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• WATCH: Timelapse video shows Hurricane Milton as seen from space

  08-10-2024 23:42
  
  Timelapse footage captured by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shows Hurricane Milton as the powerful storm churned through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida.
  
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• Floridians warned ‘you are going to die’ if they don’t evacuate as Milton nears

  08-10-2024 22:49 via theguardian.com
  Thousands of evacuees clog highways as storm projected to hit Tampa Bay on Wednesday restrengthens to category 5Florida’s western coast was making emergency preparations on Tuesday for the impact of Hurricane Milton, with thousands of evacuees clogging highways, contending with fuel shortages, and the mayor of Tampa warning residents bluntly “you are going to die” if they stayed behind.The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Milton would retain major hurricane status and &l
  
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• Holiday gift ideas on sale during Amazon Prime Big Deal Days

  08-10-2024 20:13 via foxnews.com
  
  If you’re like most shoppers, you’ve promised you would get your Christmas and holiday shopping done early, only to have December roll around without a single gift bought. Well, this year, keep your promise and get your holiday gifts out of the way as early as possible.This list features major tech, home deals, kids' toys and a variety of other sales happening during Amazon Prime Big Deal Days. Grab gifts for everyone in your life and pay less for popular products.To take advantage o
  
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• Hurricane Milton evacuations in Florida: What to pack ahead of the storm

  08-10-2024 19:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Hurricane Milton has left West Coast Floridians scrambling as some residents have already evacuated. On Monday, Hurricane Milton strengthened from a Category 1 hurricane to a Category 5 hurricane with winds predicted to reach 180 mph, FOX Weather reported.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warns that Milton poses an "extremely serious threat" to Florida with life-threatening impacts.AS HURRICANE MILTON THREATENS FLORIDA, FOOD AND DRINK ESSENTIALS FOR HUNKERING DOWN DURING THE STORM"It
  
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• Netanyahu confirms Nasrallah's replacement dead: ‘Thousands of terrorists’ killed

  08-10-2024 19:38 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that Hezbollah’s intended replacement of its former leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed late last month, has also been "taken out.""Today, Hezbollah is weaker than it has been for many, many years," Netanyahu said in a message tailored directly to the "people of Lebanon.""We’ve degraded Hezbollah’s capabilities, we took out thousands of terrorists, including [former Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah hims
  
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• China puts tariffs on EU brandy in escalating trade row with Brussels

  08-10-2024 18:35 via theguardian.com
  Beijing also considering duties on European petrol cars after EU imposed extra levies on Chinese electric vehiclesChina has imposed tariffs on EU brandy imports in an escalating tit-for-tat trade row with Brussels over extra levies on Chinese-made electric vehicles.Beijing also said it was considering duties on imported petrol cars from Europe. Continue reading...
  
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• Could Saudi-Iran talks prevent Lebanon from turning into a second Gaza?

  08-10-2024 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Hezbollah has been a past source of tension between the two countries, but Riyadh wants to improve relations with TehranThe Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, will meet his counterpart in Saudi Arabia to discuss the growing threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran and what steps, if any, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon can take to secure a ceasefire in the face of growing evidence that the US supports Israel’s efforts to dismantle Hezbollah and force it to disarm.In what
  
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• Hungary’s Orban interrupted, accused of 'selling out' country to Russia, China during EU news conference

  08-10-2024 17:57 via foxnews.com
  
  An activist and municipal councilor for a Hungarian opposition party disrupted a news conference in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was laying out his plans for Hungary's six-month presidency of the European Union.The activist, Márton Gyekiczki, interrupted Orbán as he was speaking about his opposition to immigration, running toward the podium where Orbán sat and throwing a stack of what appeared to be banknotes at the prime minister."How
  
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• Opposition Congress party wins power in Indian-administered Kashmir

  08-10-2024 17:40 via theguardian.com
  Narendra Modi’s BJP loses first election since stripping the region of its autonomy and statehoodThe Indian prime minister’s hopes of his party gaining power in Kashmir were dashed on Tuesday as it emerged that his BJP had lost the first election held since the national government stripped the region of its autonomy and statehood.The elections instead delivered a resounding victory to India’s main opposition party, Congress, and its regional partner, the Jammu and Kashmir Natio
  
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• What is the law on assisted suicide and euthanasia?

  08-10-2024 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.
  
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• NYC First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright resigns as Eric Adams' administration suffers more departures

  08-10-2024 17:29 via foxnews.com
  
  New York City First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright resigned from her position Tuesday after the FBI raided her home in early September, becoming the latest senior official to depart Mayor Eric Adams’ administration as he faces federal corruption charges. Wright’s resignation comes just days after her husband, New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks, announced that he would resign earlier than expected in October. Adams' office announced Tuesday that "Deputy May
  
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• Scientists create surgical stitch to aid healing by electrical stimulation

  08-10-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers in China say their suture can speed up wound healing and reduce risk of infection by producing a charge The humble stitch plays a crucial role in surgery, holding a gash together while tissues repair. Now scientists have created a type of suture they say can help speed up wound healing and reduce the risk of infection.Researchers in China have created a suture that when put under strain – as occurs during movement – electrically stimulates the wound. Continue reading...
  
