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• University students face disruption after union warns of strike

  20-11-2019 20:12 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  University students face disruption after union warns of strikeMore than 40,000 staff at 60 UK universities are to hold strike over pay and conditionsUniversity workers are to strike for eight days in disputes over pay and pensions Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
  
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• Spears taken by Captain Cook at Botany Bay returned to traditional owners after more than 250 years

  24-04-2024 04:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Three-decade campaign by the Gweagal community of La Perouse sees repatriation of four spears to KamayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFour spears stolen from Kamay, now known as Botany Bay in Sydney, by Captain James Cook and his crew have been returned to their traditional owners after more than 250 years.Forty Kamay spears were recorded as being taken by the British in 1770, at the time of first cont
  
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• Could a row over a council house bring down Angela Rayner? – podcast

  24-04-2024 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Keir Starmer’s deputy is facing questions over the sale of her former home. But do voters care? Gaby Hinsliff reportsAngela Rayner has been facing questions from the Conservatives over her former council house, which she sold before she became an MP. They are asking if she paid capital gains tax, what council tax she paid and even if she committed electoral fraud. Rayner has denied doing anything wrong, and the amounts of money involved are hardly eye-watering – but could it still da
  
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• US Senate passes $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

  24-04-2024 03:48 via theguardian.com
  
  The Senate, in a bipartisan super-majority, overwhelmingly voted to advance the measure, which Joe Biden is expected to signThe US Senate voted resoundingly on Tuesday to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as a bipartisan super-majority united to send the long-stalled package to Joe Biden’s desk for signature. The final vote was 79 to 18.The bill easily cleared a key procedural hurdle earlier in the day. The Senate overwhelmingly voted to advance the measure in a step hai
  
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• Russian minister detained after taking especially large bribe, law enforcement agency says

  24-04-2024 03:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov, who has been sanctioned by US and EU, faces up to 15 years in jail A Russian deputy defence minister has been detained on suspicion of bribe-taking, the country’s top law enforcement agency has said, a rare move amid the offensive in Ukraine.The investigative committee reported Timur Ivanov’s detention on Tuesday without offering any details of the accusations against him, saying only that he is suspected of taking an especially large bribe &ndas
  
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• Athens swallowed up by orange haze from Sahara dust storm

  24-04-2024 02:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities in Greece warn the dust concentrations can reduce sunlight and visibility, while increasing levels of fine pollution particles pose health risksClouds of dust blown in from the Sahara covered Athens and other Greek cities on Tuesday, one of the worst such episodes to hit the country since 2018, officials said.A yellow-orange haze smothered several regions after days of strong winds from the south, limiting visibility and prompting warnings from the authorities of breathing risks. Con
  
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• Bit of a stretch? Louvre to host yoga classes during Paris Olympics

  24-04-2024 02:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Dance, yoga and work-out sessions to be held inside museum Move aimed at whipping up enthusiasm before Games beginThe Louvre museum in Paris is planning to organise yoga and sport sessions in its famed galleries as part of a city-wide cultural programme ahead of the Olympics.The world’s biggest museum is to offer visitors the chance to take part in dance, yoga and work-out sessions with instructors and coaches while gazing upon its world-renowned paintings and sculptures. Continue reading.
  
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• Ukraine war briefing: US funding to rearm Ukrainian military finally a reality

  24-04-2024 02:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Kremlin’s push for territory before western aid arrives; Ukraine pulls consular services from potential conscripts living abroad. What we know on day 791 The US Senate voted resoundingly on Tuesday to approve $95bn in wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel, along with defence support to Taiwan, as a bipartisan super-majority united to send the long-stalled package to Joe Biden’s desk for signature. The final vote was 79 to 18.In a call on Monday, Biden informed the Ukrainian president, V
  
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• Tesla sees biggest revenue drop since 2012 but company shares still surge

  24-04-2024 02:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Shares up despite dip in revenue and profits after company said it expects to release new vehicle models sooner than expectedTesla shares surged nearly 10% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after posting earnings results, despite a revenue miss for the first quarter of 2024, a steep decline in profits, and a recall of its most recently released car, the $100,000 Cybertruck.The electric vehicle manufacturer posted $21.3bn in revenue, lower than the $21.48bn that was estimated and a 9% drop year o
  
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• Plane crashes into river in Alaska, officials say

  24-04-2024 01:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Two people were onboard Douglas DC-4 that went down near Fairbanks on Tuesday, authorities sayA Douglas DC-4 airplane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday and burst into flames, authorities said. No survivors have been found, Alaska state troopers said.The plane took off in the morning from Fairbanks international airport. It crashed about 7 miles (11km) from there and “slid into a steep hill on the bank of the river where it caught fire,” according to Alaska state
  
