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• Trump drops bid to move Georgia election case to federal court

  28-09-2023 23:42
  
  Attorneys for Donald Trump have notified a Fulton County court that he will not seek to have his Georgia election interference case removed to federal court.
  
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• My Dad Wrote a Porno enters podcasting Hall of Fame

  28-09-2023 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The "most successful podcast in British history" is the first into the British Podcast Awards' Hall of Fame.
  
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• Arrest warrants issued for Baton Rouge police officers in the BRPD Street Crimes Unit

  28-09-2023 23:14
  
  Arrest warrants were issued by state authorities in Louisiana for four Baton Rouge Police officers who were connected to the city police force's Street Crimes Unit.
  
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• Comer says he will issue subpoenas 'today' for Hunter Biden, James Biden bank records

  28-09-2023 23:11
  
  Rep. James Comer said he will issue subpoenas "today" for bank records for Hunter Biden and James Biden as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
  
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• Trump loses bid to delay New York civil fraud trial

  28-09-2023 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump and three of his adult children are among witnesses who are expected to be called in the case.
  
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• Potter stars among tributes to Sir Michael Gambon

  28-09-2023 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor, a four-time Bafta award winner, was best-known for playing Dumbledore in the hit film series.
  
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• Peruvian man arrested for making more than 150 bomb threats to US schools

  28-09-2023 22:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspect, arrested in Peru, allegedly threatened schools after failing to ‘sextort’ nude photos from schoolchildrenA Peruvian man was arrested in Peru for sending more than 150 fake bomb threats to US schools, airports and a synagogue.Eddie Manuel Núñez Santos, 33, was arrested by Peruvian officials on Tuesday in Lima, according to a press release from the justice department. Continue reading...
  
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• Peruvian man charged with sending 150 hoax bomb threats in the US

  28-09-2023 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors say the Peruvian man was retaliating against minors who refused to send explicit pictures.
  
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• Arkansas moves to install ‘monument to unborn children’ on state grounds

  28-09-2023 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Designs for the commemoration to ‘unborn children aborted during the era of Roe v Wade’ must be turned in by SaturdayArkansas is building a “monument to unborn children” on the grounds of its state capitol, and Saturday marks the last day for its would-be artists to submit prospective designs for it.The monument is planned to commemorate the “unborn children aborted during the era of Roe v Wade”, the 1973 US supreme court decision that legalized abortion natio
  
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• China’s manipulation of media threatens global freedoms, says US report

  28-09-2023 21:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Censorship, data harvesting and purchases of foreign news outlets could lead to ‘sharp contraction’ of freedom of expressionChina is manipulating global media through censorship, data harvesting and covert purchases of foreign news outlets, according to a new report from the US state department, which warned the trend could lead to a “sharp contraction” of global freedom of expression.The report released on Thursday found that Beijing has spent billions of dollars annuall
  
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• Laurence Fox apologises to Ava Evans for ‘demeaning’ comments on GB News

  28-09-2023 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Fox posts 15-minute video on X after suspension by rightwing channel and says he expects to be sacked on FridayLaurence Fox has apologised to the journalist Ava Evans over misogynistic comments he made about her on the GB News channel that led to him being suspended.The actor and Reclaim party founder released a video on Thursday evening on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, acknowledging he was “demeaning” about her during a discussion on the Dan Wootton Tonight pro
  
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• Shutdown looms closer as Republicans accused of wasting time and fabricating impeachment evidence – live

  28-09-2023 21:29 via theguardian.com
  
  AOC claims Republicans used fabricated screenshot; White House says clock is ticking on shutdown and Republicans ’dissatisfied with their own witnesses’Six key things to know about first Biden impeachment hearingThe House oversight committee is about to hold its first hearing in the impeachment inquiry of Joe Biden, the latest step in a months-long effort investigating the president and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings that has yet to produce substantial evidence of wro
  
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• Italy football club 'never meant' to mock player on TikTok

  28-09-2023 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Napoli say they "never meant to offend or mock" Victor Osimhen in a social media post but stop short of publicly apologising to him.
  
