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• Israel under huge pressure to accept three-stage ceasefire agreed by Hamas

  06-05-2024 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu faces chorus of diplomatic pressure not to go ahead with full-scale offensive on RafahIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesIsrael is coming under huge diplomatic pressure to accept a three-stage ceasefire surprisingly agreed by Hamas, despite the apparent determination of its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to continue with a planned offensive in Rafah.Netanyahu’s office said that the proposal Hamas accepted was “far from Israel’s essential demands”
  
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• Israeli airstrikes on Rafah begin despite mounting ceasefire pressure

  06-05-2024 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Palestinians in Gaza thrown into confusion by Hamas’s acceptance of a deal, followed by Israel’s sceptical response and bomb attacksRafah’s fate hung in the balance on Monday after Hamas said it had accepted a ceasefire-for-hostage deal but Israel responded sceptically and said it would press on with its campaign on Gaza’s southernmost city, carrying out night airstrikes.The more than 1 million Palestinians taking refuge in Rafah were thrown into confusion by the day&rsqu
  
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• Accused Canadian serial murderer admits killing four Indigenous women

  06-05-2024 21:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Jeremy Skibicki, charged with four counts of first-degree murder, is believed to have left bodies of at least two victims in a landfillAn accused serial killer in Canada, who police believed disposed of his victims by dumping some of them in landfills, has admitted to killing four Indigenous women, with his lawyers arguing a mental disorder meant he was not criminally responsible for the crimes.Jeremy Skibicki is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Rebecca Contois, M
  
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• Students stage pro-Palestine occupations at five more UK universities

  06-05-2024 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  The protesters in encampments at Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Soas are demanding institutions end ties to IsraelIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesStudents at five UK universities have become the latest protesters to stage occupations to pressure their institutions into divesting funds from and ending partnerships with Israel.Students set up encampments at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) and at Oxford, Cambridge, Liverpool and Edinburgh universities. They are th
  
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• Panama's new president-elect was practically retired: 'I never imagined this'

  06-05-2024 19:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  José Raúl Mulino who was practically retired will now he'll be Panama's president. A maritime law attorney, he became known as a private business leader who took part in a civil movement against the dictatorship of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega.
  
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• Marjorie Taylor Greene to meet with Speaker Johnson as she threatens vote to oust him

  06-05-2024 19:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson ahead of her push this week to force a vote to depose him over aid to Ukraine.
  
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• Former exec describes his role in hush money payments as Trump's criminal trial begins fourth week

  06-05-2024 19:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  A former top executive at the Trump Organization took the witness stand in Donald Trump's criminal trial Monday to describe his role in the payments the former president made that led to charges he falsified business records.
  
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• Everything you need for a new kitten

  06-05-2024 19:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  What does a new kitten need? Shop our new kitten checklist, including picks recommended by cat parents from Litter Genie, Modkat, Temptations and more.
  
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• Renters' hopes of being able to buy a home have fallen to a record low, survey shows

  06-05-2024 19:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The dream of home ownership has gotten even further away for renters, with higher housing costs and elevated interest rates standing in the way of the American housing dream, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey released Monday.
  
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• Renters' hopes of being able to buy a home have fallen to a record low, New York Fed survey shows

  06-05-2024 19:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The dream of home ownership has gotten even further away for renters, with higher housing costs and elevated interest rates standing in the way of the American housing dream, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey released Monday.
  
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• 82-year-old U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for re-election to a fourth term

  06-05-2024 18:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, will run for re-election in 2024 at age 82.
  
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• Panama elects former security minister José Raúl Mulino as next president

  06-05-2024 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Mulino, who won 34.3% of vote, pledges to welcome business and investment without forgetting ‘those who are hungry’José Raúl Mulino, a former security minister, has emerged from a chaotic campaign to become Panama’s next president — and will now have to address a cocktail of social discontent with just a fraction of the seats in parliament.Amid record turnout, Mulino won 34.3% of the vote, followed by the lawyer Ricardo Lombana on 24.8% and former president
  
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• Tom Brady caught on camera warning comic about Robert Kraft massage joke at Netflix roast

  06-05-2024 18:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Brady lashed out at funnyman Jeff Ross during Sunday's "The Roast of Tom Brady" on Netflix over a massage joke about New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
  
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• Planters nuts recalled due to potential for listeria contamination

  06-05-2024 18:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hormel Foods is recalling two types of Planters nuts due to the potential for contamination with the germ listeria, the manufacturer announced.
  
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• Biden speaks to Netanyahu amid cease-fire talks, evacuation of Rafah

  06-05-2024 18:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday morning as a potential ground assault in Rafah looms and as negotiations over a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel have stalled.
  
