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• Trump says Iran must ditch ‘concept of a nuclear weapon’ ahead of more talks

  14-04-2025 20:30 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Monday once again reiterated that Iran must abandon any hope of obtaining a nuclear weapon as the U.S. prepares for more talks in less than a week."Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon," Trump told reporters from the Oval Office while sitting alongside the president of El Salvador. "Iran wants to deal with us, but they don't know how. They really don't know how," Trump continued. TRUMP TEAM HOLDS 'CONSTRUCTI
  
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• Leaked UN experts report raises fresh concerns over UAE’s role in Sudan war

  14-04-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  As crucial London peace talks set to begin, report seen by the Guardian raises questions over ‘multiple’ flights into bases in ChadPressure is mounting on the United Arab Emirates over its presence at a crucial conference in London aimed at stopping the war in Sudan after a leaked confidential UN report raised fresh questions over the UAE’s role in the devastating conflict.The UAE has been accused of secretly supplying weapons to Sudanese paramilitaries via neighbouring Chad, a
  
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• Sudan’s news blackout stokes fear and confusion after attack on Zamzam camp

  14-04-2025 18:07 via theguardian.com
  Families of those living in the vast displacement camp wait for news from Darfur amid reports of hundreds killed by paramilitary RSFSudan’s information blackout has left relatives of those in Sudan’s Zamzam camp for those displaced by the war struggling for news of their safety after it was overrun by militiamen at the weekend.As leaders across the globe prepared to meet for peace talks in London to pressure the backers of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese
  
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• Poland says Moscow is 'mocking' Trump with deadly Ukraine strike

  14-04-2025 17:44 via foxnews.com
  
  Poland’s foreign minister on Monday urged President Donald Trump to take steps to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s continued war in Ukraine following another deadly strike that killed 34, including two children, on Palm Sunday."I just want to say how appalled I am by the latest spate of Russian attacks on Ukraine," Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters ahead of the European Union’s foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg."Ukraine unconditionally agreed to
  
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• LIVE: Pres. Trump meets with El Salvador president in Oval Office: ABC News Live

  14-04-2025 17:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
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• Trump hosts El Salvador’s Bukele amid deportation controversy

  14-04-2025 17:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Trump will host El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, the self-described "world's coolest dictator" who is a key ally in the administration's controversial migrant deportations.
  
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• Trump admin live updates: Trump to host Salvadoran president at White House

  14-04-2025 17:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Presidents Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele are scheduled to meet Monday at the White House.
  
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• Trump to meet El Salvador’s president at White House amid backlash over deportations – US politics live

  14-04-2025 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Nayib Bukele visits US amid questions over return of man wrongly deported to El Salvador; US deported 10 more people to the country at the weekendDonald Trump will meet this morning with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, at 11am ET at the White House.Referring to the cost of imprisoning the detainees in El Salvador, Trump told reporters on Sunday about Bukele:I think he’s doing a fantastic job, and he’s taking care of a lot of problems that we have that we really wouldn&rs
  
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• Hungary passes constitutional amendment banning Pride and restricting rights – Europe live

  14-04-2025 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Amendment passes with 140 votes in favour and 21 against despite disruption in the chamber as rights campaigners say it chips away at human rightsThe Russian defence ministry also responded to the criticism for its attack on Sumy, claiming it had targeted a meeting of Ukrainian commanding officers, Russian news agencies reported on Monday.We are now hearing from the Kremlin, with Russia insisting that it “strikes only military or military-related targets,” despite the widespread cond
  
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• WATCH: ‘The Breakfast Club’ stars reunite

  14-04-2025 17:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The cast from the cult classic 1985 hit, "The Breakfast Club," came together this weekend in Chicago.
  
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• Birmingham bin workers reject deal to end strike

  14-04-2025 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Unite leader says ‘partial deal on pay protection for a few’ was overwhelmingly rejected in vote, as rubbish piles upBin workers have “overwhelmingly” rejected a deal that would have ended the all-out strike in Birmingham which has caused bin bags to pile up in the streets and an influx of rats in the city.Negotiations between the council and Unite, which is representing the striking workers, have stalled for months, and refuse workers have been on indefinite strike since
  
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• Another UK government is doing contradictory things when it comes to China

  14-04-2025 17:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Approach to expanding trade has been castigated for allowing Beijing to invest heavily in vital UK infrastructureUK politics live – latest updatesAs even Donald Trump was forced to accept in scaling back his latest tariffs, China is just too big to ignore. And so it is, on a much smaller scale, that yet another UK government is doing several contradictory things at once when it comes to Beijing.This weekend brought a particularly resonant example. On the one hand, the business secretary, J
  
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• WATCH: Blue Origin's all-female crew exit capsule after spaceflight

  14-04-2025 17:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Blue Origin’s all-female crew, which includes pop star Katy Perry, completed their trip into space Monday morning.
  
