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• New treatments are needed for alcohol addiction. Are drugs like Ozempic the answer?

  10-02-2025 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  There's growing evidence to suggest that GLP-1 drugs, which include Ozempic's semaglutide, may be useful for treating alcohol use disorder.
  
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• At least 55 dead in Guatemala after bus plunges from highway bridge

  10-02-2025 22:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Vehicle headed toward capital city fell 20 metres into polluted ravine, leaving people trapped in wreckageAt least 55 people have died after a bus veered off a highway bridge into a polluted ravine in Guatemala City, leaving survivors trapped in the wreckage.The densely packed bus was carrying more than 70 people at the time of the accident early on Monday morning. It was traveling into the capital from the town of San Agustín Acasaguastlán when it plunged approximately 20 metres (
  
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• Hamas suspends release of Israeli hostages over ‘violations’ of ceasefire

  10-02-2025 21:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli military on alert as mediators fear a breakdown in three-week-old truce as Hamas says ‘door remains open’Hamas has said it is delaying the release of Israeli hostages indefinitely over “violations” of the ceasefire deal, prompting Israel’s defence minister to put the country’s military on alert with orders to prepare for “any scenario in Gaza”.Mediators fear a breakdown of the three-week-old ceasefire, Egyptian security sources told Reuters
  
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• Middle East crisis: Hamas official calls Trump’s latest Gaza remarks ‘absurd’ after delaying hostage releases – as it happened

  10-02-2025 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reports here:Hamas suspends release of Israeli hostages over ‘violations’ of ceasefireTrump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his planThe IDF’s raid on the West Bank city of Jenin, which has killed at least 25 Palestinian people, according to officials, is on its 21st consecutive day. The Israeli military says its aim is to rout out what it has described as militants.Jenin’s refugee camp, one
  
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• Revelations of Israeli spyware abuse raise fears over possible use by Trump

  10-02-2025 20:55 via theguardian.com
  
  After WhatsApp claimed 90 users were targeted last year, experts concerned over how US could use cyberweaponsEven as WhatsApp celebrated a major legal victory in December against NSO Group, the Israeli maker of one of the world’s most powerful cyberweapons,a new threat was detected, this time involving another Israel-based company that has previously agreed contracts with democratic governments around the world – including the US.Late in January, WhatsApp claimed that 90 of its users
  
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• Macron takes swipe at Trump with ‘plug, baby, plug’ comment at AI summit – as it happened

  10-02-2025 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed. You can read all our Europe news here The Swedish prosecutor leading on the investigation into the Örebro shooting has confirmed this morning the identity of the perpetrator as Rickard Andersson, a former student at Campus Risbergska.He was previously described by the Swedish media as a 35-year-old unemployed recluse with psychological problems. Continue reading...
  
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• Hamas says it's delaying next hostage release, claiming ceasefire violations

  10-02-2025 18:50 via foxnews.com
  
  A Hamas spokesperson said Monday that the terrorist group will delay the next planned release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement."Over the past three weeks, the resistance leadership has monitored the enemy's violations and failure to fulfill its obligations under the agreement; including the delay in allowing the return of the displaced to the northern Gaza Strip, targeting them with direct shelling and gunfire in various areas across Gaza,
  
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• EU says it will retaliate immediately if Trump imposes new tariffs

  10-02-2025 17:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Bloc’s leaders also pledge to protect EU interests after US president announces escalation in aggressive trade policyEurope will not hesitate to retaliate if Donald Trump imposes any new tariffs, the European Commission and EU national leaders have said, after the US president announced another escalation of his aggressive trade policy at the weekend.Trump said he would announce on Monday 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports that would affect “everybody”, adding that
  
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• Children with mild peanut allergy may be able to eat peanut butter, research trial shows

  10-02-2025 17:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Children with milder forms of peanut sensitivity may be able to overcome the allergy by eating increasing amounts of store-bought peanut butter.
  
