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• Dismay as Rishi Sunak vows to ‘max out’ UK fossil fuel reserves - The Guardian

  31-07-2023 23:35 via news.google.com
  Dismay as Rishi Sunak vows to ‘max out’ UK fossil fuel reserves  The GuardianRishi Sunak defends expansion of North Sea oil and gas drilling  Channel 4 NewsWhat would new oil and gas licences mean for energy security and the climate?  Evening StandardReviving North Sea oil and gas  The TelegraphRishi Sunak's North Sea oil bonanza is laying the foundation for a culture war election  The Big IssueView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Protests erupt in Bulgaria after attacks on woman by ex-partner deemed ‘mild’

  31-07-2023 22:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Rallies in Sofia and other cities after leniency shown to man whose ex-girlfriend says she was cut hundreds of times by himThousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets to protest against violence against women after a harrowing case of a teen cut hundreds of times shocked the Balkan nation.Approximately 5,000 people demonstrated in Sofia, while protests also took place in other cities across the country, where rallies over violence against women are rare.In the UK, call the national domesti
  
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• Top US adviser to attend Saudi talks in bid to attract support for Ukraine plan

  31-07-2023 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine and allies seek to draw countries such as Brazil and India off the fence and back Kyiv’s proposals for ‘just and durable peace’Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, is expected to attend a meeting in Saudi Arabia this weekend at which Ukraine and its allies will try to persuade countries from the global south to back Kyiv’s proposals for ending the war.According to officials involved in planning for the meeting, it is primarily aimed at drawing neutral
  
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• California: bear soaks in hot tub to beat the heat

  31-07-2023 21:55 via theguardian.com
  
  The animal, found lounging in a Burbank neighborhood, climbed over a wall and headed back after it was done relaxingWith temperatures soaring across the US, people and animals alike are looking for a place to find relief. In southern California, one bear sought to beat the heat by taking a dip in a hot tub.On 28 July, police in Burbank, California, responded to a report of a bear sighting in a residential neighborhood. The bear was filmed calmly lounging in the hot tub. After a short dip, the be
  
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• UK imposes sanctions on Russian judges for sentencing of Putin opponent

  31-07-2023 21:35 via theguardian.com
  
  British-Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza lost his appeal against a 25-year prison term on MondayThe UK government has imposed sanctions on those involved in the “deplorable” sentencing of the dual-national dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza after a Russian court dismissed his appeal against a 25-year sentence.Six figures – three judges, two prosecutors and an expert witness – will face sanctions for their role in a “politically motivated conviction”. Continue
  
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• Relief as teachers in England settle for 6.5% – but there may be battles ahead

  31-07-2023 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  While many welcome the end of strike action, the campaign for fair pay and better funding for state schools looks set to continueMinisters will have heaved a huge sigh of relief to see teachers and school leaders in England vote to accept a 6.5% pay offer and end strike action in state schools in England.After months of disruption as a result of strikes by members of the National Education Union (NEU), there were real fears in government of an escalation of the dispute, with coordinated strike a
  
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• Nicola Jennings on the Moscow drone attacks – cartoon

  31-07-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
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• Donald Trump expects indictment ‘any day now’ in 2020 election subversion case – live

  31-07-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Former president posts on Truth Social about special counsel Jack Smith as Georgia election case also moves forwardA judge in Georgia turned down an attempt by Donald Trump to stop Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis’s investigation into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result in the state. Over the weekend, Willis said she could announce charges in the case anytime between now and the first day of September. Meanwhile, a former business partner of Hunter Biden reported fo
  
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• Paul Reubens, actor best known for playing Pee-wee Herman, dies aged 70

  31-07-2023 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  The actor died on Sunday night, years after he had been diagnosed with cancer, according to his teamThe actor Paul Reubens – best known for his 1980s portrayal of the children’s film character Pee-wee Herman – died on Sunday night at the age of 70, years after he had been diagnosed with cancer, according to his team.A statement on Monday on a Facebook page for the Herman character said: “Last night we said farewell to Paul Reubens.” Continue reading...
  
