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• Postmortems of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

  16-04-2025 23:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the postmortems of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly
  
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• Martínez and Pavard send Inter past Bayern into Champions League last four

  16-04-2025 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  With the final kick of a ragged, enthralling two legs Kingsley Coman volleyed too high and San Siro could erupt. The grand old venue had been buffeted by wind and water all ­evening but here was the fire: Inter’s players wheeled over towards their faithful, the stands bouncing to the tune of another legend in the making.European football will miss this stadium achingly whenever it is finally put out to pasture; here it hosted another cocktail of gravitas and exuberance, tense to the la
  
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• Alexander Isak caps cruise past Crystal Palace and fires Newcastle into third

  16-04-2025 22:44 via theguardian.com
  
  When Eddie Howe fell ill last week and it became clear Newcastle’s manager could be absent for some time, the team’s captain, Bruno Guimarães, convened an emergency meeting of senior players.According to Guimarães, everyone resolved to “keep our standards as high as ever” and subsequent actions have shown they really meant it. Continue reading...
  
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• Just Act Normal review – to watch this wonderful show is to see stars being born

  16-04-2025 22:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Heartbreaking, hugely funny, endlessly subtle: this tale of three youngsters trying to avoid being taken into care after their mother’s disappearance is incredible TV. And its youthful cast are exceptional Ten-year-old Tanika (Kaydrah Walker-Wilkie) is encouraging her depressed older brother Tionne (Akins Subair) to get out of bed after their mother’s disappearance, lest social services notice something is wrong with the family and put them into care. “I’ll get adopted, b
  
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• Gail’s to drop soya milk surcharge after campaign by Peta

  16-04-2025 22:26 via theguardian.com
  
  UK bakery chain says it will offer free soya with coffee or tea from 21 May but will still charge for oat milkThe bakery chain Gail’s is to drop its soya milk surcharge after a campaign by a leading animal rights charity argued the fee “unfairly discriminated” against customers.Gail’s will offer free soya from 21 May, but will continue to charge between 40p and 60p if costumers want oat in their coffee or tea. Continue reading...
  
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• Watch: Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman... in 65 seconds

  16-04-2025 22:02 via bbc.com
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• Police release pictures of Gene Hackman’s rat-infested compound - The Times

  16-04-2025 21:15 via news.google.com
  Police release pictures of Gene Hackman’s rat-infested compound  The TimesWatch: Newly released bodycam footage from Gene Hackman's home  BBCGene Hackman fans all asking the same thing about photos of the late actor's home that show how he spent his f  dailymail.co.ukNew details of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s final days released  The GuardianInside Gene Hackman’s ‘rodent-infested home’ — where loose items and food c
  
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• ‘I couldn’t care less’: Postecoglou bats away speculation before Frankfurt trip

  16-04-2025 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Manager pledges to fight ‘tooth and nail’ for victoryVan de Ven says players ‘still have trust in the gaffer’Ange Postecoglou has said Tottenham will fight “tooth and nail” to salvage their season by reaching the Europa League semi-finals and admitted he “couldn’t care less” about speculation over his future.Tottenham will be without Son Heung‑min for the second leg of their quarter-final against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday because
  
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• Man charged in fire at Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s mansion voiced Palestine support

  16-04-2025 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Cody Balmer faces terror and arson charges after fire and 911 call voicing pro-Palestinian viewsThe man charged with setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion called emergency responders after the attack and made comments signaling support for Palestinians, the New York Times reports.According to a search warrant in the case, 38-year-old Cody Balmer identified himself by name in a 911 call and said that Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro, “needs to know that he &ls
  
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• Villa thriller shows PSG remain an antidote to sterile systems football | David Hytner - The Guardian

  16-04-2025 20:23 via news.google.com
  Villa thriller shows PSG remain an antidote to sterile systems football | David Hytner  The Guardian'Despair for Emery, but Villa showed they belong'  BBCEmery challenges Aston Villa to return to Champions League quickly after exit  The GuardianAston Villa 3-2 Paris Saint-Germain (Agg 4-5): Villa’s stunning comeback not quite enough in thriller against PSG  Sky SportsAston Villa 3-2 Paris Saint-Germain (4-5 agg)  Aston Villa
  
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• Legal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rules

  16-04-2025 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Judges say Equality Act definition excludes transgender women, after gender-critical campaigners’ challengeThe UK supreme court has issued a historic and definitive ruling that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer only to a biological woman and to biological sex.In a decision that delighted gender-critical activists, five judges ruled unanimously that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 did not include transgender women who hold
  
