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• Canadian police scale back search for two children missing in woods for six days

  07-05-2025 23:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials say the likelihood Lily and Jack Sullivan are still alive after disappearing in Nova Scotia on 2 May is ‘very low’Nearly a week after two young children went missing in rural Nova Scotia, Canadian police say they are beginning to scale back search efforts given the “low” odds the children are still alive – and that they are not ruling out the possibility of foul play.Since Friday, more than 160 searchers with drones and canine units have scoured the thickl
  
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• British Steel to hire more staff weeks after government rescue

  07-05-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Open roles include engineers and manufacturing operators as firm prepares to ramp up productionBritish Steel has said it will hire more than 180 new employees, as it prepares to ramp up iron and steel production for the first time since its government rescue.The company has started recruiting for 165 roles in Scunthorpe and a further 17 at its operations in Teesside and Skinningrove, to support production at its two blast furnaces. Continue reading...
  
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• Jon Voight defends Trump’s film tariff plan: ‘Something has to be done’

  07-05-2025 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Oscar-winning actor gives first interview to Variety since working with Trump on plan to shake up HollywoodJon Voight, the actor who inspired Donald Trump’s surprise statement about placing a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, has given his first interview on the supposed plan to “give people back their dignity and their jobs”.“Something has to be done, and it’s way past time,” the 86-year-old actor told Variety while he was, according to the magazine, “
  
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• Vance says Russia asking ‘too much’ in ceasefire talks with Ukraine

  07-05-2025 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Trump says ‘it’s possible that’s right’ about the vice-president’s remarks amid frustrations with RussiaJD Vance has said that Russia is asking for “too much” in its negotiations with Ukraine in the latest sign of growing frustration from Washington with ceasefire talks to end the war between the two countries.Speaking at a security conference of senior military and diplomatic leaders in Washington, the US vice-president said that the White House is focu
  
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• Black smoke emerges at Vatican as conclave fails to elect pope – as it happened

  07-05-2025 21:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Cardinals will be back for more votes tomorrow with up to four rounds of votingWho will be the next pope? Potential candidatesPapal in-tray: new pontiff will have to hit ground runningHow does the conclave work?If you’d rather get up to date on the pomp and the politics of the conclave, the process to elect Pope Francis’s successor, good news: we’ve got you covered.It is, as Guardian journalist Harriet Sherwood explains, an election rich in ceremony and ritual. Yet it can get v
  
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• Black smoke signals Vatican conclave has failed to elect new pope on first day

  07-05-2025 21:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Cardinals begin locked-in selection process amid throng of pilgrims and peaceful protest for women’s rights in churchExplainer: how does the conclave work?Plumes of black smoke have emerged from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel, signalling that the 133 cardinals sealed off inside have failed to elect a new pope on the first day of conclave.After the formal procession to the Sistine Chapel and each of the cardinals swearing the oath to secrecy, the first voting round only got under
  
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• UK officials land in Washington as talks over trade agreement continue

  07-05-2025 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior negotiators hope to get agreement with US signed ahead of UK-EU summit on 19 May A team of senior British trade negotiators has landed in Washington as talks over a deal between the two countries gather pace.Officials from the business and trade department are in the US for much of this week, attempting to get an agreement signed before the planned UK-EU summit on 19 May. Continue reading...
  
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• Has UK-India trade deal ‘sold out British workers’ as Farage and Badenoch claim?

  07-05-2025 20:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Row over exemption of national insurance contributions for Indian short-term workers overshadows deal A multibillion-pound free trade agreement with India has long been touted as a big Brexit boon.Cheaper clothes and shoes for British shoppers, a huge market for scotch whisky producers and luxury carmakers, and billions of pounds worth of extra trade are among the benefits of the agreement, which was finalised this week. Continue reading...
  
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• Bedfordshire residents say they have been left out of Universal theme park consultation

  07-05-2025 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Locals welcome plan but fear being pushed out of homes by theme parkWhen it was announced that Universal Pictures, one of the largest movie studios in the world, was opening its first theme park in Bedfordshire, fans were ecstatic.Social media was filled with questions: Which film franchises will appear? How many rides would there be? Will there be a section dedicated to the Minions? Continue reading...
  
