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• Why thousands of emperor penguin chicks in Antarctica died in the 2022 breeding season – video

  24-08-2023 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands of emperor penguin chicks likely died in Antarctica because of record low levels of sea ice that caused 'catastrophic breeding failure' in four colonies in late 2022, according to new research. Analysis of satellite images show the break up of usually stable sea ice and the disappearance of the colonies at a time when chicks had not yet grown their waterproof feathers. Scientists say emperor penguins face an uncertain future under global heating because they are so reliant on stable se
  
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• How dangerous are the English Channel dinghies?

  24-08-2023 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News looks at the seaworthiness of the inflatables being used by many of the migrants who cross the English Channel - and why experts warn they're death traps.
  
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• Ashley Dale death: Man charged with council worker's murder after extradition from Spain - Sky News

  24-08-2023 22:41 via news.google.com
  Ashley Dale death: Man charged with council worker's murder after extradition from Spain  Sky NewsAshley Dale: Man charged with murder after woman shot in garden  BBCMan extradited from Spain charged with Liverpool murder of council worker  The GuardianIan Fitzgibbon, 28, charged with Ashley Dale murder after extradition from Spain  Liverpool EchoMan from St Helens to face court charged with murdering council worker  St Helens StarView Full cover
  
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• Comic overwhelmed as millions watch slo-mo footballer routine

  24-08-2023 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Karl Porter's impression of a footballer's celebration has been shared widely on social media.
  
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• NHS boss who raised concerns over Lucy Letby sues for constructive dismissal - The Telegraph

  24-08-2023 21:24 via news.google.com
  
  NHS boss who raised concerns over Lucy Letby sues for constructive dismissal  The TelegraphLucy Letby: Doctors who raised alarm accused of 'harassing' killer nurse  Sky NewsAs a psychologist, I get why Letby's friends are standing by her | Dr Jessica Taylor  The IndependentWe trusted Lucy Letby so much we wanted her to be our baby's godmother. Now we think she tried to kill him  Daily MailI lost my own baby and I know the pain Lucy Letby caused  
  
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• Ohio is third state to report worrying new Covid strain - The Independent

  24-08-2023 20:59 via news.google.com
  
  Ohio is third state to report worrying new Covid strain  The IndependentProfessor warns new Covid variant Fornax could spread ‘more effectively' - signs to spot  ExpressAmericans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected  The GuardianHighly mutated Covid variant found in new countries as scientists urge monitoring  The IndependentWhat is Pirola? New Covid variant detected in the UK  Evening StandardView Full coverage
  
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• Two men arrested over fire at Crooked House pub - The Times

  24-08-2023 19:45 via news.google.com
  
  Two men arrested over fire at Crooked House pub  The TimesCrooked House: Arson arrests in pub fire probe  BBCTwo men arrested over fire at Crooked House pub in Himley  The GuardianThe Subplot | Crooked House lessons, hotels, social housing  Place North WestView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for first time - Sky News

  24-08-2023 19:17 via news.google.com
  Mysterious dark spot on Neptune detected from Earth for first time  Sky NewsMysterious ‘dark spot’ on Neptune seen from Earth for the first time  The IndependentVLT Observes Large Dark Spot and Its Bright Companion in Atmosphere of Neptune  Sci.NewsNeptune has a mysterious 'dark spot': Scientists discover a void 20 times the size of the Grand Canyon  Daily MailMysterious dark spot on Neptune seen from Earth for the first time  New Sci
  
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• Five takeaways from this year's GCSE results - BBC

  24-08-2023 18:48 via news.google.com
  
  Five takeaways from this year's GCSE results  BBCGCSE Results Day: MP Nick Gibb Reveals Why Grading Was Harsher This Year | Good Morning Britain  Good Morning BritainGCSE results show us a nation of overwhelmed, vulnerable children. Where is the support?  The GuardianGCSE Results Day 2023: Can you answer these GCSE questions?  Ipswich StarView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sony to Acquire Audio Tech and Headphone Specialist Audeze - Push Square