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• Ethnic minorities in England ‘need more GP visits’ before cancer diagnosis

  24-04-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  One in five people on average need at least three interactions – but for ethnic minorities figure rises to one in three Ethnic minorities and young people require more visits than other people to the GP before being diagnosed with cancer, according to new analysis.On average, one in five people across England require three or more GP interactions before being diagnosed with cancer. But for people from ethnic minority backgrounds, the figure rises to one in three, according to analysis of t
  
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• England childcare scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report

  24-04-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Watchdog says only a third of local authorities are confident they will have enough places for SeptemberThe deployment of the government’s childcare scheme to tens of thousands more families is facing “significant uncertainties” and may struggle to meet its own targets, according to a report by Whitehall’s spending watchdog.The National Audit Office revealed the Department for Education (DfE) had assessed the likelihood of being able to deliver the funded childcare places
  
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• ‘An enigma’: scientists finally learn what giant prehistoric shark looked like

  24-04-2024 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Full and part skeletons found in Mexico reveal body shape and anatomy of Ptychodus as well as its likely dietFossil experts say they have gained unprecedented insights into a type of enormous prehistoric shark, after finding complete skeletons of the creatures.The specimens, discovered in small quarries in north-eastern Mexico within the last decade, belong to Ptychodus – a creature that roamed the seas from around 105m to 75m years ago. Continue reading...
  
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• Ten Hag blasts media and says winning a trophy would be ‘over-performing’

  23-04-2024 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Dutchman hits out at claims that FA Cup win was ‘embarrassing’Manager also defends Antony over ear-cupping celebrationErik ten Hag has called negative media comments regarding Manchester United’s brittle victory over Coventry in the FA Cup semi-final “a disgrace” and insisted that his side will have over-performed if they lift the trophy.United were 3-0 ahead against the Championship side going into the 71st minute only for Coventry to force extra time, with their t
  
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• At least 21 migrants dead after boat capsizes off coast of Djibouti

  23-04-2024 23:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Children among those killed in second fatal incident in two weeks close to the Horn of Africa, says UN agencyAt least 21 people have died after a boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the UN’s migration agency has said.It was the second fatal maritime accident in two weeks off the Horn of Africa nation, which lies on the perilous so-called eastern migration route from Africa to the Middle East. Continue reading...
  
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• Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile review – a most sickening nostalgia trip

  23-04-2024 23:20 via theguardian.com
  
  This relentless documentary takes us back in time to meet the women abused by glam-rock star Gary Glitter as children … and the roadies who tried to stop him (and set his wig on fire) 25 years before he finally got caughtDo you remember – it feels so long ago now – the days when it was a shock to find out that a rich, famous, charismatic man had been using his riches, fame and charisma to rape and abuse women and children and cover it up for years and years?Glitter: The Popsta
  
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• Havertz and White run riot for Arsenal to crush Chelsea in boost to title hopes

  23-04-2024 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  All that Arsenal can do is win, turn up the heat, ask the question of Manchester City, the defending Premier League champions, who retain control of their destiny in terms of this season’s thrilling title race. But how Mikel Arteta’s team won here and its message could not have been clearer. If City are to slip, Arsenal will be there to capitalise.One of the images of the evening was provided by a young Chelsea fan, who held up a cardboard sign towards the end. “I don’t w
  
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• Rampant Leicester move ever closer to promotion and dent Southampton’s hopes

  23-04-2024 22:59 via theguardian.com
  
  It has not always been the way in the past few months but it was hard to wipe the smile off the face of Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha, the ­Leicester chairman, as Abdul Fatawu completed his hat-trick, capping the scoring in a rout of Southampton on a night that left an instant return to the Premier League seemingly all but a formality.After the heavy financial losses, the legal action against the English Football League after being placed under a transfer embargo, the angst am
  
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• Mother of Nottingham stabbing victim criticises police officer’s comments

  23-04-2024 22:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Open letter says ‘callous and degrading’ police group WhatsApp message caused ‘more trauma than you can imagine’The mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims has written an open letter to members of a police WhatsApp group in which a message was posted describing her son as being “properly butchered”.Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber, 19, who with Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19, and Ian Coates, 65, was stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane, has writt
  
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• MPs call for English football’s regulator to have power to save FA Cup replays

  23-04-2024 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  MPs vote in favour of progressing the Football Governance BillCalls for regulator to have scope to amend parachute paymentsMPs have called for the ­Independent Regulator for Football to have the scope to reintroduce replays to the FA Cup, amend the parachute ­payment system and to enforce an effective financial settlement between the Premier League and the EFL, as they voted in favour of progressing the Football Governance Bill.The second reading of the bill was approved without a v
  
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• St George's Day march LIVE: Chaos as protesters clash with police in London

  23-04-2024 21:47 via express.co.uk
  
  Crowds of protesters holding England flags have taken to the streets in London this afternoon with Whitehall brought to a standstill.
  