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• Keeping Farage from No 10 is ‘a battle for UK’s future, heart and soul’, Labour MPs told

  07-05-2025 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  In face of ‘economic doom loop’, Labour factions call for reset and demand party tackle populist nationalism head on Labour MPs have ramped up pressure on the Treasury, calling for an economic reset after the Reform UK surge in the local elections and saying that the economy is stuck in a “doom loop”.The warning comes from the influential Labour Growth Group (LGG), a large caucus of loyalist new MPs who have lobbied the government to go further on planning and energy refo
  
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• India’s Pakistan strikes show how warfare has been normalised again

  07-05-2025 19:49 via theguardian.com
  
  All-out war is unlikely but shifting of goalposts amid Gaza and Ukraine conflicts suggests Kashmir crisis could escalateKashmir crisis live – latest updatesIndia’s string of attacks on Pakistan overnight – a response, Delhi says, to the killing of 26 in a terror attack in Kashmir last month – comes at a time when warfare has become increasingly normalised internationally and the restraints of the global diplomatic system weakened.Though flare-ups between the two south Asi
  
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• Pakistan PM promises to ‘avenge each drop of blood’ after Indian airstrikes kill 31

  07-05-2025 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Fears raised of escalating conflict after Pakistan accused India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has warned that it will “avenge” the death of 31 people killed in overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a late night address to the nation late on Wednesday, Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said: &ldqu
  
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• Kashmir crisis: what is Lashkar-e-Taiba and is it supported by Pakistan?

  07-05-2025 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  India claims to have attacked camps associated with a militant group in Pakistan – but what is its relationship with Islamabad?Kashmir crisis live – latest updatesAs India launches missile strikes on what it says are camps associated with militant groups inside Pakistan in retaliation for last month’s massacre in Kashmir, attention has once again focused on India’s claimed relationship between Islamabad and armed groups involved in attacks in the disputed Himalayan region
  
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• Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years in rewilding project

  07-05-2025 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  First stage of initiative will introduce ‘keystone’ species to beaver enclosures in Derbyshire and NottinghamshireElk could return to the UK after 3,000 years under plans by the Wildlife Trusts to reintroduce the “keystone” species into Britain’s landscapes.The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust wants to introduce elk into two existing beaver enclosures in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, with the hope of demonstrating that the large semiaquatic deer should be released to roa
  
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• Trump plans to announce US will refer to Arabian Gulf rather than Persian Gulf

  07-05-2025 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Move sparks outrage in Iran as diplomats try to broker deal between Tehran and Washington over nuclear programmeUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the US will now refer to the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia rather than the Persian Gulf.The move has prompted outrage from Iranian leaders, and last-minute efforts are being made to persuade Trump to pull back from offending Iran in the midst of vital talks on the
  
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• WATCH: Officer helps family of geese safely across busy street

  07-05-2025 18:38
  Jeffrey Schneider was driving into New York City from New Jersey when he caught Officer Rey Lainez stopping traffic to herd a family of geese away from the Holland Tunnel.
  
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• Court orders detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Vermont

  07-05-2025 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyers say the Turkish national, who has been held in a Louisiana Ice center for two weeks, was illegally detainedA federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated.A judicial panel of the New York-based US second circuit court of appeals ruled in the case of Rümeysa Öztürk after lawyers representi
  
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• Xi Jinping begins four-day Russia visit after Ukrainian drones attack Moscow

  07-05-2025 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Chinese leader is scheduled to attend Victory Day parade and hold talks with Vladimir PutinXi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for the start of a four-day visit during which he will attend Russia’s military parade commemorating the anniversary of the end of the second world war, known in Russia as Victory Day.The Chinese leader’s trip has coincided with mass Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian capital. Moscow’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said Russia’s air defence un
  
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• US reportedly planning to deport migrants to Libya despite ‘clear’ violation of court order

