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• Rescuers race to find survivors as Myanmar faces humanitarian crisis – video report

  30-03-2025 21:28
  
  Red Cross officials have said Myanmar faces a humanitarian crisis after the deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake. About 1,700 people have died and at least 300 people have been reported missing Continue reading...
  
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• Richard Chamberlain – a life in pictures

  30-03-2025 20:53
  
  The actor best known for his roles in TV shows including Dr Kildare and The Thorn Birds has died aged 90. We look back at his career on stage and in film and television‘King of the miniseries’ dies aged 90Richard Chamberlain – full obituary Continue reading...
  
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• Scores of English councils could go bankrupt when hidden Send debt reappears

  30-03-2025 19:02
  
  Deficits of £5.2bn have been put aside for seven years in accounting fix that ends on 31 March 2026Nearly 20 councils in England ‘at risk of insolvency’ due to Send costsThe staggering cost of England’s special educational needs and disability (Send) crisis shows no sign of easing. A Guardian investigation has revealed councils will overspend on Send services by nearly £2bn over the next year, pushing their accumulated deficits to at least £5.2bn by 31 March 2
  
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• ‘I must have hope’: the families waiting for news of loved ones after Bangkok tower collapse

  30-03-2025 18:20
  
  Rescue workers in Thai capital are frantically searching for 78 missing amid rubble as their loved ones watch onPluem, 18, had been working for just one month at a construction site in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district. It was her first job since leaving her family home. “She found the work because she wanted to live on her own,” said her mother, Wanpetch Punta, 38.She was hired as an electrician on the 30-storey construction, which was soon to become a new office block for the city
  
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• Prince Harry charity row: why did he resign and what is dispute about?

  30-03-2025 17:55
  
  Duke of Sussex and other trustees have quit Sentebale, while the charity’s chair accuses them of trying to oust herDonors quit Prince Harry’s charity when he left UK, says Sentebale chairPrince Harry stepped down this week from a charity he began 20 years ago, after an ugly media row. The Duke of Sussex was one of a number of trustees of the Lesotho-based HIV and Aids charity Sentebale to resign over what he called “untenable” leadership. Here is what we know about what o
  
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• Eid al-Fitr, Mother’s Day and a mud bath: photos of the weekend

  30-03-2025 16:22
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart – episode 1 - podcast

  30-03-2025 16:00
  
  Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest person – and as her wealth continues to rise, so does her power and influence. But what does she want? In the first episode of Gina, senior correspondent Sarah Martin explores the impact Rinehart could have on Australian politics. Rinehart grew up in the vast expanse of the Pilbara. To understand her story, we delve into her past and how her unique childhood under the influence of Lang Hancock shaped her Continue reading...
  
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• ‘A female Donald Trump’: how Gina Rinehart is pushing the Maga message in Australia

  30-03-2025 16:00
  
  Australia’s richest person has close ties with the US president’s ‘Trumpettes’ and has even styled her company headquarters with Maga-inspired designsListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe founder of a key support group for the US president has praised Gina Rinehart as a “female Donald Trump” and backed a p
  
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• 'No fuss, no surprises': Shoppers defend supermarket cafes amid closures

  30-03-2025 15:55 via bbc.com
  
  Morrisons and Sainsbury's have announced a raft of cafe closures - but some customers insist they should stay open.
  
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• Before and after satellite images show devastation caused by Myanmar earthquake – video

  30-03-2025 15:40
  
  Rescue efforts are entering their third day and attempts to find survivors are intensifying after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, killing at least 1,600 people and injuring more than 3,400. At least 139 others are missing. The initial quake struck near Mandalay early on Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings, downing bridges and buckling roads, causing mass destruction in Myanmar's second largest cityMyanmar earthquake: search for survivors continues as UN war
  
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• ‘Revenge is his number one motivation’: how Trump is waging war on the media

  30-03-2025 15:00
  
  The president – who believes he has been treated unfairly by the press – is squeezing the media in different ways than his first termOn Tuesday 4 March, Donald Trump stood in the House of Representatives to issue a speech to a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term.Near the beginning of what was to be a marathon address, the president declared: “I have stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America. It’s back.” Continue re
  
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• How hurricanes Otis and John exposed Acapulco’s big divide and left residents ‘scared for our lives’

  30-03-2025 15:00
  
  The last two big storms to hit Mexico have left the city vulnerable to organised crime and in fear of the next climate shockFlora Montejo always dreamed of buying her own home. After almost three decades working as a nurse, the 68-year-old invested her retirement savings in a two-storey house in San Agustín, a working-class suburb of the Mexican resort town of Acapulco.Montejo’s retirement dream was shortlived. Not long after moving into her newly remodelled home, Hurricane John dum
  
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• 10 facts you probably didn't know about Windows as Microsoft turns 50 - Windows Central

  30-03-2025 14:00 via news.google.com
  10 facts you probably didn't know about Windows as Microsoft turns 50  Windows Central'This is the information age': How Microsoft founder Bill Gates mapped out the new internet era back in 1993  BBCMicrosoft turns 50: 4 employees recall their early years  The Seattle TimesTech titan turns 50: Microsoft in numbers  Times of MaltaThe five original Windows apps you can still use as Microsoft turns 50  Metro.co.uk
  
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• After Justin Welby's failures, obscurity is perhaps not his to choose