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• Victorian Liberal leader distances state party from Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal: ‘Our focus is gas’

  14-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Brad Battin says he had a conversation with the federal opposition leader about the ‘language’ he would use about plans to build a nuclear reactor in eastern VictoriaPolls 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 podcastThe Victorian opposition leader says he discussed the language he
  
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• US sees biggest drop in Australian visitors since Covid as travellers avoid Trump’s America

  14-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Almost 4,600 fewer people went to the US in March compared with the same time last year, according to government data Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are increasingly avoiding travel to the United States under Donald Trump’s second presidency, fresh data shows, with forecasters expecting tourist numbers to plummet further throughout the year.Official statistics from the US International Trade Administration reveal the number of visitors from Aust
  
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• Guardian Essential poll: Labor pulls further ahead of Coalition as voters back Albanese on cost of living

  14-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The survey is in line with other recent major polls which have all showed movements toward the ALPPolls 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 podcastLabor has pulled further ahead of the Coalition as the election campaign continues, opening up a larger lead in the latest Essential poll after two weeks of
  
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• Finance minister vows to slash more consultants and accuses Coalition of importing Trump’s Doge agenda

  14-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Katy Gallagher says focus will be ‘on driving cultural change’ within public service if Labor wins the electionPolls 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 podcastThe finance minister has vowed to continue slashing the government’s use of consultants and rebuilding the public
  
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• Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation

  14-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Australian Conservation Foundation says opposition has ‘failed every single test’ while Labor passes with 54% and Greens achieve 98%Polls 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 podcastOne of Australia’s largest conservation organisations has awarded the federal Coalition just 1 out of 10
  
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• Australia does not have enough tradies to fulfill Labor’s housing promise, experts say

  14-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Construction industry already faces shortfall of 80,000 workers as government vows to build 250,000 homes a year for four yearsPolls 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 podcastAustralia does not have enough construction workers and other tradies to meet election pitches to boost housing supply, experts
  
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• Tulip Siddiq decries Bangladesh arrest warrant as ‘politically motivated smear’

  14-04-2025 16:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Former City minister denies allegations she received land illegally from her aunt, the ousted PM Sheikh HasinaThe former City minister Tulip Siddiq has said an arrest warrant issued against her in Bangladesh over allegations she illegally received a plot of land from her aunt, the country’s ousted former prime minister, is a “politically motivated smear campaign”.Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Hampstead and Highgate MP said: “No one from the Bangladeshi authorities
  
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• Trump tariffs live updates: WH adviser claims trade deal is close with 10 countries

  14-04-2025 16:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  White House top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, doubled down to ABC News' Rachel Scott that there will be no tariff exemptions.
  
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• Katy Perry among all-female Blue Origin crew that completes space trip

  14-04-2025 16:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Blue Origin’s NS-31 mission launched into space on Monday morning with an all-female crew, including pop star Katy Perry.
  
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• UK politics: No 10 ‘confident’ on securing supplies to keep Scunthorpe furnaces burning – as it happened

  14-04-2025 16:43 via theguardian.com
  
  PM’s spokesperson says ships carrying materials needed by the steel plant have docked in LincolnshireAlso on the morning media round today was shadow business minister Harriett Baldwin, who endured a torrid time on Sky News while being repeatedly pressed to acknowledge any culpability for the British Steel crisis by the previous Conservative administration that sold the company to current Chinese owners Jingye in 2019.The MP for West Worcestershire was told the appearance was “a wond
  
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• Sudan’s news blackout stokes fear and confusion after refugee camp attacks

  14-04-2025 16:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Families of those displaced wait for news from Darfur amid reports of hundreds killed by paramilitary RSFSudan’s information blackout has left relatives of those in Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp struggling for news of their safety after it was overrun by militiamen at the weekend.As leaders across the globe prepared to meet for peace talks in London to pressure the backers of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army to agree a ceasefire, the RSF launched a dead
  
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• Blue Origin crew including Katy Perry safely returns to Earth after space flight

  14-04-2025 16:28 via theguardian.com
  
  All-female crew led by Jeff Bezos’s fiancee Lauren Sánchez lands in Texas after reaching the edge of outer spaceKaty Perry’s space flight – latest updatesSix women – including the pop star Katy Perry and morning TV host Gayle King – safely completed a trip to the edge of outer space and back from a private Texas ranch on Monday morning on a rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos, the Amazon co-founder and commercial space flight entrepreneur.The women, who also inclu
  
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• New York helicopter tour operator behind fatal crash shuts down

  14-04-2025 16:25 via theguardian.com
  
  FAA said New York Helicopter Tours will be shuttering ‘immediately’ after accident that killed all six on boardThe company that operated the helicopter that crashed into New York City’s Hudson River on Thursday – killing all six people on board – has been shuttered with immediate effect, the US’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late on Sunday.New York Helicopter Tours is “shutting down their operations immediately”, the FAA said in a sta
  
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• WATCH: Blue Origin mission with all-female crew launches into space

  14-04-2025 16:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Blue Origin’s NS-31 mission launched into space on Monday morning with an all-female crew, including pop star Katy Perry.
  
