1 hour ago A ruling this week in the Caster Semenya case could reignite the issue of sex eligibility in sports

A ruling expected this week by the highest chamber of the European Court of Human Rights could reignite champion runner Caster Semenya’s yearslong legal battle against sports authorities over sex eligibility rules

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1 hour ago You have a high IQ if you can spot goat's owner hiding in plain sight

An optical illusion is challenging Brits to spot a woman hiding in plain sight - and it's leaving people feeling frustrated. But can you find the goat's owner in time?

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2 h. ago Convicted murderer Derrick Groves eludes law enforcement as last New Orleans jail escapee on the run

Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail almost two months ago, and authorities have captured all but the man with the most violent rap sheet

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2 h. ago Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites

Doctors say hundreds have been wounded by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach convoysMedical officials, humanitarian workers and doctors in Gaza say they have been overwhelmed by almost daily “mass casualty incidents” as they struggle to deal with those wounded by Israeli fire on Palestinians seeking aid.Doctors said many of the casualties they are treating describe being shot as they try to reach distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a secretive US- and Israel-backed organisation that began handing out food in late May. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Flood victim's 30 minutes of terror on phone to 911 as waters rose but they still couldn't save her

At least 173 people remain missing five days after a '30-foot tsunami wall of water' wiped out cabins along the Guadalupe River and destroyed everything in its path.

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5 h. ago Wannabe fraudster, 33, who tried to claim £74,000 after lorry smashed into his Porsche is caught out... because dashcam snapped him 'hiding in bushes' 

Terell Brooks, a 33-year-old account manager from Romford, claimed he was sat in the £81,000 car at the time of impact and suffered injuries as a result.

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5 h. ago MethaneSat down: how New Zealand space ambitions fell off the radar

Satellite built to track emissions fails just as New Zealand scientists about to take control and reap returns of NZ$29m government investmentFor scientist Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher, the news that a methane-tracking satellite was lost in space last week left her feeling like the air had been sucked from her lungs.It happened just days before New Zealand was due to take control of the spacecraft, known as MethaneSat, which was designed to “name and shame” the worst methane polluters in the oil and gas industry. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Labour threw cash at striking junior doctors. Now, they have come back for more and are threatening to plunge the NHS into chaos... we know who really runs the country: TOM HARRIS

We all saw it coming, so why didn't Labour? When your only tactic for ending the doctors' strikes was to stuff the medics' mouths with gold, obviously they were going to come back for more

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5 h. ago The Latest: Supreme Court will allow Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce to go ahead

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce despite warnings from experts that vital government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs

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6 h. ago Floods death toll set to soar FAR higher than feared as sheer terror of victim who couldn't be saved emerges

At least 173 people remain missing five days after a '30-foot tsunami wall of water' wiped out cabins along the Guadalupe River and destroyed everything in its path.

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6 h. ago Funeral home owner accused of stashing decaying bodies expected to plead guilty in federal court

A Colorado funeral home owner accused of storing nearly 190 decomposing bodies and defrauding the government is expected to plead guilty

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7 h. ago ASA cracks down on online pharmacies advertising weight loss injections

Watchdog releases nine new rulings setting clear precedents for online sellingOnline pharmacies are no longer allowed to run adverts for weight loss injections, the advertising watchdog has ruled, as part of a crackdown on what has been described as a “wild west” culture of online selling.In the UK, advertising prescription-only medications (POMs) – which includes all weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro – to the public is illegal. However, a Guardian investigation previously found some online pharmacies either breaking these rules outright, or exploiting grey areas to peddle the medications to the public. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago More than half of people who acted on social media financial advice ‘lost money’

TSB is urging people to do their research to check that content is accurate, before acting on money advice.

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7 h. ago Ashes of 166 people lost after blunder by firm offering 'funerals in space'

The Exploration Company (TEC) is investigating how the ashes were lost during the mission, attempted to have been completed for the American space burial company Celestis

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10 h. ago Bizarre moment leads to Germany’s win over Denmark at Women’s Euro 2025

Germany 2-1 Denmark: Lea Schueller scored the winner after a Denmark player smashed a clearance into the face of her team-mate

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10 h. ago Trump suggests running NYC if Mamdani elected and the White House taking control of DC

The president escalates attacks with threat of ‘tremendous power’ to ‘run’ cities if his political opponents are elected

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10 h. ago Supreme court lifts order blocking Trump’s federal layoffs, paving way for mass job cuts

Justices lift lower court decision that had stopped administration from firing hundreds of thousands of government employeesDan Osborn, the independent candidate who came surprisingly close to defeating Republican senator Deb Fischer in Nebraska last year, announced on Tuesday he will run for the state’s other Senate seat in 2026 against GOP senator Pete Ricketts.The industrial mechanic and former Kellogg’s strike leader lost to Fischer by less than seven points in 2024 – a remarkable result in deep-red Nebraska. Osborn received 66,000 more votes than Kamala Harris, who lost the state to Donald Trump by 20 points in the presidential race. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Dad tried to kayak in Texas floods to save his young daughters, whose last texts were ‘I love you’

RJ Harber helped evacuate other families but tragically lost his young daughters in the Texas floods on July 4.

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11 h. ago Man shot by armed police outside rural Kent pub was 'wielding a chainsaw and another object officers thought was a homemade BOMB'

Cops in protective clothing and bomb squad officers flocked to the area outside the Park Gate Inn in Hollingbourne, Kent last night..

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11 h. ago I drove 90 minutes to eat at Jeremy Clarkson's pub — 1 thing I wish I'd known before leaving

The Clarkson's Farm host's pub, The Farmer's Dog, is not far from his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds, made famous by the hit Amazon Prime Video series

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