  30-03-2025 12:45 via bbc.com
  
  Some of the victims of serial abuser John Smyth may blame Justin Welby for his attitude forever, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
  
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• ‘People have walked through here for centuries’: the rhythms of the Welsh valleys in pictures

  30-03-2025 11:00
  
  The beautiful and hardy herds of the Welsh valleys act as a counterpoint to three decades of change in photographer Ken Grant’s imagesKen Grant’s Cwm: A Fair Country, a collection of nearly 30 years of landscape photography in the South Walian valleys, begins with a moving prologue. It mentions a painting he’s known since his Liverpudlian childhood, still sitting above his 92-year-old father’s mantelpiece: “Dapple-bruised Welsh horses, painted in a loose herd, are i
  
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• Welby says he forgives serial abuser John Smyth

  30-03-2025 10:28 via bbc.com
  
  The former Archbishop of Canterbury quit over how he handled allegations about Smyth, who abused scores of young men and boys.
  
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• Always roll your clothes! 13 travel packing hacks to save you space and money – according to seasoned travellers

  30-03-2025 08:00
  
  We asked the experts about keeping luggage as light as possible (and still being ready for anything)• The best travel-size toiletries for your next tripPacking is a fine art. No one wants to lug heavy bags around transport hubs or arrive at the other end to a chaotically stuffed bag full of creased clothes. But we all have our “essentials” to cram in. For some, that’ll be a full skincare routine or a semblance of a wardrobe; for others, it’ll be sports equipment (tho
  
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• Trump news at a glance: anti-Musk protesters target Tesla showrooms around the world

  30-03-2025 04:06
  
  More than 200 demonstrations take place from Australia to Switzerland; senior FDA official resigns citing RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’ – key US politics stories from 29 March 2025People around the world joined protests against Elon Musk and his attempts to dismantle the US federal government on Saturday, gathering outside Tesla showrooms from Australia to Switzerland and California.Protest organizers asked people to do three things: don’t buy a Tesla, sell off
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv accuses Russia of war crime after attack on military hospital in Kharkiv

  30-03-2025 03:19
  
  Ukrainian officials denounce ‘deliberate’ targeted shelling of hospital; Ukrainian president says US, Europe must respond to daily Russian drone attacks. What we know on day 1,131See all our Ukraine war coverageRussian drones struck a military hospital, shopping centre, apartment blocks and other targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, late on Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least 25, local officials and the Ukrainian military said. On the Telegram messa
  
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• Car finance case could spark billions in driver payouts

  30-03-2025 01:03 via bbc.com
  
  Millions of motorists could be in line for payouts depending on the decision of Supreme Court judges.
  
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• Hockney says he did not offer to paint King Charles during royal visit

  30-03-2025 00:56
  
  British artist, 87, who was visited by the king in his London home, said he did not know him well enough to paint himRenowned artist David Hockney has said he did not offer to paint King Charles when the monarch visited his London home on Monday because he doesn’t know him well enough.This is not the first time that Hockney has shied away from painting royalty. The 87-year-old also refused a number of offers to paint the late Queen Elizabeth II because he only paints people he knows. Conti
  
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• The edit: 20 of the best bucket bags – in pictures

  30-03-2025 00:45
  
  Roomy, reliable and robust... These classics have buckets of style Continue reading...
  
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• Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake - The Guardian

  30-03-2025 00:32 via news.google.com
  Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake  The GuardianMyanmar junta continues air strikes after devastating earthquake  BBCUK sends life-saving aid to the people of Myanmar following devastating earthquake  GOV.UKThe Myanmar quake is the first major disaster to suffer the brunt of Donald Trump's devastating cuts  Sky NewsMyanmar Earthquake Flash Update #1 (As of 29 March 2025)  ReliefWeb
  
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• Couple arrested after school WhatsApp chat messages say they 'cannot fathom what happened' - Sky News

  30-03-2025 00:15 via news.google.com
  Couple arrested after school WhatsApp chat messages say they 'cannot fathom what happened'  Sky NewsParents arrested by Hertfordshire police for complaining about daughter’s school  The GuardianPolice arrest parents for complaining about school on WhatsApp  The IndependentCouncillor warned by police about helping parents who complained about school  The Telegraph‘Two months later I still shudder whenever a police car goes past’  
  
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• Protesters picket London Tesla showroom on global anti-Musk day - The Guardian

  30-03-2025 00:03 via news.google.com
  Protesters picket London Tesla showroom on global anti-Musk day  The Guardian'Tesla takedown' protesters urge boycott of Elon Musk's cars  BBCElon Musk protesters gather at Tesla showrooms  Al Jazeera EnglishThe anti-Tesla protests will produce a loser – and it will be Musk  The Independent
  
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• Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones: ‘I like to fart in front of people. You can tell if someone’s cool from their reaction’

  30-03-2025 00:00
  
  The punk guitarist on the ideal length of gigs, stealing from David Bowie’s trucks and dealing with an ornery Jerry Lee LewisIs it true you nicked some of your early equipment from David Bowie’s trucks outside the Hammersmith Odeon at the last Ziggy Stardust show, in 1973?There’s definitely some truth in that. It wasn’t outside in trucks though – it was on the stage! They played two nights, and after the first night they left all the gear up, because they were playi
  
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