight leaves rescue effort ends  BBCSudanese army blocks Britons from boarding last rescue flights  The GuardianMRI doctor makes desperate plea to Rishi Sunak as he flees Sudan  Manchester Evening NewsHusband and wife NHS workers in Sudan feel they have been ‘left without support’  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Uzbekistan votes on clause that could extend president’s rule to 2040

  30-04-2023 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Overhaul of constitution would include allowing Shavkat Mirziyoyev to stay in power Polls have closed across Uzbekistan, ending a day of voting in the central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040.Voting stations closed at 8pm (3pm GMT), after being open for 12 hours. The Election Commission has to announce the result within 10 days. Continue reading...
  
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• Schools deserve better than this Ofsted inspections regime | Letters

  30-04-2023 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The current process to evaluate schools is not fit for purpose, say readersRe your editorial (The Guardian view on Ofsted inspections: not fulfilling their purpose, 24 April), in 1992, Ofsted was set up by statute to assess the quality of education in each school. It was not established primarily or directly to improve schools or the system generally. It aimed to provide impartial, independent, professionally subjective judgments to assist leaders, governors and teachers in evaluating their poli
  
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• Tories are disappearing in local elections

  30-04-2023 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers say Conservative candidates appear to be distancing themselves from the governing partyAlison Hallum and Brian Sandall (Letters, 25 April and 26 April) might be interested to know that Conservatives are also disappearing in Milton Keynes. None of their leaflets mention the party, and they’re on the nomination list as “Local Conservatives”. This is a clear attempt at distancing themselves from the governing party, though it appears well-coordinated by campaign headquarte
  
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• Korea National Contemporary Dance Company review – rhythmic repetition and gleeful jumping

  30-04-2023 18:37 via theguardian.com
  
  The Place, London
  Double bill of Jaeyoung Lee’s Mechanism and Sung Im Her’s Everything Falls Dramatic opens the sixth annual Korea showcase, which this year tours for the first timeThe thriving contemporary dance scene in Korea gets its annual showcase, now in its sixth year in London, and touring for the first time too. It opens with a double bill from the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, with works by Jaeyoung Lee, founder of Company Siga, and London-based Sung Im Her, wh
  
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• Minister defends ‘offensive’ coronation-day oath to King Charles

  30-04-2023 18:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Mark Harper and Labour MP back ‘homage of the people’, but republicans say it ‘holds people in contempt’A cabinet minister has said he “hopes people do” swear the proposed oath to the king on the day of his coronation, as republicans described it as “an offensive and tone-deaf gesture that holds the people in contempt”.The transport secretary, Mark Harper, said he would be swearing the oath, to be known as a “homage of the people” and p
  
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• Stricken dinghy was not rescued after it entered UK waters, maritime logs reveal

  30-04-2023 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Boat with 38 people onboard got into difficulty in Channel and left to drift back towards France, FOI request showsA boat carrying 38 people, including children, that got into difficulty crossing the Channel was not rescued when it reached UK waters but was instead allowed to drift back towards France, according to internal maritime logs.Ministry of Defence officials, who were managing small boats in the Channel at the time, told the Guardian in January that they disputed that the stricken dingh
  
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• New artificial intelligence tool can accurately identify cancer - The Guardian

  30-04-2023 18:23 via news.google.com
  New artificial intelligence tool can accurately identify cancer  The GuardianOutperforming Human Pathologists – New Harvard-Developed AI Tool Predicts Colon Cancer Survival, Treatment Response  SciTechDailyView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Alldritt inspires La Rochelle to victory over Exeter to set up Leinster final

  30-04-2023 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Semi-final: La Rochelle 47-28 ExeterHolders score seven tries to reach third successive finalSo much for Exeter’s Last Dance. This was a waltz for La Rochelle, a walloping for the Chiefs. They had hoped to wave goodbye to so many departing club stalwarts in style this season but the brutal reality is they were steamrollered by a La Rochelle side who blend power and panache to devastating effect and are now into their third successive Champions Cup final.Grégory Alldritt produced the
  
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• Man United vs Aston Villa - Premier League: Live score, team news and updates - Daily Mail

  30-04-2023 18:13 via news.google.com
  Man United vs Aston Villa - Premier League: Live score, team news and updates  Daily MailWhat channel is Man Utd vs Aston Villa? Kick-off time, TV and live stream details  The MirrorManchester United vs Aston Villa LIVE highlights and reaction as Bruno Fernandes scores  Manchester Evening NewsFernandes strikes to secure win for Manchester United against Aston Villa  The GuardianMAN UTD 1-0 ASTON VILLA | TOP 4 IS OURS! Lindelof & Casemiro TOP CLASS, Ten
  
