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• Beach bum? No, bear! Florida sunbathers shocked by ursine oceangoer

  11-06-2023 23:36 via theguardian.com
  
  A black bear was sighted in the Gulf of Mexico before it decampedinto the nearby dunes to the astonishment of beachgoersFlorida beachgoers have long been accustomed to the threats from sharks in their warm waters, but bathers at Destin recently got a surreal shock when they saw a black bear emerge from the surf and amble on to the beach.Local TV station WMBB reported that stunned onlookers saw the bear, which appeared to be a youngster, swimming in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and headi
  
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• Families of East Sussex couple pay tribute to ‘funny and loving pair’

  11-06-2023 23:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Derek Martin to appear in court charged with murder after Josh and Chloe Bashford found dead at homeThe families of a married couple who were found dead at their home have paid tribute to the “funny and loving pair” as a man is due to appear in court charged with their murder.The bodies of Josh Bashford, 33, and 30-year-old Chloe were found at their home in Newhaven, East Sussex, on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Minister for London Paul Scully fails to make Tory shortlist to run for city mayor

  11-06-2023 23:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Scully had been seen as a frontrunner for next year’s electoral race against Labour incumbent Sadiq KhanThe minister for London, Paul Scully, has failed to make the shortlist to be the Conservative candidate to run for the city’s mayor. Scully had previously been seen as a possible frontrunner for next year’s electoral race against the Labour incumbent, Sadiq Khan.The shadow health minister, Wes Streeting, said the Tories had avoided selecting Scully – the only MP on the
  
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• Fears that Republicans’ rhetoric after Trump indictment could spark violence

  11-06-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘An eye for an eye’, said Arizona congressman, while another representative from Louisiana gave militaristic instructionsBelligerent and conspiracy-laden rhetoric from high-profile Republican backers of Donald Trump has heightened fears that the former US president’s campaign against his legal troubles could trigger political violence.Fewer than 24 hours after Donald Trump was indicted, Arizona congressman Andy Biggs went on Twitter and used violent language to call for retribu
  
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• Michael Travis Leake, US musician, detained in Russia

  11-06-2023 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russian state television broadcast footage from Mr Leake's trial that showed him locked in a metal cage.
  
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• Poor air quality returns to US north-east from Canada wildfires

  11-06-2023 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  New York City, parts of Pennsylvania and Baltimore all issued warnings as 421 wildfires continue to burn up northPoor air quality returned to the north-east US on Sunday, although it was nowhere near as bad as the heavy haze that recently shrouded the region and triggered global headlines as wind-borne smoke from raging Canadian wildfires caused orange skies, thick smog and record-setting pollutant levels.On Sunday morning, a smoke plume moved across New York City, leaving the air quality index
  
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• Surbiton Trophy 2023 results: Andy Murray beats Jurij Rodionov to claim grass-court title

  11-06-2023 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Andy Murray claims his first grass-court singles title for seven years with victory over Jurij Rodionov in the Surbiton Trophy final.
  
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• Conor McGregor stunt: Mascots being punched 'not the brightest thing' says UFC's Dana White

  11-06-2023 21:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mascots being punched is not "the brightest thing in the world", UFC boss Dana White says after Conor McGregor reportedly injured an NBA mascot in a promotional stunt.
  
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• ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski died by suicide in prison – report

  11-06-2023 20:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Harvard-educated mathematician carried out a 17-year solitary bombing spree that killed three people and injured 23 othersTed Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber”, who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found unresponsive in his cell at the federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina, ar
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine says flood evacuees killed by Russian attack – as it happened

  11-06-2023 20:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Three people killed and 10 wounded after a boat heading to Kherson is shelled; about 100 captured soldiers from each side are returnedRussian forces blew up the Khakhovka dam to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing in the southern Kherson region, Kyiv’s deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar said on Sunday.Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up the dam from inside its associated hydroelectric power station. The site has been under Russian occupation since the early weeks of the
  
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• French Open 2023 results: Novak Djokovic beats Casper Ruud to win Paris title and claim 23rd major

  11-06-2023 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Novak Djokovic shows his greatness once again by beating Casper Ruud to win the French Open and claim a men's record 23rd Grand Slam title.
  
