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• Zika's origin and global spread

  05-08-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  The following timeline charts the origin and spread of the Zika virus from its discovery nearly 70 years ago:
  
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• Iran protests live updates: death toll passes 2,500 as Trump warns Tehran against executions

  14-01-2026 09:03 via theguardian.com
  US president says ‘help is on its way’, as reported death toll rises into the thousands and concerns Tehran may carry out first protest-related execution, that of Erfan SoltaniTrump promises ‘help is on its way’ and tells Iranians to ‘keep protesting’Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital amid brutal crackdown on protestsIran protests: what we know so far about the spiralling anti-government demonstrationsFor the first time in days, Ira
  
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• Senior Liberals urge colleagues to vote against Labor’s hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

  14-01-2026 08:15 via theguardian.com
  It comes after opposition leader Sussan Ley has spent weeks calling for better legislative protections to tackle antisemitism Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSenior Liberals are urging colleagues to vote against Labor’s fast-tracked legislation in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, despite opposition leader Sussan Ley calling for urgent legislative action for weeks.Labor would be forced to rely on support fr
  
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• Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s

  14-01-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in AustraliaWes Streeting has asked Jonathan Haidt, a bestselling author and high-profile advocate of banning social media for under-16s, to speak to his officials in his push for the UK to consider following a landmark ban in Australia.The health secretary has invited Haidt to address an event with staff, charities and MPs after the prime minister, Keir Starmer, said he was open to stricter li
  
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• Craig Silvey’s books pulled from WA and Victoria curriculums after child exploitation material charges

  14-01-2026 07:55 via theguardian.com
  Sydney stage adaptation and new book put on hold after Runt and Jasper Jones author arrestedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian novelist Craig Silvey’s books have been withdrawn from school curriculums in Victoria and his home state, and a major stage adaptation of one of his works has been halted after the author was charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material this week.Silvey,
  
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• Saks Global files for bankruptcy after takeover leads to financial collapse

  14-01-2026 07:53 via theguardian.com
  Debt-riddled retail giant’s demise has cast uncertainty over the future of US luxury fashionThe high-end department store conglomerate Saks Global filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in one of the largest retail collapses since the pandemic, barely a year after a deal that brought Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus under the same roof.The move cast uncertainty over the future of US luxury fashion, though the retailer said early on Wednesday its stores would remain
  
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• Minns says bridge used in Bondi attack should be torn down – as it happened

  14-01-2026 07:35 via theguardian.com
  This blog is now closedSenior Liberals urge colleagues to vote against Labor’s hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attackGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBridget McKenzie concerned there’s not enough time to work through hate speech and gun reform legislationBridget McKenzie, the shadow minister for infrastructure, said she is concerned there is not enough time to work through upcoming legislation on hate speech and gun reforms after the Bondi t
  
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• At least 22 killed as crane collapses on train in Thailand

  14-01-2026 07:24 via theguardian.com
  Crane was working on a high-speed rail project when it collapsed and hit the passing train, causing it to derail and briefly catch fireAt least 22 people in Thailand have been killed and scores injured after a crane collapsed onto a passenger train, derailing it on Wednesday, officials said.Footage from the scene verified by Agence France-Presse showed the crane’s broken structure resting on giant concrete pillars, with smoke rising from the wreckage of the train below. Continue reading...
  
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• Kiefer Sutherland arrested for allegedly assaulting ride-share driver

  14-01-2026 07:22 via theguardian.com
  The 24 actor was taken into custody after officers responded to a call in Hollywood shortly after midnightKiefer Sutherland, who starred in the television series 24 and vampire flick The Lost Boys, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of assaulting a ride-share driver, according to Los Angeles police.The Canadian-British actor was taken into custody after officers responded to a call in Hollywood shortly after midnight. Continue reading...
  
