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* US conducts strikes on Iran after attack on cargo ship
[0 hours old]: US Central Command says it has struck missile and drone storage facilities and coastal radar positions.
- Debris falls after plane hits Beijing's tallest building
[6 hours old]: Social media footage showed the moment debris from a small aircraft fell to the ground after a crash into Beijing's tallest skyscraper.
. Power banks and vapes now biggest fire risk on planes
[25 hours old]: Lithium battery fires are the number one safety risk to aircraft, yet the number of devices found in hold bags has nearly doubled in a year.
and in other news ...
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Hottest June day record broken for third day in row as temperature hits 37.3C [4 hours old]: Suffolk saw the highest temperature on Friday - but many will feel the heatwave begin to ease over the weekend.
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Venezuela earthquakes kill 920 people as families desperate for news [3 hours old]: Hundreds are still feared trapped under the rubble, as international rescue teams start to arrive.
* Home Office to introduce new asylum routes to UK [0 hours old]: The home secretary said "capped safe and legal" routes would help to restore confidence in the asylum system.
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Three unusual things about the King's tax bill [1 hours old]: King Charles paid £12.9m in tax for 2024-2025 - here's what we know about his unique tax situation.
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Meloni and Trump: A very public fall-out that is proving very hard to fix [1 hours old]: Italy's PM was not long ago being called the "Trump whisperer", but their relationship has gone from public attacks to personal insults.
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Madonna was 'jealous of Kylie' - and more things we learned in her Graham Norton interview [2 hours old]: All the revelations from Madonna's chat with Graham Norton, including a big hint about Glastonbury.
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Trump threatens 100% tariff on European nations over tech tax [3 hours old]: The US president says "Numerous European countries" have been discussing bringing in such a levy.
* How messages between two dads helped expose the largest NHS maternity scandal [0 hours old]: Among the hundreds of affected families in Nottingham, two sets of parents led the fight to get answers.
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Conservatives offer tax incentive as part of 50,000 reservist pledge [3 hours old]: Labour accused the Conservatives of trying to "rewrite history" after making defence cuts while in power.
* Religion row as Texas makes Bible stories required reading in schools [0 hours old]: Critics say the new reading requirements infringe on religious freedoms and blur the separation of church and state.
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UK search team joins Venezuela earthquake rescue effort [3 hours old]: The 68-strong team left Brize Norton airbase on Friday onboard an RAF plane carrying aid supplies.
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Watch: Moment woman pulled from rubble alive [14 hours old]: First responders and volunteers pulled a survivor from under the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira.
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What we know so far [6 hours old]: The quakes killed at least 589 people and injured more than 2,980, with more feared trapped under rubble.
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Europe's deadly heatwave breaks German record and halts public events [6 hours old]: Germany's highest ever temperature of 41.3C is recorded provisionally in Saarbrücken, over the border from France.
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Watch: Lightning strikes seen across UK [5 hours old]: Lightning strikes lit up the sky across the UK during the early hours of Friday as thunderstorms were triggered by the intense heat.
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UK forecast for the week ahead [9 hours old]: Will more comfortable temperatures replace the heatwave soon? Darren Bett has the details.
* 'Burnham election call' and 'Too hot for tennis' [1 hours old]: Andy Burnham and the record-breaking heatwave across the UK and Europe is prominent across Saturday's papers.
* Weekend to bring cooldown after record-breaking heatwave [0 hours old]: The record-breaking heatwave is set to end with cooler and more unsettled weather by
Sunday.
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Rainbow flags await Egypt and Iran at awkward Pride Match [13 hours old]: Iran's coach refuses to discuss pride celebrations in Seattle, where his country face Egypt in a crucial Group G match.
* How completing the World Cup sticker book is like having a second job [0 hours old]: From car park meet ups to Facebook groups, how families try to complete the set on a budget.
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Do Kane, Saka, or Pickford have roots near you? Try our postcode lookup [13 hours old]: Which World Cup stars have roots near you? Find out with our interactive lookup tool
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Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling classified documents [7 hours old]: Bolton faces a prison sentence of up to five years and has agreed to pay .25m in fine, prosecutors say.
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PSNI officer 'had intelligence on Donaldson abuse a year before complaint' [1 hours old]: A BBC investigation has been told a detective and a child safeguarding expert identified Donaldson after speaking to a victim.
