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• Calls to scrap 'five-week-wait' for Universal Credit

  29-07-2024 23:50 via bbc.com
  
  Brian Closs is one of tens of thousands of people across the UK who are being asked to apply for universal credit.
  
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• Love Island crowns winners in grand final

  29-07-2024 23:40 via bbc.com
  
  After eight weeks in the villa, only one couple could take home the £50,000 prize.
  
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• Sun publisher to be searched over ‘fake security threat’ claims, court hears

  29-07-2024 22:42 via theguardian.com
  NGN accused of claiming Gordon Brown had seen Rebekah Brooks’ emails to justify deleting millions of messages amid phone-hacking investigationDocuments linked to a former News International executive can be searched over claims Rupert Murdoch’s media company falsely implicated Gordon Brown and Tom Watson in a “fake security threat” to “justify” the deletion of millions of emails, the high court heard.News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of the Sun and defunc
  
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• Richards wins silver with GB team-mate Scott fourth

  29-07-2024 22:35 via bbc.com
  
  Matt Richards misses out on a stunning gold by two hundredths of a second but takes a thrilling silver in the 200m freestyle in Paris.
  
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• Texas megachurch pastor quits over ‘inappropriate’ behavior

  29-07-2024 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Josiah Anthony steps down from role at Cross Timbers church in Fort Worth, as officials decline to give detailsAfter the ex-Trump adviser Robert Morris stepped down from his role as pastor at a Texas megachurch in June following a child sexual abuse scandal, another Texas megachurch pastor has stepped down over accusations of “inappropriate” behavior.Cross Timbers church in the Fort Worth suburb of Argyle announced, in a sermon on Sunday, the resignation of lead pastor Josiah Anthony
  
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• US elections live: Biden expected to talk about supreme court reform in speech marking Civil Rights Act anniversary

  29-07-2024 22:19 via theguardian.com
  President due to speak about planned changes after Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and Dick Durbin were among Democrats welcoming initiativeBiden calls for supreme court reforms including 18-year term limitsJoe Biden has called for a series of reforms to to the supreme court, including the introduction of 18-year term limits and a binding code of conduct for justices.Biden, in an op-ed for the Washington Post, also called for a constitutional amendment to remove immunity for crimes committed by a
  
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• Southport stabbings: police confirm two children killed in knife attack – latest updates

  29-07-2024 22:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Merseyside chief constable says nine other children were injured, including six left in a critical conditionTell us: have you been affected by the incident in Southport?At least eight people, feared to include several children, have been stabbed in Southport, where a man with a knife was arrested.Armed police arrested a man and seized a knife after being called to the “major incident” at a property on Hart Street, in Southport, north of Liverpool, at about 11.50am on Monday.The man h
  
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• Southport stabbings: police confirm two children killed in knife attack

  29-07-2024 22:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Merseyside chief constable says nine other children were injured, including six left in a critical conditionTell us: have you been affected by the incident in Southport?At least eight people, feared to include several children, have been stabbed in Southport, where a man with a knife was arrested.Armed police arrested a man and seized a knife after being called to the “major incident” at a property on Hart Street, in Southport, north of Liverpool, at about 11.50am on Monday.The man h
  
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• Two children die and nine injured after ‘ferocious’ knife attack in Southport

  29-07-2024 22:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Boy, 17, arrested following ‘absolutely abhorrent’ incident at children’s dance classTwo children have died and nine have been injured, six critically, after a series of stabbings at a children’s dance class in Southport on Monday.Two adults are also in critical condition after what police described as a “ferocious attack”. Continue reading...
  
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• Reeves moves fast to tackle £22bn budget shortfall ‘covered up’ by Tories

  29-07-2024 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Measures include cutting winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners and shelving cap on social care paymentsRachel Reeves has cut winter fuel payments for 10 million wealthier pensioners as she sought to plug a £22bn black hole in the public finances she said was “covered up” by the Conservative government, while hinting at tax rises in her first autumn budget.The chancellor also shelved the long-delayed cap on what people would pay for social care as she ignited a bonfire o
  
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• Ukraine military intelligence claims role in deadly Wagner ambush in Mali

  29-07-2024 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Malian rebels ‘received necessary information’ to kill fighters from Russian military group last week, GUR saysUkraine’s military intelligence agency has claimed it was involved in an ambush that killed fighters from Russia’s Wagner group in the west African nation of Mali, thousands of miles away from the frontline in Ukraine.A Telegram channel linked to the Wagner leadership on Monday admitted the group had suffered heavy losses during fighting in Mali last week. Contin
  
