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Extreme weather the UK’s new normal

PA Media Many parts of the UK are in the throes of their third heatwave The UK is breaking heat and rainfall records increasingly frequently as its climate continues to warm, the Met Office has warned. The country’s changing weather patterns mean the UK now experiences a “notably different” climate to what it was just […]

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230 years of unbroken weather recordings

Geoff Maskell BBC News NI weather presenter BBC Armagh Observatory holds weather records dating back to 1795 Armagh Observatory is marking a very special meteorological milestone as the institute celebrates 230 years of continuous weather observation. The unbroken tradition of handwritten data makes it the longest sequence of continuous weather information gathered anywhere in the […]

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What the federal ruling that blocked Trump’s policy on birthright citizenship means : NPR

Newsportu’s Scott Simon speaks with Vanderbilt University law professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick about class action lawsuits attempting to block Trump administration’s policies on birthright citizenship and other issues. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Another week and another legal challenge to President Trump’s domestic agenda. A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling Thursday that temporarily blocked […]

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Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank : NPR

Concrete blocks placed by Israeli soldiers after October 7, 2023, according to local residents, are seen at one of the entrances to the West Bank village of Sinjil, impeding access for Palestinians, on July 9, 2025. Leo Correa/AP hide caption toggle caption Leo Correa/AP Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank beat a U.S. citizen […]

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Heatwave peaks at 33C as whole country swelters

Reuters Wimbledon fans could see record temperatures at the tennis championship on Saturday The UK’s third heatwave of the year peaked on Saturday afternoon, with 33C recorded in Ross on Wye. Scotland has already recorded its warmest day of the year so far with a high of 32C – while Northern Ireland saw its hottest […]

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What we know so far about Air India crash investigation

Jack Burgess, Maia Davies & Anna Lamche BBC News Reuters An Air India passenger plane bound for London’s Gatwick airport crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India, on 12 June, killing 260 people. The crash killed 242 people on board the flight and 19 others on the ground, with only one survivor from […]

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‘Don’t tell me my baby wasn’t meant to be’

Siobhan Gorman Siobhan was 16-weeks pregnant and home alone when she gave birth to her baby Archie “There was probably something wrong with your baby”, “you could always try again”, “it wasn’t meant to be”. These are just a sample of the comments Siobhan Gorman experienced when her baby died 16 weeks into her pregnancy. […]

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State Department undergoes deep cuts in sweeping overhaul : NPR

The U.S. Department of State sign in Washington, D.C. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images The State Department is cutting its Washington-based staff by about 15% in what officials are calling the largest overhaul of the agency in decades. Some employees have already taken early retirement, while […]

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