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• 'Con man' vs. 'anti-Trump': Years of Republican fighting fuel a nasty Senate primary in Texas

  09-04-2025 22:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to topple Republican Sen.
  
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• What Bowen Yang, Kenan Thompson said about Morgan Wallen's abrupt 'SNL' exit

  09-04-2025 21:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Morgan Wallen sparked strong reactions online last month when he abruptly walked off the “Saturday Night Live” stage at the end of an episode in which he served as musical guest.
  
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• Hamas calls on UK government to remove it from list of banned terrorist groups

  09-04-2025 20:53 via theguardian.com
  The Palestinian Islamist organisation, which launched deadly 7 October attacks on Israel, says it is a ‘resistance movement’ and no threat to BritainThe Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has submitted a legal filing saying it should be removed from the UK government’s list of proscribed terrorist groups.Hamas, which carried out the 7 October 2023 attacks on southern Israel, in which more than 1,200 people, mainly civilians, were killed and a further 250 taken hostage, is arguing
  
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• Senate approves Peter Hoekstra as next US ambassador to Canada

  09-04-2025 20:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Canada has a new U.S. ambassador to sort through its strained relations with Washington as the Senate on Wednesday approved President Donald Trump’s nomination of Peter Hoekstra in a 60-37 vote. His confirmation as U.S. ambassador to Canada comes at one of the most challenging times in Washington’s long relationship with its northern neighbor after Trump launched a series of tariffs targeting Ottawa and repeatedly claimed he believes Canada should become the U.S.’s 51st st
  
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• Democratic governors hit back at Trump order blocking state climate policies – US politics live

  09-04-2025 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Move directing US attorney general to block laws addressing carbon emissions draws criticism China’s move to impose 84% retaliatory tariffs against the United States is unfortunate and a losing proposition for Beijing, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Wednesday, as he urged China to “come to the table” with the Trump administration.“I think it’s unfortunate that the Chinese actually don’t want to come and negotiate, because they are the worst
  
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• British Steel races against time as crisis talks end without deal

  09-04-2025 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Lisa Nandy says solution achievable amid fears furnaces are running out of options to secure raw materialsBusiness live – latest updatesCrisis talks between the government and the Chinese owner of British Steel have ended with no deal in place, as the Scunthorpe plant races against time to secure the raw materials needed to keep its blast furnaces running.Jingye, which promised a “new chapter” in UK steelmaking when it rescued British Steel in 2020, said last month the site&rsq
  
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• Wildfire warnings issued as UK temperatures set to reach 24C on Friday

  09-04-2025 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  London fire brigade asks people to behave responsibly and Scottish fire and rescue service gives ‘extreme’ alertHot weather is expected to bring highs of 24C to the UK as fire services continue to warn of wildfires across the country.The Met Office said temperatures would peak on Friday in London and south-east England, which could make it the hottest day of the year so far, while temperatures could hit 23C on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs for most countries, but raises them to 125% for China – business live

  09-04-2025 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Stocks surge after US president makes the announcement on Truth SocialToday’s tariffs follow Trump’s 10% tariff on all imports from many countries, including Australia, which came into effect at the weekend.US customs agents began collecting the unilateral tariff at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses on Saturday. Today’s measures are higher levies on goods from 57 larger trading partners. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump officials to monitor immigrants’ social media for antisemitism

  09-04-2025 20:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Advocacy groups condemn action as an ‘excuse to move a cruel, anti-immigrant, authoritarian agenda’The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that it will begin monitoring immigrants’ social media accounts for antisemitism, prompting some advocacy groups to push back and condemn the news as an “excuse to move a cruel, anti-immigrant, authoritarian agenda”.In a statement on Wednesday, USCIS said that it will start “considering aliens’ antis
  
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• Star Wars original cut to be screened this summer in London

  09-04-2025 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Prospect of seeing 1977 cut on big screen had become holy grail for fansThe force is finally with Star Wars fans long frustrated by director George’s Lucas’s alterations to the iconic space opera, with a rare screening of the original cut of the film in London this summer.The 1977 theatrical version of the film, in which Han Solo shot first and Jabba the Hutt was only mentioned by name, will be shown twice on the opening night of the British Film Institute’s Film on Film festiv
  
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• Michelle Obama addresses her future and making her own decisions amid divorce rumors

  09-04-2025 20:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — For former first lady Michelle Obama, it was time to start asking herself tough questions as conversations around her personal life have swelled in recent months.
  