  07-05-2025 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Judge confirms move would breach order as Libya’s rival governments say both would refuse any US deporteesThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to deport a group of immigrants to Libya, despite a judge’s efforts on Wednesday to block any such flights and the state department’s previous condemnation of the “life-threatening” prison conditions in the country.Reuters cited three unnamed US officials as saying the deportations could happen this week. Two of th
  
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• India strikes Pakistan: what next? Today in Focus Extra - podcast

  07-05-2025 17:16 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, reports on India’s strikes on Pakistan, and what they may mean for the conflict over KashmirIn the early hours of Wednesday, India launched a series of strikes on Pakistan that killed at least 26 people – a serious escalation of the decades-long dispute between the two nuclear-armed countries over Kashmir.As the Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, reports, the onslaught was in response
  
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• WATCH: 2nd grader orders over 70,000 lollipops on Amazon

  07-05-2025 17:09
  Kentucky mom Holly LaFavers says her son Liam racked up more than $4,000 in Dum-Dums purchases while playing on her phone.
  
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• WATCH: Fishermen rescued in waters off Massachusetts

  07-05-2025 17:02
  Dramatic footage caught the moment three fishermen were rescued by good Samaritans after their boat capsized off the coast of Massachusetts on Monday night.
  
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• UN experts demand action to avert ‘annihilation’ of Palestinians in Gaza – Middle East crisis live

  07-05-2025 16:57 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 20 experts call on countries to act or ‘witness the slaughter of innocents’‘Desperate people’: Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violenceThe Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian.Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply
  
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• UN experts demand action to avert ‘annihilation’ of Palestinians in Gaza – as it happened

  07-05-2025 16:57 via theguardian.com
  More than 20 experts call on countries to act or ‘witness the slaughter of innocents’‘Desperate people’: Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violenceThe Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian.Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply
  
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• India and Pakistan can ill afford war, but who will talk them down? | Hannah Ellis-Petersen

  07-05-2025 16:37 via theguardian.com
  
  The US has brought the two sides back from the brink before, but the mood is very different with TrumpKashmir crisis live – latest updatesThe uneasy calm that had settled over India and Pakistan in the past two weeks was swiftly shattered in the early hours of Wednesday morning.In the days that followed the deadly attack that killed 25 Indian tourists and a guide in Kashmir in late March, the Indian government made it clear it held Pakistan responsible – and it intended to avenge the
  
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• Real-world geoengineering experiments revealed by UK agency

  07-05-2025 13:19 via theguardian.com
  Trials will test ways to block sunlight and slow climate crisis that threatens to trigger catastrophic tipping pointsReal-world geoengineering experiments spanning the globe from the Arctic to the Great Barrier Reef are being funded by the UK government. They will test sun-reflecting particles in the stratosphere, brightening reflective clouds using sprays of seawater and pumping water on to sea ice to thicken it.Getting this “critical missing scientific data” is vital with the Earth
  
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• China to cut interest rates in response to trade war with US

  07-05-2025 11:40 via theguardian.com
  Half-point cut to be made to banks’ reserve requirement ratio and 1tn yuan released into banking systemBusiness live – latest updatesChina will cut interest rates and inject some much-needed liquidity into the domestic economy, as the country steels itself for a bruising trade war with the US.The People’s Bank of China said on Wednesday it would make a half-point cut to the banks’ reserve requirement ratio, its benchmark interest rate, and release 1tn yuan (£103.6bn
  
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• Norwegian fan trades five kilos of fish for ticket to Bodø/Glimt v Tottenham

  07-05-2025 11:28 via theguardian.com
  Supporter with spare ticket took the bait over offerAround 50,000 supporters vying for just 480 seatsA Norwegian bartered five kilos of semi-dried fish for a ticket to Thursday’s semi-final clash between Bodø/Glimt and Tottenham in the Arctic Circle, as the hosts aim to become the first Norwegian club to reach a European final.Some 50,000 fans were vying for just 480 remaining tickets to the second leg of Bodø/Glimt’s Europa League semi-final. Continue reading...
  
