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Perseid meteor shower: When is the best time to watch the summer light show?
The Perseid summer light show is back — and viewing conditions are especially promising for the Northern Hemisphere.
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How to see the Sun’s corona during the eclipse
BBC News has published a video explainer on how viewers can spot the Sun’s corona during a solar eclipse, aimed at those in the US and Canada watching the event. The corona, the Sun’s outer atmosphere, becomes visible to the naked eye only during totality, when the Moon fully blocks the Sun’s bright disc, offering…
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Nigel Farage reprimands Reform’s Zia Yusuf for calling former defence secretary a ‘traitor’
A public rift has opened within Reform UK after leader Nigel Farage rebuked his home affairs spokesman, Zia Yusuf, for branding former Conservative defence secretary Ben Wallace a “traitor”. Farage told The Sun the language was “too strong” and “over the top”, and said he would give Yusuf “a ticking off”, exposing tensions over the…
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The Movement: A $20 burrito and a fight over affordability
A personal note to readers from Emily Brooks: I have welcomed my second child! I’ll be out on maternity leave for the next few months, and Helen, our Senate reporter, will take over writing of The Movement in the meantime. Please continue to share your insights, events, scoops and announcements with her. I look forward…
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Trump secretly departed Turkey on third plane: Report
President Trump secretly departed the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, last month using an alternate military aircraft amid security concerns involving Iran. Trump boarded the old Air Force One jet before he was secretly shuttled to a smaller Air Force C-32A plane while inside a catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies…
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Eclipse chasers scramble for glasses as stocks run low
Shoppers across the UK are struggling to find safety-approved eclipse glasses ahead of Wednesday’s solar eclipse, the country’s most significant since 1999, as retailers report stock selling out amid a surge in demand. Health officials have warned that people must not look directly at the sun without proper protection, as even brief exposure can cause…
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Angela Rayner says she would be ‘devastated’ if her children vaped as she admits she can’t quit
Angela Rayner has spoken publicly about her long-standing addiction to nicotine, admitting she would be “devastated” if her children took up vaping despite her own inability to quit. The communities secretary, who took up vaping to help her stop smoking, described the habit as a “lifetime of purgatory”, highlighting the tension between government efforts to…
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Trump, threatened by Iran, used ruse to fly home from Turkey on jet
In today’s issue: ▪ Republicans to choose Graham replacement ▪ Trump rolls back vaccine guidance ▪ Blanche sworn in as attorney general ▪ Record heat in contiguous U.S. President Trump engaged in an elaborate ruse last month as he faced a threat against his life from Iran, leaving a summit in Turkey via military jet…
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Hacks by runaway AI are foreseeable. We’re letting them happen.
There is a point of no return ahead: a point where we can’t simply turn the AIs off because they’d escape and turn us off instead.
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UK housebuilder urges Andy Burnham to slash stamp duty to boost housing market
Housebuilder Bellway has called on the Government to immediately cut stamp duty and introduce a deposit support scheme for first-time buyers, in a bid to revive the UK’s sluggish property market. The Newcastle-based firm’s appeal comes despite prime minister Andy Burnham having ruled out a major stamp duty overhaul at the Autumn Budget, and reflects…