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• Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his plan

  10-02-2025 17:26 via theguardian.com
  
  People will have ‘no alternative’ but to leave territory after destruction left by Israel, US president said in Fox interviewDonald Trump has said that his plan to “take over Gaza” would not include a right of return for the more than 2 million Palestinians that he has said have “no alternative” but to leave because of the destruction left by Israel’s military campaign.The remarks are the latest effective endorsement of ethnic cleansing by the US preside
  
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• AI phone scam targets Italian business leaders including Giorgio Armani

  10-02-2025 17:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Cloned voice of defence minister, Guido Crosetto, used in some calls asking for money to free kidnapped journalistsSome of Italy’s best-known business leaders, including the fashion designer Giorgio Armani and the Prada chair, Patrizio Bertelli, have been targeted by an artificial intelligence-based scam that involved the mimicking of the defence minister’s voice in telephone calls claiming to seek help to free Italian journalists kidnapped in the Middle East.Prosecutors in Milan hav
  
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• ‘Engine of inequality’: delegates discuss AI’s global impact at Paris summit

  10-02-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Emmanuel Macron’s tech envoy warns attenders current trajectory of artificial intelligence is unsustainableThe impact of artificial intelligence on the environment and inequality have featured in the opening exchanges of a global summit in Paris attended by political leaders, tech executives and experts.Emmanuel Macron’s AI envoy, Anne Bouverot, opened the two-day gathering at the Grand Palais in the heart of the French capital with a speech referring to the environmental impact of A
  
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• Man goes on trial in France over deadly Nice church attack

  10-02-2025 16:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Brahim Aouissaoui, 25, tells court he has no memory of 2020 attack in which three people were fatally stabbedA Tunisian man has gone on trial in France accused of fatally stabbing three people in a terrorist attack at a church in Nice.Brahim Aouissaoui, 25, told the special court in Paris he had no recollection of the events of October 2020, when he allegedly almost decapitated a 60-year-old woman, stabbed another worshipper 24 times and slit the throat of a church worker with a kitchen knife &n
  
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• ‘Let’s do a deal’: Zelenskyy calls Trump’s terms acceptable for security partnership

  10-02-2025 16:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to meet with Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference later this week after confirming on Friday he is ready to "do a deal" with President Donald Trump.According to an interview with Reuters, Zelenskyy said he was ready to supply the U.S. with rare-earth minerals in exchange for Washington’s continued backing of its war effort."If we are talking about a deal, then let's do a deal, we are only for it," Zele
  
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• Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released

  10-02-2025 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Salma al-Shehab was arrested in 2021 on holiday in Saudi Arabia after posting tweets supporting women’s rightsCampaigners have welcomed the release of a Saudi PhD student at Leeds University who was sentenced to 34 years in prison for posting tweets in support of women’s rights.Salma al-Shehab, 36, is understood to have left the prison in Saudi Arabia where she was being held and has been reunited with her two young children. Continue reading...
  
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• Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners

  10-02-2025 15:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Raid on Educational Bookshop branches described by rights groups as attempt to create ‘culture of fear’ among Palestinian intellectualsIsraeli police have raided the leading Palestinian-owned bookshop in occupied East Jerusalem and detained two of its owners, arrests that rights groups and leading intellectuals said were designed to create a “culture of fear” among Palestinians.Police officers ransacked two branches of the Educational Bookshop on Sunday afternoon, using G
  
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• Ecuador’s presidential election goes to runoff after ‘statistical tie’

  10-02-2025 15:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Daniel Noboa fails to achieve anticipated victory over leftist rival Luisa González, forcing them to repeat 2023’s electionEcuador’s conservative president, Daniel Noboa, will face the leftist former congresswoman Luisa González in an election runoff on 13 April after a better than expected first-round performance by his challenger.With more than 92% of the ballot boxes counted, Noboa was on 44.31%, just ahead of González, with a difference of only 45,000 votes i
  
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• Police in India stop Ed Sheeran busking on street before concert

  10-02-2025 14:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Local channels show police officer walking up to star as he sings Shape of You and unplugging microphoneEd Sheeran has been stopped by police from busking in India after he was told he lacked permissions.The songwriter was seen singing the hit single Shape of You on a pavement in the southern city of Bengaluru before his concert on Sunday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Southport victim's mother says she will 'never feel true happiness again'

  10-02-2025 13:37 via bbc.com
  
  Seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe was one of three girls killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
  
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• Fears grow for health of social media influencer arrested on live TV in Sierra Leone

  10-02-2025 13:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Hawa Hunt’s detention a month ago was politically motivated, say daughter and rights groups, who also raise concerns about her treatment in jailFears are mounting over the mental and physical health of a social media influencer who has been in prison in Sierra Leone for more than a month after she was arrested on live television.Hawa Hunt, a dual Canadian and Sierra Leonean citizen, was arrested on 22 December while starring in House of Stars, a reality TV show, for comments she made on so
  
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• Trump says US is 'committed to buying and owning Gaza'

  10-02-2025 12:56 via bbc.com
  
  There has been global condemnation of his plan to take over the strip and move its Palestinians out.
  