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• Sir Michael Gambon: A career in pictures

  28-09-2023 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look back at the work of the award-winning star of stage and screen
  
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• Rishi Sunak attacks Labour plan for VAT on private school fees

  28-09-2023 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  PM accuses Keir Starmer of stoking a ‘class war’ and Tories seek to portray Labour as flip-flopping on policyRishi Sunak has accused Keir Starmer of stoking a “class war” by maintaining his vow to add VAT on to private school fees if Labour wins the next election, a move that Sunak said would “punish” affected parents.The prime minister said Labour’s approach “illustrates that they don’t understand the aspiration of families like my parents w
  
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• Sunak expected to limit powers of councils in England to curb car use

  28-09-2023 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Potential plan to restrict measures such as 20mph speed limits and levying fines from traffic cameras alarms travel groupsRishi Sunak is to prioritise the interests of millions of car owners with a series of measures that will provoke environmentalists and curb the power of local councils.In a package expected to be announced at the Tory conference on Monday, the prime minister will set out his “plan for motorists” that will limit the number of 20mph speed restrictions and
  
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• Boy, 16, arrested in connection with felling of famous Sycamore Gap tree

  28-09-2023 20:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Police in north of England say teenager arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damageA 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the felling of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England.Officers arrested the teenager amid an outpouring of sadness over the destruction of the landmark, which has been a feature of the site at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland for hundreds of years. The boy is in custody and assisting office
  
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• Gilgo Beach suspect appears in court as prosecutors home in on DNA evidence

  28-09-2023 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Rex Heuermann, charged over deaths of three women on Long Island, speaks briefly as he bids to regain 280 guns seized by policeThe man accused of killing three women as part of a notorious serial-killing case in New York spoke briefly in a court hearing as prosecutors presented DNA evidence they argued demonstrated the man’s connection to the killings.The hearing came months after police arrested architect Rex Heuermann at his home in Massapequa Park in Long Island. Heuermann has been char
  
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• Eighteen climate activists arrested for shutdown protest in McCarthy’s office

  28-09-2023 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Members of Sunrise Movement refused to vacate House speaker’s office entrance until he pledged to avert US government shutdownScores of young activists with the Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate organization, protested in the office of the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, on Thursday morning, demanding he avert a complete government shutdown.Capitol police arrested 18 of the youth who blocked the office entrance and refused to vacate until McCarthy pledged to support bridge funding to ke
  
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• No rule to stop Tory MP interviewing minister on GB News, says Ofcom boss

  28-09-2023 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Melanie Dawes says regulator will consider any complaints about Lee Anderson’s interview with Suella BravermanOfcom’s chief executive has said there is nothing under current rules to stop GB News using the Conservative MP Lee Anderson to interview the Tory home secretary, Suella Braverman.Melanie Dawes said she did not want to pre-judge the interview, which will be broadcast on Friday night, because the media regulator was “not a censor”. She said Ofcom defended “fr
  
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• Getafe: La Liga club condemn 'derogatory and intolerant' chants aimed at team

  28-09-2023 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Getafe condemn "derogatory and intolerant" chants aimed towards their team after Mason Greenwood is targeted by opposition fans.
  
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• Elianne Andam: family of girl killed in Croydon pay tribute to ‘light of our lives’

  28-09-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Boy, 17, remains in custody on suspicion of murder after 15-year-old was stabbed during morning rush hourThe parents of a teenage girl stabbed during morning rush-hour have described her as the “light of our lives” before visiting the site of her death in south London.Elianne Andam was named as the 15-year-old victim of the daylight attack on Wellesley Road in Croydon on Wednesday morning. Continue reading...
  
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• AOC accuses Republicans of fabricating evidence in Biden impeachment

  28-09-2023 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Democratic representative also prompted witnesses to admit they had no first-hand knowledge of wrongdoing by the presidentUS politics – live updatesRepresentative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez prompted three Republican witnesses to directly concede they had no first-hand knowledge of criminal actions by Joe Biden in a dramatic moment during a Republican-led impeachment hearing into the president on Thursday.The New York Democrat also accused Republicans of presenting a fabricated text message b
  
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• Evergrande founder ‘being investigated for suspected crimes’

  28-09-2023 20:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Chinese group’s statement about chairman piles on the woe for once top-selling property developerThe founder of China’s Evergrande is being investigated over suspected “illegal crimes”, the group has said, as creditors become increasingly concerned about the prospects of the world’s most indebted property developer.Evergrande Group, which has more than $300bn in total liabilities, did not say whether Hui Ka Yan was still in a position to run the company, or what cri
  
