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Jamaican man who has lived in UK for 26 years facing deportation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:49:12+00:00

Case of Mark Nelson, 46, is one of first since new measures were announced in last week’s immigration billA Jamaican man who has lived more than half his life in the UK is facing deportation to his home country in one of the first cases since new anti-immigration measures were announced in last week’s immigration bill.Mark Nelson, 46, came to the UK in 2000 and set up his own car mechanic business. He has five British children and a British partner. In 2017, he received a four-year prison sentence for growing cannabis plants, something he said he did after his business experienced financial pr

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Democrats to choose between progressive and establishment candidate in Michigan as McMorrow drops out of race – US politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:42:50+00:00

Candidate Abdul El-Sayed emerges as the party’s frontrunner in the primary campaign after Mallory McMorrow withdrawsHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Progressive Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed has emerged as the party’s frontrunner in the Michigan primary campaign after Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the race.The bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, designed to shield individuals from soaring electricity prices amid the datacenter boom, would fail to meaningfully protect the public from the centers’ true costs, consumer advocates warn. The bill, backed by some in big tech su

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Adani assures continued control of Vizhinjam Port despite stake sale

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T10:30:53+00:00

While Terminal Investment Ltd. (TIL), the port investment arm of MSC, will acquire a 49 per cent stake and have representation on the board, APSEZ will continue to consolidate, control and manage the port as the majority shareholder

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The Funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:28:41+00:00

Iran’s new leaders are commemorating Ayatollah Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war against the country, with a funeral unlike any other in the country’s recent history.

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Starmer faces likely row at Nato summit after US rebuke on defence spending

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:28:31+00:00

US ambassador to Nato has called for all allies who are ‘lagging behind’ to step up immediatelyKeir Starmer is likely to face a diplomatic row at his final major international summit this week after Washington’s ambassador to Nato called for alliance members who are “lagging behind” on defence spending to step up.The prime minister is due to arrive in Ankara on Tuesday for the annual Nato summit, where the UK commitment will be under scrutiny following the release of the government’s defence investment plan (Dip) last week. Continue reading...

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Heavy rain pounds Chhattisgarh; rivers in spate, IMD warns of more showers

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T10:25:57+00:00

Several rivers, including the Shivnath and Kharun, are in spate, forcing the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to remain on high alert following multiple operations to rescue stranded persons

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Експерти обрали найкращі недорогі смарт-годинники 2026 року: є одразу 6 варіантів

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-06T10:21:00+00:00

Навіть у бюджетному сегменті до 100 доларів сьогодні можна знайти моделі, які практично не поступаються флагманам за повсякденними функціями.

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Що робити з жоржинами в липні, щоб вони цвіли аж до самої осені: три важливі моменти

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-06T10:20:00+00:00

Якщо дотримуватися цих простих рекомендацій, жоржини будуть рясно цвісти й зможуть прикрашати сад практично до перших осінніх заморозків.

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Le Hamas annonce dissoudre ses instances dirigeantes dans la bande de Gaza

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-06T10:10:00+00:00

Cette décision pourrait ouvrir la voie à la gestion du territoire par un comité technocratique, déjà formé et dont la mission est de garantir une représentation palestinienne dans les institutions de la bande de Gaza.

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Le Hamas dit avoir dissous ses instances dirigeantes dans la bande de Gaza

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-06T10:09:58+00:00

Cette décision pourrait ouvrir la voie à la gestion du territoire par un comité technocratique, déjà formé et dont la mission est de garantir une représentation palestinienne dans les institutions de la bande de Gaza.

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Centre clears ₹3,400 crore expansion of IndianOil’s Ennore LNG terminal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-06T10:05:17+00:00

The project will double the terminal’s regasification capacity from 5 MTPA to 10 MTPA, increasing gas supply to industries, power plants, fertiliser units and city gas networks across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

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Are you older or younger than the rest of the world?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:02:01+00:00

Enter the day you were born and we will place you in the lineup of all eight billion people alive today.

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Wildfires rage across southern Europe, forcing thousands to flee homes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:01:31+00:00

Tour de France spectator ban as country along with Spain, Portugal and Greece faces ‘powder keg’ after heatwaveEurope live – latest updatesWildfires raging across southern Europe have forced thousands to flee their homes and prompted officials to ban spectators from a stage of the Tour de France, amid warnings of “powder keg” conditions after a record-breaking early summer heatwave.Hundreds of firefighters are tackling blazes that have burned through almost 20,000 hectares (49,500 acres) in Portugal, Spain, France and Greece. Strong winds are forecast to fan the flames and temperatures are exp

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‘No one’s even heard of the Telegraph’: can the UK’s most conservative paper take on Murdoch in the US?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:00:54+00:00

Axel Springer boss has ‘bold vision’ for the media group, but identifying a gap is no guarantee of stateside successAs he addressed staff at the London headquarters of the Telegraph Media Group last week, Mathias Döpfner, the German chief executive of Axel Springer and latest proprietor of the most traditional of conservative British newspapers, referred to his company’s decades-long pursuit of the venerable titles.As staff nibbled Axel Springer-embossed biscuits, Döpfner also exchanged some distinctly European ribbing with the Daily Telegraph’s editor, Chris Evans, about Germany’s World Cup e

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‘Impossible to be a mom’: new film shines light on how America fails its mothers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:00:52+00:00

Documentary No Country for Mothers details how US moms lack support, paid leave and childcare help – and hopes to inspire push for actionWhen Reshma Saujani set out to make a documentary, she was clear from the outset: it would not be released on streaming platforms, or at film festivals.Instead, No Country for Mothers – a new movie about how moms across the US are being failed – is being screened by hundreds of the subject themselves, nationwide, in person. Continue reading...

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NCAA president expects no changes to trans athlete rules after US supreme court ruling

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:00:52+00:00

Collegiate sports organization led by Charlie Baker banned trans athletes from women’s sports after 2025 Trump orderThe president of the US’s top administrator of collegiate sports on Sunday said his organization does not anticipate adjusting its rules on transgender athletes after a recent federal supreme court decision allowed states to ban them from participating in school athletics.In an interview with CBS News’ Face the Nation, Charlie Baker, the NCAA president, alluded to how his organization in late January 2025 had effectively banned transgender athletes from women’s sports by closing

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Why Australian PM's Kylie comments caused controversy

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:00:08+00:00

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologised for remarks he made about popstar Kylie Minogue in a podcast interview last week.

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Pizza Express ‘held inquiry into former prince Andrew’s visit to Woking branch’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-06T10:00:00+00:00

Firm reportedly felt it was in public interest to test alibi offered by former prince after Virginia Giuffre accusationPizza Express held an internal inquiry to investigate Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s visit to its Woking branch, as he has claimed he did on the day he is alleged to have had sex with a teenage victim of Jeffrey Epstein 20 miles away in central London, it has been reported.According to sources who spoke to the BBC, senior management at the restaurant chain held the investigation because they felt it was in the public interest to test the alibi the former Duke of York had offered

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