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• Nigel Farage says new Coutts boss has offered to keep his accounts open

  31-07-2023 20:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Ukip leader is still taking legal action against bank demanding compensation and apologyNigel Farage has said that the newly installed boss of Coutts has offered to keep his accounts there open, reversing a decision that triggered scandal and the resignation of the private bank’s previous chief executive.The former Ukip leader said he welcomed the offer but was still taking legal action against NatWest, which owns Coutts, demanding compensation, a full apology and a face-to-face mee
  
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• Home Office delays moving asylum seekers to barge over fire safety fears

  31-07-2023 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’The Home Office has been forced to delay moving people seeking asylum on to a controversial giant barge in order to carry out last-minute fire safety checks amid concerns the vessel has not received approval from inspectors.The Guardian understands the initial plan to move refugees on to the Bibby Stockholm in Portland, Dorset, has been moved from Tuesday to Wednesday
  
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• Chris Woakes transforms England’s Ashes series with some classic Wizball | Barney Ronay

  31-07-2023 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
  The least Bazballish player ultimately saved this summer of high-stakes jeopardy for the Stokes-McCullum experimentAnd so as England’s cricketers looked back across their trek through the endless Bazball summer, as they peered more closely at their moments of most profound struggle, adversity, and almost chucking it away like a bunch of Jägerbomb-sodden teenagers, they noticed that where there were previously 22 footprints in the sand, in those moments of greatest tension there was on
  
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• Matildas bring magic and Colombia stun Germany – Women’s Football Weekly

  31-07-2023 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Faye Carruthers has Rachel Brown-Finnis, Júlia Belas Trindade and Chris Slegg alongside her as the group stages begin to reach their climaxOn today’s pod: what a couple of days of football!The co-hosts Australia are through and they didn’t even need Sam Kerr to knock out the Olympic champions, Canada. Nigeria join them in the last 16 after getting a draw against Ireland – if England top Group D, the Super Falcons will be their next opponents. Continue reading...
  
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• Watchdog shuts three solicitors firms accused in asylum sting

  31-07-2023 20:37 via theguardian.com
  
  SRA seizes documents and money of firms that appeared to offer to file false asylum claims for undercover reporterThree law firms in England accused of wrongdoing in dealing with asylum applications have been shut down by the solicitors’ watchdog.The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has also suspended the practising certificates of three solicitors – one from each of the firms that have been shut down. Continue reading...
  
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• UK weather: When will it stop raining and the summer improve?

  31-07-2023 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some drier weather is expected eventually - but it won't be anytime too soon.
  
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• ‘An excuse against Labour’: Uxbridge unconvinced Ulez led to Tory byelection win

  31-07-2023 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Residents have mixed views and misgivings about policy but some say they voted Labour nonetheless UK politics live – latest updatesOn a drab, rainy afternoon in an outer London car park, the need for climate action was clear as day for 60-year-old Clement Laurence. “Something has to be done. It’s almost August, look at the weather!” he said, jesting.Laurence, a retired train driver, lives in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where the Conservatives clung to victory by 495 votes
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 523 of the invasion

  31-07-2023 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  At least six people have been killed in Kryvyi Rih, and two people killed in occupied Donetsk, after several strikes across UkraineAt least six people, including a 10-year-old child, have been killed and more than 50 people injured when Russia struck a high-rise apartment in Kryvyi Rih. Authorities said people were trapped under rubble. Oleksiy Kuleba, the deputy head of Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, called for revenge, saying: “Every day, Ukrainian cities are under fire from Russian
  
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• ChatGPT better than undergraduates at solving SAT problems, study suggests