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• UK government extends Sudan evacuation with additional flight

  30-04-2023 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  FCDO asks any British nationals hoping to leave war-torn country to reach airport in Port Sudan by noon local time on MondayThe government has announced plans to carry out an additional evacuation flight from Sudan on Monday, after previously suggesting that efforts to bring British nationals out of the war-torn country had concluded.In a statement on Sunday, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) urged any UK nationals still hoping to leave Sudan to make their way to the airpor
  
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• Sergio Pérez wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix amid Esteban Ocon pit lane chaos

  30-04-2023 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘It’s a big disaster, a crazy moment’ says shaken OconPérez holds off Verstappen in Red Bull one-two“Expect the unexpected”, proclaimed the banners adorning the streets of Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. An entreaty that proved to be wishful thinking at best for all but the final moments of the race, when a near-disaster in the form of an astonishingly dangerous incident proved as entirely unanticipated as it was unwelcome.Sergio Pérez might have t
  
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• Civilians attacked in Darfur region as Sudan fighting escalates

  30-04-2023 18:06 via theguardian.com
  
  UN refugee agency ‘extremely concerned’ about effect on ‘fragile’ region, as evidence emerges of widespread destructionFighting has erupted in Sudan’s Darfur region – including the use of heavy weaponry, and attacks on civilians and essential healthcare infrastructure – escalating a crisis now in its third week that was sparked by two rival generals.Across the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, the sound of gunfire echoed through the streets throughout Sunday a
  
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• To those who rejoice at Richard Sharp’s fall at the BBC – be careful what you wish for | Jane Martinson

  30-04-2023 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  The past Tory donor was clearly conflicted by his dealings with Boris Johnson, but he believed in the BBC. The next chair might notIn the aftermath of Richard Sharp’s resignation as chair of the BBC and Boris Johnson’s humiliation as the man who caused the defenestration of yet another who got too close, there is a warning to be voiced: be careful what you wish for.Sharp was obviously and hopelessly conflicted by his failure to declare a connection to an £800,000 loan guarantee
  
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• Liz Truss disputing £12,000 bill relating to use of Chevening grace-and-favour house

  30-04-2023 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Invoice for ex-PM’s time at Kent mansion when foreign secretary is thought to include sums for missing bathrobes and party businessLiz Truss is disputing part of a £12,000 bill sent to her by the Cabinet Office relating to her use of the grace-and-favour Chevening house while she was foreign secretary.The bill mostly covered hospitality but also included missing items, such as some bathrobes, and dates back to last summer when she was fighting the Conservative leadership campaign aga
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘not planning’ to run for Senate seat in 2024

  30-04-2023 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Decision clears way for incumbent New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand to run for re-election unopposed by congresswomanAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez will not run for a seat in the US Senate next year, according to her office, clearing the way for incumbent New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, to run for re-election unopposed by the progressive congresswoman.“She is not planning to run for Senate in 2024. She is not planning to primary Gillibrand,” Lauren Hitt, Ocasio-Cortez&rs
  
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• Gulf states poised to bail Britain out of energy crisis - The Telegraph

  30-04-2023 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Gulf states poised to bail Britain out of energy crisis  The Telegraph
  
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• Three in hospital, more injured as 'gas explosion' rocks west London shop - Evening Standard

  30-04-2023 17:50 via news.google.com
  
  Three in hospital, more injured as 'gas explosion' rocks west London shop  Evening StandardWoman and two men are rushed to hospital after 'gas blast' blows out windows of London takeaway  Daily MailLive updates as 3 people rushed to hospital after Southall shop 'gas explosion'  My LondonWest London 'gas explosion' sees two men and a woman rushed to hospital as homes evacuated  ExpressThree people taken to hospital after suspected gas explosion in Southall&
  
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• World Snooker Championship 2023: Luca Brecel leads Mark Selby 6-2 after first session - BBC

  30-04-2023 17:47 via news.google.com
  
  World Snooker Championship 2023: Luca Brecel leads Mark Selby 6-2 after first session  BBCShaun Murphy hails Mark Allen for 'one of the best shots of all-time' - if he meant it  Daily StarSunday's World Championship final predictions and snooker betting tips: Make or break in Crucible crescendo  Racing PostWorld Championship final 2023 LIVE: Watch Mark Selby v Luca Brecel - Live  BBCWorld Snooker Championship LIVE: Selby takes on Brecel in final  
  
