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• Police raid home of Sydney nurse taken to hospital after allegedly threatening Israeli patients on video

  14-02-2025 23:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli influencer Max Veifer posts video on Instagram stating: ‘The police are asking me for the unedited version. I have nothing to hide. Here it is’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney nurse at the centre of a video chat showing two hospital workers allegedly making anti-Israel threats to an Israeli influencer has had their home raided after being taken to hospital due to “welfare concerns&r
  
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• Why don't Europeans buy more American cars?

  14-02-2025 23:54 via bbc.com
  
  Trump wants US vehicles to be more popular in Europe, but it's a difficult market for them to crack.
  
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• OpenAI rejects $97.4bn Musk bid and says company is not for sale

  14-02-2025 23:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Maker of ChatGPT rebuffs consortium led by Tesla owner and rejects ‘latest attempt to disrupt his competition’OpenAI on Friday rejected a $97.4bn bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker, saying the startup is not for sale.The unsolicited approach is Musk’s latest attempt to block the startup he co-founded with CEO Sam Altman – but later left – from becoming a for-profit firm, as it looks to secure more capital and stay ahead in the A
  
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• Quins miss out on top spot as Bristol edge victory

  14-02-2025 23:24 via bbc.com
  
  Harlequins miss the chance to go top of the table as Bristol Bears claim victory to strengthen their grip on fourth place in the Premiership Women's Rugby table.
  
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• Southport killer's sentence will not be reviewed

  14-02-2025 23:12 via bbc.com
  
  The Attorney General said there was "no realistic legal basis" for an appeal over the sentence.
  
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• Equipment malfunction, dropped messages looked at by NTSB in midair crash near D.C.

  14-02-2025 22:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into flight data discrepancies, potential altimeter malfunctions and a possible miscommunication with air traffic control in the midair collision of an Army helicopter and a commercial airplane last month in the deadliest U.S. air crash in almost a quarter century.
  
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• Kansas City man pleads guilty to assault charge in shooting of Ralph Yarl

  14-02-2025 22:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to lesser charge in shooting of Black honor student who mistakenly rang his doorbellAn 86-year-old Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who was then 16 and rang the man’s doorbell by mistake.Andrew Lester’s plea on Friday came days before he was supposed to stand trial on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the teenaged student. Lester plead
  
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• Lifesaving mine-clearing program reels after Trump's USAID funding suspension

  14-02-2025 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  A lifesaving demining program is in jeopardy after the Trump administration ordered a 90-day suspension of all foreign aid, pushing nations in the region to turn to U.S. rivals such as China to fill the funding gap
  
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• Premier League sponsorship rules 'void' says tribunal

  14-02-2025 22:19 via bbc.com
  
  The Premier League's rules governing sponsorship deals from the period between between 2021 and 2024 are "void and unenforceable", a tribunal rules.
  
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• Trump agrees to ‘friendly meeting’ with Keir Starmer after making surprise call

  14-02-2025 22:18 via theguardian.com
  
  President phoned while PM was with Mark Burnett, the Apprentice producer appointed as ‘special envoy’ to UKDonald Trump has spoken to Keir Starmer again after what appears to have been a spur-of-the-moment phone call from the US president that was not expected by the British prime minister and his team.News of the call, which took place on Thursday evening, emerged in a Downing Street statement about Starmer’s meeting with Mark Burnett, the British TV producer whom Trump has ap
  
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• Vance berates European leaders as tensions with close allies burst into the open

  14-02-2025 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vice President JD Vance publicly berated European leaders on a host of issues from free speech to security and mass migration, as simmering tensions between the United States and its close allies boiled over at an international conference in Munich on Friday.
  
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• What we've learned about Rachel Reeves's expenses - and the Labour response

  14-02-2025 21:45 via bbc.com
  
  Senior figures defended the chancellor after we revealed her expenses were investigated before she was an MP.
  
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• Israel's UN ambassador slams Palestinian plan for Gaza, demands PA first 'condemn Hamas'

  14-02-2025 21:27 via foxnews.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE - Israel's United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon is making the Jewish State’s disapproval of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) "Relief and Early Recovery Plan" for Gaza crystal clear."It would be better if they dealt with terrorism in Judea and Samaria and condemn Hamas," Ambassador Danon told Fox News Digital exclusively. Judea and Samaria are commonly referred to as the West Bank outside of Israel.The PA’s plan, which was submitted to the U.N. Security Council for re
  
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• 86-year-old Missouri man pleads guilty in Ralph Yarl shooting

  14-02-2025 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  Andrew Lester, the 86-year-old man charged with shooting teenager Ralph Yarl in the head in 2023 after Yarl mistakenly rang his doorbell, accepted a plea deal of up to seven years in jail.
  