  31-07-2023 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers at UCLA found GPT-3 solved 80% of reasoning problems correctly compared with 60% of humansChatGPT can solve problems at a level that matches or surpasses an undergraduate student, according to a new study.Researchers found that the GPT-3 large language model that underpins the chatbot performed about as well as US college undergraduates when asked to solve reasoning problems that appear on intelligence tests or exams such as the American college admission test, the SAT. Continue read
  
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• ‘I recognised myself for the first time’: the adults finally diagnosed as autistic

  31-07-2023 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Antoinette Monks was diagnosed with autism and ADHD at 71, while Debra Brisch got her diagnosis at 68. Both say it was life-changingAutism could be seen as part of personality for some diagnosed, experts sayAntoinette Monks was diagnosed with autism and probable inattentive ADHD last year, at 71 years old.“I have always known that I was different and always let everyone down but I didn’t know why,” she said. “That ‘not knowing why’ has haunted me throughout my
  
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• Autism could be seen as part of personality for some diagnosed, experts say

  31-07-2023 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Autism without intellectual disabilities could be reframed as human ‘variability’ rather than medical condition, says sociologist‘I recognised myself for the first time’: the adults finally diagnosed as autisticWith a seven-fold rise in diagnoses of autism in the past 20 years in the UK, studies showing one in 36 children could be on the spectrum and waiting lists for help and support at record highs, awareness of neurodiversity has never been so high.Now, key voices are
  
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• England school strikes called off as unions vote to accept pay deal

  31-07-2023 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Members accepted 6.5% pay rise, but said it was not enough to correct decade of real-terms pay cutsSchool strikes in England have been called off after teachers and school leaders in four education unions voted to accept the government’s 6.5% pay offer, ending fears of widespread disruption in the autumn term.Members of the National Education Union (NEU), the NASUWT teachers’ union, the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the Association of School and College Leaders (AS
  
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• Mother saves child from cougar attack in Washington by screaming and yelling

  31-07-2023 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials at Olympic national park are searching for animal after attack on eight-year-old on SaturdayA quick-acting mother saved her eight-year-old child from an attack by a cougar on Saturday in Washington state’s Olympic national park.In a statement, park officials said: “The cougar casually abandoned its attack after being yelled and screamed at by the child’s mother.” Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on new North Sea drilling: misreading the mood | Editorial

  31-07-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Rishi Sunak’s decision to mothball his green commitments risks doing no good to anyone, including the Tory partyThe hottest month in world history has just ended. It is only days since the United Nations general secretary, António Guterres, warned that the era of global warming has now become the era of global boiling. Climate crisis haunts all nations without exception. The case for a redoubling of efforts to curb greenhouse gases could hardly be more stark than today.So what kind
  
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• Broad seals England win in fifth Test against Australia to draw Ashes series

  31-07-2023 19:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Stuart Broad takes last two wickets in final matchEngland 283 & 395 all out; Australia 295 & 334Stuart Broad signed off from a remarkable Test career in remarkable fashion, his 604th and final wicket sealing victory for England, a 2-2 Ashes draw, and ensuring Australia’s search for a first series win on these shores since 2001 must wait another four years.The tourists will have to be content with their lot which, in fairness, is none too shabby. Pat Cummins and his side won the Wor
  
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• At least eight dead following alleged revenge attack by São Paulo police

  31-07-2023 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Brazil authorities call for investigation after hundreds of police officers were deployed in response to the killing of an officerAuthorities in Brazil have called for an investigation after a police operation on the coast of São Paulo state left at least eight people dead, in an apparent act of retaliation.About 600 police officers have been deployed across the Baixada Santista region in response to the killing of an officer by drug traffickers in the city of Guarujá last Thursday
  
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• The Guardian view on investigating a migrant tragedy: bereaved families deserve the truth | Editorial

  31-07-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Why was an effective search and rescue operation not mounted to save up to 750 people on board the Adriana, as it struggled off the Greek coast?For the relatives of the hundreds of migrants who drowned in June when a fishing trawler packed with human cargo capsized off the coast of Greece, there has been no body to mourn and no prospect of closure. Eighty-two bodies were recovered after the sinking, and 104 people managed to survive. But as many as 750 migrants were on board the Adriana, which n
  