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• Trump says ‘I know what I’m doing’ before stepping back from global tariffs

  09-04-2025 20:06 via theguardian.com
  
  President says at National Republican Congressional Committee dinner that world leaders are ‘kissing my ass’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has insisted “I know what the hell I’m doing” by imposing sweeping tariffs and bragged that world leaders are “kissing my ass” as they try to negotiate trade deals.The US president was speaking to political donors at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual fundraising dinner
  
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• Trump pauses plans to hike US tariffs on most countries except China

  09-04-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump says he will raise US tariffs on Chinese exports to 125% and unveils 90-day pause for other countriesBusiness live – latest updatesDonald Trump shelved plans to hike tariffs on most countries except China, unveiling a 90-day pause and pulling back from his global trade war after days of market turmoil and warnings of recession.After insisting for days that he would hold firm on his aggressive trade strategy, Trump announced that all countries that had not retaliated against US tariff
  
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• Next Nasa leader says he would prioritize US missions to Mars if confirmed

  09-04-2025 19:53 via theguardian.com
  Billionaire Jared Isaacman has funded his own journeys into space and insists he would not abandon moon missionsThe next Nasa leader will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars if he is confirmed, a Senate panel heard on Wednesday.But the billionaire Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur who has privately funded his own journeys into space, insisted he would not abandon current plans to land humans back on the moon in 2027, despite placing greater emphasis on missions to the red planet. Contin
  
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• Prince Harry’s ‘life is at stake’ over security arrangements, says lawyer

  09-04-2025 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Home Office legal team deny ‘bespoke’ plan drawn up by Ravec for duke’s protection is inadequateThe safety, security and life of the Duke of Sussex is “at stake” in his appeal against arrangements for his security while in the UK, the court of appeal has been told.Prince Harry appeared at the high court in London for a second day as he challenged the decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a
  
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• Decision to grant abusive partner access to daughter ‘alarming’, UK court hears

  09-04-2025 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  The child’s mother is appealing decision, accusing father of manipulating daughterA decision to allow a father contact with his daughter despite him having sexually abused, domestically abused and coercively controlled the mother is “alarming”, a court has heard.The allegations against the father, who is a member of the armed services, were found to have been proven on the balance of probabilities (the civil standard of proof) in a 2021 fact-finding judgment by the family court
  
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• Man found guilty of murder of woman at Notting Hill carnival

  09-04-2025 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Shakeil Thibou, 20, stabbed Cher Maximen, 32, in front of her three-year-old daughterA man has been found guilty of murdering a woman in front of her three-year-old daughter during Notting Hill carnival’s family day last year.Shakeil Thibou, 20, stabbed Cher Maximen, 32, in the groin, with her young daughter close by, on 25 August. He was found guilty of murder by a majority of 10 to two jurors on Wednesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump suddenly backs off global tariff plan after days of economic and market turmoil

  09-04-2025 19:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is pausing his tariffs plan for 90 days on 75 trading partners who did not retaliate in the hours after it went into effect.
  
