More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website

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Patrick Vallance says government working with Chinese officials to remove postings from Alibaba after Biobank data breach last week

There have been further listings of confidential health records of UK volunteers on the Chinese website Alibaba since the breach reported last week, and the government is braced for further leaks, the science minister has said.

Addressing a House of Lords debate on the attempted sale of data belonging to 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers, Patrick Vallance said the government had worked with Chinese officials to remove additional postings on the online marketplace.

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Oil-Starved Japan Lobbied Iran To Get Tanker Through Strait of Hormuz – Newsweek

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  1. Oil-Starved Japan Lobbied Iran To Get Tanker Through Strait of Hormuz  Newsweek
  2. First Fully Loaded L.N.G. Tanker Since War Began Appears to Have Crossed the Strait  The New York Times
  3. Japan Confirms Hormuz Transit as Iran Talks Continue, PM Says  Bloomberg
  4. Idemitsu Maru tanker carrying Saudi oil crosses Strait of Hormuz  Reuters
  5. Japan's PM Vows All Diplomatic Efforts to Ensure Passage of Vessels Through Hormuz  U.S. News & World Report
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Starmer and Badenoch clash over welfare and defence spending at PMQs – UK politics live

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PM took questions from leader of the opposition and other MPs in final PMQs before recess

Here is the running order for PMQs.

Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, Anna Isaac reports.

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‘Flailing’ Georgia attorney general condemned over charges for Cop City protesters

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Republican Chris Carr accused of trying to revive bid for governor with indictment – ‘the last gasp of a dying man’

Georgia’s top law enforcement official has drawn accusations of using the weight of his office to lift his own political fortunes by bringing a new indictment against protesters of the Atlanta police training center known as Cop City.

Amid bluster about “holding the line against antifa”, Georgia attorney general Chris Carr announced charges against three activists late last week even as his bid to become Georgia’s Republican nominee for governor limps along, with less than double-digit support in polling ahead of a 19 May primary.

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Trump makes fresh Iran threat after claiming King Charles agrees with him over nuclear weapons – US politics live

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US president posts image on Truth social saying Iran ‘better get smart soon’ as king to travel to New York to lay wreath at 9/11 memorial

An attempt by the Trump administration to gain access to Arizona’s detailed voter records was thwarted by the courts on Tuesday, when a federal judge dismissed the US justice department’s lawsuit against the state.

The ruling marks the latest legal setback in an unprecedented nationwide effort by the administration before the midterm elections to collect sensitive information about tens of millions of Americans. The DoJ has sued at least 30 states and the District of Columbia seeking to force release of the data, which includes dates of birth, addresses, driver’s license numbers and partial social security numbers.

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A Former President Has Time Tacked Onto His Prison Term – Newser

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  1. A Former President Has Time Tacked Onto His Prison Term  Newser
  2. South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years in prison  NPR
  3. South Korean appeals court increases jail term for former President Yoon in obstruction case  Reuters
  4. South Korea: Yoon's obstruction sentence hiked to 7 years  DW.com
  5. Prosecutors seek 30-year prison term for South Korea's Yoon for drone flights over Pyongyang  AP News
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Two stabbed in Golders Green, north London, says Jewish group

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Man has been arrested after incident in north-west London, says volunteer organisation Shomrim

A man has been arrested after two people were stabbed in Golders Green, north-west London, the Jewish neighbourhood watch group Shomrim has said.

The man was seen running along Golders Green Road armed with a knife and “attempting to stab Jewish members of the public”, Shomrim said on social media.

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