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• NFL to use cameras, not chains, to determine first downs in 2025

  01-04-2025 23:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  During the 2025 season the NFL will determine whether teams have reached a first down by using Sony’s Hawk-Eye system of six, 8K cameras that will optically track the position of the ball.
  
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• After a month in a Costa Rican shelter, many deported from the U.S. still have no home

  01-04-2025 23:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  NEILY, Costa Rica — After being deported from the U.S. with his wife and 6-year-old son, German Smirnov, a Russian national, is being held at a migrant camp in the Central American country.
  
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• Dozens of free measles vaccine clinics close in Texas as federal funding is cut

  01-04-2025 23:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Texas measles outbreak continues, federal funding cuts have forced public health officials in Dallas to cancel dozens of vaccination clinics and lay off 21 workers.
  
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• Virginia Giuffre grateful for 'love and support' after car crash

  01-04-2025 22:28 via bbc.com
  
  Ms Giuffre 'remains in serious condition' in hospital following a collision with a school bus, her family say.
  
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• Girl missing in River Thames named as Kaliyah Coa

  01-04-2025 22:24 via bbc.com
  
  A recovery mission is now underway to find 11-year-old Kaliyah along the Thames, Met Police said.
  
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• Tourists and residents evacuated as volcano erupts in Iceland

  01-04-2025 21:22 via bbc.com
  
  The Blue Lagoon and the town of Grindavik were ordered to evacuate after earthquakes hit the area.
  
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• 'We still have hope': Searching for quake survivors in Mandalay

  01-04-2025 21:16 via bbc.com
  
  The BBC speaks to people in Mandalay close to where Myanmar's deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck.
  
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• Armed police shoot man dead at railway station

  01-04-2025 20:59 via bbc.com
  
  Officers say they received reports the suspect was carrying a firearm.
  
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• 'Hands-on' prison governor denies fling with inmate

  01-04-2025 20:37 via bbc.com
  
  Kerri Pegg denies two counts of misconduct in public office and one count of possessing criminal property.
  
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• US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO murder case

  01-04-2025 20:34 via bbc.com
  
  The 26-year-old is accused of shooting dead healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel.
  
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• Car industry hit with £78m in fines for withholding recycling information

  01-04-2025 20:28 via bbc.com
  
  BMW, Ford, JLR, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall and Volkswagen have all been fined.
  
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• Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, witnesses say

  01-04-2025 20:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crimeSome of the bodies of 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, killed by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave nine days ago in Gaza, were found with their hands or legs tied and had gunshot wounds to the head and chest, according to two witnesses.The witness accounts add to an accumulating body of evidence pointing to a potentially serious war crime on 23 March,
  
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• Trevor Lock, hero of Iranian embassy siege, dies aged 85

  01-04-2025 20:11 via bbc.com
  
  PC Lock was awarded for his bravery after it emerged he had tackled a gunman and saved the life of an SAS soldier.
  
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• UK finalising Chagos deal with Mauritius, says No 10

  01-04-2025 20:05 via bbc.com
  
  Government sources have indicated that the agreement will not need further approval from the US.
  
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• Putin conscripts 160K men as Russia eyes Ukraine offensive

  01-04-2025 20:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia has initiated its largest military draft in 14 years as reports indicate Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a spring assault on Ukraine despite ongoing peace negotiations to end the three-year war. Putin has called up 160,000 men as part of the country’s bi-annual conscription drive as Russia seeks to beef up its military ranks.According to the legislation, citizens aged 18 to 30 will be called up for mandatory military service through June 15. The spring draft marks
  
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• Watch: Iceland volcano spews lava and smoke after erupting

  01-04-2025 19:50 via bbc.com
  
  People are being evacuated as a volcano erupts in south-west Iceland, threatening a town.
  
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• Reporter's Notebook: Aftershock from a political 'earthquake' as Le Pen barred from presidential run in 2027

  01-04-2025 19:48 via foxnews.com
  
  Aftershocks are still being felt in France from what one political analyst told Fox News was a "political earthquake" there this week. Popular right-wing politician Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement by a French court and barred from running for office for five years.Speaking to her followers on Tuesday, Le Pen claimed that "the system" had used a "nuclear bomb" to thwart her attempts to become French president.Le Pen and her National Rally party have been hard on immigration,
  
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• France's far right calls for Paris rally in support of Le Pen

  01-04-2025 19:35 via bbc.com
  
  Marine Le Pen has said a "nuclear bomb" was used against her party to stop it getting into power.
  
