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• Italian descendants to receive reparations 80 years after Nazis hanged family members in Fornelli

  03-09-2023 23:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Nearly 80 years after German Nazis kicked off a violent occupation against its former ally Italy, some of the relatives of six civilians hanged on a hillside for killing a soldier foraging for food will be paid a portion of $12 million euros for reparations. The six civilians were put to death in Fornelli, which is in southern Italy, and the reparations were awarded for the families’ trauma by an Italian court. "We still mark the event every year. It hasn't been forgotten," Mauro Petrarca,
  
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• Neo-Nazi groups spew hate outside Disney World and near Orlando, officials say

  03-09-2023 23:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Groups of neo-Nazis and white supremacists spread antisemitic, white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ messages outside Disney World and in the nearby Orlando, Florida, area Saturday in the latest examples of rising antisemitism in the U.S., officials said.
  
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• Metallica postpones Arizona concert after James Hetfield tests positive for COVID-19

  03-09-2023 23:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Lead singer James Hetfield has tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Man let 10-year-old son drive pickup truck on freeway, police say

  03-09-2023 22:27 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Authorities say a man has been arrested after allowing his 10-year-old son to drive a pickup truck on a Phoenix-area freeway
  
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• US falls to Lithuania at Basketball World Cup but still qualifies for Paris Olympics

  03-09-2023 22:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The loss won't keep the U.S. from going to the Paris Olympics next summer.
  
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• Algeria says its coastguard fired warning shots before killing jetski riders

  03-09-2023 22:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Defence ministry releases its version of events five days after two dual French-Moroccan men were shot dead on entering Algerian watersAlgeria’s defence ministry has said its coastguard fired warning shots before firing directly at a man on a jetski who entered Algerian waters, in an incident that a survivor said left two dead.The incident took place on Tuesday after five men strayed into Algerian waters on jetskis near the Moroccan coastal resort of Saïdia on Algeria’s border,
  
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• 'Margaritaville' singer Jimmy Buffett dies at 76

  03-09-2023 21:52 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Jimmy Buffett -- famed singer, songwriter, musician and mogul -- has passed away at the age of 76.
  
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• Gold Star mother on Biden at dignified transfer ceremony: 'Total disrespect'

  03-09-2023 19:53 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Three family members of service members killed in the Abbey Gate suicide bombing in Afghanistan share their grief and their calls for answers two years after the attack
  
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• Why Wisconsin Republicans may impeach a new state Supreme Court justice

  03-09-2023 18:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Republicans are talking about impeaching a justice before she's heard a case.
  
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• WATCH: Deer rescued by police after being stuck in pool

  03-09-2023 17:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Bodycam footage shows the moment police helped rescue a deer that fell into a pool in Massachusetts.
  
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• Ukraine War: Counter-offensive troops punch through Russia line, generals claim

  03-09-2023 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kyiv says its troops are gaining momentum in what continues to be a lengthy and bloody counter-offensive.
  
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• For small biz reliant on summer tourism, extreme weather is the new pandemic

  03-09-2023 16:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  For small businesses that rely on summer tourism to keep afloat, extreme weather is replacing the pandemic as the determining factor in how well a summer will go
  
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• Max Verstappen wins 10 races in a row, breaking Formula 1 record

  03-09-2023 16:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen made history Sunday with a 10th consecutive win, continuing a season of extraordinary dominance with a victory in the Italian Grand Prix.
  
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• Rishi Sunak rules out quick-fix trade deal with India

  03-09-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Sources believe deal will not be struck before meeting with Narendra Modi at G20 summitRishi Sunak has ruled out a quick-fix trade deal with India, making it impossible to get an agreement over the line in time for this week’s G20 summit in Delhi – and possibly even by next year’s elections.Multiple sources close to the negotiations said the prime minister has rejected the idea of an “early harvest” deal, which could have lowered tariffs on goods such as
  
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• How Zooey Zephyr, Montana's first trans legislator, became a national celebrity

  03-09-2023 16:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr’s Republican colleagues silenced her in the state, but they inadvertently amplified her message across the country.
  
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• A UK trade deal with India was promised by last October. Why is it still not ready?

