Dismay after Southampton airport gets permission to cut down cemetery trees

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Campaigners attack council for backing plan to fell trees in burial site near runway to allow for increase in passengers

A Labour-led city council has been criticised for backing an airport’s scheme to cut down “majestic” trees in a historic, wildlife-rich cemetery close to a runway.

Environmental campaigners, people whose loved ones were laid to rest in the cemetery and opposition politicians have expressed dismay that the trees in South Stoneham Cemetery in Southampton are to be lost.

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Russia launches ‘massive’ drone bombardment on Zelensky’s hometown, Ukrainian officials say – CNN

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  1. Russia launches ‘massive’ drone bombardment on Zelensky’s hometown, Ukrainian officials say  CNN
  2. The first casualty is sleep as the bombs and missiles fall on Kyiv  The Washington Post
  3. Russia attacks Ukraine with hundreds of drones, energy infrastructure hit  Reuters
  4. Sleeplessness, death, destruction: Russian attacks torment Kyiv  Al Jazeera
  5. Putin Snubs Trump by Unleashing Deadly Strike After President’s Ultimatum  The Daily Beast
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Southern Water issues hosepipe ban for 1m people in Hampshire and Isle of Wight

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Announcement takes number of people hit by restrictions across England to about 8.5 million

Southern Water has become the fourth English utility to issue a hosepipe ban, taking the number of people hit by such restrictions to about 8.5 million.

The latest ban, which comes into force for about 1 million residents across large swathes of Hampshire and all of the Isle of Wight from 9am on Monday, comes after Yorkshire, Thames and South East Water announced similar measures.

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No automatic right to resettlement for Afghans in data leak, says Healey

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Defence secretary says it was ‘never the plan to bring everyone’ on dataset to UK, while Ben Wallace denies Tories sought superinjunction

The defence secretary, John Healey, has said there is no automatic right to resettlement for Afghans named in a leaked Ministry of Defence database, as the former Conservative ministers Ben Wallace and Johnny Mercer clashed over whether “thousands of people with little or tenuous links” had been admitted to Britain.

The controversy revolves around a dataset containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 people who applied for the Afghan relocations and assistance policy (Arap) that was released “in error” in February 2022 by a British defence official.

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Trump threatens to impose drug and chip tariffs as soon as 1 August

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US president talks of low tariff to give pharmaceutical firms a year or so to build, and then making it ‘very high’

Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical products and semiconductors as soon as 1 August, the latest deadline for the introduction of his “reciprocal” levies on individual countries.

The US president told reporters late on Tuesday the taxes on drug imports could be announced “probably at the end of the month, and we’re going to start off with a low tariff and give the pharmaceutical companies a year or so to build, and then we’re going to make it a very high tariff”.

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As Iran Deports a Million Afghans, ‘Where Do We Even Go?’ – The New York Times

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  1. As Iran Deports a Million Afghans, ‘Where Do We Even Go?’  The New York Times
  2. The scale of Afghans returning from Iran is overwhelming, says UN official  AP News
  3. The Take: Why are Afghan refugees being sent back to Taliban rule?  Al Jazeera
  4. Iran expels half a million Afghans in 16-day stretch since recent conflict with Israel, UN says  CNN
  5. One of history’s biggest expulsions: Iran is throwing out 4m Afghans  The Times
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Cuban minister resigns after saying ‘there are no beggars in Cuba’ – BBC

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  1. Cuban minister resigns after saying 'there are no beggars in Cuba'  BBC
  2. Cuban labor minister resigns after her suggestion beggars were pretending sparked backlash  AP News
  3. Cuban minister resigns after suggesting beggars are pretending  Al Jazeera
  4. Cuban minister under pressure for saying country has no beggars  Reuters
  5. Cuban minister resigns after downplaying poverty  Chronicle-Tribune
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EU accused of ‘cruel and unlawful betrayal’ of Palestinians over failure to confront Israel

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Stinging rebuke from Amnesty International follows EU ministers declining to endorse any sanctions over Gaza war

The EU has been accused of a “cruel and unlawful betrayal” of Palestinians and European values after failing to take action to impose sanctions on Israel over the war in Gaza.

The stinging rebuke from Amnesty International, echoed by other human rights organisations, came after EU ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday declined to endorse any measures to sanction Israel over the brutal war in Gaza and endemic violence in the West Bank.

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Death of Australia’s ‘Outback Killer’ leaves whereabouts of British backpacker’s body unknown – AP News

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  1. Death of Australia's 'Outback Killer' leaves whereabouts of British backpacker's body unknown  AP News
  2. ‘Outback Killer’ Bradley John Murdoch dies at 67, leaving mystery of Peter Falconio’s body unsolved  CNN
  3. Peter Falconio's family express 'relief' at Bradley Murdoch death  BBC
  4. First cop on scene of Falconio case recalls 'bizarre' tip-off from truckie  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  5. Bradley Murdoch, man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, dies aged 67  The Guardian
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Thai woman arrested for blackmailing monks after sex with thousands of videos – BBC

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  1. Thai woman arrested for blackmailing monks after sex with thousands of videos  BBC
  2. Woman arrested for allegedly enticing Thai Buddhist monks into sex, then blackmailing them  CBS News
  3. Crafty woman seduces nine horny monks before extorting millions from them to stay quiet  Daily Star
  4. Monks' titles rescinded, 'Golf' cuffed  bangkokpost.com
  5. Thailand defrocks 6 monks as sex and blackmail scandal engulfs Buddhist clergy  South China Morning Post
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