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• Suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance case acquitted of unrelated sexual offense charges

  08-10-2024 16:49 via foxnews.com
  
  A German court on Tuesday acquitted a man who is also under investigation in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in a trial on charges of unrelated sexual offenses.The Braunschweig state court acquitted the 47-year-old German national, who has been identified by local media as Christian Brueckner, of two counts of rape and two of sexual abuse.However, Brueckner will remain in prison another year because he is still serving a seven-year sentence for rape in a different case
  
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• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un pushes goal to become nuclear powerhouse in warning to South Korea

  08-10-2024 16:26 via foxnews.com
  
  North Korea’s Kim Jong Un went after South Korea’s president for the second time in a week, warning again on Tuesday that Pyongyang will push forward with its plans to be a top nuclear player.Kim accused South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol of issuing "some tasteless and vulgar comment about the end of the Republic" in a recent speech and said it shows "he is totally consumed by his blind faith in his master's strength," he added, according to a Reuters report, in reference to
  
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• Anger and disgust in Mexico over beheading of newly sworn-in city mayor

  08-10-2024 16:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Country’s new president to set out public security plans after murder of Alejandro Arcos Catalán in ChilpancingoMexico’s new government has been shaken by the murder of a city mayor who was attacked and beheaded days after taking office.Alejandro Arcos Catalán was sworn in as the mayor of Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern state of Guerrero, on 30 September, a day before Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, took power herself. Continue readin
  
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• China hits back at EU with tax on European brandy

  08-10-2024 15:01 via bbc.com
  
  China places a tax on European brandy imports in a move critics say is retaliation for recent tariffs on electric cars.
  
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• England battling in face of huge Pakistan total

  08-10-2024 14:43 via bbc.com
  
  England overcome significant setbacks to reach 96-1 in reply to Pakistan’s massive 556 on day two of the first Test in Multan.
  
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• Mexican mayor's severed head placed atop pickup truck 6 days after taking office

  08-10-2024 14:37 via foxnews.com
  
  The mayor of a violence-plagued city in Mexico was killed on Sunday with his decapitated body left in a pickup truck and his severed head placed atop the vehicle's roof. Alejandro Arcos, 43, was killed just six days after he took office as mayor of the city of Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people in southwestern Mexico. The city, the capital of Guerrero state, is so violent that a drug gang openly staged a demonstration, hijacked a government armored car and too
  
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• Watch: Referee awards two bizarre penalties for handball

  08-10-2024 14:28 via bbc.com
  
  Watch as Magdeburg and Greuther Furth both give away bizarre penalties for handball in their 2. Bundesliga match.
  
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• The 4,000 items in the Staffordshire Hoard make it the largest collection in history of its kind

  08-10-2024 14:24 via foxnews.com
  
  The Staffordshire Hoard is truly one of a kind as the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver found to date. There are around 4,000 items, most of which are military pieces. The discovery of the Staffordshire Hoard came in 2009. A metal detectorist was scanning farmland in the village of Hammerwich in England when his detector signaled a find.What was found buried in the soil turned out to be monumental. Over the following days, the metal detectorist began to pick up pieces of a c
  
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• Dog that attacked girl, 12, thought to be XL bully

  08-10-2024 14:07 via bbc.com
  
  An investigation is under way after a girl suffers life-changing injuries following a dog attack.
  
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• Russia on mission to cause mayhem on UK streets, head of MI5 warns

  08-10-2024 13:59 via bbc.com
  
  The head of MI5 warns the UK faces the most "complex and interconnected" threat it has ever seen.
  
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• Madeleine McCann suspect cleared of rape charges in separate trial

  08-10-2024 13:50 via bbc.com
  
  Christian Brückner is already in jail but has not been charged with the British girl's disappearance.
  
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• Teenager claims first ever Tetris 'rebirth'

  08-10-2024 13:46 via bbc.com
  
  Michael Artiaga, 16, is the first known person to see the NES video game reset itself after beating it.
  
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• Coleen Rooney disputes Vardy complaint over hotel costs racked up by her lawyer

  08-10-2024 13:43 via bbc.com
  
  Mrs Rooney says claims made in court about costs incurred by her lawyer are "factually incorrect".
  
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• Coleen Rooney disputes Vardy claims about hotel costs racked up by her lawyer

  08-10-2024 13:43 via bbc.com
  
  Mrs Rooney says claims made in court about costs incurred by her lawyer are "factually incorrect".
  
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• Troubled HS2 rail line may now run to central London, minister says

  08-10-2024 13:37 via bbc.com
  
  The Transport Secretary says it would make "no sense" to have the line terminate in west London.
  
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• Man City accuse Premier League of 'misleading' clubs

  08-10-2024 13:25 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester City accuse the Premier League of being "misleading" over the verdict in its landmark legal case on rules over commercial deals.
  
