55 m. ago Grenfell Uncovered on Netflix review: this litany of failures is rage

Eight years after the disaster, this documentary examines how we got there, to devastating effect

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55 m. ago UK could record another warmest day of year as temperatures up to 33C forecast

Temperatures are forecast to reach the low 30s and could potentially hit 33C on Friday, the Met Office said.

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1 hour ago California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, following a visit this week by Indigenous leaders from Ecuador who urged lawmakers to help stop oil expansion in their territories

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2 h. ago Judge blocks Trump plan to tie states’ transportation funds to immigration enforcement

States argued US transportation secretary lacks authority to impose conditions on funding appropriated by CongressA federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding.Chief US District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, granted the states’ request for an injunction barring the Department of Transportation’s policy, saying the states were likely to succeed on the merits of some or all of their claims. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Manchester United opening Premier League fixtures spark Ruben Amorim fears

United face a challenging set of games to open the 2025/'26 season

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3 h. ago Popular cough medicine for children recalled over bacterial infection risk that can be deadly

The medicine was recalled because it contains Bacillus cereus, a type of bacteria that can cause two types of foodborne illnesses

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3 h. ago Coroner's concern after baby girl's heart defect not detected until after death

A heart defect in the identical twin sister of Esme Atkinson's mum did not trigger a routine scan

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3 h. ago Body tragically found in search for missing girl, 14, who was last seen late on Wednesday

May was reported missing having last been seen at around 10pm on Wednesday on Old Station Road in Weymouth.

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3 h. ago Who will launch nukes first amid WW3 fears, according to experts

Scientists have released a new report, revealing who is most likely to pull the trigger on nuclear Armageddon amid fears of WIII.

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3 h. ago Kylian Mbappe: Real Madrid star discharged from hospital but remains a doubt for Club World Cup clash

The Frenchman was absent from Real’s Club World Cup opener

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4 h. ago What to know about the fatal shooting at a Utah 'No Kings' rally

The “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City was struck by violence when a man allegedly brandished a rifle near the crowd

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4 h. ago Fears as 'no medical record exists of examination' that led to fatal discharge of little girl

‘Vital clinical information’ could risk ‘being lost’ in a complicated ‘mixture of various analogue and digital systems’ in use around the country, slammed a coroner

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5 h. ago Sister act Haim keep the spirit of Brian Wilson alive with an album of sunny California pop, writes Adrian Thrills

I Quit is ostensibly a break-up record, but even when Danielle, Este and Alana sing about heartache, they find it hard to stop the sun from breaking through.

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5 h. ago EastEnders legend Ross Kemp reveals fears over his game show Bridge of Lies

TV legend Ross Kemp has opened up about his career and says he gets nervous when he's hosting his game show Bridge of Lies, in case things get too tense for contestants

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5 h. ago Royal Ascot provides free water but keeps dress code unchanged on hottest day of year

A crowd of 65,718 baked in temperatures near 30C which led the UK Health Security Agency to raise the heat-health alert level to amber

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6 h. ago Terminally ill gran's heartbreaking message to MPs ahead of assisted dying vote

Jane Popplewell, 63, has been diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer, and fears she could die in pain.

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6 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: The deeply personal vendetta driving Trump to deliver the fatal blow against Iran... and Israel's strategy to force his hand

For Trump, it's personal as well as political. The gun is locked and loaded. His finger is on the trigger. All Donald Trump has to decide now is when to pull it - and destroy Iran 's nuclear weapons facilities.

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6 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and Iran: Netanyahu’s war has no visible exit | Editorial

The US president promised to keep his country out of conflicts. The Israeli prime minister has other ideasThe maxim that wars are easy to start and hard to end does not appear to be troubling Benjamin Netanyahu. For the Israeli prime minister, conflict is an end as much as a means, extending his political survival. Under international pressure – however belated and insufficient – over the slaughter in Gaza, he launched the attack on Iran. Initially presented as essential to prevent Tehran from the imminent acquisition of a nuclear bomb, a claim running counter to US intelligence, it is increasingly discussed as the path to bringing down the regime. The defence minister, Israel Katz, has said that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “can no longer be allowed to exist”.Donald Trump has generally seen armed conflict as a trap rather than an escape route. He said that the US would “measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the war...

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6 h. ago The Guardian view on assisted dying: a momentous bill that needs further attention | Editorial

Kim Leadbeater has led a strong campaign, but concerns about the likely impact on vulnerable people remainThe central issue before MPs, as they decide how to vote on the latest version of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, is how to value individual autonomy relative to collective responsibility for vulnerable members of society when making regulations around the end of life. Should terminally ill people be allowed to end their lives with medical help? If so, under what safeguards? The question remains ethically, medically and legally complex.Technological and social changes enabling people to live much longer have created challenges around the resourcing of care and experiences of ageing and dying. There are profound questions about how we manage the final stages of life – and what we owe to those living through them. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Now militant doctors demand the right to walkout on 'heat strike' as temperatures soar

Members of the British Medical Association (BMA) are calling on the union to demand that the NHS adopts a 'national maximum workplace temperature'.

Society