  03-09-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Successive prime ministers have failed to achieve what they see as one of the great dividends offered by BrexitLiz Truss bowled into Downing Street last summer with a promise to rip up much of what her predecessor Boris Johnson had done. However, one goal remained: she insisted, as Johnson had done, she could deliver a free trade deal with India by Diwali in October.Whitehall officials were dismayed, therefore, when they received the latest set of demands from Indian negotiators. It was not that
  
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• Eritrean migrants involved in violent clashes should be deported, Israel’s Netanyahu says

  03-09-2023 15:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  After violent clashes between Eritrean migrants in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he wants those involved to be deported.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Erdoğan’s Russia visit vital for grain deal, Turkey says; Kremlin ‘exploiting foreigners in recruitment drive’

  03-09-2023 15:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vladimir Putin to focus on grain deal on Monday; Kremlin views migrants from central Asia as recruits, UK intelligence saysWhat we know on day 557 of the invasionThe prosecutor general’s office reported that Russian forces shelled the city of Seredyna-Buda in Sumy, northern Ukraine, on Saturday, killing one person and injuring three others, the Kyiv Independent reports.These claims have not yet been independently verified.Russian terrorists continue to attack
  
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• UK solar could be ‘dumping ground’ for products of Chinese forced labour, ministers warned

  03-09-2023 15:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Energy bill amendment requires large solar energy projects to prove supply chain free of slave labourThe UK risks becoming a dumping ground for the products of forced labour from Xinjiang province in China if it rejects reforms by members of the foreign affairs select committee with cross-party support, ministers have been warned.An amendment to the energy bill, due to be debated on Tuesday, would require solar energy companies to prove their supply chains are free of slave labour. Continue read
  
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• Florida judge strikes down DeSantis-backed voting map as unconstitutional

  03-09-2023 15:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Circuit court judge rules proposal ‘results in the diminishment of Black voters’ ability to elect their candidate of choice’A judge in Florida has ruled in favor of voting rights groups that filed a lawsuit against a congressional redistricting map approved by Ron DeSantis in 2022. Voting rights groups had criticized the map for diluting political power in Black communities.In the ruling, Leon county circuit judge J Lee Marsh sent the map back to the Florida legislature to be r
  
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• Ex-Nationwide teller in London jailed for part in £130,000 bank fraud

  03-09-2023 14:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Nathan Gilbert, of Enfield, changed the account details of customers and fraudulently issued passbooksA former bank employee who worked in a London branch of Nationwide has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for his part in a £130,000 bank fraud.Nathan Gilbert, 26, of Enfield, north London, who was said to have abused his position of trust at the bank, pleaded guilty to committing fraud at Southwark crown court and was sentenced earlier this year. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Swikini’ and self-cleaning path among UK inventions in 2022

  03-09-2023 14:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis of patent applications also reveals invention that only delivers text messages when you’re in the right moodA swimsuit designed to look like a bikini, a system to make sure you never get sad text messages when you’re feeling low and a path that automatically washes away dog mess were just some of the creative ideas UK-based inventors came up with in 2022.A Guardian analysis of the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) register found 6,416 patent applications register
  
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• Officials investigate death at Burning Man as thousands stranded by floods

  03-09-2023 14:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Sheriff’s office offers few details but says death occurred during festival in Nevada desert, where storms turned ground to mudAuthorities in Nevada were investigating a death at the site of the Burning Man festival where thousands of attendees remained stranded Saturday night as flooding from storms swept through the Nevada desert.Organizers closed vehicular access to the counterculture festival and attendees trudged through mud, many barefoot or wearing plastic bags on their feet. The re
  
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• Highest daily number of Channel small-boat crossings for 2023 recorded

  03-09-2023 14:33 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 800 people made the journey on Saturday, bringing the total for the year so far to almost 21,000More than 800 people crossed the Channel in small boats on Saturday, the highest number on a single day so far this year.The latest provisional government data put the figure at 872 people in 15 vessels, suggesting an average of about 58 people in each one. Continue reading...
  
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• Expect inflation blip but our plan is working, says Jeremy Hunt

  03-09-2023 14:29 via theguardian.com
  
  With figures for August about to be published, chancellor insists rate will soon fall to about 5%Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said there may be a “blip” in inflation in September.His concession comes despite his insistence that the government’s plan to reduce inflation is working. Continue reading...
  
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• Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in Taiwan with ‘intense’ wind and rain

  03-09-2023 14:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands of homes without power and nearly 4,000 people have been evacuated from high-risk areasTyphoon Haikui has made landfall in eastern Taiwan, unleashing torrential downpours, whipping winds and plunging thousands of households into darkness as the first big storm to directly hit the island in four years.Nearly 4,000 people have been evacuated from high-risk areas, hundreds of flights cancelled and businesses closed in preparation for the storm. Continue reading...
  
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• The state elections to watch now for clues about what to expect in 2024

  03-09-2023 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 2024 presidential election is already heating up.
  