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• Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block

  07-05-2025 09:50 via theguardian.com
  Foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp tells top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas he believes Israel is in breach of rights obligations linked to trade agreementThe Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian.Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as “c
  
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• Nevada hearing may give first public view into legal spat over control of Murdoch media empire

  07-05-2025 09:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  A hearing Wednesday before Nevada’s high court could provide the first public window into a secretive legal dispute over who will control Rupert Murdoch’s powerful media empire after he dies.
  
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• WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy protection to eliminate debt burden

  07-05-2025 07:58 via nbcnews.com
  
  WeightWatchers said Tuesday it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to eliminate $1.15 billion in debt and focus on its transition into a telehealth services provider.
  
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• Measles cases hit six-year high in South Korea amid outbreaks across south-east Asia

  07-05-2025 07:51 via theguardian.com
  South Korea passes annual tally for 2024 already, as Vietnam and Thailand continue to battle outbreaksSouth Korea has recorded the highest number of measles cases in six years, adding to concerns that low vaccination rates combined with international travel are contributing to further outbreaks elsewhere in the region.The country has confirmed 52 cases so far this year, exceeding the 49 recorded for the whole of 2024, the Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said this week. It is
  
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• ‘Desperate, traumatised people’: Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violence

  07-05-2025 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Aid officials and residents report breakdown in law and order as food and supplies run out during Israeli blockadeGaza has been hit by a wave of looting and theft as increasingly desperate Palestinians struggle to get food while criminal gangs exploit a breakdown in law and order.Aid officials and witnesses in the devastated territory describe armed men attacking humanitarian warehouses, firefights over remaining food stores and a spate of stealing of supplies vital for survival, such as solar c
  
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• Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval to face Cory Bowman, JD Vance’s half brother, this fall

  07-05-2025 04:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Bowman placed second in Cincinnati’s mayoral primary on Tuesday, sending the Republican political newcomer into a faceoff with incumbent Aftab Pureval this fall.
  
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• Rubio says Venezuelans sheltering at Argentinian embassy ‘rescued’ by US

  07-05-2025 03:56 via theguardian.com
  Secretary of state says opponents of Maduro have left diplomatic compound in Caracas and are ‘safely on US soil’Five members of Venezuela’s political opposition have left the Argentinian diplomatic compound in their country’s capital, Caracas, where they had sheltered for more than a year to avoid arrest, and were in the United States on Tuesday, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said.Rubio did not provide details of the group’s movements to reach the US, but
  
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• Second fighter jet crashes into the sea after landing failure on USS Harry S. Truman

  07-05-2025 03:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  For the second time in eight days, a fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea after it went overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier Tuesday, two U.S. officials told NBC News.
  
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• Kentucky firefighters make daring rescue to save truck dangling on overpass

  07-05-2025 03:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  It was a heart-stopping scene in Louisville, Kentucky.
  
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• Alligator near Florida lake attacks and kills woman in small boat, authorities say

  07-05-2025 03:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  An alligator attacked and killed a woman in a small boat in the water near a popular Florida lake Tuesday, authorities said.
  
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• Pirates security guard whips fan with belt during stadium fight and gets suspended

  07-05-2025 03:04 via foxnews.com
  
  A Pittsburgh Pirates stadium usher has been suspended after being seen using his belt to whip a fan during a fistfight at PNC Park on Sunday.The video begins by showing the usher and fan standing face-to-face in a heated argument before the staffer punches the fan in the face multiple times. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMOther fans are seen coming to break up the fight, but the pause is only temporary. Just seconds later, the fan is seen spitting on the usher, who t
  
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• 'The View' co-host insists Gloria Gaynor is actually a feminist after singer rejects title

  07-05-2025 03:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The ladies of "The View" tried to make sense of why Gloria Gaynor does not consider her iconic song, "I Will Survive," to be a feminist anthem and why she would not label herself a feminist.In a recent interview with the UK outlet Metro, Gaynor said that one of the biggest misconceptions about her is that people think she's a feminist. Her 1978 mega-hit was not so much a feminist ballad, she said, but one that put a spotlight on trauma, as she was dealing with some of her own struggles at the ti
  