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• Ukraine military intelligence claims involvement in deadly Wagner ambush in Mali

  29-07-2024 21:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Malian rebels ‘received necessary information’ to kill numerous fighters from the Russian military group last week, GUR saysUkraine’s military intelligence agency has claimed it was involved in an ambush that killed fighters from Russia’s Wagner group in the west African nation of Mali, thousands of miles away from the frontline in Ukraine.A Telegram channel linked to the Wagner leadership on Monday admitted the group had suffered heavy losses during fighting in Mali last
  
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• People unwell after woman approaches them with bag

  29-07-2024 21:53 via bbc.com
  
  Two people were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties and itchy eyes.
  
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• 'Worst thing I’ve ever seen' - witnesses describe Southport attack

  29-07-2024 21:51 via bbc.com
  
  Two children died and nine were injured in a knife attack on a children's dance class in Southport.
  
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• Israeli inquest into alleged abuse of Palestinian detainees sparks far-right fury

  29-07-2024 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Arrest of IDF reservists suspected of abuse prompts confrontation at notorious detention base and outcry from MPsAn investigation by the Israeli military into the alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee at a notorious military detention camp for prisoners captured in Gaza has sparked protests from members of Israel’s far right.The Israeli military said on Monday the office of its advocate general ordered an inquiry “following suspected substantial abuse of a detainee” at the Sd
  
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• Former chief of staff says Democrats’ efforts to push out Biden were ‘nasty’

  29-07-2024 21:42 via theguardian.com
  Ron Klain says he didn’t agree with pressures for Biden to drop out but is optimistic about Harris’s prospectsSenior Democrats’ successful efforts to push Joe Biden out of the presidential race were “unfortunate, nasty and public” and did the president a “disservice”, Biden’s former White House chief of staff said – even as the new nominee, Kamala Harris, continued to fundraise strongly, campaign vigorously and show signs of catching Donald T
  
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• Wildfire smoke may increase the risk of dementia, study finds

  29-07-2024 21:31 via theguardian.com
  As blazes spew smoke across western US, research shows it may be worse for brain health than other types of pollutionA new US study has found that wildfire smoke may be worse for brain health than other types of air pollution and even increase the risk of dementia.The findings, reported on Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia, come as millions spent the weekend under air quality warnings from wildfires spewing smoke across the western US, including
  
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• Mexico president asks cartels not to fight each other after arrest of drug lords

  29-07-2024 21:31 via theguardian.com
  Andrés Manuel López Obrador makes unusual public appeal after arrest of top leaders of Sinaloa cartelMexico’s president has taken the unusual step of issuing a public appeal to drug cartels not to fight each other following last week’s detention of the top Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily press briefing that he trusted that drug traff
  
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• WATCH: Woman and her golden retriever share sweet embrace at home before her son is born

  29-07-2024 21:14
  
  Ramsey wanted to give his mom a hug before she delivered her baby.
  
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• 'So close!' - GB's Richards wins 200m freestyle silver

  29-07-2024 21:14 via bbc.com
  
  Watch as Great Britain's Matt Richards wins 200m freestyle silver medal - missing out on gold by just 0.02 seconds - on day three of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
  
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• Who are Team GB's medal winners so far?

  29-07-2024 21:12 via bbc.com
  
  Read about and watch the medal moments for Team GB at the Paris Olympics 2024.
  
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• Southport attack stirs memories of Dunblane as investigations begin

  29-07-2024 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  The suspect’s mental health will be assessed while Merseyside town deals with the aftermath of the atrocityIt will come as little, if any comfort, in the days and months to come, that targeted attacks on groups of children at play are mercifully rare in the United Kingdom.The worst in British history was the Dunblane massacre in March 1996 when a gunman walked into a school and killed 16 children and a teacher, before taking his own life. Thomas Hamilton, armed with guns, carried out his a
  
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• Rachel Reeves pursues political prize over £22bn financial hole

  29-07-2024 20:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Carefully honed message of Commons speech is having to make tricky decisions because Tories left us a messThe basics of Rachel Reeves’ Commons statement about her fiscal inheritance from the Conservatives were simple: there is a £22bn financial hole that needs fixing. But there was a bigger picture being presented, and with it, a potentially invaluable political prize.At the heart of the chancellor’s near 30-minute presentation to the Commons was a narrative that most MPs and s
  
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• Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US

  29-07-2024 20:41 via theguardian.com
  Many fires were sparked by the weather, with climate crisis increasing lightning strikes amid blistering heat and dry conditionsFire crews made progress in the battle against major wildfires that have left a trail of damage in the western United States, but thousands of firefighters continue to tackle the flames.In northern California, the Park fire grew at ferocious speeds to become one of the largest wildfires in the state this year. In southern California, a blaze swept through the historic m
  
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• GB gymnasts fourth as Japan snatch men's team gold

  29-07-2024 20:35 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain come fourth in the Olympic men's team gymnastics competition after a thrilling final where Japan pip China for gold.
  
