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• Government, regulatory failures made London's Grenfell Tower a 'death trap,' report says

  04-09-2024 23:22 via foxnews.com
  
  A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a "death trap" where 72 people lost their lives.The public inquiry into the 2017 blaze found no "single cause" of the tragedy, but said a combination of dishonest companies, weak or incompetent regulators and complacent government led the building to be covered in combustible cladding that turned a small apartment fire into the deadlies
  
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• McIlroy & Scheffler to face DeChambeau & Koepka in TV contest

  04-09-2024 23:13 via bbc.com
  
  PGA Tour players Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will face LIV Golf stars Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a televised match later this year, according to reports.
  
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• Grenfell: 72 “Avoidable” Deaths

  04-09-2024 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  ​​A report into the Grenfell Tower fire has found that all deaths were avoidable.
  
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• Boy, 14, charged with murder of 80-year-old dog walker

  04-09-2024 23:12 via bbc.com
  
  Bhim Kohli, 80, died on Monday after an attack in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town, on Sunday.
  
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• Netanyahu doubles down on control of Gaza's border with Egypt

  04-09-2024 23:07 via bbc.com
  
  Israel's prime minister insists his forces will not leave the Philadelphi corridor between Gaza and Egypt.
  
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• Draper downs De Minaur to reach US Open last four

  04-09-2024 22:53 via bbc.com
  
  Jack Draper’s breakout run at the US Open reaches new heights as the Briton superbly fights his way past Alex de Minaur to reach the semi-finals.
  
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• Sussex thump Lancashire to ease into Finals Day

  04-09-2024 22:48 via bbc.com
  
  Jofra Archer takes two wickets on his county return as Sussex rout Lancashire to cruise into T20 Blast Finals Day.
  
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• Chris Mason: Grenfell report leaves many waiting for change

  04-09-2024 22:40 via bbc.com
  
  The failures are clear to see but the report is a work-in-progress, the BBC's political editor says.
  
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• Netanyahu hits back over global pressure to make cease-fire concessions, says demands are 'immoral', 'insane'

  04-09-2024 22:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fiercely defended his insistence on maintaining control of the strategically important Philadelphi Corridor even as critics urge him to concede on that point to try and ensure a deal to release hostages. "What has changed? What has changed in this week?" Netanyahu said during an English-language press conference on Wednesday. "What's changed is that they murdered six of our hostages in cold blood.""Now the world will seriously demand that Israel mak
  
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• Kinghorn's 'mind blown' by first Paralympic gold

  04-09-2024 22:21 via bbc.com
  
  Sammi Kinghorn wins her first Paralympic gold medal in sensational fashion, taking victory in the T53 100m.
  
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• The five contenders battling to be the next Tory leader

  04-09-2024 21:41 via bbc.com
  
  The Conservatives are choosing a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
  
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• Scotland's struggle to tackle poverty while cutting services

  04-09-2024 21:29 via bbc.com
  
  John Swinney will set out plans to cut child poverty, 24 hours after his finance secretary wielded the axe on many government programmes.
  
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• Six England players nominated for men's Ballon d'Or

  04-09-2024 21:23 via bbc.com
  
  Six players who helped England reach the Euro 2024 final are on the 30-man shortlist for the 2024 Ballon d'Or.
  
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• 63 golds up for grabs on day seven of Paris Paralympics

  04-09-2024 21:19 via bbc.com
  
  Your day-by-day guide to what is happening when - and who to watch out for - at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
  
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• What might change and will anyone be prosecuted?

  04-09-2024 21:06 via bbc.com
  
  The prime minister promises the inquiry's report will be a "moment of change" - but action could take months.
  
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• George R.R. Martin calls out ‘House of the Dragon’ changes, warns of more 'toxic’ tweaks

  04-09-2024 21:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  As promised in his Aug. 30 blog post, “Game of Thrones” creator and author George R. R. Martin has gone into detail about what he thought went wrong with HBO’s “House of the Dragon” Season 2.
  
