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• Man City's poor season down to me - Guardiola

  29-03-2025 23:30 via bbc.com
  
  Pep Guardiola rates his own performance as Manchester City manager this season as "really poor" ahead of FA Cup quarter-final with Bournemouth.
  
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• Sabalenka powers to Miami Open final win against Pegula

  29-03-2025 23:27 via bbc.com
  
  World number one Aryna Sabalenka claims her second title of the year by beating Jessica Pegula 7-5 6-2 in the women's Miami Open final.
  
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• Most employees at US Institute of Peace mass-fired via late-night email

  29-03-2025 23:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Congressionally created and funded thinktank taken over by ‘Doge’ seeks to prevent and resolve global conflictsMost employees at the US Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded thinktank now taken over by Elon Musk’s unofficial “department of government efficiency”, received email notices of their mass firing late Friday, the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing.The emails, sent to personal accounts because most staff
  
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• Chair of charity Harry quit calls prince's brand 'toxic'

  29-03-2025 23:02 via bbc.com
  
  The Duke of Sussex left his role with Sentebale after the relationship between its trustees and chair broke down.
  
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• Shorter family court hearings 'encouraging', says minister

  29-03-2025 23:00 via bbc.com
  
  The MoJ says a pilot scheme in some courts has reduced the average duration of cases from 29 weeks to 18.
  
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• Prince Harry accused of bullying ‘at scale’ by chair of charity he founded

  29-03-2025 22:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Sophie Chandauka says duke unleashed ‘Sussex machine’ but source close to ex-trustees claims accusation baselessThe chair of a charity set up by Prince Harry has accused him of “harassment and bullying at scale” after he and several others quit the organisation earlier this week.The Duke of Sussex was said to have initiated the campaign by the “unleashing of the Sussex machine”. Continue reading...
  
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• King speaks of shock and sadness in condolence message

  29-03-2025 22:56 via bbc.com
  
  Charles says he and the Queen were shocked and saddened by the disaster, which has claimed at least 1,600 lives.
  
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• Time for a new FA Cup winner, or a first since the 1950s?

  29-03-2025 22:48 via bbc.com
  
  Only one side left in the FA Cup has won it since the 1950s, so will we see a fresh face on the old trophy?
  
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• Hundreds of thousands celebrate Newcastle cup win with parade

  29-03-2025 22:24 via bbc.com
  
  Ant & Dec and Newcastle legends like Alan Shearer join fans for an open-top bus parade and party.
  
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• GB win first world figure skating medal since 1984

  29-03-2025 22:23 via bbc.com
  
  Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson win GB's first figure skating World Championship medal since Torvill and Dean in 1984 with ice dance bronze in Boston.
  
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• Protesters return to Istanbul's streets for huge rally

  29-03-2025 22:12 via bbc.com
  
  Pro-democracy protesters gathered in support of jailed opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu.
  
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• 'Pressure is a privilege' for 'world class' Kildunne

  29-03-2025 22:05 via bbc.com
  
  "World class" Ellie Kildunne stars with a hat-trick of tries in Cardiff as the world player of the year aims to keep getting better before a home Rugby World Cup in August.
  
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• Yates scores winning penalty to send Forest through to semis

  29-03-2025 21:44 via bbc.com
  
  Ryan Yates scores the winning penalty in a shootout against Brighton before running the length of the pitch as Nottingham Forest reach the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1991.
  
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• Parents arrested by Hertfordshire police for complaining about daughter’s school

  29-03-2025 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine say six officers came to their house after primary objected to WhatsApp commentsThe parents of a nine-year-old girl have said they were held at a police station for 11 hours because they complained about their daughter’s primary school.Maxie Allen and his partner, Rosalind Levine, said they were arrested and detained on suspicion of harassment, malicious communications and causing a nuisance on school property. Continue reading...
  
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• Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 1,644 amid race to find survivors – as it happened

  29-03-2025 21:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Myanmar’s military rulers have called for ‘any country, any organisation’ to help as concerns grow over how rescuers will reach affected areas. This blog is now closed.Full report: Myanmar earthquake death toll risesPatients evacuated from a Bangkok hospital have been taken to a nearby sports hall where hospital beds are lined up beneath basketball hoops and beside football goals.Agence France-Presse reports that when powerful tremors from Myanmar’s earthquake and aftersh
  
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• Two leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern studies center to step down

  29-03-2025 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Departures of Cemal Kafadar and Rosie Bsheer are seen by critics as ‘shameful attempt’ by school to appease TrumpThe leaders of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies are leaving their positions after the center faced accusations of anti-Israel bias.The departures come as the Trump administration scrutinizes institutions that have had pro-Palestinian protests over the last year. Earlier this week, Columbia’s president announced she would step down after Tr
  
