29 h. ago Islamist protests threaten to derail women’s rights reforms in Bangladesh

Concern grows over religious hardliners exploiting fragile law and order situation to curtail women’s rights

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44 h. ago The British Book Awards 2025 LIVE: Updates as books and the people who make them celebrated in London

The British Book Awards 2025 LIVE: Updates as books and the people who make them celebrated in London  The Bookseller

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3 d. ago Missing Welsh teenager live updates: people told to check gardens as concern grows

Concerns are growing for 'vulnerable' Athrun

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3 d. ago Missing Welsh teenager live updates: 'Extensive' land, air and water searches fail as police issue update

Concerns are growing for 'vulnerable' Athrun as searches continue with specialist search officers from several agencies

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3 d. ago Blackpool incident LIVE updates as roads closed and people urged to avoid the area

A major cordon is in place

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3 d. ago Blackpool incident LIVE updates with 'man on the roof' and people told to avoid the area

A major cordon is in place

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3 d. ago Major search launched for missing teenager last seen in swimwear on Welsh beach

A coastguard helicopter and multiple police officers are involved in the search

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6 d. ago Desperate search for Edinburgh woman missing for two weeks as concern grows

Michaela Sharp has been missing since April 26.

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7 d. ago Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ as it retaliates against India missile attack

India claimed strikes, which followed attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir last month, targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’India-Pakistan crisis - live updatesAt least eight people, including a child, have been killed and 35 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.Loud explosions were heard early on Wednesday, and power was knocked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, witnesses said. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report

Producers promoted chemical recycling – processes used to break plastics into constituent molecules – but knew of limitationsPlastic producers have pushed “advanced recycling” as a salve to the plastic waste crisis despite knowing for years that it is not a technically or economically feasible solution, a new report argues.Advanced recycling, also known as chemical recycling, refers to a variety of processes used to break plastics into their constituent molecules. The industry has increasingly promoted these technologies, as public concern about the environmental and health effects of plastic pollution has grown. Yet the rollout of these technologies has been plagued by problems, according to a new analysis from the Center for Climate Integrity (CCI), a fossil-fuel accountability advocacy group. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The covert war waged against Iran on British streets: How MI5 are battling threat from rogue state in UK... and why Tehran is asserting more of its influence abroad

The arrests of seven Iranians in two major anti-terror operations over the weekend coincides with growing concern about the rogue state's activities on British soil.

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9 d. ago Search for missing Welsh teenager who may have travelled to Aberdeen

Police in Wales say the teen, known as Brandon, disappeared from the Blaenau Ffestiniog in northwest Wales on April 29.

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1 week ago Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC says

Three new health reports detail growing concern about an animal sedative that’s showing up in the nation's illegal drug supply

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1 week ago Australia’s mushroom murders trial: who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures?

As the trial over the deadly 2023 beef wellington lunch continues in the Victorian supreme court, here’s what you need to know about the people involvedErin Patterson trial – live updatesA fatal family lunch in regional Victoria is at the centre of a high-profile murder trial that is under way in the state’s supreme court.Erin Patterson is accused of murdering her estranged husband Simon Patterson’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister and Simon’s aunt, Heather Wilkinson, by feeding them a meal of beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms in July 2023. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Concern grows for missing teen last seen ten days ago as police issue appeal

Police say 16-year-old Noah travelled from Llantwit Major to Birmingham.

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2 w. ago Growing concern as California hotel worker dies from same rare rodent disease that killed Gene Hackman's wife

An employee of a well-known California ski resort has died from the same 'tragic and alarming' rodent-caused illness as Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa.

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2 w. ago LIVE Otley Run updates as 'three people attacked' and major incident declared in Leeds

People were reportedly injured by a 'man with weapons'.

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2 w. ago 'Worrying' surge in Victorian disease resistant to antibiotics is 'ticking time bomb', expert warns

Cases of a Victorian-era lung disease continue to rise in England and experts warn its growing resistance to antibiotics is a "huge concern"

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2 w. ago Vatican readies for Pope Francis’s funeral as world leaders head to Rome

Tens of thousands of mourners have queued for hours to pay respects to pontiff before coffin is sealed on FridayPope Francis obituaryEurope live – latest updatesAlmost 130,000 people from all over the world have viewed Pope Francis’s body as the Vatican makes the final preparations for his funeral on Saturday, an event that will be attended by 50 heads of state and 10 monarchs.St Peter’s Basilica closed at 2.30am and reopened three hours later to accommodate the last of the huge crowds of mourners who had patiently waited to pay their respects to Francis, who died at the age of 88 on Monday after a stroke. The coffin will be sealed at 8pm in a ceremony attended by senior cardinals. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Vladimir, stop!’ Trump issues rare rebuke to Putin as Kyiv attack toll rises to 12

Ninety people also wounded after one of the most devastating air attacks against Ukraine for monthsEurope live: latest updatesAt least 12 people have been killed and more than 90 injured in Kyiv after Russia carried out one of the most devastating air attacks against Ukraine for months, with Kharkiv and other cities also targeted.The attack drew a rare rebuke of Russia from Donald Trump, who posted on social media: “Vladimir, STOP!” Continue reading...

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