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• Grenfell victims still waiting for justice after damning report

  04-09-2024 20:50 via bbc.com
  
  "We lost friends, neighbours and loved ones in the most horrific way," bereaved families say.
  
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• Grenfell victims call for justice after damning report outlines multiple failures

  04-09-2024 20:50 via bbc.com
  
  "We lost friends, neighbours and loved ones in the most horrific way," bereaved families say.
  
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• How Ticketmaster's owner has grip on UK live music scene

  04-09-2024 20:39 via bbc.com
  
  Ticketmaster says artists and promoters set the pricing policy. But the division is not as clear as it seems.
  
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• GB's Coutya wins Paralympic gold in wheelchair fencing

  04-09-2024 20:31 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's Dimitri Coutya wins his first Paralympic gold in wheelchair fencing.
  
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• Channel drownings fail to deter desperate migrants

  04-09-2024 20:23 via bbc.com
  
  The latest migrant deaths in the Channel have done nothing to deter the gangs from putting more desperate people at risk.
  
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• Elon Musk’s Starlink backtracks to comply with Brazil’s ban on X

  04-09-2024 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  After judge freezes assets of billionaire’s internet service provider, company flip-flops to block social media platformElon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked late on Tuesday and said it would accept and enforce a Brazilian supreme court justice’s order to block the billionaire’s social media platform, X, formerly Twitter.Previously, Starlink informally told the telecommunications regulator Anatel that it would not comply until Justice
  
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• Storey extends record as GB win 13 medals on Wednesday

  04-09-2024 20:06 via bbc.com
  
  A summary of Wednesday at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris as Great Britain win 13 more medals.
  
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• Canada: New Democratic party withdraws support for Trudeau’s Liberals

  04-09-2024 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  With possible election looming, Jagmeet Singh calls end to confidence and supply arrangement with ‘weak, selfish’ partyCanada’s New Democratic party says it has “ripped up” a key agreement with prime minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, sowing uncertainty into the country’s politics as party leaders brace for a possible election.NDP leader Jagmeet Singh made the surprise announcement on social media on Wednesday afternoon, accusing Trudeau of &l
  
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• Oasis hit out at Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing after backlash

  04-09-2024 19:48 via bbc.com
  
  The band say decisions on pricing were left "entirely to their promoters and management".
  
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• Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson kept in Greenland jail

  04-09-2024 19:22 via bbc.com
  
  Japan has been seeking the arrest of Paul Watson over an incident in Antarctic waters in 2010.
  
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• Greta Thunberg among 6 arrested at anti-Israel protest in Denmark

  04-09-2024 19:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Activist Greta Thunberg was among six people arrested at Copenhagen University as they protested the institution's connections to Israel on Wednesday.Thunberg appeared alongside members of the Students Against the Occupation group, an anti-Israel activist group. Thunberg has become internationally famous for her climate activism, but she has participated in a number of anti-Israel protests across Europe as Israel has prosecuted the war in Gaza."Students Against the Occupation and I are at the Un
  
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• Ministers ditch universal free school meal pledge

  04-09-2024 19:02 via bbc.com
  
  The first minister has revealed his spending plans after the government confirmed £500m of cuts.
  
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• Priti Patel knocked out of Tory leadership contest

  04-09-2024 18:52 via bbc.com
  
  Former minister Robert Jenrick tops the poll among Conservative MPs on 28 votes, with Kemi Badenoch second.
  
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• Priti Patel repeats call for Tory members to have more say in running party after defeat in leadership race – UK politics live

  04-09-2024 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Former home secretary finishes behind Mel Stride with Robert Jenrick leading the contest at this stagePMQs is starting soon. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.Kemi Badenoch is the clear favourite of Conservative members for next leader, and will be very hard to beat if she makes it into the final ballot of two, according to a survey by ConservativeHome. Continue reading...
  
