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US outbreak of parasite causing ‘watery diarrhea’ rises to more than 2,800 cases

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T18:24:40+00:00

Outbreak comes a year after Trump administration cut funding for state and local health departmentsWhat is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?State health officials in Michigan and Ohio are reporting thousands of cases of cyclosporiasis, a – a parasitic infection that causes “watery diarrhea”, loss of appetite and weight loss.The outbreak of more than 2,800 cases comes a year after the Trump administration cut funding to state and local health departments and reduced the remit of a program dedicated to coordinating information on food borne illness, including of

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US judge nullifies Trump deal to resolve IRS lawsuit in scathing ruling

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T18:18:55+00:00

Kathleen Williams sanctions president’s lawyers and says $10bn suit against IRS was brought for ‘improper purpose’A federal judge on Monday nullified an agreement the government reached with Donald Trump and his sons over the leak of his tax returns. The judge lambasted the government and president’s lawyers for using the judicial process to try and concoct a beneficial arrangement for the president.The ruling from US district judge Kathleen Williams in the southern district of Florida blocks a widely criticized arrangement the government and the president’s attorneys reached earlier this year

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Протиракетний щит FREYJA: що відомо про нову відповідь України та Європи на балістичні загрози Кремля

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-13T18:11:02+00:00

Експерт розповів про технічні характеристики перехоплювачів FP-7.x, вартість виробництва та інтеграцію України в європейську систему ППО.

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Mahmood offers Farage security meeting after Ann Widdecombe’s death

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T18:08:28+00:00

Home secretary insists all MPs treated equally but that security of former MPs and non-Westminster politicians is a concernShabana Mahmood has offered Nigel Farage a personal meeting with the Home Office unit that works on security for high-profile politicians, insisting all MPs are treated equally in how they are offered protection.Addressing the Commons after the death of Ann Widdecombe, the Reform spokesperson whose body was found with serious injuries by the ambulance service at her home in Devon, the home secretary said the incident raised questions about the security of former MPs and po

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UK to list Iran’s IRGC as ‘terror’ threat

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-13T18:08:26+00:00

London debuts new powers targeting state proxies after accusing Iranian outfit of engineering anti-Semitic attacks.

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Israel sets October date for first elections since Hamas attacks in 2023

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T18:08:18+00:00

Vote will allow Israelis to pass judgment on Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of conflicts in Gaza and IranMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIsrael will hold national elections in late October, giving its citizens their first chance to pass judgment on the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his coalition since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023.The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, will be dissolved on Friday. With just a few days left in session, the most far-right government in Israel’s history is now rushing to pass several controversial laws in a bid to bolster its position

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Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T18:05:39+00:00

More than 90 residents have expressed interest in contamination claim against AGC Chemicals EuropeA Pfas factory in Lancashire has announced plans to close down, just days after the Guardian revealed that more than 90 residents have signed up to be involved in a potential legal claim over contamination of the local area.AGC Chemicals Europe Ltd is consulting with employees and their union representatives about plans to cease operations at its manufacturing plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire. The consultation is expected to last for at least 45 days. Continue reading...

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Leaders give press conference after ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting in Paris – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T18:01:34+00:00

French president Emmanuel Macron has been hosting leaders amid hopes that Ukraine’s recent advances could force Putin towards negotiationsin KyivMeanwhile, Russia has been forced to suspend shipping in the Sea of Azov after 90 vessels were targeted by Ukrainian drones in less than a week. Continue reading...

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Airline pilot skywrites ‘I’m bored’ over north-west England

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:59:10+00:00

The pilot, who had taken up the Piper Tomahawk to test a replacement part, wrote the message at around 1,100 feetA mischievous airline pilot spelled out his tedium by skywriting “I’m bored” over an estuary in north-west England.The message was captured on the airline tracking website Flight Radar 24. Continue reading...

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Итоги торгов на Мосбирже 13 июля

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-07-13T17:52:30+00:00

Главный бенчмарк российского фондового рынка по итогам основной сессии в понедельник, 13 июля, вырос на 0,73% до 2161,34 пункта. Его долларовый аналог индекс РТС прибавил 0,79% и составил 888,62 пункта.

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Leaders give press conference after ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting in Paris– Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:45:27+00:00

French president Emmanuel Macron has been hosting leaders amid hopes that Ukraine’s recent advances could force Putin towards negotiationsin KyivMeanwhile, Russia has been forced to suspend shipping in the Sea of Azov after 90 vessels were targeted by Ukrainian drones in less than a week. Continue reading...

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Shabana Mahmood tells MPs suspect in Ann Widdecombe investigation ‘not known to Prevent’ – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:40:45+00:00

Home secretary updates Parliament after counter-terrorism police take over investigation into her deathAnn Widdecombe death: counter-terrorism police take over investigationThe government has announced that it is in effect proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It is doing so using new powers under the National Security (State Threats) Act 2026.Ministers have been under pressure for years to proscribe the IRGC, which backs terrorist activity outside Iran. But the last Conservative government, and Labour when it took power, argued that it would be difficult to use laws intend

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Israel courted Iran’s former hardline president for post-regime role, reports claim

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:36:49+00:00

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly wooed by Mossad agents after distancing himself from KhameneiMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesIsrael tried to recruit Iran’s intensely anti-Zionist former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to lead a new post-Islamic regime in Tehran, even going as far as sending its top spy to Budapest to meet him, according to media reports.The remarkable quest to turn a leader who had denied the Holocaust and called for Israel’s erasure began in 2022, according to reporting by the New York Times and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, and continued even after Israel became engage

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky salue la création de la « coalition antibalistique »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-13T17:36:02+00:00

Emmanuel Macron a réuni, lundi à Paris, les 37 Etats membres de la coalition des volontaires afin d’accroître le soutien militaire à l’Ukraine, notamment dans la défense antiaérienne. Neuf pays européens et l’Ukraine ont annoncé créer une coalition pour développer des « capacités antibalistiques » en Europe.

