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Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T18:43:41+00:00

Exclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sectorHundreds of thousands of care workers could be exempted from the home secretary’s plans to toughen up the immigration system under proposals being considered by Andy Burnham as he looks for ways to relieve pressure on the social care sector.The prime minister will give a speech next week spelling out his determination to start creating a National Care Service before the next general election as he looks to accelerate the process set up by his predecessor, Keir Starme

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Karim Khan ousted from role as prosecutor of international criminal court

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T18:37:10+00:00

Member states vote to remove British barrister found to have committed serious misconduct over alleged sexual abuseThe prosecutor of the international criminal court, Karim Khan, has been removed from office after he was found to have committed serious misconduct in connection to allegations of sexual abuse.The ICC’s member states voted on Friday to oust the British prosecutor in an unprecedented move that concludes a damaging episode for the court two years after the allegations were first raised. Continue reading...

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Karim Khan ousted as prosecutor of international criminal court

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T18:37:10+00:00

Member states vote to remove British barrister found to have committed serious misconduct over alleged sexual abuseThe prosecutor of the international criminal court, Karim Khan, has been removed from office after the court’s governing body found he had committed serious misconduct in connection to allegations of sexual abuse.The ICC’s member states voted on Friday to oust the British prosecutor in an unprecedented move that concludes a damaging episode for the court two years after the allegations were first raised. Continue reading...

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Енергоатом: біржові аукціони проведено за Регламентом, результати сформовані автоматично

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-24T18:34:36+00:00

У "Енергоатомі" наголосили, що компанія реалізує електроенергію виключно через відкриті електронні аукціони / фото facebook.com/atom.gov.uaБіржові аукціони з продажу електроенергії АТ "НАЕК "Енергоатом"...

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Trump Meets With Top Advisers as He Weighs a Major Escalation in Iran

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-24T18:16:13+00:00

President Trump has insisted the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran would be a relatively short “excursion,” although it has now lasted nearly five months, with no end in sight.

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Ракети вже напоготові: Зеленський попередив про атаку у найближчі 48 годин

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-24T18:15:43+00:00

Зеленський попередив про підготовку РФ до удару по Україні  / фото president.gov.uaУкраїнська та зарубіжна розвідки попередили, що у найближчі 48 годин Росія завдасть нового масованого удару по Україні. Про...

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Ten killed in Russian attack on drone exhibition near Kyiv

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-24T18:02:44+00:00

The event, attended by prominent members of the Ukrainian defence industry, was hit by ballistic missiles in the middle of the day.

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India’s Student Protesters Win Some Concessions from Government

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-24T18:01:44+00:00

Representatives of Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to compensate families affected by a major exam leak, as protesters keep pressing for India’s education minister to resign.

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Thousands of lightning strikes trigger fresh wildfires in western Canada

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T17:58:00+00:00

At least 90 active blazes in British Columbia in what PM says is one of the country’s most intense seasons on recordHow dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse?Fresh wildfires have broken out in western Canada and forests continued to ⁠burn in Ontario as the country ⁠battled what the prime ​minister, Mark Carney, called one of the most intense wildfire seasons on record.Nearly 34,000 lightning strikes over the past week led to a series of fires ⁠and evacuation orders in southern British Columbia. There were 25 evacuation orders and 90 active wildfires in the provinc

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More than 90,000 people flee as wildfires spread in south-west France and Spain

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T17:48:53+00:00

‘Unpredictable’ blaze forces evacuation of holiday spot Cap Ferret and Spain declares emergency over fires near MadridMore than 90,000 people have fled huge wildfires in Spain and France as Madrid declared a national emergency and French authorities ordered the total evacuation, by land and sea, of one of the country’s best-known holiday spots.Authorities in south-west France ordered the Cap Ferret peninsula on the Atlantic coast to be evacuated “village by village” in the face of an “intense, highly unpredictable” wildfire that has burned through more than 12,500 hectares (30,900 acres) of fo

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Caro benzina, vertice Meloni-Giorgetti. In arrivo un decreto taglia accise

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-07-24T17:40:24+00:00

Scottata dalle critiche delle opposizioni e dall’allarme di Confindustria, la premier riapre il dossier degli aiuti. Nel nuovo provvedimento l’utilizzo dell’accisa mobile per calmierare i prezzi. Il Pd lancia una campagna social per i sostegni a famiglie e imprese: “Il governo pensa solo alla legge elettorale”

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Woman charged in Ireland after police intercept ‘highly sophisticated’ bomb

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T17:40:03+00:00

Detectives targeting dissident republicans stopped vehicle transporting device near Northern Ireland borderA woman in her 20s has been charged in relation to an “extremely significant” bomb intercepted near the Irish border.Garda Síochána said in a statement that a second person, a man in his 40s arrested in connection with the investigation, remained detained in relation to offences against the state. Continue reading...

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Trump threatens ‘substantial’ tariffs on EU after Google fined for breaching European laws

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T17:37:44+00:00

Citing ‘illegal and highly unethical conduct’, US president said Europe is ‘robbing’ American companiesWhat to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countriesDonald Trump has threatened the European Union with “substantial” tariffs after Brussels imposed a series of steep fines on US tech giants.In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president wrote: “The United States of America is not a ‘PIGGYBANK’ for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!” Continue reading...

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Trump threatens EU with ‘substantial’ tariffs over fines of US tech giants

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T17:37:44+00:00

After Google fined €890m by EU, US president said Europe was ‘robbing’ American companies and taxpayersWhat to know about Trump’s new tariffs on more than 80 countriesDonald Trump has threatened the European Union with “substantial” tariffs after Brussels imposed a series of steep fines on US tech giants.In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president wrote: “The United States of America is not a ‘PIGGYBANK’ for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!” Continue reading...

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Le chef de l’opposition turque, évincé de la présidence du CHP, fonde le « Nouveau Parti », pour défier Erdogan

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-24T17:30:05+00:00

Exclu de la direction du CHP par décision de justice fin mai, Özgür Özel a annoncé, vendredi 24 juillet, la création d’un nouveau parti à Ankara. Cette rupture avec la formation kémaliste fondée en 1923 par Atatürk a déjà recueilli l’adhésion de 91 députés du groupe parlementaire.

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Five officers injured as police boat strikes Westminster Bridge

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T17:29:23+00:00

Metropolitan police say officers from marine unit entered water but are now receiving treatment Five officers have been injured after a police boat struck Westminster Bridge in central London on Friday afternoon.The Metropolitan police said the incident occurred at about 3.40pm and involved a boat from the marine policing unit. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis: US carries out strikes across Iran as Tehran targets American bases in region – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T17:20:09+00:00

Latest attacks come after Trump vowed ‘major military punishment’ for Tehran and its Houthi alliesAs we reported earlier, Iran’s military said on Friday that it carried out attacks targeting US military assets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait in retaliation for Washington’s latest strikes on the Islamic republic.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp, meanwhile, said they had targeted a data centre in Bahrain belonging to Amazon, according to state media, though neither the US tech giant nor Bahrain have commented on the claim. Continue reading...

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11 people indicted over deaths of six people in cargo container in Texas

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-24T17:16:22+00:00

Six migrants from Honduras and Mexico – including 14-year-old boy – were found dead in May near US-Mexico borderSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A US attorney announced a federal indictment on Friday against 11 people in the smuggling deaths of six migrants whose bodies were found in a rail cargo container in Texas in May.The six people were found dead in a rail yard shipping container in Laredo, on the US-Mexico border. They were from Honduras and Mexico and included a 14-year-old boy, all part of a human-smuggling effort on a freight train, authorities said. Continue reading

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