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• WATCH: Biden swaps hats with Trump supporter at Shanksville 9/11 event

  13-09-2024 23:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Biden swapped hats with a Trump supporter during a 9/11 commemoration event in Pennsylvania to remember how the country came together during a horrific incident, WH press secretary says.
  
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• Multiple concussions like Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa’s increase chances of long-term health issues

  13-09-2024 22:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  When Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa collided headfirst with Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin during Thursday night’s football game, it was immediately apparent to medical experts that Tagovailoa had suffered a serious concussion.
  
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• WATCH: Brazilian firefighters rescue baby marmoset from forest fire

  13-09-2024 22:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Firefighters in Brazil rescued a baby marmoset from a forest fire in Pau Furado State Park, cradling it and giving it water out of a bottle cap.
  
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• Springfield, Ohio Mayor: Trump visit could be ‘difficult’

  13-09-2024 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  Springfield, Ohio Mayor Rob Rue joins Meet the Press NOW as his town remains at the center of former President Donald Trump’s false claims about migrants. “We need help, not hate,” Rue said. “We need to have federal leaders that are supporting communities like ours and understand the weight of their words.”
  
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• Israel says top Hamas Rafah brigade ‘dismantled’ on Philadelphi Corridor, 2,000 terrorists killed

  13-09-2024 21:08 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday said its troops had "dismantled" Hamas' Rafah brigade on the Philadelphi Corridor as they look to eliminate cross-border tunnels into Egypt. In a press release the IDF said its troops in the 162nd Division had conducted "precise, intelligence-based, targeted operations in the Rafah area over the last few months" and "eliminated over 2,000 terrorists."Israeli forces destroyed a reported 8 miles of underground routes and have neutralized roughly 80%
  
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• NBC News’ Richard Engel reports from inside Gaza

  13-09-2024 20:42 via nbcnews.com
  On a rare trip for foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip, Richard Engel witnessed the devastation wrought by the bombing campaign that Israel insists was necessary to defeat Hamas. “It is just unimaginable how Palestinians are going to be able to live here at the end of this war,” said Engel.
  
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• Canadian military admits new sleeping bags are not suited to Canadian winters

  13-09-2024 20:32 via theguardian.com
  Soldiers who used bags, which cost army C$34.8m, reportedly found ‘several critical issues … related to lack of warmth’The Canadian military has admitted that new sleeping bags issued to troops last year were not suited to “typical Canadian winter conditions”.According to a briefing note obtained by the CBC, the army issued the new sleeping bags in the autumn of last year in Alberta, where several hundred troops were preparing for a joint Canada-US exercise in Alas
  
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• Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt

  13-09-2024 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Son of opposition figure who led botched attempt in May is among three Americans sentenced to deathA Briton and three Americans are among 37 people sentenced to death on Friday over an attempt to overthrow the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Six people were killed during the botched coup attempt led by the opposition figure Christian Malanga on 19 May that targeted the presidential palace and a close ally of President Félix Tshisekedi. Continue reading...
  
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• New online 'misinformation' bill slammed as 'biggest attack' on freedoms in Australia

  13-09-2024 19:52 via foxnews.com
  
  Australian officials have proposed new laws targeting online disinformation, with critics slamming the measures as potential over-policing and a potential crackdown on "difference of opinion.""Misinformation legislation introduced into federal parliament today represents a chilling assault on every Australian’s right to free speech. The new Bill broadens provisions to censor speech, which even the government’s fatally flawed first draft did not include," John Storey, the Director of
  
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• Pro-Palestine protester cleared of racial offence over ‘coconut’ placard

  13-09-2024 19:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Marieha Hussain had denied her placard depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman was racially abusiveA teacher who held a placard depicting Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman as coconuts has been found not guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence.Marieha Hussain, 37, had denied the prosecution’s allegation that the placard she held at a pro-Palestine protest was “racially abusive”. Continue reading...
  
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• Here's what the Boeing strike might mean for flyers

  13-09-2024 19:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Boeing workers went on strike Friday, the latest disturbance in what has proven a devastating year for the American aircraft manufacturer.
  
