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• Shilese Jones will miss Paris Olympics after injury at gymnastics trials

  29-06-2024 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Nobody pictured Paris without Shilese Jones.
  
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• Bolivia’s president accused of plotting coup against himself to boost popularity

  29-06-2024 23:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Opponents say abortive raid on palace by angry ex-army chief was a stunt to bolster support It was the armoured vehicles circling the Plaza Murillo - the normally tranquil central square in historic downtown La Paz – that initially set Bolivians on edge on Wednesday afternoon. By the time a phalanx of troops had marched on the presidential palace, the sense of collective confusion and shock was at fever pitch.By 2.30pm, a small tank was repeatedly ramming the gates of the neoclassical buil
  
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• Police shooting of teen who allegedly wielded replica gun under investigation

  29-06-2024 23:19
  
  Three Utica, New York, police officers are under investigation after one shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who allegedly pointed a replica handgun, investigators said.
  
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• Animal rescuers try to keep dozens of dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows after mass stranding

  29-06-2024 23:18
  
  Animal rescuers try to keep dozens of dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows.
  
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• Trump campaign memo signals plans to reduce national GOP platform

  29-06-2024 23:16
  
  This memo did not specifically mention abortion or reproductive rights but doubled down on the notion that the new platform will reflect Trump's political stances.
  
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• Driver charged after 4 killed in nail salon crash

  29-06-2024 23:14
  
  Four people were killed and several others injured after a vehicle crashed into a storefront in New York on Friday, authorities said.
  
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• Beryl becomes major hurricane forecast to bring life-threatening conditions to the Caribbean

  29-06-2024 23:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tropical cyclone Beryl has become a major hurricane forecast to bring life-threatening winds and storm surge to the Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.
  
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• Royals open Balmoral Castle to extensive public tours for first time

  29-06-2024 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Those who got £100 or £150 tickets – already sold out – can judge King Charles’s design choices at Aberdeen estate where late queen diedThe royal family is opening the doors of Balmoral Castle to the public from Monday and giving extensive tours for the first time in more than 170 years.Visitors will be able to take a guided tour of a number of rooms in the Aberdeenshire castle, such as the entrance hall, red corridor, main and family dining rooms, page’s lobb
  
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• 7 injured, including 4 children, at Nebraska home after neighbor opens fire

  29-06-2024 22:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Seven people, including four children, were shot by a neighbor at a Nebraska home Friday evening, according to authorities, who said the crime could potentially be racially motivated.
  
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• ‘Disbelief’ as US-UK trade deals under threat after Britain axes negotiators

  29-06-2024 22:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Business community decries ‘act of arson’ as one-seventh of trade posts within British consulates in the US are scrapped America was meant to be Britain’s route to the sunlit uplands of Brexit. Then, after hopes of a free trade deal evaporated, successive Conservative governments have set their sights lower, by trying to forge closer ties with individual US states.Now the civil servants responsible for delivering those state-level deals have been let go, in what a furious Briti
  
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• Truck driver dead after 18-wheeler crashes into home

  29-06-2024 22:01
  
  An 18-wheel truck crashed into two vehicles and an unoccupied house in Mission, Texas, investigators said.
  
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• Defence probed 16 alleged links between personnel and extremism in two years

  29-06-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Documents reveal the ADF has conducted more than a dozen investigations into allegations about army and navy personnel since 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThere have been at least 16 investigations into defence personnel allegedly engaging with extremism or supremacism in the last two years, documents obtained by Guardian Australia reveal.Of the cases, which span February 2022 to April
  
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• Are Australia’s public transport discounts for seniors too generous? Are they fair?

  29-06-2024 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  School and tertiary students receive concessions, but their fares are still more than three times those offered to seniors in some statesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIt’s the uncomfortable question few politicians would dare to ask. Are generous travel discounts afforded to Australia’s older citizens, especially self-funded retirees who are not means tested, sustainable? Moreover, are th
  
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• Police shoot and kill teen armed with a replica handgun in upstate New York, authorities say

  29-06-2024 21:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  NEW YORK — An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teenager who was fleeing while wielding a “realistic appearing firearm,” authorities said Saturday.
  
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• Rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans not seen since June 4 birth, officials say

  29-06-2024 20:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Yellowstone National Park officials said Friday a rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans has not been seen since its birth on June 4.
  
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• WATCH: Penguin chicks have 1st swimming lesson at London zoo

  29-06-2024 20:17
  
  Eleven young Humboldt penguin chicks took a dip in the water at London Zoo for their first swimming lesson since they hatched in April.
  
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• Tropical Storm Beryl predicted to turn into first hurricane of season

  29-06-2024 20:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Storm is forecast to glance off Barbados on Sunday before heading through Caribbean and toward the YucatánTropical Storm Beryl is forecast to become the first hurricane of the season before skirting the southern tip of Barbados in the south-eastern Caribbean on Sunday.Beryl currently holds maximum sustained winds of 60mph (95km/h) and is traveling west at 21mph (34km/h), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Hurricane Center. Continue reading...
  