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• Scott Bessent says US doesn't want to decouple from China ahead of scheduled meeting with Chinese counterpart

  07-05-2025 02:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts over the weekend in Switzerland to discuss economic matters, a significant first step in trade talks between the two global superpowers since President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on "Liberation Day."Bessent told "The Ingraham Angle" in an interview Tuesday that he was planning on traveling to Switzerland to negotiate with the Swiss and found out that the Chine
  
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• Astounding new audio shows air traffic controllers reacting to FAA tech outage: 'This is a serious issue'

  07-05-2025 02:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Incredible air traffic control (ATC) audio captures the moment staff lost radar and radio signals while guiding planes to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey last week.The April 28 outage lasted roughly 90 seconds. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital, writing that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s operation in Philadelphia had "temporarily lost radar and communications with the aircraft under their control, unable t
  
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• Ex-NFL player speaks out against college athlete revenue sharing with landmark Supreme Court ruling pending

  07-05-2025 02:37 via foxnews.com
  
  The age of athlete compensation in college sports could get a lot more complicated with a pending Supreme Court decision. A settlement in the case of House v. NCAA would allow all Division I schools to share revenue directly with student athletes if it receives final approval this month.The current system of NIL compensation, in effect since summer 2021, has faced its share of scrutiny. But universities paying athletes directly would all but erase the "amateurism" that historically defined
  
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• Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee

  07-05-2025 02:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Trump administration has terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities.
  
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• Trump says three Israeli hostages held in Gaza have died

  07-05-2025 02:29 via theguardian.com
  US president reports three deaths and laments ‘terrible situation’ but does not provide further detailsDonald Trump said on Tuesday that three more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, bringing the number still alive to 21.At a White House swearing-in ceremony for his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump revealed that three more Israeli hostages have died in Gaza, meaning that just 21 of the hostages taken from Israel during the 7 October attacks remain alive. Continue reading
  
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• DeSantis signs bill banning fluoride additives in Florida public water: 'Hydrate, not medicate'

  07-05-2025 02:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 700 into law Tuesday, eliminating the ability of local governments to add fluoride or other medical additives to the state’s public water supply, a move cheered by supporters of medical freedom and health transparency."Jamming fluoride in the water supply …  is essentially a forced medication," DeSantis said during a news conference in Tallahassee. "At the end of the day, we should all agree that people deserve informed consent."The new law,
  
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• Salt Lake City approves 3 new flags to get around Utah's ban on Pride flags

  07-05-2025 02:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Salt Lake City adopted three new city flags, an effort to circumvent a new state law that effectively banned flying LGBTQ Pride and other identity flags at public buildings in the state.
  
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• Trump expresses 'absolute confidence' as Steve Witkoff is sworn in as special Middle East envoy

  07-05-2025 02:04 via foxnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s new special envoy to the Middle East was sworn in by Secretary of State Marco Rubio Tuesday in an Oval Office ceremony.Speaking before the swearing-in, Trump praised Witkoff, who was instrumental in securing an extended ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the return of 33 hostages, including two Americans, who were being held by Hamas. Trump said Witkoff has "been with me, more or less, one way or the other, every step of the way," adding that he has "absol
  
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• Teamsters boss praises Trump foreign film tariff, condemns Hollywood's 'un-American addiction to outsourcing'

  07-05-2025 02:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien and Teamsters Motion Picture Division Director Lindsay Dougherty praised President Donald Trump’s call to place a 100% tariff on films produced in other countries.In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump wrote that the "Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death." He went on to warn, "Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States," and that, "Hollywood, and many other
  
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• As measles outbreak slows in West Texas, doctors remain on alert

  07-05-2025 02:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The measles outbreak that’s sickened hundreds and killed two young girls since January appears to be slowing in West Texas as the virus runs out of people to infect.
  
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