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• Palestinian citizen of Israel wins UK asylum over ‘well-founded fear of persecution’

  14-01-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Refugee status granted despite attempt by former home secretary James Cleverly to block 26-year-old’s claimA Palestinian citizen of Israel has been granted asylum in the UK on the basis of a “well-founded fear of persecution” despite a former home secretary’s attempt to block the claim.Hasan (not his real name) is believed to be the first Palestinian with an Israeli passport to be given refugee status in the UK. But the decision came only after two about-turns
  
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• Venezuela live updates: Multiple detained Americans released, State Department says

  14-01-2026 06:29
  A State Department team traveled to Venezuela to help with the release, according to a senior State Department official.
  
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• Exiled gangland boss Kazem Hamad linked to Victoria’s tobacco wars arrested in Iraq

  14-01-2026 05:16 via theguardian.com
  Hamad arrested on behalf of Australian authorities for alleged drug traffickingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn exiled underworld boss connected to Victoria’s ongoing tobacco wars has been arrested in Iraq.Kazem “Kaz” Hamad was arrested on behalf of Australian law enforcement authorities for alleged drug trafficking, according to a statement from the Iraq’s National Centre for International
  
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• Eight arrested in Minneapolis as Trump officials issue threats to protesters

  14-01-2026 04:25 via theguardian.com
  Federal agents use teargas against protesters as homeland security officials tell of‘largest operation in DHS history’Eight people were arrested outside a federal building in Minneapolis on Tuesday, according to the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration doubled down on threats to protesters and city and state officials who might try to impede their mass deportation agenda.Throughout the afternoon, crowds of people who gathered in protest against the continued p
  
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• Trump threatens to revoke citizenship of naturalized immigrants convicted of fraud - as it happened

  14-01-2026 03:58 via theguardian.com
  This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: president vows to help ‘Iranian Patriots’ in latest signal of military action against TehranDonald Trump is heading to Detroit, Michigan today, where he’ll tour a Ford factory in Dearborn.The president will deliver remarks to the Detroit Economic Club at 2pm ET, to continue his “affordability” tour, where he’s expected to tout the administration’s commitment to revitalising manufacturing and keeping co
  
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• Trump says Renee Good probably a ‘wonderful person – but her actions were pretty tough’

  14-01-2026 03:35 via theguardian.com
  President speaks to CBS News about killing of woman by ICE agent and defends immigration crackdownDonald Trump has defended his administration’s increasingly violent immigration crackdown, describing the 37-year-old woman killed by federal agents as likely a “wonderful person” whose “tough” actions justified a lethal response.Trump’s comments, made during an interview with CBS News after touring a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan, came as tensions continue to
  
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• Iran protests: what we know so far about the spiralling anti-government demonstrations

  14-01-2026 03:20 via theguardian.com
  Protests began over the fall in value of the currency have grown into wider demonstrations and calls for the fall of Iran’s clerical establishmentIran protests live updatesTrump promises ‘help is on its way’ and tells Iranians to ‘keep protesting’Continue reading...
  
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• WATCH: Puppy training for avalanche rescues rides the slopes on ski patroller's shoulders

  14-01-2026 02:56
  David Muir shares the adorable moment caught on tape of a 5-month-old puppy, who's training to become a certified avalanche rescue dog, skiing down the slopes on the shoulders of a ski patroller.
  
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• Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: 'No basis' for civil rights probe, DOJ says

  14-01-2026 02:49
  At least four federal prosecutors have resigned out of concerns that the Department is focusing on investigating Renee Good for ties to groups that have been protesting.
  
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• WATCH: Paraglider survives nearly 500-foot fall into ocean

  14-01-2026 02:47
  A paraglider survived a nearly 500-foot fall into the ocean off the coast of Florida, authorities say.
  