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• Zelenskyy urges Trump to view devastation in Ukraine caused by Russia’s invasion

  14-04-2025 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian president calls on US counterpart to visit country as Trump appears to downplay Russia’s latest strike by calling it ‘mistake’Europe live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion, while the US president appeared to play down Moscow’s latest deadly attack, the worst on civilians this year, calling it “a mistake”.International leaders condemned Russia&rsqu
  
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• Prison Service bans dangerous inmates from kitchens after officers attacked

  14-04-2025 16:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Move comes after Hashem Abedi injured three officers with hot oil and improvised blades at HMP FranklandThe Prison Service is to suspend the use of kitchens for the most dangerous inmates after the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber attacked three officers at HMP Frankland.Hashem Abedi, a convicted terrorist who was jailed for life after helping his suicide-bomber brother Salman Abedi carry out the Manchester Arena attack in 2017, set upon staff with hot cooking oil and blades made out of co
  
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• France considers response after Algeria expels 12 embassy staff

  14-04-2025 16:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Move by Algiers follows arrest of Algerian consular official in Paris over alleged involvement in kidnap of influencerFrance is considering its response after Algeria ordered the expulsion of 12 embassy staff over the arrest of an Algerian consulate official in Paris over alleged involvement in the kidnap of a TikTok influencer.Algiers has given the French representatives 48 hours to leave the country in a move that has stretched already strained relations between the two countries to breaking p
  
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• Prisoner at HMP Whitemoor arrested on suspicion of murdering convicted killer

  14-04-2025 16:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Police investigating death of John Mansfield, serving life for murdering woman in 2006, at Cambridgeshire jailA prisoner has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a convicted killer at a high-security prison.John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his 63-year-old neighbour, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor near March, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday. Continue reading...
  
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• Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say

  14-04-2025 15:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point outEd Miliband and the UK’s net zero target are being falsely blamed for the UK’s steel crisis, experts have said.On Saturday, parliament passed a law containing emergency powers to gain control of the last remaining maker of mass-produced virgin steel in England, based in Scunthrope, after its Chinese owner, Jingye, declined government support to keep the plant running over the next few weeks. Continu
  
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• First Thing: Deep confusion as Trump signals new tariffs on smartphones and computers

  14-04-2025 15:30 via theguardian.com
  
  President says he will lay out new levies on Monday and relief on electronics will be short-lived. Plus, the rise of end times fascism and how to defeat itDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Donald Trump’s tariff war has plunged deeper into chaos after a cabinet official floated a plan for new levies on semiconductors – a crucial component in electronic goods – just days after the Trump administration exempted computers and smartphones fr
  
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• Pennsylvania arson suspect planned to beat governor with hammer, documents say

  14-04-2025 15:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities say suspect told them he would have beaten Josh Shapiro with sledgehammer if he had found himA man who authorities said scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion – where he set a fire – had planned to beat the governor, Josh Shapiro, with a hammer if he found him because he hates the politician, according to court documents released on Monday.The fire left significant damage and forced
  
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• Hundreds of former Mossad operatives criticise Israel’s return to war in Gaza

  14-04-2025 14:59 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 250 former intelligence agency figures back letter urging government to prioritise return of hostagesHundreds of former operatives from Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency have criticised the return to war in Gaza amid growing frustration over the failure to bring home the remaining hostages held by Hamas.A group of more than 250 former Mossad figures – including three ex-chiefs – gave their backing to a letter first signed by air force veterans and reservists that ur
  
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• Georgetown alumni and students call for release of scholar detained by immigration authorities

  14-04-2025 14:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Letter says Trump administration’s detention of Khan Suri ‘represents a fundamental violation of academic freedom’US politics live – latest updatesMore than 370 alumni of Georgetown University joined 65 current students there in signing on to a letter opposing immigration authorities’ detention of Dr Badar Khan Suri, a senior postdoctoral fellow at the institution’s Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU).The letter, dated Sunday a
  
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• Ecuador’s Noboa re-elected in presidential vote seen as test of his ‘war on drugs’

  14-04-2025 14:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Noboa placed the armed forces at the centre of his rule, which initially led to a drop in crime but also a surge in reports of rights violationsIn an election seen as a referendum on his “war on drugs”, Ecuador’s rightwing president, Daniel Noboa, won Sunday’s presidential runoff, defeating leftist candidate Luisa González.With 97% of ballots counted, the incumbent had secured 55.65% of the vote, compared to 44.35% for the former congresswoman. Continue reading...
  