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• Gaza City strike kills at least 23 as Israel reportedly plans to seize Rafah

  09-04-2025 19:22 via theguardian.com
  Search for survivors continues at residential building, amid reports Israeli military preparing to seize entire city in southMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt least 23 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit a residential building in northern Gaza, as reports emerged that the Israeli military is preparing to seize the entire city of Rafah as part of a newly announced security corridor.Medics at al-Ahli hospital said that the bombing on Wednesday of a four-storey building
  
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• Judges take steps to block removals of five Venezuelans held in Texas and New York

  09-04-2025 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Actions allow the detained men to fight the government’s attempt to remove them under rarely invoked lawUS politics live – latest updatesFederal judges in New York and Texas on Wednesday took legal action to block the government from moving five Venezuelans out of the country until they can fight the government’s attempt to remove them under a rarely invoked law that gives the president the power to imprison and deport noncitizens in times of war.The men were identified as belo
  
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• Starmer rejects claim there are ‘strong arguments’ for suspending fiscal rules amid US tariffs – as it happened

  09-04-2025 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closedOne person probably more enthusiastic than most about the prospect of Universal opening a theme park in the UK is the Lib Dem leader Ed Davey. He is a great fan of outdoor activity-related photocalls, and he’s been at it again today, and the Gloucester Ski and Snowboarding Centre in Matson, Gloucestershire.Almost 40 MPs and peers have signed a letter organised by Jeremy Corbyn calling for an independent inquiry into the government’s role in the war in Gaza
  
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• China announces 84% tariffs on all US goods in response to Trump’s 104%

  09-04-2025 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  US Treasury secretary indicates openness to trade agreements after stock markets fall further in EuropeBusiness live – latest updatesChina has announced new tariffs of 84% on imports of all US goods in a move that sent stock markets falling further and will raise fears of further escalation of Donald Trump’s trade war.The Chinese ministry of finance said on Wednesday it would impose 84% tariffs on US goods from Thursday, up from the 34% previously announced. Continue reading...
  
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• Conservative leader Friedrich Merz secures German government coalition after months of political drift

  09-04-2025 18:37 via foxnews.com
  
  Conservative and center-left parties reached a deal to form a new German government on Wednesday after weeks of negotiations, paving the way for new leadership in Europe’s biggest economy after months of political drift.Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, is expected to become Germany’s next leader under the agreement, replacing outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The parties involved sent an invitation to a news conference on the coalition deal at
  
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• Germany to send ‘clear signal’ of ‘strong, effective government’ under new coalition, says Friedrich Merz – as it happened

  09-04-2025 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereEarlier today I brought you Donald Trump’s comments overnight on “major” tariffs to be announced “very shortly” on pharmaceuticals (9:20).My colleague Lisa O’Carroll looked at the risks such measures could pose for Europe:Pharmaceutical companies in the EU have warned of a “risk of exodus” to the US as stocks in the sector slid around the world on the back of Donald Trump’s ren
  
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• Conservative CDU/CSU and SPD form coalition government in Germany

  09-04-2025 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Two of the country’s biggest parties freeze out rightwing AfD and prepare for impact of Trump’s new tariffsGermany’s biggest mainstream parties have sealed an agreement to form a government keeping the far right out of power, as Europe’s top economy struggles to reverse a downturn and gird itself for the potentially catastrophic impact of new US tariffs.The prospective chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU announced the breakthrough deal with the centre-l
  
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• Sexual violence and harassment ‘endemic’ in French entertainment industry, report finds

  09-04-2025 17:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Attitudes in France ‘barely evolving’ amid ‘collective denial’ years after the #MeToo movement began, according to parliamentary commissionSexual violence and sexual harassment are “endemic” in France’s entertainment industry, a damning report by French politicians has found, concluding that women and children are still being routinely preyed on, despite the country’s #MeToo movement.The Green MP Sandrine Rousseau and the centrist Erwan Balanant fo
  
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• EU to impose retaliatory 25% tariffs on US goods from almonds to yachts

  09-04-2025 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Bloc says it ‘considers US tariffs unjustified and damaging, causing economic harm to both sides’Europe live – latest updatesThe EU has agreed to impose retaliatory tariffs on €21bn (£18bn) of US goods, targeting farm produce and products from Republican states, in Europe’s first act of retaliation against Donald Trump’s tariffs.The EU plans to introduce 25% tariffs on scores of goods from almonds to yachts, with the first duties being collected from 15 A
  
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• Poorest urban fringe electorates gain most from Labor’s first-term tax and welfare reform, ANU research shows

