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• Woman charged with sexual abuse of seven Sydney aged care residents

  24-04-2025 23:55 via theguardian.com
  
  The 46-year-old allegedly recorded video on her phone of abuse against elderly patients at a home in GrasmereGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been charged after allegedly sexually abusing residents at the aged care facility where she worked, recording the assaults and sharing the videos with her partner, a 54-year-old man who was also arrested for possessing and disseminating bestiality material.The 46-year-old will face a New South Wales court after an
  
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• Only three people ever prosecuted for covering up England’s illegal sewage spills

  24-04-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Employees of water firms who obstruct investigations into spills could face jail under new rules that come into force on FridayWater company bosses have entirely escaped punishment for covering up illegal sewage spills, government figures show, as ministers prepare to bring in a new law threatening them with up to two years in prison for doing so.Only three people have ever been prosecuted for obstructing the Environment Agency in its investigations into sewage spills, officials said, and none r
  
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• California’s economy surpasses Japan’s as it becomes fourth largest in world

  24-04-2025 23:08 via theguardian.com
  State’s nominal GDP reaches $4.1tn, edging out Japan’s $4.02tn, ranking it behind the US, China and GermanyCalifornia’s economy has surpassed Japan’s, making the Golden state the fourth largest economy in the world, Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday.The state’s nominal GDP reached $4.1tn, according to data from the International Monetary Fund and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, edging out Japan’s $4.02tn nominal GDP. California now ranks behind t
  
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• English schools left to subsidise infants’ free meals after 3p funding increase, say leaders

  24-04-2025 22:49 via theguardian.com
  Department for Education criticised over funding rise from £2.58 to £2.61 per child per meal in September Primary schools in England will be forced to subsidise free school meals for infants from their own budgets after the government’s “pitiful” 3p increase in funding, according to school leaders.The Department for Education announced that its funding for universal infant free school meals would rise from £2.58 to £2.61 per child in September, with the
  
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• UK economy faces growth shock from Trump tariffs, says Bank governor

  24-04-2025 22:38 via theguardian.com
  Andrew Bailey says UK not close to recession but he would be ‘encouraged’ if trade deal with US were agreed The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has said the UK economy faces a “growth shock” as a result of Donald Trump’s trade policies.Speaking on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Washington, Bailey said that while he did not think the UK was close to recession at the moment, “we are certainly quite focused on
  
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• Trump says he has ‘no allegiance’ in Russia-Ukraine war and his own deadline on peace deal – as it happened

  24-04-2025 22:12 via theguardian.com
  This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Russia-Ukraine war, read our latest reports: ‘Vladimir, stop!’ Trump issues rare rebuke to PutinZelenskyy says Ukraine cannot accept US recognition of Crimea as RussianWe understand that while the visit will be cut short after Zelenskyy’s meeting with Ramaphosa, their media activities will still proceed, meaning we should hear from the Ukrainian president in the next few hours.Rachel and I will keep an eye on this development
  
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• Nice Of EU To Visit

  24-04-2025 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  And, tensions rise between India and Pakistan after Kashmir attack.
  
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• US and China holding talks on trade war, Trump says after Beijing rebuttal

  24-04-2025 20:26 via theguardian.com
  President’s comments follow Chinese government’s denial of ‘baseless’ claim that Washington was close to dealThe US and China held talks on Thursday to help resolve the trade war between the world’s two largest economies, Donald Trump said.“We may reveal it later, but they had meetings this morning, and we’ve been meeting with China,” the US president told reporters at the White House. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Vladimir, stop!’ Trump in rare rebuke to Putin as Kyiv attack toll rises to 12

  24-04-2025 20:08 via theguardian.com
  Intervention comes as US president makes renewed push to end war, reportedly on terms favourable to MoscowDonald Trump has issued a rare rebuke to Moscow for an air attack that killed 12 people in Kyiv, telling the Russian president in a social media post: “Vladimir, STOP!”The US president’s remarks come as he makes a renewed push to end the Ukraine war, reportedly on terms favourable to Russia that include recognition of Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, something the
  
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• Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy

  24-04-2025 19:43 via theguardian.com
  Allegation against Rinaldo Nazzaro, founder of the Base, could shed new meaning on group’s efforts inside UkraineAlleged former members of an international neo-Nazi terrorist organization are claiming its Russia-based and American leader is a Kremlin spy, according to online records reviewed by the Guardian.The allegation that Rinaldo Nazzaro, a former Pentagon contractor and founder of the Base, listed as a designated terrorist organization all over the world, is an alleged Russian intell
  
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• Ukraine gets nothing in Trump’s proposals for peace, says Boris Johnson