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• Biden speaks to Netanyahu amid cease-fire talks and evacuation of Rafah

  06-05-2024 18:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday morning as a potential ground assault in Rafah looms and as negotiations over a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel have stalled.
  
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• Severe weather leaves millions at risk as storms sweep across the South

  06-05-2024 17:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Following a week of heavy flooding which resulted in rescue crews pulling hundreds of people to safety, the Southeastern part of Texas is underwater.
  
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• Man tries to shoot pastor during service livestream; suspect's relative is later found dead

  06-05-2024 17:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he attempted to shoot a pastor during a sermon that was livestreamed, hours before a relative was found dead in a home where the suspect lived.
  
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• ‘Friends’ creators say finale episode leak was an ‘inside job’ — and reveal if they got to the bottom of it

  06-05-2024 17:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twenty years ago, 52.5 million Americans tuned in to the finale of the beloved TV show “Friends.”
  
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• 10-month-old girl abducted from New Mexico park found safe after mother, another woman found dead

  06-05-2024 17:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 10-month-old girl abducted from a New Mexico park Friday has been found safe, authorities said Monday.
  
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• 'Where do we go?' Palestinians flee parts of Rafah after Israeli military order

  06-05-2024 17:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Palestinian civilians rushed to flee parts of Rafah on Monday after the Israeli military told some 100,000 people to leave the southern Gaza city, a possible signal that a long-feared ground offensive could be imminent with talks for a last-ditch truce deal stalled.
  
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• JoJo Siwa reacts to ‘SNL’ poking fun at her new edgy look

  06-05-2024 17:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Saturday Night Live” tackled JoJo Siwa’s new look during their May 4 show — and the former “Dance Moms” star is taking the jokes in stride.
  
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• Equinox launches $40,000 membership to help you live longer

  06-05-2024 16:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  High-end fitness chain Equinox is launching one of the most expensive gym memberships in the world — a $40,000-per-year program aimed at improving overall health and longevity.
  
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• Judge finds Trump further violated gag order and again threatens him with jail 'if necessary'

  06-05-2024 16:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Judge Juan Merchan on Monday again cited former President Donald Trump for violating the gag order he imposed on the trial and warned he could face jail "if necessary" for continuing to ignore it.
  
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• Former Trump Organization executive takes the stand

  06-05-2024 16:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  A former top executive at the Trump Organization took the witness stand in Donald Trump's criminal trial Monday after the judge presiding over the case fined the former president for violating his gag order and threatened to impose jail time if he continues to do so.
  
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• Europe live: China’s Xi Jinping calls for closer ties with the EU at opening of Paris talks – as it happened

  06-05-2024 16:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Chinese premier meets Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen for talks, with trade and Ukraine on agendaThe trilateral meeting has kicked off.Xi Jinping has arrived at the Élysée palace. Continue reading...
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Met Gala's big night

  06-05-2024 16:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Learn more about the 2024 Met Gala, including this year's theme, which celebrities are expected to be there, what time it begins, how to watch from home and more.
  
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• Methodists end anti-gay bans, closing 50 years of battles over sexuality for mainline Protestants

  06-05-2024 16:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s worth of denominational bans on gay clergy and same-sex marriages.
  
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• Xi’s European tour: where is Chinese leader going and what are visit’s aims?

  06-05-2024 15:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Emmanuel Macron and Viktor Orbán among leaders Xi is meeting, with several key issues on the tableChina’s president, Xi Jinping, has begun a three-country tour of Europe – his first state visit to the continent in five years – at a time when China-EU ties are under strain from trade disputes and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Continue reading...
  
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• Former Starbucks CEO says company needs to revamp its stores after big earnings miss

  06-05-2024 15:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz weighed in Sunday on the coffee chain’s dismal latest quarterly report, saying he believes the company will recover if it improves its U.S. stores.
  
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• In a high-stakes test, Boeing will launch NASA astronauts to space for the first time

  06-05-2024 15:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Boeing is finally set to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on its Starliner spacecraft, following years of delays and glitches.
  
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• Columbia cancels universitywide commencement ceremony after weeks of protests on campus

  06-05-2024 14:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Columbia will replace its universitywide commencement ceremony on May 15 with "smaller-scale, school-based celebrations," university officials announced Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian and counterprotests on campus.
  
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• Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Namibia’s Shark Island

  06-05-2024 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers say more bodies of Herero and Nama people from early 20th century concentration camp could be in waters around portThe Namibian authorities are being urged to halt plans to extend a port on the Shark Island peninsula after the discovery of unmarked graves and artefacts relating to the Herero and Nama genocide.Forensic Architecture, a non-profit research agency, said it had located sites of executions, forced labour, imprisonment and sexual violence that occurred when the island was u
  
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• Prosecutors dig into the details of the alleged falsified business records

  06-05-2024 13:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks testified Friday, detailing the "crisis" that unfolded after the "Access Hollywood" video became public.
  