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• Winter storms kill five in Gaza amid desperate conditions in makeshift camps

  14-01-2026 02:41 via theguardian.com
  At least four displaced Palestinians killed when strong winds caused walls to collapse onto their tents and a one-year-old boy died of hypothermiaStrong winter winds collapsed walls onto flimsy tents for Palestinians displaced by war in Gaza, killing at least four people, as dangerous living conditions persist after more than two years of devastating Israeli bombardment and aid shortfalls.A ceasefire has been in effect since October, but aid groups say that Palestinians broadly lack the shelter
  
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• US citizens should ‘leave Iran now’, says US state department – as it happened

  14-01-2026 02:07 via theguardian.com
  This liveblog is closed. Our new liveblog is here.Non-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Agence France-Presse. The personnel left on Sunday and Monday, the sources added, without saying how many people had departed. “The protection of our personnel and our citizens is a priority,” a French foreign ministry official told AFP.Commenting on the protests, the UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said:This cycle o
  
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• WATCH: 'Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams dies at 68

  14-01-2026 01:57
  Scott Adams, the cartoonist whose "Dilbert" comic strip satirizing white-collar office life appeared in newspapers around the world at its peak, has died at age 68.
  
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• South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol

  14-01-2026 01:43 via theguardian.com
  Yoon is on trial for insurrection charges, after trying to declare martial law in late 2024South Korean prosecutors have demanded the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law declaration in December 2024, in the first insurrection trial of a Korean head of state in three decades.Prosecutors characterised the case as the “serious destruction of constitutional order by anti-state forces”, telling Seoul central district court that Yoon had “dire
  
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• BTS announces return with new world tour in 2026 and 2027

  14-01-2026 01:40 via theguardian.com
  K-pop band to start tour in April after nearly four-year hiatus due to all seven members needing to complete South Korea’s mandatory military serviceThe BTS comeback is upon us: the K-pop septet has announced a 2026-2027 world tour, kicking off in South Korea in April and running through to March 2027 with more than 70 dates across Asia, North America, South America, Australia and Europe.The tour marks the group’s first headline performances since their 2021–22 Permission to Da
  
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• One in four UK teenagers in care have attempted to end their lives, study says

  14-01-2026 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Research also shows teenagers in care are four times more likely to try to end their lives than peers with no care historyOne in four teenagers in care have attempted to end their own life, and are four times more likely to do so than their peers with no care experience, according to a landmark study.The research analysed data from the millennium cohort study, which follows the lives of 19,000 people born in the UK between 2000 and 2002, and considered how out of home care, including foster, res
  
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• Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Somalis in US

  13-01-2026 23:59 via theguardian.com
  Critics condemn ‘bigoted attack’ as Trump bids to revoke citizenship of naturalized immigrants convicted of fraud The Trump administration is terminating temporary protected status (TPS) for Somalis living in the United States, giving hundreds of people two months to leave the country or face deportation.The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, said in a statement that conditions in the east African country had improved sufficiently and that Somalis no longer qualified for the d
  
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• Labour revives Northern Powerhouse Rail project with pledge of £45bn funds

  13-01-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Plan will start with TransPennine upgrade with new line connecting Liverpool and Manchester in second phaseLong-awaited plans for better railways across the north of England have been given government backing with an undertaking to “reverse years of chronic underinvestment” by spending up to £45bn building Northern Powerhouse Rail.Just over £1bn has been allocated to work up a detailed three-stage plan to connect cities from Liverpool to Newcastle, which could fulfil most
  
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• Teen suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire indicted on state hate crime charges

  13-01-2026 21:29
  The suspect allegedly set the fire due to the building’s “Jewish ties,” the FBI said in a charging affidavit.
  
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• UK government rolls back key part of digital ID plans

  13-01-2026 21:14 via theguardian.com
  Workers will be able to use other identification for right to work, meaning digital form not mandatoryMinisters have rolled back plans for a central element of the proposed digital ID plans, leaving open the possibility that people will be able to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work.This will mean that the IDs, announced to some controversy in September, will no longer be mandatory for working-age people, given that the only planned obligatory element was to prove the
  
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• West Midlands police commissioner criticises MPs for bias against chief constable

  13-01-2026 21:12 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Simon Foster is the man responsible for deciding if Craig Guildford should be fired over Maccabi Tel Aviv banThe man who will decide if the West Midlands chief constable, Craig Guildford, deserves to lose his job over the banning of Israeli fans from a football match has attacked MPs for being biased against him.Simon Foster, the West Midlands police and crime commissioner, criticised MPs on the home affairs committee for allegedly briefing journalists that Guildford should be ousted,
  
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