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• New satellite imagery shows activity at North Korean underground nuclear test site

  07-04-2022 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  New commercial satellite imagery is showing some of the clearest signs to date that North Korea is tunneling again at its remote underground nuclear test site in a way that could potentially shorten the time it needs for its next test.
  
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• UK chancellor's wife pays $40,000 for non-dom status

  07-04-2022 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Akshata Murty is charged yearly fee for status allowing her not to pay UK tax on overseas earnings.
  
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• Caroline Kennedy praises Australia’s bipartisan foreign policy despite PM’s claims on Labor and China

  07-04-2022 23:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Nominee as US ambassador says there’s a lot more to the Aukus deal than just submarines as she faces US Senate foreign relations committee hearingCaroline Kennedy, the nominee for US ambassador to Australia, has said the Aukus security deal will provide “a lot of deterrence” in the Indo-Pacific even before the nuclear-powered submarines are ready.With Australia set to enter a federal election campaign within days, Kennedy praised the country for standing firm with “a bipa
  
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• WATCH: Funnel cloud forms in Georgia amid severe storms

  07-04-2022 23:13
  
  A funnel cloud is seen forming in Lake Blackshear as the South was hit with damaging and severe storms.
  
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• Sporting Braga 1-0 Rangers: Abel Ruiz's strike leaves Ibrox side trailing in quarter-final

  07-04-2022 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rangers need to come from behind in Glasgow to reach the semi-finals of the Europa League after falling to a disappointing defeat in Braga.
  
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• WATCH: Sydney’s Taronga Zoo names red panda cubs

  07-04-2022 23:06
  
  One cub was named Zeya, which means “success” in Burmese, and the other was named Daiya, which means “black jade” in Chinese.
  
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• Ukraine round-up: Villagers forced to live with the dead for days

  07-04-2022 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC visits a Ukrainian village, where residents in a basement lived alongside corpses for days.
  
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• Family of Sabina Nessa call killer a ‘coward’ for refusing to attend court

  07-04-2022 22:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Koci Selamaj did not attend sentencing for murder of 28-year-old primary school teacher in LondonSabina Nessa’s family called her killer a “coward” when he refused to come to court to be sentenced for her murder on Thursday.Koci Selamaj, 36, drove to London from his home in Eastbourne on the south coast to carry out a premeditated attack on a woman after being spurned by his estranged wife. Continue reading...
  
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• Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black woman on US supreme court – as it happened

  07-04-2022 22:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Biden’s nominee is confirmed by Senate in 53-47 voteCalifornia cities spent huge share of Covid relief funds on policeSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailHere’s a handy explainer, courtesy of CNN, about how the supreme court confirmation process works. Essentially, Judge Ketanji Brown’s lifetime appointment to the bench will be confirmed by a simple majority vote of the 100 US senators in the chamber this afternoon.The US Senate is currently ev
  
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• ‘So much joy’: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation lauded as ray of hope

  07-04-2022 22:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Biden speaks of ‘historic moment for our nation’ as Democrats give standing ovation after judge’s ascent to supreme courtPoliticians and activists kept coming back to one word on Thursday after the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US supreme court: joy.After two grim years of a deadly pandemic and a democracy in peril, Jackson’s ascent as the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court was lauded as a much-needed ray of hope. Continue re
  
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• CNN speaks to Ukrainians forcibly deported to Russia

  07-04-2022 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainians fleeing the war tell CNN's Katie Polglase that what they thought would be a passage to safety turned into a harrowing experience as they were forcibly deported to Russia.
  
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• Ada Hegerberg scores hat-trick on Norway return after five-year absence

  07-04-2022 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ada Hegerberg scores a hat-trick on her Norway return after five years away from international football.
  
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• Ketanji Brown Jackson: Who are the justices on the US Supreme Court?

  07-04-2022 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Supreme Court can have a huge impact on everyday American life - do you know who the justices are?
  