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• UN calls on Trump to exempt poorest countries from ‘reciprocal’ tariffs

  14-04-2025 13:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Unctad says many countries targeted with high tariff rates are unlikely to be a threat to USBusiness live – latest updatesThe UN’s trade and development arm, Unctad, is calling on Donald Trump to exempt the world’s poorest and smallest countries from “reciprocal” tariffs, or risk “serious economic harm”.In a report published on Monday, Unctad identifies 28 nations the US president singled out for a higher tariff rate than the 10% baseline – despite
  
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• Retrial opens for Sarah Palin's libel suit against The New York Times

  14-04-2025 13:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A retrial is set to begin for Sarah Palin's lawsuit accusing The New York Times of libeling her in an editorial eight years ago
  
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• Sky-high US-China tariffs are a mutual trade embargo that will hurt both sides

  14-04-2025 13:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Effects could tip one into recession and undermine other’s fragile economy but prospects for rapprochement are not hopelessTrump says exemptions on smartphones, electronics will be short-livedSky-high tariffs that now hang heavily over US-China trade mean, effectively, that they have declared a trade embargo on each other, normally an act of war. The economic consequences for both will hurt.The US’s $150bn (£113bn) or so of exports to China will fall away quickly, while China&r
  
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• American missionary reportedly kidnapped in South Africa during church service

  14-04-2025 13:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The search for an American missionary continued on Sunday in South Africa after his Tennessee church said he was reportedly kidnapped.
  
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• ‘No winners’ in a trade war, says China’s Xi as he heads to Vietnam on charm offensive

  14-04-2025 12:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Xi Jinping expected to present China as reliable partner in contrast to US, which imposed – then suspended – tariffs over 40% on some countriesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Chinese president, Xi Jinping, warned there would be “no winners” in a trade war and that protectionism “leads nowhere”, as he began a three-nation trip to south-east Asia, starting in Vietnam on Monday.Xi’s tour, which started in Hanoi, also includes rare visits to Malay
  
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• Weather tracker: north-west Italy braces for thunderstorms and snow

  14-04-2025 12:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Turin and Genoa likely to be among worst hit, while central and eastern Europe could get early taste of summerNorth-west Italy is braced for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across the southern side of the Alps, particularly in Piedmont and Liguria.Turin and Genoa are expected to be among the worst affected, with snowfall also likely on higher ground. The region has been forecast to receive 140-160mm of rainfall between Sunday and Friday this week. Continue reading...
  
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• MPs reject two-tier policing claims in 2024 riots

  14-04-2025 10:08 via bbc.com
  
  The policing response was "entirely appropriate" given the violence and criminality, a report finds.
  
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• ‘The sky won’t fall’: China plays down Trump tariff risks as stock markets rally

  14-04-2025 10:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Chinese customs official says trade has diversified away from US in recent years and plays up its ‘vast domestic market’Business live – latest updatesChina has played down the risk of damage to its exports from Donald Trump’s tariffs, with an official saying the “the sky won’t fall”, as stock markets rose on Monday amid signs of a retreat on electronics restrictions.The world’s second-largest economy has diversified its trade away from the US in re
  
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• Probe continues into cause of fatal house explosion

  14-04-2025 10:05 via bbc.com
  
  A man in his 50s died in the explosion that saw dozens of people evacuated from their homes.
  
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• UK MP refused entry to Hong Kong accuses China of ‘hidden blacklist’

  14-04-2025 09:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Wera Hobhouse says her apparent presence on secret list of critics of country’s human rights record made her a targetA Liberal Democrat MP refused entry to Hong Kong to see her young grandson has said her experience should be “a wake-up call for any parliamentarian”, given that it seems to show China holds a secret list of banned politicians.Wera Hobhouse, who was turned back by officials on Thursday, said she was given no explanation as to why this happened, and could only ass
  
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• Gaza medic missing since deadly attack being detained by Israel, Red Cross says

  14-04-2025 09:40 via bbc.com
  
  Asaad al-Nassasra has been missing since Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in south Gaza three weeks ago.
  
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• Watch: Victory was a long time coming, McIlroy tells BBC Sport

  14-04-2025 09:24 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Sport NI's Stephen Watson speaks to Masters champion Rory McIlroy after his dramatic play-off win at Augusta National to complete the career Grand Slam.
  
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• Two British tourists drown near Great Barrier Reef

  14-04-2025 09:18 via bbc.com
  
  The men were found by a rescue helicopter, as was an Australian who is being treated in hospital.
  
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