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- Man who punched female police officers at Manchester Airport jailed
[3 hours old]: Mohammed Fahir Amaaz assaulted PC Lydia Ward, PC Ellie Cook and a Starbucks customer, a court heard.

- Trump accuses Iran of ceasefire breach after Strait of Hormuz attack
[2 hours old]: A Singapore-flagged ship was struck crossing the waterway on Thursday, prompting a large-scale evacuation to be paused.

- Debris falls after plane hits Beijing's tallest building
[1 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
[20 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.

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* Hottest June day record broken for third day in row as temperature hits 37.3C
[0 hours old]: Suffolk saw the highest temperature on Friday - but many will feel the heatwave begin to ease over the weekend.

- Court rules 13 men who allegedly helped rapist drug and abuse wife can be named
[7 hours old]: 13 men are accused of helping a man abuse his wife over a period of years.

- Mother dies saving daughter in Venezuela earthquakes
[1 hours old]: Héctor Bello wrote on social media that "you gave your own life for our daughter" in the quakes which killed at least 920 people.

- Canada eligible to join Eurovision competition
[6 hours old]: Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the idea of Canada joining the song contest in his 2025 budget.

- How transparent are the royals being about money?
[5 hours old]: After the King reveals the tax he paid questions remain over how open the Royal Family is being about its wealth.

- Nicholas Rossi: Rapist who faked death and fled to Scotland dies in US hospital
[2 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.

- Even if you're fit and young, avoid runs and too many beers in the heat, experts say
[9 hours old]: Cardiac arrests have gone up during very hot weather, and it's not just among the elderly and frail, experts are warning.

- Watch: Moment woman pulled from rubble alive
[10 hours old]: First responders and volunteers pulled a survivor from under the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira.

- What we know so far
[2 hours old]: The quakes killed at least 589 people and injured more than 2,980, with more feared trapped under rubble.

- Europe's deadly heatwave breaks German record and halts public events
[2 hours old]: Germany's highest ever temperature of 41.3C is recorded provisionally in Saarbrücken, over the border from France.

* Watch: Lightning strikes seen across UK
[0 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.

- UK forecast for the week ahead
[5 hours old]: Will more comfortable temperatures replace the heatwave soon? Darren Bett has the details.

- Inside the cold store where it's -18C in a heatwave
[15 hours old]: Staff at Magnavale, near Grantham, say the "giant freezer" is a great place to be in hot weather.

- What's happening to petrol prices now oil is back to pre-Iran war levels?
[6 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.

- Why has Trump stayed away from matches?
[5 hours old]: The US president was expected to regularly feature at the World Cup, but he is yet to attend a single match.

- World Cup fans frustrated by 'confusing and expensive' tipping culture in US
[2 hours old]: International fans visiting the US for the World Cup have become frustrated by the culture of having to tip servers, telling the BBC that tipping fatigue has set in.

- Has VAR become a lottery at the World Cup?
[7 hours old]: After a week of strange decisions many supporters have been left scratching their heads with VAR.

- The underdogs surprising everyone and taking points from top teams
[11 hours old]: Are the surprise results achieved by lower-ranked teams in the World Cup a matter of luck - or clever planning and execution?

- BBC DJ and presenter Trevor Nelson taking a break from work due to health issues
[4 hours old]: The Radio 2 and 1Xtra presenter said he was now "concentrating on getting better".

- Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling classified documents
[3 hours old]: Bolton faces a prison sentence of up to five years and has agreed to pay .25m in fine, prosecutors say.

* David Miliband says he is optimistic about potential Burnham government
[1 hours old]: The former foreign secretary says Burnham has "this openness and energy that I think is very attractive and positive".

- Disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards' blog shows staggering lack of awareness, campaigners say
[3 hours old]: Edwards admitted to accessing 41 images of children, including seven of the most serious type.

* Starmer rebuffs Home Secretary's request to sack immigration minister
[0 hours old]: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's request for Mike Tapp's removal came after he wrote an unauthorised article.

