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• ‘Abhorrent antisemitism’: homes of Jewish Brooklyn Museum leaders vandalized

  12-06-2024 23:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Police look into red paint splattered with possible symbol of Palestinian resistance and banner calling director a ZionistPolice are investigating reports of vandalism after the homes of Jewish leaders and board members, including the director, of the Brooklyn Museum were splattered with red paint early Wednesday.In images circulating on social media, red paint is visibly splashed across the homes of director Anne Pasternak and several others affiliated with the Brooklyn Museum. Police said five
  
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• Oldest ever US organ donor believed to be 98-year-old man

  12-06-2024 23:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Orville Allen, second world war and Korean war veteran, died on 29 May and his liver was successfully transplantedOrville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to give: his liver.Allen, a veteran of both second world war and the Korean war and a longtime educator in rural south-eastern Missouri, is the oldest American to ever donate an organ, transplant organizations said. He died on 29 May and his liver was successfully transplanted to a 72-year-old
  
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• Crime here is hurting, whatever the statistics say

  12-06-2024 23:03 via bbc.com
  
  In some areas, getting a grip on crime is a major election issue.
  
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• US House votes to hold Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress

  12-06-2024 23:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Resolution concerned attorney general’s refusal to turn over audio of Biden interview in his classified-documents caseThe House voted on Wednesday to hold the attorney general, Merrick Garland, in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified-documents case, Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the justice department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign.The 216-207 vo
  
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• 9 killed in Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine ahead of G7 summit aimed at slowing Moscow's offensive

  12-06-2024 22:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian forces launched new deadly attacks on Ukraine, killing at least nine people on Wednesday, a day before the leaders of countries that are some of Ukraine’s biggest backers were to discuss how to slow Moscow's offensive.Ukrainian authorities said that along with the nine killed, 29 others, including five children, were wounded when Russian missiles hit an apartment block in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown.RUSSIAN WARSHIPS ARRIVE IN CUBA AHEAD OF MILITAR
  
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• Macron stands by move to dissolve parliament, trigger snap elections

  12-06-2024 22:14 via foxnews.com
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron defended his decision to call snap parliamentary elections after his party’s crushing defeat in the European parliamentary vote, insisting on Wednesday that voters will ultimately choose the "progressive bloc" over the far-right.In France, legislative elections decide the makeup of the parliament, not the occupant of the presidential Élysée Palace. Macron has a presidential mandate until 2027, and said he would not step down before the end of
  
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• Russian warships arrive in Cuba ahead of military exercises, tensions with West over Ukraine

  12-06-2024 21:57 via foxnews.com
  
  A fleet of Russian warships arrived Wednesday off Cuban waters ahead of planned military exercises in the region as part of what some perceived as Moscow's attempt to show its strength as tensions with the West grow over the war in Ukraine. The naval ships included three vessels accompanied by small boats. The flagship frigate, adorned with the Russian and Cuban flags, was greeted by 21 cannon salutes. Sailors in dress uniform stood in military formation as they approached the island.A nucl
  
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• Kuwait building fire kills at least 49 Indian workers

  12-06-2024 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 50 people also injured in fire, which broke out in a six-storey building housing foreign workersAt least 49 people, all Indian nationals, have been killed in a fire which swept through a building housing foreign workers in Kuwait.More than 50 others were injured in the blaze, which broke out in the six-storey building south of Kuwait City at dawn on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Sunak aide admits placing bet on general election

  12-06-2024 20:19 via bbc.com
  
  Craig Williams reportedly placed a bet on the date of the election three days before it was called.
  
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• Plaid urges Welsh voters to stop a 'huge Labour majority'

  12-06-2024 20:18 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC is interviewing all the major party leaders in the run-up to the general election.
  
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• Plaid urge Welsh voters to stop a 'huge Labour majority'

  12-06-2024 20:18 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC is interviewing all the major party leaders in the run-up to the general election.
  
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• Suryakumar leads India to Super 8s in win over USA

  12-06-2024 20:16 via bbc.com
  
  India qualify for the T20 World Cup Super 8s despite being given a fright in a seven-wicket win over co-hosts USA.
  
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• Airport bosses criticise sudden liquids U-turn

  12-06-2024 20:06 via bbc.com
  
  Airport bosses have criticised the lack of notice they were given for re-introducing 100ml liquids limits.
  
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• Opposition party agrees to join SA unity government

  12-06-2024 20:01 via bbc.com
  
  This is the first official indication that a government of national unity has been agreed.
  
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• French right ditch leader over far-right alliance deal

  12-06-2024 19:54 via bbc.com
  
  The party ousts Eric Ciotti after he called for an alliance with Marine Le Pen's National Rally.
  
