Private menopause tests risk undermining NHS care, doctors say

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Expert says self-testing kits are clinically useless and can be a distraction from evidence-based treatment

Expensive, over-the-counter hormone tests for menopause are clinically useless and risk undermining women’s healthcare, senior doctors have warned.

The testing kits, offered by private clinics and available to buy for self-testing, claim to offer tailored insights through measuring hormone levels. But they have been described by experts as misleading and medically unnecessary.

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Largest Russian air attack of war sets fire to Ukrainian cabinet building

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Officials say three people including mother and baby killed in strikes that also hit key government building for first time

Russia has launched its largest ever air attack on Ukraine, hitting a key government building in Kyiv for the first time and killing at least three people, including a mother and her baby, and drawing widespread condemnation, including a fresh threat of further US sanctions.

The bombardment of the capital with a large number of drones and missiles injured at least 18 people and set scores of buildings on fire. Explosions were also reported in the cities of Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih. Authorities triggered a countrywide air-raid warning at 6.06am local time and later accused Russia of deliberately striking civilian targets.

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Keir Starmer has ‘legal duty to stop Gaza genocide’, says Greta Thunberg

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Exclusive: Activist spoke while onboard aid flotilla aiming to deliver food, baby formula and medical supplies to territory

Keir Starmer must obey his “legal duty to act to prevent a genocide”, Greta Thunberg has told the Guardian while travelling onboard an aid flotilla heading for Gaza.

The Swedish activist said there was a “huge absence of those whose legal responsibility it is to step up” under international law, and called out the UK prime minister before a potential meeting this week with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog.

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China-Russia pipeline deal seals Trump’s Eurasia strategy collapse – Asia Times

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  1. China-Russia pipeline deal seals Trump’s Eurasia strategy collapse  Asia Times
  2. The China-Russia natural gas deal is a distraction from LNG sanctions evasion  Atlantic Council
  3. How the Power of Siberia 2 Deal Could Reshape Global Energy  CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
  4. China-Russia pipeline diplomacy threatens Trump's energy grip  Reuters
  5. Putin hails ‘unprecedentedly high’ relations with China as Gazprom says it signed new gas deal  CNN
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Why France’s Financial Woes Are Pushing Its Government to the Brink – The New York Times

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  1. Why France’s Financial Woes Are Pushing Its Government to the Brink  The New York Times
  2. The French government is on the brink – and Le Pen is the only winner  The Guardian
  3. Could France's economic turmoil spark eurozone debt crisis?  DW
  4. European markets open higher as focus turns on French confidence vote  CNBC
  5. French government faces collapse — live updates  politico.eu
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‘We have the people’: Bernie Sanders campaigns with Zohran Mamdani as New York mayoral race enters final stretch

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Pair met with thunderous applause at town hall in Brooklyn as part of senator’s Fighting Oligarchy tour

Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayoral frontrunner and Democratic nominee, joined the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders in a rousing town hall in Brooklyn on Saturday evening where the two addressed the growing threat of oligarchic control across the US and how to fight it.

The event, held at Sanders’ alma mater Brooklyn College, drew an audience of about 1,700 people. Mamdani and Sanders co-hosted the town hall as part of Sanders’ Fighting Oligarchy tour, which has included rallies in 20 states. Throughout the tour, the senator has been actively supporting and recruiting progressive candidates to run for office.

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Two boys, 12 and 15, killed in Melbourne attacked by eight knife and machete wielding suspects

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Fatal stabbing attack on two boys in Cobblebank had ‘the hallmarks of a youth gang crime’, Victoria police say

A fatal stabbing attack on two boys in Melbourne by eight masked attackers armed with machetes and long edged weapons had “the hallmarks of a youth gang crime”, Victoria police say.

A 12-year-old and 15-year-old Dau Akueng were found fatally stabbed on separate streets in Cobblebank, in the city’s west, on Saturday night.

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Gaza City Offensive Risks Hostages’ Lives With Little Chance of Military Gains – Haaretz

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  1. Gaza City Offensive Risks Hostages' Lives With Little Chance of Military Gains  Haaretz
  2. Hamas releases video of hostages in Gaza City as Israeli military advances  CNN
  3. First image in 700 days: Family of hostage Alon Ohel issues still from Hamas video  The Times of Israel
  4. Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza  BBC
  5. Gaza hostage Alon Ohel has likely lost vision in right eye, family says  The Jerusalem Post
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‘Traitor’: Mass Jerusalem crowd pans PM as hostage’s mom calls him worst foe of Jewish nation – The Times of Israel

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  1. ‘Traitor’: Mass Jerusalem crowd pans PM as hostage’s mom calls him worst foe of Jewish nation  The Times of Israel
  2. ‘We are in critical minutes’: Gaza City assault spurs widespread Israeli protest amid fear for hostages  CNN
  3. 'Trump's legacy crumbles', Israelis call on U.S. President to end Gaza war  Reuters
  4. Focus of mass rallies shifts to Jerusalem as fears grow for lives of the hostages  The Times of Israel
  5. Thousands rally in Israel to call for end to conflict in Gaza and release of hostages  France 24
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China’s military follows Australian and Canadian warships in Taiwan Strait accusing them of ‘provocation’

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Strait is considered an international waterway by countries including the US, Canada, Britain and Taiwan

Australian and Canadian warships sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait have been followed and warned by China’s military, with Beijing describing the incident as a provocation.

The People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said the Australian guided-missile destroyer Brisbane and the Canadian frigate Ville de Quebec were engaged in “trouble-making and provocation”.

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Trump administration begins new Ice operation in Massachusetts

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A Department of Homeland Security official confirmed the action in a statement, blaming mayor’s sanctuary policies

The Trump administration has targeted Massachusetts as its next location to begin arresting and deporting immigrants, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed to NBC News on Saturday.

DHS and its US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm are calling the operation Patriot 2.0, modifying the name of a May deportation surge that led to the arrest of 1,500 people in the state, according to the reports.

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