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• M2 traffic LIVE: Horror 'multi-vehicle crash' leaves car in flames - Daily Express

  16-04-2025 20:15 via news.google.com
  M2 traffic LIVE: Horror 'multi-vehicle crash' leaves car in flames  Daily ExpressFive-vehicle crash caused closure of M2 London-bound carriageway  BBCDelays after five-car crash on motorway  Kent OnlineTravel chaos as key motorway CLOSED after horror fireball crash involving two cars with woman rushed to hospital  The SunWoman taken to hospital after 'serious' two-car crash on M2 in Kent  News Shopper
  
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• Ancient sunscreen ‘saved modern humans’ more than 40,000 years ago - The Times

  16-04-2025 20:05 via news.google.com
  Ancient sunscreen ‘saved modern humans’ more than 40,000 years ago  The TimesSunscreen helped Homo sapiens outlive Neanderthals, study suggests  The TelegraphAncient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,000 years ago  New ScientistSunburnt cavemen saved by using 'prehistoric sunscreen' more than 40,000 years ago  Daily StarEarth's magnetic pole shift: Sunscreen, clothes and caves may have helped Homo sapiens survive 41,000 years ago &nb
  
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• UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war

  16-04-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: civil servants beef up security rules for sensitive negotiating papers over fears posed by hostile US trade policyUK officials are tightening security when handling sensitive trade documents to prevent them from falling into US hands amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, the Guardian can reveal.In an indication of the strains on the “special relationship”, British civil servants have changed document-handling guidance, adding higher classifications to some trade negotiatio
  
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• Manchester Arena bomb plotter ‘moved to Belmarsh prison’ after attack on guards

  16-04-2025 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Hashem Abedi is alleged to have attacked three prison officers with hot cooking oil in kitchen at HMP FranklandThe brother of the Manchester Arena bomber is reported to have been moved to the high security prison at Belmarsh in south London after an attack on three prison officers.Hashem Abedi, who plotted the 2017 bombing, is alleged to have attacked three prison officers with hot cooking oil at a high-security prison on Saturday at Durham’s HMP Frankland. Continue reading...
  
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• Hull City Ladies chairman asks for club to be relegated ‘to try to punish players’

  16-04-2025 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Players allege Daniel Johnson has mismanaged financesClub personnel report misconduct allegations to FAThe chair of Hull City Ladies, Daniel Johnson, has submitted a request to the Football Association for the club to be relegated from the third tier, the Guardian has learned, amid allegations of mismanagement of the club’s finances being made against him by his own players.Multiple club sources have alleged that Johnson’s relegation submission is an attempt at retaliation after seve
  
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• Arsenal XI vs Real Madrid: Starting lineup and confirmed team news - London Evening Standard

  16-04-2025 19:43 via news.google.com
  Arsenal XI vs Real Madrid: Starting lineup and confirmed team news  London Evening StandardReal Madrid vs Arsenal LIVE! Champions League quarter-final second leg match updates, news and score  Sky SportsLatest football news LIVE: Real Madrid vs Arsenal build-up, Man Utd's Onana returns, Zirkzee out for season  BBCTeam news: Arteta names same side that beat Real  Arsenal.com‘Impossible’ for Arsenal to block out Real Madrid narrative, admits Arte
  
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• ‘It’s allowed me to see through his eyes’: Super Mario, my dad and me - The Guardian

  16-04-2025 19:42 via news.google.com
  ‘It’s allowed me to see through his eyes’: Super Mario, my dad and me  The Guardian
  
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• Ben Jennings on American rockets – cartoon

  16-04-2025 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
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• Women’s Tour of Britain gets go-ahead for northern England and Scotland

  16-04-2025 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Race will start in Dalby Forest and finish in GlasgowLotte Kopecky expected to defend titleThe 2025 women’s Tour of Britain will go ahead in northern England and the Scottish Borders in early June, despite speculation that this year’s event was in difficulty.Buoyed by news that the men’s and women’s Tour de France will start in Britain in 2027, this summer’s four-day women’s race will start in Yorkshire on 5 June and end in Glasgow. Continue reading...
  