  09-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: The wealthiest households on average will be nearly $800 worse off, modelling reveals, as a result of the re-jigged stage-three tax cutsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastHouseholds in the poorest outer suburban ele
  
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• Coalition nuclear plan will plough $58bn wrecking ball through renewable energy projects, analysis warns

  09-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Going nuclear will cost ‘real dollars for farmers, real dollars for country towns and real blue-collar jobs’, Clean Energy Council saysGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Coalition proposal to limit the rollout of renewable energy could stop at least $58bn of private investment in new developments and halt billions of dollars in flow-on spending in communities, new analysis has warned.The estimation by consultants Green Energy Markets, on behalf of indus
  
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• Adani names two dead Australian war veterans in documents alleging protest conspiracy against it

  09-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Judge says case appears to be making ‘no real progress towards trial’ as mining company files fourth statement of claim since 2020Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAdani has named two dead Australian war veterans in court documents alleging they were part of a conspiracy against the coalmining company.The fourth version of Adani Mining’s claim against environmental activist B
  
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• Dozens reported dead in Gaza after Israeli strike on residential block – as it happened

  09-04-2025 16:41 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read more of our Middle East coverage hereThe Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 1,482 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed intense strikes on the Gaza Strip on 18 March, taking the overall death toll since the start of the war to 50,846.Hamas’s October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally based on Israeli official figures. C
  
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• UK to co-host global conference with aim of resolving Sudan’s civil war

  09-04-2025 16:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign ministers will gather in London and seek to exert diplomatic pressure demanding a ceasefireThe British government is bringing together foreign ministers from nearly 20 countries and organisations in an attempt to establish a group that can drive the warring factions in Sudan closer towards peace.The conference at Lancaster House in London on 15 April comes on the second anniversary of the start of a civil war that has led to the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis, but has been per
  
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• Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research finds

  09-04-2025 16:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Scale of environmental damage attributed to huge number of dogs globally as well as ‘lax or uninformed behaviour of dog owners’Dogs have “extensive and multifarious” environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife, polluting waterways and contributing to carbon emissions, new research has found.An Australian review of existing studies has argued that “the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised&r
  
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• Stocks rip higher after Trump scales back tariffs

  09-04-2025 16:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s tariff policy continued having a dizzying effect on global markets Wednesday, causing U.S. government borrowing costs to surge while stocks saw choppy trading as China ratcheted up retaliatory tariffs.
  
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• EU to build AI gigafactories in €20bn push to catch up with US and China

  09-04-2025 15:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Up to five sites with power-hungry supercomputers and datacentres planned to drive AI ‘moonshots’Europe live – latest updatesThe EU has revealed details of a €20bn (£17bn) plan to create new sites equipped with vast supercomputers in Europe to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence models, while opening the door to amending its landmark law that regulates the technology.Publishing a strategy to turn Europe into an “AI continent”, the Europ
  
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• Dow Jones ticker: Markets respond to Trump tariffs

  09-04-2025 15:27 via nbcnews.com
  Watch a live ticker of the Dow Jones Industrial Average as U.S. stocks respond to President Donald Trump's aggressive global tariffs.
  
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• UK must improve trade relations with Europe amid US tariff wars, warns Reeves

  09-04-2025 14:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor rules out rejoining customs union but says Britain must bolster post-Brexit trade with partnersUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s unfolding trade war makes it even more “imperative” for the UK to improve its post-Brexit trading relations with the European Union, Rachel Reeves has said.The government has ruled out rejoining the EU customs union, but the chancellor has insisted the UK wants to improve its trade relationship with “partners in Eu
  
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• Chalmers calls Coalition’s economic plan an ‘ambush’ as Taylor plugs spending cuts in treasurers’ debate

  09-04-2025 14:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Opposition and Labor offer opposing pitches for economy in treasurers’ debate hosted by Sky NewsGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers has laid into “Peter Dutton’s coalition of cuts and chaos” in a heated televised debate with Angus Taylor, who took aim at a Labor party he claimed had overseen the “biggest collapse in our living standards in history”.The treasurer and his counterpart went head-to-head in a debate hosted b
  