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• 'She was so proud to live in Grenfell Tower': The 72 people killed by the fire

  04-09-2024 18:40 via bbc.com
  
  The names of those killed in the Grenfell Tower fire have been read out as the inquiry concludes - these are their stories.
  
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• Biden administration reportedly to accuse Russia of trying to influence US election – live

  04-09-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  US to say Russia running effort to influence American election by using Kremlin-run media and online platforms to target voters, CNN reportsSign up for The Stakes – our free US election newsletterHalf of gen-Z voters said they will vote for Kamala Harris in November, according to a new NBC News poll published today.The poll shows one-third of gen-Z voters said they plan to vote for Donald Trump, and 1 in 10 said they do not plan to vote in the presidential election. Continue reading...
  
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• Boy, 11, charged with murder in deaths of former Louisiana mayor and his daughter

  04-09-2024 18:37 via theguardian.com
  Joe Cornelius Sr, 82, and Keisha Miles, 31, were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds on SundayAn 11-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after the fatal shootings of a former Louisiana mayor and his daughter.In a press conference on Tuesday, Jared McIver, police chief of Minden, a small town in north-west Louisiana, said that at about 6.30am on Sunday police responded to reports of a shooting inside a house on Austin Street, according to local reports. Continu
  
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• Russian 'spy whale' was shot, animal groups say

  04-09-2024 18:36 via bbc.com
  
  How did an otherwise healthy beluga whale called Hvaldemir – an alleged Russian spy whale who came in from the cold – die at the weekend?
  
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• Georgia high school on lockdown after reported deadly shooting

  04-09-2024 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Sheriff’s office reports one suspect in custody after incident at Apalachee high school, 50 miles north-east of AtlantaA Georgia high school was put on lockdown on Wednesday and students gathered in its football stadium amid reports of casualties, including fatalities, and a shooter being held in custody.Helicopter video from WSB-TV showed dozens of law enforcement and emergency vehicles surrounding Apalachee high school in Barrow county, about 50 miles north-east of Atlanta. Continue read
  
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• ‘Better than medication’: prescribing nature works, project shows

  04-09-2024 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Scheme helping people in England connect with nature led to better mental health, report findsA major scheme helping people in England connect with nature led to big improvements in mental health, a report has found.The prescribing of activities in nature to tackle mental ill health has benefited thousands of people across England, a government-backed project has shown. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Why are we waiting years to have justice?'

  04-09-2024 18:02 via bbc.com
  
  The families and friends of those who died tell BBC News justice must follow the inquiry's findings.
  
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• US mother accused of killing her children attends UK extradition hearing

  04-09-2024 17:59 via bbc.com
  
  Kimberlee Singler denies responsibility for the deaths of her son and daughter – and an attack on a third child.
  
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• Zelenskiy reshuffles Ukraine cabinet as Russian missile strike targets Lviv

  04-09-2024 17:48 via theguardian.com
  
  President carries out biggest government shake-up since start of war as deadly attacks continueRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesUkraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has resigned as part of a wide-ranging government reshuffle designed to give what Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called “new strength” to the embattled country.Kuleba’s departure, announced in a handwritten note, came as Russia continued its relentless air barrage. At least seven people died and 53
  
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• Romans’ siege wall in Masada may have been built in a fortnight, study finds

  04-09-2024 17:47 via theguardian.com
  New archaeological research adds to view that siege may have been quicker and more efficient than was thoughtThe Roman siege of Jewish rebels in Masada, one of the founding myths of modern Israel, may have been far quicker and more efficient and brutal than it has been traditionally represented as, according to new archaeological research.The end of the AD72-73 Jewish Revolt is conventionally depicted as a heroic last stand against the might of Rome by a handful of rebels who eventually killed t
  
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• Venezuelan dictator deploys bizarre distraction as country remains in turmoil after election

  04-09-2024 17:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced his plan to move Christmas to October in a bid to distract the public from ongoing political turmoil following the disputed presidential election."It’s more evidence that he is desperate to distract people from the fraud he committed on Election Day and the horrible repression we’ve seen in the month since," Daniel Acosta Rivas, an OSINT analyst from Venezuela, told Fox News Digital. "It’s not enough that he oppresse
  
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• US accuses Russia of 2024 election interference

  04-09-2024 17:45 via bbc.com
  
  US charges Russian media executives and alleges state broadcaster RT has paid Tennessee-based firm millions to pump out propaganda.
  