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• The NHS is failing patients with ADHD | Letters

  31-07-2023 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Dr Vicky Cleak says the health service must improve access to effective treatment, while Dr Deborah White says the blame doesn’t lie with GPsI am a consultant psychiatrist who was trained by, and worked in, the NHS, most recently as a liaison psychiatrist in a general hospital. I saw three young men who had made impulsive suicidal attempts where the underlying cause was attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). I was unable to treat them with effective, evidence-based treatment beca
  
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• Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, forcing delay to elections

  31-07-2023 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Military-controlled government seemingly needs more time to organise new vote as it tackles protests and armed resistanceMyanmar’s military-controlled government has extended the state of emergency it imposed when the army seized power from an elected government in 2021, forcing a further delay in elections it promised when it took over.MRTV television said the National Defense and Security Council met on Monday in the capital, Naypyidaw, and extended the state of emergency for another six
  
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• Banking double standards exposed in Nigel Farage furore | Letters

  31-07-2023 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Nick Moss wonders when Tory ministers will get similarly worked up about former offenders like him having their banking facilities withdrawn with no explanation. Plus letters from Alison Crowther and David SimpsonIt would be a pleasant surprise if the Financial Conduct Authority, the financial ombudsman, the chancellor or the prime minister could “work up an indignant head of steam” (Don’t be fooled: this row is about more than Nigel Farage and Coutts – what lies beneath
  
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• British woman among three killed in French motorway collision

  31-07-2023 19:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Miriam Posen, from London, killed in three-vehicle crash on A26 that left five others in a critical conditionA British woman has died along with two other people in a three-car collision on a motorway in northern France.More than 65 firefighters and nine ambulances attended the crash on Sunday evening, which involved eight children and involved a British nine-seater family vehicle and two other cars on the A26 near Neuville-Saint-Vaast and Thélus. Continue reading...
  
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• Unesco recommends putting Venice on heritage danger list

  31-07-2023 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  UN agency says Italian city faces ‘irreversible’ damage from effects of climate crisis and tourismVenice risks being placed on the Unesco world heritage site blacklist unless the Italian authorities do more to protect the fragile city.The United Nations cultural agency has recommended that Venice be added to the heritage danger list, saying in a statement on Monday that the city faced “irreversible” damage due to a litany of problems ranging from the effects of climate br
  
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• ‘It’s bleak’: string of family firms shut in Rishi Sunak’s Yorkshire seat

  31-07-2023 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Four businesses in market town of Richmond announce closure in past week as cost of living crisis bitesChristine Swift is shutting her antiques centre in Richmond town centre with a heavy heart but insists she has no choice. “I’ve not taken any money since last Christmas,” she said.“We’ve been £10,000 a month down. I thought, ‘OK, it might just be a blip’ but things haven’t improved. Nobody is buying.” Continue reading...
  
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• Fear gives way to belief as Matildas enjoy defining World Cup moment

  31-07-2023 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Tony Gustavsson was keen to focus on the numbers but it is hard to explain how Australia were so improved against CanadaThe Matildas coach, Tony Gustavsson, is a maths teacher by training. It shows. Even on the biggest night yet in the history of Australian women’s football, when his team had just demolished the Olympic champions, Canada to progress to the round of 16 at a home World Cup, Gustavsson finds comfort in numbers. Which is how he found himself in the bowels of the stadium after
  
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• Supermarket plastic bag charge has led to 98% drop in use in England, data shows

  31-07-2023 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers urged to learn from success of single-use bag fee, amid criticism that other measures have been delayedEnvironmental campaigners have called on the government to learn from its own successes after official figures showed the use of single-use supermarket plastic bags had fallen 98% since retailers in England began charging for them in 2015.Annual distribution of plastic carrier bags by seven leading grocery chains plummeted from 7.6bn in 2014 to 133m last year, the Department for Envir
  
