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• Democrat Jamaal Bowman pulled fire alarm on Capitol Hill before House vote

  30-09-2023 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Alarm prompted building evacuation and triggered outcry from Republicans, who vow to prosecute himDemocratic representative Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm on Saturday in a Capitol office building before a House vote on a stopgap measure to avoid a government shutdown.The alarm prompted the Cannon House office building to be evacuated and triggered outcry from Republicans including the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, who compared the New York congressman’s actions with those of the Januar
  
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• WATCH: Remote subs explore sunken WWII carriers

  30-09-2023 23:51
  
  Undersea explorers used remote submersibles to capture the first footage of three WWII aircraft carriers sunk in the Pacific during the Battle of Midway.
  
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• British troops could deploy to Ukraine for first time to train soldiers, says Grant Shapps

  30-09-2023 23:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Defence secretary says proposal being discussed would reduce reliance on UK and other Nato members’ basesThe new defence secretary, Grant Shapps, said he has held talks with army leaders about deploying British troops within Ukraine for the first time for a training programme.Shapps, who met Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, for talks in Kyiv earlier this week, said the proposal being discussed would reduce the reliance on the UK and other Nato members’ bases. Continue
  
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• Tory turmoil as third of voters desert party and factions launch rival manifestoes

  30-09-2023 23:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive poll for Observer reveals Conservatives have lost support in their southern England heartlands and the Red WallThe coalition of voters that delivered the Tories a big majority at the last election is crumbling, according to dramatic new evidence that the party is losing support in key battlegrounds across England.The findings, revealed in a special poll of 2019 Tory voters for the Observer, comes as Rishi Sunak faces a series of competing and contradictory demands from warring Tory fac
  
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• Maldives election: Pro-China candidate Muizzu wins presidency

  30-09-2023 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mohamed Muizzu ran an "India out" campaign as the current leader favours good relations with Delhi.
  
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• Scotland 84-0 Romania: Darcy Graham scores four tries as Scots set up Ireland decider

  30-09-2023 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rampant Scotland run in 12 tries to thrash Romania 84-0 and set up a potential Pool B shootout with Ireland at the Rugby World Cup.
  
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• Last supermoon of the year captured on camera

  30-09-2023 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A space enthusiast in Kathmandu, Nepal films the spectacle with his mobile phone through a telescope.
  
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• US Congress poised to narrowly avert government shutdown with just hours to go

  30-09-2023 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bill to keep the government funded for 45 days, but including no aid for Ukraine, looks set to pass the Senate.
  
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• Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool: PGMOL admits 'significant human error' over disallowed Luis Diaz goal

  30-09-2023 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PGMOL has admitted the decision to disallow Luis Diaz's goal in Liverpool's 2-1 loss to Spurs was "a significant human error".
  
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• Three teenagers arrested after boy fatally stabbed in Luton

  30-09-2023 22:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Two more teenagers suffer life-threatening injuries and two more seriously injured in consecutive nearby incidentsThree teenagers have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Luton on Friday.Police were called to Nunnery Lane, Bedfordshire, after reports that three teenagers had been stabbed at about 7pm. Continue reading...
  
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• Five people killed after truck carrying toxic substance overturns in Illinois

  30-09-2023 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Two children among confirmed dead as authorities evacuate area and work to contain anhydrous ammonia leaking from tankerFive people, including two children, are confirmed to have died after a semitruck carrying a toxic substance overturned in Illinois, releasing a cloud of ammonia that prompted the evacuation of area residents, authorities said on Saturday.Kim Rhodes, the Effingham county coroner, confirmed to the station WCIA that the fatalities were a result of Friday night’s accident in
  
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• Travel website Booking.com leaves hoteliers thousands of dollars out of pocket

  30-09-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As the website boasts about increased revenue, some partners say they have not been paid for monthsTravel website Booking.com has left many hotel operators and other partners across the globe thousands of dollars out of pocket for months on end, blaming the lack of payment on a “technical issue”.The issue is widespread in Thailand, Indonesia and Europe among hoteliers who are venting their frustrations in Facebook groups as rumours swirl about the cause of the failure to pay. Continu
  
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• Gladys Berejiklian is fighting to clear her name after Icac’s adverse findings. Is it a risk worth taking?

