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• If Russia wins it's humanity's worst-case scenario, says Ukraine's Olena Zelenska - The Independent

  02-08-2023 23:10 via news.google.com
  
  If Russia wins it's humanity's worst-case scenario, says Ukraine's Olena Zelenska  The Independent‘Worst-case scenario for humanity will be…’: Ukraine’s first lady on Russia war  Hindustan TimesWhat Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska wants the world to know  The IndependentRussia Ukraine war latest: First lady Olena Zelenska highlights ‘worst-case scenario’ amid Putin’s invasion  The IndependentDefence secr
  
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• Met Office and BBC announce exact date summer returns to UK in August - Birmingham Live

  02-08-2023 22:59 via news.google.com
  Met Office and BBC announce exact date summer returns to UK in August  Birmingham LiveUK hot weather: Exact date heatwave to bake Britain as sunshine will return in August  GB NewsBBC weather announces exact date summer will return to UK after weeks of rain  Chronicle LiveForecasters predict day summer will return after weeks of wet weather  Derbyshire LiveMet Office and BBC forecasters predict when temperatures could increase  Liverpool EchoView
  
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• US credit rating downgrade sparks market mayhem: Shock decision by US agency Fitch sends global stocks tumblin - This is Money

  02-08-2023 22:52 via news.google.com
  US credit rating downgrade sparks market mayhem: Shock decision by US agency Fitch sends global stocks tumblin  This is MoneyUS downgrade greeted with Washington outrage and bond investor calm  Financial TimesJanet Yellen: Credit downgrade 'puzzling' and 'unwarranted'  bbc.co.ukInflation Pierces a Classic Defense of US Creditworthiness  BloombergThe US Is More AA+ Now  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mikel Arteta says Gabriel Jesus will miss start of season with knee injury as Declan Rice seen hobbling... - talkSPORT

  02-08-2023 22:45 via news.google.com
  Mikel Arteta says Gabriel Jesus will miss start of season with knee injury as Declan Rice seen hobbling...  talkSPORTGabriel Jesus: Arsenal striker to miss start of Premier League season  bbc.co.ukArsenal striker Gabriel Jesus to miss start of season after undergoing knee surgery  Sky SportsMikel Arteta reveals Gabriel Jesus will MISS start of the season with injury...  talkSPORTArsenal To Start Season Without Star Forward  English Premier League
  
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• I sought help for a serious infection after a breast cancer op. The male doctor patted my shoulder and told me - Daily Mail

  02-08-2023 21:23 via news.google.com
  I sought help for a serious infection after a breast cancer op. The male doctor patted my shoulder and told me  Daily Mail
  
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• UK 'absolutely committed' to net zero, says Shapps - Financial Times

  02-08-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
  UK 'absolutely committed' to net zero, says Shapps  Financial TimesSunak's family firm signed $1.5B deal with BP before oil and gas license announcement  The NationalGrant Shapps says new oil and gas licences are 'massively important'  Evening StandardScotland should be the first nation to heed UN chief's call to reach net zero emissions by 2040 – Dr Richard Dixon  The ScotsmanAll the evidence against the UK's plans to expand oil and gas drilling&nbs
  
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• 'Alien weapon' made 3,000 years ago is found in Switzerland - Daily Mail

  02-08-2023 20:54 via news.google.com
  'Alien weapon' made 3,000 years ago is found in Switzerland  Daily MailArcheologists Discover Bronze Age Arrowhead Made Of ‘Alien Metal’  ForbesBronze Age iron weapon made from a meteorite found in Switzerland  Interesting EngineeringSwiss Scientists Identify Bronze Age Iron Arrowhead Made from a Meteorite!  Ancient OriginsAncient Arrowhead Made of Meteorite Material Found in Switzerland, Mystifying Archaeologists  ARTnewsView Full co
  
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• Brilliant Perseid meteor shower will see up to 100 shooting stars streak through the night sky next week - Daily Mail

  02-08-2023 19:26 via news.google.com
  Brilliant Perseid meteor shower will see up to 100 shooting stars streak through the night sky next week  Daily MailPerseid meteor shower to peak - here's how, where and when  Sky NewsPerseid meteor shower to light up sky this month - peak date, where to see it and when  Manchester Evening NewsPerseid meteor shower offers best chance to see a 'shooting star' in 2023  The IndependentHow to spot this year Perseid meteor shower wherever you are | WION Origina
  
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• China to limit teenagers' smartphone use to two hours a day - The Telegraph

  02-08-2023 18:23 via news.google.com
  
  China to limit teenagers' smartphone use to two hours a day  The TelegraphTech shares fall as China mulls child smartphone limits  bbc.co.ukChina To Limit Kids' Mobile & Internet Use  FirstpostChina proposes to limit children's smartphone time to maximum two hours a day  Warrington GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Amazon deforestation falls over 60% compared with last July, says Brazilian minister

  02-08-2023 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Marina Silva welcomes progress but says climate crisis means upcoming regional summit needs to produce real actionDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by at least 60% in July compared to the same month last year, the environment minister, Marina Silva, has told the Guardian.The good news comes ahead of a regional summit that aims to prevent South America’s largest biome from hitting a calamitous tipping point. Continue reading...
  