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Nicholas Rossi: Rapist who faked death and fled to Scotland dies in US hospital [6 hours old]: Rossi fled to Scotland in 2021 in an attempt to evade justice but was arrested in the Covid ward of a Glasgow hospital.
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Court rules 13 men who allegedly helped rapist drug and abuse wife can be named [11 hours old]: 13 men are accused of helping a man abuse his wife over a period of years.
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Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement after US-brokered talks [1 hours old]: Hezbollah is not party to Friday's agreement, and previous ceasefires between Israel and Lebanon have still seen near-daily cross-border strikes.
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David Miliband says he is optimistic about potential Burnham government [5 hours old]: The former foreign secretary says Burnham has "this openness and energy that I think is very attractive and positive".
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Boiling point: The week of extreme heat [8 hours old]: Danger to life warnings and record heat: how the UK and Europe struggled to cope.
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The King (sort of) reveals his finances [9 hours old]: King Charles has become the first monarch to reveal their tax bill, paying £12.9m.
* Gripping, star-studded environmental thriller [-1 hours old]: Past ties drag corporate lawyer Rob into conflict with a company he usually assists.
* Rest your best or go strong? Norway face questions as Haaland left out [1 hours old]: Sensible choice or wrong decision? Norway leave Erling Haaland out as they make 10 changes against France - and lose heavily.
* Tuchel defends full-back selection after James injury [0 hours old]: Thomas Tuchel defends his full-back selections after confirming Reece James will miss the match against Panama through injury.
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'I started running' - how fitter Duckett got back to his best [4 hours old]: Ben Duckett has lost "five or six" kilograms since the Ashes - this is how he reaped the rewards with a century for England in the third Test against New Zealand.
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Usyk vacates belts but is not retiring [7 hours old]: Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk says he will vacate all his belts but is not retiring.
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What's happening to petrol prices now oil is back to pre-Iran war levels? [10 hours old]: When the conflict began on 28 February, fuel costs jumped as the war disrupted the production and transportation of energy across the Middle East.
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Who could be the UK's next chancellor? [14 hours old]: The prime minister's resignation has fired the starting gun on the race to be in charge of the UK's finances.
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The abundant but expensive energy source that's under your feet [14 hours old]: Start-ups are taking fresh approaches to geothermal energy, but will the economics work?
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New ISA and Lifetime ISA changes explained [7 hours old]: In this week’s episode, there’s a deep dive into first-time buyer savings, with a special focus on Lifetime ISAs.
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Record temperatures drives up home air conditioning sales [13 hours old]: Companies see inquiries surge during heatwaves as UK households look to cool down their homes.
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How do you escape an overdraft? [10 hours old]: How do you escape an overdraft? Finance expert Ioan Bain explains
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Quake reveals challenges facing country's battered infrastructure [22 hours old]: The twin quakes come less than six months after Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces.
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Inside the cold store where it's -18C in a heatwave [19 hours old]: Staff at Magnavale, near Grantham, say the "giant freezer" is a great place to be in hot weather.
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Missing Glastonbury? There's a festival on your doorstep this weekend [24 hours old]: Stars like Fatboy Slim and Becky Hill will play small local venues to celebrate the UK music scene.
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How male infertility is still not getting enough attention [23 hours old]: How could the system better support men who have been told they might have a fertility issue?
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Weekly quiz: Who did Donald Trump anger after saying they begged for a photo with him? [30 hours old]: How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?
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BBC News app [10138 hours old]: Top stories, breaking news, live reporting, and follow news topics that match your interests
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I'm back at home again after uni - here's how I'm making it work [25 hours old]: Rising costs are forcing more young adults to live with their parents, here's how not to come to blows.
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Asia stock markets slide as tech shares slump [17 hours old]: Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was halted for the third time this week to prevent panic selling.
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Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack [25 hours old]: Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.
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Apple hikes some prices by nearly 20% while Xbox raises console cost [28 hours old]: Apple said it had "never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly".
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Ryanair says it will reluctantly not charge parents to sit next to children [36 hours old]: The airline had typically charged adults a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children.
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How you can save money on your energy bill as debts rise [37 hours old]: Experts say support is available as total debt and arrears to suppliers hit a new record.
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IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips [38 hours old]: IBM says it has created the world's first known chip tech below 1 nanometre - but it will be some time before it's ready for production.