  30-09-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The former NSW premier will launch her legal appeal next month, but some say the extended public attention may further damage her reputationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastUsing the courts to clear one’s reputation can seem like a logical path, but it can also backfire spectacularly.Even victory can prove pyrrhic, as waves of publicity accompanying every court appearance lead to a retelling of th
  
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• Childcare fees may need to be capped to curb erosion of subsidies, ACCC says

  30-09-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Watchdog’s latest report says childcare in Australia is ‘relatively less affordable for households than in most other OECD countries’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCaps on childcare fees may be required to prevent providers hiking prices in response to more generous government subsidies, the competition watchdog has warned.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s second report into childcare, released on Sunday, warns
  
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• Call for national strategy to force Australian vaping industry to clean up waste

  30-09-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lithium-ion batteries embedded in the products have been blamed for an increasing number of hazardous fires at landfill sitesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCampaigners are calling for a national strategy to force vape manufacturers, importers and retailers to take responsibility for the industry’s waste, given the threats it poses to the environment and human health.Clean Up Australia says consu
  
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• Ryder Cup: Europe edge closer to win over US as Rory McIlroy angry with Patrick Cantlay's caddie

  30-09-2023 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europe need four points from Sunday's 12 singles matches against the United States to regain the Ryder Cup after a scintillating Saturday in Rome.
  
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• Baby beaver born in London for first time in 400 years

  30-09-2023 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Arrival result of Enfield reintroduction scheme, started last year as part of natural flood defence projectA baby beaver has been photographed in London for the first time in 400 years, 18 months after an initiative began to reintroduce the species to the capital.Enfield council began London’s beaver reintroduction programme last year as part of a wider rewilding and natural flood-management project. Continue reading...
  
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• Government shutdown could hurt weather disaster responses, Fema says

  30-09-2023 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The House reached a budget deal on Saturday to extend funding for 45 days but Fema looks beyond at potential delaysThe budget deal Republicans and Democrats reached in the House on Saturday included a 45-day funding extension for disaster relief funds. Lawmakers had been warning that without that provision, a government shutdown would hamper responses to any new weather disasters, leave hazardous waste sites uninspected, and stop work at federal Superfund clean-up sites.“Federal emergency
  
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• Billy Connolly had 'serious falls' after balance issues, says wife

  30-09-2023 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comedian's wife says the issues are the "most significant" symptom of his Parkinson's disease.
  
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• Police investigate after football fans appear to mock death of Bradley Lowery

  30-09-2023 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Sheffield Wednesday condemn ‘deplorable’ behaviourSunderland and England mascot died aged six in 2017Police are investigating after two Sheffield Wednesday fans appeared to mock the death of football mascot Bradley Lowery during a match against his favourite team.The six-year-old Sunderland fan, who struck up a close friendship with the team’s striker Jermain Defoe after being diagnosed with neuroblastoma, died in 2017 having helped raise more than £1m for charity. Contin
  
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• Vivienne Westwood's own wardrobe raided to be used in Paris catwalk show

  30-09-2023 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vivienne Westwood's widower chose clothes she wore and made over 30 years for the brand's new collection.
  
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• ‘It’s crunch time’: GB News bosses meet to avert more censure after Ofcom inquiries

  30-09-2023 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Appointment to board of banker who ran rightwing social media platform Parler suggests channel will not turn its back on radical libertarianismThe leadership of the rightwing TV channel GB News is trying urgently to avert fresh public censure following the Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton debacle, the Observer has learned.Under scrutiny are a number of incidents, including last week’s crude, on-air attack on the journalist Ava Evans by the actor and pundit Fox, and Friday’s interview of
  
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• ‘I’m not commenting on speculation’: Mark Harper refuses 10 times to answer questions on HS2

  30-09-2023 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  In an excruciating BBC interview, the transport minister sticks resolutely to the party line on rail link … and fails to answer the questionMark Harper is not the first cabinet minister to suffer a difficult early-morning interview, but the transport secretary seemed oddly blindsided by a quizzing about the future of HS2. No fewer than 12 times he dismissed the issue as “speculation”. If only there were a senior figure from the Department for Transport to clear things up? Here
  
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• Trump calls for store robbers to be shot in speech to California Republicans

  30-09-2023 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Former president and frontrunner for GOP nomination also warns ‘this country will die’ if Joe Biden wins electionDonald Trump called for shooting store robbers on Friday in a bleak speech to California Republicans –and warned “this country will die!” if Joe Biden remained president.During the address to GOP members, Trump also railed that wealthy Beverly Hills residents smell because of water denials, and repeated election fraud lies, according to the Associated Pre
  
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• Over 100,000 Armenians have now fled disputed enclave

  30-09-2023 18:56
  
  Over 100,000 ethnic Armenian refugees have fled Nagorno-Karabakh, local authorities said, with it now appearing that virtually the entire Armenian population will leave.
  
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• Putin marks anniversary of annexation of Ukrainian regions as drones attack overnight

  30-09-2023 18:46
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has released an address marking the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s unilateral annexation of four Ukrainian regions
  
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• Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester City: City suffer first league defeat of season

  30-09-2023 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City suffer their first Premier League defeat of the season as Wolves get a shock win at Molineux.
  
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• Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia says 100,000 refugees flee region

  30-09-2023 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost the entire ethnic Armenian population has fled the region since Azerbaijan seized it last week.
  
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• Bedbugs bite into Paris, stoking fears ahead of the Olympics

  30-09-2023 17:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  With the Paris Olympics less than a year away, fears that blood-sucking bedbugs could take a bite out of those attending have led to demands for action.
  
