Rescuers search for survivors after building collapses in Tanzania, killing at least one

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Dozens of people remain trapped in underground shops after collapse of multi-storey building in Dar es Salaam

Rescuers were using their bare hands, drills and sledgehammers to reach dozens of people trapped under a building that collapsed in the centre of Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.

The multi-storey building in Kariakoo, the East African country’s busiest market, caved in as people were shopping, killing at least one person, the prime minister, Kassim Majaliwa, said.

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New Hampshire animal shelter struggles to house 1,000 mice

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A man surrendered his rodents recently, and now the shelter is grappling with a rapidly multiplying mouse problem

A New Hampshire animal shelter is grappling with how to handle nearly 1,000 mice that have been turned over in recent days, many of which are pregnant.

Lisa Dennison, executive director of the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, called the situation “crippling” and said the organization is scrambling to care for an overwhelming influx of rapidly reproducing rodents.

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Japan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress mutual concern over North Korean troops – The Associated Press

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  1. Japan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress mutual concern over North Korean troops  The Associated Press
  2. Japan’s minister visits Ukraine to stress ‘grave concern’ over North Korean troops  The Guardian
  3. Zelensky thanks Japan for $3B as part of G7 initiative  Ukrinform
  4. Every Day, Ukrainians Prove with Their Courage, with Their Resilience That They Can Stop Russia – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine  Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України
  5. Japanese foreign minister arrives in Kyiv.  Kyiv Independent
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‘A Russian asset’: Democrats slam Trump’s pick of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence

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Some of his other nominees – Matt Gaetz for AG and Peter Hegseth for defense head – were also condemned

Democratic lawmakers are slamming Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, saying their former House colleague is a vocal supporter of Russia who poses a threat to US national intelligence.

Jason Crow, a House Democrat from Colorado and a member of the House intelligence committee, told NBC News that he has “deep questions about where her loyalties lie”.

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Eight killed and 17 injured after stabbing incident in China

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Incident occurred in eastern city of Wuxi after 21-year-old student went on stabbing spree on Saturday evening

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old student went on a stabbing spree in China’s eastern city of Wuxi on Saturday evening, police said.

The incident comes days after a hit-and-run incident in which 35 people were killed and 43 others injured after a car drove into a group of people outside a sports centre in the southern city of Zhuhai.

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IDF says dozens of masked settlers carried out arson attack on West Bank village – The Times of Israel

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  1. IDF says dozens of masked settlers carried out arson attack on West Bank village  The Times of Israel
  2. US support for Israel fuels illegal settler violence, Gaza genocide: Palestinian Presidency  Middle East Monitor
  3. Israeli Settlers Suspected of Torching Homes, Car in West Bank Village  Haaretz
  4. Israelis set fire to buildings in Palestinian village, claim Palestinians stole their sheep  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Settler Violence Spikes In Occupied West Bank; CCTV Footage Shows Masked Men Throwing Rocks At Home  WION
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Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups

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Religious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workers

Campaigns against assisted dying that claim to be led by healthcare workers and disabled people are being secretly coordinated and paid for by conservative Christian pressure groups, an Observer investigation has found.

The “grassroots” campaigns have been central to the debate on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales before a landmark vote by MPs this month.

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Op True Promise III: Iran Ready To ‘Attack’ Israel For 3rd Time? Comes After Reported “Destruction” Of ‘Top Secret’ Nuke Facility – EurAsian Times

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  1. Op True Promise III: Iran Ready To ‘Attack’ Israel For 3rd Time? Comes After Reported “Destruction” Of ‘Top Secret’ Nuke Facility  EurAsian Times
  2. Scoop: Israel destroyed active nuclear weapons research facility in Iran, officials say  Axios
  3. Israel hit nuke weapons research site in Iran last month, set back program — report  The Times of Israel
  4. Report Confirms Israel Struck Active Iranian Nuclear Weapon Site  Foundation for Defense of Democracies
  5. Israeli strike on Iran's Parchin facility disrupts key nuclear bomb development capabilities  The Jerusalem Post
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Tory Foreign Office minister used official visit to Azerbaijan to promote party donor’s business

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Leo Docherty posed on one of Lord Bamford’s JCB diggers in Baku when the company wanted to ‘raise their profile’ in the country

A Conservative minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office used an official visit to Azerbaijan to promote the interests of a billionaire party donor.