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• Japan's Horigome nails incredible skill to win street skateboarding gold

  29-07-2024 20:33 via bbc.com
  
  Watch Japan's Yuto Horigome's "knockout" gold medal-winning runs in the men's street skateboarding final on day three of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
  
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• Up to 2m pensioners will struggle without winter fuel help, say campaigners

  29-07-2024 20:23 via theguardian.com
  Charities warn that means testing as part of Rachel Reeves’ estimated £1.5bn cuts may create ‘heat or eat’ dilemmasUp to 2 million financially struggling older people could lose annual payments worth hundreds of pounds under government plans to restrict the winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners, campaigners have warned.Rachel Reeves announced the plans in a speech on Monday outlining a series of spending cuts to help fill what the government says is a £22b
  
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• Great Britain's Burgess wins canoe slalom silver

  29-07-2024 20:23 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's Adam Burgess wins Olympic silver in the men's canoe singles final at the Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.
  
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• Southport stabbings - what we know so far about attack

  29-07-2024 20:22 via bbc.com
  
  A boy, 17, was arrested after at least eight people were injured in a "horror movie" knife attack in Southport.
  
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• Rachel Reeves's spending audit at-a-glance

  29-07-2024 19:54 via bbc.com
  
  The chancellor has accused the Tories of hiding a £22bn overspend, as she lays out spending cuts.
  
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• 'Fire devils' spotted as California fire doubles in size

  29-07-2024 19:41 via bbc.com
  
  Firefighters battle a growing wildfire, the largest blaze in California this year.
  
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• Kamala Harris will announce VP pick in ‘next six, seven days’, Democrat says

  29-07-2024 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Democratic campaign co-chair Gretchen Whitmer says candidate’s presidential pick is coming soonUS politics – live updatesKamala Harris will announce her running mate for the US presidential election against Donald Trump and JD Vance “in the next six, seven days”, an influential Democratic campaign co-chair said.“I would imagine we’ll know who her running mate is, and we’ll get ready for the convention,” Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, t
  
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• Dozens of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries massacred in Mali ambush

  29-07-2024 19:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Dozens of Russian mercenaries fighting for the notorious Wagner group in northern Africa were massacred over the weekend in Mali in an apparent ambush. Footage reviewed by Fox News Digital showed dozens of Russian soldiers, some in varying degrees of undress, many collapsed on top of one another, strewn around burnt vehicles and apparently dead after a violent assault.The events leading up the attack remain unclear, though the carnage was reportedly the result of an ambush by Tuareg separat
  
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• Missing man’s yell brings rescuers about to end two-week Kentucky forest search

  29-07-2024 19:20 via theguardian.com
  Team was on the verge of giving up search for Scott Hern, who was stranded in the wilderness without food or waterAn Ohio man who went missing for two weeks in a rugged Kentucky forest was rescued just as search efforts for him were nearing their end.Scott Hern had become lost in the Red River gorge, and the Wolf county volunteer technical rescue team was on the verge of giving up searching for him when it heard him scream for help and finally found him. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli drones hit southern Lebanon as tensions mount over Golan Heights attack

  29-07-2024 19:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Two reported dead as Israeli officials weigh up response to rocket strike blamed on Hezbollah that killed 12 childrenIsraeli drones struck a remote road in southern Lebanon, underscoring tensions as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, promised a “harsh” response to the rocket strike on the occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children.“The state of Israel will not and cannot let this pass. Our response will come, and it will be harsh,” he said during a visit
  
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• Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images of children

  29-07-2024 19:14 via bbc.com
  
  The former BBC News presenter will appear in court on Wednesday.
  