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• Zachary Rolfe’s ex-fiancee told detectives he spoke of getting paid holiday if he shot someone, court documents show

  07-04-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Police officer denies making comments, which are alleged in an interview and statement released by Northern Territory supreme courtDownload the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingNorthern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe spoke repeatedly about how he could take a paid holiday if he shot someone while on duty, his former fiancee told detectives, according to a transcript of a police interview and a statement released by the NT supreme court.In the wide-ranging interview the wo
  
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• Union rejects pay rise of £1,500 for BT staff and plans strike ballot

  07-04-2022 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  CWU bosses say increase is relative cut in salary but BT says it is its biggest award in two decadesBT has given 58,000 workers a £1,500 pay rise that it says is its biggest award in two decades, despite its largest union rejecting the deal and saying it intends to ballot members over strike action.Last week BT had a £1,200 pay rise offer rejected by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents about 40,000 of the company’s 100,000 employees, with union bosses descri
  
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• Ukraine war: Russia's Nobel winning editor Muratov doused with paint

  07-04-2022 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is believed the attack is linked to Dmitry Muratov's stance on the Russia-Ukraine war.
  
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• Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman confirmed to US supreme court

  07-04-2022 21:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Jackson confirmed 53 votes to 47, and will become first Black woman to serve in court’s more than 200-year historyKetanji Brown Jackson, a liberal appeals court judge, was confirmed to the supreme court on Thursday, overcoming a rancorous Senate approval process and earning bipartisan approval to become the first Black woman to serve as a justice on the high court in its more than 200-year history.After weeks of private meetings and days of public testimony, marked by intense sparring over
  
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• Seven days, 18,000 deaths: A look at omicron’s deadliest week

  07-04-2022 21:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  No week of the omicron wave saw more deaths than the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5. More than 18,400 deaths were recorded, according to NBC News’ tally.
  
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• Puerto Rico steps into abortion restriction debate

  07-04-2022 21:39
  
  Powerful lawmakers in Puerto Rico are joining conservatives in states across the U.S. mainland in attempting to restrict abortions, alarming feminist groups and others on the island
  
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• Major outage hits Puerto Rico, shuttering schools and offices

  07-04-2022 21:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Puerto Ricans are already frustrated with an electricity system razed by Hurricane Maria. Repairs have been made but reconstruction has been stalled by crumbling infrastructure.
  
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• Judge in New York urged to hold Trump in contempt and fine him $10,000 a day

  07-04-2022 21:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Attorney general Letitia James requests calls for fines until Trump complies with order to turn over files related to his businessesNew York’s attorney general on Thursday asked a state judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court for not turning over documents she subpoenaed for her civil investigation into the former US president’s business practices.In a court filing, attorney general Letitia James said Trump failed to abide by his earlier agreement to comply “in full&rdq
  
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• Israel shooting: Multiple people shot in Tel Aviv 'terrorist' attack, police say

  07-04-2022 21:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Multiple people were shot in Israel's main commercial city Thursday night, leaving several injured in another round of attacks on civilians, authorities said.
  
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• Jackson's road to confirmation reveals divergent paths for 2022 and 2024

  07-04-2022 21:25
  
  The Supreme Court now has its first Black woman justice, and Jackson will serve on the first-ever high court where white men constitute a minority of the membership.
  
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• Family of imprisoned Marine vet Trevor Reed demands proof of life, fears he'll be 'next Otto Warmbier'

  07-04-2022 21:24 via foxnews.com
  
  The parents of U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed, who has been imprisoned in Russia since 2019, are demanding proof from Russian authorities that he's still alive after they have been unable to contact their son for several days.
  
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• Eric Pickles asks Grenfell inquiry not to waste his time but gets death toll wrong

  07-04-2022 21:21 via theguardian.com
  
  72 people were killed in the fire but Pickles said 96, the number who died in the Hillsborough disasterA former cabinet minister has challenged the Grenfell inquiry not to waste his time while giving evidence, before getting the death toll from the disaster wrong.Lord Pickles, who served as secretary of state at the then Department for Communities and Local Government between 2010 and 2015, sparked anger after he advised the inquiry’s senior counsel to “use your time wisely” as
  
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• Ukraine war: Sharing space with the dead - horror outside Chernihiv

  07-04-2022 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC visits Yahidne village, where residents packed in a basement lived alongside corpses for days.
  
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• Video appears to show execution of Russian prisoner by Ukrainian forces

  07-04-2022 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  CNN has geolocated a recent video that appears to show the execution of a Russian prisoner by Ukrainian forces following recent fighting in the Kyiv region.
  