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• ‘You have to be ruthless but smart’: Tom Harrison lays down how England should scrum

  31-07-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Young coach’s unusual background – dyslexic, no real playing pedigree and starting his trade in France – has proved no barrierTom Harrison has been explaining how he finds himself England’s new scrum coach for the best part of half an hour. How he has struggled with dyslexia all his life, how reading matchday programmes during a childhood watching Steve Borthwick – now his boss – turning out for Bath fuelled his love for the sport and how, in his early 30s, he
  
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• UK’s CMA to hear more views on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal

  31-07-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Competition and Markets Authority gives tech giant hope after it blocked acquisition of Call of Duty makerThe UK competition watchdog has said it will decide whether to clear or block Microsoft’s $69bn (£54bn) takeover of the video game developer Activision Blizzard by 29 August, as it gave fresh hope for the transaction by opening a new consultation on it.The Competition and Markets Authority, which had originally said in April it would block the deal to take over the owner of hit t
  
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• Sunak’s private jet to Scotland may have breached ministerial code, says Labour

  31-07-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Emily Thornberry calls on PM to explain why he did not use available scheduled flightsLabour has asked Rishi Sunak to explain why he used an RAF jet to fly to Scotland on Monday when scheduled flights were available, given the ministerial code says private planes should only be used when there is no alternative.Sunak, a habitual user of helicopters and private jets even for other, relatively short UK journeys, travelled to Aberdeen on Monday morning in connection with an announcement on new Nort
  
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• Rish! gaslights the UK with North Sea plan while the world burns | John Crace

  31-07-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister travels to Scotland to conduct a five-minute interview on his intention to drill, baby, drillSome would call it shameful. The reckless abandoning of the UK’s net zero commitments. The torching of environmental policies. All at a time when larger areas of southern Europe were suffering extreme temperatures. Rishi Sunak wouldn’t. He is a man with no sense of shame. Just the bizarre belief in his own infallibility. The absolute entitlement of the Boy King. Brought up to t
  
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• Football Daily | Japan are not World Cup dark horses but we’re on the bandwagon

  31-07-2023 18:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!It’s probably a stretch to call Japan the dark horses of this Women’s World Cup. For starters, they are not Belgium or Turkey, who are legally obliged to be mentioned in the Dark Horse Conversation, regardless of whether they have even qualified for the tournament (they have, on this occasion, not). Secondly, Japan – ranked 11th in the world – are way too good to be part of this particular debate. They won the ruddy thing
  
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• Ukraine: fatalities in Kryvyi Rih and Kherson as Russia plays down drone attack on Moscow

  31-07-2023 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Residential buildings and civilian neighbourhoods in Ukraine were targeted by ballistic missilesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA Russian missile attack on a residential building in the city of Kryvyi Rih killed six people and wounded 73, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, as the Kremlin played down Sunday’s drone attack on Moscow.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, described the latest strike against Kryvyi Rih – the industrial city where he grew up and wh
  
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• Talking Horses: Crowley could face expensive penalty after Hukum joy

  31-07-2023 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  BHA’s whip review committee may hit winning jockey with a 20-day ban and a £10,000 fine as the sanction debate continuesWhat 99.9% of fans and professionals alike saw at Ascot on Saturday was a thrilling and compelling duel to the line in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Jim Crowley and Hukum edged past Westover in a contest that deserves to be remembered as one of the best in a storied race’s long history.What the members of the BHA’s whip review committe
  
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• ‘She’s not the coach’: Ireland’s Vera Pauw admits to touchline row with McCabe

  31-07-2023 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Captain wanted coach to make substitution against NigeriaPauw: ‘We make changes the moment it’s necessary’The Republic of Ireland’s manager, Vera Pauw, admitted she had a disagreement on the touchline with her captain, Katie McCabe, during the goalless draw against Nigeria on Monday.As Ireland battled hard for their first World Cup point, McCabe had called on her manager to bring on fresh legs around the 70th minute. Pauw ignored the request and did not make a change unti
  
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• Women's World Cup: England still 'strong enough' without Keira Walsh, says Sarina Wiegman

  31-07-2023 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sarina Wiegman says England are "strong enough" to navigate their way through the Women's World Cup despite losing midfielder Keira Walsh.
  
