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Arrests after Greenpeace protest at Rishi Sunak's North Yorkshire home

Five people have been arrested after activists climbed on the roof of the prime minister’s home to protest at 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences.

August 4, 2023 11:05 am
 

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Ukraine says it launched July attack on bridge to Crimea

Ukraine’s military launched an attack on Russia’s bridge over the Kerch Strait last month, Kyiv has confirmed.

August 4, 2023 10:45 am
 

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Trump pleads not guilty to charges he tried to overturn election loss

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what U.S. prosecutors call an unprecedented effort by the then-president to undermine the pillars of American democracy.

August 4, 2023 9:00 am
 

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On Ukraine's landmine-strewn front, even the corpses can kill

When they found the bodies of Russian troops at an abandoned position, something about the corpses looked wrong.

August 4, 2023 8:55 am
 

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Typhoon Khanun shuts markets, grounds flights in Taiwan

Northern Taiwan on Thursday shut businesses and schools while airlines cancelled dozens of flights as the slow-moving Typhoon Khanun skirted past the island’s northeast amid warnings of floods and high winds.

August 3, 2023 5:26 pm
 

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Australia office vacancies edge up to highest level since 1990s

Australia’s office vacancy rates crept higher in the first half to levels not seen since the 1990s, according to new research on Thursday which underscores the challenges facing landlords struggling to fill buildings emptied during COVID amid a slowing economy.

August 3, 2023 4:02 pm
 

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Ukraine says Russians fail to advance but are well dug in

Russian forces have made no headway along the front lines, but are entrenched in heavily mined areas they control, making it difficult for Ukrainian troops to move east and south, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.

August 3, 2023 2:36 pm
 

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First UK nationals safely out of the country, foreign minister says

The first group of British nationals have safely left Niger on a French flight to Paris, the Foreign Office has said.

August 3, 2023 1:00 pm
 

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Ukraine war: Drones target Odesa grain stores near Romania border

A Russian drone strike has hit Ukrainian port facilities at Izmail on the River Danube, a short distance from Nato member state Romania.

August 3, 2023 12:08 pm
 

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Donald Trump slams election indictment on eve of court hearing

Ex-US President Donald Trump has lashed out at charges against him of plotting to overturn his 2020 election defeat, on the eve of his court appearance.

August 3, 2023 11:49 am
 

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Russia strikes Ukraine's Danube port, sending global grain prices higher

Russia attacked Ukraine’s grain ports in the early hours of Wednesday, including an inland port across the Danube River from Romania, sending global food prices soaring as Moscow ramps up its use of force to reimpose a blockade of Ukrainian exports.

August 3, 2023 6:49 am
 

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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman gets death penalty

A US federal jury has sentenced the attacker who killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in October 2018 to the death penalty.

August 3, 2023 6:40 am

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