  24-04-2025 19:41 via theguardian.com
  Former British prime minister posts apparent criticism of US president over his plans for peace deal with RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesBoris Johnson has issued stern criticism of Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace proposals in one of his first apparent censures of the US president, saying under his terms the Ukrainians would “get nothing”.The former British prime minister, a strong supporter of Ukraine who remains close to Ukraine’s president, Volodomyr Z
  
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• French PM calls for crackdown on knife crime after fatal high school stabbing

  24-04-2025 19:26 via theguardian.com
  Boy, 15, arrested after at least one child killed and three injured at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school in NantesThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has called for a crackdown on teenage knife crime after a high-school student stabbed four other children at his school, killing at least one and injuring the others before being arrested.The 15-year-old reportedly attacked fellow students with a knife during lunch break on Thursday at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides secondary
  
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• New details on killing of paramedics in Gaza appear to contradict IDF’s account

  24-04-2025 19:08 via theguardian.com
  Haaretz report comes as supreme court gives Israeli PM more time to respond to affidavit from fired Shin Bet chief New developments have come to light in the killing of 15 Palestinian medics and rescue workers by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip last month, with evidence reportedly contradicting the Israel Defense Forces’ claim that soldiers did not fire indiscriminately at the medical workers.The Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Wednesday that its analysis of the IDF’s own material
  
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• Signal chats, leaks, and sackings... What's going on in the Pentagon?

  24-04-2025 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  And is the defence secretary in trouble?
  
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• World Economic Forum greenlights new investigation into whistleblower claims against founder Klaus Schwab

  24-04-2025 18:30 via foxnews.com
  
  The World Economic Forum – the globalist body that hosts its annual gathering of elites in Davos, Switzerland – is supporting an independent investigation into whistle-blower allegations brought against its founder, Klaus Schwab, Fox News Digital has confirmed. The whistleblower complaint was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, a day after Schwab, 87, stepped down as chairman and as a member of the Board of Trustees, effective immediately. According to the
  
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• French student arrested after stabbing attack leaves 1 dead, 3 injured at private Catholic school

  24-04-2025 17:51 via foxnews.com
  
  French police arrested a student Thursday after he allegedly killed another student and injured three others in a stabbing attack at his private Catholic school. The 15-year-old attacker was overpowered by teachers at the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides High School in Nantes before police arrived, a law enforcement spokesperson told Reuters. "A knife attack took place this afternoon at a private school in Nantes," Education Minister Elisabeth Borne wrote on X. "I am going there with [Interi
  
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• Israel pauses as the Jewish state honors and remembers victims of the Holocaust

  24-04-2025 17:27 via foxnews.com
  
  TEL AVIV – Israel came to a standstill as the entire country ground to a halt in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.Israel’s official state ceremony, held under the banner "Out of the Depths: The Pain of Liberation and Growth," took place on Wednesday night, with a shadow still cast over the nation by the Oct. 7 massacre, the ongoing war against Hamas, and the 59 people, including Americans, still being held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza.Israe
  
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• Green groups decry plan to list world’s biggest meatpacking company on NYSE

  24-04-2025 17:10 via theguardian.com
  Critics fear decision to list Brazil-based firm JBS, long linked to Amazon’s deforestation, will add to the climate crisisEnvironmental groups are outraged that the world’s biggest meatpacking company, JBS, which has long been linked to Amazon’s deforestation, has received approval from US authorities to list on the New York Stock Exchange.The decision, announced on Tuesday by the Securities Exchange Commission, follows reports that JBS subsidiary Pilgrim’s was the bigges
  
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• US writers at growing risk of crackdown on free speech, says PEN America

  24-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  China again biggest jailer of writers in 2024, followed by Iran – with Israel in fifth place, says organisation’s annual reportWriters in the US are at growing risk amid a worldwide crackdown on free speech that has begun to spread to countries previously renowned for unfettered expression and openness, according to a leading writers’ advocacy group.PEN America said it was concerned about an emerging threat from the Trump administration as it published its annual Freedom to Wri
  
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• Trump is jailing immigrant families again. A mother, father and teen tell of ‘anguish on a daily basis’

  24-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Family incarceration has been revived after Biden – and Jade, Jason and Gabriela are speaking out about their distressing treatment in TexasWhen Jade and her family first arrived at the detention facility in Karnes county, Texas, she wasn’t really sure what to think.“I guess I was confused and scared,” said the 13-year-old. Her parents were doing their best to reassure her that everything would be OK, but she knew they were in danger of being deported. Continue reading...
  