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• Loch Ness monster hunters release findings of biggest search in decades

  03-09-2023 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Loch Ness monster hunters who gathered in Scotland last month released their findings of what might lurk beneath the waters in the Scottish Highlands.  "This excitement this weekend has proven that the ongoing hunt for the Loch Ness Monster is still very much alive and continues to draw and attract a global audience, from America, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and more," Paul Nixon, general manager of the Loch Ness Centre, said in a press release provided to Fox News Digital.  "We all w
  
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• Afghan allies who risked lives to help US lost in red tape

  03-09-2023 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  In August 2021, Sayyid, whose name has been changed for his protection, watched in terror as the Taliban assumed power in Afghanistan. The former field support representative for a U.S. company told Fox News Digital he felt "like a prisoner … sentenced to hanging." For four years, Sayyid said, he supported "fielding, installation, operation training and maintenance of the entire Afghan military and police [radio] network systems." Supporting the Afghan military meant that employees of the
  
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• France planning to ban disposable vapes in effort to combat smoking

  03-09-2023 13:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Ban follows similar measures in Germany, Australia and New Zealand amid concern over health effects of sweet flavoured e-cigarettesDisposable vapes will be banned in France as part of a national plan to combat smoking, the prime minister Élisabeth Borne said on Sunday.She told broadcaster RTL that the government would “soon present a new national plan to fight against smoking with, in particular, the prohibition of disposable electronic cigarettes, the famous ‘puffs’ whi
  
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• Sudan: at least 25 civilians killed in weekend attacks on Khartoum

  03-09-2023 13:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Airstrikes and artillery and rocket fire reported as clashes between armed forces and paramilitaries shows no sign of abatingTwenty-five civilians were killed in attacks in Khartoum over the weekend, as the violence showed no signs of abating after nearly five months of war.Five civilians died on Sunday when bombs that “fell on their homes” in the Sudanese capital, a medical source said, a day after an airstrike in the south of the city killed at least 20. Continue reading...
  
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• Airstrike in Khartoum kills 20 civilians, activists in Sudan say

  03-09-2023 13:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Artillery and rocket fire also reported as fighting between armed forces and paramilitaries shows no sign of abatingResidents of Khartoum woke to artillery and rocket fire on Sunday, hours after an airstrike in the south of the city killed at least 20 civilians including two children, according to Sudanese activists.“The death toll from the aerial bombardment” in southern Khartoum “has risen to 20 civilian fatalities,” according to a statement by the neighbourhood’s
  
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• Jeremy Hunt vows to ‘spend what it takes’ to tackle school concrete crisis

  03-09-2023 13:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor says asbestos in some of same buildings could complicate efforts to fix Raac problem in EnglandJeremy Hunt has promised to “spend what it takes” to deal with the crumbling concrete crisis, as he admitted ministers were also responding to fears the problem was compounded by the longstanding asbestos problem in schools.Asbestos, which is believed may be present in some of the same buildings affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), could complicate the issue
  
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• Voters won’t trust Labour if it backs Tory pollution plans, green groups warn

  03-09-2023 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Party’s apparent support for Tory move to axe controls on pollution caused by housebuilders is condemned by a range of environmental organisationsLabour will “lose public trust” over moves to clean up the environment if it continues to back Tory plans to scrap pollution rules for housebuilders, green groups have said.Secretaries of state Michael Gove and Thérèse Coffey last week tabled an amendment to the levelling up bill removing rules that require local council
  
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• Iran jails two female journalists over ‘conspiracy and collusion’

  03-09-2023 12:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Negin Bagheri and Elnaz Mohammadi receive three-year sentences but will spend about a month in prisonTwo female Iranian journalists will spend about a month in prison as part of a three-year partly suspended sentence for “conspiracy” and “collusion”, local media reported on Sunday.Negin Bagheri and Elnaz Mohammadi will serve one-fortieth of the term, or less than a month, in prison, their lawyer, Amir Raisian, told the reformist Ham Mihan daily newspaper, where Mohammadi
  
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• Sent home: how Kenyan’s dream of life as a UK care worker turned sour

  03-09-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Anthony Mbare found his tied visa put him at mercy of his bosses. He is one of thousands who have come to plug shortages in adult social careIt is a bitter November night and Anthony Mbare is shivering in a car in rural Wiltshire, south-west England, waiting to see his next client.It’s 3C and he has been here for almost two hours but he cannot turn on the heater because the car battery might die. A petrol-station coffee to warm him up is £3 he cannot afford. He blows on his hands, wr
  
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• Can Mark Thompson revive CNN’s struggling fortunes?