  24-08-2023 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  Sony to Acquire Audio Tech and Headphone Specialist Audeze  Push SquareSony PlayStation acquires Audeze for Audio Innovation  gearnews.comSony to acquire Audeze  GamesIndustry.bizSony Buys Headphone Maker Audeze to Boost PlayStation Sound Experience  BloombergView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Double killer Stephen Farrow who murdered teacher Betty Yates dies in prison aged 58 - Shropshire Star

  24-08-2023 18:19 via news.google.com
  Double killer Stephen Farrow who murdered teacher Betty Yates dies in prison aged 58  Shropshire StarStephen Farrow: Psychopathic double-murderer dies in jail  BBCStephen Farrow dead: Vile killer who stabbed vicar and pensioner to death dies behind bars after being...  The SunDouble killer Stephen Farrow who murdered vicar and pensioner dies in jail  Sky NewsPsychopath who brutally murdered vicar and pensioner in attack on 'Christian scum' dies in prison&n
  
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• Rare ‘blue supermoon’ event will light up Earth 30% brighter this week – how to see phenomenon... - The Sun

  24-08-2023 17:42 via news.google.com
  
  Rare ‘blue supermoon’ event will light up Earth 30% brighter this week – how to see phenomenon...  The SunWhen To See The ‘Super Blue Moon’ Rise, 2023’s Biggest And Brightest  ForbesSuper Blue Moon Is Coming: What You Need To Know  SciTechDailyState park offers Full Blue Supermoon walk on Mackinac Island  MLive.comThe Next Full Moon is a Supermoon and a Blue Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration  NASA Plan
  
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• Emperor penguins risk 'quasi-extinction' from sea ice loss in Antarctica - Euronews

  24-08-2023 17:02 via news.google.com
  
  Emperor penguins risk 'quasi-extinction' from sea ice loss in Antarctica  Euronews'Catastrophic breeding failure' of emperor penguin colonies for first time due to record low Antarctic sea ice  Sky NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Couple who murdered Liam Smith last November both sentenced to life imprisonment - Greater Manchester Police

  24-08-2023 16:34 via news.google.com
  
  Couple who murdered Liam Smith last November both sentenced to life imprisonment  Greater Manchester PoliceDrug dealer and ex-lover jailed for killing Wigan man in gun and acid attack over Tinder date rape claim  Sky NewsCouple jailed for life over murder of Wigan man they accused of rape  The GuardianMurderers on holiday: Killer couple frolic in Jamaica after drug-dealer shot his girlfriend's Tinder date in t  Daily MailHow Asda delivery van and bin lorry
  
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• Mary Earps: Nike will sell 'limited quantities' of England World Cup goalkeeper shirts

  24-08-2023 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England fans will be able to buy Mary Earps replica goalkeeper shirts after Nike say "limited quantities" would go on sale.
  
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• Saudi Arabia and five countries to join China and Russia in Brics group - The Telegraph

  24-08-2023 14:42 via news.google.com
  
  Saudi Arabia and five countries to join China and Russia in Brics group  The TelegraphBrics to more than double with admission of six new countries  The GuardianBrics is now a motley crew of failing states  The TelegraphThe Brics don't stack up as a committee to run the world  Financial TimesOpinion | BRICS: India Assumes Centre Stage, China Loses Influence  News18View Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Premier League previews and Saudi season kicks off – Football Weekly Extra

  24-08-2023 14:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning and Nooruddean Choudry to discuss the upcoming top-flight games while Paul MacInnes reports on the Saudi Pro LeagueRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; the panel preview the most interesting games in this coming round of Premier League fixtures including Newcastle vs Liverpool and Chelsea taking on Luton Town on Friday ni
  
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• Bletchley Park to host AI safety talks in November

  24-08-2023 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World leaders will meet with AI companies and experts on 1 and 2 November for the discussions.
  
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• Sheffield boy, 9, passes GCSE maths with top marks

  24-08-2023 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sheffield primary school pupil Harry Clark says he found the exam "relatively easy".
  