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• Colombian plane crash: mother told children to leave her so they could survive

  11-06-2023 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Details of woman’s final days emerge after four siblings rescued following almost six weeks in Amazon jungleThe mother of the four young Colombian siblings who managed to survive for almost six weeks in the Amazon jungle clung to life for four days after their plane crashed before telling her children to leave her in the hope of improving their chances of being rescued.Details of the woman’s final days came as further information emerged about the children’s astonishing feat of
  
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• Kherson flooding: Ukraine evacuation boat attacked by Russia, killing three

  11-06-2023 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of people have been trapped on the Russia-held eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
  
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• Ukraine claims to have liberated three frontline villages in Donetsk

  11-06-2023 19:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Soldiers filmed raising Ukrainian flag and banner in villages, a week after launch of counteroffensiveRussia-Ukraine war: latest news updatesUkraine’s armed forces have claimed to have liberated three frontline villages in western Donetsk, almost a week after the launch of counteroffensive operations.Soldiers were shown in video footage raising he Ukrainian flag over the village of Blahodatne, south of the town of Velyka Novosilka, one of the main axes of the counteroffensive so far. Troop
  
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• Trudeau’s foreign interference investigator resigns after media leaks of China's meddling in Canada elections

  11-06-2023 19:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau’s special investigator on foreign interference resigned amid controversy over leaked information about China’s alleged meddling in Canada’s elections.  "When I undertook the task of independent special rapporteur on foreign interference, my objective was to help build trust in our democratic institutions," David Johnston, whom Trudeau appointed as "independent special rapporteur on foreign interference," in March, wrote in his resign
  
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• US musician arrested in Moscow bewildered at drugs charges

  11-06-2023 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Travis Michael Leake, described as someone who loves Russia, says ‘I don’t understand why I’m here. I do not admit my guilt’A US citizen arrested in Russia on drugs charges this week is a military veteran who lived in Moscow for nearly a decade, working as a musician, rock band manager and appearing in an interview with the late food and travel journalist Anthony Bourdain.Travis Michael Leake and a friend, Valeria Grobanyuk, were arrested in a drugs raid that has the pote
  
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• China’s Palestinian moment is about global standing rather than peace

  11-06-2023 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Experts quash claims by Beijing that the Palestinian Authority president’s visit will facilitate new Israeli-Palestinian peace talksThe Palestinian Authority president’s imminent state visit to China is believed even by senior Palestinian officials to be aimed at bolstering Beijing’s credentials on the world stage, rather than a serious attempt to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.Mahmoud Abbas’s four-day visit, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, has been
  
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• How 4 children survived 40 days in hostile Colombian jungle

  11-06-2023 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The youngsters defied the odds in a part of the Amazon rainforest home to jaguars and wild dogs.
  
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• George Soros hands control of multi-billion foundation to son

  11-06-2023 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  George Soros, 92, hands over reins of Open Society Foundations to ‘more political’ 37-year-oldThe financier George Soros, the billionaire investor and liberal donor, has handed control of his multi-billion-dollar foundation to his son, Alexander.The 92-year-old, who memorably made $1bn betting against the British pound and “breaking the Bank of England” in a catastrophic financial event in 1992 that became known as Black Wednesday, had said previously that he did not want
  
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• Connecticut man paralyzed in police ride last year awarded $45m

  11-06-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers didn’t secure Randy Cox when transporting him, and when vehicle braked suddenly he hit his head and fractured his spineA Connecticut man who was left partially paralyzed while in police custody last year has reached a $45m settlement with the city of New Haven.Last June, 36-year-old Randy Cox was arrested on charges of illegal handgun possession and was put into a police transport van without any seatbelts. Continue reading...
  
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• EU may give Tunisia more than €1bn in aid to help finances and stem migration

  11-06-2023 18:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Ursula von der Leyen says €900m will be macrofinancial assistance while €105m will help combat people-smugglingThe European Union is considering providing more than €1bn (£850m) in aid for Tunisia to rescue state finances and deal with a migration crisis, the EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.Speaking in Tunisia, Von der Leyen said €900m would be macrofinancial assistance while an immediate €150m would support a reform agenda set by the In
  
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• Man attacked, beaten with bottle by squatters who took over vacation home

  11-06-2023 18:10 via foxnews.com
  
  A British man who owns a home in Spain was brutally attacked by squatters who allegedly took over his Spanish home while he was in the U.K., according to European news reports.  Identified only as Michael, the 52-year-old British man reportedly flew from his home in Liverpool to a vacation home in the Costa del Sol region of Spain last month after neighbors alerted him that squatters had taken over his property, according to Euro Weekly News.  "They called him and asked him if he had r
  
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• Philadelphia Interstate 95 freeway partially collapses following underpass fire

  11-06-2023 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aerial images show the partial disintegration caused by an oil tanker fire underneath the I-95 highway.
  
