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• Beset with 'doomism,' some Gen Z children of immigrants are giving up on the American dream

  22-07-2024 23:44
  
  The cost of healthcare and rent, as well as a chaotic political system, has these Gen Z children of immigrants leaving the American dream behind.
  
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• Keir Starmer indicates he will consider scrapping two-child benefit cap

  22-07-2024 23:35 via theguardian.com
  
  PM endorses earlier comments by Bridget Phillipson amid brewing rebellion on policy among Labour MPsKeir Starmer has indicated for the first time that he will consider scrapping the two-child benefit cap, amid a brewing rebellion by Labour MPs.The prime minister endorsed comments by Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, who said that removing the cap was among measures the government would look at as part of a review into child poverty. Continue reading...
  
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• Neil Kinnock tells Labour MPs ‘tide is shifting’ towards closer ties with Europe

  22-07-2024 23:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Former leader rallies pro-EU MPs who German ambassador says now vastly outnumber ERG group of Eurosceptic ToriesNeil Kinnock has delivered a rallying cry to pro-EU Labour MPs, telling them that “fortune favours the brave” when it comes to forging closer ties with Europe.The “tide is shifting”, the former party leader told a reception of the Labour Movement for Europe (LME), where there was applause when Germany’s ambassador told of his delight that the grouping&rsqu
  
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• Tories will pick new leader in November after agreeing extended timetable

  22-07-2024 23:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Four MPs will be shortlisted before party conference, with Badenoch, Cleverly, Tugendhat and Patel current favouritesThe Conservatives will elect their new leader in November after the party agreed to an extended timetable to replace Rishi Sunak.Four Conservative MPs will be shortlisted by the parliamentary party to make their pitch to colleagues and members at party conference in October. Sunak will remain acting leader until his successor is agreed. Continue reading...
  
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• Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, last surviving member of Four Tops, dies aged 88

  22-07-2024 22:48 via theguardian.com
  
  The beloved Motown group’s co-founder died of a heart failure and had been struggling with bladder cancerAbdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the Four Tops, the beloved Motown group, died Monday at his home in Detroit. He was 88 years old.According to a family spokesperson, Fakir died of heart failure with his family and friends by his side. The family announced his death Monday afternoon, saying, “our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of a trailb
  
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• Secret Service chief berated in House hearing after Trump rally shooting

  22-07-2024 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawmakers of both parties call for resignation of Kimberly Cheatle, who admits agency ‘failed’ at ex-president’s rallyLawmakers grilled the director of the US Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, during a contentious House hearing on Monday, where members of both parties called for her resignation in the wake of the assassination attempt against Donald Trump earlier this month.In her opening statement, Cheatle acknowledged the Secret Service had “failed” on 13 July, wh
  
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• Dominique Dawes on flipping the script on diversity in gymnastics

  22-07-2024 22:18
  
  "You’re representing your country and your race," said Dominique Dawes, the first Black gymnast to win Olympic gold.
  
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• Gunman kills mother, 5 others in Croatian nursing home shooting

  22-07-2024 22:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A gunman entered a nursing home in a quiet Croatian town on Monday and opened fire, killing six people including his mother, officials said. The dead were mostly in their 80s and 90s, the prime minister said.The national police chief, Nikola Milina, said five people died immediately and another died in a hospital. Five were residents and one was an employee. At least six other people were wounded, four seriously.The suspect fled but police caught him in a cafe near the facility in the town of Da
  
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• Yvette Cooper could abandon law that criminalised peaceful protests

  22-07-2024 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Civil group Liberty has adjourned legal hearing over contentious legislation to allow talks with ministers to openYvette Cooper could abandon a law that has seen hundreds of people criminalised for carrying out peaceful protests.An attempt to overturn a high court judgment that the previous Conservative home secretary acted unlawfully has been adjourned to allow the civil liberties group Liberty and ministers to open talks about the future of the contentious legislation. Continue reading...
  
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• What do the polls say about a Harris vs. Trump matchup?

  22-07-2024 21:20
  
  While Harris consistently polled worse than Biden did against Trump before the debate, she’s since fared the same or better in close to half of the post-debate polls.
  
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• WATCH: Super PACs already putting millions of dollars toward Kamala Harris

  22-07-2024 21:20
  
  Future Forward says it received $150 million in new commitments from major Democratic donors in the 24 hours since President Joe Biden announced he would step aside from the race.
  
