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• WATCH: Sea turtle released back into ocean after flipper amputation

  11-03-2025 23:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  JP Saul finally returned home!
  
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• They were forced to scam others worldwide; now thousands are detained on the Burmese border

  11-03-2025 22:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and eyes.Their nightmare was supposed to be over.UN WARNS OF 'FRIGHTENING AND DISTURBING' ACTIVITY BY MILITARY, REBELS IN WESTERN BURMALast month, a dramatic and highly publicized operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in Myanmar where they w
  
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• WATCH: Woman gets jump scare from moose blanket in washing machine

  11-03-2025 21:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "Out of all the infinite possibilities, the washing machine chose humor," one commenter wrote alongside video of the hilarious moment.
  
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• 30-Day ceasefire for Ukraine?

  11-03-2025 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukraine says it is ready to accept a US proposal for an initial 30-day ceasefire.
  
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• Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem twice in a month

  11-03-2025 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Books about Banksy and by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé were removed, and one of the owners detainedIsraeli police have raided the leading Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem for the second time in a month, detaining one of its owners for several hours and seizing some of its stock.The deputy state attorney’s office had warned police that they overstepped their authority with the first raid on the shop in February. Officers again arrived at the Educational Bookshop without a warran
  
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• Mother of two sons shot in Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ dares hope for justice

  11-03-2025 19:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Sarah Celiz among tens of thousands feeling relief that ex-Philippines president will finally face the courtsDuterte flown to The Hague after arrestSarah Celiz wept as she sat at home watching footage from Manila’s main airport on her phone. They were tears of sadness, and of relief.The former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, who had just landed in the capital, was surrounded by officials and being taken into custody. The international criminal court had issued an arrest warrant over
  
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• Ukraine accepts deal, says Rubio: 'We'll take this to the Russians'

  11-03-2025 19:24 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine on Tuesday accepted a deal put forward by the Trump administration during a meeting in Saudi Arabia, a significant step forward in securing a ceasefire agreement and bringing an end to the war with Russia."We'll take this offer now to the Russians, and we hope that they'll say yes," Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters. Rubio, standing alongside national security advisor Mike Waltz, did not detail exactly what was in this agreement, but according to a readout provided by Uk
  
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• Militants say 214 people taken hostage as train hijacked in Pakistan

  11-03-2025 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Baloch Liberation Army claims to have killed 30 military personnel after blowing up tracks in Balochistan regionA separatist militant group in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province says it has taken 214 hostages including military personnel after hijacking a train, as the country’s security situation continues to decline sharply.The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) blew up the tracks and fired on the Jaffar Express train as it travelled through a tunnel in a remote and mountainou
  
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• US and Ukraine continue negotiations after marathon day of peace talks

  11-03-2025 18:53 via theguardian.com
  Kyiv ‘ready to do everything’ to end fighting after Trump cut support for Ukraine in its war with RussiaEurope live – latest updatesSenior US and Ukrainian officials have held marathon crunch talks in Saudi Arabia focused on ending the war with Russia, aiming to build confidence despite a personal crisis between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Although the two presidents were absent, Zelenskyy sent his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, while Trump dispatched his secretary of
  
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• Duterte flown to The Hague after arrest over Philippines drug war killings

  11-03-2025 17:07 via theguardian.com
  Ex-president to face charges of crimes against humanity over ‘war on drugs’ that rights groups say left 30,000 deadThe former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has left Manila on a plane headed to The Hague, hours after he was served with an arrest warrant from the international criminal court over the killings resulting from his “war on drugs”.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr told a press conference that a plane carrying Duterte took off at 11.03pm local time on Tuesday.
  
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• Trump envoy Witkoff heading to Russia for second time later this week, source says

  11-03-2025 16:20 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff is heading to Russia later this week, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News. The confirmation comes after media reports said Witkoff is planning to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a second time. Witkoff previously met Putin for three hours in mid-February during a trip to Moscow to secure the release of detained American Marc Fogel, according to Axios. The Kremlin then suggested around that time that another U.S.
  