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• Three British tourists missing in Egypt after boat catches fire

  11-06-2023 17:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Search party launched after 12 British nationals and 12 Egyptian crewmembers aboard scuba diving vessel rescuedThree British tourists are missing after a scuba diving boat they were cruising in caught fire off Egypt’s Red Sea coastline on Sunday, authorities have said.A further 12 British nationals were rescued along with 12 Egyptian crew members and were brought to safety at the nearby diving resort of Marsa Shagra, about 13 miles (21km) north of the town of Marsa Alam, according to a sta
  
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• Following Kakhovka dam collapse in Ukraine US combat vets organization saving residents amid flooding

  11-06-2023 17:06 via foxnews.com
  
  A Tampa-based nonprofit is on the ground in Kherson, Ukraine, rescuing residents impacted by the collapse of the Kakhovka dam. Project Dynamo, a combat-veteran-led international rescue organization, has been in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022 and primarily works in the occupied areas. "The bulk of our operations have been in the south, we've done a lot of things in the east also, but about 80% or more of our operations have been in Russian-occupied Ukraine, in the southern province
  
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• World Test Championship: India captain Rohit Sharma wants final to be three-match series

  11-06-2023 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India captain Rohit Sharma would "love" the World Test Championship final to be a three-match series rather than a one-off match.
  
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• ‘Wild west’: Australia’s would-be tenants asked about tattoos and social media as calls grow for regulation

  11-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Another renter was told to provide a year’s worth of bank statements, with NSW minister saying applicants ‘rightly feel uneasy’ about data collectionFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThere are growing calls to regulate the personal information real estate agents can request from potential tenants, with renters asked to hand over 12 months’ worth of bank statements, their perso
  
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• ‘Decades of neglect’: calls for social housing quota on new Victorian developments as homelessness rises

  11-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Proposal from the Council to Homeless Persons comes as analysis shows huge increases in homelessness levels in some regions, with one rising 465%Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEvery new property development in Victoria should include a mandatory quota of social housing, according to advocates for homeless people who have released new analysis showing spikes in homelessness across the regions and o
  
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• Calls for ‘comprehensive ban’ on sports gambling ads in Australia as inquiry’s report looms

  11-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Tim Costello hopeful of bipartisanship on issue to ‘break the grip’ of saturation advertisingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government has been urged to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to clamp down on gambling advertising, as anti-gambling advocates and public health experts await the outcome of a parliamentary inquiry that is expected to issue policy recommend
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon arrested in SNP finances inquiry

  11-06-2023 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland's former first minister attended a police interview on Sunday before being arrested by detectives.
  
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• Taliban used military vehicles supplied to former Afghan security forces by US in recent Iran skirmish: report

  11-06-2023 16:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Last week, in the aftermath of a deadly confrontation between Iranian and Taliban border guards, videos across social media platforms showed large numbers of Taliban military trucks and tanks purportedly heading to the border with Iran.  The Taliban "deployed M117 Armored Security Vehicles, M113 Armored Personnel Carriers, MaxxPro Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs), and Humvees to the Iranian border," Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, t
  
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• World Test Championship: Winning Ashes after Test title would be 'legacy-defining' - Pat Cummins

  11-06-2023 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After winning the World Test Championship final, Australia are aiming for a historic Ashes victory, says captain Pat Cummins.
  
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• ChatGPT delivers sermon to packed German church, tells congregants not to fear death

  11-06-2023 16:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Hundreds attended a Protestant church service Friday in Germany generated almost entirely by artificial intelligence, with a sermon presented by the AI chatbot ChatGPT. The chatbot, which presented as a Black man with a beard above the altar of St. Paul's Church in Fürth, Bavaria, told the packed congregation not to fear death, according to the Associated Press. "Dear friends, it is an honor for me to stand here and preach to you as the first artificial intelligence at this year's conventio
  
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• Crowds in Annecy honour those who risked their lives to tackle attacker

  11-06-2023 16:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Town’s mayor praised ‘courage and professionalism’ of those who fought the assailant, as people lay flowersHundreds of residents have gathered in Annecy to honour those who risked their lives trying to tackle a man accused of stabbing four toddlers and two adults at a playground in the south-eastern French city last week.As people laid flowers in the same park where Thursday’s attack took place, Annecy’s mayor, François Astorg, praised the “courage and
  
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• Three Britons missing after Egypt boat fire

  11-06-2023 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twelve other Britons were rescued after a fire on a boat which was on a cruise in the Egyptian Red Sea.
  