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• Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire

  29-03-2025 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Militants release video of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot pleading for freedom as they seek a 50-day halt to conflictHamas has allegedly agreed to free five living Israeli hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, as the militant group released a video of a hostage making an appeal for his freedom.Hamas’s chief, Khalil al-Hayya, reportedly said on Saturday that the militant group expressed willingness to release the five hostages over the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Sunda
  
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• Faye Hall, American detained by Taliban, has been released

  29-03-2025 20:25 via foxnews.com
  
  An American woman who had been detained by the Taliban since February has been freed, a source with knowledge of the release told Fox News on Saturday.American citizen Faye Hall was released on Thursday and received at the Qatari embassy in Kabul. She has been confirmed to be in good health after undergoing a series of medical checks, the source said. Arrangements are currently underway for her return to the U.S.The Taliban agreed to release Hall after President Donald Trump removed multimi
  
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• Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk

  29-03-2025 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal governmentThousands of people worldwide protested Elon Musk and his efforts with Donald Trump to dismantle the US federal government on Saturday, with rallies held in front of nearly every Tesla showroom in the US and many around the world – a concerted effort to go after the billionaire’s deep pockets as the CEO of the electric vehicle maker.Protest organizers asked people t
  
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• Keir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms

  29-03-2025 20:20 via theguardian.com
  
  PM told to be as robust as Canada with the US president as the UK stages last-ditch talks to strike trade dealKeir Starmer should fight back strongly against Donald Trump if he imposes punitive tariffs on British exports, senior UK and EU diplomats said on Saturday night, amid heightened fears that the US president could trigger a global trade war with devastating effects on the UK economy.British government officials in London and Washington are working frantically this weekend to try to persua
  
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• Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake

  29-03-2025 20:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Woman pulled to safety after 30 hours trapped in building a rare glimmer of hope in midst of devastation• ‘No one came’: Myanmar volunteers dig with bare hands to save earthquake victimsRescue workers battled for a second night to find survivors of Myanmar’s devastating earthquake, which has killed at least 1,644 people and injured thousands more.Teams with little protective equipment, at times using only their bare hands, scrambled to free survivors from the rubble of cou
  
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• ‘Bile of racism’ and anti-migrant rhetoric spilling into political debate, race discrimination commissioner warns

  29-03-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Giridharan Sivaraman says politicians on all sides must not ‘dehumanise migrants’ in election lead-upElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionGina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia greatSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet ourbreaking news email,free app ordaily news podcastAustralia’s race discrimination commissioner has warned politicians not to “exploit” racist
  
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• US citizen detained in Afghanistan by Taliban released to Qatari embassy

  29-03-2025 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Faye Hall had been detained since February along with a British couple before a court order led to her releaseA US citizen detained in Afghanistan in February by the Taliban administration has been released, the former US ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said on Saturday.“American citizen Faye Hall, just released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends, the Qataris in Kabul, and will soon be on her way home,” Khalilzad posted on X. Continue reading...
  
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• Ofsted boss at time of Ruth Perry's death to get peerage

  29-03-2025 19:42 via bbc.com
  
  Her peerage is yet to be formally announced but a Conservative source says she will be a "huge asset" in Parliament.
  
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• ‘No one came’: Myanmar volunteers dig with bare hands to save earthquake victims

  29-03-2025 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  The military junta is calling for foreign aid but agencies and rescuers must navigate crumbling roads, an overwhelmed health system and ongoing fighting• Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquakeThe children at Bright Kids nursery in Kyaukse, a town south of Mandalay, were taking a nap when the earthquake struck on Friday afternoon. The two-storey building collapsed with dozens of children aged between two and four trapped inside. For hours, rescuers sif
  
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• Met raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk

  29-03-2025 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 20 officers forced their way into property and police said some present were planning direct action in LondonPolice have raided a Quaker meeting house and arrested six women attending a gathering of the protest group Youth Demand.More than 20 uniformed police, some equipped with Tasers, forced their way into the Westminster meeting house at 7.15pm, according to a statement by the Quakers. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘I like Rupert Lowe’s plain speaking’: suspended MP haunts Nigel Farage’s big rally

  29-03-2025 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  As Reform UK launched its English local elections campaign in Birmingham there were murmurs among activists about the fate of a ‘popular figure’There was one name on the lips of many Reform supporters before their party’s local election campaign launch in Birmingham on Friday night, but it wasn’t Nigel Farage.Instead, conversation turned to Rupert Lowe, one of five Reform MPs elected last year, who was suspended this month when allegations of bullying emerged, the day aft
  