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• Ringleaders of attacks on French jails will be punished, Macron says

  16-04-2025 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Wave of assaults ‘declaration of war’ by drug gangs after crackdown on bosses operating from jail, French media sayEmmanuel Macron has warned that those behind a wave of apparently coordinated attacks on French prisons and staff will be “found, tried and punished”.The president’s comments came after at least a dozen assaults on French jails in the past three days. In one attack, gunmen using automatic weapons fired at the entrance to Toulon prison in the south of Fr
  
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• The Guardian view on UK-China relations: a dilemma made sharper by Brexit | Editorial

  16-04-2025 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The Eurosceptic model of a globalised Britain detached from its local continent has aged very badly in the era of Trump’s trade warsEven when the transatlantic alliance was more functional than it is now, there was not a united view of China. There has always been common wariness of Beijing as a commercial rival and potential security threat. But for hawks in Washington the idea of an alternative superpower closing in on economic and technological parity feels existential. More dovish Euro
  
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• UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent disease spreading - BBC

  16-04-2025 19:25 via news.google.com
  UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent disease spreading  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Guardian view on Birmingham’s bin strikes: a wake-up call for Labour | Editorial

  16-04-2025 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  England’s second city has become a symbol of political dysfunction. But the government should draw wider lessons from the chaosIn the 1890s, a visiting American journalist described Birmingham as “the best-governed city in the world”. Inspired by the reforming spirit of its one-time mayor Joseph Chamberlain, England’s second city had become a showcase for a new kind of municipal government. Introducing better schools, libraries, parks and public baths, politicians were ta
  
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• Woman, 39, arrested in murder probe after 93-year-old found dead in Gatley - Manchester Evening News

  16-04-2025 19:20 via news.google.com
  Woman, 39, arrested in murder probe after 93-year-old found dead in Gatley  Manchester Evening NewsWoman arrested on suspicion of murder after 93-year-old found dead in Greater Manchester  Sky NewsWoman arrested on suspicion of murdering 93-year-old woman | ITV News  ITVXWoman held after 93-year-old found dead in house  BBC'We thought there was a gas leak, but then someone told us there'd been a murder'  Manchester Evening News
  
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• Spotify running again after users around world report problems

  16-04-2025 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Audio streaming app confirms service restored following more than five hours of disruptionTens of thousands of Spotify users around the world reported being unable to stream music on the app, which was hit by several hours of technical problems on Wednesday.Downdetector, which tracks platforms, showed more than 48,000 outage reports for Spotify worldwide on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• Birmingham bin strike talks collapse as council urged to put pledge in writing - BBC

  16-04-2025 19:12 via news.google.com
  Birmingham bin strike talks collapse as council urged to put pledge in writing  BBCView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• US judge warns Trump administration could be in criminal contempt over El Salvador deportations - Sky News

  16-04-2025 19:03 via news.google.com
  US judge warns Trump administration could be in criminal contempt over El Salvador deportations  Sky NewsUS judge says he could hold Trump administration in contempt of court  BBCJudge in Alien Enemies Act case says ‘willful disobedience’ of court orders would make mockery of US constitution – live  The GuardianWhat happens if a president and the federal government fail to follow a judge's orders?  NBC NewsTrump Live Updates: Judge Threat
  
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• Woman hit by van on Little Aston golf course dies - BBC

  16-04-2025 18:58 via news.google.com
  Woman hit by van on Little Aston golf course dies  BBCManhunt after woman hit by a van that veered into golf course during police chase  Metro.co.ukWoman hit on golf course by van being pursued by police dies in hospital  Kent OnlineWoman dies after being struck by van that veered onto golf course in police chase with cops hunting on-the-run driver  The SunWoman hit by van at Sutton Coldfield golf course dies  Express & Star
  
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• Field Of Gold lights up Flat season by racing to Guineas favouritism

  16-04-2025 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Craven Stakes winner market leader for first colts’ ClassicSecond key success in five days for Juddmonte operationIt is 21 years since the winner of Newmarket’s Craven Stakes followed up in the 2,000 Guineas over the same course and distance two‑and‑a‑half weeks later, and 34 years since Mystiko took the Free Handicap at the Craven meeting – a Classic trial that no longer exists – and went on to become the last grey to win the first colts’ Classic.
  
