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• Zelenskiy to attend UK cabinet meeting in effort to disrupt Russian oil sales

  18-07-2024 23:30
  
  Ukraine’s president will ask for more help to block Putin’s growing ‘shadow fleet’ of tankers carrying sanctioned crude to buyersThe Ukrainian president, Volodmyr Zelenskiy, will attend an extraordinary meeting of the British cabinet on Friday to bring fresh impetus to efforts to stop Russia evading sanctions on its oil exports.Zelenskiy will be the first foreign leader to visit Downing Street since Keir Starmer was elected prime minister two weeks ago and the first forei
  
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• Fighting for Olympic Gold: Ukraine’s Athletes at War

  18-07-2024 23:27
  When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Volodymyr Dzubinskij put his Olympic rowing dreams on hold and enlisted. The war took his leg and his frontline best friend, a fellow athlete, but it also motivated him to get back in the boat, fighting for a place on Ukraine’s Paralympic team.
  
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• Four dead in a week: Heat leads to tragedies in state and national parks

  18-07-2024 23:14
  
  Four hikers have died due to heat in state and national parks this month, with several more heat deaths suspected.
  
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• Macron ally wins surprise re-election as national assembly speaker

  18-07-2024 22:55
  
  Vote for centrist MP Yaël Braun-Pivet marks first step out of governing limbo since snap elections left country dividedFrench lawmakers have re-elected a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc as president of parliament’s lower house, a possible breakthrough in attempts to form a majority amid deadlock.French politics have been in gridlock after a snap election this month left the country without any clear path to forming a new government as Paris prepares to host t
  
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• 'What a beauty!' - McIlroy, Woods & Rose star in day one's best shots

  18-07-2024 22:52 via bbc.com
  
  Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and Justin Rose feature in day one's best shots at The Open at Royal Troon.
  
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• Waterspout spotted off Philippines coast

  18-07-2024 22:29 via bbc.com
  
  Footage shows the column of air and water near Misamis Oriental province on Thursday.
  
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• SheerLuxe defends use of AI influencer

  18-07-2024 21:56 via bbc.com
  
  The lifestyle magazine has been criticised after it described an artificial intelligence influencer as a "new member" of the team.
  
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• Man Utd sign Yoro from Lille in £52m deal

  18-07-2024 21:41 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester United sign French defender Leny Yoro from Lille until 2029 in a deal worth 62m euros (£52.18m), with 8m euros (£6.73m) in add-ons.
  
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• Ramsdale is my lucky charm, says England's Pope

  18-07-2024 21:31 via bbc.com
  
  Ollie Pope says Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale is his “lucky charm” after he watched the England batter make 121 on the first day of the second Test against West Indies.
  
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• Extremist Israeli minister makes provocative visit to al-Aqsa mosque

  18-07-2024 21:16
  
  Itamar Ben-Gvir, who seeks to disrupt ceasefire talks, makes video at contested holy site in JerusalemIsrael’s extremist national security minister has visited the holiest Muslim site in Jerusalem, recording a video saying he went to pray, in a provocative move as he seeks to disrupt ceasefire talks.Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist and champion of the settler movement, recorded footage at al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known as the Temple Mount, a site holy to Muslims and Jews. Continue
  
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• Keir Starmer says he is open to processing asylum seekers offshore

  18-07-2024 20:40
  
  PM wants to rethink UK’s immigration policies but did not make progress on returns deal at summit with EU leadersKeir Starmer is looking into plans to process asylum seekers outside the UK as part of a rethink of the government’s immigration policies, even as a returns agreement with the EU appears more distant than ever.The prime minister said on Thursday he was open to the idea of Britain processing claims offshore, after a day spent discussing illegal migration with fellow Europea
  
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• Urgent action needed as malaria resists key drug, say scientists

  18-07-2024 20:08 via bbc.com
  
  Malaria parasites that can shrug off the effects of artemisinin are now well-established in East Africa.
  
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• Keir Starmer speaks after European Political Community summit – as it happened

  18-07-2024 20:01
  
  Prime minister says summit has been ‘successful and productive’ as world leaders discuss Ukraine and European securitySome more of the arrivals pictured at Blenheim Palace for a summit for the European Political Community (EPC) today, courtesy of the newswires:Here are some of the discussions that have taken place at previous EPC summits, according to the gov.uk website:At the last meeting in Granada, the UK led discussions on AI and illegal migration. In Moldova, the focus was on su
  
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• How the UK planned for the wrong pandemic

  18-07-2024 19:28 via bbc.com
  
  Over-confidence, wasted opportunities and muddled-thinking left UK sleep-walking into Covid.
  
