Sanders targets ‘unacceptable’ price of weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy

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Vermont senator will grill CEO of Danish pharma giant whose drugs cost Americans 10 times more than abroad

The blockbuster weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are arguably as omnipresent in the American zeitgeist as Taylor Swift or the iPhone. The drugs and others in its class are associated with the sparkle of Hollywood, on the lips of Oprah and considered transformative by doctors.

But the giant market for drugs like Wegovy, including not just the roughly 11% of adults who have diabetes but also the 42% of adults who have obesity, has conjured one of the demons of American healthcare – price.

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London Tunnels moves IPO plan to Amsterdam in blow to UK markets

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Proposed tourist attraction hopes to bring 2m visitors a year to abandoned wartime network

London Tunnels, which aims to convert an abandoned underground network into a tourist attraction, has ditched plans to float in the capital, instead opting to list in Amsterdam.

The company aims to make the Kingsway exchange tunnels, a network of 8,000 sq metres under Holborn in central London, into a new attraction that will bring in 2 million visitors a year.

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JK Rowling agrees to meeting with Labour about gender transition policy

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Author responds after shadow chancellor says party would be ‘really happy’ to ‘give her assurances’

JK Rowling has agreed to a meeting with Labour after Rachel Reeves said the party would be “really happy” to “give her assurances” over its plans to change the process through which people can legally change gender.

Speaking in Scotland, Reeves said protection for women-only spaces would “absolutely stay”, adding: “We’re not going to be changing anything around biological sex … We’re really happy to talk to JK Rowling to give her assurances about that.”

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Nigel Farage attacks Mail newspapers over ‘Putin ally’ reports

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Reform UK leader accuses group of trying to stop his party breaking through into parliament

Nigel Farage has launched a stinging attack on the Daily Mail group, accusing the newspapers of trying to stop Reform UK “breaking through into parliament” by publishing reports that suggest he is an ally of Vladmir Putin’s administration.

Farage said the newspaper, which has often been supportive of him in the past, was “collaborating with the Kremlin to protect the dying Conservative party”, also lashing out at Boris Johnson for joining condemnation of his comments about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Israel-Hamas War in Gaza: Latest Updates – The New York Times

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  1. Israel-Hamas War in Gaza: Latest Updates  The New York Times
  2. Yoav Gallant, Amos Hochstein meet on Hezbollah amid talks of Lebanon war - Israel News  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Israeli defense chief heads to D.C. as Hezbollah escalates threats  The Washington Post
  4. Israeli defence minister flies to US for ‘critical’ talks on Gaza and Lebanon  The Guardian
  5. Israeli leaders visit Washington amid rising tensions  GZERO Media
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Heatwave scorches US over weekend as midwest sees deadly flooding

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Washington DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia all saw record heat while one person died during flooding in South Dakota

Millions of Americans sweated through a scorching weekend as temperatures soared across the US – while residents were also rescued from floodwaters that forced evacuations across the midwest. One person died during flooding in South Dakota, the governor there said.

From the mid-Atlantic to Maine, across the Great Lakes region, and throughout the west to California, public officials cautioned residents about the dangers of excessive heat and humidity. Forecasters say the heatwave will continue early in the week in the south-east, portions of the south and the Plains, providing the biggest worry in affected areas.

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Record number of people have crossed Channel in small boats since January

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Total of 12,901 people seeking asylum have crossed this year, passing previous six-month record of 12,747 in 2022

A record number of people seeking asylum in small boats have crossed the Channel in the first six months of this year.

Home Office figures show that 257 people made the journey in four boats on Sunday, taking the provisional total for the year so far to 12,901. The previous record for arrivals in the six months from January to June was 12,747 in 2022. In the first half of 2023, arrivals stood at 11,433.

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Russia threatens ‘consequences’ for US over Crimea missile strikes – POLITICO Europe

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  1. Russia threatens 'consequences' for US over Crimea missile strikes  POLITICO Europe
  2. Russia summons US ambassador over ‘barbaric’ Sevastopol missile strike  Al Jazeera English
  3. Russia placing military near civilians in Crimea, to deter attacks: ISW  Business Insider
  4. Kremlin Warns US of 'Consequences' After Crimea Strike  Kyiv Post
  5. Ukraine sends over 30 drones into Russia  The Associated Press
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‘I hope he loses’: Jeremy Hunt facing uphill battle in Godalming as voters long for change

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Many describe Hunt as a good local MP but some are looking to tactical voting to punish the Conservatives

The beautiful Surrey Hills are well known for two things: a high concentration of some of the UK’s richest residents, who commute from the “stockbroker belt” to well-paying jobs in London, and some of the country’s most popular cycling routes.

The two combined on a recent chilly Saturday morning in a 100km bike ride that passed through the picturesque lanes of the newly created Godalming and Ash constituency. Most of the 10 riders from Velo Club Godalming Haslemere were happy to chat politics as they pedalled up (and down) 1,168 metres of the county’s steepest hills on customised carbon-fibre racing bikes, some of which cost more than a family car.

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Wolves attack and seriously injure woman who went jogging in French zoo – CBS News

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  1. Wolves attack and seriously injure woman who went jogging in French zoo  CBS News
  2. Wolves maul woman at zoo in France  NBC News
  3. Wolf attack in French zoo leaves woman seriously injured  DW (English)
  4. Woman mauled by wolves while jogging in French safari park  The Telegraph
  5. Woman fighting for life after attack by wolves during morning jog at French zoo  The Independent
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Princess Anne, sister of King Charles, suffers concussion, palace says – Fox News

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  1. Princess Anne, sister of King Charles, suffers concussion, palace says  Fox News
  2. Princess Anne in Hospital: Everything We Know  Newsweek
  3. Princess Anne hospitalized with minor injuries following incident at her home  CNN
  4. A Statement from Buckingham Palace  The Royal Family
  5. U.K's Princess Anne hospitalized with head injuries after horse incident  The Washington Post
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Florida rapper Foolio, 26, killed in car park shooting

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Rapper who amassed tens of millions of streams for his emotional trap music was reportedly ambushed outside a Tampa hotel

US rapper Foolio has died at the age of 26 after being shot in a hotel car park in Tampa, Florida.

The rapper, real name Charles Jones, had amassed tens of millions of streams for a discography that stretches back to 2017.

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Over half of US women on probation or parole need permission to travel for abortion – study

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Policies are ‘one-two punch’ for women caught in criminal justice system, report’s author says

The number of women on probation or parole who must seek permission to travel for an abortion more than doubled to 635,000 in two years since the supreme court overturned the federal right to abortion, a new report finds.

Fourteen states have near-total abortion bans and 21 restrict the procedure. Together with near ubiquitous travel restrictions imposed by probation and parole, more than half of women on probation or parole in the US must seek permission to travel before obtaining an abortion.

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Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry dies in shark attack

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The actor, who also appeared in Blue Crush and Hawaii Five-0, was a lifeguard and professional surfer, described as a ‘legendary waterman’

Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry has died following a shark attack in Hawaii.

Perry, who also appeared in Blue Crush and Hawaii Five-0, was surfing at Malaekahana beach on the Hawaiian island of Oahu when he died on Sunday afternoon.

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