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• Liberal candidates using military uniforms in election campaign ads despite repeated pleas from defence department

  24-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Department remains concerned over ads depicting candidates in military fatigues jumping from planes, serving on tour and holding riflesElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe defence department remains concerned about veterans using im
  
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• India and Pakistan closer to conflict over Kashmir attack as tit-for-tat moves mount

  24-04-2025 16:46 via theguardian.com
  Islamabad closes airspace to Indian aircraft and tells Delhi any interference in water sharing will be seen as act of warNuclear rivals India and Pakistan have moved closer to military confrontation as Islamabad closed its airspace to Indian aircraft and warned that any effort by Delhi to interfere with the supply of water under a decades-old treaty would be viewed as an act of war.In a series of escalating tit-for-tat moves since a massacre of Indian tourists in the disputed region of Kashmir e
  
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• BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA

  24-04-2025 16:40 via theguardian.com
  Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America’s former channelThe BBC has stepped in to launch a news service in Myanmar after the devastating earthquake in the country, replacing a US service that Donald Trump has ceased to fund.A direct-to-home satellite video channel delivering BBC News Burmese content will be launched to cater for what the corporation sees as an urgent “audience in need”. Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Woodpecker wreaks havoc in Massachusetts neighborhood

  24-04-2025 16:31 via abcnews.go.com
  Residents of tranquil Rockport, Massachusetts, were in search of a menace who was leaving car windows cracked. Turns out it was a pileated woodpecker.
  
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• Tanzania opposition officials arrested as Tundu Lissu refuses to appear in court

  24-04-2025 16:07 via theguardian.com
  Chadema spokesperson says party’s vice-chair John Heche and secretary general John Mnyika held on way to protest over treason chargesTanzania’s main opposition party said on Thursday at least two of its officials had been arrested on their way to a rally to support the leading government opponent Tundu Lissu, who refused to appear at a virtual court hearing to face a charge of treason.Authorities in the east African country have increasingly cracked down on the opposition Chadema par
  
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• India vows to hunt terrorists ‘to the ends of the earth’ as tensions with Pakistan rise after Kashmir attack

  24-04-2025 15:40 via foxnews.com
  
  India is vowing to hunt down terrorists "to the ends of the earth" Thursday as tensions with Pakistan escalate in the wake of a shooting in India's Kashmir region that left 26 people dead.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a public rally that "India will identify, track and punish every terrorist, their handlers and their backers." "We will pursue them to the ends of the earth," he reportedly added. Tuesday's attack was the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the resti
  
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• WATCH: Fisherman finds historic artifacts using high-powered magnet

  24-04-2025 15:19 via abcnews.go.com
  Evan Woodward, founder of Baltimore’s Magnet Fishing Club, combines his archaeological hobby with the mission of cleaning up his hometown.
  
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• A weakened Hezbollah leads some in Lebanon to talk of peace with Israel as US pushes sides together

  24-04-2025 15:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Since Israel's near annihilation of Hezbollah's terror leadership, and the backing of the Trump administration, whose special envoy to Lebanon has made clear the U.S. goal of limiting the power and influence of the Iran-terror proxy, the winds of change are slowly blowing over Beirut."Thanks to Hezbollah being weakened and defeated after the war with Israel, we are finally in a position to have this conversation about peace with Israel," Rami Naim, Lebanon affairs journalist and analys
  
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• Man discovers he has bought his own stolen car

  24-04-2025 14:49 via bbc.com
  Ewan Valentine bought a replacement Honda Civic after his original car was stolen in February.
  
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• DRC government and M23 agree to halt fighting and work towards truce

  24-04-2025 14:28 via theguardian.com
  Both sides say they have resolved to end conflict through peaceful means after ‘frank’ talks facilitated by QatarThe Democratic Republic of the Congo and a coalition of militias including the Rwanda-backed M23 have agreed to work toward a truce to end the fighting that has engulfed the eastern part of the country since January.In similarly worded statements released on Wednesday night, the government and Alliance Fleuve Congo (Congo River Alliance) said their representatives had held
  
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• US–Russia flashpoint looms over Putin's plans for African naval base

  24-04-2025 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Trump administration is warning of "serious consequences" over Russia’s plans to open a naval base in war-torn Sudan. News of the development of the base has triggered an unusual warning from the State Department.A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "We encourage all countries, including Sudan, to avoid any transactions with Russia’s defense sector."The Kremlin appears to be desperate to join the Horn of Africa global powers "naval club," with its approved plans
  
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• 5 quotes from Cardinal Robert Sarah, a favorite among conservatives to succeed Pope Francis

  24-04-2025 11:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Cardinal Robert Sarah – championed by conservatives as reflecting the doctrinaire and liturgically minded papacies of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI – is among those being considered to replace Pope Francis.An African cardinal from Guinea, Sarah, 79, is viewed as a spiritual and theological standard-bearer for conservative Catholics, as critics of Francis have argued the late pope was too heavily influenced by modern secularism. Sarah previously headed the Vatican’s c
  
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• Russia blamed for overnight strike on Kyiv that killed at least 9, injured dozens, including children