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• Peruvian policeman in capybara costume makes Valentine's drug bust

  14-02-2025 20:59 via bbc.com
  
  Video shows the moment police use fancy dress to carry out a drug raid in Lima, Peru.
  
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• JD Vance attacks Europe over free speech and migration

  14-02-2025 20:45 via bbc.com
  
  The vice-president's speech at the Munich Security Conference was denounced by several European leaders.
  
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• Zelenskyy demands ‘real security guarantees’ before peace talks; Vance accused of ‘trying to pick a fight’ with EU – as it happened

  14-02-2025 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reporting here:Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs ‘security guarantees’ before any Putin talksVance stuns with blistering attack on Europe’s leadersExplainer: how do Vance’s Europe claims stand up?Pope Francis has been hospitalised for treatment of his ongoing bronchitis, the Vatican has said in a brief press statement.He will be tested and treated at the Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic in Rome, it said. Continue read
  
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• Zelenskyy tells Vance Ukraine needs ‘security guarantees’ before any Putin talks

  14-02-2025 20:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian leader appears reassured after Munich bilateral, having feared he could be bounced into peace negotiationsEurope live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said during a meeting with the US vice-president, JD Vance, that his country wants “security guarantees” and a joint US-Ukrainian peace plan before he enters into any talks with Vladimir Putin to end the war in his country.Both men agreed after an hour-long discussion on Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Secu
  
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• WHO calls for cigarette-style cancer warnings on alcohol packaging

  14-02-2025 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Cancer charities back call for prominent warning labels while industry body says move ‘not proportionate’Cans and bottles of alcohol should carry cigarette-style labels warning that drinking increases the risk of cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).The UN agency said governments should insist “prominent” warning labels become standard to alert consumers to the link between alcohol and cancer and tackle the harm caused by heavy drinking. Continue readi
  
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• 'Trapped in our home' - Doorbell camera captures neighbour's abuse and threats

  14-02-2025 19:07 via bbc.com
  
  Data shows 36% of people experienced anti-social behaviour last year, up from 34% the year before.
  
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• Mexico threatens to escalate US gunmakers lawsuit with terror charges

  14-02-2025 19:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Claudia Scheinbaum warns of reciprocal action if Washington designates country’s cartels as terrorist groupsMexico’s president has warned US gunmakers they could face fresh legal action as accomplices of organized crime if Washington designates the country’s cartels as terrorist groups.The Latin American country, which is under mounting pressure from Donald Trump to curb illegal drug smuggling, wants its neighbor to crack down on firearms trafficking in the other direction. Con
  
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• Russell T Davies to bring new LGBT drama to TV

  14-02-2025 19:03 via bbc.com
  
  "This is a show I had to write because the world is getting stranger, tougher and darker," says Davies.
  
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• Middle East crisis: Hamas announces further details of Israelis it will free this weekend – as it happened

  14-02-2025 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel warned Thursday that Hamas must release three living hostages this weekend or face a resumption of the war in GazaThe Israeli government has signalled it intends to stick to the hostage release schedule agreed in the ceasefire deal with Hamas, but warned that if the anticipated three surviving hostages were not released on Saturday, it would go back to war in Gaza.The statement from the prime minister’s office ends nearly three days of confusion after Donald Trump’s declaratio
  
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• Ukraine on ‘irreversible path’ to Nato membership, Starmer tells Zelenskyy

  14-02-2025 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister uses call with Ukraine president to restate UK support in face of Trump interventions• Europe live – latest updatesUkraine remains on “an irreversible path” towards Nato membership, Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call that underlined the divide between Europe and the US over the future of the country.According to a Downing Street readout of the call with the Ukrainian president, Starmer stressed “the UK’s concrete support fo
  
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• Hospital chairman who plotted against boss resigns

  14-02-2025 19:01 via bbc.com
  
  Ian Haythornthwaite was found to have conspired against Dr Susan Gilby with other senior figures.
  
