Cryptocurrency exchange founded by Reform donor Ben Delo sued for £20m

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Former investor alleges BitMEX sold products in UK despite not being regulated by Financial Conduct Authority

A cryptocurrency exchange founded by the billionaire Reform UK donor Ben Delo is being sued for £20m over claims that the company mis-sold financial products in the UK.

Lewis Barber, who is a software engineer, alleges that BitMEX offered crypto derivative products to investors in the UK, despite not being regulated or approved to do so by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

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Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests

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Research shows that the best linguists process unfamiliar foreign speech sounds more like non-speech sounds

If you want to get really good at French, Arabic or Hungarian, don’t start with rote learning vocabulary and grammar, focus on how they sound instead, research suggests.

A new study of how humans learn modern languages has found that the brains of the most talented linguists hear foreign terms as random noise, not words.

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Pope Leo XIV’s brother Louis Prevost also battling cancer, wife tells CBS News – CBS News

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  1. Pope Leo XIV's brother Louis Prevost also battling cancer, wife tells CBS News  CBS News
  2. Pope Leo had peaceful night in hospital after lung cancer surgery  Reuters
  3. What to know about pulmonary adenocarcinoma  The Washington Post
  4. Pope Leo XIV undergoes successful lung surgery  Vatican News
  5. What to know about Pope Leo's lung cancer diagnosis  NPR
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‘A window into its soul’: The rare elephant behaviour that reveals the depths of their emotions – BBC

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  1. 'A window into its soul': The rare elephant behaviour that reveals the depths of their emotions  BBC
  2. 16 Striking Photos From This Year’s Best Wildlife Photographers  National Geographic
  3. Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026  BBC
  4. Wildlife photographer of the year 2026 winners – in pictures  The Guardian
  5. Heartbreaking photograph of an elephant and deceased calf wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026  Natural History Museum
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Drones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria says – AP News

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  1. Drones hit ships in Black Sea, sinking 1 and prompting rescue operations, Bulgaria says  AP News
  2. 11 sailors missing after drone strike sinks merchant vessel near Bulgarian waters  CNN
  3. Eleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria  Reuters
  4. Bulgarian PM summons Russian ambassador after ship sinks in Black Sea drone attack  BBC
  5. Bulgaria condemns Black Sea drone attacks as Russia's war in Ukraine spills over into Eastern Europe  DW.com
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Burnham to host Zelenskyy at No 10 in show of ‘rock-solid’ support

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Prime minister reiterates UK backing after the Ukrainian president’s latest round of difficulties with Donald Trump

Andy Burnham will host Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Downing Street on Wednesday as the UK seeks to further underline its support for the Ukrainian president, in contrast to his difficulties with Donald Trump.

The UK prime minister said his message to Zelenskyy and his country would be: “We are with you for as long as it takes.”

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Intense waves and floods batter California waterfront homes and boardwalks

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Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affected

Southern California coastal communities are picking up the pieces after a weekend of extreme weather brought flooding that overtook city streets and intense waves battered beachside homes.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel hit Mexico’s Baja California over the weekend as well as southern California and Las Vegas. While meteorologists noted that Rachel weakened into a post-tropical cyclone as it approached California, it still left a trail of destruction.

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Archaeologists uncover colossal statues of Ramses II in Egypt – HeritageDaily

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  1. Archaeologists uncover colossal statues of Ramses II in Egypt  HeritageDaily
  2. Giant Ramesses II statues found in Behbeit El-Hagar after a villager reports a carved stone block  Archaeology News Online Magazine
  3. Homeowner Makes Priceless 3,000-Year-Old Discovery in Garden  The Daily Beast
  4. Massive 28-foot statue of biblical pharaoh who enslaved Israelites unearthed — by accident  New York Post
  5. Remnants of Two Massive Ancient Statues Unearthed in Egypt  News Radio 1190 KEX
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Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer as growth removed during surgery

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Vatican says pontiff had lower lobe of right lung removed in ‘successful, on schedule and as planned’ operation in Rome

Pope Leo has lung cancer, the Vatican said late on Tuesday.

Leo, 71, underwent an operation and had the lower lobe of his right lung removed, with tests confirming a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin, which followed an earlier statement saying the pope’s operation had concluded “successfully, on schedule and as planned”.

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