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Morning news brief
Iran aims to put pressure on Trump amid negotiations with Oman, Labor Department to release new report on inflation, new report reveals decades of abuse at arts school linked to Epstein.
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Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief
Thames Water has paid its chief financial officer, Steve Buck, a £1m signing fee despite the company facing intense scrutiny over its finances and the possibility of being brought into public ownership. The disclosure, made by chairman Sir Adrian Montague in a letter to MPs, has reignited criticism of the struggling utility, which is one…
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Senate stalls crypto bill, jets scramble over Trump’s Bedminster, RSC unveils Mad King prequel
The Senate left without voting on the CLARITY Act, F-16s were scrambled over Trump’s Bedminster after airspace breaches, and the RSC unveiled its Game of Thrones prequel; plus cricket, baseball, music and a naked Wisconsin joyride round out the bulletin.
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UK wants deeper post-Brexit relationship with EU under Burnham, says minister
Hamish Falconer has pledged to create a ‘more ambitious relationship’ with the bloc
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‘Tear Gas’ Is a Fiction Film Shot Inside Georgia Anti-Government Protests. And It Is “an Act of Resistance”
A new fiction film, “Tear Gas,” directed by Georgian filmmaker Uta Beria, was shot inside real anti-government demonstrations in Tbilisi, blending scripted drama with footage of ongoing protests against the Georgian government. The film follows 16-year-old Elene and her family as they are drawn into the unrest, and is described by its makers as an…
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Space Agencies Are Trying to Keep Astronauts From Losing Their Sight
The European Space Agency has commissioned British startup Siloton to develop a compact eye-scanning device to help understand and eventually treat spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), a condition that damages astronauts’ eyesight during long missions. The work is being done ahead of the Artemis programme’s crewed missions to the moon and other deep space journeys, where…
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Clacton feels like the butt of a bad joke. ‘I saw Count Binface being interviewed – it made me really angry’
Voters in Clacton-on-Sea go to the polls on Thursday in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, the sitting MP, in July. The contest has been widely framed nationally as a two-horse race between Farage and satirical candidate Count Binface, with pollsters suggesting the joke candidate could win as much…
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John Oliver Takes Shots at Own Company’s DC Superhero Movies on ‘Last Week Tonight’
On Sunday’s edition of “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver aimed his ire at President Trump’s Department of Justice that has, under former Attorney General Pam Bondi, designate Attorney General Todd Blanche (Trump’s personal lawyer who’d defended him for concealing hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels) and attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro,…
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SNP tuition record under fire as AOC interview, heatwave and Nolan’s billion-dollar Odyssey make headlines
Politics, health, sport, film and tech news: SNP faces free-tuition criticism and AOC draws attention; US Cyclospora fears boost farmers’ markets; Clarkson declares his harvest ruined; London Spirit win The Hundred; The Odyssey tops $1.1bn; Source Foundry lands $400m AI backing.
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Peta Credlin unloads at Albo for billing taxpayers to fly his family to Canberra… after Daily Mail exposed out-of-touch act amid cost-of-living crisis
Sky News host and commentator Peta Credlin has criticised Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after it emerged that his family’s flights to Canberra were billed to taxpayers, a practice the Daily Mail had earlier highlighted as out of touch given the ongoing cost-of-living pressures many Australians face. Credlin’s intervention adds a prominent conservative media voice…