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• Donald Trump signs off UK’s handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

  01-04-2025 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubtDonald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has indicated, paving the way for the UK to cede sovereignty over its last African colony after a six-month standoff.Under the terms of the deal, the UK will give up control of the Chagos archipelago while paying to maintain control of a joint US-UK military base on the largest island, Diego Garcia,
  
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• Twenty-three states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding – live

  01-04-2025 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawsuit claims ‘sudden and reckless cuts violate federal law, jeopardize public health and will have devastating consequences’US voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Florida in elections that some see as a test of Donald Trump’s popularity and the political clout of his billionaire ally Elon Musk.The most closely watched contest is a battle for a seat on Wisconsin’s seven-member supreme court. Conservatives are trying to flip ideological control of t
  
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• Man shot dead by police at Milton Keynes train station

  01-04-2025 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Officers responded to reports of person carrying firearm, Thames Valley police say as IOPC launches investigationA man has been shot dead by police responding to reports of a person carrying a firearm at Milton Keynes railway station.Thames Valley police (TVP) officers were called to the station by members of the public at 12.55pm on Tuesday. The man was shot by police in the station square outside the building and died at 1.44pm. Continue reading...
  
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• Reopening of Trump-owned golf course delayed after damage by pro-Palestine group

  01-04-2025 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Turf at Turnberry’s Ailsa Course ripped up by protestersCourse has been closed since October due to renovationTurnberry’s famous Ailsa Course will not open as planned on 1 May after serious damage caused to the Ayrshire venue – owned by the US president, Donald Trump – by a pro-Palestine group. Tour operators and those with individual bookings at Turnberry are in the process of being informed it will be June before the Ailsa, which is routinely ranked among the finest gol
  
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• Michael Sheen and Channel 4 questioned over ‘originality’ of debt documentary

  01-04-2025 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Independent TV producers say they discussed 2021’s Bank Job with the Welsh actor’s team and he later presented a similar programmeA team of independent TV producers who spent their life savings developing a documentary about the UK debt crisis, which they had pitched to the actor Michael Sheen, have questioned the originality of a separate project the Welsh star later made with Channel 4 on the same issue.Lawyers for the film-makers Daniel Edelstyn and Hilary Powell have w
  
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• Kemi Badenoch gives credence to race-swap conspiracy theory about Adolescence but admits she hasn’t watched it – as it happened

  01-04-2025 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Conservative party leader says she believes show ‘is based on real story’, a claim described as wholly untrue by writer and co-creator of seriesRichard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, is giving evidence to the Treasury committee. There is a live feed here.Hughes started by telling the committee that he wrote to the chancellor earlier this year to say that, when his five-year term ends later this year, he would like to have a second term in office.We are of cour
  
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• About a third of Americans stop buying eggs due to rising costs, study shows

  01-04-2025 18:57 via theguardian.com
  Data says 34% of those in US stopped purchasing breakfast staple and won’t buy again until costs lower to $5 a cartonAs egg prices have reached record highs, about a third of American consumers have stopped buying them in response to the rising costs, a new study suggests.According to research from Clarify Capital, 34% of Americans have stopped purchasing eggs as prices for the breakfast staple are becoming less affordable. On average, these consumers say they won’t begin buying eggs
  
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• US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

  01-04-2025 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Mangione, 26, accused of carrying out ‘premeditated assassination’ of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ThompsonFederal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on 4 December, US attorney general Pam Bondi said on Tuesday.Bondi said in a press release that she’s “directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty” for Luigi Mangione, 26, because he allegedly commi
  
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• Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years

  01-04-2025 18:42 via bbc.com
  
  Russia calls up 160,000 men aged 18-30 as it moves to expand the size of its military.
  