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• South Korea's top court issues landmark ruling recognizing some rights for same-sex couples

  18-07-2024 19:16 via foxnews.com
  
  South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by human rights groups.The Supreme Court said it ruled that the state health insurance agency’s refusal to provide spousal insurance coverage for gay couples was an act of discrimination that violates the constitutional principle of equality.Thursday’s ruling is final and cannot be appealed.FORMER CIA ANALYST
  
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• Biden's $230 million Gaza pier quietly shuts down, US senator labels project 'national embarrassment'

  18-07-2024 19:11 via foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. military has started shutting down operation of the hugely expensive and troublesome pier into the Gaza Strip, citing difficulties with distribution as a key factor in the decision. "This chapter might be over in President Biden’s mind, but the national embarrassment that this project has caused is not. The only miracle is that this doomed-from-the-start operation did not cost any American lives," Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said in a statement issued after the project's clos
  
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• Caribbean leaders call for ‘Marshall plan’ to help rebuild after Hurricane Beryl

  18-07-2024 19:05
  
  Three prime ministers write to UK government saying islands cannot sustain debt from repeated rebuilding Caribbean leaders struggling to raise hundreds of millions after Hurricane Beryl wiped out entire islands have asked the UK government to back a “Marshall plan” to rebuild their devastated countries.The hurricane, which made landfall in the Caribbean on 1 July, killed at least 11 people, demolished more than 90% of buildings in parts of Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (S
  
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• Weekly quiz: Which film was Shannen Doherty’s breakthrough?

  18-07-2024 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test how closely you've been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days.
  
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• 'McIlroy left in grim major battle after another tale of woe'

  18-07-2024 18:29 via bbc.com
  
  It was another day when things went wrong for Rory McIlroy in a major, writes Tom English.
  
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• Covid Inquiry: UK 'Failed Citizens'

  18-07-2024 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pandemic planning ‘failed its citizens’, first Covid inquiry report says.
  
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• Graziano spokesman admits dancer kicked Zara McDermott in Strictly rehearsal

  18-07-2024 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  Dancer Graziano Di Prima kicked celebrity partner Zara McDermott once during rehearsals last year.
  
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• Scotland not properly prepared for pandemic – Covid inquiry

  18-07-2024 17:56 via bbc.com
  
  The UK Covid Inquiry says both the Westminster and Scottish governments “failed their citizens”.
  
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• Travel agency confirms missing Briton's death

  18-07-2024 17:42 via bbc.com
  
  Juan Cifuentes and Farooq Abdulrazak are feared to be the men whose bodies were found in a burned-out car.
  
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• Boy 'followed girl for 45 minutes' before killing

  18-07-2024 17:18 via bbc.com
  
  A teenager admits killing Holly Newton, 15, who was stabbed multiple times, but denies her murder.
  
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• WATCH: Helicopter rescues plane from snowy mountain after emergency landing

  18-07-2024 17:17 via foxnews.com
  
  An aircraft that had made an emergency landing on a snowy mountain in Argentina was rescued by specialized personnel and a helicopter.The aircraft, a Piper PA-18, had to land on a frozen lagoon in the province of Chubut on June 29 due to technical problems. Its operator was rescued a day later.VIDEO SHOWS DRAMATIC RESCUE OF SKIER WHO FELL OVER 1,000 FEETAccording to IBEX, a company that provides aeronautical services such as mountain rescue, heli-skiing, heli-fishing, and tourism, and which was
  
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• 'I'm owed £10,870 for liposuction': What went wrong at SK:N?

  18-07-2024 17:12 via bbc.com
  
  Customers tell the BBC they have no idea if they will be refunded for treatments they paid for in advance.
  
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• ISIS threat rising in Syria, Iraq as US military warns terror attacks could double in 2024

  18-07-2024 17:07 via foxnews.com
  
  The number of attacks claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria are on track to more than double in 2024 from last year as the group looks to bolster its capabilities, warned the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) this week.ISIS has claimed credit for 153 attacks in Iraq and Syria during the first six months of this year, which have prompted 196 "Defeat ISIS Missions" in 2024 alone. IRAQ ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST WIFE OF LATE ISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADIThe missions, carried
  
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• Colombia gives assurances over UN biodiversity summit after rebels’ threat

  18-07-2024 16:55
  
  Organisers working to ensure safe environment for attenders in October after guerrillas’ warning of disruptionColombian authorities have insisted it will be safe to attend a UN biodiversity summit in Cali later this year, after a dissident rebel group threatened to disrupt the event.This week Central General Staff (EMC), a guerrilla faction that rejected the country’s 2016 peace agreement, said the UN nature summit Cop16 would “fail”, in a post on X addressed to the Colom
  
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• British trio await Euro 2025 play-off draw

  18-07-2024 16:00 via bbc.com
  
  What are the permutations for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in Friday's Euro 2025 play-off draw?
  
