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• Helping The BVI In Times Of Need

  15-09-2017 17:17
  The British Virgin Islands have been absolutely devastated in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
  
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• Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests - The Guardian

  13-06-2026 06:00 via news.google.com
  Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests  The GuardianNew Research Indicates That in the Future, Trees May Store Less Carbon Than Expected  Columbia UniversityIsraeli scientist: Climate predictions may misjudge forest carbon absorption  JNS.orgScientists rethink how much carbon forests can store  Courthouse NewsPlants boost carbon uptake through water efficiency, not heat adaptation, global analysis reveals  Phys.org
  
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• USA bulldoze Paraguay as co-hosts romp to victory in World Cup opener - The Guardian

  13-06-2026 05:57 via news.google.com
  USA bulldoze Paraguay as co-hosts romp to victory in World Cup opener  The GuardianUSA start World Cup in style - but can they finally join the elite?  BBCL.A. Kicks Off the World Cup With a Party  The New York TimesWorld Cup 2026: USA v Paraguay - highlights & reaction  BBC‘Dream come true’: World Cup fever ignites Los Angeles as USA beat Paraguay  Al Jazeera
  
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• England captain Harry Kane has his shooting boots stolen - The Telegraph

  13-06-2026 04:35 via news.google.com
  England captain Harry Kane has his shooting boots stolen  The TelegraphWorld Cup 2026: England have training equipment stolen  BBCWorld Cup 2026 live: Fifa releases statement on empty seats and investigation into theft at England camp  The IndependentEngland’s World Cup boots stolen before first training session in Kansas City  The GuardianEngland training kit stolen as Thomas Tuchel’s team move to Kansas City  The Times
  
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• Harry Styles revisits X Factor as he kicks off Wembley residency - BBC

  13-06-2026 04:00 via news.google.com
  Harry Styles revisits X Factor as he kicks off Wembley residency  BBCHarry Styles evokes Hockney for stadium art with a human centre  The TelegraphGoing to Harry Styles at Wembley? Here’s your ultimate guide to the 'Together, Together' tour in London  Time Out WorldwideHarry Styles superfans travel 4,000 miles to watch him at Wembley - and even have tattoos of the singer  London Evening StandardHarry Styles Kicks Off 'Together, Together' London Resid
  
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• US kills leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang in airstrike, Trump says - BBC

  13-06-2026 03:48 via news.google.com
  US kills leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang in airstrike, Trump says  BBCLeader of Venezuelan gang killed in US military strike, Trump says  Sky NewsUS strike kills leader of notorious Venezuelan drug cartel  The TelegraphUS kills leader of Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang in air strike  Financial TimesTrump says leader of Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang killed in US strike  The Guardian
  
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• Helen Mirren and six Lionesses receive honours for King Charles’s birthday - The Guardian

  13-06-2026 03:30 via news.google.com
  Helen Mirren and six Lionesses receive honours for King Charles’s birthday  The GuardianKing's Birthday Honours: Kevin Sinfield, Julia Donaldson and Malorie Blackman top list  BBCKing's Birthday Honours list 2026: Kevin Sinfield knighted and six Lionesses made MBEs  BBCDame Helen Mirren and Sir Don McCullin made Companions of Honour  The TelegraphKevin Sinfield knighted in King's Birthday Honours - as Helen Mirren and England's Lionesses receive awar
  
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• Switzerland to vote on plan to cap population at 10 million - BBC

  13-06-2026 01:02 via news.google.com
  Switzerland to vote on plan to cap population at 10 million  BBCSwiss wait to hear result of ballot on capping population at 10 million  The GuardianHow the greatest migration experiment since Brexit could transform Europe  The TelegraphSwiss voters weigh world’s first population cap  Financial TimesSwitzerland’s vote to cap population threatens rift with EU  The Times
  
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• Andy Burnham pledges to cut welfare to fund defence - The Telegraph

  13-06-2026 00:20 via news.google.com
  Andy Burnham pledges to cut welfare to fund defence  The TelegraphAndy Burnham: I’ll cut welfare bill to fund defence  The TimesAndy Burnham would ‘cut welfare budget to fund defence spending’  The Independent‘Ready to go?’  LabourListAndy Burnham piles pressure on Keir Starmer in defence cash row  The Times
  
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• Bradley Barcola: PSG and France winger could be set for summer transfer after World Cup - Sky Sports

  12-06-2026 23:50 via news.google.com
  Bradley Barcola: PSG and France winger could be set for summer transfer after World Cup  Sky SportsLiverpool get major Bradley Barcola transfer boost as PSG stance on sale made clear  Liverpool FCPSG reach recision on selling £60m star to Arsenal - 'No progress' on contract extension  Football365Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta handed £200m transfer green light after Bradley Barcola U-turn  The MirrorL'Equipe: Barcola could leave PSG as LFC target's
  
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• World Cup co-hosts Canada begin campaign with draw against Bosnia - reaction - BBC