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Hegseth announces joint taskforce with DoJ to target and prosecute press leaks

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:35:33+00:00

US defense secretary says taskforce will ‘combat dangers’ of leaks in latest escalation of White House press crackdownThe US defense secretary, ⁠Pete Hegseth, ​announced Monday that the Pentagon and the US Department of Justice have created a “joint taskforce ​to identify and ​prosecute” what he called the “unauthorized disclosure ​of sensitive” information to the press, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to crackdown on leaks.In a ⁠video ​posted on X, Hegseth said that “to combat the dangers that leaks pose, effectively immediately, I have ​delegated tasking au

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Trump reinstating naval blockade of Iranian ports

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:24:55+00:00

The US president also says Washington will charge a 20% toll on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Conflict Over Iranian Planes Imperils Yemen’s Fragile Peace

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:21:45+00:00

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Saudi Arabia of striking an airport in the Yemeni capital, Sana. The escalation came after a dispute over an Iranian plane that carried Houthi officials to Tehran.

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US justice department investigating UAW president over corruption allegations

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:18:47+00:00

Shawn Fain calls allegations ‘bogus’ and says attorney holds a ‘grudge’ against him over union’s ‘anti-war stance’ on GazaThe US Department of Justice is probing allegations against United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain that he put pressure on another high-ranking union official to provide benefits to his fiancee and sister and then retaliated against the official who refused to approve it.On Sunday, Fain, who is running for his second term as union president, said the accusations are false and a part of election interference against him. Continue reading...

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Докази підробки диплому Андрія Пишного – вже в судовому реєстрі

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-13T17:13:00+00:00

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Anti-ICE protest in Maine after person killed during immigration operation – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T17:06:40+00:00

Dozens of demonstrators chant ‘get ICE out!’ and call out Republican senator Susan Collins for her complicity in voting to support ICE without any reformsSign up for the Breaking News US emailThe Democrat’s outgoing senator for Michigan Gary Peters has endorsed member of Congress Haley Stevens to be his successor over Abdul El-Sayed in the state’s neck-and-neck primary race set for 4 August.“She has demonstrated to me time and time again that she’s a fighter,” Peters told the Detroit News. “We need workhorses in the Senate, and we need someone who can do that job from day one. This is not a pl

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« Je finirai par sortir de prison » : l’exfiltration ratée du suprémaciste noir Kemi Seba, arrêté en Afrique du Sud avec un nostalgique de l’apartheid proche des Russes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-13T17:00:12+00:00

Incarcéré depuis le 13 avril à Pretoria, l’activiste doit être présenté mardi 14 juillet devant un juge sud-africain pour deux affaires distinctes. Il est notamment poursuivi pour « blanchiment d’argent et financement du terrorisme » par le Bénin, qui demande son extradition.

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UK bans support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T16:56:05+00:00

Home Office announces move that officials say comes close to proscribing group as a terrorist organisationUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK will ban support for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Keir Starmer said on Monday, in a move which officials said came close to proscribing the military group as a terrorist organisation.The prime minister announced his government would designate the organisation under a new National Security Act, enabling law enforcement to take action against anyone deemed to be providing it support. Continue reading...

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Reform UK triggers row over MPs’ safety – podcast

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T16:51:55+00:00

After Ann Widdecombe’s murder, Reform UK has criticised the Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle and suggested its MPs are not given enough security. Pippa Crerar tells Kiran Stacey what Hoyle’s team have been telling herPlease keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.comPlease follow and subscribe to the Politics Weekly YouTube channel here Continue reading...

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Bangkok pub fire kills 27, wounds dozens: What we know

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-13T16:50:49+00:00

The blaze – one of Thailand’s worst in recent history – also injured more than 70 people, many of them critically.

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Aditya Birla Group acquires Sprng Energy in ₹17,200 crore deal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-13T16:49:03+00:00

The acquisition takes Aditya Birla Group’s renewable energy capacity to 9.3 GWp, positioning it as one India’s largest renewable energy players

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One in four social media posts is AI-speak

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-13T16:44:09+00:00

LinkedIn and Medium top the list as AI-generated posts proliferate, says Pangram report

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Tom Cruise unveils remarkable transformation in Digger trailer: ‘I’ve never had something that could challenge me in this way’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T16:42:43+00:00

The new Alejandro González Iñárritu film sees Cruise playing an eccentric oil baron on a mission to save the worldThe first full length trailer for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s hotly anticipated comedy-drama Digger has been released, and with it audiences’ first look at Tom Cruise’s least recognisable role since he donned a fatsuit and prosthetics for 2008’s Tropic Thunder.The film will be released worldwide in early October and stars Cruise as Digger Rockwell, “the most powerful man in the world” on a mission to save the world from an ecological disaster. Continue reading...

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