  03-09-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The former BBC and New York Times chief has been tasked with revitalizing a news network that seems to have lost its wayIn late summer, CNN found itself in crisis. Under the disastrous tenure of chief executive Chris Licht, the news channel had seen top anchors leave and ratings plunge.Behind the scenes, CNN staff were grumbling about an apparent attempt to move the network’s political coverage to a rapidly disappearing center – an effort typified by the widely criticized decision to
  
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• Burning Man festival-goers trapped in desert as rain turns site to mud

  03-09-2023 11:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Tens of thousands of ‘burners’ urged to conserve food and water as rain and flash floods sweep NevadaTens of thousands of “burners” at the Burning Man festival have been told to stay in the camps, conserve food and water and are being blocked from leaving Nevada’s Black Rock desert after a slow-moving rainstorm turned the event into a mud bath.Organizers responding to the unusual weather indicated the closures could endure, as local reports described the conditions
  
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• Heath Streak: Former Zimbabwe captain & coach dies aged 49

  03-09-2023 11:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Zimbabwe captain and coach Heath Streak, who had been suffering from colon cancer, dies at the age of 49.
  
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• Burning Man: Police investigating death during heavy rain

  03-09-2023 11:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people remain stuck at the event in Nevada and could remain so for several more days.
  
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• ‘We can’t take any of this for granted’: Gaza’s fight to keep its treasures safe at home

  03-09-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Local archaeologists dedicate their lives to protect priceless artefacts from smugglers, Hamas and Israeli attacks in a land at history’s crossroadsThere is considerable debate over the origin of the name Gaza. Some etymologists trace it back to azaz, which means “strong” in Semitic languages; other accounts believe it derives from the Persian word ganj, which means “treasure”.It’s true that you almost can’t move for ancient treasures in the tiny blockad
  
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• Biden's big gamble: Staying quiet about Trump

  03-09-2023 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden rarely utters Trump's name and declines to punch back when given the opportunity. It has some Democrats worried.
  
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• Paul McCartney: Global search for missing Beatles' 1961 Höfner guitar

  03-09-2023 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The famous instrument featured in some of The Beatles biggest hits, but disappeared in 1969.
  
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• Jude Bellingham starring in early Real Madrid career with five goals in four games

  03-09-2023 08:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jude Bellingham scores on his Bernabeu debut to maintain an incredible start to his Real Madrid career.
  
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• Major Australian ski resort Perisher closes some lifts for season ‘ahead of schedule’ due to lack of snow

  03-09-2023 08:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Decision comes after Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the warmest winter since official records beganGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPerisher ski resort will stop operating lifts at two of its four areas on Sunday afternoon due to a lack of snow, signalling an early end to the season.The decision to close Blue Cow and Guthega areas came as the Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the warmest winter since official records began in 1910, with average daily temper
  
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• Police officer praised for reviving baby during traffic stop in suburban Detroit

  03-09-2023 08:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  He saved the life of an 18-month-old boy after he stopped a car for speeding.
  
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• ‘Then the black rain fell’: survivor’s recollections of Hiroshima inspire new film

  03-09-2023 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The 230-page unpublished memoir will reflect the horrors suffered by ordinary Japanese citizens in a feature-length dramaA major feature film on Hiroshima is going into production, inspired in part by an unpublished memoir of a Japanese man who witnessed the devastation of the city after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945.Scriptwriter Elisabeth Bentley was taken aback by the personal recollections of Kiyoshi Tanimoto in a 230-page memoir that she unearthed in a US archive. Continue reading...
  
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• Chris Eubank Jr dominates Liam Smith with two knockdowns to win middleweight rematch

  03-09-2023 07:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Eubank Jr beats Liam Smith by TKO in round 10 of their middleweight rematch with a dominant display that includes two knockdowns.
  
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• US Open 2023 results: Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka & Jessica Pegula into last 16

  03-09-2023 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifth seed Ons Jabeur produces another gutsy display to reach the US Open fourth round, as Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula also progress.
  
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• Littleproud says ‘there’ll be no victory lap’ if voice fails – as it happened

  03-09-2023 07:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Nationals leader backs Peter Dutton’s call to hold a referendum on Indigenous recognition if the voice to parliament vote fails in October. This blog is now closedPeter Dutton accused of ‘not listening’ to Indigenous people after recognition referendum vow if voice vote failsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastReforms ensure basic standards around pay and working conditions: BurkeBurke has also flagged reforms to ensure gig workers have some
  
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