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• Evangelical leader says US must protect Syrian Christians from attacks by jihadi terrorists

  11-03-2025 15:51 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM—The former al Qaeda terrorist and current Interim President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, failed to stop a massacre of over 1,000 Syrians, including Christians, that unfolded last Thursday and continued over a period of days.Al-Sharaa and his organization, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a U.S.-designated Sunni terrorist organization, toppled former Syrian President Bashar Assad in December.Christian leaders and human rights activists have cast strong doubts on the capability o
  
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• Sierra Leone’s immigration chief fired after footage showed him with fugitive drug lord

  11-03-2025 13:31 via theguardian.com
  
  President sacks Alusine Kanneh after video of him with Johannes Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most wantedSierra Leone’s president has fired the head of the immigration service days after footage was published showing him receiving a birthday gift from a fugitive Dutch drug kingpin.The footage of Alusine Kanneh being handed a present by Johannes Leijdekkers – which has not been independently verified by the Guardian – was published by the investigative outlet Follow the Mon
  
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• Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Moscow, killing 2, as US talks begin

  11-03-2025 12:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine launched its largest-ever drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday as a senior delegation met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz in Saudi Arabia for talks about ending the war with Russia. A total of 337 drones were shot down Tuesday over Russia, including 91 in the Moscow area and 126 in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing Russia’s defense ministry. Moscow-based meat producer Miratorg said two of its employees w
  
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• Minister rejects claim that planning reforms designed to penalise farmers – UK politics live

  11-03-2025 11:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Housing minister defends reforms in planning bill ahead of publication saying they are not aimed at farmersBen Quinn is a senior Guardian reporter.Rupert Lowe’s seven-strong team at Westminster and his constituency office have put out a statement in their own names to back him and claim that processes designed to protect staff had been “weaponised” in a “malicious fashion.” They are defending the MP after he was suspended by Reform UK over alleged misconduct –
  
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• Hollyoaks actor Paul Danan died from cocktail of drugs, inquest told

  11-03-2025 11:05 via theguardian.com
  The 46-year-old reality TV star was found dead at his Bristol homeThe Hollyoaks actor and reality TV star Paul Danan, 46, died at his Bristol home from a cocktail of drugs including cocaine and heroin, an inquest has heard.More details soon … Continue reading...
  
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• Diego Maradona medics go on trial accused of criminal negligence

  11-03-2025 11:02 via theguardian.com
  Seven health professionals who worked with football legend in days before his death face trial in ArgentinaSeven medical professionals who tended to the Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona during his final days are going on trial accused of criminal negligence over his death.Maradona died on 25 November 2020 aged 60 while recovering from brain surgery for a blood clot, after decades battling cocaine and alcohol addictions. Continue reading...
  
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• Arrest of Palestinian student activist raises alarm about free speech – US politics live

  11-03-2025 11:02 via theguardian.com
  
  American Civil Liberties Union decries attack on free speech after immigration authorities arrest Mahmoud KhalilA federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by US president Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in “unusual secrecy.”US district judge Christopher Cooper in Washington sided with the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in f
  
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• Zelenskyy’s chief of staff urges Europe to keep financial pressure on Russia

  11-03-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As truce talks begin in Jeddah, Andriy Yermak writes for the Guardian that continent must ‘remain united’With US leadership and European support we Ukrainians may at last have peace. But don’t let Russia off the hookEurope must keep the financial pressure on Russia even though a ceasefire has never seemed closer in Ukraine’s three-year war with Moscow, the chief of staff to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, has written in the Guardian as he starts talks in Jed
  
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• Trump pick for Washington US attorney made derogatory and racist comments

  11-03-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Revealed: rhetoric by interim US attorney for DC includes falsely claiming Kamala Harris ‘self-identified’ as BlackTrump’s appointee as interim US attorney for the District of Columbia and nominee to hold the position permanently, Ed Martin, has repeatedly made derogatory and racist comments in past social media posts and columns.Martin’s rhetoric includes falsely claiming Kamala Harris is “self-identified” as Black and calling her the new Rachel Dolezal, clai
  
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• Eastern monarch butterfly population doubles in a year

  11-03-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Migratory insects covered 4.2 acres in Mexican forests this winter but number remains far below long-term averageThe population of eastern monarch butterflies – who migrate from Canada and the US to Mexico during the winter – has nearly doubled over the last year, according to a recent report commissioned in Mexico, generating optimism among nature preservationists.The modest growth in numbers for the orange-and-black butterflies follows years of ongoing conservation efforts –
  
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• Canada professor convicted in absentia gets renewed attention from right over 1980 Paris attack

  11-03-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hassan Diab fears shifting political winds in Canada could lead to extradition fight after Musk shares post about himUntil recently, Hassan Diab’s life in Ottawa had begun to settle back into a quiet suburban routine: spending his days teaching sociology part time at Carleton University, taking his two youngest children to the park to play football, or going for an afternoon swim.It had been well over a year since he was convicted in absentia for carrying out a deadly bomb attack on a Pari
  