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• Hezbollah fires big salvo of rockets at Israel after senior commander killed

  12-06-2024 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Attack in apparent retaliation for killing of Taleb Abdallah, Lebanese group’s most senior official to die in hostilitiesThe Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has launched its biggest salvo of rockets at Israel since the war in Gaza began in retaliation for the killing of a senior field commander, bringing the two sides closer to all-out conflict.An Israeli airstrike on the village of Jouaiya in southern Lebanon late on Tuesday night killed three Hezbollah operatives as well as Taleb Abdal
  
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• G7 leaders head to Italy for summit as Ukraine and Russia top the agenda

  12-06-2024 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  US wants show of strength with planned sanctions for helping Russia, but group will also discuss migration, Middle East and AIA dramatic expansion of entities exposed to US sanctions for helping the Russian economy and an EU-led $50bn loan to ease the financial burden on Ukraine will be at the centre of discussions at a summit of the leaders of wealthy G7 nations in Puglia, Italy, starting on Thursday.The leaders, facing unprecedented challenges from discontented electorates, will be under heigh
  
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• Body of TV presenter Michael Mosley to be repatriated by the weekend

  12-06-2024 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  The result of tests to determine the cause of death could take months, but an autopsy has ruled out any criminal actionThe body of Dr Michael Mosley is likely to be released to his family and repatriated by the weekend, forensic pathologists have said.But tests revealing the precise cause of his death could take months because of a lack of certified laboratories to conduct advanced analysis. Continue reading...
  
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• Wintour and Valance host rival Biden-Trump London events

  12-06-2024 19:37 via bbc.com
  
  Holly Valance is set to host a pro-Trump event, with Anna Wintour reported to be hosting a pro-Biden one.
  
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• Les Républicains leader vows to stay on despite revolt over Le Pen alliance plans

  12-06-2024 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Éric Ciotti was thought to have locked party’s headquarters, where colleagues were to meet in bid to oust himÉric Ciotti, the leader of France’s mainstream rightwing party, Les Républicains, has vowed he will stay in his job despite key members of his party voting unanimously to oust him over his proposed alliance with the far right.Ciotti was believed to have been holed up in his office on Wednesday after locking members out of his party’s Paris headquarte
  
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• Bear shreds seats then dozes off after breaking into Canadian woman’s car

  12-06-2024 19:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Black bear apparently opened the vehicle by lifting door handle with its mouth, after breaking into same car last yearAfter a string of vehicle break-ins in a north Canadian town, local residents have identified the culprit: a black bear with a taste for upholstery foam.Awoken by a noise near midnight on 11 June, Kayla Seward, who lives in the Ontario township of Larder Lake, went outside to investigate – and found the sleepy black bear locked inside her car. Continue reading...
  
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• UK should follow Scotland on higher tax - Swinney

  12-06-2024 19:29 via bbc.com
  
  The SNP leader tells the BBC's Nick Robinson that taxing higher earners could avoid spending cuts
  
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• Russian warships arrive in Cuba in show of force

  12-06-2024 19:11 via bbc.com
  
  The visit is seen as Russia's sabre-rattling, amid tensions with the West over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Swiss lawmakers reject climate ruling in favour of female climate elders

  12-06-2024 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Co-president of the KlimaSeniorinnen says declaration is betrayal of older womenSwiss politicians have rejected a landmark climate ruling from the European court of human rights, raising fears that other polluting countries may follow suit.A panel of Strasbourg judges ruled in April that Switzerland had violated the human rights of older women through weak climate policies that leave them more vulnerable to heatwaves. Activists hailed the judgment as a breakthrough because it leaves all members
  
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• Hezbollah terrorists launch massive rocket attack on Israel amid mounting tensions

  12-06-2024 18:56 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM — The Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist movement on Wednesday pummeled Israel’s northern border, including Tiberias, where Jesus performed miracles, with rockets after the Jewish state eliminated a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for military operations.According to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the "IDF struck a Hezbollah command and control center used to direct attacks from southeastern Lebanon and eliminated its commander, Sami Taleb Abdullah.
  
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• Dozens of Rwanda detainees released on bail

  12-06-2024 18:54 via bbc.com
  
  Lawyers say 79 asylum seekers who were detained to be sent to Rwanda have now been released on bail.
  
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• A quick take on the Green Party manifesto

  12-06-2024 18:48 via bbc.com
  
  What’s in the Green's manifesto - and does it add up? BBC Verify looks at the numbers.
  
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• Israel and Hamas have both committed war crimes since 7 October, says UN body

  12-06-2024 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Parallel reports describe serious crimes during Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent offensive in GazaA UN investigation has accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity on and since 7 October, the date of Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel.The allegations were contained in two parallel reports prepared by a commission of inquiry formed in 2021 by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate human rights violations in Israel and the Palestinian territori
  
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• Memorial flight to miss Trooping the Colour

  12-06-2024 18:30 via bbc.com
  
  The planes have been grounded temporarily following the death of Spitfire pilot Sqn Ldr Mark Long.
  
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• Lucy Letby 'tried to murder baby hours after birth'

  12-06-2024 18:25 via bbc.com
  
  The prosecution opens its case against Lucy Letby in her retrial for the attempted murder of a baby girl.
  
