41 minutes ago Committee reviewing euthanasia in Canada finds some deaths driven by homelessness fears, isolation

An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada’s most populous province has identified several cases where patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness

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69 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza operation, says Israel

Sinwar, seen as an architect of the 7 October attack, has been killed in an Israeli operation in Gaza, Israeli military and foreign minister sayThe US military has mobilised its long-range B-2 stealth bombers to conduct strikes against “five hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The Pentagon said the facilities house various weapons components the Houthis have used to target civilian and military vessels, roiling commercial shipping in the Red Sea. “This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified,” defence secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.The US Central Command said its battle damage as...

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76 minutes ago Former porn store worker hits back at ‘bizarre’ allegations by North Carolina lieutenant governor

Mark Robinson is running against Democratic Josh Stein in the campaign to succeed Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper

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84 minutes ago ‘£63 billion doesn’t lie’ – minister denies business confidence dip under Labour

Shadow ministers raised research from the Institute of Directors’ Economic Confidence Index, which measures business leader optimism.

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel DNA testing body believed could be Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Hamas sources indicate they think Sinwar, seen as an architect of the 7 October attack, has been killed in an Israeli operation in GazaThe US military has mobilised its long-range B-2 stealth bombers to conduct strikes against “five hardened underground weapons storage locations” in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The Pentagon said the facilities house various weapons components the Houthis have used to target civilian and military vessels, roiling commercial shipping in the Red Sea. “This was a unique demonstration of the United States’ ability to target facilities that our adversaries seek to keep out of reach, no matter how deeply buried underground, hardened, or fortified,” defence secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.The US Central Command said its battle damage assessments...

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2 hours ago Man denies attempted murder of toddler by stepping in front of train – court

Frederick Danquah, 27, denies three charges and will go on trial at the High Court in Glasgow next July.

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3 hours ago Police insisted second Salisbury novichok attack was drug overdose, inquiry told

Inspector dismissed emergency services’ concerns that incident was similar to Skripal poisonings, KC saysPolice officers urged paramedics and firefighters to treat the second novichok incident in 2018 as a drug overdose despite warnings from the ambulance and fire services that it had similarities to the first poisoning four months earlier in Salisbury, a public inquiry has heard.The UK government believes the novichok was brought into Britain by agents tasked by Vladimir Putin to target the former spy Sergei Skripal, who had been settled in Salisbury after a spy exchange, the inquiry heard earlier this week. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned on 4 March 2018 and both survived. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Liam Payne's ex Maya Henry targeted by vile trolls following death of star days after she issued cease and desist letter over his 'obsessive' contact as other fans defend her

Liam Payne's ex-fiancée Maya Henry has become the target of online trolls who are unfairly saying she it to blame for the death of the One Direction singer.

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3 hours ago Collingwood insists England have belief to chase down ‘tough’ Pakistan target

Coach promises England will attack on day four‘This team’s capable of some special things’Paul Collingwood insisted England had not given up hope of beating Pakistan despite ending the third day of the second Test on a near-exhausted pitch on 36 for two, still 261 runs from a distant and testing target. “We’ll still have belief,” the assistant coach said. “It’ll be a hell of a chase, but we’ve got to be realistic – it’s a tough ask.”England’s pursuit started dismally, with Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley both falling within the first four overs. Their only real cause for optimism is the ease – at least once he had benefited from two dropped catches while still in single figures – with which Salman Agha scored 63 late-innings runs as Pakistan reached 221 in their second knock. Continue readi...

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