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• GCSE results day 2023: students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland await results – latest updates

  24-08-2023 10:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Pupils will find out their results for GCSEs and level 2 vocational technical qualificationsThe Schools minister, Nick Gibb, said the government has “eliminated” grade inflation for GCSEs and A-levels.Asked if he thinks there were already too many top level grades in 2019, Mr Gibb said:No, I don’t. I think we have eliminated grade inflation from the GCSE and A-level system. It’s one of the great achievements of our education reforms.The question she was asked was what hap
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Kremlin silent on reported death of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in jet crash

  24-08-2023 10:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of mercenary group attempted to topple Russia’s military leadership in June; plane ‘showed no signs of problems until drop 30 seconds before crash’Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin ‘dead in plane crash’ – what we know so farThe UK schools minister, Nick Gibb, said the government was monitoring the situation carefully following reports that the leader of the Wagner mercenary group died in a plane crash.Gibb told GB News: “We are obviously monitoring the
  
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• Stock markets rise as Nvidia surges on generative AI boom – business live

  24-08-2023 10:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Rolling live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as hopes for end of the rate hike cycle also boosts sharesA record number of people in the UK have asked for help with their energy bills before winter has even begun, according to Citizens Advice, in a worrying sign of the difficulties facing British households.The charity said that it estimates that 7.8m people in the UK had to borrow to pay their energy bills in first six months of 2023.What we saw last winter must never be re
  
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• Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid, report finds

  24-08-2023 10:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Royal Society review looks at non-pharmaceutical interventions during pandemic when applied in packages of several measuresMeasures taken during the Covid pandemic such as social distancing and wearing face masks “unequivocally” reduced the spread of infections, a report has found.Experts looked at the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) – not drugs or vaccines – when applied in packages that combine a number of measures that complement one another. C
  
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• Russian court extends detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

  24-08-2023 10:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Journalist arrested on espionage charges in March set to remain in jail until at least 30 NovemberA Moscow court has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested on espionage charges at the end of March.During a brief hearing on Thursday, the court ordered that Gershkovich should remain in jail until 30 November, Russian news agencies reported. His pre-trial detention had initially been scheduled to expire next week. He is being held in the notorious
  
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• Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

  24-08-2023 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A very grumpy toddler; poems for the planet; ancient demons unleashed; and a moving YA trafficking taleThe Best Bad Day Ever by Marianna Coppo, Frances Lincoln, £12.99
  Everything’s going wrong for Wolfie today – and everyone else is happy, and no one understands. Then Penguin turns up in a similar grump, and they share a joyful afternoon: it’s the Best Bad Day Ever! A funny, sweet and resonant picture book of toddler crankiness ameliorated by friendship.The Concrete Garde
  
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• China bans Japanese seafood after Fukushima wastewater release

  24-08-2023 09:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Water containing radioactive tritium being pumped into Pacific via tunnel from Tepco plant, amid protests from China, South Korea and fishing communitiesJapan has begun discharging more than 1m tonnes of tainted water into the Pacific Ocean from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in a move that has move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all seafood imports from Japan and sparked anger in nearby fishing communities.The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electri
  
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• Lotto Dstny cuts ties with sports director Allan Davis over allegations of ‘transgressive behaviour’

  24-08-2023 09:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Australian star had apologised for ‘inappropriate’ actions in July after he was omitted from support staff for Tour de FranceThe former Australian cycling star Allan Davis has been axed by Belgian team Lotto Dstny.The 43-year-old Queenslander, a world championships medallist and Commonwealth Games champion, had worked at the team as its sports director. Continue reading...
  
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• Relighting the Fyre: will anyone risk the follow-up to the worst festival ever?

  24-08-2023 09:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Billy McFarland is claiming that Fyre festival 2 is on the way, following on from his catastrophic 2017 disaster, with tickets already selling outThink of the worst idea of your life. Think of a time when you messed up so comprehensively, so spectacularly, that you alienated friends, angered strangers and permanently cratered your entire reputation. It might have felt bad at the time. Maybe you never even fully recovered. But, please, console yourself with this: whatever that idea was, at least
  
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• The message from Ecuador is clear: people will vote to keep oil in the ground | Jonathan Watts

  24-08-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  People were overwhelmingly in favour of stopping oil drilling in Yasuní national park. Can this success be replicated elsewhere in the world?Joy and hope are all too rarely associated with the environmental movement, but both have been in abundant supply since Ecuador’s people voted on Sunday to keep the country’s oil in the subsoil of the Yasuní national park. The question now is whether this is a one-off triumph, or something that can be replicated in other countries.
  