- Auction house criticised over sale of 3,000-year-old mummy head
[3 hours old]: Academics question the ethics of a UK auction house selling human heads that are thousands of years old.

- The King (sort of) reveals his finances
[5 hours old]: King Charles has become the first monarch to reveal their tax bill, paying £12.9m.

- How can Democrats persuade more voters to like them?
[6 hours old]: We speak to Ben Rhodes, President Obama’s former senior advisor

- Duckett & Stokes haul England back into third Test
[2 hours old]: Ben Duckett’s scintillating century builds on an inspirational spell from Ben Stokes to haul England back into the decisive third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.

- Usyk vacates belts but is not retiring
[2 hours old]: Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk says he will vacate all his belts but is not retiring.

- Ireland stun world champions India for historic T20 win
[4 hours old]: Ireland pull off a massive shock as they beat world champions India for the first time in Friday's opening T20 international in Belfast.

- Why has Trump stayed away from the World Cup?
[5 hours old]: Why has Donald Trump stayed away from the World Cup? And will he appear before the final?

- Speed suits & altitude rooms - how Kerr plans to beat mile world record
[3 hours old]: On July 18 at the London Diamond League meeting, Josh Kerr intends to beat Hicham El Guerrouj's world record for the mile. But how will he do it?

- Is a former England striker right about reasons for Scottish football's ills?
[3 hours old]: From undervalued broadcasting deals to unfulfilled potential, Ian Wright says he feels sorry for Scottish football fans - but is the former England striker right?

- Asia stock markets slide as tech shares slump
[12 hours old]: Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was halted for the third time this week to prevent panic selling.

- Who could be the UK's next chancellor?
[9 hours old]: The prime minister's resignation has fired the starting gun on the race to be in charge of the UK's finances.

- The abundant but expensive energy source that's under your feet
[10 hours old]: Start-ups are taking fresh approaches to geothermal energy, but will the economics work?

- New ISA and Lifetime ISA changes explained
[3 hours old]: In this week’s episode, there’s a deep dive into first-time buyer savings, with a special focus on Lifetime ISAs.

- Record temperatures drives up home air conditioning sales
[9 hours old]: Companies see inquiries surge during heatwaves as UK households look to cool down their homes.

- Charity celebrates 50 years of 'transformative' holidays
[15 hours old]: Sheffield Family Holiday Fund provide much-needed holidays for families facing adversity.

- How do you escape an overdraft?
[6 hours old]: How do you escape an overdraft? Finance expert Ioan Bain explains

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and in other older news ...

. Quake reveals challenges facing country's battered infrastructure
[18 hours old]: The twin quakes come less than six months after Venezuela's then-leader Nicolás Maduro was seized by US forces.

. Missing Glastonbury? There's a festival on your doorstep this weekend
[20 hours old]: Stars like Fatboy Slim and Becky Hill will play small local venues to celebrate the UK music scene.

. Living with parents again? How to make it work while saving to move out
[21 hours old]: Rising costs are forcing more young adults to live with their parents, here's how not to come to blows.

. How male infertility is still not getting enough attention
[19 hours old]: How could the system better support men who have been told they might have a fertility issue?

. Weekly quiz: Who did Donald Trump anger after saying they begged for a photo with him?
[26 hours old]: How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

. Watch: Driver gives lift to armed officer chasing suspect
[23 hours old]: The chase was caught on camera as the motorist pulled over to help in Margate.

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. Gripping, star-studded environmental thriller
[715 hours old]: Past ties drag corporate lawyer Rob into conflict with a company he usually assists.

. I'm back at home again after uni - here's how I'm making it work
[21 hours old]: Rising costs are forcing more young adults to live with their parents, here's how not to come to blows.

. Teens who hacked TfL were known to police years before cyber-attack
[21 hours old]: Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.

. Apple hikes some prices by nearly 20% while Xbox raises console cost
[24 hours old]: Apple said it had "never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly".