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• Billionaire Putin ally forfeits £750,000 in UK sanctions case

  29-07-2024 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  NCA said forfeiture of cash belonging to Petr Aven was first time it has recovered, rather than frozen, sanctioned fundsA UK aide to one of Vladimir Putin’s “closest” oligarchs has agreed to forfeit more than £750,000 after a two-year investigation into sanctions dodging.Cash belonging to Petr Aven – a tycoon closely linked to Russia’s president for about three decades – had previously been frozen in 2022, shortly after the businessman was sanctioned by
  
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• Tanker carrying jet fuel for Israel must not dock in Gibraltar, say MPs

  29-07-2024 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners say overseas territory will be complicit in breach of international law if US vessel stops thereThere is an overwhelming case for the UK to intervene to stop a US oil tanker carrying 300,000 barrels of jet fuel for use by Israel in Gaza from docking in Gibraltar, according to a letter from a cross-party group of MPs addressed to David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary.Protests in Spain led by trade unionists and political activists have already resulted in the owners of the Overseas Sa
  
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• Demonstrators in Nigeria gather days early for anti-government protests

  29-07-2024 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Crowds converge on Suleja over economic hardship and record inflation amid warnings against mass actionHundreds of protesters have gathered in central Nigeria days before planned national demonstrations over economic hardship and record inflation.The protesters, many of them young people, converged in the town of Suleja, 3o miles outside the federal capital, Abuja, with placards criticising the government’s policies. Week-long nationwide protests had been due to begin on Wednesday. Continu
  
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• South Africa’s ANC expels ex-president Zuma for leading rival party in election

  29-07-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Jacob Zuma backed MK party, which African National Congress said cost it its parliamentary majoritySouth Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been expelled by the African National Congress after he backed a rival political party that helped cost the ANC its parliamentary majority in recent national elections.“Former president Jacob Zuma has actively impugned the integrity of the ANC and campaigned to dislodge the ANC from power, while claiming that he had not severed his membersh
  
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• GB win six medals on day three of Paris Olympics

  29-07-2024 18:22 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain win their first gold medals of the Paris Olympics on day three of the 2024 Games.
  
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• Arsenal sign Italy defender Calafiori from Bologna

  29-07-2024 18:19 via bbc.com
  
  Arsenal complete the signing of Bologna and Italy defender Riccardo Calafiori for a fee of up to £42m.
  
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• McDonald's to 'rethink' prices after sales fall

  29-07-2024 18:18 via bbc.com
  
  Sales at the fast food giant slip 1% as cost-conscious customers spend less.
  
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• Venezuela on a knife-edge as opposition accuses Maduro of rigging election

  29-07-2024 18:17 via theguardian.com
  Election results appear to have dashed opposition hopes of ending a quarter century of chavista rule‘We are longing for change’: Venezuelans furious as Maduro claims election victoryNicolás Maduro’s claim of victory in Venezuela’s presidential election has brought the South American country to a hazardous standoff, with his thwarted opponents accusing him of rigging the election to remain in power, and many leaders in the region and beyond questioning the veracity
  
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• 'You can never dream too big' - GB win first Paris gold in team eventing

  29-07-2024 18:05 via bbc.com
  
  Team GB retain their Olympic team eventing title to win a first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games, before Laura Collett claims individual bronze.
  
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• GB win first gold at Paris Games in team eventing

  29-07-2024 18:05 via bbc.com
  
  Team GB retain their Olympic team eventing title to win a first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games, before Laura Collett claims individual bronze.
  
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• Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe video after backlash

  29-07-2024 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  The actress says she had been been misled about Africa and thought there was "war everyday".
  
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• Peaty tests positive for Covid after winning silver

  29-07-2024 17:49 via bbc.com
  
  Adam Peaty tests positive for Covid-19 a day after winning silver for Team GB in the 100m breaststroke.
  
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• Turkey's Erdogan threatens to invade Israel over war in Gaza as regional tensions grow

  29-07-2024 17:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Turkey’s leader on Sunday threatened military intervention in Israel to stop Jerusalem’s war in Gaza in a significant escalation of rhetoric from NATO’s second-largest military.In a meeting with his Justice and Development Party (AKP), President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey "must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to Palestine.""Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them," he said, accord
  
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• French official says 'ultra-left activist' arrested for breaking into railway site amid train 'sabotage' probe

  29-07-2024 17:31 via foxnews.com
  
  French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Monday that an "ultra-left activist" has been arrested after allegedly breaking into a railway site, as a national investigation continues into last week’s arson attacks on train networks that reportedly disrupted travel for nearly a million passengers in France hours before the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony. In a post on X, Darmanin said the suspect was arrested on Sunday at a railway site in the Seine-Maritime region of wes
  
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