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• Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf of Mexico, forecast to hit Florida as hurricane

  05-10-2024 23:51
  
  A new storm is forecast to strengthen to Hurricane Milton before making landfall in Florida this week.
  
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• Tropical Storm Milton expected to wallop Florida days after Helene

  05-10-2024 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest system forms in Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, with forecasters expecting upgrade to hurricane in a few daysFlorida is expected to get walloped by another hurricane next week, just 10 days after it was hit by Hurricane Helene, which caused widespread storm surge and wind damage before it moved inland to cause devastating flooding.The latest system, Tropical Storm Milton, formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. Forecasters expect the storm to quickly strengthen into a hurricane and rush tow
  
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• Parkrun at 20: how a gentle jog turned into a 5km Saturday morning obsession

  05-10-2024 22:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The event, which is celebrating its anniversary, has grown into a global phenomenon – and made us feel a whole lot betterTwenty years ago, on a windy, autumnal Saturday morning, 13 runners showed up to a park in south-west London for an event called the Bushy Park Time Trial. A 5km course was plotted and the organiser, Paul Sinton-Hewitt, a computer programmer who grew up in South Africa, bought washers from a hardware store to hand out as finish tokens. The times were tapped up on a lapto
  
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• House GOP chairman demands FEMA accountability for Hurricane Helene after flooding claims more than 200 lives

  05-10-2024 22:10
  
  The chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to detail what it did to prepare for Hurricane Helene after it became clear there would be catastrophic flooding.
  
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• Doubts grow over Labour’s VAT plan for private schools

  05-10-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Treasury refuses to confirm 1 January start date as unions, tax experts and school leaders say it is unworkableGovernment plans to impose VAT on private schools from 1 January next year may have to be delayed because of warnings from unions, tax experts and school leaders that meeting the deadline will cause administrative chaos and teacher job losses, and put pressure on the state sector.The Treasury on Saturday night refused to confirm that the plan to impose 20% VAT on private school fees
  
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• Aussie classics Vegemite and Tim Tams cheaper in UK supermarkets than Australia

  05-10-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Vegemite sells for 30 cents more per 100g in Australia, a salty byproduct of lower supermarket competition sure to leave a bad tasteFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShoppers in the UK are paying less for Australian brands including Vegemite and Tim Tams than customers in Australia, despite the classic products being made in Australia.A comparison of seven Australian products stocked in UK supermarkets shows they are
  
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• Historic Biltmore Estate shutters after floods from Hurricane Helene ravage Asheville

  05-10-2024 20:56
  
  America’s largest privately-owned estate has abruptly shut down in Asheville after Hurricane Helene caused extensive flooding and building damage along the 8,000 acre property.
  
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• Waiter! Soho’s cafe society confused after law changes on tipping

  05-10-2024 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Staff should now receive every penny paid in tips – including service chargesWhoever said it’s better to give than to receive wasn’t talking about tipping. Waiters around the UK should be starting to receive a £200m-a-year bonanza thanks to a new law that means every penny paid in tips, including service charges, on a restaurant bill will have to go to staff.Yet exactly how much of the money will end up in servers’ pockets is unclear. The law was changed because som
  
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• UK ‘resolutely committed’ to its overseas territories, says foreign minister

  05-10-2024 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Stephen Doughty’s remarks come as Argentina vows to gain ‘full sovereignty’ of Falkland IslandsThe UK is “resolutely committed” to all of its overseas territories, the responsible foreign minister said, after Argentina vowed to gain “full sovereignty” of the Falkland Islands.Stephen Doughty said on Saturday that the sovereignty of the territories is “not up for negotiation”. Continue reading...
  
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• Faith leaders unite to reject prejudice on eve of 7 October anniversary

  05-10-2024 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Muslim and Jewish figures join archbishop in first act of high-level solidarityMuslim and Jewish leaders today unite around an unprecedented joint statement calling the assaults on Israel on 7 October last year “brutal Hamas terrorist attacks” that led to a “devastating war in Gaza and beyond” which together have caused “horrific” human suffering.Joined by the archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in the first high-level act of inter-faith solidarity in the ye
  
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• Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet – but now it faces the axe

