UK minister warns of impact of Trump’s Iran war on next month’s budget

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Bridget Phillipson says Burnham’s past criticisms of US president not an issue as PM prepares to meet Trump at UN

Next month’s budget will be made more difficult by Donald Trump’s war with Iran, one of Andy Burnham’s cabinet ministers has said, while adding she did not expect the prime minister’s previous disparaging comments about the US president to be an issue.

Burnham is expected to meet Trump early next week at the UN general assembly summit in New York, the pair having previously spoken twice by phone since Burnham entered No 10.

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Indonesia continues search for hundreds missing in capsized ship – Reuters

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  1. Indonesia continues search for hundreds missing in capsized ship  Reuters
  2. Indonesia ferry search: Divers retrieve three bodies, 126 people missing  Al Jazeera
  3. Hornets can't keep pace with KIPP in home opening loss  Gloucester Daily Times
  4. Indonesia's rescue agency recovers more victims from capsized ship, authorities say  The Olympian
  5. Indonesia recovers another victim from capsized ship, authorities say  Yahoo
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German states go to the polls in high-stakes test for Friedrich Merz – Financial Times

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  1. German states go to the polls in high-stakes test for Friedrich Merz  Financial Times
  2. Germany’s far-right AfD win another state election, piling pressure on Chancellor Merz, exit polls show  CNN
  3. Germany: Voting underway in two key state elections  dw.com
  4. German elections under way which could decide fate of Chancellor Merz  BBC
  5. Germans Are Voting Again, Amid a Far-Right Surge. Here’s What to Watch.  The New York Times
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The gunzels’ grand final: Melbourne Tramaroos’ campaign derails at European TramDriver Championship

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The Warsaw event saw 26 teams compete across a series of demanding tasks, inspired - to varying degrees - by tram drivers’ day-to-day tasks

It’s the grand final for gunzels. But despite having one of the largest tram networks in the world, Melbourne’s Tramaroos finished second last at this year’s European TramDriver Championship, just ahead of London.

The event, held in Warsaw on Saturday, saw 26 teams compete across a series of demanding tasks, inspired – to varying degrees – by tram drivers’ day-to-day work.

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Saudi-led coalition says defence intercepted Houthi missile fired at Riyadh – Al Jazeera

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  1. Saudi-led coalition says defence intercepted Houthi missile fired at Riyadh  Al Jazeera
  2. In Significant Escalation, Houthis Attack Saudi Capital  The New York Times
  3. Houthis attack Saudi Arabia capital: Yemen's Houthi rebels attempted Riyadh attack with ballistic missile as Iran war continues  ABC7 New York
  4. Houthis say they targeted Saudi capital with ballistic missiles  BBC
  5. Yemen’s Houthis Claim Attack on Saudi Capital After Fuel Depot Burns at Airport  wsj.com
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North Korea launches ‘suspected ballistic missile’ into East Sea – Euronews

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  1. North Korea launches 'suspected ballistic missile' into East Sea  Euronews
  2. North Korea fires two ballistic missiles off east coast in three hours  CNN
  3. North Korea test-launches ballistic missiles, South Korea and Japan say  abcnews.com
  4. North Korea says it tests new combat weapon system, KCNA reports  Reuters
  5. North Korea launches missiles as it dials up pressure against U.S.  CBS News
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How Trump could finally obliterate Iran’s underground nuclear compound – the-sun.com

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  1. How Trump could finally obliterate Iran's underground nuclear compound  the-sun.com
  2. Iran is Rapidly Reconstructing Taleghan 2  isis-online.org
  3. Satellite images show Iran rapidly working to rebuild nuclear site bombed by Israel  The Times of Israel
  4. Is Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain Beyond The Reach Of US Bunker-Busters? – Analysis  Eurasia Review
  5. Iran adds new defenses at deeply buried nuclear site after Trump warns Islamic State not to ‘get cute’  New York Post
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Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a ‘cover-up’

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Shabana Mahmood is concerned about length and £144m cost of inquiry into intrusive police surveillance

Victims of intrusive police surveillance have accused the government of seeking to cut short the spycops public inquiry that has been examining widespread misconduct committed by undercover officers.

The independent judge-led inquiry is scrutinising how officers, who spied on tens of thousands of political activists over more than four decades, carried out abuses such as deceiving women into sexual relationships and fathering children.

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Earl Spencer says media treatment of Harry and Meghan ‘echoes’ Diana’s experience

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Comments come after he accused King Charles of gaslighting him in response to claims made in new memoir

Earl Spencer has said the relationship between the press and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “echoes” the way the media treated his sister Diana, Princess of Wales.

In an interview with the BBC to be aired on Sunday evening, Spencer described the press’s coverage of Harry and Meghan as having a “cancerous influence”, adding it would be “beholden on people to learn from Diana’s example”.

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Three men charged with domestic violence-related murders after three women killed in separate incidents in NSW

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A Bondi Beach woman in her 90s, a 23-year-old in Wagga Wagga and a woman in her 70s in Mole River died within hours of each other on Saturday

Three men have been accused of domestic violence-related murders after the deaths of three women in New South Wales on Saturday.

Sergei Mitnik did not apply for release on Sunday when he appeared in a bail court hours after being charged with the murder of an elderly woman inside a unit at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

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Russian drone attack kills three children and a woman in Kyiv region, Ukraine says – Reuters

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  1. Russian drone attack kills three children and a woman in Kyiv region, Ukraine says  Reuters
  2. Live: Russia says it hit Ukrainian cargo vessels, Izmail port and logistics centre  France 24
  3. Debris from Russian UAVs falls near residential buildings in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district  Ukrinform
  4. A four-minute warning isn't enough: Russia's new relentless missile tactics exhaust Kyiv residents  Yahoo News Canada
  5. Ukrainian Ports Association Chief: Attacks on Ports Threaten Global Trade, Impact Hundreds of Vessels  Kyiv Post
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Hundreds of drones target Moscow on last day of voting in Russia’s parliamentary election

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Authorities accuse Ukraine of trying to disrupt poll and say 1,600 drones in total intercepted, while at least two people killed and oil refinery damaged

Hundreds of drones targeting Moscow and its surrounding region killed at least two people and damaged a major refinery on the final day of the country’s parliamentary elections, authorities said on Sunday.

The capital’s mayor said that more than 1,600 drones had been intercepted and shot down, 450 of which were aimed at Moscow.

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Thousands of pregnant women in England are reporting domestic abuse. Midwives are struggling to cope

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Exclusive: Analysis ‘lays bare’ something midwives already know from their day-to-day work

About 20,000 disclosures of domestic abuse are estimated to be made to maternity services in England every year, analysis has found.

The figures are likely to be an underestimate of the true scale of disclosures, according to experts, highlighting the role maternity professionals play in identifying abuse.

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World leaders return to UN amid wars in Middle East and Ukraine – Reuters

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  1. World leaders return to UN amid wars in Middle East and Ukraine  Reuters
  2. Sorry, NYC drivers. Traffic is about to get even worse than usual.  Gothamist
  3. U.N. General Assembly Traffic and Street Closures: What New Yorkers Need to Know  The New York Times
  4. ‘Violence will only defer a problem’: UN Assembly President on trust, AI and lessons from the Rohingya crisis  UN News
  5. U.N. General Assembly Season Should Be ‘World’s Fair,’ Not A Gridlock Grind  Streetsblog New York City
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