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• Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

  09-04-2025 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continentsAmazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, the non-profit investigatory organisation SourceMaterial and the Guardian have found.With Donald Trump pledging to support them, the three technology giants are planning hundreds of datacentres in the US and across the globe, with a potentially huge
  
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• Chalmers claims Coalition planning ‘secret cuts’ as Taylor guarantees health and education spending – as it happened

  09-04-2025 12:52 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closedAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastHealth minister grilled on Labor’s $1bn mental health packageThe health minister, Mark Butler, says Labor will not technically be building new mental health centres under
  
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• Rescue efforts continue in Dominican Republic after nightclub roof collapse

  09-04-2025 11:08 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 120 people died at Jet Set club in Santo Domingo, including singer Rubby Pérez and municipal governorSearch efforts are ongoing after more than 120 people died in a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic.Relatives of clubgoers gathered around the site at the Jet Set club in the capital, Santo Domingo, as rescuers transported the injured to hospital and used a crane to remove debris. Continue reading...
  
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• Tributes to ex-London scientist after body found dismembered in Colombia

  09-04-2025 09:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Alessandro Coatti described by former colleagues at Royal Society of Biology as ‘passionate and dedicated’Tributes have been paid to a “passionate and dedicated” scientist after parts of his dismembered body were found in a suitcase in Colombia.Alessandro Coatti, who worked at the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) in London, was discovered on the outskirts of Santa Marta, a port city on the Caribbean coast. The 42-year-old molecular biologist was travelling and conducting re
  
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• Florida men charged in 'truly heinous' global child porn ring involving over 1M files

  09-04-2025 08:34 via foxnews.com
  
  The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and representatives from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have arrested seven Florida residents in an ongoing international child sexual abuse material (CSAM) crime ring investigation.Officials say the men purchased the material through ads on TikTok and that the ringleader is believed to be in Turkey. One undercover agent working the case was able to purchase 6.7 terabytes of child pornography,
  
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• Nursing home fire in northern China leaves 20 dead

  09-04-2025 07:42 via theguardian.com
  The Hebei nursing home’s other residents have been transferred to nearby hospitals as authorities investigate cause of the blazeTwenty people have died in a fire at a nursing home in northern China’s Hebei province, Beijing’s state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday.The fire broke out on Tuesday night at the nursing home in Longhua County, roughly 180km northeast of the Chinese capital Beijing, Xinhua said. Continue reading...
  
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• Dominican Republic nightclub collapse kills 98

  09-04-2025 06:30 via bbc.com
  
  More than 150 people are injured as rescuers continue search for survivors in Santo Domingo.
  
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• As Trump hikes tariffs again, nervous businesses weigh what comes next

  09-04-2025 06:01 via bbc.com
  
  Business owners say the rapid change in US trade policy, including major tariffs on China, has left operations in flux.
  
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• The Papers: Harry in court and London's 'super-rich move out'

  09-04-2025 05:56 via bbc.com
  
  A number of Wednesday's front pages reflect on the Duke of Sussex at the High Court.
  
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• 'It looked possessed' - sick sea lions attacking beachgoers in California

  09-04-2025 05:18 via bbc.com
  
  A toxic algae bloom in southern California has sickened dozens of animals, causing them to have seizures and act erratically.
  
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• Palau president delivers barb at Peter Dutton over ‘water lapping your door’ hot mic joke

  09-04-2025 04:44 via theguardian.com
  Surangel Whipps Jr also strongly backs Australia’s bid to host a UN climate conferenceElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe president of Palau has delivered a pointed barb at Peter Dutton while strongly backing an Australian bid to host a UN climate conference on behalf of the Pacific, arguing that it would boost regional solidarity and he would be “deeply disappointed” if the attempt w
  
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• Can the US return man deported to El Salvador? Immigration lawyers think so

  09-04-2025 03:17 via bbc.com
  
  Lawyers and experts say the case has the potential to upend due process for immigrants in the US.
  
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