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• All movement changes in Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 Season 5 - CharlieINTEL.com

  02-08-2023 17:41 via news.google.com
  
  All movement changes in Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 Season 5  CharlieINTEL.comAll The ‘Call Of Duty’ Season 5 Weapon Nerfs And Buffs Across ‘Warzone’ And ‘Modern Warfare II’  ForbesCall of Duty: Modern Warfare II Season 5 Patch Notes Detail Changes  PlayStation LifeStyleEvery weapon buff & nerf in Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare Season 5  CharlieINTEL.comBest VEL 46 Loadout for Warzone Season 5  The Gam
  
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• Aftermath of Typhoon Doksuri brought Beijing floods, meteorologists explain

  02-08-2023 17:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Rising ocean temperatures caused by climate crisis are also said to be causing China’s extreme weatherSummers in China are often wet, sometimes very wet, but nothing like the drenching that has engulfed Beijing and its neighbouring provinces this week.As Beijing authorities lifted the flood alert on Wednesday morning, after the city’s heaviest rainfall for 140 years, 21 people across the region were confirmed dead. Dozens more were missing. Continue reading...
  
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• Deer stalker and summer loving – readers’ best photos

  02-08-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Click here to submit a picture for publication in these online galleries and/or on the Guardian letters page Continue reading...
  
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• A tea shop in Khartoum before the bombs: Ala Kheir’s best photograph

  02-08-2023 16:40 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘This meeting place, under a bridge over the Nile, was a great place to watch the world go by. But many people have now fled the city – and places like this sit empty’I moved to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, at the age of five, and instantly fell in love with the river. The Nile snakes through the city, offering one of very few public places to escape the sweltering heat. It was always where I felt happiest as a child, and now as an adult.The Halfaya Bridge, pictured here, is
  
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• Sturgeon supermoon illuminates skies across the globe – video - The Guardian

  02-08-2023 15:32 via news.google.com
  
  Sturgeon supermoon illuminates skies across the globe – video  The GuardianSturgeon moon: How August supermoon was seen around the world  Al Jazeera EnglishAugust Supermoon Shines Over The World: Gorgeous Photos  ForbesSturgeon supermoon illuminates skies across the globe  Guardian NewsSupermoons 2023: When to watch August's double stargazing treat and Blue Moon  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• After fears that Europe's space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine - The Register

  02-08-2023 12:29 via news.google.com
  
  After fears that Europe's space scope was toast, its first images look mighty fine  The RegisterESA’s Euclid Spacecraft Snaps Its First Test Images  Sci.NewsWe Just Got The First Test Images From Europe's Dark Matter Telescope And We're Psyched  ScienceAlertEuclid “Dark Universe” Explorer: First Test Images Tease of Riches To Come  SciTechDailyEuclid Reaches L2, Shares its First Test Image  Universe TodayView Full coverage on Go
  
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• 'Baldur's Gate 3' release date: here's when it launches in your timezone - NME

  02-08-2023 10:56 via news.google.com
  
  'Baldur's Gate 3' release date: here's when it launches in your timezone  NMEA guide to all ten Baldur's Gate 3 companions  Wargamer9 things you should know about the city of Baldur's Gate before you start Baldur's Gate 3  PC GamerIs Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox Game Pass?  GGReconBaldur's Gate 3 release TIME, price, Steam Deck support and warning for Early Access users  ExpressView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ukrainian counteroffensive’s slow going offers reality check but could yet pay off

  02-08-2023 10:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Hopes of a rapid breakthrough proved over-optimistic in the face of entrenched defences but Russian forces are suffering major damageThe first casualty of the Ukrainian counteroffensive was wishful thinking. Any hope that Russian troops would abandon their trenches and flee has now been left far behind on the battlefield.The occupying forces held firm and have mostly kept their discipline in the first seven weeks, absorbing one attack after another, often counterattacking to recover lost ground,
  
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• UK foreign aid cuts: Thousands will die as a result, says report

  02-08-2023 06:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women will face unsafe abortions, and thousands will not get healthcare, ministers are warned.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: England thrash China and asylum barge 'death trap'

  02-08-2023 06:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More sporting success in Wednesday's papers as England roar into the World Cup knockout stages.
  
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• Life in the UK for one of China’s most wanted - podcast

  02-08-2023 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hong Kong activist Finn Lau has vowed to continue his fight for democracy despite the Chinese bounty on his headFor the most part, London is a relatively safe city in a free country. But there are people living there who experience it very differently. One is Finn Lau. For him, London has become a threatening place. As he tells Michael Safi, he is a Hong Kong political activist in exile in the UK. For years now, he has been on a Chinese government list of serious criminals and all day, every day
  
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• Anton Du Beke: Strictly judge reveals he was stabbed by his father as a child

  02-08-2023 03:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Strictly judge reveals he spent three days in hospital following the attack one Boxing Day.
  
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• CEO Secrets: 'We hand-ice millions of biscuits'

  02-08-2023 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Biscuiteers co-founder Harriet Hastings shares her business advice for our CEO Secrets series.
  
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• Warning over medical clinics using fake Google reviews

  02-08-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC tracked down UK companies using fake reviews to boost their visibility in Google results.
  
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• Conwy care home overdosed man, 88, claim family

  02-08-2023 00:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Family of a man who developed a massive bedsore say he died a "horrible" death.
  
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