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• 49 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned to Kyiv in swap with Russia

  13-09-2024 18:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Just under 50 Ukrainian soldiers were released into their nation's custody in a prisoner swap with Russia this week.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the latest swap on Friday, stating that 49 Ukrainians were brought home via the swap mediated by the United Arab Emirates."Another return of our people — something we always wait for and work tirelessly to achieve," the Ukrainian president said.BIDEN ADMIN FACES MOUNTING PRESSURE TO ALLOW UKRAINE TO STRIKE INSIDER RUSSIA WITH US MISSILE
  
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• Iran using Hells Angels, criminal gangs to target critics in US and abroad: report

  13-09-2024 18:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran is enlisting members of the Hells Angels biker gang and other criminal enterprises as part of their efforts to attack and silence dissidents living in Europe and on American soil, a new report has revealed. The shadowy operations being orchestrated by high-level units within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its Ministry of Intelligence have targeted a former Iranian military officer living in Maryland, an Iranian-American activist and journalist based in New Yo
  
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• Putin warns US, NATO risk war with Russia if long-range strike bans lifted for Ukraine

  13-09-2024 17:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin this week issued an ominous warning against the U.S. and its NATO allies and said they risk being "at war" with Moscow if Ukraine is allowed to use long-range weapons to hit targets inside Russia.Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskyy has been pushing the U.S. and NATO for months to remove any and all restrictions they have on Kyiv’s use of Western-supplied long-range weapons and permit it to hit military targets deep in Russia. But Putin on Thursday d
  
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• Israel seeking to close down Unrwa, says agency’s chief after school bombing

  13-09-2024 17:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Philippe Lazzarini says closure would have ‘devastating consequences’ and calls for investigation into deadly strikeA campaign is under way to drive the UN relief agency for Palestinians, Unrwa, out of existence, its commissioner general has said, days after 18 people were killed when Israeli jets bombed an Unrwa school in Gaza.Philippe Lazzarini said in an interview that the Israeli government was seeking to close down the agency, having failed to persuade western donors to stop fun
  
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• Biden speaks at brunch in celebration of Black excellence

  13-09-2024 16:35 via nbcnews.com
  Watch live coverage as President Biden delivers remarks at a brunch in celebration of Black excellence at the White House.
  
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• TV host Jay Blades charged with abusive behaviour

  13-09-2024 16:10 via bbc.com
  
  The host of BBC series The Repair Shop is charged with engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour.
  
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• Tap water is 'rank and mouldy', say residents

  13-09-2024 16:09 via bbc.com
  
  Tap water in parts of Northern Ireland has been described as tasting like "mould" by some residents.
  
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• London art heist: Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ swiped from gallery, 2 charged

  13-09-2024 15:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Police in London have arrested and charged two men with burglary after the well-known Banksy artwork "Girl with Balloon" was swiped during a smash-and-grab raid at a gallery. Larry Fraser, 47, and James Love, 53, remain in police custody Friday following the incident at the Grove Gallery that unfolded around 11 p.m. Sunday night, according to the Metropolitan Police. "A Banksy painting entitled 'Girl with Balloon' was the only item stolen. This has now been recovered and will be return
  
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• Northern Lights may be seen in UK skies again tonight

  13-09-2024 15:22 via bbc.com
  
  Forecasters say the lights will likely be confined to the north of the UK, with those in Scotland best placed to see them.
  
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• Plan quashed for UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years

  13-09-2024 15:20 via bbc.com
  
  A High Court judge rules the decision to give permission for the mine was "legally flawed".
  
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• Body of activist killed by Israeli forces in West Bank returns to Turkey

  13-09-2024 15:18 via theguardian.com
  Second autopsy to be performed on Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi before funeral in her family’s home townThe body of the Turkish-American activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi has landed in Istanbul to continue to its final resting place in her family’s home town on the Aegean coast, with the coffin carried by a procession of Turkish honour guard soldiers.An autopsy report conducted in the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Nablus lists Eygi’s cause of death as a brain haemorrhage after a bu
  
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• Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal released on bail

  13-09-2024 15:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Delhi chief minister had been in jail since being arrested in March in corruption case he says is politically motivatedOne of India’s most prominent opposition leaders has been granted bail after spending almost six months in jail for a corruption case he alleged was politically motivated.On Friday, India’s supreme court ruled that, Arvind Kejriwal, who is the chief minister of Delhi, should be immediately released from jail in Delhi, where he has been held since his arrest in March.
  
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• Hospital bosses deny suppressing Letby concerns

  13-09-2024 15:06 via bbc.com
  
  A public inquiry into the serial killer nurse heard senior managers felt they had acted reasonably.
  
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• Watch: Evans wins 'unbelievable' point in Davis Cup

  13-09-2024 15:02 via bbc.com
  
  Great Britain's Dan Evans wins a"ridiculous" point after an extraordinary rally against Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Davis Cup in Manchester.
  