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• Argentina 59-5 Chile: Pumas boost Rugby World Cup quarter-final hopes and set up Japan decider

  30-09-2023 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Argentina set up a winner-takes-all tie with Japan next week as they boost their Rugby World Cup quarter-final hopes with a win over neighbours Chile.
  
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• Original letter from Columbus announcing ‘discovery’ of America goes on sale for first time

  30-09-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The explorer is widely thought of as an exploiter today, and didn’t know east from west. But a version of his boastful missive is expected to fetch up to £1.2m at auctionIn 1493, Christopher Columbus wrote a letter that would change the landscape of the modern world. “I sailed to the Indies with the fleet that the illustrious King and Queen, our sovereigns, gave me, where I discovered a great many islands, inhabited by numberless people,” he wrote after his return to Euro
  
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• Duane Davis indicted for murder in fatal drive-by shooting of Tupac: Official

  30-09-2023 14:20
  
  A suspect was arrested Friday morning in connection with the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, a senior law enforcement official confirmed to ABC News.
  
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• Tupac Shakur: Sister calls new murder charge 'pivotal moment'

  30-09-2023 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rapper's sister welcomes news that a former gang leader has been charged with his murder.
  
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• Driver ploughs through wall into police squad room in New Jersey

  30-09-2023 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Hargreaves has been charged following the incident in the US state of New Jersey.
  
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• Slovakia populist seeks return to power in key poll

  30-09-2023 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robert Fico says if his party returns to power in Saturday's vote, military aid to Ukraine will end.
  
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• Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, 'shocked' by killing of ex-assistant

  30-09-2023 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sarah Ferguson pays tribute to Jenean Chapman, 46, who was found dead in a Dallas apartment on Monday.
  
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• Man dies in Australia after whale strikes boat

  30-09-2023 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police said the likely collision had caused the boat to tilt, throwing both men overboard.
  
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• French police accused of systemic discrimination in landmark case

  30-09-2023 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A landmark hearing was heard by France’s highest administrative authority over accusations of systemic discrimination in identity checks by French police.
  
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• Israeli conscripts banned as guards after allegations of sex with Palestinian inmate

  30-09-2023 10:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A female soldier allegedly had an intimate relationship with a Palestinian serving a life sentence.
  
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• Russia hosts Taliban for talks on regional threats and says it will keep funding Afghanistan

  30-09-2023 10:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russia will keep helping Afghanistan on its own and through the U.N. food agency, officials in Moscow said Friday as they hosted Taliban representatives.
  
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• Motorist fined after dog seen behind wheel of car

  30-09-2023 08:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police in Slovakia have fined a man after a dog was pictured in the driving seat of his Skoda.
  
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• New York City: State of emergency declared over flash flooding

  30-09-2023 08:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Subways were inundated and people were urged "never attempt to travel on flooded roads".
  
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• Maldives vote: runoff for presidency begins in shadow of India-China tussle for influence

  30-09-2023 07:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Pro-Delhi incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih faces uphill battle against Beijing-leaning frontrunner Mohamed Muizzu as contest remains on knife’s edgeThe Maldives started voting on Saturday to decide their next president, in an elections widely seen as a referendum on whether to hitch their fortunes to China or India, both vying for influence in the island nation.Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, 61, faces an uphill battle to secure a second mandate after a term that saw renewed ties with New Delhi, the
  
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• Migrants celebrate and dance after being rescued

  30-09-2023 06:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Male migrants from Syria, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Egypt danced after being rescued off the coast of Libya.
  
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• Prosecutors cite Trump remarks about officials in renewed push for narrow gag order

  30-09-2023 05:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The special counsel's filing highlighted comments from a "Meet the Press" interview and remarks about now-former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley.
  
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• Former assistant to Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, found dead in Dallas apartment

  30-09-2023 05:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, mourned the death of her former personal assistant Friday, two days after Dallas police announced the arrest of a suspect charged with her murder.
  
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• Six dead and 15 trapped in Zimbabwe gold mine collapse

  30-09-2023 04:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rescue efforts are under way to reach those who became trapped when a shaft at a gold mine collapsed.
  
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• IRS consultant charged with leaking Trump's tax information

  30-09-2023 04:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Charles Littlejohn of Washington, D.C., was working at the IRS as a contractor when he allegedly stole the former president's tax return information and leaked it to the press.
  
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• Las Vegas police arrest person in connection with Tupac Shakur murder investigation

  30-09-2023 04:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Nevada man, believed to be the last living suspect investigated in the 1996 slaying of Tupac Shakur, was arrested Friday in connection with the long-unsolved case, officials said.
  
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• Tupac Shakur: What have the police got on Keffe D?

  30-09-2023 02:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Regan Morris looks at what police have on Keffe D as he is charged with Tupac Shakur's murder.
  
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