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• Trump has managed to spin Signalgate as a media lapse, not a major security breach | Andrew Roth

  29-03-2025 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  The US administration believes it can divide public attention until there is a new scandal. It may be a winning strategyWhen it comes to Trump-era scandals, the shameless responses to “Signalgate”, in which top administration officials discussing details of an impending strike in Yemen in a group chat without noticing the presence of a prominent journalist, should set alarm bells ringing for its brazenness and incompetence.In a particularly jaw-dropping exchange, Tulsi Gabbard, the U
  
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• Le boycott: French customers shun McDonald’s, Coca Cola and Tesla to protest against Trump

  29-03-2025 18:47 via theguardian.com
  
  France has been urged to shun Maga America as #BoycottUSA hashtag spreads, but teenagers say they can’t afford to join the action On the rainy Grands Boulevards in Paris on Friday, the branches of McDonald’s and KFC were doing brisk business.There was little sign of “le boycott” – a movement among French customers to reject American brands and products made in the US, in protest at Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and anti-Europe rhetoric. Continue reading...
  
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• Myanmar quake toll passes 1,600 as people dig for survivors with bare hands

  29-03-2025 18:45 via bbc.com
  
  An acute lack of equipment, patchy communications and wrecked roads are hampering the search for survivors.
  
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• Death toll in Burma, Thailand earthquake rises to more than 1,600 victims

  29-03-2025 18:19 via foxnews.com
  
  The death toll from the devastating earthquake that rocked Burma and Thailand on Friday has risen sharply to more than 1,650 victims. The earthquake's epicenter was in central Burma, where 1,644 have been confirmed dead with nearly 140 people still missing, the nation’s ruling military said Saturday.The 7.7 magnitude quake knocked down scores of buildings as well as destroyed bridges and highways in what was the deadliest natural disaster to hit the impoverished, war-torn co
  
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• Turkish opposition rallies in defence of jailed Istanbul mayor in mass protest

  29-03-2025 18:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands gather for Ekrem İmamoğlu outside Istanbul centre in move to keep momentum after clashes with policeTurkey’s main opposition has rallied in defence of the jailed Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, in a move to sustain the largest anti-government demonstrations in years.Hundreds of thousands of people attended the protest called by the head of the opposition Republican People’s party (CHP) in a spot far from the Istanbul city centre. The party le
  
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• Junta carries out fresh air strikes against rebels after earthquake

  29-03-2025 18:04 via bbc.com
  
  A UN Special Rapporteur tells BBC it is "nothing short of incredible" that the military would "drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people".
  
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• Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah

  29-03-2025 17:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Body of team leader found almost a week after six rescuers went missing, Gaza’s civil defence agency saysIsrael’s military admitted on Saturday it had fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”, with Hamas condemning it as a war crime that killed at least one person.The incident took place last Sunday in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood in the southern city of Rafah, close to the Egyptian border. Continue reading...
  
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• Rapper Young Scooter dead after jumping fence in Atlanta police chase

  29-03-2025 17:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities say 39-year-old suffered an injury while fleeing police and later died in the hospitalA rapper signed to fellow lyricists Future and Waka Flocka Flame died on his 39th birthday in his home town of Atlanta after injuring his leg while running from police and jumping fences, according to authorities as well as multiple media reports.The death of 39-year-old Young Scooter, born Kenneth Edward Bailey, was confirmed by Atlanta’s Fulton county medical examiner’s office, as Vari
  
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• Italian PM calls for ‘reasoned’ approach to escalating tariff war between EU and US

  29-03-2025 17:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Giorgia Meloni says it is her responsibility to defend transatlantic unity in face of looming US levies Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has called for a “reasoned” approach to an escalating tariff war between the EU and the US and repeated the importance of transatlantic unity.The US president, Donald Trump, has announced sweeping tariffs on his country’s allies and adversaries, including a 25% levy on car imports starting next week, and a 200% tariff on champagne
  
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• Analysis: JD Vance makes ominous pitch to Greenland

  29-03-2025 17:19 via bbc.com
  
  Many in the Danish territory feel bullied by the US, Andrew Harding finds on a trip to Nuuk.
  
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• Hyundai facing legal action over car that can be stolen ‘effortlessly in seconds’

  29-03-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Elliott Ingram was stunned at how a thief made off with his Ioniq 5 deploying a device to mimic the smart key – and says he should have been warnedThe motor manufacturer Hyundai faces legal action over allegations it failed to warn its customers that one of its most popular models of electric cars could be stolen “effortlessly in seconds”. Elliott Ingram, an expert in digital security, was stunned when a CCTV camera installed at his home recorded a hooded thief stealing his Hyu
  
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• Skygazers gather across northern hemisphere to glimpse partial solar eclipse

  29-03-2025 16:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Eclipse peaked in London at about 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of UK between about 10am and noonPeople across the northern hemisphere have gathered to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse.The eclipse peaked in London at about 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of the UK between about 10am and noon. Continue reading...
  