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• ‘We tried to stop her’: Kenyan teenager tells how cult starved his mother - The Guardian

  30-04-2023 17:43 via news.google.com
  ‘We tried to stop her’: Kenyan teenager tells how cult starved his mother  The GuardianInside the Kenyan starvation cult suspected of sending 100 people to their deaths  The TelegraphGood News International Church | Horrors of a Kenyan cult  The HinduIn solidarity with victims of a Kenyan cult leader, ex-member digs for their remains  Africanews EnglishChildren account for majority of Kenyan cult deaths  The HinduView Full coverage on
  
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• Man dead and seven injured after stabbings near Cornwall nightclub

  30-04-2023 17:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Local man aged 24 arrested in Bodmin on multiple charges following knife attackA man has died and seven others were left injured after a stabbing near a nightclub in Cornwall.Police were called to Castle Canyke Road in the Victoria Square area in Bodmin at 3.15am on Sunday after reports of a person with a knife and multiple people with suspected stab wounds. Continue reading...
  
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• US regulator asks banks including JPMorgan and PNC to bid for First Republic - Financial Times

  30-04-2023 17:35 via news.google.com
  
  US regulator asks banks including JPMorgan and PNC to bid for First Republic  Financial TimesFirst Republic makes last ditch bid to find rescue deal  BBCTime running out for US financial firms to bid for ailing bank First Republic  The GuardianFirst Republic auction underway. Deal seen before markets reopen  ForexLiveJPMorgan, Citizens and PNC submit bids for First Republic  Financial TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Boris Johnson calls for resignations over Richard Sharp cartoon in Guardian - The Independent

  30-04-2023 17:25 via news.google.com
  Boris Johnson calls for resignations over Richard Sharp cartoon in Guardian  The IndependentGuardian apologises over cartoon of BBC chairman Richard Sharp  BBCHow a Boris Johnson row led to the BBC chairman's resignation - BBC News  BBC NewsAfter the fall of Richard Sharp, the next BBC chair must not be another political crony  The GuardianThe BBC's future is increasingly precarious  The TelegraphView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Leak of unknown gas kills 11 in India - Sky News

  30-04-2023 17:21 via news.google.com
  
  Leak of unknown gas kills 11 in India  Sky NewsMystery gas leak kills 11 and leaves 4 injured in India  Evening StandardEleven dead and four in hospital after 'unknown' gas leak in India  STV NewsThree families lose 10 members in Gyaspura gas tragedy in Ludhiana  Times of India11 dead, 4 hospitalized in gas leak in northern india  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Bodmin murder probe: One dead, seven injured in stabbing near nightclub - BBC

  30-04-2023 17:20 via news.google.com
  
  Bodmin murder probe: One dead, seven injured in stabbing near nightclub  BBCOne man dies and seven others are hurt after report of stabbings in Cornwall  Sky NewsAttacker stabs eight leaving one dead after rampage near Cornwall nightclub  The MirrorOne dead, seven injured in stabbing outside Cornwall nightclub  The IndependentMan dead and seven injured after stabbings near Cornwall nightclub  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Student survey strengthens campaign for ‘Harry’s law’ on suicide data

  30-04-2023 17:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Parents of Harry Armstrong Evans welcome the finding that 88% want universities to be more transparentAlmost 90% of students want universities to be more transparent about suicides, according to a survey carried out after the death of Harry Armstrong Evans, an undergraduate who killed himself in 2021 after suffering a mental health crisis.Armstrong Evans’ parents said the survey added weight to their campaign for a “Harry’s law” under which universities would have to publ
  
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• New artificial intelligence tool can accurately identify cancer

  30-04-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: algorithm performs more efficiently and effectively than current methods, according to a studyDoctors, scientists and researchers have built an artificial intelligence model that can accurately identify cancer in a development they say could speed up diagnosis of the disease and fast-track patients to treatment.Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. It results in about 10 million deaths annually, or nearly one in six deaths, according to the World Health Organization. In many c
  
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• Frankenstein’s warning: the too-familiar hubris of today’s technoscience

  30-04-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Technology presuming to recreate humanity is central to Mary Shelley’s masterpiece. It is more relevant today than everGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailCan we imagine a scenario in which the different anxieties aroused by George Romero’s horror film Night of the Living Dead and Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi dystopia 2001: A Space Odyssey merge?How might a monster that combined our fear of becoming something less than human with our fear of increasingly “intelligent&r
  