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• Second Labour MP apologises over WhatsApp comments

  10-02-2025 12:45 via bbc.com
  
  Burnley MP Oliver Ryan says his comments in the group were "completely unacceptable".
  
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• 'Ireland live rent free in Scotland's heads - again'

  10-02-2025 12:36 via bbc.com
  
  There was a sense it was over almost before it began as Scotland suffered another chastening Six Nations defeat by Ireland, writes Tom English.
  
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• Father jailed for murdering daughter he claimed died in a play-fight

  10-02-2025 12:19 via bbc.com
  
  Simon Vickers, who claimed his daughter's stabbing was accidental, is sentenced.
  
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• Philadelphia Eagles destroy Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl

  10-02-2025 12:02 via bbc.com
  
  The Philadelphia Eagles deny the Kansas City Chiefs the 'three-peat' as they dominate the Super Bowl in New Orleans with a crushing 40-22 victory.
  
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• Hundreds arrested in illegal worker raids on nail bars, car washes and restaurants

  10-02-2025 11:49 via bbc.com
  
  Nail bars and takeaways were targeted in the raids ahead of an immigration bill being debated by MPs.
  
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• Feyi-Waboso & Furbank could return during Six Nations

  10-02-2025 11:49 via bbc.com
  
  Injured duo Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and George Furbank could return to boost England's back-three options before the end of the Six Nations.
  
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• Trial to begin of man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie

  10-02-2025 11:48 via bbc.com
  
  A 27-year-old man faces a jury trial in New York state, where Mr Rushdie is expected to testify.
  
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• Nine years and three million pages of script: Acting in a video game epic

  10-02-2025 11:03 via bbc.com
  
  What was it like to act in a video game thought to have one of the longest scripts ever written for the medium?
  
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• 'Magical' Liverpool win for Plymouth Argyle fans

  10-02-2025 10:53 via bbc.com
  
  It is the first time the Devon side have beaten Liverpool since February 1956.
  
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• ‘Total chaos’: Monkey blamed for nationwide power cut in Sri Lanka

  10-02-2025 10:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Energy minister says monkey ‘came into contact with grid transformer’, causing hours-long outage in sweltering heatA countrywide power outage in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that clambered into a power station south of Colombo.The blackout, which began around midday on Sunday, left many people sweltering in temperatures exceeding 30C (86F). Continue reading...
  
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• Minister blames monkey for Sri Lanka nationwide power cut

  10-02-2025 10:46 via bbc.com
  
  The outage is yet to be fully fixed, meaning hospitals and other buildings are having to use generators.
  
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• Subsidies halved for controversial Drax power station

  10-02-2025 09:49 via bbc.com
  
  The government has agreed a new subsidy arrangement with the controversial wood-burning Drax power station in north Yorkshire.
  
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• Trump remains committed to US owning Gaza, says Middle East states could help rebuild war-torn area

  10-02-2025 09:29 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he remains committed to the U.S. purchasing and owning Gaza, but that he may allow Middle Eastern countries to rebuild sections of the area ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war.Trump made the comment when speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way to New Orleans for the Super Bowl."I'm committed to buying and owning Gaza," Trump said. "As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it, other pe
  
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• Watch: Moment India police unplug Ed Sheeran's street performance

  10-02-2025 08:24 via bbc.com
  
  The star was stopped from busking ahead of his concert in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru.
  
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• Monday briefing: Why the brutal fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo could spiral into wider war

  10-02-2025 07:53 via theguardian.com
  
  In today’s newsletter: As Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize more territory and the humanitarian crisis worsens, what’s the background to the war and prospect of peace?Good morning. Over the weekend, the presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda – Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame – were among those who took part in a regional summit aimed at ending the resurgent violence in eastern DRC. The summit ended with a call for an immediate and uncond
  
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• 'Billionaires own my mouldy rental property'

  10-02-2025 06:57 via bbc.com
  
  Families tell BBC their mould-infested homes are making them ill - Panorama investigates.
  