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• Pope Francis cancels events after being admitted to hospital

  14-02-2025 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Pontiff to receive treatment for bronchitis after having difficulty breathing during meetingPope Francis has cancelled his scheduled events over the next few days after being hospitalised, the Vatican said.The pontiff, who has been suffering from bronchitis, was admitted to Gemelli hospital in Rome on Friday after reportedly having breathing difficulties during one of his meetings. Continue reading...
  
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• Man conned council out of £710k of lockdown grants in 'Greggs' swindle

  14-02-2025 18:54 via bbc.com
  
  Aftab Baig pretended to be a property manager from Greggs to con Leeds City Council, a court hears.
  
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• Everton, Liverpool and Slot charged after derby melee

  14-02-2025 18:18 via bbc.com
  
  Everton, Liverpool and Arne Slot are charged by the Football Association after incidents at the end of Wednesday's Merseyside derby at Goodison Park.
  
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• Latest Israeli hostages to be freed named amid uncertainty over truce

  14-02-2025 18:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Iair Horn, Sasha Troufanov and Sagui Dekel-Chen due to be exchanged for 369 Palestinian prisonersPalestinian militant groups have named the three hostages they plan to free on Saturday in return for the release of 369 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, raising hopes that the January ceasefire agreement will survive its latest crisis.However, the longer-term prospects of the truce remain in doubt and the uncertainty has been deepened by the US president, Donald Trump, who made surprise territo
  
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• ‘Time is running out’: frailty of freed hostages raises pressure on Netanyahu

  14-02-2025 18:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Relatives and supporters anxious for return of remaining hostages urge Israeli PM to maintain ceasefire dealStill frail less than a week after his release from Hamas captivity, and processing the news that his wife, Eynav, was killed during the militants’ attack on 7 October 2023, Or Levy told a crowd in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square that he had insisted his family and doctors allow him to come.Israelis had been shocked and angered by the gaunt appearances of Levy, 34, Eli Sharabi, 52,
  
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• Murdered backpacker's mum says killer stole her future

  14-02-2025 18:00 via bbc.com
  
  Danielle McLaughlin, 28, from County Donegal, was found dead in a field in India, in March 2017.
  
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• 'I felt a slimy texture brush my face': Man describes being swallowed by whale

  14-02-2025 17:40 via bbc.com
  
  Adrián Simancas, 23, was kayaking off Chilean Patagonia when he found himself inside a whale.
  
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• US deports 119 immigrants of varying nationalities to Panama

  14-02-2025 17:09 via theguardian.com
  
  People from Afghanistan, Iran, China and other countries flown out as Trump’s deportation effort intensifiesUS politics – live updatesThe US has sent undocumented immigrants from several Asian countries whose governments have refused to accept them to Panama, in a move signalling an intensification of the Trump administration’s deportation effort.A military plane carrying 119 immigrants from countries including Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, China, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Pakista
  
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• Hamas releases names of hostages due for release on Saturday

  14-02-2025 16:38 via bbc.com
  
  They are set to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.
  
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• What to know about the massive 'Saturday Night Live' 50th anniversary special

  14-02-2025 16:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Live from New York, it’s a nostalgic celebration of "Saturday Night Live"! “SNL50: The Anniversary Celebration” airs Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
  
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• Cover up or pay a fine, Portugal's Albufeira warns

  14-02-2025 15:47 via bbc.com
  
  Wearing bikinis and going shirtless may soon be banned in the city, as it fights against badly behaved tourists.
  
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• Is Trump right when he says the US faces unfair trade?

  14-02-2025 15:36 via bbc.com
  
  He wants to hit back at countries that place import taxes on American goods that he thinks are too high.
  
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• Italian ‘mystic’ may face trial after DNA match with blood on Virgin Mary statue

  14-02-2025 15:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Allegations of fraud against Gisella Cardia, who drew pilgrims by claiming statue wept tears of bloodEurope live – latest updatesA self-styled mystic who drew hundreds of pilgrims to a town near Rome by claiming that a statue of the Virgin Mary wept tears of blood could face trial after a DNA test indicated the blood was hers.Gisella Cardia, who also claimed that the statue was transmitting messages to her, was last year declared a fraud by the Roman Catholic church, which subsequently tig
  
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• Call for parents to be able to use loyalty card points to buy baby milk

  14-02-2025 15:15 via bbc.com
  
  Parents should be able to use vouchers, the regulator says, but restrictions ondiscounts should remain.
  