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• Fiba World Cup predictions: Can anyone take down the Americans?

  24-08-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Basketball’s World Cup tips off on Friday in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan. Who will stand out? Who will surprise? And can anyone stop Team USA? Our writers weigh inThe inevitable rise of Anthony Edwards. All signs point to this World Cup run being a star-solidifying turn for the 2020 No 1 overall pick as he makes his international debut for Team USA. The 22-year-old NBA All-Star has shown flashes of utter brilliance with the Minnesota Timberwolves but has yet to climb to the level
  
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• Brand aid: have Britain’s arts venues sold out to The Man?

  24-08-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Manchester’s Aviva Studios is the latest venue to give its naming rights to the highest bidder. Is corporate sponsorship a necessity for the survival of the arts?A giant yellow pumpkin, pink tentacles reaching to the ceiling and a towering pigtailed girl. The scale of Yayoi Kusama’s spotted inflatables in You, Me and the Balloons is impressive, as is the size of the 21 metre-high cavernous main exhibition space housing them at Manchester’s Aviva Studios. The north finally has i
  
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• Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue review – exquisite imagining of Anne Lister’s first love

  24-08-2023 08:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The Room author evokes a touching relationship between the lesbian diarist known as Gentleman Jack and her boarding school lover Eliza RaineAcross her prolific 30-year career Emma Donoghue’s novels have ranged widely both in time (back as far as AD600) and place (from Ireland and the French Riviera to Canada and the west coast of the US), but perhaps the most striking feature of her work remains the devastating intensity she brings to bear on constrained, often profoundly claustrophobic sp
  
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• Lego to sell bricks coded with braille to help vision-impaired children read

  24-08-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Bricks with studs corresponding to braille numbers and letters will be available to buy from SeptemberLego is to begin selling bricks coded with braille to help blind and partially sighted children learn to read the touch-based alphabet.The Danish toymaker has been providing the specialist bricks, which were tested and developed in partnership with blind organisations around the world, free of charge to a selection of schools and services catering for vision-impaired children since 2020. Continu
  
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• I ventured out of busy central Berlin – and it rose to the occasion

  24-08-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As the city grapples with over-tourism, a new initiative aims to promote its lesser-visited outer reaches, where a mix of funky culture, historic gems and untamed greenery awaits“A cable car? Here in Berlin?” The man cooking my burger at Piri’s – a self-proclaimed dive bar diner in Neukölln, an inner-city neighbourhood in the south-east of the city - is sceptical. “Yeah,” says his Kiwi colleague. “My parents did it. There’s a garden or somethi
  
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• Heavy kettle! The making of Arnold Schwarzenegger – in pictures

  24-08-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A new Taschen book traces the bodybuilder’s journey from childhood poverty to musclebound movie star – and unlikely governor of California Continue reading...
  
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• Greek firefighters struggle to contain blazes – in pictures

  24-08-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Greek firefighters have been struggling for five days to contain deadly wildfires throughout the country, several of them bordering an acrid, smoke-filled Athens Continue reading...
  
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• BT has cut off my mother’s care home

  24-08-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The landlines are not working and the manager can’t get hold of anyone at the companyMy 93-year-old mother is in a care home in Truro. Two weeks ago, I was talking to her on the phone when I got cut off. I phoned back and was informed that BT was working on the line. The care home’s landlines are still not working and the manager tells me that it is almost impossible to get hold of anyone from BT. The lack of service has effectively isolated the residents. My mother suffers from deme
  
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• TV tonight: remembering the horror of 2019’s London Bridge terror attack

  24-08-2023 07:20 via theguardian.com
  
  A moving documentary about a day that shocked the capital. Plus, Samantha Jones returns for the And Just Like That finale. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• Our bus service was cancelled so we started our own

  24-08-2023 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents of a Perthshire village set up their own bus company after losing their local service.
  