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• Woman, 86, told she no longer has to repay £13,000 in benefits in DWP U-turn

  04-09-2024 17:42 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Case of Sia Kasparis, who has dementia, had been highlighted in Guardian investigation into unpaid careUK politics live – latest updatesAn 86-year-old woman with advanced dementia has been told by the government she no longer has to repay a £13,000 benefit debt after her case was highlighted by the Guardian.Sia Kasparis, who is partially blind and has been bed-bound for two years, was ordered to repay the huge sum after officials said she had failed to notify them her son
  
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• UK hiker dies and another missing in Majorca floods

  04-09-2024 17:34 via bbc.com
  
  Police say they were on a trail through a canyon when flash floods hit the Spanish island.
  
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• Keir Starmer offers apology ‘on behalf of British state’ to victims of Grenfell Tower fire – as it happened

  04-09-2024 17:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister says country failed its most fundamental duty to protect those affected by fire as he apologises to families affected. This live blog is closedGrenfell report blames decades of government failure and ‘systematic dishonesty’ of companiesSir Martin Moore-Bick will be giving a statement as the final inquiry report is published at 11am. You can watch the inquiry’s chair give the address here …We will bring you the key lines that emerge. Continue reading...
  
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• Con artist Anna Delvey signs up for US show Dancing With The Stars

  04-09-2024 17:26 via bbc.com
  
  Delvey - real name is Anna Sorokin - was the subject of the 2022 Netflix drama, Inventing Anna.
  
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• Racial profiling is systemic problem in Montreal police, judge rules

  04-09-2024 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Advocates say profiling ‘characterized many arrests’ as judge awards millions in damages in class-action lawsuitRacial profiling is a systemic problem in the Montreal police force, a Quebec judge has ruled, as she awarded damages in a class action lawsuit that advocates call a “decision that meets with reality”.Justice Dominique Poulin found that the city bore responsibility for racial profiling committed by its police officers and was obliged to compensate those affected
  
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• California man charged with murdering two neighbors in nudist community

  04-09-2024 17:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Michael Royce Sparks was arrested last week after he was found under a home at Olive Dell RanchA southern California man has been charged with the murder of two of his neighbors in a local nudist community.Michael Royce Sparks, 62, was charged on Tuesday with two counts of murder with special circumstances in the deaths of Stephanie Menard, 73, and her husband, Daniel, 79, court records show. Continue reading...
  
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• Banks warned over denying sex workers business accounts

  04-09-2024 17:12 via theguardian.com
  
  FCA gives detailed guidance to lenders after hearing lack of access could lead to ‘significant harm’ for individuals The City regulator has warned UK banks over denying accounts for sex workers, after hearing that a lack of access to business banking could lead to “significant harm” for individuals.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that while banks said they were able to provide accounts for the adult entertainment industry in theory, they were often denying or s
  
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• UN’s Gaza polio vaccination campaign reaches 189,000 children in first phase

  04-09-2024 17:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Unicef calls inoculations ‘rare bright spot’ in war, as minister appears to suggest Israel might eventually fully withdrawThe United Nations children’s agency has said that a polio vaccination campaign to inoculate more than 640,000 children in Gaza is surpassing expectations at the end of the first phase of the programme.Describing the campaign as a “rare bright spot” in almost 11 months of war, Unicef said that 189,000 children had been reached so far as more than
  
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