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• Russian troops discussed killing Ukrainian civilians in radio transmissions intercepted by Germany, source says

  07-04-2022 20:54 via cnn.com
  
  Germany's foreign intelligence service told a parliamentary committee Wednesday that it has intercepted radio communications where Russian soldiers talked about shooting soldiers and civilians in Ukraine, a source with knowledge of the meeting said.
  
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• Rabid fox bites nine people on US Capitol Hill

  07-04-2022 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The female fox was euthanised and her three kits were also put down due to possible exposure.
  
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• Russian shelling during war precursor to eastern Ukraine assault, UK officials say

  07-04-2022 20:37 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. moved Thursday to cut American exports to three Russian airlines, the U.N. voted to suspend Russia from its Human Rights Council, and U.K. officials warned of a greater assault on Ukraine.
  
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• UK to announce fresh military aid package for Ukraine

  07-04-2022 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
  UK and Ukrainian ministers met to view missile systems and armoured vehicles that could be used in next phase of fightingRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesBritain is preparing to announce a fresh package of military aid for Ukraine and has demonstrated new missile systems and armoured vehicles that it believes can help Kyiv in the next phases of fighting.Junior defence ministers Jeremy Quin and James Heappey invited Ukraine’s deputy defence minister Volodymyr Havrylov to Salisbury Plain on
  
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• Fears genocidal language in Russian media may prompt more war crimes

  07-04-2022 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  State news agency publishes article decrying ‘Ukrainianism’ as an ‘artificial anti-Russian construct with no civilisational substance’• Russia-Ukraine war: latest updatesTwo days after Russia began its war in Ukraine, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency accidentally published an article celebrating the country’s lightning-quick victory over Kyiv, crowing that the “period of the split of the Russian people is coming to an end”.After a bloody month
  
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• Shock result in particle experiment could spark physics revolution

  07-04-2022 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists find a sub-atomic particle's mass is at odds with one a theory underpinning modern physics.
  
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• Pakistan court orders Imran Khan confidence vote to go ahead

  07-04-2022 20:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Supreme court rules PM acted unconstitutionally in dissolving parliament before confidence votePakistan’s supreme court has dealt a devastating blow to the prime minister, Imran Khan, by ruling that he acted unconstitutionally in dissolving parliament prior to a confidence vote he was expected to lose, and ordering the vote to go ahead this weekend.In the conclusion to a hearing that has gripped Pakistan for the past four days, the chief justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial, said Khan had
  
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• Rome villa with Caravaggio’s only ceiling fresco fails to sell again

  07-04-2022 20:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Sprawling Villa Aurora – at centre of legal battle – attracts no bidders for second time at cut-price €377mFor the second time in three months, a historic Rome villa that contains the only ceiling fresco ever painted by the Renaissance master and famed scoundrel Caravaggio has failed to attract a bidder.More than four centuries after his death at the age of 38, the man known during his lifetime for his fistfights, arrests and lawsuits as much as for producing what would become m
  
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• Ketanji Brown Jackson: US Senate votes to confirm judge to top court

  07-04-2022 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The historic vote means Judge Jackson will be the first black female justice to serve on the court.
  
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• Video appears to show Ukrainian soldiers shooting Russian prisoner of war

  07-04-2022 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  The BBC has confirmed the location west of Kyiv and found satellite images showing bodies on the groundRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesSoldiers fighting for Ukraine appear to shoot a Russian prisoner of war outside a village west of Kyiv in a video posted online.The footage was originally shared on social media app Telegram. The New York Times said it had verified the video and the BBC said it had confirmed the location north of the town of Dmytrivka and found satellite images showing bodies o
  
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• ‘Judge Jackson stands on the shoulders of giants’: women of color on a day to celebrate

  07-04-2022 20:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Ketani Brown Jackson becomes the first Black female justice on US’s highest legal body after her confirmation passes 53-47Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the US supreme court has passed the Senate and she will now become the first Black female justice on America’s highest legal body after being nominated by Joe Biden earlier this year.Jackson’s nomination has been widely praised by women of color, especially after she sustained grueling confirmation hearings at the
  
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• Republicans’ ugly attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson show lurch to far right