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• Judge acquits 28 people accused in Panama Papers case, including law firm co-founder

  29-06-2024 19:50
  
  They were accused of money laundering in the case known as the Panama Papers.
  
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• More than 100 dolphins stranded in shallow water around Cape Cod

  29-06-2024 19:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Volunteers work to herd Atlantic white-sided dolphins found Friday in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, into deeper waterMore than 100 dolphins have become stranded in the shallow waters around Cape Cod on Friday in what an animal welfare group is calling “the largest single mass stranding event” in the organization’s 25-year history.A group of Atlantic white-sided dolphins were found Friday in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, about 100 miles south-east of Boston, in an area called the Gut &n
  
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• World reaction to US presidential debate: Mockery from China and Russia, concern from allies

  29-06-2024 19:04 via foxnews.com
  
  America's adversaries didn't just think President Biden got pummeled in Thursday's debate, they claim the United States was the real loser.Russia, China, Iran and others weighed in after Biden's faltering performance left viewers stunned. Media outlets in those countries, many of which are government-run, seized on the debate debacle to criticize the U.S."Every outlet, big and small, carries a piece describing what happened," Rebekah Koffler, a strategic military intelligence analyst and author
  
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• Florida shark attack leaves man in critical condition

  29-06-2024 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Swimmer off Fernandina beach was rescued by Nassau county marine unit after distress call from boat on FridayA shark attack off Florida’s Atlantic coast left a man with a “severe bite to his right arm” on Friday, authorities say, leaving him in critical condition from blood loss.The Nassau county sheriff’s office marine unit, which was patrolling off the coast of Fernandina beach near the Florida-Georgia border, said it had received a distress call from a boat on Friday a
  
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• ‘It’s not beautiful, but you can still eat it’: climate crisis leads to more wonky vegetables in Netherlands

  29-06-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Crowdfunding scheme salvages ‘imperfect’ fruit and veg following the country’s wettest autumn, winter and spring on record When 31-year-old Dutch farmer Bastiaan Blok dug up his latest crop, the weather had taken a disastrous toll. His onions – 117,000 kilos of them – were the size of shallots.“We had a very wet spring and a dry, warm summer, so the plants made very small roots,” said Blok, who farms 90 hectares in Swifterbant, in the reclaimed province
  
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• Former Northeastern University lab manager convicted of staging hoax explosion at Boston campus

  29-06-2024 18:22
  
  He lied about a hoax explosion at the Boston campus to federal agents.
  
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• McCarthy’s congressional replacement brings Asian representation to a deep-red California district

  29-06-2024 18:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Fong, the son of Chinese immigrants, is the first Asian American to represent California’s 20th district in Congress.
  
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• Supreme Court's overturning of 40-year Chevron ruling is a win for the Trump deregulatory agenda

  29-06-2024 17:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump has been out of office for more than three years but he just notched a big win at the Supreme Court.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin refuses to comment on Trump’s claims he would settle war – as it happened

  29-06-2024 16:55 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereRussia has taken control of village of Shumy in the Donetsk region, Russian-state media reports.Citing the country’s ministry of defence, Russian state-owned news agency Ria reported on Saturday that the army had seized control of the settlement, which is near the city of Toretsk.This is why we constantly remind all of our partners: only a sufficient amount of high-quality of air defense systems, only a suffici
  
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• Two police officers hospitalised after attack by protesters at far-right AfD congress in Germany

  29-06-2024 16:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Police say another seven injured amid clashes with demonstrators in Essen, where party is meeting after best ever EU election resultTwo police officers have been hospitalised after clashes with hooded protesters outside the congress of Germany’s far-right AfD, as the party met weeks after its record European Union election result.About 1,000 police were deployed in the western city of Essen on Saturday, where demonstration organisers said 50,000 protestors marched towards the congress. The
  
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• Jay Slater: expert volunteers join search for missing teenager in Tenerife

  29-06-2024 16:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Volunteers with experience in rough terrain will go over areas previously covered by police in search for 19-year-oldVolunteers with experience navigating tough terrain are in Tenerife to help the Spanish police in the search for a missing British teenager.Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, was last heard from on 17 June when he called a friend to say he had no water and only 1% battery left on his phone. Continue reading...
  
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• Orlando Cepeda, slugging Hall of Fame first baseman nicknamed 'Baby Bull,' dies at 86

  29-06-2024 16:22
  
  Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died
  
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• Serbian officer shot with crossbow outside Israeli embassy

  29-06-2024 16:17 via bbc.com
  
  The policeman was wounded in the neck before shooting the attacker dead, officials say.
  
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• Biden vows to fight on, rejecting calls to step aside

  29-06-2024 16:10 via bbc.com
  
  The president says he would not run if he could not do the job, after his debate performance sparked concern among Democrats.
  
