70 minutes ago BREAKING Liam Payne's cause of death as One Direction star tragically dies aged 31

Singer Liam Payne fell from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina with reports stating he had fallen around 40 metres and suffered 'severe injuries which were incompatible with life'

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2 hours ago Train services disrupted as heavy rainfall causes flooding on railway lines

Services have been affected by flooding on several railway lines

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2 hours ago David Graham murder suspect released by police as dad's death probe continues

The 28-year-old was detained in connection with the death of the 38-year-old.

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2 hours ago Prosecutors say father of Georgia shooting suspect knew son was obsessed with school shooters

Prosecutors say the father of a teenager accused of a deadly high school shooting in Georgia was aware that his son was obsessed with school shooters

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3 hours ago US supreme court declines to pause new federal power plant emissions rule

Emergency requests by 27 states to pause rule requiring fossil fuel-powered plants to reduce emissions were deniedThe US supreme court declined on Wednesday to put on hold a new federal rule targeting carbon pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants at the request of numerous states and industry groups in another major challenge to Joe Biden’s efforts to combat the climate crisis.The justices denied emergency requests by West Virginia, Indiana and 25 other states – most of them Republican-led – as well as power companies and industry associations, to halt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule while litigation continues in a lower court. The regulation, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions that drive the climate crisis, took effect on 8 July. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Harris says ‘Trump must never again’ be president at campaign event with more than 100 Republicans – US elections live

Vice-president tells rally in battleground Pennsylvania that former president will violate oath of office again if re-elected in NovemberDon’t miss important election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsUS Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Washington was looking into reports that North Korea was sending troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine.Western countries have long accused North Korea of sending weapons to help Russia fight in Ukraine. On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the North was also sending personnel, becoming effectively a participant in the war. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Are Putin's agents sending exploding parcels across the world? Russian spies accused of planting 'incendiary device' on plane that later caused fire at DHL warehouse

Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Russia was behind an incendiary device being hidden inside a package on a plane heading for Britain, before it burst into flames after landing.

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5 hours ago Robots may cause humans to lash out in real life if we make one simple mistake

Being nasty to robots might cause us to lash out at humans too, according to Carissa Véliz, a philosopher at the University of Oxford, who is encouraging us to be nice

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5 hours ago Despite the frenzy of Thomas Tuchel’s England reception there is cause for hope | Jonathan Liew

Put aside the patriotic outrage and the German faces similar problems to his predecessors – but could still solve themBut what about the pathway? What kind of message does it send out to all the promising English coaches out there? What does it say about the system when the Football Association needs to import a head coach from abroad? Why won’t you sing the national anthem? Is it hypocritical for you to wear a poppy when it was your lot who, you know?Yes: if the industrial-strength outrage generated by his appointment is any indication, Thomas Tuchel’s press conference after winning the 2026 World Cup is certainly going to be wild. Because of course we must assume that this outrage is in fact a consistent and principled intellectual stance that will be maintained throughout regardless ...

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