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• More than 50m Americans under alert as heatwave persists

  31-07-2023 18:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Phoenix experiences 31st day where temperatures have reached at least 110F (43.3C), while wildfires burn in California and NevadaOver 50 million Americans remain under a heat advisory in one of the hottest summers ever recorded, and a heatwave continues to affect vast parts of the country.Nasa recently confirmed June was the hottest June ever. Continue reading...
  
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• Flamboyant Welsh wrestler Adrian Street dies at 82

  31-07-2023 18:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Performer dressed like a glam rocker, even wearing lipstick, and once, he said, ‘beat the crap’ out of Jimmy SavileThe pioneering Welsh wrestler Adrian Street, who found fame after leaving his mining community to become a flamboyant fighter, has died at the age of 82.The Brynmawr-raised performer was known for his androgynous appearance and claimed to have taken part in more than 12,000 fights during a career that spanned seven decades – including one contest where he dropkicke
  
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• Niger coup leaders accuse France of plotting military intervention

  31-07-2023 18:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Junta that seized power claims Paris is aiming to reinstate deposed presidentas regional tensions growThe military junta that seized power in Niger has accused France of plotting military intervention to reinstate the deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, as tensions in the region continued to grow in the wake of the coup.The junta said on national TV that France was searching “for ways and means to intervene militarily in Niger” and had held a meeting with the chief of staff of Niger&r
  
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• Burning ship carrying 3,000 cars towed to new position off Dutch coast

  31-07-2023 18:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities move Fremantle Highway vessel over 40 miles as they race to prevent ecological disasterA cargo ship carrying 3,000 cars that has been ablaze off the Dutch coast for nearly a week has been towed to a new temporary position, as authorities race to prevent an ecological disaster.The 41-mile (66km) operation to move the Fremantle Highway vessel began on Sunday and was carried out “without any problem”, the Rijkswaterstaat national water management agency said. Continue readin
  
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• Court rejects appeal against NHS England over gender dysphoria treatment delays

  31-07-2023 18:09 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Extreme’ waiting times cited in case, with one claimant saying she had not received a first appointment after referral in 2017Campaigners have lost a court of appeal challenge against NHS England over waiting times for gender dysphoria treatment.Two transgender adults, Eva Echo and Alex Harvey, and two children, who cannot be named, brought legal action against the health service over “extreme” waiting times for a first appointment with a specialist. Continue reading...
  
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• Officer who wrote Met’s drug strategy had flat like ‘Amsterdam coffee shop’, tribunal hears

  31-07-2023 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Nurse who lived with Julian Bennett tells misconduct hearing that he was smoking cannabis before workA senior Metropolitan police commander who wrote the force’s drug strategy regularly smoked cannabis before going to work, a tribunal has heard.A nurse who lived with Julian Bennett towards the end of 2019 described the flat as “like an Amsterdam coffee shop”. Continue reading...
  
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• Chelsea confident of new Levi Colwill deal despite Brighton interest

  31-07-2023 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Contract talks with 20-year-old defender at advanced stageChelsea open negotiations with Brighton over Robert SánchezChelsea are in advanced negotiations with Levi Colwill over a new long-term contract and are confident of an agreement that would end the prospect of the defender leaving this summer. Colwill has two years on his deal, with a club option for an extra year.Brighton had a bid for the England Under-21 international rejected and want Chelsea to include the defender as part of a
  
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