  05-10-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As prime minister Justin Trudeau trails in polls, opposition seek to persuade voters environmental policy is a burdenMass hunger and malnutrition. A looming nuclear winter. An existential threat to the Canadian way of life. For months, the country’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has issued dire and increasingly apocalyptic warnings about the future. The culprit? A federal carbon levy meant to curb greenhouse gas emissions.In the House of Commons this month, the Tory leader said ther
  
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• Trump to attend rally at site of July assassination attempt in Pennsylvania

  05-10-2024 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Former president will appear with ‘quadruple’ the security, and also honor firefighter killed during shootingDonald Trump plans to return on Saturday to the site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July, as the former president sets aside what are now near-constant worries for his physical safety in order to fulfill a promise – “really an obligation”, he said recently – to the people of Butler, Pennsylvania.“I’ll probably start off by saying
  
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• For small cities across Alabama with Haitian populations, Springfield is a cautionary tale

  05-10-2024 18:46
  
  Many small Alabama cities have been beset by the same polarizing debate that thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the spotlight after former president Donald Trump promoted debunked misinformation about Haitian migrants
  
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• Escalation with Iran could be risky: Israel is more vulnerable than it seems

  05-10-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Intelligence analysis of Tehran’s attack suggests that much-touted Israeli missile defences are not, in fact, impregnableIn the aftermath of Iran’s attack on Israel on Tuesday night, Israeli officials claimed their defences had stood firm. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Iran had launched more than 180 missiles, but few details about the damage were released and the US’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said the attack “appears to have been defeated and inef
  
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• Tens of thousands take part in pro-Palestinian march

  05-10-2024 18:36 via bbc.com
  
  Protesters in London have called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Middle East conflict.
  
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• Sinn Féin knew of McMonagle references last year, says charity

  05-10-2024 18:20 via bbc.com
  
  Questions have been mounting on Sinn Féin this week over their handling of the case.
  
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• Three people in hospital after taxi hits pedestrians

  05-10-2024 18:17 via bbc.com
  
  The collision involving a black cab happened shortly before 14:00 on Union Street in the city centre.
  
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• 'Huge moment' as Bollywood music comes to Strictly

  05-10-2024 18:12 via bbc.com
  
  Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez will dance to Bole Chudiyan from 2001 film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
  
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• Former New York governor assaulted on street in Manhattan

  05-10-2024 18:09
  
  Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson were attacked on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Friday night.
  
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• Child ‘trampled’ to death among fatalities on Channel boat, says French minister

  05-10-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Young child reportedly found on overcrowded boat trying to cross Channel, hours after G7 countries agree plan to combat smuggling gangsA two-year-old child was crushed to death and three other people died in two attempts to cross the Channel from France on Saturday.French authorities said the infant died after being trampled following a “wave of panic” among migrants trying to board a dinghy. Continue reading...
  
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• Four migrants including child die in Channel

  05-10-2024 17:46 via bbc.com
  
  A two-year-old child's body was found on a migrant boat in the English Channel, French authorities say.
  
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• Mpox vaccination begins in DRC after 859 die this year

  05-10-2024 17:36 via theguardian.com
  
  World Health Organization declared outbreak in central and east Africa a global emergency two months agoAuthorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have begun vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread to several countries was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization.Some of the 265,000 doses donated to the DRC by the EU and the US were administered in the eastern city of Goma in North Kivu province, where hospitals and he
  
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• Rising from the ashes: Israelis in nation's war-torn south move home a year after October 7 massacre

  05-10-2024 17:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Before October 7, the communities of the mostly agricultural cooperative settlements, commonly known as kibbutzim, near the Gaza Strip, were considered some of the most picturesque places in Israel, characterized by green fields and carpets of vibrant red anemones. Yet, they were also among the most bombarded areas in the country. "Ninety-nine percent of the time, it’s paradise; one percent of the time, it’s hell," was a common saying among residents."It’s fair to say this year
  
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• Hundreds join silent march in France in support of Gisèle Pelicot

  05-10-2024 16:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Women and men march in village where Pelicot’s husband is accused of drugging her and inviting men to assault herA silent march took place in support of Gisèle Pelicot and other female victims of sexual violence on Saturday in Mazan, the village where Pelicot’s husband is accused of drugging her and inviting more than 80 men to assault her at their home.Hundreds of women and men turned out in solidarity with the woman at the centre of a case that has shocked the world. Members
  
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• Three hospitals in Lebanon forced to close amid Israeli bombing

  05-10-2024 16:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Healthcare workers have been displaced and paramedics killed in the south of the countryMiddle East crisis – live updatesThree hospitals in south Lebanon were forced to close on Friday after Israeli bombings struck two and the other ran out of supplies, displacing a number of doctors from the area and creating concerns around the state of the Lebanese health sector.Marjayoun governmental hospital and the Salah Ghandour hospital in Bint Jbeil, large healthcare centres along the eastern and
  
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• Two children, aged 4 and 6, injured by four dogs

  05-10-2024 16:50 via bbc.com
  
  A woman is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of having dogs dangerously out of control.
  