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• WATCH: Looking back at the last time a president didn't seek reelection

  22-07-2024 21:20
  
  Lyndon B. Johnson was the last eligible president to not seek reelection in 1968, but the circumstances and timing were much different.
  
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• Pelosi endorses Harris with 'immense pride,' praises Biden's 'wisdom'

  22-07-2024 21:15
  
  Her backing of Harris came about 24 hours after the president bowed out.
  
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• CrowdStrike says more machines fixed as customers, regulators await details

  22-07-2024 21:09
  
  Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says a “significant number” of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global disruptions, are back in operation as its customers and regulators await a more detailed explanation of what went wrong
  
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• Officials to release video of officer shooting Black woman in her home after responding to 911 call

  22-07-2024 20:54
  
  Officials in Illinois’ capital plan to release video on Monday of police entering the home of a woman who called 911 for help and the violent scene that ensued when a sheriff’s deputy shot her in the face
  
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• Air travel delays continue, most airlines have recovered from global tech outage

  22-07-2024 20:46
  
  Delta Air Lines is struggling for a fourth straight day to recover from the tech outage, even as other airlines are returning to nearly normal levels of service
  
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• WATCH: Kamala Harris is 'exciting the country,' Rep. Jeffries says

  22-07-2024 20:36
  
  Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks about Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate.
  
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• Everything You Need to Know About Kamala Harris

  22-07-2024 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vice-president is the favourite to be Democratic nominee for president.
  
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• Brazil’s Lula calls on Maduro to respect result of Venezuelan election

  22-07-2024 20:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Brazilian leader says he was ‘frightened’ by counterpart’s warnings of ‘bloodbath’ if he loses to Edmundo GonzálezBrazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has urged Venezuela’s government to respect the result of next Sunday’s election, saying he had been “frightened” by Nicolás Maduro’s warnings of a “bloodbath” if he loses the vote.After 11 years in power, Venezuela’s authoritarian lead
  
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• WATCH: Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson discusses Harris' candidacy

  22-07-2024 20:16
  
  Marianne Williamson discusses President Joe Biden stepping down from the 2024 presidential election and her bid to be the Democratic nominee instead of Vice President Kamala Harris.
  
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• Kamala Harris' super PAC launches 1st campaign ad targeting Trump over Roe v. Wade

  22-07-2024 20:10
  
  EMILY’s List, a pro-choice political organization, is set to launch a new 30-second TV and digital ad targeting former President Donald Trump over the issue of abortion.
  
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• Israel orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone

  22-07-2024 19:58
  
  The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of part of a crowded area in Gaza it has designated a humanitarian zone
  
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• WATCH: Democratic lawmaker Jennifer McClellan commends Biden for stepping down

  22-07-2024 19:48
  
  McClellan said she fully endorses Biden's backing of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.
  
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• Netanyahu to arrive in Washington as fears grow of wider war in Middle East

  22-07-2024 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli PM will visit US amid political tumult and his meeting with Biden will be a test of US president’s influenceBenjamin Netanyahu is due to arrive in Washington on Monday at a moment of historic political tumult, as he is scheduled to meet the outgoing US president, Joe Biden, and address a divided Congress amid fears of a growing regional war in the Middle East.The Israeli prime minister’s arrival will come just a day after Biden bowed out of the presidential race, and will be
  
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• Biden has bowed out but GOP attacks continue as he faces big week ahead

  22-07-2024 19:46
  
  Biden's stepped aside from the 2024 race but can't afford to take his foot off the gas as Republican criticism of his leadership continues at full throttle.
  