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• The supreme court didn’t rule on the definition of ‘a woman’ – this is what its judgment does mean | Sam Fowles

  16-04-2025 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The judges had to interpret the law as set down by parliament. But it must be remembered this is not an abstract debate; it concerns real peopleSam Fowles is a barristerThe supreme court, headlines say, has ruled on “the definition of a woman”. Except it hasn’t. As the court says, in paragraph 2 of its judgment: “It is not the role of the court to adjudicate on the arguments in the public domain on the meaning of gender or sex, nor is it to define the meaning of the word
  
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• Doctors in end-of-life cases of two UK children can be named, court rules

  16-04-2025 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Parents of Isaiah Haastrup and Zainab Abbasi, who died in 2018 and 2019, have said they want to ‘tell their story’Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the UK supreme court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell their story”.Isaiah Haastrup, aged 12 months, and Zainab Abbasi, six, were at the centre of life-support treatment disputes at the high court in London before their deaths in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Continue reading...
  
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• The sinister psychology at the heart of populism | Letters

  16-04-2025 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to George Monbiot’s piece on how economic inequality fosters resentment, exclusion and nostalgiaGeorge Monbiot (Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature, 13 April) makes some very important points about the psychology of those who follow demagogues and rightwing populist leaders. But this knowledge is not new. After the horrors of the rise of the Nazis and the persecution by them of Jews and other minority groups before and during t
  
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• Academies fuel explosion in school costs | Letter

  16-04-2025 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Cllr Jonny Crawshaw outlines the financial perils of an education sector that is no longer fit for purposeThere is undoubtedly a crisis of funding hitting classrooms across England’s secondary education sector (Half of England’s state secondaries forced to cut staff in budget squeeze, poll finds, 10 April). It is not as simple as a lack of cash coming into schools, however (though this is a significant contributing factor).A cursory look at the published accounts of the many mul
  
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• Jail term of Luton triple-murderer to be reviewed after MP’s referral

  16-04-2025 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Shadow justice minister claims Nicholas Prosper’s life sentence with minimum of 49 years is unduly lenientThe jail term given to a man who murdered his mother and two siblings as part of a plan to kill 30 children is to be reviewed after an intervention by an MP who claimed it was unduly lenient.Nicholas Prosper, 19, was jailed for life last month with a minimum term of 49 years after he admitted murdering Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13. Continue reading...
  
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• MEPs call for EU court to suspend Hungary’s Pride ban

  16-04-2025 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Visiting delegation find ‘hostile atmosphere’ for LGBTQ+ people and say country heading in ‘wrong direction’A delegation of EU lawmakers visiting Hungary has called on Europe’s top court to suspend a new law banning Budapest Pride, as they criticised a “very hostile atmosphere” for LGBTQ+ people in the country and urged a return to “real democracy”.Tineke Strik, a Dutch Green politician who led a cross-party group of MEPs to investigate democ
  
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• Nigel Farage and the unions: Reform leader walks line between friend and foe

  16-04-2025 18:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Party’s manifesto said it wanted to make it easier to hire and fire workers, but its leader has said he wants ‘sensible relationship’ with unionsReform UK’s manifesto last summer was clear: a Nigel Farage-led government would “make it easier to hire and fire” workers. Eight months on, Farage was at pains to praise trade unions, saying his party had “a good partnership” with them. So which one is it?There are two broad answers. The first is that, as
  
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• Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever

  16-04-2025 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  A young Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the heaviest invertebrate on earth, was filmed in the Atlantic OceanThe colossal squid, the heaviest invertebrate in the world, has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time since it was identified a century ago.Growing up to 23ft (seven metres) long and weighing up to half a tonne, the squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, is the heaviest invertebrate on the planet. The individual captured on film near the South Sandwich Islands, in the south Atlantic Oce
  
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• Ask questions, practice and know when to make an exit: how to start a conversation

  16-04-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Socializing can be hard, especially starting a conversation with a stranger – here are some tips from expertsHumans are social creatures – we live in groups, rely on others to survive and gossip at parties. But socializing can be hard, even for social creatures. Especially the first part: starting a conversation.“It can feel daunting to go up to a stranger and start a conversation because in some instances, we are not sure how we will be received,” says Elaine Swann, a li
  
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• US pastor kidnapped during sermon in South Africa rescued after shootout

  16-04-2025 17:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Joshua Sullivan was abducted from his church by four gunmen, but is now recovering and in ‘excellent condition’South African police have rescued an American pastor who was abducted last week while he was conducting a sermon, as kidnappings have soared over the last decade in the country.Three unidentified suspects were killed during the “high-intensity shootout” on Tuesday in which Joshua Sullivan, a missionary from Tennessee, was rescued, the Hawks, the police unit that
  
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• JENNI MURRAY: My dad's 40-year battle with an undiagnosed condition - dailymail.co.uk

  16-04-2025 17:53 via news.google.com
  JENNI MURRAY: My dad's 40-year battle with an undiagnosed condition  dailymail.co.uk
  
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• Spotify is down for users around the world – but a fix is on the way - What Hi-Fi?