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• US-Ukraine peace talks begin after Moscow hit by ‘largest ever’ drone attack – Europe live

  11-03-2025 10:59 via theguardian.com
  
  US and Ukraine officials meet in Jeddah after Moscow authorities said one person was killed in a drone attack on the Russian capitalAs the talks in Jeddah take place behind the closed doors, let’s catch up with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s comments at the European Parliament in Strasbourg earlier this morning.She told EU lawmakers that “the European security order is being shaken, and so many of our illusions are being shattered,” with increasingly
  
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• Two killed in largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, authorities say

  11-03-2025 10:53 via theguardian.com
  At least 91 drones targeted Russian capital, according to officials, disrupting flights and train servicesUkraine has launched its largest drone attack on Moscow since the start of the war, only hours before US and Ukrainian teams convened for key peace talks in Saudi Arabia.The Russian defence ministry reported that 337 drones were launched at Russia overnight on Monday, including 91 targeting the Moscow region, killing two people, sparking fires and disrupting flights and train services. Conti
  
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• Holidaying surfer presumed killed in WA shark attack after drone films blood in water

  11-03-2025 10:36 via theguardian.com
  Steven Payne, 37, was fatally attacked at remote beach in Western Australia while on a six-month holiday with his partner and dogFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA surfer fatally mauled by a shark at a remote beach in Western Australia was on a six-month holiday with his partner and pet dog.Steven Payne, 37, was attacked on Monday at Wharton beach, east of Esperance, and his remains were yet to be recovered, police s
  
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• Ousted Reform MP Rupert Lowe could join breakaway rightwing party

  11-03-2025 10:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Ben Habib, an ex-Reform deputy leader who was also forced out by Nigel Farage, makes offer to Great Yarmouth MPThe ousted Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe could join forces in a breakaway rightwing party with a former deputy leader of the party who was also forced out by Nigel Farage.The offer came from the former Brexit party MEP Ben Habib, an outspoken critic of Farage, who said he was “constantly in touch” with Lowe. Continue reading...
  
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• NSW and Queensland floods update: Ipswich avoids severe flooding by inches as more rain forecast in wake of Cyclone Alfred

  11-03-2025 09:38 via theguardian.com
  Concerns for elderly and vulnerable as some homes in south-east Queensland face days without powerGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe cleanup has begun in flood-affected parts of Queensland but thousands of homes will remain without power until the weekend.All police emergency warnings for the region have been cancelled after the rain caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred eased.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
  
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• Staff at the Age protest over Trumpet of Patriots gender ad as Newcastle Herald apologises for running it

  11-03-2025 09:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Australian Community Media, publisher of the Newcastle Herald, removes ad promoting Clive Palmer’s party from digital edition, saying it does not meet the company’s values• Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereThe Newcastle Herald has apologised for publishing a front page ad from Clive Palmer’s new Trumpet of Patriots party which says “there are only two genders”, as journalists at the Age say they are “furious” t
  
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• Measles more likely to be severe among malnourished, RFK says

  11-03-2025 09:30 via foxnews.com
  
  As measles cases continue to spread in several U.S. states, the spotlight is on prevention of the highly contagious disease.While vaccines are widely regarded as the first line of defense, some experts have suggested that nutrition plays a role in reducing severity of the disease.HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discussed the topic during a recent exclusive interview with Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health and Fox News senior medical analyst.WATCH FULL INTE
  
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• New York fires more than 2,000 prison guards for refusing to return to work after illegal strike

  11-03-2025 09:24 via foxnews.com
  
  New York officials fired more than 2,000 prison guards on Monday for not returning to work after a weekslong strike.Enough correctional officers had returned to work for the state to declare an end to the wildcat strike, a labor action that violated a state law prohibiting strikes by most public employees."After 22 days of an illegal strike, the governor and I are happy to report it is now ended," Corrections Commissioner Daniel Martuscello said during a virtual press briefing.The state and the
  
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• Boohoo rebrands as Debenhams as youth labels struggle

  11-03-2025 09:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Company says successful turnaround of the heritage brand will provide the blueprint for the rest of the groupBusiness live – latest updatesThe online fashion retailer Boohoo is rebranding as Debenhams, after buying it out of administration four years ago, as it took a £40m hit on excess stock in its brands aimed at younger shoppers.Debenhams, founded as a single store in London in 1778, disappeared from the high street when it collapsed in 2021, costing thousands of jobs. Boohoo then
  
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• Trump's FEMA faces reckoning as more staff fired in 'political bias' scandal: GOP lawmaker

