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Iran’s steep demands for US over Strait of Hormuz threaten to derail reopening
A deal between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is teetering over steep demands from Tehran for the United States and vice versa. Iran on Sunday said the agreement to set up new shipping lanes was in its final stages, but repeated that the vital waterway would only reopen once Washington met…
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Disabled in a heatwave: ‘We’re talking about survival’
As the UK faces its fifth heatwave of the summer, disabled people say extreme heat poses risks to their safety and independence that are largely absent from public health advice and emergency planning. Campaigners and those affected describe the situation as far more serious than mere discomfort, with heatwaves forcing them to curtail travel, work…
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4 Wilson Pickett Songs That Everyone Should Still Know Today
American Songwriter has published a retrospective highlighting four songs by soul singer Wilson Pickett that it argues remain essential listening today. The piece marks the enduring legacy of Pickett, who began his career with the 1963 album “It’s Too Late” and went on to record hits over a career spanning more than 25 years. It…
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Experimental Pentagon weapons test blamed for deadly crash was NOT an anomaly: LT COL DANIEL DAVIS blows the whistle on decades of secretive military programs
A former US Army officer, Lt Col Daniel Davis, has alleged that a fatal civilian plane crash in New Mexico last May, in which four people died, was linked to GPS jamming from a nearby military exercise, and argues the incident reflects a wider, longstanding pattern of risky secretive weapons testing by the US military…
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Trump says he hasn’t spoken to Blanche or Pirro about prosecuting Fauci
President Trump said Monday he has not spoken to Attorney General Todd Blanche nor Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., regarding prosecuting Dr. Anthony Fauci. “I have not spoken to them about that, no,” Trump told Semafor’s Shelby Talcott in the Oval Office. Last Thursday, Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental…
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What he told me made my blood run cold – Michael Sheen investigates Wales’ toxic legacy
Actor Michael Sheen has made a new BBC iPlayer documentary investigating claims that chemical giant Monsanto dumped huge quantities of toxic industrial waste, including PCBs, at sites across Wales decades ago, allegedly contributing to rare cancers among people who lived nearby. The investigation was prompted by whistleblower Douglas Gowan, a former farming consultant who spent…
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Divorced dad’s attempt to bond with his daughter ended in tragedy… now legal experts say it could spark seismic shift in America’s gun laws
Jeffrey Rupnow, a divorced father from Wisconsin, gave his 15-year-old daughter Natalie a gun as a bonding gesture, only for her to use it to kill a classmate and a teacher before taking her own life at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison in December 2024. Rupnow has now been sentenced to prison after admitting…
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Michigan Dem Senate nominee comes under fire over resurfaced blog post linking football to ‘toxic masculinity’
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for a US Senate seat in Michigan, is facing criticism after a 2021 blog post resurfaced in which he linked American football to “toxic masculinity”. The piece, highlighted in a report by The Midwesterner, has drawn attention as El-Sayed campaigns for the Senate, with critics seizing on his past remarks…
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American Academy of Pediatrics calls Trump vaccine order ‘dangerous’
The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics blasted President Trump’s Monday executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines. “As measles cases reach a 35-year high in the U.S. and with cold and flu season quickly approaching, today’s executive order on vaccines is not only disheartening but dangerous,” Dr. Andrew Racine said in a release. …
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Government reviews early release of PC Harper’s killers
Downing Street faced intense backlash after appearing to rule out blocking the early release of two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers, before performing a late-night U-turn in which No 10 said prime minister Andy Burnham had asked justice secretary Alex Norris to explore options for keeping more serious offenders, including Harper’s killers, in prison for…