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• Russian forces push toward critical Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk

  22-07-2024 19:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine's top commander said on Monday that Russian forces were staging relentless assaults to try to advance towards the town of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in the east, and that there was active fighting taking place along the entire front line.Nearly 29 months since the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has stepped up its mobilization effort to address its manpower shortages and been reinforced by supplies of western artillery shells, but Russian troops have continued to inch forward."The enemy pays
  
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• Israeli military orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone

  22-07-2024 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  New evacuation order for Khan Younis covers part of area designated a humanitarian zone by IDFThe Israeli military has ordered Palestinians to leave a number of neighbourhoods in the southern city of Khan Younis, including areas that had been designated by the military as part of a humanitarian zone.Palestinian civil defence in the territory estimated that 400,000 people sheltering in the city were affected by the order, which included the eastern part of Al-Mawasi, a sandy strip of land without
  
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• Texas family sues Syria for death of loved one: ‘Plan to hold the regime fully accountable for its crimes’

  22-07-2024 18:57 via foxnews.com
  
  The family of Majd Kamalmaz, an American psychotherapist who was detained at a government checkpoint in Damascus, Syria, in 2017, have filed a civil lawsuit against the Syrian government, accusing it of abducting, torturing and killing him. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Kamalmaz’s four children, his widow and sister, accuses Syrian officials of deliberately killing the humanitarian and attempting to cover up his death.His daughter, Maryam
  
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• WATCH: Harris comments on Biden’s ‘big heart’ at White House event

  22-07-2024 18:31
  
  The vice president gave remarks at an event celebrating the NCAA championship teams Monday morning on the South Lawn of the White House.
  
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• More money could result in fewer trips to ER, study suggests

  22-07-2024 18:30
  
  A new study suggests that giving cash to poor people could result in fewer emergency department visits
  
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• German punks launch ‘invasion’ of holiday island favoured by elite

  22-07-2024 18:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Leftwingers set up protest camp on Sylt to demonstrate against far right, economic exclusion and climate crisisPunks from across Germany have set up a summer-long protest camp on the North Sea holiday island of Sylt to demonstrate against economic exclusion, environmental degradation and the presence of the far right in one of the country’s most exclusive areas.For the third consecutive year, the young leftwingers with mohawks, torn T-shirts and facial piercings began descending on Sylt at
  
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• Evacuations lifted for Salt Lake City fire that triggered evacuations near state Capitol

  22-07-2024 18:25
  
  Authorities in Utah have lifted evacuation orders for a wildfire in Salt Lake City that threatened neighborhoods near the state Capitol over the weekend
  
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• Baltimore man arrested in deadly shooting of 12-year-old girl

  22-07-2024 18:25
  
  Police say a Baltimore man has been arrested in the recent deadly shooting of a 12-year-old girl
  
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• Canada wildfires drive hundreds from homes as more scorching heat forecast

  22-07-2024 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  British Columbia says fire crews are battling more than 300 blazes, with more than half classified as out of controlWildfires have forced hundreds from their homes in Canada’s westernmost province and officials warn weeks more of scorching temperatures will add pressure to fire crews already in the parched region.The British Columbia wildfire service said crews were battling more than 300 blazes, with more than half of the fires are classified as out of control. Thousands of residents are
  
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• Shooting outside a Mississippi nightclub kills 3 and injures more than a dozen

  22-07-2024 18:22
  
  Authorities say three 19-year-olds were killed and more than a dozen people were injured in a weekend shooting outside a nightclub in Mississippi
  
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• Bangladesh protests pause as top court agrees to abandon most job quotas

  22-07-2024 18:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Streets appeared calm in Bangladesh's capital on Monday, a day after the Supreme Court agreed to scrap most government job quotas that had angered student-led activists and led to deadly protests.Late on Sunday, protesters gave Bangladesh's government 48 hours to meet a string of new demands, including a public apology from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the violence, and the restoration of internet connections disrupted during the unrest.But on Monday, most appeared to be obeying a curfew in
  
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• WATCH: Democratic Congressman Gabe Amo gives Kamala Harris his full support

  22-07-2024 17:16
  
  The Democratic congressman from Rhode Island says he is looking forward to helping Vice President Harris win the nomination.
  
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• WATCH: Democratic Party rallying behind Kamala Harris

  22-07-2024 17:15
  
  Despite Harris getting key endorsements for the nomination, there is speculation that she may have some challengers.
  
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• WATCH: Democratic delegates reassess support as Biden exits race

  22-07-2024 17:15
  
  Since President Joe Biden has left the race, delegates are free to support whomever they choose.
  