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• Judge threatens Trump with jail if he continues to violate gag order

  06-05-2024 13:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks testified Friday, detailing the "crisis" that unfolded after the "Access Hollywood" video became public.
  
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• Democrats prepare to go on offense on immigration in the coming weeks

  06-05-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — Democrats are preparing an aggressive new immigration strategy months after Republicans blocked a bipartisan border security bill aimed at easing record-high illegal crossings along the southern border, according to officials who discussed the plans with NBC News.
  
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• Democrats have beef with a Montana GOP Senate candidate’s cattle ranch

  06-05-2024 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  As they navigate a tough 2024 map to maintain their slim Senate majority, Democrats are attempting to frame a key race in Montana around issues with unique resonance in the state: authenticity and access to public land.
  
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• Canberra accuses Chinese fighter jet of dropping flares dangerously close to Australian helicopter

  06-05-2024 11:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Defence minister Richard Marles says protests made to Beijing over ‘unacceptable’ altercation that forced pilot on UN mission to avoid being hitGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has accused a Chinese fighter jet of dropping flares dangerously close to an Australian helicopter on a United Nations mission in international waters.The Australian defence minister, Richard Marles, branded the incident “unacceptable”.
  
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• Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil

  06-05-2024 09:32 via theguardian.com
  
  This part of South America is no stranger to major rainfall, but last week’s storms were particularly devastatingTorrential rainstorms in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have caused the worst flooding the country has seen in 80 years, many deaths and the displacement of thousands of families. Central parts of the state were hit the hardest after the storms began last Monday, with unofficial weather stations in the area recording 50-100cm (20-40in) of rain over the pa
  
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• Israeli military tells civilians to leave parts of Rafah

  06-05-2024 07:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  Israel urges civilians to leave eastern Rafah as cease-fire hopes fade
  
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• Opposition cries foul over ‘dynastic dictatorship’ as Chad goes to polls

  06-05-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno widely expected to win poll as observers voice doubts over electoral processChad goes to the polls on Monday in its first presidential election in three decades without Idriss Déby, the former president, in contention.Ten men will be on the ballot, but Déby’s son, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who seized power at the head of a junta on the day rebels shot and killed his father in April 2021, is widely expected to win. Continue reading...
  
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• 3 bodies found in Mexico identified as 2 Australians, American killed in carjacking on surfing trip

  06-05-2024 05:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  The remains of three men found near the Mexican fishing port of Ensenada are those of missing surfers from Australia and the U.S. who were killed in an apparent carjacking, authorities said Sunday.
  
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• Missing surfers died from gunshots after attempted robbery, Mexican officials say

  06-05-2024 03:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Families of two Australians and American who went missing in Baja California have identified the bodies, officials sayMexican authorities have identified the three dead bodies found in a well in Mexico as Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and their travelling companion, Jack Carter Rhoad.The trio, who went missing in the Pacific coast state of Baja California, were killed with gunshots to the head, Mexican authorities said on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Gold Star families fall victim to Army-appointed ‘con man’

  06-05-2024 01:11 via nbcnews.com
  An Army-appointed financial counselor is pleading guilty to scamming millions of dollars out of dozens of Gold Star families. Prosecutors said Caz Craffy was supposed to help families after their loved ones died, but instead took advantage of them. NBC News’ Ken Dilanian reports.
  
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• Watch: World Athletics Relays

  06-05-2024 00:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Coverage of Day 2 of the World Athletics Relays.
  
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• Swinney to become SNP leader after challenger drops out

  06-05-2024 00:38 via bbc.com
  
  A veteran activist had secured a nomination but agreed to back front-runner Swinney at the 11th hour.
  
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• Norris beats Verstappen in Miami for first F1 win

  06-05-2024 00:33 via bbc.com
  
  McLaren’s Lando Norris beats Red Bull’s Max Verstappen with help from the safety car to take his maiden Formula 1 victory at the Miami Grand Prix.
  
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• Crumbs! French bakers beat longest baguette record

  06-05-2024 00:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 140.5m (461ft)-long baguette baked in the Parisian suburbs has beaten a previous record from Italy in 2019.
  
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• Wilson leads as Jones fights back in gripping final

  06-05-2024 00:01 via bbc.com
  
  Kyren Wilson holds an 11-6 lead as Jak Jones fights back on day one of the World Championship final at the Crucible Theatre.
  
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