  07-04-2022 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The QAnon-tinged questioning at the hearings for the supreme court justice displayed a party in thrall to conspiracy theoriesJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson reached a historic milestone on Thursday, becoming the first Black woman ever appointed to the US supreme court. But before Jackson could be confirmed, she first had to navigate a brutal opposition campaign from far-right critics who challenged her credentials and outlandishly accused her of supporting child abuse.The bareknuckle tactics used by
  
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• UN relief chief: Getting civilians out of Mariupol an almost impossible task

  07-04-2022 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths discusses with Christiane Amanpour his efforts to bring about a humanitarian cease fire in Ukraine.
  
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• US help: Pentagon giving intel to Ukraine for operations in Donbas

  07-04-2022 19:53 via cnn.com
  
  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said publicly for the first time Thursday that the US is providing intelligence to Ukrainian forces to conduct operations in the Donbas region.
  
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• These are the four people launching on SpaceX's first ISS space tourism mission

  07-04-2022 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX is heading back to the launch pad, this time to put a group of four private citizens into orbit for a first-of-its-kind trip to the International Space Station.
  
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• New York AG asks court to hold Donald Trump in contempt

  07-04-2022 19:47 via cnn.com
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a New York court on Thursday to hold former President Donald Trump in civil contempt for allegedly failing to comply with a court order that he turn over certain documents for her investigation.
  
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• Mystery of alleged Chinese hack on eve of Ukraine invasion

  07-04-2022 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A western intelligence official believes the aim was espionage - but questions remain.
  
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• Trial of Greek pilot accused of murdering British wife Caroline Crouch to begin

  07-04-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Babis Anagnostopoulos alleged to have confessed to Athens murder and to hanging puppyThe trial of a Greek helicopter pilot accused of strangling his British wife as she slept next to their baby daughter is due to begin on Friday in Athens. Nearly a year after Caroline Crouch was found dead in the couple’s maisonette, her husband, who had originally tried to blame the murder on ruthless “foreign thieves”, will appear before a mixed jury court in the Greek capital. It will be the
  
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• Frog numbers in Queensland leaping ‘through the roof’ in record-breaking wet season

  07-04-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Several endangered frog species have been sighted as flooding and non-stop rain create perfect conditions for them to breed and feedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesWhile many people are getting tired of the rain, frogs appear to be making the most of the damp conditions.A record-breaking wet season in Queensland has provided many frog species with ideal breeding conditions. Continue reading...
  
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• Former judge’s associate says she was forced out of job after relationship with Tasmanian judge revealed

  07-04-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Woman’s lawyer says she suffered ‘punitive sanctions without any fair process’to deal with conflict of interest in court workplaceGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesA former supreme court associate who says she was forced out of her job after it was revealed she was in a sexual relationship with a Tasmanian judge has lodged a complaint with the state’s equal opportunity commission.Sarah Gregory wa
  
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• Craig Kelly billed taxpayers to fly to Melbourne anti-lockdown rallies

  07-04-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  UAP leader defends the travel expenses, saying his activities at the protests were parliamentary businessGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesCraig Kelly is being investigated for billing taxpayers to fly to anti-vaccine mandate, anti-lockdown rallies in Melbourne, internal records show.Kelly, the leader of the United Australia party, charged taxpayers for his flights to and from Melbourne for two rallies in November and D
  
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• Australian Border Force searched 822 phones in 2021 despite having no power to demand passcodes

  07-04-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Greens digital rights spokesperson says officers should be required to get a warrant before going through travellers’ mobile phonesFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralian Border Force officials searched 822 travellers’ mobile phones in 2021, despite admitting it has no power to force arrivals to give them the passcode to their devices.In January, Sydney software developer James told Guardian Australia t
  
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• Turkey to send case against Khashoggi’s alleged killers to Saudi Arabia

  07-04-2022 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspension of trial reflects President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s desire to strengthen trade and political links with Middle EastA Turkish court has confirmed a request from prosecutors to transfer the case against the alleged assassins of Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, shutting down a trial that had been a centrepiece of attempts to cast light on the plot and expose the hit squad’s ultimate leader.The move ends any meaningful hope of securing justice and paves the way for a polit
  
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