  12-06-2026 23:33 via news.google.com
  World Cup co-hosts Canada begin campaign with draw against Bosnia - reaction  BBCCanada vs Bosnia-Herzegovina LIVE! World Cup 2026 Group B fixture, score, live updates and team news  Sky SportsCanada World Cup opener splits Bosnian fans among two ‘home nations’  Al JazeeraCyle Larin’s strike unleashes joy and saves Canada from the curse of ‘almost’  The GuardianCanada vs Bosnia World Cup prediction, team news, odds, betting ti
  
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• Warner Bros $111bn sale to Paramount approved by US justice department - BBC

  12-06-2026 23:28 via news.google.com
  Warner Bros $111bn sale to Paramount approved by US justice department  BBCParamount takeover of Warner Bros won't harm competition or consumers, DOJ says  Sky NewsCrowd gathers at Kennedy Center after court denies Trump’s emergency appeal to keep his name on building – as it happened  The GuardianJustice Dept. Clears Way for Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger  The New York TimesJustice Department Approves Paramount's $111B WBD Acquisition &nbs
  
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• Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in stock market debut - BBC

  12-06-2026 22:46 via news.google.com
  Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in stock market debut  BBCThe SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply | Robert Reich  The GuardianSpaceX IPO takeaways: SPCX closes at $161, jumping 19% after record debut  CNBCThe value of SpaceX rockets on its stock-market debut  The EconomistSpaceX IPO: What Time Does SPCX Debut On The Stock Market? (Live Updates)  Forbes
  
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• David Beckham awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame - The Telegraph

  12-06-2026 21:50 via news.google.com
  David Beckham awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame  The TelegraphSir David Beckham honoured with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame  ESPNDavid Beckham on Pushing for a Spice Girls Reunion, World Cup Mania and Family Coming First: ‘I Feel Very Lucky’  VarietyDavid Beckham honoured with Hollywood Walk of Fame star  The IndependentSir David Beckham receives star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  ITVX
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Iran says Lebanon is part of deal with US as Trump reportedly speaks to Netanyahu

  12-06-2026 21:40 via theguardian.com
  Iran’s foreign minister says end to war on all fronts includes Lebanon; US president has reportedly discussed latest peace deal efforts with Israel’s PMIran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) has cautioned against media speculation about a potential memorandum of understanding to end the war, particularly on claims regarding the strait of Hormuz.IRNA reported that Iran will not surrender its control of the strategic waterway and the US will have no role in its futur
  
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• Miliband front-runner to be Burnham’s chancellor - The Telegraph

  12-06-2026 21:36 via news.google.com
  Miliband front-runner to be Burnham’s chancellor  The Telegraph
  
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• UK court jails Palestine Action activists on ‘terrorism’ charges - Al Jazeera

  12-06-2026 21:31 via news.google.com
  UK court jails Palestine Action activists on ‘terrorism’ charges  Al JazeeraPalestine Action activists jailed over factory raid  BBCPro-Palestine activists sentenced as terrorists over damage at Israeli arms factory in UK  The GuardianPalestine Action latest: Protesters block prison van and more than 100 arrested as activists jailed  Sky NewsPolice arrest 107 protesters at Palestine Action activists’ sentencing  The Telegraph
  
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• ‘Failure was my thing’: Women’s prize winner Virginia Evans on her long journey to success

  12-06-2026 21:30 via theguardian.com
  The American author received ‘thousands of rejections’ over two decades before finally hitting gold with her first published novelJust as I am about to interview this year’s Women’s prize winner, debut American novelist Virginia Evans, at the party on a drizzly evening in a leafy London square, we are interrupted because someone wants to congratulate her. The fan is Richard Curtis.A warm-hearted weepy with a sprinkling of gentle humour, Evans’s prize-winning novel T
  
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• Canada v Bosnia and Herzegovina: World Cup 2026 – live

  12-06-2026 21:23 via theguardian.com
  ⚽️ Kick-off at 3pm EDT/8pm BST/13 June 5am AEST
  ⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail TahaForget the World Cup just for a sec … some news from Scotland. Canada: Crépeau, Johnston, De Fougerolles, Cornelius, Laryea, Buchanan, Koné, Eustáquio, Millar, Jonathan David, Oluwaseyi Continue reading...
  
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• England v Sri Lanka: Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup opener – live

  12-06-2026 21:22 via theguardian.com
  Updates from Edgbaston; play starts at 6.30pm BST
  Hosts get ready to rock | Mail James | Read the Spin4th over: England 32-0 (Jones 16, Wyatt Hodge 14) Captain Athapaththu brings herself on to keep the changes coming. Jones is frustrated as she clubs two drag downs straight to the fielder at square leg. Five singles in a row… Jones then deploys the slog sweep and gets four but could/should have been caught on the boundary! Dilhari gets in a muddle thinking she could only palm the ball ba
  
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• Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX valuation passes $2tn in first stock market trading – business live

  12-06-2026 21:22 via theguardian.com
  One economist says Musk’s world-first level of extreme wealth highlights massive economic disparities and could have profound effects on society
  SpaceX’s shares will be supported by a number of “forced buyers”, such as tracker funds.Richard Hunter, head of markets at interactive investor, explains:The Nasdaq index has tweaked its rules, which has allowed SpaceX to join the index on a fast-track basis. It remains to be seen whether the company will have a disproportionate
  