. Ryanair says it will reluctantly not charge parents to sit next to children
[32 hours old]: The airline had typically charged adults a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children.

. How you can save money on your energy bill as debts rise
[33 hours old]: Experts say support is available as total debt and arrears to suppliers hit a new record.

. IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips
[34 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.

. I've spent 30 years in recruitment - this is how to get a job
[36 hours old]: The recruitment agency boss shares his tips on getting noticed in a tougher jobs market.

. Reeves urges Burnham to 'stick to what I'm doing' on economy
[28 hours old]: The chancellor throws her support behind the MP for Makerfield despite reports he could demote her if he becomes PM.

. Price cuts on family summer days out come into force
[36 hours old]: The government is reducing VAT from 20% to 5% on attractions and kids' meals as schools begin to break-up.

. EasyJet rejects fourth takeover offer
[33 hours old]: The airline is questioning the "deliverability" of the offer.

. Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels
[28 hours old]: Signs that traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route is gradually resuming has helped to push the oil price down.

. Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities
[41 hours old]: The firm alleged that Alibaba used fraudulent accounts to access data from its Claude AI model.

. Ferrari marketing boss quits just weeks after EV launch backlash
[32 hours old]: The design of the luxury carmaker's first all-electric vehicle, the Luce, was heavily criticised.

. Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime
[35 hours old]: New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.

. Food kit warehouse closure puts 290 jobs at risk
[33 hours old]: Food company Gousto says it is closing its warehouse in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

. The heatwave workers 'like cats on a hot tin roof'
[39 hours old]: Many workers are downing tools early, but there is no legal limit to how hot a workplace can be.

. GTA 6 - all you need to know about Rockstar's blockbuster game
[36 hours old]: Rockstar's sixth game in the franchise is set to be the biggest game release of the year.

. Baroness Mone among individuals sued to recover PPE Medpro millions
[50 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.

. The legal fight to get equal pay for Germany's disabled workers
[45 hours old]: A test case is seeking the minimum wage for 300,000 disabled people who currently get paid less.

. Do you know your 'sweat score'? The rise of hydration tech
[93 hours old]: Hydration tracking gadgets are flooding the market but is it too much information?

. Is Germany looking again at coal-powered electricity?
[116 hours old]: It had planned to abandon the fuel, but the higher cost of natural gas may make it think again.

. The artificial ice pyramids saving India's mountain villages
[189 hours old]: Himalayan villages are creating artificial glaciers to guarantee water for their crops in the spring.

. 'We had to get out of the way': The backlash over delivery robots
[213 hours old]: As the delivery vehicles increasing take to US streets, bans and protest groups are springing up.

. What is Helium-3 and could we get it from the moon?
[260 hours old]: Helium-3 is expensive and demand is forecast to soar, so some are planning to mine it on the moon.

. Why I sold my business to my staff
[284 hours old]: As more US company owners reach retirement age many are selling up to their employees.

. India's 'blue gold' starts a new drinks industry
[357 hours old]: Agave plants grow wild in India and new distillers are using them to create a spirits industry.

. New candy stores are popping up across NYC. Why?
[381 hours old]: While US consumer confidence is at an historic low the Big Apple's sweet shops are expanding.

. Could humanoid robots be heading for the battlefield?
[429 hours old]: Armed forces are experimenting with humanoid robots, but battlefield deployment is some way off.

. Spain's visitor numbers hit new highs as tourists avoid Middle East
[453 hours old]: The European country had 9.1 million international visitors in April, the most ever for that month.

. The furious dispute over what caused Air India flight 171 to crash
[381 hours old]: The final conclusions of the investigation have yet to be published, although more could become apparent in the coming days.

. How the High Street became a window on our political instability
[453 hours old]: High Streets have declined in recent years. What does this tell us about the UK?

. The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil
[709 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

. The threat to summer holidays looming from jet fuel shortages
[1293 hours old]: What impact might shortages have on our summer holidays - and what could be done about it?

. Scammers are becoming ever more sophisticated - this is what the fightback looks like
[1653 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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