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• She sought to prove her grandfather was poisoned at Camp Lejeune. Records she found could help thousands.

  05-10-2024 15:49
  
  Leo Case survived the battle of Iwo Jima and risked his life to save his crew during a clash in the South Pacific — only to die of multiple cancers at 58.
  
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• Scottish family angry after mum blocked from fleeing Lebanon

  05-10-2024 15:44 via bbc.com
  
  Nadia Ayoub McCulloch was turned away by officials as she does not have a UK passport or visa.
  
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• Who is Terryon Thomas, the TikTok star known as Mr Prada accused of second-degree murder?

  05-10-2024 15:00
  
  Who is Terryon Thomas, the TikTok star known as Mr Prada accused of second degree murder?
  
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• 'Brilliant piece of fielding' - Wareham run out for three

  05-10-2024 14:23 via bbc.com
  
  Kavisha Dilhari's "brilliant piece of fielding" runs Georgia Wareham out for three as Australia slip to 14-2 during their Women's T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Sharjah.
  
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• Heartstopper director wishes show existed when he grew up

  05-10-2024 14:06 via bbc.com
  
  Andy Newbery has directed the third series of Heartstopper, taking over from Euros Lyn.
  
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• New Bridget Jones film very sad, says Hugh Grant

  05-10-2024 13:45 via bbc.com
  
  The actor also said there was "no obvious role" for him in the film, but they "crammed me in".
  
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• Why war in Middle East involves UK more than you might think

  05-10-2024 13:35 via bbc.com
  
  Burning conflict in Lebanon and Gaza leaves Britain with practical, defence and diplomatic moves to make.
  
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• Dolly Parton announces $1m donation to Hurricane Helene recovery

  05-10-2024 13:35 via bbc.com
  
  The singer says she was "heartbroken" by the destruction wrought in the US by the powerful storm.
  
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• San Jose Japanese American farm from early 1900s to be demolished for urban housing

  05-10-2024 13:00
  
  In San Jose, a center of California’s housing crisis, one of the oldest and last remaining Japanese-owned farms in the state will be demolished to pave the way for urban housing.
  
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• Arab spring dreams in ruins as Tunisia goes to polls against backdrop of repression

  05-10-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Critics of incumbent Kais Saied say he has increasingly bent the country’s institutions to his willTunisia will hold a presidential election on Sunday against the backdrop of a crackdown on dissent and human rights violations committed against undocumented migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.The incumbent, Kais Saied, whose most prominent critics are behind bars, is expected to sail to an easy win after a campaign with few rallies and public debates, marking a significant
  
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• Flash floods and landslides hit parts of Bosnia, killing at least 16

  05-10-2024 12:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Rescuers search for missing after huge volumes of rain fall in area around Jablanica and Konjic, causing sudden floodingRescue teams are searching for survivors after flash floods and landslides hit parts of Bosnia, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens more.Construction machines worked to remove piles of rocks and debris covering the central town of Jablanica after the rainstorm early on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Minnesota boy arrested after allegedly driving stolen car near playground where children were playing

  05-10-2024 12:12 via foxnews.com
  
  A 10-year-old boy was arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after allegedly stealing a car and driving recklessly near a school playground, where he nearly hit other children who were playing.Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Friday that the incident happened on Sept. 20 at the playground outside of Nellie Stone Johnson School, according to Fox 9. Surveillance footage shows the boy driving the stolen vehicle back and forth behind the playground before driving onto the sidewalk,
  
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• New video shows Kentucky sheriff pointing gun at judge before alleged fatal shooting

  05-10-2024 12:10 via foxnews.com
  
  A newly released video shows the moment when a Kentucky sheriff pointed his gun at a judge's head before allegedly shooting and killing him. The surveillance footage shows Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines, 43, and District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, in the judge's chambers having what appeared to be a heated conversation on Sept. 19 before the sheriff pulled out his gun and pointed it at the judge.Mullins was seen in the video sitting behind his desk when Stines pulled the gun, and Mullins
  
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• Cars in Day-Lewis film set ticketed by traffic wardens

  05-10-2024 11:26 via bbc.com
  
  Filming for a new feature starring the triple Oscar-winner is taking place in Handbridge in Chester.
  