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• Middle East crisis live: final text of peace deal between US and Iran agreed, says Pakistan’s prime minister

  12-06-2026 21:07 via theguardian.com
  Islamabad working with both sides to finalise next steps, says Shehbaz SharifIran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) has cautioned against media speculation about a potential memorandum of understanding to end the war, particularly on claims regarding the strait of Hormuz.IRNA reported that Iran will not surrender its control of the strategic waterway and the US will have no role in its future management.Contrary to some bizarre claims in the media, Iran in no way makes a commi
  
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• Lee Andrews 'released from prison' after Katie Price insists she won't pay £140,000 bail - Metro.co.uk

  12-06-2026 20:53 via news.google.com
  Lee Andrews 'released from prison' after Katie Price insists she won't pay £140,000 bail  Metro.co.ukLee Andrews' jailbird life from mates with Daniel Kinahan to asking for GOFUNDME  The SunKatie Price's husband Lee Andrews released from Dubai prison  London Evening StandardKatie Price prepared to divorce jailed husband Lee Andrews and won’t pay £140K bail  The IndependentLee Andrews 'bragging to lags' that Katie Price will give him cash
  
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• Peroxide mop, statement specs, tweed suits and quirky crocs: David Hockney’s genius for fashion - The Guardian

  12-06-2026 20:13 via news.google.com
  Peroxide mop, statement specs, tweed suits and quirky crocs: David Hockney’s genius for fashion  The Guardian‘He outlived four of his doctors’: David Hockney loved smoking, he really really loved smoking  The GuardianDavid Hockney death: Art lovers in Bradford react to home town star's passing  BBCDavid Hockney celebrated gay life - even when homosexuality was illegal in the UK  BBCDavid Hockney: a sublime artist — and the life and
  
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• Scotland played Traitors to give players voice before World Cup opener, says Robertson

  12-06-2026 20:08 via theguardian.com
  Captain said game helped pass time in training campScotland play 83rd-ranked Haiti on Saturday in BostonAndy Robertson has revealed an unorthodox way Scotland have prepared for their World Cup return, with the captain organising a game of Traitors among the squad during their buildup camp in the United States.Scotland’s meeting with Haiti in Boston is their first World Cup game since 1998. Much has been made of Scotland’s togetherness in the lead up to this tournament. Robertson did
  
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• Canada police investigate whether Toronto police death linked to global terror attacks

  12-06-2026 20:08 via theguardian.com
  Constable Marc Pinizzotto, 43, was killed while executing search warrants related to a shooting at US consulateAuthorities in Canada are investigating whether the killing of a Toronto police officer while he was executing search warrants related to a shooting at the city’s US consulate is linked a broader series of global terror attacks.Constable Marc Pinizzotto, 43, a member of the emergency taskforce, was killed on Thursday during a dawn search of an apartment building in the west of the
  
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• Chaotic talks on a US-Iran deal continue on the Trump rollercoaster

  12-06-2026 20:05 via theguardian.com
  Amid rhetoric, market uncertainty and tit-for-tat exchanges, the two sides are still trying to find a way out of the impasseGreat news! Donald Trump has said the US and Iran are on the verge of a peace agreement. Oil prices are down, and the stock market is up. This comes only hours after Trump warned Iran was about to be struck “VERY HARD”, a threat that had sent oil prices up and stocks down.It has been another ride on the Trump rollercoaster, keeping traders on edge, most of the w
  
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• Should you boycott the World Cup? - The Latest

  12-06-2026 20:03 via theguardian.com
  The football’s only just kicked off, but this World Cup has already seen its fair share of controversy. With a Somali referee barred from entering the US, Fifa president Gianni Infantino cosying up to Donald Trump and accusations of price gouging and cash grabbing, fans have been left with mixed emotions about the tournament. Annie Kelly speaks to the sportswriter and columnist Jonathan Liew Continue reading...
  
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• Rangers target Derek McInnes from Hearts as replacement for Danny Röhl

  12-06-2026 19:56 via theguardian.com
  Röhl expected to join RB Salzburg within daysMcInnes turned down chance to manage Rangers in 2017Rangers are likely to move for the Hearts manager, Derek McInnes, if Danny Röhl completes a move to RB Salzburg.The Ibrox club and Salzburg are in talks over a deal for Röhl, who was appointed by Rangers last October. The 37-year-old began his coaching career elsewhere in the RB stable, at Leipzig. There is a rising sense in Glasgow that he will accept Salzburg’s overtures, with
  
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• Number of arrests after riots in Northern Ireland rises to 19 - The Guardian

  12-06-2026 19:48 via news.google.com
  Number of arrests after riots in Northern Ireland rises to 19  The GuardianThe night people in Belfast fled their homes because of racist violence  BBCWhat we know about how Northern Ireland's riots were organised  BBCSudanese Belfast stabbing suspect is former policeman  The TelegraphA frenzied knife attack by a refugee has put Northern Ireland on edge  The Economist
  
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