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• Reform drops three candidates but says people should still vote for them

  29-06-2024 16:02 via bbc.com
  
  The candidates will still appear on the ballot paper as it is too late to remove them.
  
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• Aer Lingus pilots stage eight-hour work stoppage

  29-06-2024 15:49 via bbc.com
  
  The strike action, which lasted for eight hours, affected more than 100 flights on Saturday.
  
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• Macron told ‘people detest you’ as far-right bids to be biggest party in France

  29-06-2024 15:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Centrists are fighting for their survival in Sunday’s poll, amid fears the president’s snap election has unleashed chaosEmmanuel Macron’s centrist grouping was fighting for survival this weekend before the first round of France’s high-stakes snap election, which could see the far-right National Rally (RN) become the biggest force in parliament.Macron, who warned last week that France risked “civil war” if Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration RN, or the leftw
  
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• Veteran 'King of the Fells' runner dies

  29-06-2024 15:18 via bbc.com
  
  Tributes are paid to the legendary Lake District fell runner Joss Naylor who has died aged 88.
  
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• Four dead and nine injured after minivan crashes into New York nail salon

  29-06-2024 15:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Driver taken to hospital and charged with driving while intoxicated after rescuers free people trapped in buildingA minivan slammed into a Long Island, New York, nail salon on Friday, killing four people and injuring nine others inside the business at the time, a Suffolk county fire official said.The vehicle came to a stop at the back of the Hawaii Nail & Spa salon in Deer Park at about 4.40pm. Continue reading...
  
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• Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network

  29-06-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian used public records and open source materials to identify Daniel Linden of the Shirion CollectiveA prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal.Shirion has harassed pro-Palestinian activists, including many Jews, of
  
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• Dams in distress: Partial failure in Minnesota offers a nationwide warning

  29-06-2024 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The partial failure of Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam sheds like on the almost 4,100 dams in the U.S. that are categorized at the same risk level and condition – or worse.
  
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• Kinnock urges Labour to combat Reform's nationalism

  29-06-2024 14:59 via bbc.com
  
  A former Labour leader wants party to "combat the populist nationalism" of the Reform party.
  
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• Woman injured in XL bully street attack

  29-06-2024 14:51 via bbc.com
  
  The dog, which was out of control, was "destroyed at the scene as the last possible option", police say.
  
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• Another council sets up emergency postal vote centre

  29-06-2024 14:43 via bbc.com
  
  Replacement voting packs are issued in some areas, but officials say most remaining ballots should be delivered on Saturday
  
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• Third arrest after Stonehenge sprayed with powder paint

  29-06-2024 13:50 via bbc.com
  
  A man in his 30s, from Essex, becomes the third person arrested in connection with the incident.
  
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• Arrest over alleged inmate and officer sex video

  29-06-2024 13:43 via bbc.com
  
  The Metropolitan Police said a woman was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
  
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• New search for Jay Slater begins

  29-06-2024 13:24 via bbc.com
  
  A new search involving skilled volunteers is underway for the missing British teenager.
  
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• 'I never feared a penalty shootout - I relished them'

  29-06-2024 13:23 via bbc.com
  
  Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart explains why he loved taking part in shootouts, whether he was trying to score goals or save them.
  
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• Attempt to fly open basket-balloon across Atlantic abandoned

  29-06-2024 13:14 via bbc.com
  
  The team, which included British explorer Sir David Hempleman-Adams, are said to be "extremely disappointed".
  
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• Middle East crisis: Iran sounds warning on Israeli ‘aggression’ in Lebanon – as it happened

  29-06-2024 13:01 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our coverage on the Middle East here Continue reading...
  
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• GOP recruits poll monitors from suburban areas to monitor the vote in Democratic cities

  29-06-2024 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Republicans have made suburban areas a recruiting ground for their army of Election Day poll monitors, with plans to deploy some into urban, Democratic epicenters that have remained the focus of conservatives’ erroneous claims of voter fraud.
  
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• Could Kamala Harris be a winner for the Democrats if Biden steps aside?

  29-06-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The vice-president would be a logical choice if Biden does opt out, but some are already looking to other contendersJoe Biden’s stumbling debate performance left Democrats so panicked some are searching for an alternative to replace the 81-year-old president as the party’s standard-bearer.Biden has given no indication that he intends to exit the race, and his campaign has flatly dismissed the suggestion. But that has done little to silence critics who are openly questioning whether B
  
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• ‘Nowhere to go’: people trapped in eastern DRC as rebel militia seize key town

  29-06-2024 12:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Rwandan-backed rebels seize Kanyabayonga, says official, already home to thousands driven from their homes by conflictRwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east, a local official said.“Kanyabayonga has been in the hands of the M23 since Friday evening,” the administrative official said, under condition of anonymity. Continue reading...
  
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