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A secret archaeological dig inside a Dutch church has led to drama worthy of Alexandre Dumas. Did Wim Dijkman really find the bones of the fourth musketeer? We may never know.
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Pilot project in Preston comes with apprenticeship offer for Neets at end of three-week courseIn a youth centre opposite Preston bus station, the UK government is trying to address two of the greatest challenges facing the national economy: AI and youth unemployment.The hope is that one will solve – rather than cause – the other. In a room at the recently opened Vault, a community hub in the Lancashire city, an “AI bootcamp” is under way – part of a trial in the north-west to give 16- to 24-year
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Vice-president wears religion on his sleeve but winding spiritual path could alienate evangelicals and CatholicsUS vice-president JD Vance has worn his religion on his sleeve since converting to the Catholicism in 2019. He recently published a book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, and memorably met the late Pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday in 2025, a day before the pontiff died.But his religious identity could take on new weight as he positions himself for a presidential run
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Reform UK’s economic spokesperson talks to Sky News and BBC after record donations Christopher Harborne matches £36m Reform donation of Ben DeloAnalysis: Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskierGood morning and welcome to the Guardian’s politics live blog in what is a fairly tumultuous period in electoral financing.
To recap: In the past 48 hours, Reform UK has received a staggering sum of £72m from two crypto billionaires, the largest single donations in British polit
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The nation's search and rescue team said it lost contact with the Virgo Transport 8 in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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In 2000, after a life-threatening illness, Dan Barry went to the west of Ireland to breathe different air. He finds stories there still.
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Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via adsTesco has alerted City of London police after it became the latest in a string of companies and sports stars, including Barclays bank and Lewis Hamilton, to have its image hijacked in a “scam” by unlicensed casinos advertising via Facebook and Instagram.The supermarket chain is among several household-name businesses to have been targeted in an apparent effort by casin
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More than 100 others on board were evacuated from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, including one who diedIndonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 140 people from a passenger ship that was earlier reported missing in the Java Sea after 103 others were evacuated, one of whom died, a search and rescue agency official said.A passenger ship carrying more than 240 people was reported missing after losing contact during bad weather in the Java Sea early on Sunday, the country’s search and resc
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South Australian authorities say case discovered on Kangaroo Island is first for species of which less than 12,000 animals remainGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSouth Australia has recorded the first death of an endangered Australian sea lion from H5 bird flu.Experts say about 12,000 Australian sea lions remain – though a more recent estimate put the figure at less than 10,000. Most of the population are found in South Australia, with the remainder in Western Australia
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Criticism of three-year threshold repayment freeze prompts update to guidance warning terms and conditions could changeUniversity students taking out student loans are to be warned that the terms and conditions could change so they are better informed about what they are signing up to, the government has said.In July, a report by MPs said slideshows that compared student loan repayments to the cost of a mobile phone contract, and YouTube videos that did not mention the fact that conditions could
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Rhun ap Iorwerth, the first non-Labour Senedd leader, questions Westminster’s willingness to relinquish powersAndy Burnham has to be serious about devolution and understand that Wales is a nation and “not a region in England”, according to the country’s first minister.Rhun ap Iorwerth, who is the first non-Labour leader of the Senedd since devolution, told the Guardian that while he was encouraged by initial discussions with the new UK prime minister, he was wary about Burnham being captured by
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Survivors tell the stories of the people and places buried under the mud after a disaster in Nepal.
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Sweden votes on Sunday. With various crises easing, center-left politics seem in vogue again, but the far right cannot be discounted.
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Once central to rural life, cafe-bistros are closing in the face of depopulation and falling alcohol consumption, but campaigners are seeking new ways forwardIt is just past noon on a midweek day, and already every table at Au Bon Acceuil cafe-bistro in the northern Burgundy village of Saint-Martin-sur-Ouanne is taken.The three-course lunch menu today – including a choice of a hefty chunk of steak with chips or a meaty lasagne – is just €18, but villagers are not only here for the food. Continue
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Mujib Mashal, our South Asia bureau chief, travels to points along a river in Nepal that turned into a deadly torrent, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving over 5,000 more missing as entire, towns bridges and roads were swept away.
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The iconic Canadian singer kicked off her long-awaited comeback show in Paris on Saturday, after a six-year hiatus due to health issues.
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Prime minister’s office tells families of those missing ‘the nation stands with you’ as search and rescue efforts continueOne person has died and more than 30 are missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Vanuatu, the country’s government says.The vessel, MV Matui, had set sail with more than 40 passengers and crew on Friday from the island of Santo to Ambae island in very rough seas, but did not arrive. Continue reading...
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Screen limits will become mandatory in NSW schools from 2028 as federal education minister says students may need a ‘digital detox’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales government has announced it will implement limits on screen time in public school classrooms and push for students to take part in daily “pen and paper” learning.The state’s new regulations follow a similar announcement from the Victori
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Min Zin and other detainees in China are expected to be on the shortlist of issues President Trump will raise with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this month.
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Liberal MP says One Nation leader is ‘not the person I thought she was’ and he feels ‘sorry’ for JoyceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAndrew Hastie has vowed to go “all the way” in his fight with Pauline Hanson, as he suggested One Nation MPs Barnaby Joyce and David Farley were likely feeling buyers’ remorse for joining the party.The Liberal MP and former SAS captain repeated his accusation that Hanson was a “lying