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• Man City accuse Premier League of being 'misleading' over legal battle verdict

  08-10-2024 13:25 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester City accuse the Premier League of being "misleading" over the verdict in its landmark legal case on rules over commercial deals.
  
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• Investigation after dog attacks girl, 12, at house

  08-10-2024 13:14 via bbc.com
  
  An investigation is launched after a 12-year-old suffers life-changing injuries following a dog attack.
  
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• Wild camping legal challenge goes to Supreme Court

  08-10-2024 12:59 via bbc.com
  
  Landowners challenge a court ruling that said people can wild camp on some privately owned areas.
  
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• Spain and Barcelona great Iniesta retires, aged 40

  08-10-2024 12:49 via bbc.com
  
  Spain World Cup winner Andres Iniesta retires from playing at the age of 40.
  
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• N Korea's Kim calls Putin 'closest comrade' in birthday message

  08-10-2024 12:25 via bbc.com
  
  Kim said relations between North Korea and Russia would be raised to a new level.
  
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• Strikes set to close Perth and Kinross schools for two weeks

  08-10-2024 12:23 via bbc.com
  
  The Unison action is due to begin on 21 October and will affect 50 schools and early years centres.
  
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• Indian police charge man over doctor’s rape and murder in Kolkata hospital

  08-10-2024 12:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Sanjay Roy charged with crime that prompted nationwide anger and protests over violence against womenA man has been charged in the high-profile case of a doctor’s rape and murder in a Kolkata hospital, a crime that prompted widespread anger and protests over the threat of sexual violence faced by women in India.The suspect, Sanjay Roy, was arrested the day after the young doctor’s bloodied body was discovered on 9 August in a room at RG Kar hospital, where she had gone to rest after
  
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• 'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize

  08-10-2024 11:52 via bbc.com
  
  Two scientists share the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on machine learning.
  
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• Scotland's population rising at fastest rate since 1940s

  08-10-2024 11:34 via bbc.com
  
  The main driver of population growth was people moving to Scotland from other parts of the UK and abroad.
  
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• Myanmar military kills dozens in heaviest airstrikes since 2021 coup

  08-10-2024 11:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Ten children reportedly among those killed during intense aerial campaigns last monthMyanmar’s military has launched some of its heaviest aerial campaigns since the 2021 coup in recent months, killing at least 26 people in a series of attacks in early September.The military, which has repeatedly been accused of indiscriminate aerial bombardments, launched at least seven airstrikes in four days between 3 and 6 September. According to Unicef, 10 children were among those killed. A pregnant w
  
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• Couple in their 70s named after their bodies found with rifle

  08-10-2024 11:23 via bbc.com
  
  A couple whose bodies were found in their home along with a rifle and a dead dog are named.
  
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• Bus rescuer used hammer to free pupils crying for help

  08-10-2024 11:04 via bbc.com
  
  Gary Smyth says he tried to break glass to help rescue pupils after the crash on Monday.
  
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• How could US election impact relations between world's two largest economies?

  08-10-2024 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the US election could impact relations between the world's two largest economies
  
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• 'Football needs to adapt to help female coaches'

  08-10-2024 10:48 via bbc.com
  
  Anita Asante discusses the challenges for female coaches in football and why they need to be invested in just as much as players.
  
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• Dutch museum finds beer can artwork in bin

  08-10-2024 10:19 via bbc.com
  
  The artwork, which shows two dented beer cans on the floor, was thrown in a bin by a technician.
  
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• Is climate change making hurricanes and typhoons worse?

  08-10-2024 10:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  These powerful tropical storms are generally becoming more intense as the world warms.
  
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• Mountaineers who were stranded in Himalayas describe loss of their gear

  08-10-2024 10:12 via theguardian.com
  
  British climber Fay Manners, who was stuck for three days, says: ‘There was a big, big, long sense of silence between us’A British mountaineer and her American companion who were stranded in the Himalayas for three days without food have described the long silence between them after the bulk of their equipment plunged into a ravine.Fay Manners, 37, and Michelle Dvorak, 31, had been climbing the Chaukhamba mountain in northern India, when they issued an SOS message on Thursday, with n
  
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• Rare Steve phenomenon and Northern Lights dazzle in UK skies

  08-10-2024 09:52 via bbc.com
  
  UK sky-watchers on Monday night were treated to this unusual sight where skies were clear.
  
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• 'I felt isolated in school': Traveller children have highest persistent absence rate

  08-10-2024 09:12 via bbc.com
  
  Traveller families say their children are often bullied when they attend mainstream schools.
  
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• Will Norris or Verstappen face penalties before end of season?

  08-10-2024 08:05 via bbc.com
  
  F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions, including whether grid penalties could affect the championship battle.
  
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• Water companies ordered to return £158m to customers by lowering bills

  08-10-2024 08:02 via bbc.com
  
  Water companies must reduce customers' bills over poor performance but it will have a small impact.
  
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• Anger over 96-mile diversion for 'unnecessary' road closures

  08-10-2024 07:16 via bbc.com
  
  A journey which would usually take 40 minutes in southern Scotland could take two-and-a-half hours.
  
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