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• Unlocking a river: rare silver fish returns to its ancient spawning grounds – in pictures

  24-08-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  When four navigational weirs were built on the Severn in the 1840s they blocked the route of shoals of twaite shad as they made their way upriver. Now, a newly built system of fish passes means they can come home to breedWords and photographs by Alexander TurnerThe twaite shad was once a common sight in Britain’s waterways. A member of the herring family, the small silvery fish with a single dorsal fin and a forked tail was once so bountiful it was sold as food locally and abroad. But in r
  
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• This horror story visited on South Wales by Suella Braverman could be coming to a street near you | Aditya Chakrabortty

  24-08-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A far-right backlash against the home secretary’s asylum policy has brought a deluge of hate to a peaceful Welsh townTake what follows as a little local horror story, if that makes you feel better. But I see it as a parable, a lesson in how toxic things can get when some of the basest ingredients in politics are blended just so and left to fester. Our setting today is a town a few miles outside Swansea, yet with only a few changes it could come to the end of your road.“I was always p
  
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• The Altiplano – Earth’s sunniest spot similar to Venus, say scientists

  24-08-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Study finds plateau in Atacama desert has sunshine comparable in intensity to a summer day on VenusThe sunniest place in the world has been identified as the Altiplano, an arid plateau in the Atacama desert of Chile, in the foothills of the Andes. A recent study used five years of observations from an atmospheric observatory on the plateau and found the sunshine at the site was similar in intensity to a summer day on Venus, even though Venus lies about 28% closer to the sun than the Earth does.T
  
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• ‘Rewiggle’ room: Lewes river channel project will create new wetland

  24-08-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Work on Cockshut chalk stream will restore its natural flow, improving biodiversity and reducing flood risk A chalk stream in Lewes, East Sussex, has been “rewiggled” to restore its natural flow and create a public wetland. Continue reading...
  
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• Fed chair may leave door open to higher interest rates in Jackson Hole speech

  24-08-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysts say Jerome Powell unlikely to suggest ‘mission accomplished’ in address to central banking summitThe world’s most powerful central banker, Jerome Powell, is expected to disappoint investors looking for reassurance that US interest rates have peaked when he gives a much-awaited speech to his peers on Friday.Topping the bill at the three-day annual conclave of central bankers that begins on Thursday at Jackson Hole in Wyoming, the chair of the Federal Reserve will leave
  
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• Emmanuel Sonubi: Curriculum Vitae review – from bouncer to standup in charismatic résumé

  24-08-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh
  Nominated for best newcomer at last year’s fringe, Sonubi is a warm performer but this leisurely new show lacks shape‘I never asked to be so goddam gifted,” sings Emmanuel Sonubi, in self-congratulatory mode after his best newcomer nomination at last year’s fringe. Should we all be joining the chorus of approval? There is no denying the Londoner’s charisma, nor the novelty of the backstory he brings to the standup stage. But Curri
  
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• Ecuador is hooked on dangerous drugs – and these are the victims

  24-08-2023 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The murder of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio earlier this month focused attention on the growing violence associated with drugs trafficking. Flanked by Colombia and Peru, the world’s largest cocaine producers, Ecuador has become a hub for the global drug trade. The country’s poor, desperate andaddicted are paying the priceWords and photographs by Nick Danziger Continue reading...
  
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• Who was Dmitry Utkin? What we know about Wagner commander onboard plane in fatal crash

  24-08-2023 06:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Mercenary group said to have been named after commander whose call sign was ‘Wagner’ but who stayed out of the spotlightRussia-Ukraine war – live updatesAmong those presumed dead alongside Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash near Moscow was Dmitry Utkin, who was often described as the founder or co-founder of the mercenary group although his exact role was disputed.His own call sign was “Wagner”, after Hitler’s favourite composer. The investigativ
  
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• Rising tree temperatures could lead to 'severe consequences' - BBC

  24-08-2023 06:40 via news.google.com
  
  Rising tree temperatures could lead to 'severe consequences'  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Republican presidential candidates clash at first 2024 debate – in pictures

  24-08-2023 06:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley and others take the stage in Milwaukee as frontrunner Donald Trump opts to skip event Continue reading...
  
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• NHS consultant strike: How pay compares globally

  24-08-2023 06:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Analysis suggests senior doctor pay a little behind Germany and Ireland but higher than Spain and Italy.
  
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