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• Netanyahu accuses Israeli police of trying to 'topple' his government

  01-04-2025 18:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Israeli police of trying to "topple" his government over what he believes is a "political witch hunt." In a video statement released on Monday, Netanyahu claimed the police had no evidence against the two aides who were arrested.Netanyahu was summoned on Monday to testify as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged financial ties between his office and Qatar. The prime minister claimed that he was questioned for an hour before he demanded to see evi
  
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• ‘He is not a gang member’: outrage as US deports makeup artist to El Salvador prison for crown tattoos

  01-04-2025 18:40 via theguardian.com
  Andry José Hernández Romero sent to an El Salvador prison after claim ‘crown’ tattoos proved he was a gang memberFor as long as anyone can remember Andry José Hernández Romero was enthralled by the annual Three Kings Day celebrations for which his Venezuelan home town is famed, joining thousands of fellow Christians on the streets of Capacho to remember how the trio of wise men visited baby Jesus bearing gold, frankincense and myrrh.At age seven, Andry bec
  
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• Amsterdam knife attacker who injured 2 Americans suspected of having 'terrorist motive,' prosecutors say

  01-04-2025 18:34 via foxnews.com
  
  A man who stabbed five people in Amsterdam last week, including two Americans, likely had a "terrorist motive," Dutch prosecutors announced Tuesday. The suspect, identified by police as a 30-year-old Ukrainian from the Donetsk region, according to Reuters, was taken into custody Thursday after a bystander reportedly overpowered him. "The man is suspected of five counts of attempted murder or manslaughter with a terrorist motive," the news agency quoted prosecutors as saying Tuesda
  
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• Private school VAT 'discriminatory', court hears

  01-04-2025 18:32 via bbc.com
  
  Families argue that the policy "interferes with the fundamental right to an education".
  
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• BBC finds fear, loss and hope in Sudan's ruined capital after army victory

  01-04-2025 18:31 via bbc.com
  
  Our correspondent enters Khartoum just days after Sudan's army recaptured it from the Rapid Support Forces after a six-month offensive.
  
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• Middle East crisis: Israel issues evacuation order for parts of northern Gaza – as it happened

  01-04-2025 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  IDF says residents should evacuate Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Zayed, al-Manshiya and Tal al-ZaatarAt least 50,399 Palestinian people have been killed and 114,583 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.At least 42 bodies and 183 injured people have been received by hospitals in Gaza over the last day, according to the territory’s health ministry, which said that at least 1,042 Palestinia
  
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• A sketch writers’ benefit? An April fool? Either way, big thanks to Mel and Kemi | John Crace

  01-04-2025 18:23 via theguardian.com
  A press conference at Tory HQ at least had some entertainment value even if there was nothing of importance to sayThere was a time when you knew where you were with a press conference. You would go along on the assumption that the person or organisation who had called it had something important to say. Something that might approximate to news.But we live in ever more confusing days. So now we’ve reached the point where Kemi Badenoch and Mel Stride will do almost anything for attention. Whe
  
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• Mission Space: Suni Williams & Butch Wilmore Back on Earth After an Epic Mission

  01-04-2025 18:22 via nbcnews.com
  The two NASA astronauts tell us how they handled the unexpected after a ten day test flight turned into a nine month stay in space.
  
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• 'Everyone should be excited' - England legend Edwards appointed women's head coach

  01-04-2025 18:16 via bbc.com
  
  Former England captain Charlotte Edwards replaces Jon Lewis as head coach after the 16-0 Ashes defeat at the beginning of the year.
  
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• Rebel Energy goes bust leaving 90,000 customers without supplier

  01-04-2025 18:09 via theguardian.com
  UK energy firm ceases trading, blaming ‘perfect storm’ of soaring wholesale prices and squeezed customersA UK energy supplier with about 90,000 customers has gone bust, blaming a “perfect storm” of soaring wholesale prices and squeezed customers, on the day households face another increase in gas and electricity bills.Rebel Energy, which serves about 80,000 households and 10,000 business customers, will cease trading immediately and leave the industry regulator to find a
  
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• Comedian dropped by White House correspondents hits back: ‘I would have been so terrifically mean’

  01-04-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Amber Ruffin skewers journalists who canceled her appearance, mocking their subservience to TrumpA comedian whose skit for White House reporters was canceled for fear of upsetting Donald Trump skewered the journalists who dropped her in a biting late-night talk show routine mocking their perceived subservience to the president.“I thought when people take away your rights, erase your history and deport your friends, you’re supposed to call it out. But I was wrong,” Amber Ruffin
  
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• Why are bills going up? Your questions answered

  01-04-2025 17:58 via bbc.com
  
  Bills, bins, and benefits - the BBC's cost of living correspondent Kevin Peachy answers your questions on bill rises.
  