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• Jota sinks Rangers in Scottish Cup to keep Celtic on course for treble

  30-04-2023 16:44 via theguardian.com
  
  The galling thing for Rangers is that a Celtic performance no better than moderate in level was sufficient to beat them. With Ange Postecoglou’s team only three points from retaining the league title, second-tier Inverness will sit between Celtic and a fifth domestic treble in seven seasons.This is an era of Celtic dominance; success in that Scottish Cup final early next month will take the club’s recent trophy count to 17 from a possible 21. Rangers, whose season is now over in all
  
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• Help low-paid workers or face curbs to bosses’ pay, fund managers tell UK firms

  30-04-2023 16:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Investment managers join call for companies to pay real living wage across entire supply chainsMany of Britain’s largest employers must do more to increase pay for workers struggling with the cost of living crisis or face votes against pay increases for executives, investment managers have warned.Peter Hugh Smith, the chief executive of CCLA, an investment manager for the pensions of charities and church organisations, said many employers were failing “to do the right thing” an
  
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• Sevastopol fuel depot blast was preparatory to Ukrainian counter-offensive - The Telegraph

  30-04-2023 16:38 via news.google.com
  
  Sevastopol fuel depot blast was preparatory to Ukrainian counter-offensive  The TelegraphBlaze at Russian fuel depot in Crimea put out after suspected drone strike  Guardian News5 Russian Villages Without Power After Ukraine Shelling  The Moscow TimesLive: Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Novaya Kakhova comes under 'intense fire' • FRANCE 24  FRANCE 24 EnglishCrimea blast 'God's punishment,' Ukraine says  DW (English)View Full coverage on
  
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• Florida’s rightwing governor Ron DeSantis backs Kemi Badenoch’s ‘war on woke’

  30-04-2023 16:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Republican expected to run for nomination supports UK business secretary’s attempt to stop the left ‘corrupting British society’Florida’s rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis, has backed UK business secretary Kemi Badenoch in taking on what he calls “the woke”.DeSantis, who is expected to challenge Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election, met Badenoch and foreign secretary James Cleverly on a visit to London this week. Continu
  
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• Azerbaijan GP: Sergio Perez beats Max Verstappen to victory in intense Red Bull contest - Sky Sports

  30-04-2023 16:37 via news.google.com
  Azerbaijan GP: Sergio Perez beats Max Verstappen to victory in intense Red Bull contest  Sky SportsAzerbaijan Grand Prix | Dramatic finish from Ocon  eNCAF1 LIVE: Azerbaijan Grand Prix latest - Live  BBCBaku confirmed as host city for 2023 FIA annual assembly, prize giving  Arab News2023 Round 4 Post-Feature Race Press Conference  Formula 2View Full coverage on Google News
  
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• When Russia targets ordinary homes: the attacks that mean no one is safe in Ukraine

  30-04-2023 16:34 via theguardian.com
  
  A strike that killed 23 people far from any frontlines has forced residents to understand that one could come anywhereRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesHuddled under a blanket, Iryna Babii turned away from the empty space where, until Friday, nine floors of apartments had been stacked, one of them home to her daughter’s best friend.The apartments were obliterated when a Russian missile crashed into this residential block, which sits beside a school in a neighbourhood just near
  
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• Texas man who killed five, including eight-year-old boy, could ‘be anywhere’

  30-04-2023 16:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspect in fatal shooting of neighbors after noise complaint could be as far as ‘10 or 20 miles’ from murder scene, sheriff saysThe man suspected of killing five people, including an eight-year-old boy, with an AR-15-style weapon after neighbors asked him to stop shooting in his yard could be anywhere by now, authorities in Houston, Texas, have said.The manhunt for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza could now be as wide as “10 or 20 miles” from the murder scene, San Jacinto co
  
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• Eurovision rail strike workers should show solidarity with Ukraine colleagues, says transport secretary - Sky News

  30-04-2023 16:08 via news.google.com
  Eurovision rail strike workers should show solidarity with Ukraine colleagues, says transport secretary  Sky NewsSunday with Laura Kuenssberg: Rail strikes cynically targeting Eurovision, says minister  BBCTransport secretary blasts rail unions for 'cynically targeting FA Cup final and Eurovision'  Manchester Evening NewsRail strikes cynically targeting Eurovision, transport minister says  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Goths in Whitby and sumo wrestlers: the weekend’s best photos

  30-04-2023 16:02 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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