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• Woman who killed girl with bedbug poison spared jail

  18-07-2024 15:08 via bbc.com
  
  Fatiha Sabrin died on her 11th birthday when she was poisoned accidentally by her neighbour.
  
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• Violence against women in Brazil reaches highest levels on record

  18-07-2024 15:07
  
  Brazilian Forum on Public Safety finds every indicator of gender-based violence increased in 2023, including murder, harassment and stalkingBrazil has recorded unprecedented levels of rape and other forms of gender-based violence for the second year running, amid growing concerns over rightwing efforts to criminalize rape victims who have an abortion.The data, released on Thursday in the annual report by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, showed that reported cases of rape rose by 6.5% from t
  
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• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes final bid for second term before vote

  18-07-2024 14:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Ursula von der Leyen pledged to be a strong leader for Europe in a time of crisis and polarization as she made her final leadership pitch in a speech to lawmakers at the European Parliament ahead of a vote Thursday afternoon on whether to grant her a second five-year term as president of the European Union's executive commission.The secret ballot at the 720-seat parliament comes hot on the heels of strong gains by the far right in last month's election for the European Parliament. Voting gets un
  
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• Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich seen at second Russia hearing on bogus espionage charges

  18-07-2024 13:50 via foxnews.com
  
  The espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich resumed behind closed doors Thursday in the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia – a case where he is likely to be convicted though evidence of his alleged crimes has yet to be published. Gershkovich, 32, was arrested in March 2023 in Yekaterinburg on a reporting trip with Russian authorities alleging he was gathering secret information for the CIA: a claim he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny.He
  
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• Chip stocks fall further after Trump’s remarks on Taiwan defence

  18-07-2024 11:50
  
  Semiconductor and related tech shares hit hard by former US president’s calls for Taipei to pay for US protectionBusiness live – latest updatesThe stocks of some of the world’s largest chipmakers have fallen further after comments by Donald Trump that Taiwan, which is central to the global industry, should pay for its own defences against China.Shares in semiconductor and related tech companies had already plunged on Wednesday after the former president’s comments, as wel
  
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• Will Team USA cruise to gold in track? Not if the Jamaicans have their way

  18-07-2024 11:00
  
  There will be 206 countries represented at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  
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• UK ‘turning a blind eye’ to threats to kill Saudi activists living in exile

  18-07-2024 08:00
  
  Saudis living in the UK claim Riyadh is targeting them for speaking out on human rights and jailing of female activistsSaudi exiles living in the UK have spoken of threats to their lives and harassment over their support for improvements in human rights in their home country.Saudi Arabia has been attempting to present itself as a reformed state since the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi hit squad at its consulate in Istanbul in 2018.It has spent billions on sporting deals and
  
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• Thursday briefing: How one controversial bill has Kenya on the brink of disorder

  18-07-2024 07:33
  
  In today’s newsletter: President William Ruto’s unpopular finance bill has sparked a wave of protests – that have been met with brutality and yet more discord in the country• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning.Anti-government protests are expected to escalate in Kenya after a month of demonstrations that erupted again across the country on Tuesday calling for the president, William Ruto, to resign. In response to police hostility, protesters s
  
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• ‘People think they’ll smell but they don’t’: building homes from mushroom waste and weeds

  18-07-2024 07:00
  
  A sustainable project aims to repurpose encroacher bush to create building blocks to solve Namibia’s housing crisis“People think the house would smell because the blocks are made of all-natural products, but it doesn’t smell,” says Kristine Haukongo. “Sometimes, there is a small touch of wood, but otherwise it’s completely odourless.”Haukongo is the senior cultivator at the research group MycoHab and her job is pretty unusual. She grows oyster mushrooms
  
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• Bereaved families force law changes - why did it take so long?

  18-07-2024 02:23 via bbc.com
  
  Bills in the King's Speech took years of struggle by campaigners. Is that how the system should work?
  
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