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Cyclospora found at Mexican farm linked to lettuce outbreak, FDA says
Announcement from US officials comes after CDC declared end to outbreak that infected nearly 13,000 people
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Trump threatens to double tariffs on South Korea if they do not pay for Alaska natural gas pipeline – as it happened
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Federal judge halts Big Bend border wall construction in blow to Trump agenda
Plan to install barriers through popular national park sparked outrage from advocates and politicians alike
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DoJ declines to reopen investigation into former Fed chair Jay Powell
Kevin Warsh’s predecessor had been investigated over cost overruns related to central bank renovation project
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Partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard found dead in Louisiana home
Kenan ‘Ken’ Urker, 34, who died of apparent drug overdose, was partner of woman convicted of murder of mother
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Victoria with tremors felt across Melbourne
The epicentre was at Leongatha, 130km south-east of Melbourne, with residents reporting houses shaking just after 2am
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Disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar removed from Michigan sex offender registry
Convicted offender among 20,000 people removed from list after state supreme court ruling on Sora registration law
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Hawaii’s centuries-old sea arch collapses into Pacific after series of rough storms
Hōlei sea arch, formed 550 years ago by erosion from ocean waves, no longer standing, National Park Service confirms
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King Charles III to acknowledge ‘darkest days’ of Britain’s colonial rule during Caribbean tour
Buckingham Palace say the king will not ‘shy away’ from Britain’s role in slavery when he visits Commonwealth nations later this month
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Hundreds gather in Mississippi to protest Republican redistricting: ‘This fight is familiar territory’
Dozens of residents testify to legislature’s redistricting committee in heated hearing, the last of eight
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Ann Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror act against Nigel Farage
Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, say police
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Brazil’s Lula says only he can stop rise of fascism under Bolsonaro’s son
President leads huge rally in Rio before election on Sunday seen as most important for decades
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Christa Pike remains on ventilator after failed execution in Tennessee
Attorneys say hospital staff are working to clear pentobarbital she was administered from her system
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Two Iranian men charged over alleged terror plot targeting Manchester’s Jewish community
The men were arrested on 20 September, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar
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Top Democrats slam ‘Trump’s failing economic agenda’ after weaker-than-expected jobs growth – US politics live
Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer criticize president after US added 29,000 new jobs in September, sharply less than the 84,000 economists had predicted
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Suicide by plane or terrorism? Speculation over motive in flight 1073 attack
Experts sceptical flydubai co-pilot’s only motivation was to end his own life and say key question is means of radicalisation
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OpenAI disclose another hack on government department in Australia
Attack accessing historical data on bushfires occurred in June but not disclosed by the tech company until Thursday
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Polanski says he does not need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader
Exclusive: Party leader says outcome of ‘knife-edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his position
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Palestine Action activists used whips and hammers to threaten guards at arms factory, court hears
Five defendants accused of being part of ‘black team’ tasked with overcoming security at Israel-linked firm Elbit near Bristol
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Fires, fury and hundreds of arrests as France gripped by student protests
Government struggling to deal with worst crisis in months after being taken by surprise by massive demonstrations
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Olivia Dean accused of plagiarism on her I’ve Seen It track
Mattie Music Group, owners of Bill Withers’ back catalogue, contend the Grammy winner infringed on Just the Two of Us
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Peter Thiel revealed as secret buyer of Bel Air mansion that sold for $130m
The 1938 mansion, Casa Encantada, once belonged to Conrad Hilton and was sold at foreclosure auction
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England school inspections to be overhauled again after barrage of complaints
Exclusive: Education secretary sends Ofsted back to ‘drawing board’ as teachers raise serious concerns about new system
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Police divers find body of person missing after helicopter crash near LA
Death toll of medical helicopter crash is now three people as two others continue to recover from injuries, authorities say
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Spanish right wing votes down housing crisis plans as protest movement grows
Opposition lawmakers join forces to defeat proposals made by Socialist-led coalition after eviction of 87-year-old
