Trump signals ‘second stage’ of sanctions as Russia hits Kyiv government building, killing four, including a three-month-old baby

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Whereabouts of two children still unknown

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There are claims that the drink, which is made with orange juice and salt, can lower high cortisol levels

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Five-a-day is one of the most recognisable public health messages – even if most UK adults still fall short of it.

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All the essential cost of living information you need in September

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Greenwood has obtained a Jamaican passport but has yet to complete the requisite change of association form as he is not ready to commit

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Patterson's non-parole period of 33 years is the longest ever for a woman convicted of murder in Victoria

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Perforated banknotes meant to be destroyed have flooded Bukavu in eastern Congo since the M23 rebel group captured the city in February

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The next opportunity to see a lunar eclipse in the UK comes on 28 August 2026

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‘I just take people at face value,’ actor said

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The ruling Liberal Democratic party is still grappling with the fallout from a years-old funding scandal that may see it go into opposition for just the third time in its history

The precise timing of Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation announcement – on a Sunday evening – took many by surprise; but the countdown to his departure arguably began just weeks after he took office.

Having won the presidency of the Liberal Democratic party (LDP) – a formidable political force that has governed Japan for much of the past seven decades – Ishiba called a snap election in search of a public mandate after a major funding scandal, and to silence his opponents on the right of the party.

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‘Chicken is absolutely on trend and that is not going away’

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CDC has not issued a recall, though it warns against eating affected Metabolic Meals products while investigation is ongoing

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‘We’ll figure it all out,’ singer said

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Singers took home two trophies each as Mariah Carey won a lifetime achievement award, in a night that largely celebrated female artists

Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter triumphed at the MTV Video Music awards, taking home two moonman trophies each in a relatively muted show that once again largely celebrated female pop artists and legacy acts.

Gaga, the most nominated artist of the evening with 12 nods, took home the first award at Long Island’s UBS arena, for artist of the year, winning over fellow superstars Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Beyoncé, all of whom were not in attendance.

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Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes were honored for the first time, Lady Gaga crossed town and Doja Cat took it back to the 1980s.

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Pop star previously fell out with neighbours over noise complaints in 2013

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Eli Lilly’s new pill could offer an easier path to weight loss for needle-averse patients

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Here we are again: constant rebooting, cruel rhetoric and crackdowns. And hurtling towards a Reform-shaped future

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There has been a familiar feeling in the air for a while, but not one I could identify until last week, when it finally settled. It is a sense that this Labour government is just as terminally dysfunctional and directionless as its predecessor. I am beginning to feel the same sense of frustration, confusion, anger and depletion that I carried through all those years of Conservative government.

Here we are again, with the pettiness and authoritarianism, the performatively cruel rhetoric and crackdown on immigration, the ridiculous posturing on flags, the empty sloganeering – and with the constant rebooting in order to jumpstart a broken machine. The result is that government has been reduced to the same intrusive and meaningless background noise: Keir Starmer droning on about “phase two” or “delivery, delivery, delivery”. There is a sense that it’s pointless to insist that Labour can do better, be better – because it is structurally incapable of doing so.

Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist

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Toblerone and Chocolate Orange also smaller this year after poor cocoa harvests in Africa raise cost of raw materials

Tucking into a box of Quality Street or Celebrations is a Christmas tradition.

But as this year’s supply arrives in British supermarkets, it is becoming clear that the Grinch has already struck and made the tubs of the confectionery lighter.

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