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• The average long-term US mortgage rate reaches highest point in nearly 23 years, hitting 7.31%

  28-09-2023 20:06
  
  Home loan borrowing costs climbed again this week, pushing the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate to its highest level in nearly 23 years, another blow to prospective homebuyers facing an increasingly less affordable housing market
  
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• Rishi Sunak rejects Braverman claim multiculturalism has failed

  28-09-2023 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister praises UK’s ‘fantastic multicultural democracy’ in contrast to comments made by home secretaryRishi Sunak has praised the UK’s “fantastic multicultural democracy”, in direct contrast to Suella Braverman’s claims this week that multiculturalism had failed.The home secretary was criticised by fellow Conservative MPs after she claimed during a speech to a rightwing US thinktank that world leaders had failed to make wholesale reform of human
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: ‘matter of time’ before Ukraine becomes official Nato ally, says Zelenskiy – as it happened

  28-09-2023 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereSuspilne reports, citing the regional authority, that one person has been injured and hospitalised by a Russian attack on Antonivka near Kherson.British defence secretary Grant Shapps discussed how to bolster Ukraine’s air defences during talks in an unannounced visit to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president’s office said on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• EU fails to agree changes to migration laws as Germany and Italy clash

  28-09-2023 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Hopes fade of deal being struck, with one sticking point being right to occasionally breach detention centre standardsEU member states have failed to reach an agreement on changes to the bloc’s migration laws after Germany and Italy clashed over key proposals relating to human rights guarantees in detention centres and the role of NGOs in facilitating migrant arrivals.But, as hopes faded on Thursday of a deal being struck, ministers said they expected “fine tuning” in the comin
  
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• Sweden reports record number of monthly fatal shootings

  28-09-2023 19:33 via theguardian.com
  
  September brings 11 deaths as country rocked by wave of violence, much of it suspected to be linked to split within criminal gang September has become the worst month for shooting deaths in Sweden since records began in 2016, after two people died in separate shootings on Wednesday night, bringing the monthly total to 11.Another person died on Thursday morning after a bomb blast. Continue reading...
  
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• Michael Gambon, 'Harry Potter' actor who played Dumbledore, dies at 82

  28-09-2023 19:16
  
  Michael Gambon, the Irish actor who played Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, has died at 82.
  
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• Authorities rescue nearly 100 goldendoodles from Iowa puppy mill

  28-09-2023 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The dogs at Paris Puppies Paradise, who were underweight and living in their own feces, were housed with a rescue organizationIowa authorities rescued nearly 100 dogs from a puppy mill over the weekend, many of whom were living in their own excrement.On Friday, a deputy from the Boone county sheriff’s office was conducting a welfare check on a missing woman and came across what appeared to be a puppy mill, the sheriff’s office said in a press release. Continue reading...
  
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• Greece and Turkey agree migration pact as EU members fail to seal wider deal in Brussels – as it happened

  28-09-2023 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story herePoland’s ambassador to the EU, Andrzej Sadoś, told the Guardian today that Warsaw “is refusing to accept any elements of mandatory relocation, the distribution of some mandatory quotas” and is also opposed “to any obligatory payment for not accepting migrants.”EU countries, he wrote in response to a question, “should have full discretion in choosing between different type of solidarity meas
  
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• 70,000 Armenians, half of disputed enclave's population, have now fled

  28-09-2023 19:05
  
  At least 70,000 ethnic Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh, which is half the disputed enclave's population.
  
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• Family in gymnastics racism row say apology is 'useless'

  28-09-2023 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mother of a black girl not given a medal at a gymnastics event said officials showed "no empathy".
  
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• Investigation launched into killings and evictions on World Bank tourism project

  28-09-2023 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Tanzania government blamed for violence against villagers in national park, while thousands more people face losing their homesThe World Bank is investigating allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions made by villagers living near the site of a proposed tourism project it is funding in Tanzania.The bank has been accused of “enabling” alleged violence by the Tanzanian government to make way for a $150m (£123m) project ministers say will protect the environment and attra
  
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• Watch: How I helped save six women trapped in a lorry in France

  28-09-2023 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Khue Luu helped track down the vehicle after receiving a distress call about the lorry in France.
  