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• Former Met officer jailed for theft from dead man

  13-09-2024 14:44 via bbc.com
  
  PC Craig Carter stole more than £100 from Claudio Gaetani's wallet after he collapsed and died.
  
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• WATCH: F1 driver burns rubber in Lego McLaren

  13-09-2024 14:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Formula 1 driver Lando Norris got behind the wheel of a McLaren P1 replica made out of Lego at Silverstone in England.
  
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• Two charged with murder after assault victim dies

  13-09-2024 14:15 via bbc.com
  
  Joseph Dix and Macauley Ruddock appear in court, charged with killing a father-of-two.
  
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• Guardiola happy Man City hearing to begin on Monday

  13-09-2024 14:13 via bbc.com
  
  Pep Guardiola says he is happy the hearing into Manchester City's alleged breaches of Premier League financial rules will begin on Monday.
  
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• Teenager who showed his cricket skills in Flintoff's TV series dies in crash

  13-09-2024 14:12 via bbc.com
  
  Umar Mahmood, 18, had featured in Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams BBC series following young cricketers.
  
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• Teenager who appeared in Freddie Flintoff show dies

  13-09-2024 14:12 via bbc.com
  
  Umar Mahmood, 18, had featured in Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams BBC series following young cricketers.
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first person to hit 1bn social media followers

  13-09-2024 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  The huge figure makes the footballer easily the most followed celebrity on the planet.
  
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• Hong Kong journalists harassed in ‘systemic and organised attack’

  13-09-2024 13:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Staff from at least 15 media outlets subjected to threats and defamatory letters sent to their families and employersJournalists from more than a dozen media outlets in Hong Kong have been harassed and targeted in what the city’s largest journalist association said was a “systemic and organised attack” over recent months.The harassment included death threats, and threatening and defamatory complaint letters sent to reporters’ families and their employers, as well as landl
  
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• Russia’s spy claims about expelled diplomats are ‘baseless’, UK says, as Putin ramps up row over Ukraine weapons – live

  13-09-2024 13:30 via theguardian.com
  UK government says Russian authorities revoked accreditation of six UK diplomats last monthThe head of Russia’s security council, Sergei Shoigu, visited North Korea on Friday and met with the country’s leader Kim Jong-un, Reuters reports, citing Interfax.Reuters has a quick snap that France is to summon Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Paris over the country’s decision to supply further arms to Russia. Continue reading...
  
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• How national parks failed nature – and how to fix them

  13-09-2024 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The image of huge, glorious landscapes, where wildlife runs free under the protection of the state, is far from realityEngland’s national parks overseen by ‘bloated’, mostly white male boardsWhat do you think of when you think of a national park? Is it a wide area of glorious natural beauty, where wildlife runs free under the protection of the state? Or is it a wide area mostly farmed by private landowners, in which nature is faring worse than outside its boundaries, and largel
  
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• England’s national parks overseen by ‘bloated’, mostly white male boards

  13-09-2024 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Campaigners call for overhaul as Guardian investigation shows nature rarely on agendaHow national parks failed nature – and how to fix themThe boards that oversee England’s national parks are bloated, dominated by men and are severely lacking in diversity, a Guardian analysis has found. The analysis also found that farmers outnumber conservation experts by two to one, nature is rarely on the agenda at board meetings and only one national park can account for the ownership
  
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• UK prison population drops by record amount under early release scheme

  13-09-2024 13:25 via theguardian.com
  The number of people in prisons dropped by 2,188 in seven days, a fall of about 2.5%UK politics live – latest updatesThe number of people in British prisons dropped by a record amount this week after the government started its early release scheme in England and Wales, figures show.Weekly statistics from the Ministry of Justice published on Friday show the UK’s prison population dropped by 2,188 in the previous seven days, a fall of about 2.5%. Continue reading...
  
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• Lucy Letby: ex-hospital bosses ‘truly sorry’ for delay in reporting concerns

  13-09-2024 13:14 via theguardian.com
  Thirlwall inquiry hears apology from four former senior managers for failing to contact police soonerA team of former senior managers at the Countess of Chester hospital have apologised for the delay in contacting the police over suspicions concerning Lucy Letby and a number of baby deaths.Letby, a 34-year-old former nurse at the hospital, was sentenced to 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted across two trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others. Continue read
  
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• Census may have overestimated number of trans people in England and Wales

  13-09-2024 13:14 via bbc.com
  
  Language barriers may have seen some people mistakenly say they consider themselves to be trans.
  