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• Icelandic town and Blue Lagoon spa evacuated after volcanic eruption

  01-04-2025 17:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Those who have not already left Grindavík warned nearby eruption could be much bigger than previous 10 since 2021The Icelandic town of Grindavík and the nearby Blue Lagoon tourist attraction have been evacuated after the area was hit by another volcanic eruption.The eruption is the 11th since 2021, when the Reykjanes peninsula, a region south-west of Reykjavík, started its latest eruption period. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form’

  01-04-2025 17:57 via theguardian.com
  Moscow’s refusal highlights the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the warMoscow has described the latest US peace proposals as unacceptable to the Kremlin, highlighting the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war in Ukraine since taking office in January.Sergei Ryabkov, a foreign policy adviser to Vladimir Putin, said some of Russia’s key demands were not being addressed by the US proposals to end the war, in comments that marke
  
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• Iran mulls preemptive strike on US base after Trump bomb threats

  01-04-2025 17:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Iranian military commanders are considering a preemptive strike on a joint U.S.-U.K. base on the Chagos Island located in the Indian Ocean in an apparent attempt to deter President Donald Trump from launching a military attack on Iran, a report by the Telegraph first said."Like any Iranian military threat, the art is to determine what is bluster and what is real," Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital when asked a
  
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• French ministers condemn threats to judges in Marine Le Pen case

  01-04-2025 17:49 via theguardian.com
  Senior figures also reject claim verdict against Le Pen on embezzlement charges was ‘political and partisan’French ministers have condemned threats against the judges who convicted the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and banned her from public office for five years – threatening her 2027 presidential run – and rejected accusations the verdict was “political and partisan”.France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, told the Assemblée nationale
  
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• Two near lifesize sculptures found during excavations of Pompeii tomb

  01-04-2025 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  The detailed relics were found in a necropolis and experts believe the woman depicted could have been an important priestessTwo almost lifesize sculptures of a man and woman, who was believed to have been a priestess, have been found during the excavations of a huge tomb in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.The detailed funerary relics adorned the tomb containing several burial niches built into a wide wall in the necropolis of Porta Sarno, one of the main entrance gates into the ancient city. P
  
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• Ice blames ‘error’ for deportation of man with protected legal status

  01-04-2025 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Official says Kilmer Armado Abrego-Garcia, who lived in Maryland with his wife and child, is in El Salvador prison due to ‘oversight’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s administration acknowledged on Monday in court documents that a Maryland man with protected status was deported to El Salvador and blamed an “administrative error”.The administration also said it is unable to bring him back because US courts lack jurisdiction now that he is in Salva
  
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• Louisiana voters reject far-right governor’s constitutional amendments

  01-04-2025 17:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Amendments pushed by Republican Jeff Landry on crime, courts and finances resoundingly defeated in voteLouisiana voters soundly rejected four constitutional amendments championed by the Republican governor, Jeff Landry, related to crime, courts and finances.Voters said no to each amendment by margins exceeding 60%, according to preliminary results the secretary of state’s office released after voting concluded on Saturday evening. Continue reading...
  
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• French justice minister urges prompt appeal hearing for Le Pen – as it happened

  01-04-2025 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Gérald Darmanin stresses court timelines are outside government control as PM admits he has questions over immediate public office bansLe Pen ban is ‘political and partisan’, says French far-right party’s presidentIn Kyiv, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha has offered an update on the talks with the United States over a new minerals deal.Sybiha told a press conference held with his Lithuanian counterpart, Kestutis Budrys, that one round of consultations had alread
  
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• Don't deport us over health issue, say British couple in Australia

  01-04-2025 17:16 via bbc.com
  
  A Macclesfield woman fears she will have to leave Australia due to her medical condition.
  
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• Prince Harry charity engulfed by cash fears, insiders claim

  01-04-2025 17:09 via bbc.com
  
  Financial worries and fundraising rows inflamed boardroom battle that engulfed Sentebale, insiders claim.
  
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• April bill rises will hit single parents hardest, Citizens Advice warns

  01-04-2025 17:07 via bbc.com
  
  A series of household bills, including water, energy and council tax, increase on Tuesday.
  
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