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• Trump says Israel should hit Iran’s nuclear facilities, slamming Biden’s response

  05-10-2024 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump on Friday said that Israel should attack Iran’s nuclear facilities while mocking President Biden’s answer earlier this week on the subject.  While speaking at a campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he said when Biden was asked about Israel attacking Iran, the president answered, "’As long as they don’t hit the nuclear stuff.’ That’s the thing you wanna hit, right? I said, ‘I think he’s got that one wrong. Isn&
  
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• The NFL punter who doesn't punt

  05-10-2024 11:00
  
  Jayden Daniels first took his jersey number.
  
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• Food fungus is whipped into fresh meals at a New York restaurant: 'Delicious!'

  05-10-2024 11:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A New York restaurant is serving fungus. While Neurospora intermedia might not appear on the menu, it's a key ingredient used to make certain meals in the kitchen at the Michelin-starred Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York. It's part of a collaboration between California researchers and chefs at Blue Hill and in Copenhagen to develop new foods using the fungus.A study done at the University of California, Berkeley, and published in the journal Nature Microbiology detailed how the fungus Ne
  
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• Everest gets taller and the harsh realities of Fat Bear Week: The weekly quiz

  05-10-2024 11:00
  
  Fat Bear Week got off to a bumpy start, Mount Everest is still growing, and Louisiana’s governor wants to bring back what to football games?
  
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• Ultra-processed foods have these repercussions on children's health, nutritionist warns

  05-10-2024 10:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Super-processed, packaged foods have become prevalent in U.S. diets — and experts are warning of the potential effects.Recent research has shown that 60% of Americans' daily caloric intake comes from ultra-processed foods (UPFs).A study published by the BMJ revealed that exposure to UPFs was associated with 32 poor health outcomes, including mental, respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and metabolic complications.THESE 6 ‘HEALTHY’ FOODS WON'T HELP YOU LOST WEIGHT, NUTR
  
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• Marathon runner secures world record after completing global challenge

  05-10-2024 10:25 via bbc.com
  
  Andy Tomlinson took 938 days to complete the six World Marathon Majors - Berlin, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and London
  
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• Soros-linked dark money group props up Nebraska independent candidate in key Senate race

  05-10-2024 10:21 via foxnews.com
  
  A Nebraska Senate race has emerged as one to watch with only weeks until the election, as an independent candidate with controversial backing vies to unseat Sen. Debbie Fischer, R-Neb.Dan Osborn, a mechanic and union leader, is running as an independent against Fischer, and has prompted two prominent political handicappers to change their ratings of the race, indicating heightened competition. Both the Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Cente
  
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• 'Tightest race since 2000': Harris-Trump showdown hits final stretch until Election Day

  05-10-2024 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Saturday marks one month to go until Election Day on November 5.As the presidential campaign enters the home stretch, it remains a margin-of-error race nationally and in the seven key battleground states likely to determine the winner of the election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump.Both national party chairs are confident of their chances."We’re playing offense right now," Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley said in a Fox News Digital intervi
  
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• Tennis star and style icon Lea Pericoli dies aged 89

  05-10-2024 10:00 via bbc.com
  
  The formidable Italian player made it to Wimbledon three times, turning heads with every outfit.
  
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• Hurricane Helene: Dolly Parton, Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert help with disaster relief

  05-10-2024 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Country music icons, including Dolly Parton, Morgan Wallen and Eric Church, are pledging their support to those affected by Hurricane Helene and are helping with relief efforts.Parton donated $1 million to Hurricane Helene relief efforts, the country music star announced Friday. The country music star's Dollywood added $1 million to the relief fund, donating to The Mountain Way Foundation. On Friday, Walmart CEO John Furner joined the musician to explain why the company has set up resources
  
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