  24-04-2025 10:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian authorities say Russia is responsible for an overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv that killed nine people and injured another 70, including children. The Kyiv City Military Administration said on its Telegram channel that Russia struck Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles. At least 45 drones were detected, the administration said, adding that Ukraine's Air Force would update the figures later.TRUMP SAYS ‘INFLAMMATORY’ ZELENSKYY STATEMENT ON CRIMEA PROLONGS WAR
  
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• Two US marines investigated over alleged rape at military base in Okinawa

  24-04-2025 09:43 via theguardian.com
  Allegations come days after Japanese authorities increased efforts to deter crimes by US servicemen on islandTwo US marines based on the Japanese island of Okinawa are being investigated for alleged rape, days after local authorities stepped up efforts to deter sexual and other crimes by US service personnel.A marine in his 20s is suspected of raping a Japanese woman in a bathroom at a US military base last month, while a second man, also a marine in his 20s, allegedly raped a woman at a base in
  
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• WATCH: Starbucks customer orders ‘cluck cup’ for pet rooster

  24-04-2025 08:39 via abcnews.go.com
  Workers at a Starbucks in Arizona were very excited to welcome a customer and her pet rooster, Fluffy, to their store's drive-thru window.
  
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• Kyiv hit by deadly Russian missile and drone attack - mayor

  24-04-2025 07:08 via bbc.com
  
  At least nine people are killed and dozens injured in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital, officials say.
  
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• Killers and stalkers should live in restricted zones, say victims

  24-04-2025 07:03 via bbc.com
  
  Rhianon Bragg, who was stalked by her ex-partner, felt "trapped" when he was released from prison.
  
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• 'We'll do Paddington proud' - Tom Fletcher reveals details of musical

  24-04-2025 06:57 via bbc.com
  
  The McFly star says he is "so lucky and honoured" to have written the music and lyrics for the new show.
  
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• 'Our daughters will be with us', say dads of Southport victims running London Marathon

  24-04-2025 06:45 via bbc.com
  
  David Stancombe and Sergio Aguiar tell BBC daughters will be with them in spirit during London race.
  
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• The Papers: 'Crimea is lost' and Reeves 'ready to cut tariffs'

  24-04-2025 06:23 via bbc.com
  
  Donald Trump's warning to Volodymyr Zelensky and Rachel Reeves's latest trade moves make Thursday's front pages.
  
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• South Korean former leader indicted for bribery

  24-04-2025 06:12 via bbc.com
  
  Moon Jae-in was known for his attempts to broker a peace deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
  
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• ‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’

  24-04-2025 06:01 via theguardian.com
  Brazil has been the world’s leading coffee producer due to the forced labour of enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians“John” was just days from turning 16 when he was allegedly recruited to work on a Brazilian coffee farm that supplies the global coffeehouse chain Starbucks.Soon after his birthday, he embarked on a 16-hour bus journey to the farm in the state of Minas Gerais – only to discover that none of what he had been promised would be fulfilled. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump to mark 100th day in office with Michigan rally

  24-04-2025 05:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump plans to hold a rally in Michigan to mark his 100th day in office, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday.
  
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• Taiwan president will not attend Pope Francis’s funeral

  24-04-2025 04:51 via theguardian.com
  Taiwan to send former vice-president despite Vatican being one of country’s few diplomatic alliesPope Francis’s funeral – latest updatesTaiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, will not attend the funeral of Pope Francis, despite his foreign ministry saying earlier it was their “most important aim” in negotiations with the Vatican that he be there in person.The ministry announced on Wednesday that Taiwan would be sending its former vice-president, Chen Chien-jen as s
  
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• Millions of vapes seized in illegal trade crackdown

  24-04-2025 04:29 via bbc.com
  
  Single-use vapes are among the main driving forces of the black market, the BBC is told.
  
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• Army suspends base’s commander after Trump portrait was flipped to wall

  24-04-2025 04:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. Army has suspended a base’s first female commander after portraits of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were flipped around to face a wall
  
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• Trump says Commanders’ controversial former name was 'superior'

  24-04-2025 04:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump prefers the Washington Commanders’ controversial former name, he told reporters Tuesday evening.
  
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• Convicted murderer missing from prison near Dundee

  24-04-2025 04:09 via bbc.com
  
  Raymond McCourt was given a life sentence in 1993 for killing a shopkeeper and wounding two other people.
  
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• Thousands wait to see Pope's body in St Peter's

  24-04-2025 03:15 via bbc.com
  
  The body of the pontiff, who died on Monday, has been moved into the church for a period of public mourning.
  
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• Exhausted hospital staff putting patients at risk, says watchdog

  24-04-2025 03:15 via bbc.com
  
  NHS safety body wants a focus on staff fatigue as it warns of mistakes and impaired decision-making.
  
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