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• Disabled children kept ‘in cages’ in police watch houses, Australia’s children’s commissioner says

  22-07-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Underlying causes of youth crime are not being addressed, ‘which is what ultimately would keep the community safer’, Anne Hollonds saysWatch Guardian Australia and SBS The Feed’s documentary hereListen to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast on the kids put in Queensland isolation cellsFind more from Guardian Australia’s In the box series hereAustralia is criminalising disabled children and allegedly keeping them “in cages” in police watch houses, acc
  
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• Australia’s major food companies failing nature, report finbds

  22-07-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Targets to halt environmental damage ‘severely lacking’, Australian Conservation Foundation says, urging food industry to ‘step up to the plate’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMajor food companies in Australia are roundly failing to set adequate targets to reduce their impact on nature and most are not assessing how their supply chains are hitting the environment, according to a
  
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• Australia records its deadliest year on the road in more than a decade

  22-07-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Australian Automotive Association urges states and territories to share road trauma data in a bid to drive death tolls downFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has just recorded its deadliest 12 months on the roads in nearly 12 years, with 1,310 deaths to 30 June according to the Australian Automobile Association (AAA).The figure is an 11.7% increase on the previous twelve months, the latest quart
  
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• Gunman arrested after killing at least six people in nursing home in Croatia

  22-07-2024 16:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Five residents, including gunman’s mother, and one employee killed in shooting in town of Daruvar, say policeA gunman has opened fire in a nursing home in Croatia, killing at least six people, including his mother, officials have said.Five residents and one employee were fatally injured when the gunman entered the private nursing home in Daruvar in north-east Croatia on Monday and began shooting, according to police, in a rare instance of gun violence in the Balkan country. Continue readin
  
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• Taiwan launches annual war games as tensions simmer with China

  22-07-2024 16:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Taiwan sent navy vessels out to sea and conducted take-off and landing exercises on Monday, July 22, at the start of the annual Han Kuang war games, which this year aim to be as close as possible to actual combat with no script and simulating how to repel a Chinese attack.China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its territory, has been staging regular exercises around the island for four years to pressure Taipei to accept Beijing's claim of sovereignty, despite Taiwan's strong object
  
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• Ukraine targets bipartisan support to avoid being dragged into US election

  22-07-2024 16:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyiv indicates it will keep reaching out to Republicans and Democrats, as Zelenskiy pays tribute to BidenUS election live – latest updatesUkraine will continue to reach out to Republicans and Democrats and avoid being sucked into US internal politics and a bruising probable contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, officials in Kyiv have indicated.Its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, paid a warm tribute to the departing Joe Biden on Sunday, thanking him for his “unwavering suppo
  
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• Secret Service director testifies on Trump assassination attempt

  22-07-2024 16:06
  Watch live coverage as Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight Committee on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
  
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• China, Philippines announce deal to stop clashes in South China Sea

  22-07-2024 15:22 via foxnews.com
  
  China and the Philippines reached a deal they hope will end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine government said Sunday.The Philippines occupies Second Thomas Shoal but China also claims it, and increasingly hostile clashes at sea have sparked fears of larger conflicts that could involve the United States.The crucial deal was reached Sunday, after a series of meetings between Philippine and Chinese diplomats in Manila and exchanges of diplomat
  
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• Taiwan reacts to Trump’s they 'should pay us for defense' comments

  22-07-2024 15:07 via foxnews.com
  
  TAIWAN – Reactions to former President Trump’s blunt statements regarding what he sees as an imbalance in bearing the cost of defending the Republic of China (Taiwan’s official name) were mixed, with some expressing varying degrees of agreement and others pointing out that Taiwan is still waiting for some $19 billion worth of already-purchased American weapons. Trump’s comments were made in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek last week. The Republican Party
  
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• WATCH: What’s next after Biden drops out of race

  22-07-2024 14:49
  
  ABC News’ Jon Karl, Mary Bruce and Rachel Scott break down everything you need to know after President Joe Biden’s announcement that he is exiting the 2024 presidential race.
  
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• Czech Republic says shells for Ukraine plan will fall short without more money

  22-07-2024 13:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Prague’s foreign minister urges donor countries to pay extra to avoid 800k target being missed by over a thirdA Czech initiative to supply Ukraine with 800,000 shells by the end of the year will fall short by more than a third unless donor countries come forward with more money, the Czech foreign minister has said.“We have secured funding for half a million pieces of large-calibre ammunition, which we will deliver by the end of this year,” Jan Lipavský told reporters in
  
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