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US Coast Guard says it intercepted ship carrying fuel to Cuba
US says ship thought to be using common ‘dark fleet’ tactics was boarded and taken to Mexico as embargo continues
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Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election
Guarantee will remain until 2030 but MPs will vote on changes during this parliament, government says
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Woman in alleged Cornell gang-rape case was ‘failed’ by system, New York governor says
Kathy Hochul briefs journalists with state attorney general Letitia James, who will be taking over the entire case
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Bruce Baird, former federal Liberal MP and NSW minister, dies aged 84
Baird, father of former NSW premier Mike Baird and journalist Julia Baird, helped win the Olympics for Sydney
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Bosses of three firms that supply trains to UK railways made £3.5m last year
Rolling stock companies, which also paid out nearly £400m to shareholders, accused of profiting at passengers’ expense
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‘The enemy is tearing our city apart’: terror in Kyiv as Russia ramps up attacks
Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Kyivans can no longer pretend it is ‘peacetime’ amid strikes on school, hospital and bridge
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OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers
Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks
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G7 to release up to 100m barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves
Leaders agree a coordinated drawdown within four months as rising prices put pressure on households and economies
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India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests over changes to voter roll
Thousands gather in Mumbai with heavy police presence as concerns mount that millions will be denied voting rights
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‘Excessively violent’: three men charged with assault and choking after Sydney home invasions
NSW police allege the men, aged 18, 19 and 20, broke into homes in Arncliffe and Bankstown this week before assaulting the women aged 31 and 32
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Swing-and-a-miss: MLB rescinds idea to host baseball game in national park after backlash
Officials in Wyoming had called notion to host game in Grand Teton national park ‘deeply unwelcome’
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Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM
Exclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament
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Drumcree talks break up without agreement on fifth day of standoff
Dispute over march will go to legal appeal on Monday after talks hosted by Northern Ireland secretary end
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Almost half of Fayed abuse accusers are potential trafficking victims, MPs told
Exclusive: Met police say 70 women’s accounts have hallmarks of trafficking, suggesting case numbers could rise
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Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin
Artwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about Pharaohs’ origins
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Royal College of Nursing cuts ties with Israeli drug company
Britain’s nursing union axes Teva UK as commercial partner over links to Israel’s military and corporate track record
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‘An amazing ride’: SpaceX flight led by first Black female commander sets US speed record
Four astronauts pulled up at International Space Station after eight-hour express flight led by Jessica Watkins
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Calls grow for US death penalty halt after ‘torturous’ botched execution of Christa Pike
Pike alive but in critical condition as experts call ordeal that unfolded in Tennessee Wednesday ‘unimaginably barbaric’
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Tennessee suspends executions as Christa Pike’s lawyer says failed lethal injection leaves her in critical condition
Independent inquiry ordered after failed execution of Pike, who was convicted of 1994 murder
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Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo
Under new WA laws anyone who defies an exclusion order could face a maximum $36,000 fine and three years in prison
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Kanye West’s sold-out Russia concerts cancelled, organisers confirm
Russia’s foreign ministry had called planned shows unacceptable due to rapper’s ‘glorification’ of Adolf Hitler
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The Bolsonaros…they’re back! Brazil heads to the polls – podcast
Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips reports on this Sunday’s historic presidential elections in Brazil, as the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro hopes to take power
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400 French schools closed on Friday as protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ – Europe live
Dozens of schools have been damaged and nearly 3,000 teenagers have been detained since the start of the tensions
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May heatwaves, deaths, ruined harvests: study of Europe’s summer paints grim picture for the future
EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average
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Friday briefing: How we covered the flydubai incident as it unfolded
In today’s newsletter: When a passenger plane plunges 17,000ft amid claims of terrorism, hijacking and geopolitical intrigue, Guardian journalists have to try and separate fact from fiction in real time