  16-04-2025 17:52 via news.google.com
  Spotify is down for users around the world – but a fix is on the way  What Hi-Fi?Spotify running again after users around world report problems  The GuardianSpotify 'back and functioning normally' after global outage  BBCSpotify down: Streaming app suffers major outage - as company confirms 'issues'  Sky NewsUpdate: Spotify Is Back Online  IGN
  
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• ‘Apparently, he had a fist fight with King Charles’: the jawdropping life of Luca Prodan, Argentina’s punk god

  16-04-2025 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  He was a gin-swilling Scottish-Italian heroin addict who set Argentina’s music scene ablaze – baffling the junta, who would arrest his audiences. As a biopic looms, we look at the fast life and early death of the still-worshipped frontmanIn 1980, a tall, thin man landed in Buenos Aires airport, at the height of Argentina’s military dictatorship. His name was Luca Prodan, a Scottish-Italian rocker, and he had just finished the last of his methadone on the flight over. His arriva
  
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• Tech stocks sink after Nvidia reveals hit from US curbs on sales to China - Financial Times

  16-04-2025 17:48 via news.google.com
  Tech stocks sink after Nvidia reveals hit from US curbs on sales to China  Financial TimesView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Hampshire’s Barker to return in July after year-long ban for failed drug test

  16-04-2025 17:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Barker tested positive in what he says was ‘genuine error’All-rounder reveals he ‘feared for the loss of my career’Hampshire’s Keith Barker has said he “feared for the loss of my career” during a nine-month wait to learn his punishment for a failed drug test caused by what he described as “a genuine administrative error”.Barker has been cleared to return to professional cricket on 4 July, 12 months after he was told he had tested positive for
  
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• Burglars tunnel through wall to steal $10m in goods from LA jewelry store

  16-04-2025 17:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Heist took place at Love Jewels in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday after thieves bore through levels of concreteBurglars tunneled through a concrete wall to gain access to a Los Angeles jewelry store, making off with at least $10m worth of watches, pendants, gold chains and other merchandise, police said.The heist happened around 9.30pm on Sunday at Love Jewels on Broadway in the heart of downtown, according to officer David Cuellar with the LA police department. Continue reading...
  
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• Truss social: the latest chapter from a woman who really knows what the people want | Zoe Williams

  16-04-2025 17:39 via theguardian.com
  
  She’s threatening to launch an ‘uncensored and uncancellable’ online platform – like we don’t have enough of those alreadyLiz Truss has unveiled her new chapter, and if you can think of a better place for the madcap-economist former prime minister to do so than a cryptocurrency conference in Bedford, it would at the very least have to involve pirates or chimpanzees.The “deep state”, “the elite” and the mainstream media cut short her time in o
  
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• UK government report calls for taskforce to save England’s historic trees - The Guardian

  16-04-2025 17:36 via news.google.com
  UK government report calls for taskforce to save England’s historic trees  The GuardianEnfield oak tree felled by Toby Carvery 'had hundreds of years to live'  BBCToby Carvery could face £1m bill after chopping 500-year-old tree  The TelegraphCouncil plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery  The Guardian'Outraged' Enfield Council leader seeking legal advice over Toby Carvery tree felling  Sky News
  
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• Council plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery

  16-04-2025 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Enfield council disputes restaurant chain’s claim 500-year-old tree in Whitewebbs Park was ‘mostly dead’ Toby Carvery has been threatened with legal action by a council over the felling of an ancient oak in a park in north London.The restaurant chain is facing national outrage after its decision to fell the up to 500-year-old tree without warning on 3 April. Continue reading...
  
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• Berlin palliative care doctor charged with murder of 15 patients

  16-04-2025 17:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities say suspect had a ‘lust’ for killing and used drugs to paralyse the respiratory muscles of victimsProsecutors have charged a Berlin palliative care doctor with the murder of 15 patients, alleging he acted out of a “lust” for killing.The 40-year-old suspect is accused of killing 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July 2024 using a deadly cocktail of sedatives. German press reports identified the suspect as Johannes M, but prosecutors have not rel
  
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