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• Goa man found guilty of rape and murder of Irish backpacker eight years ago

  14-02-2025 15:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Family of Danielle McLaughlin say justice has finally been achieved after Vikat Bhagat convicted in IndiaThe family of a young Irish woman raped and murdered in India eight years ago have said justice has finally been achieved after a man was convicted in Goa.Danielle McLaughlin, from Buncrana in County Donegal, was found dead in a field in Canacona, an area of Goa popular with holidaymakers, in March 2017. Continue reading...
  
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• Tasmania fires destroy huge swath of wilderness and could ‘burn for weeks’

  14-02-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Around 90,000 hectares of remote country in the state’s north-west have been razed after fires sparked by lightning strikes Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFires that have razed 90,000 hectares of Tasmanian wilderness, including parts of the famous Overland walking track, could burn for weeks as firefighters battle to contain blazes in remote terrain.By late on Friday, more than 20 fires – which were sparked by dry lightning strikes on 3 February – ha
  
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• Premature speculation keeps parliament hot under the collar but Albanese quiet on election date

  14-02-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Spectre of unconfirmed date looms over past fortnight as PM’s political theatre only fuels anticipationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWas that really the last week of parliament before the election? Every person in Canberra, from senior cabinet ministers to junior staffers, has a different theory.MPs are acting as if they’re about to hit the election trail, with some giving farewell speeches. “See you in a few months if I don’t lose my seat&rdq
  
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• Fears Australia’s GST could be next target in Trump’s reciprocal tariff threat

  14-02-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Economist argues GST is not protectionist and should not attract any new levy from the US but concern remains for steel industryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUS president Donald Trump has threatened “reciprocal tariffs” on US trade partners in retaliation for some domestic taxes, such as value-added taxes, sparking concerns Australia could be targeted.Trump on Thursday directed federal agencies to look at trade barriers, including VATs among a list of &ld
  
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• Snow, ice and freezing rain to hit parts of UK as yellow weather warning issued

  14-02-2025 13:45 via bbc.com
  
  Snow, ice and freezing rain are forecast for parts of the UK this weekend
  
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• Trump’s Gaza plan unites jihadist and far-right circles, experts warn

  14-02-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump’s threat to take over Gaza is galvanizing two of the most dangerous and organized extremist movementsAs Donald Trump continues to threaten to take control over the Gaza Strip, an unlikely consensus has emerged across hardcore jihadist and far-right circles: both strongly oppose any new US military actions in the territory.Now experts are warning that Trump’s plan is galvanizing two of the most dangerous and organized extremist movements with track records of domestic terrorist
  
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• Babies born in 2023 can expect to live longer, new figures show

  14-02-2025 12:39 via bbc.com
  
  Boys born in the UK in 2023 can expect to live on average to 86.7 years, and girls to 90, experts suggest.
  
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• Revealed: fugitive Dutch drug lord has been in Sierra Leone for at least two years

  14-02-2025 12:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Sources place Johannes Leijdekkers in west African country since at least December 2022One of Europe’s most-wanted drug lords has been living in Sierra Leone for at least two years, spending time at nightclubs and house parties, sources have told the Guardian.Johannes Leijdekkers, a Dutch national, has been sentenced in absentia to decades in prison for offences including cocaine trafficking on a vast scale and ordering a murder. In September Dutch police said he remained missing and offer
  
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• The Week: What next for Ukraine and some signs of growth?

  14-02-2025 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adam, Chris, Caitríona and James wrap up the week.
  
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• Watch: Premier League's iconic duos and their goals

  14-02-2025 08:37 via bbc.com
  
  In honour of Valentine's Day, BBC Sport looks back at some of the Premier League's most iconic partnerships and their goals together.
  
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• Japan releases 200,000 tonnes of emergency rice stockpile as prices soar

  14-02-2025 07:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Agriculture minister says rising prices have ‘had a significant impact on people’s lives’ amid record heat, surges in demand and distribution problemsJapan is to flood the market with almost a quarter of a million tonnes of stockpiled rice in an unprecedented attempt to arrest soaring prices caused by record summer heat, panic buying and distribution problems.The government will release up to 210,000 tonnes of rice, the agriculture minister, Taku Eto, said on Friday, as consume
  
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