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MoD reports ‘minor technical issue’ with aircraft carrier docked in Norway

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HMS Prince of Wales expected to set sail in the coming days, Ministry of Defence says

A technical issue has been detected on a UK navy flagship while docked in Norway after working with Nato and the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), the government has said.

Earlier this month, HMS Prince of Wales – one of Britain’s two flagship aircraft carriers built for £6.4bn – set sail for Nordic waters from Loch Long, in Argyll and Bute, to provide security in the Atlantic and High North regions.

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Spain has 3 upcoming eclipses. How to catch the first one this summer – CNN

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  1. Spain has 3 upcoming eclipses. How to catch the first one this summer  CNN
  2. An August for Astrotourism: Chasing a Solar Eclipse in the Vineyards of Spain  Smithsonian Magazine
  3. 2026 total solar eclipse explained: A teaser for 2027’s rare 6-minute darkness  Gulf News
  4. 10 easy places to see the total solar eclipse 2026 from Spain's major vacation destinations  Space
  5. Longest solar eclipse of the century: A 6-minute 23-second total eclipse will turn day into night  The Times of India
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Louisiana church remembers abuse victims after reversal over prayers for convicted priest

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St Anthony of Padua asks for prayers for survivors after removing Anthony Odiong’s name from list of intentions

A Louisiana Catholic church that solicited prayers for a former pastor recently sentenced to life imprisonment for criminal clerical sexual assault, then backed off having offended his victims, is asking its community to pray for survivors of clergy abuse.

The shift took place in an updated 7 June parochial bulletin published by St Anthony of Padua church in the New Orleans suburb of Luling, Louisiana, where priest Anthony Odiong was pastor from 2015 to late 2023.

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Women accusing Andrew Tate criticise UK extradition delay as influencer appears in Russia

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Lawyer for British women attacks ‘extraordinary spectacle’ of Tate’s arrival in Moscow

British women who have accused Andrew Tate of rape, assault and coercive control have questioned why the self-professed misogynistic influencer has appeared in Russia as UK authorities continue to hold off on seeking his extradition.

Tate admires Vladimir Putin and amplifies Kremlin propaganda online. He arrived in the same week that Russian authorities welcomed US rightwing figures at an annual conference described as Russia’s answer to Davos.

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Trump Is Remaking Latin America in His Image; Peru and Colombia May Be Next – Newsweek

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  1. Trump Is Remaking Latin America in His Image; Peru and Colombia May Be Next  Newsweek
  2. Polls close in Colombia presidential election that may reshape relations with US  BBC
  3. Colombian far-right candidate is latest Trumpian figure in Latin America to ride anti-incumbent wave  The Guardian
  4. Can Abelardo De La Espriella, a U.S. Citizen, Become Colombia’s President?  The New York Times
  5. Bond investors bet Colombia’s ‘Tiger’ will slash public spending  Financial Times
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Insect Breeder Caught With 100,000 Illegal Cockroaches – The Daily Beast

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  1. Insect Breeder Caught With 100,000 Illegal Cockroaches  The Daily Beast
  2. Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust  AP News
  3. Giant hissing cockroaches among $200,000 worth of illegal insects seized in Australia  BBC
  4. Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in record bug bust  DW
  5. Cockroach contraband valued at more than $140,000 seized in Australia  USA Today
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Man killed in shark attack off Western Australia – DW

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  1. Man killed in shark attack off Western Australia  DW
  2. Spearfisherman killed by suspected 15-foot shark after third fatal attack in less than a month  Fox News
  3. Spearfisher killed in Australia’s third fatal shark attack in 4 weeks  AP News
  4. Man dies after bitten by shark in Western Australia, police say  BBC
  5. Diver, 35, Dies from Shark Attack, Marking Third Fatal Encounter in the Same Area in a Month  People.com
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Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace

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Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say

Iran is already preparing for the perilous transition from wartime unity to a fractious peace marked by hyperinflation, a 10% contraction in the economy, power cuts and calls for a triumphalist government to end its unprecedented hunting down of dissent.

With peace not yet secured, the debates within the regime about Iran’s future are only just starting to emerge but its rulers are clearly thinking about how after surviving the war, they can survive the peace.

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Man dies after shark attack off Western Australia coast near Albany

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Government department says man was in the water around Michaelmas Island, near Albany, when he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark

A male diver aged in his 30s has died after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia.

The state’s police force confirmed on Saturday afternoon that the 35-year-old man had died, after being treated by paramedics at the scene for more than two hours.

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