  11-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has fired three more supervisors in the wake of an internal probe after a crew of disaster relief workers were directed to "avoid homes advertising Trump" in hurricane-battered Florida. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., exclusively told Fox News Digital that he is "confident" that the Trump administration will "root out egregious examples of political bias like this at FEMA.""After back-to-back hurricanes devastated Florida and left many in our area
  
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• 'Pro-criminal': Blue state sheriff unloads on 'disgusting' bill targeting the right to self-defense

  11-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A California sheriff is speaking out against a bill in the Democrat-controlled capital of Sacramento that he says would essentially make self-defense illegal and believes is emblematic of liberal policies putting people in danger in the state. After Assembly Bill 1333 was introduced in California two weeks ago, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco gained traction on social media with a post reacting to the bill which he says will essentially make self-defense illegal in the state. 
  
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• Meghan Markle is no match for Martha Stewart or Rachael Ray: experts

  11-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Meghan Markle's new Netflix show has drawn comparisons to the works of lifestyle guru Martha Stewart and celebrity chef Rachael Ray, but experts say the Duchess of Sussex still has a lot to learn."With Love, Meghan," which premiered March 4, followed the 43-year-old as she shared cooking, hosting and gardening tips while appearing alongside celebrity friends and chefs at an estate in Montecito, California.Though the show has already been renewed for a second season, it's received an overwhelming
  
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• Greenland’s opposition party pushes closer US ties, independence from Denmark as Trump plays big in election

  11-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Greenlanders will head to the polls to vote in their country’s parliamentary election on Tuesday, in what will likely prove to be a historic vote not because of any seismic shifts within the nation but because of the geopolitical message it will send.Independence from Denmark is not on the ballot itself, but who is elected to Greenland’s parliament will signal how the country could move forward in not only divorcing itself from Copenhagen, but in handling what some critics have perce
  
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• Gene Hackman focused on staying fit before Alzheimer's with boxing, golf: friends

  11-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — Gene Hackman didn’t want to slow down, according to friends in the Santa Fe community he spent almost 40 years in with his wife, Betsy Arakawa Hackman, by his side.Stephen Marshall, a retired FBI agent who trained them through a community outreach program, recalled the Oscar-winner was "bothered" by aging."Gene was concerned about the fact that he was getting older. He didn't like being old, and seeing himself on film bothered him because he knew he didn't look like
  
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• Dems threatening government shutdown over Elon Musk hate, Republicans say

  11-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  House Republicans are accusing Democrats of waging their opposition campaign against the GOP's government funding plan over their fury at Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts."They hate Elon Musk and Donald Trump more than they love their country," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital. "They're just losing their f------ minds."Mace was still optimistic that some Democratic lawmakers will vote for the legislation on Tuesday afternoon, "I mean, they voted
  
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• Daring airport trend has travelers arriving at gate 15 minutes before takeoff

  11-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A viral trend has taken over social media showcasing a risky move made by many flight passengers.Travelers are participating in the "airport theory" trend by arriving at their gates 15 minutes prior to departure.A TikTok video shows a flyer setting a timer for 15 minutes as they walk toward security. 'SPEAKER SCUM' ON FLIGHTS SPARKS DEBATE AMONG TRAVELERS: 'THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND'The user, who was traveling with a large group of people, didn't show if they had priority security.After 1
  
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• American college student missing in Dominican Republic didn't drown, Natalee Holloway private eye believes

  11-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who vanished from a five-star resort in the Dominican Republic likely didn't drown on the beach as some reports have suggested, according to the private investigator who went to Aruba following the disappearance of Natalee Holloway under similar circumstances in 2005.Sudiksha Konanki, who was born in India but is a legal permanent U.S. resident from Virginia, was last seen entering the beach early Thursday morning at the Riu Republica Resort in Punt
  
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• Greenland faces ‘fateful choice’ says island’s PM as it prepares for election

  11-03-2025 08:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Poll takes place against backdrop of threats by Donald Trump and growing calls for independenceGreenland’s prime minister said voters face a “fateful choice” as the Arctic island prepares to go to the polls in a pivotal election closely watched by Europe and the US.The vote on Tuesday has attracted global attention after Donald Trump’s repeated assertions about acquiring the autonomous territory, using military and economic force if necessary. Continue reading...
  
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• Dutton says Labor claims ‘utter nonsense’; multimillionaire faces new child abuse material charges – as it happened

  11-03-2025 08:20 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closedDutton denies deliberately keeping himself in dark over fake caravan terror plotGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning blog readers – this is Rafqa Touma, and I’ll be taking you through the day’s live news updates. Thank you to Martin Farrer for getting us rolling this morning.More than 125,000 properties are in the dark as crews work to restore power across QLD and NSW in Alfred’s aftermath. Continue reading...
  