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• Three people die after house fire in Northamptonshire village

  29-03-2025 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Emergency services called on Friday night to blaze at 19th-century former railway station in RushtonThree people have died after a fire at a Grade II-listed former railway station in a village in Northamptonshire.Police, fire and ambulance services were called at about 10.30pm on Friday to reports of a large blaze at a property in Beswick Close in Rushton, near Kettering. Continue reading...
  
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• Kenyan man who spent decade on death row sues London police for role in wrongful conviction

  29-03-2025 16:25 via theguardian.com
  
  New emails reveal ‘panic’ inside the Home Office at the case of Ali Kololo, who was wrongly imprisoned for the 2011 murder of British tourist David TebbuttA Kenyan man who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death over an attack on British tourists is suing the Metropolitan police over its role in the case.Ali Kololo was imprisoned for more than a decade in what his lawyers called “appalling conditions” before being released when his conviction was quashed in 2023. Con
  
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• Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials

  29-03-2025 16:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetingsThe wife of the US defense secretary Pete Hegseth attended two meetings with foreign defense officials during which sensitive information was discussed, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.The Journal’s report on Hegseth arrived late on Friday as he faced scrutiny for detailing plans of a military strike in a group chat on Signal, made public by a journa
  
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• ‘A common humanity’: the British families who tended graves of German soldiers

  29-03-2025 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Across the country men and women have cared for the resting places of their enemy’s fallen, finding peace and hopeFor some, tending the graves was an act of reconciliation. For others, it was about acknowledging shared losses and shared grief.Thousands of Germans who died in Britain during the first and second world wars were laid to rest in local graveyards. British people tended these graves for decades, even laying flowers and wreaths for their former foes. Continue reading...
  
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• Watch: Moment rescuers pull woman alive from rubble

  29-03-2025 15:44 via bbc.com
  
  Rescuers in Myanmar were cheered as they carried 30-year-old Phyu Lay Khaing away on a stretcher.
  
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• Myanmar earthquake: death toll passes 1,600 as search for survivors continues

  29-03-2025 15:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Aid agencies warn of ‘extremely difficult’ response amid Myanmar’s continuing civil war with true scale of disaster yet to emergeMyanmar earthquake: latest news updates as death toll jumpsThe death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar has passed 1,600, as rescuers continue a desperate search for survivors and aid agencies warn of an “extremely difficult” response amid the country’s continuing conflict.The shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck central Myan
  
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• What caused the earthquake - and why did it cause a building in Bangkok to collapse?

  29-03-2025 15:00 via bbc.com
  
  The size of the earthquake and the length of the fault line it occurred on contributed to the devastation.
  
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• Partial solar eclipse: moon blocks part of sun for people in northern hemisphere – as it happened

  29-03-2025 13:31 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read our story hereHere’s a view of the sun from Dakar, Senegal:How visible today’s partial eclipse will be depends, unsurprisingly, on how clear the sky is where you are. Continue reading...
  
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• Denmark hits back at ‘tone’ of US vice-president’s criticism over Greenland

  29-03-2025 13:12 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘This is not how you talk to your close allies,’ says Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke RasmussenDenmark has hit back against JD Vance’s comments that Copenhagen has not done enough for Greenland.The US vice-president made his remark on Friday during a trip to the Pituffik space base in north-western Greenland, viewed by both Copenhagen and Nuuk as a provocation. Continue reading...
  
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• Magnificent, rare worm with its own campaign song: the giant Gippsland earthworm

  29-03-2025 12:46 via theguardian.com
  
  This immense worm moves slowly and gracefully underground and can grow to the length of an outstretched armMore fantastic invertebrate nominations hereThe giant Gippsland earthworm already has an upbeat campaign song.“I am a real worm, I am an actual worm,” bangs the chorus of Doctor Worm, a late-90s novelty hit by the American indie rock band They Might Be Giants. Continue reading...
  
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• UK bans ninja swords in move to crack down on violent knife crime

  29-03-2025 11:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Brits have until Aug. 1 to get rid of all their ninja swords as the U.K.’s Labour government looks to crack down on knife crime.U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday that "ninja swords" specifically will be banned this summer after the 2022 murder of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda, who was stabbed to death by a ninja sword just outside his home. "Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer," Starmer said in a post on X. "When we promise action we take it."UK STABBING
  
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