Leo Docherty, the Tory MP for Aldershot until 30 May, visited a showroom for JCB machinery in February 2023 and climbed behind the wheel of one the company’s diggers to “help promote UK products in Azerbaijan”. He later posted a photo on X of the visit, tagging the company’s official account.

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The ‘foolproof’ election forecaster who predicted Trump would lose – what went wrong?

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Allan Lichtman’s forecast model was meant to be foolproof. He explains to David Smith what was different this time

Surely not even Nostradamus could get it right all of the time.

Allan Lichtman had correctly forecast the result of nine of the past 10 US presidential elections (and even the one he didn’t, in 2000, he insists was stolen from Al Gore). His predictive model of “13 keys” to the White House was emulated around the world and seemed all but indestructible.

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Russia wants Kursk back before negotiations. Ukraine isn’t budging. – The Washington Post

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  1. Russia wants Kursk back before negotiations. Ukraine isn’t budging.  The Washington Post
  2. Language barriers and inexperience may hamper North Korean troops on Russia’s battlefield  NBC News
  3. Kursk War Map Reveals Ukrainian Advances Despite Major Russian Deployment  Newsweek
  4. 50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says  The New York Times
  5. What Putin hopes to achieve in Ukraine before Trump enters the White House  Kyiv Independent
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Murder investigation launched after body found in car boot in east London

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Police said unnamed woman, believed to be from Corby, could have been victim of ‘targeted incident’

Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman’s body was discovered in a car boot in east London.

The woman, who has not been named but is understood to be from Corby, Northamptonshire, could be the victim of a “targeted incident”, police said.

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Half a million evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines – CNN

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  1. Half a million evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines  CNN
  2. Signal No. 5 up in Catanduanes as 'Pepito' intensifies further  ABS-CBN News
  3. Typhoon Man-yi Brings ‘Life-Threatening’ Storm to Philippines  The New York Times
  4. Philippines urges residents to flee as super typhoon Man-Yi strengthens on approach  Reuters
  5. More than 650,000 people flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi hits Philippines  The Guardian
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In Kursk region, Russian army lost 17 units of equipment during attempted assault – Ukrinform

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  1. In Kursk region, Russian army lost 17 units of equipment during attempted assault  Ukrinform
  2. Counterattacking Amid The Chaos In Kursk, Ukrainian Troops ‘Destroyed’ Russian Marines From A Brigade That’s ‘Bleeding’  Forbes
  3. Russians lose 17 vehicles amid mine explosion in Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast – video  Ukrainska Pravda
  4. Russia suffers its deadliest day of the war as it fails to retake region held by Ukrainians  New York Post
  5. In Kharkiv region, 3rd Brigade eliminates 39 Russians in ambush  Militarnyi
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Middle East crisis: Israeli troops reach deepest point in Lebanon since invasion began – as it happened

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Another airstrike hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut around midday local time, according to AFP, after the area was hit earlier this morning.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported a raid by “enemy aircraft” in the neighbourhood of Chiyah.

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King Arthur left an ancient trail across Britain. Experts say it offers clues about the truth behind the myth – CNN

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  1. King Arthur left an ancient trail across Britain. Experts say it offers clues about the truth behind the myth  CNN
  2. Historians Thought This Was a Medieval Site Linked to King Arthur. It Turned Out to Be a Mysterious Monument Built 4,000 Years Earlier  Smithsonian Magazine
  3. The Mysterious ‘King Arthur’s Hall’ is 4,000 years older than believed  ZME Science
  4. Mysterious Monument Linked to King Arthur is 4,000 Years Older than Long Believed, UK Archaeologists Say  ARTnews
  5. King Arthur’s Hall is actually 5 times older than previously thought  The Brighter Side of News
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Saoirse Ronan ‘absolutely right’ about women’s safety fears, says Gladiator combat trainer

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Paul Biddiss, who trained Paul Mescal and Day of the Jackal star Eddie Redmayne, says streetwise women are more aware of surveillance and harder to follow

He has trained would-be assassins and marshalled invading hordes, Napoleonic forces and Roman regiments, but movie military adviser Paul Biddiss found himself in the midst of his biggest Hollywood skirmish last month when the actor Saoirse Ronan made a powerful intervention about women’s personal safety.

Ronan, a guest on Graham Norton’s BBC chatshow sofa, sparked a nationwide debate about women’s security fears when she interrupted fellow actors as they discussed techniques that Biddiss had taught the casts of both Gladiator II and the new drama series The Day of the Jackal.

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