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• Former bikie boss Sayed Moosawi directed ‘James Bond’ arson attacks in Bondi, court hears

  11-03-2025 08:14 via theguardian.com
  NSW police allege Moosawi directed two men who have pleaded guilty to setting the Curly Lewis brewery on fire in October 2024. He has denied all chargesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former bikie boss is among 14 people charged this week over a wave of alleged antisemitic attacks in Sydney that authorities claim were designed to distract police from organised crime or influence prosecutions.On Tuesday, 32-year-old Sayed Moosawi, a former chapter president of the Nom
  
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• Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules

  11-03-2025 08:07 via theguardian.com
  
  US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire face tough new regulations after high court rulingIndustrial poultry farms face tough new regulations around the disposal of chicken manure after a judge ruled it can be classified as waste and requires a detailed and transparent plan to dispose of it without damaging the environment.The high court ruling means new US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire will have to deal with poultry manure as if it was industrial waste. Continue reading...
  
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• Texas lawmakers considering bill to ban gender changes on birth certificates

  11-03-2025 08:01 via foxnews.com
  
  Lawmakers in the Texas legislature are considering a bill that would prohibit people in the state from changing the gender marker on their birth certificate to reflect their gender identity.The measure, Senate Bill 406, is now being debated in the Texas Senate.Last year, the Texas Department of Public Safety stopped changing gender on driver’s licenses unless courts intervened, according to FOX 4.The Senate bill would block changes to gender on birth certificates, regardless of whether the
  
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• New scheme to offer campers unprecedented access to wild spaces across Britain

  11-03-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A new partnership will give campers exclusive access to rewilding sites and a chance to join in with conservation effortsCampers looking for a back-to-nature experience this summer will be able to wild camp on land that was previously off-limits across Britain thanks to an initiative launched by camping booking platform CampWild and the nature recovery charity Rewilding Britain.The partnership will provide outdoor enthusiasts with access to nature restoration projects that have not previously pe
  
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• Mother of teenage bride in South Sudan comes out of hiding to be with pregnant daughter

  11-03-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Athiak Dau Riak was traditionally married for a record bride price last year, despite her mother’s insistence that she was only 14, which led to threats of reprisalsThe mother of an alleged child bride has left a safe house in South Sudan to travel to be with her daughter after discovering the teenager is pregnant.Deborah Kuir Yach made headlines last year when she opposed a competition for her daughter’s hand in marriage, insisting that her child Athiak Dau Riak was only 14. Fear of
  
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• Donald Trump, facing terrible coverage, softens tone and tactics for Elon Musk’s DOGE crusade

  11-03-2025 08:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Most people think of government workers as part of a faceless bureaucracy with cushy and clearly useless jobs.Now it’s true that the federal workforce is bloated and needs to be trimmed. But the politics of Elon Musk’s mass firings are shifting, prompting President Trump to soften his approach to the DOGE campaign.A major factor in this evolution is the negative media coverage, which Trump follows with great interest. It’s no accident that he said the other day the budget cutba
  
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• Dutton denies deliberately keeping himself in dark over fake caravan terror plot

  11-03-2025 07:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Questions linger over who attended key online meeting on 30 January with Australian federal police and language used by Dutton afterwardsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton did not personally attend a federal police briefing one day after the Dural caravan plot was publicly revealed, but he has denied claims he “deliberately” kept himself in the dark on key details indicating it was a “fake terrorism plot” orchestrated by organised crim
  
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• K-pop singer Wheesung found dead at home aged 43

  11-03-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Tributes have been paid to singer who had a string of hits in South Korea including a cover of Craig David’s InsomniaThe South Korean singer Wheesung has died aged 43, with police reportedly planning to conduct an autopsy to determine his cause of death.The singer, whose name was Choi Whee-sung, was found unconscious in his apartment on Monday night by emergency responders after his mother called for help, local media reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Taoiseach must tread carefully amid tensions before Trump meeting

  11-03-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Defence, the Palestinians and Irish-American trade will all be on the agenda as Micheál Martin heads to WashingtonSt Patrick’s Day has long been one of the sacred moments of the Irish-American calendar with more than 200 years of parades in New York and a shamrock reception at the White House launched by Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 to cement political ties between the two nations.But this year’s annual meeting between the taoiseach and the US president, a week early because of a
  
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