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• London Marathon ‘wine guy’ on how he sampled 25 wines during race

  23-04-2024 21:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Vintner Tom Gilbey raised more than £13,000 for hospice charity with challenge that went viral on social media A wine merchant who blind tasted a different glass of wine at each mile of the London Marathon has said he feels “honoured” his challenge went viral on social media, as he surpassed his fundraising target.Tom Gilbey, nicknamed “the wine guy”, sampled 25 glasses of wine during the race, stopping to guess the drink’s grape variety, country of origin and
  
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• ‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

  23-04-2024 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls andfive people drownThey could have been on a school trip. Fifty teenagers from Vietnam, dressed for the biting cold in puffer jackets, smart trainers and woolly beanies, sat on the pavement by the bus shelter outside Gare Calais listening to music and watching videos on their smartphones.They were waiting for the 423 bus to take them back to a forest outside Dunkirk, where they have been staying at night with abou
  
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• Head teacher's three-word response after critics blast 12-hour school day

  23-04-2024 20:51 via express.co.uk
  
  The 7am until 7pm school day has been fiercely defended and was put in place after the head found "shocking" things on confiscated phones.
  
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• Mark Williams out of World Snooker Championship after defeat to Si Jiahui

  23-04-2024 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Former champion uncertain if he has played last Crucible match‘I’m not considering my future really, just it’s a tough game’The three-times champion Mark Williams admitted he does not know whether he has played his last World Snooker Championship match after he suffered a dramatic 10-9 defeat to Si Jiahui in the first round. Si continued his love affair with the Crucible as he followed up last year’s surprise run to the semi-finals by knocking out Williams in an epi
  
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• Welsh government may reverse 20mph limit on hundreds of roads – but denies U-turn

  23-04-2024 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Minister admits mistakes have been made but says speed limit will remain in high-risk areasHundreds of roads and streets where a 20mph speed limit was introduced under a controversial law could be returned to 30mph, as the Labour-led government admitted mistakes had been made over the policy.The Welsh government denied it had performed a U-turn and insisted the default 20mph for roads in built-up areas would remain to prevent deaths and save the NHS money. Continue reading...
  
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• Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel

  23-04-2024 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passedHumanitarian groups have called for new safe routes to Britain after five people died trying to cross the Channel within hours of ministers passing the controversial Rwanda bill.A child and four adults drowned on Tuesday while trying to reach the UK in a boat from Wimereux, in France. More than 110 people were said to have been on board the vessel when it left the Frenc
  
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• Sampha, Yussef Dayes and Daniel Pemberton top Ivor Novello award nominations

  23-04-2024 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sampha and Dayes get nods for best album and share in nomination for Sampha’s song Spirit 2.0 at awards for British songwriting and compositionNeo-soul singer Sampha, jazz drummer Yussef Dayes and composer Daniel Pemberton have topped the nominations for the 2024 Ivor Novello awards, which recognise the best in British and Irish songwriting and composition for the screen.Sampha and Dayes are individually nominated for best album, while they share a joint nomination for co-writing Sampha&rs
  
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• The Guardian view on sending refugees to Rwanda: the UN is right – this law sets a bad example | Editorial

  23-04-2024 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  There is no evidence for the government’s claim that deportations will ‘stop the boats’The capitulation of the House of Lords over the government’s Rwanda bill was predictable – even if some opponents had hoped against hope that peers might force a climbdown. As of now, UK law states that Rwanda is a “safe country”, making it possible for ministers to send asylum seekers there. The shameful course of action embarked on late last year, after the supreme c
  
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• Madrid farewell for king of clay: Rafael Nadal bids for one last miracle | Tumaini Carayol

  23-04-2024 19:54 via theguardian.com
  
  As the end of his career draws ever closer, the ailing 14-time French Open champion faces a race against time to find formTowards the end of last week, before most of the 192 players in the Madrid Open main draw singles had even touched down in the Spanish capital, Rafael Nadal was already pounding balls on the courts of the Caja Mágica in preparation for the coming tournament.The four-times champion’s early arrival made sense. He is, after all, in a race against time to find at lea
  
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