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I've spent 30 years in recruitment - this is how to get a job [41 hours old]: The recruitment agency boss shares his tips on getting noticed in a tougher jobs market.
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Reeves urges Burnham to 'stick to what I'm doing' on economy [32 hours old]: The chancellor throws her support behind the MP for Makerfield despite reports he could demote her if he becomes PM.
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Price cuts on family summer days out come into force [40 hours old]: The government is reducing VAT from 20% to 5% on attractions and kids' meals as schools begin to break-up.
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EasyJet rejects fourth takeover offer [38 hours old]: The airline is questioning the "deliverability" of the offer.
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Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels [33 hours old]: Signs that traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route is gradually resuming has helped to push the oil price down.
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Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities [45 hours old]: The firm alleged that Alibaba used fraudulent accounts to access data from its Claude AI model.
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Ferrari marketing boss quits just weeks after EV launch backlash [37 hours old]: The design of the luxury carmaker's first all-electric vehicle, the Luce, was heavily criticised.
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Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime [40 hours old]: New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.
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Food kit warehouse closure puts 290 jobs at risk [38 hours old]: Food company Gousto says it is closing its warehouse in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
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The heatwave workers 'like cats on a hot tin roof' [43 hours old]: Many workers are downing tools early, but there is no legal limit to how hot a workplace can be.
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GTA 6 - all you need to know about Rockstar's blockbuster game [40 hours old]: Rockstar's sixth game in the franchise is set to be the biggest game release of the year.
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Baroness Mone among individuals sued to recover PPE Medpro millions [55 hours old]: The Baroness and her husband Doug Barrowman are among individuals being sued in a bid to recover some of the money owed to the government by the business.
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The legal fight to get equal pay for Germany's disabled workers [49 hours old]: A test case is seeking the minimum wage for 300,000 disabled people who currently get paid less.
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Do you know your 'sweat score'? The rise of hydration tech [97 hours old]: Hydration tracking gadgets are flooding the market but is it too much information?
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Is Germany looking again at coal-powered electricity? [121 hours old]: It had planned to abandon the fuel, but the higher cost of natural gas may make it think again.
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The artificial ice pyramids saving India's mountain villages [193 hours old]: Himalayan villages are creating artificial glaciers to guarantee water for their crops in the spring.
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'We had to get out of the way': The backlash over delivery robots [217 hours old]: As the delivery vehicles increasing take to US streets, bans and protest groups are springing up.
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What is Helium-3 and could we get it from the moon? [264 hours old]: Helium-3 is expensive and demand is forecast to soar, so some are planning to mine it on the moon.
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Why I sold my business to my staff [289 hours old]: As more US company owners reach retirement age many are selling up to their employees.
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India's 'blue gold' starts a new drinks industry [361 hours old]: Agave plants grow wild in India and new distillers are using them to create a spirits industry.
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New candy stores are popping up across NYC. Why? [385 hours old]: While US consumer confidence is at an historic low the Big Apple's sweet shops are expanding.
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Could humanoid robots be heading for the battlefield? [433 hours old]: Armed forces are experimenting with humanoid robots, but battlefield deployment is some way off.
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Spain's visitor numbers hit new highs as tourists avoid Middle East [457 hours old]: The European country had 9.1 million international visitors in April, the most ever for that month.
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Charity celebrates 50 years of 'transformative' holidays [19 hours old]: Sheffield Family Holiday Fund provide much-needed holidays for families facing adversity.
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The furious dispute over what caused Air India flight 171 to crash [385 hours old]: The final conclusions of the investigation have yet to be published, although more could become apparent in the coming days.
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How the High Street became a window on our political instability [457 hours old]: High Streets have declined in recent years. What does this tell us about the UK?
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The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil [713 hours old]: Coffees at some city centre outlets now cost £5. It's a story of tariffs, the climate, Gen Z cultural tastes, and savvy coffee farmers playing the market, writes Faisal Islam
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The threat to summer holidays looming from jet fuel shortages [1297 hours old]: What impact might shortages have on our summer holidays - and what could be done about it?
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Scammers are becoming ever more sophisticated - this is what the fightback looks like [1657 hours old]: Scams have exploded over the last few years. Can countries and companies come together to turn the tables on the scammers?
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Rethink [33 hours old]: Could the US dollar lose its number one status?
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Business Daily [76 hours old]: Luis von Ahn co-founded the #1 language app after selling reCAPTCHA to Google