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• Labour and Starmer suffer sharp fall in popularity since election, poll suggests – UK politics live

  13-09-2024 13:13 via theguardian.com
  Labour still more popular with voters than Conservative party but those saying they view party and leaders unfavourably has risenJames Cleverly has suggested that his own modesty is partly holding him back in his campaign to be the next Tory leader.He made the argument in an interview with the BBC’s Nick Robinson in which he claimed that, although he was better qualified than his revivals, his reluctance to boast about it led to him being “underestimated”.I’ve outperforme
  
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• Former Met officer jailed for stealing from man who died after collapsing

  13-09-2024 13:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Craig Carter sentenced to 16 months after admitting stealing £115 from the Italian filmmaker Claudio GaetaniA former Metropolitan police officer has been jailed for 16 months after he admitted stealing money from a man who died after collapsing.Craig Carter, of Harlow, Essex, stole about £115 from the Italian film-maker and actor Claudio Gaetani between 7 and 14 September 2022, after Gaetani collapsed and died on a London street. He was visiting at the time. Continue reading...
  
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• Maine officials trying to hide scale of ex-navy base PFAS spill, advocates suspect

  13-09-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Government’s communication called ‘unconscionable’ after one of largest spills of toxic ‘forever chemicals’A former US navy base in Maine has caused among the largest accidental spills of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” ever recorded in the nation, and public health advocates suspect state officials are attempting to cover up its scale by reporting misleading and incomplete data.Meanwhile, state and regional officials were slow to alert the public and are
  
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• Fears mount that election deniers could disrupt vote count in US swing states

  13-09-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 239 election deniers have signed up to Trump’s ‘election integrity’ conspiracy theories, survey findsFears are rising that the vote count in November’s presidential election could be disrupted as a result of the proliferation of Donald Trump’s lies about stolen elections and rampant voter fraud in the key swing states where the race for the White House will be decided.A new survey of eight vital swing states reveals that at least 239 election deniers who ha
  
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• China gives PwC record £47m fine and six-month ban over Evergrande

  13-09-2024 12:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Accountancy firm accused of issuing false audits says it has sacked six partners and five other staff have leftThe China arm of the accountancy firm PwC has been banned for six months and fined a record 441m yuan (£47m) over its audit of the collapsed property developer Evergrande, according to Chinese authorities.Beijing’s ministry of finance imposed a six-month business suspension on PwC Zhong Tian, the accounting firm’s main division in mainland China, along with a 116m yuan
  
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• China gives PwC £47m fine and six-month ban over Evergrande

  13-09-2024 12:52 via theguardian.com
  Accountancy firm accused of issuing false audits says it has sacked six partners and five other staff have leftThe China arm of the accountancy firm PwC has been banned for six months and fined a total of 441m yuan (£47m) over its audit of the collapsed property developer Evergrande, according to Chinese authorities.Beijing’s ministry of finance imposed a six-month business suspension on PwC Zhong Tian, the accounting firm’s main division in mainland China, along with a 116m yu
  
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• Propaganda photos offer an unprecedented glimpse of North Korea's nuclear facility

  13-09-2024 12:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  North Korea released the first-ever images of a uranium-enrichment facility that produces fuel for its nuclear bombs, with Kim Jong Un calling for “exponentially” increasing the country’s nuclear arsenal.
  
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• Russia revokes accreditation of six British diplomats it accuses of spying

  13-09-2024 12:32 via theguardian.com
  FSB says documents show diplomats in Moscow were helping to coordinate ‘escalation of military situation’ in UkraineRussia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow on accusations of espionage, just as Keir Starmer lands in Washington to discuss letting Ukraine use long-range missiles deep inside Russian territory.The FSB security agency said on Friday it had taken the measure after uncovering documents showing that part of the Foreign Office was helping coordi
  
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• More than 2,000 prisoners let out in a week after early release scheme

  13-09-2024 12:09 via bbc.com
  
  The drop follows the mass early release of offenders to deal with prison overcrowding this week.
  
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• ‘The death of campus life’: first major Australian university dumps face-to-face lectures, leaving staff ‘furious’

  13-09-2024 12:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Adelaide University touts ‘rich digital learning activities’ that will be ‘self-paced and self-directed’ after student numbers on campus declineGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe newly amalgamated Adelaide University has become the first Group of Eight institution in Australia to ditch face-to-face lectures, in a move condemned as accelerating the “death of campus life” by the union representing tertiary education staff.Ahead of the
  
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• Former England manager Eriksson's funeral held in Sweden

  13-09-2024 12:00 via bbc.com
  
  Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is laid to rest, with David Beckham among 600 mourners to attend his funeral in Sweden.
  
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