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• More than 1,100 dead sea turtles washed up along southern India’s coastline

  10-02-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols and a crackdown on fishing boatsMore than 1,100 dead olive ridley sea turtles have washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu state in southern India this January.“I never heard [of] such large numbers of turtles stranded at any beaches of Tamil Nadu at least in the last three decades,” Kuppusamy Sivakumar, an ecology professor at Pondicherry University said. Continue readin
  
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• Bo-Kaap: the candy-coloured corner of Cape Town facing tourism v heritage dilemma

  10-02-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Some locals in picturesque district of Bo-Kaap are fed up with influx of visitors, and worry about impact of gentrificationAfter Table Mountain, the candy-coloured houses of Bo-Kaap have become one of Cape Town’s most iconic images, a key stop in any tourist’s visit to the South African city and a must-have for Instagram feeds.However, many residents of the historic Muslim district are increasingly fed up with tour buses snarling up traffic, people blocking streets as they pose for p
  
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• Eagles demolish Chiefs to deny them Super Bowl three-peat

  10-02-2025 05:51 via bbc.com
  
  The Philadelphia Eagles demolish the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 to deny them an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl show was one big tease

  10-02-2025 05:41 via bbc.com
  
  The star hinted that he might not play his smash hit Not Like Us, but gave viewers plenty to absorb.
  
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• New Zealand raises ‘concern’ as Cook Islands prepares to sign China deal

  10-02-2025 05:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Deputy PM says New Zealand hasn’t been adequately consulted on an agreement the Cook Islands leader is expected to sign in Beijing this weekA diplomatic row has erupted between two tight-knit Pacific countries, after New Zealand said the Cook Islands failed to properly consult on its plans to deepen ties with China amid growing concerns over Beijing’s push for influence in the region.The Cook Islands was a dependent New Zealand colony from 1901-1965 but has since operated as a self-g
  
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• Swift, Trump and a dynasty in ruins - how Super Bowl 59 unfolded

  10-02-2025 05:21 via bbc.com
  
  President Trump and Taylor Swift in attendance as Philadelphia Eagles beat Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59 at Caesars Superdrome, New Orleans
  
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• The DR Congo rebel leader whose fighters have created turmoil

  10-02-2025 03:46 via bbc.com
  
  M23 chief Sultani Makenga, wanted for war crimes, has fought as a rebel and a soldier in two countries.
  
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• Marine identified as victim of surveillance flight that crashed in Philippines

  10-02-2025 03:14 via foxnews.com
  
  The Marine who died alongside three defense contractors last Thursday when their surveillance flight crashed in the Philippines has been identified as Sgt. Jacob M. Durham, according to officials.Last week, a Department of Defense-contracted aircraft went down in the southern province of Maguindanao del Sur while "providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies," according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.There were no survivors, officials
  
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• 'It's seen as the naughty school but it's turned our lives around'

  10-02-2025 02:52 via bbc.com
  
  Park House School is making a difference to pupils who have struggled in mainstream education.
  
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• Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. Where do other countries stand?

  10-02-2025 02:51 via bbc.com
  
  The US has historically given automatic citizenship to anyone born in the country, but this principle is not the norm globally.
  
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• CEO of Italian salami, prosciutto company dies in helicopter crash: 'Sad day'

  10-02-2025 02:50 via foxnews.com
  
  The chief executive of an Italian salami and prosciutto company died in a helicopter crash in north-central Italy on Wednesday, along with two other victims.Lorenzo Rovagnati, who was the chief executive of the Rovagnati food company, in Noceto, near Parma, when his helicopter crashed, according to Biassono Mayor Luciano Casiraghi.Video of the scene shows heavy fog around the area. The crash happened on the grounds of Castelguelfo di Noceto, a medieval castle owned by the Rovagnati family."I can
  
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• How Spain's economy became the envy of Europe

  10-02-2025 02:43 via bbc.com
  
  The growth is led by a tourism boom, with Spain nearing France as the world's most visited country.
  
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• Why more young men in Germany are turning to the far right

  10-02-2025 02:31 via bbc.com
  
  The far right here and elsewhere in Europe attracts an increasing number of young people, particularly men.
  
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