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• The New York buildings that Donald Trump could lose

  28-09-2023 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A ruling from a New York judge has thrown the fate of Donald Trump's property empire into question.
  
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• Cuban officials warn of increased blackouts due to fuel shortages

  28-09-2023 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Citizens of the island nation were told that power outages of up to 10 hours a day could be expected outside HavanaCuban officials have warned that blackouts on the island will increase significantly due to a lack of fuel, potentially worsening the country’s plight as it deals with food and medicine shortages.Local governments have already begun announcing restrictions on power usage at state-run companies and other entities, including moves to postpone sporting events and university class
  
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• Declared dead but very much alive: Missouri woman tells of ‘nightmare’ ordeal

  28-09-2023 18:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Madeline-Michelle Carthen was added to a death master file by SSA ‘in error’ but to this day she cannot revive herselfMadeline-Michelle Carthen was declared dead in the summer of 2007. The only problem? She was still very much alive.Carthen, 52, learned she died while studying at university. A business technology student at Webster University, Carthen was accepted into an international internship program. But when she applied for financial aid to assist with expenses, the financial a
  
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• Cuban embassy releases footage of Molotov cocktail attack

  28-09-2023 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs released footage of a person throwing two Molotov cocktails.
  
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• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sings the blues

  28-09-2023 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The top US diplomat surprised guests at the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative when he took the stage.
  
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• Sutton's Premier League predictions v actor Jazzie Zonzolo

  28-09-2023 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Sumotherhood star Jazzie Zonzolo for this weekend's Premier League games.
  
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• Fears rise of volcanic eruption near Naples after strongest earthquake in 40 years

  28-09-2023 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Evacuation plans being drafted after activity on Campi Flegrei field, which experts warned earlier in 2023 was in a dangerous stateConcern is mounting over the risk of an eruption on a sprawling volcanic area close to Naples after the area was struck by the strongest earthquake in 40 years.Seismic activity on Campi Flegrei, a constellation of ancient volcanic craters, has intensified over the past year and especially in recent months, with more than 80 events occurring in the early hours of Wedn
  
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• Sycamore Gap: Boy, 16, arrested after Hadrian's Wall tree felled

  28-09-2023 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Sycamore Gap tree was cut down overnight in what police believe was an act of vandalism.
  
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• Europe’s olive oil supply running out after drought – and the odd hailstorm

  28-09-2023 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Heatwaves around Mediterranean have damaged harvests and forced producers to import from South AmericaEurope has almost run out of local olive oil supplies and is set for more shortages, after extreme weather damaged harvests for a second year.The world’s largest producer has said it is having to import supplies from South America to keep up with demand. Continue reading...
  
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• Romanian court eases geographical restrictions on divisive influencer Andrew Tate

  28-09-2023 17:26
  
  A court in Romania’s capital on Thursday has eased geographical restrictions on Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women
  
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• Magpie swooping: Inside the Australian bird's annual reign of terror

  28-09-2023 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Each spring, magpies swoop on countless unsuspecting victims while defending their nests.
  
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• Voice referendum battlegrounds: digital ad spending surges in South Australia and Tasmania

  28-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Yes and no camps have both honed in on two states considered to be critical to outcome, Facebook advertising data showsVoice referendum explainer; latest voice poll results; help us monitor ads and misinformationGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSpending on digital advertising for the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum has surged in the key battleground states of Tasmania and South Australia, a Guardian Australia investigation shows.An analysis of Fa
  
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• Temperatures to soar 8C above average as ‘heat bubble’ brings scorcher to Australia’s east coast this weekend

  28-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sydney could reach 35C on Sunday for the NRL and NRLW grand finals and Melbourne 29C for Saturday’s big AFL clashGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTemperatures are expected to soar more than 8C above average along Australia’s east coast this weekend.On Sunday, Sydney – where the NRL and NRLW grand final clashes will take place – could reach a maximum of 35C, making it the hottest day that an NRL grand final match has been played in h
  
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• Refugees in PNG told they will be evicted after Australian-sponsored housing bills not paid

  28-09-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Former Manus Island detainees facing loss of accommodation, but the Australian government claims it is no longer responsible for their welfareGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRefugees exiled to Papua New Guinea by Australia have been told they will be evicted from their Australian-sponsored accommodation after bills were not paid for more than a year.The refugees and asylum seekers were formerly detained within Australia’s Manus Island det
  
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