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• Russian warships arrive in Havana in visit seen as show of strength

  12-06-2024 18:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Four vessels, including nuclear-powered submarine and frigate, greeted by sparse crowd upon arrival in CubaA fleet of Russian warships has arrived in the bay of Havana, in a visit seen as a show of strength amid tensions with the west over support for Ukraine.Four vessels, including the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan and the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, entered Havana Bay early on Wednesday, where they offered a 21-gun salute that was reciprocated from the battlements of La Cabaña, the fort
  
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• Man arrested in probe into Mone-linked PPE firm

  12-06-2024 18:20 via bbc.com
  
  PPE Medpro, the company led by Michelle Mone's husband, has been at the centre of a row over procurement.
  
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• BBC goes inside estates where residents say crime has made life brutal

  12-06-2024 18:14 via bbc.com
  
  Crime is the biggest election issue, people in Middlesbrough estates tell the BBC's Ed Thomas.
  
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• Hungary won't veto NATO support to Ukraine, but it won't participate, leader says

  12-06-2024 18:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Hungary agreed on Wednesday not to veto NATO support for Ukraine but Prime Minister Viktor Orbán insisted that his government would provide neither funds nor military personnel for any joint assistance effort.At a summit in Washington next month, U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts are expected to agree on a new system to provide more predictable, long-term security help and military training to Ukraine’s beleaguered armed forces.Ukraine’s Western allies are try
  
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• British duo arrested after $6m of cocaine seized at Ghana airport

  12-06-2024 18:04 via bbc.com
  
  Ghana is a significant transit point for illegal drug trafficking to Europe and the United States.
  
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• If you're good enough, you're old enough - Wharton

  12-06-2024 18:02 via bbc.com
  
  England midfielder Adam Wharton says being included in England’s 26-man squad for Euro 2024 is "surreal" and "a dream come true".
  
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• 'When you're compared to Tiger you're at a special level'

  12-06-2024 18:01 via bbc.com
  
  In the eyes of many pundits, fans and even players, this week's US Open is Scottie Scheffler's to lose given his dominant start to 2024.
  
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• Design revealed for Aids memorial near Diana ward

  12-06-2024 17:36 via bbc.com
  
  Former Turner Prize nominee Anya Gallaccio was selected to design the memorial.
  
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• Gaza ceasefire plan in balance as US says Hamas proposed 'changes'

  12-06-2024 17:18 via bbc.com
  
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says some of the changes are "workable" and some not.
  
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• Swiss parliament defies ECHR on climate women's case

  12-06-2024 17:13 via bbc.com
  
  Women who won a historic climate change ruling are shocked their parliament will not comply with it.
  
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• Tory candidate features Farage on election leaflet

  12-06-2024 17:05 via bbc.com
  
  Dame Andrea Jenkyns says she wants Reform UK to unite with the Tories to prevent a Labour "supermajority".
  
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• I hope Hazlewood was joking - England coach Mott

  12-06-2024 16:51 via bbc.com
  
  England coach Matthew Mott hopes Josh Hazlewood’s comments about possibly manipulating net run-rate to knock England out of the T20 World Cup were in jest.
  
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• YouTuber named as candidate in 11 constituencies

  12-06-2024 16:46 via bbc.com
  
  Police say they are aware Niko Omilana's name is listed in multiple constituencies.
  
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• Woman awarded £250k over ruptured breast implants

  12-06-2024 16:41 via bbc.com
  
  The woman was awarded the compensation in a medical negligence claim against the cosmetic surgeon.
  
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• Greens vow tax hike on wealthier to fund NHS and housing

  12-06-2024 16:38 via bbc.com
  
  The Green Party says it will set out plans for a “game-changing” transformation in the UK.
  
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• Conservative manifesto 2024: 12 key policies analysed

  12-06-2024 16:30 via bbc.com
  
  BBC correspondents analyse key policies in the Conservative manifesto.
  
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• From Aberdeen reject to Scotland's number nine

  12-06-2024 16:19 via bbc.com
  
  Seven years after being released by Aberdeen, Lawrence Shankland could lead the line for Scotland in Euro 2024's opening game.
  
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• Suspicious Minds songwriter Mark James dies

  12-06-2024 16:17 via bbc.com
  
  He was also responsible for such enduring hits as Always On My Mind and Hooked On A Feeling.
  
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• Prince William to attend England v Denmark Euro match

  12-06-2024 16:09 via bbc.com
  
  Prince William will watch England's second Euro 2024 group game in Frankfurt, Germany, next week.
  
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• Hamas has proposed ‘unworkable’ changes to ceasefire plan, Blinken says – as it happened

  12-06-2024 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Israel-Gaza war coverage hereIsrael’s military has issued a statement saying that it continues to operate in the central Gaza Strip and in the Rafah area. It claims it is carrying out “intelligence-based, targeted operations” and to have “eliminated a number of armed terrorist cells in close-quarters encounters.”It says that “Over the past day, the Israeli air force struck and dismantled over 30 terror tar
  
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