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• World Test Championship: Australia beat India in final at The Oval

  11-06-2023 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australia win the World Test Championship by ruthlessly dismantling India on the fifth day of the final at The Oval.
  
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• Ukraine war: Russia moves to take direct control of Wagner Group

  11-06-2023 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It appears to be the latest in a public falling out between the Wagner boss and Russian officials.
  
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• Amazon plane crash children reunited with family after 40 days in jungle

  11-06-2023 14:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Relatives and Colombian president visit survivors in hospital, where grandfather says they are ‘shattered but in good hands’The four young Colombian siblings who managed to survive for 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have been reunited with their family as further details emerged of their astonishing feat of endurance.The children’s grandfather, Fidencio Valencia, who visited them in the Bogotá hospital where they are recuperating, said they were &
  
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• Taiwan scrambles jets as Chinese war party crosses median line for second time in days

  11-06-2023 14:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Taiwan's air force scrambled fighter jets Sunday after a war party of 10 Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait for the second time in days. Taiwanese officials say they detected 24 Chinese fighter jets and bombers in the air, but only 10 crossed the median line. The line has long served as a barrier for both Tiawanese and Chinese forces, but Beijing has grown increasingly belligerent in recent months and has crossed the line multiple times. China also deployed four warshi
  
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• Brittney Griner, Mercury teammates confronted at airport by 'provocateur,' WNBA says

  11-06-2023 13:50
  
  The WNBA says Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday
  
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• 'Man City among the greatest sides I have seen - but who are yours?'

  11-06-2023 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Following Manchester City's Treble, Phil McNulty reflects on the greatest football sides he has ever seen and asks you for your suggestions.
  
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• Travel encounters show how US treats Puerto Ricans as ‘second-class citizens’

  11-06-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Prejudice abounds in spate of Puerto Ricans being denied services in contiguous US despite being American citizens They were denied prepaid car rentals, blocked from buying drinks at a grocery, and prohibited from boarding their flight in different parts of the US.All were from Puerto Rico, whose residents have been American citizens since 1917. But all were recently mistaken for international travelers lacking proper identification and denied services for which they had already paid, highlighti
  
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• Driverless cars: Researcher disguises himself as car seat in study

  11-06-2023 10:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study into driverless cars has used a "ghost driver" to record other road user's responses.
  
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• Conor McGregor knocks out Heat mascot at NBA Finals

  11-06-2023 10:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former UFC champion Conor McGregor knocked out the Miami Heat mascot in a midgame bit that went wrong.
  
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• Donald Trump still headline act for Republicans, despite charges

  11-06-2023 09:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former US president appeared unfazed by his indictment at a party convention in North Carolina.
  
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• Stone-skimming: 'How I became one of the best in the world'

  11-06-2023 08:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Christina Bravery defies the laws of physics for ultimate stone-skimming success.
  
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• DeSantis gets Oklahoma governor's endorsement at Tulsa appearance

  11-06-2023 04:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republican Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt endorsed his Florida counterpart, Gov.
  
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• China has been spying on the U.S. from Cuba for years, Biden administration official says

  11-06-2023 04:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  China has long spied on the U.S. from Cuba, said an administration official. A Wall Street Journal story had said there was a new eavesdropping deal between China and Cuba.
  
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• Brittney Griner, teammates confronted at airport by ‘provocateur,’ WNBA says

  11-06-2023 04:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Brittney Griner and her Phoenix Mercury teammates were confronted by a “provocateur” at a Dallas airport on Saturday, the WNBA said.
  
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• Trump delivers fiery post-indictment speech: 'They're coming after you'

  11-06-2023 03:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump went on the offense in a fiery speech at the Georgia GOP's annual conference Saturday, attacking the government for the classified documents indictment.
  
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