Woman, 19, dies after being attacked by dog at property in Essex

Police arrest man on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury resulting in death

A 19-year-old woman has died after being attacked by a dog at a property in Essex.

Police have arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury resulting in death, after the incident on Friday. He is now in police custody.

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US man in Bahamian jail after wife disappears into Atlantic waters during boat trip

Lynette and Brian Hooker, from Michigan, were years into a sailing adventure when Brian said his wife fell overboard

Lynette Hooker bounced around the deck of the docked Soul Mate, smiled into the camera and proclaimed, “We’re finally leaving Kemah,” referring to a Texas port town.

“It’s only been four months,” she said as her husband, Brian, tugged on some rigging as they got ready to set sail.

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U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War – The New York Times

  1. U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War  The New York Times
  2. 'Going to have big problems': Donald Trump warns China on reports of weapons shipments to Iran  The Times of India
  3. Exclusive: US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say  CNN
  4. US intelligence indicates China preparing weapons shipment to Iran, CNN reports  Reuters
  5. Report that China will ship new air defenses to Iran is 'entirely fabricated,' its embassy tells ToI  The Times of Israel
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Why the Cease-Fire With Iran Will Hold – Foreign Affairs

  1. Why the Cease-Fire With Iran Will Hold  Foreign Affairs
  2. Iran Releases 10 Points It Says Are Basis for Cease-Fire Talks  The New York Times
  3. A Closer Look at Iran’s 10 Demands—and Which the U.S. Might Accept  WSJ
  4. How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a 2-week ceasefire with Tehran  AP News
  5. What’s in the Iran war ceasefire? The two sides can’t seem to even agree on that.  CNN
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4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game – The Conversation

  1. 4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game  The Conversation
  2. Opinion | Four Ways Trump’s War Is Weakening America  The New York Times
  3. Fact-checking Trump and Hegseth's claims of U.S. 'victory' in the Iran war  PBS
  4. The Iran Cease-Fire Has Only Divided the War  Foreign Policy
  5. Trump started the Iran war with 5 goals. How far has he gotten?  The Washington Post
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Buried in Bedrock: The Underground Site Designed to Outlast Civilisation – Indian Defence Review

  1. Buried in Bedrock: The Underground Site Designed to Outlast Civilisation  Indian Defence Review
  2. A 1.9 billion-year-old bedrock will soon house the world’s first permanent nuclear waste site  AP News
  3. First Deep-Underground Nuclear Waste Storage Facility Nears Launch  Tomorrow's World Today
  4. Finland Nuclear Repository  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
  5. Finland Opens World's First Nuclear Waste Burial Facility  National Today
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Man appears in court after deaths of four migrants trying to cross channel – BBC

  1. Man appears in court after deaths of four migrants trying to cross channel  BBC
  2. UK police arrest Sudanese man after four die in Channel boat crossing  Reuters
  3. Man charged over deaths of four people trying to cross Channel  The Guardian
  4. Suspect arrested in England after 4 die in failed channel crossing from France to UK  ABC News
  5. British authorities charge alleged boat pilot in deaths of 4 migrants in the English Channel  AP News
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China Seizes An Island While The World Is Watching Iran – Forbes

  1. China Seizes An Island While The World Is Watching Iran  Forbes
  2. China may be building a big new airbase in the South China Sea  The Economist
  3. After Ten-Year Pause, China Has Stepped Up Expansion of Artificial Island Bases in South China Sea  Мілітарний
  4. This is Antelope Reef, China’s new military outpost in the South China Sea  The Telegraph
  5. China Revives Artificial Island Building With Major Expansion at Antelope Reef  UNITED24 Media
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Man charged over deaths of four people trying to cross Channel

Sudanese national Alnour Mohamed Ali, accused of piloting small boat, is charged with endangering life

A man accused of piloting a small boat carrying four people who drowned trying to cross the Channel has been charged over their deaths.

Alnour Mohamed Ali, a Sudanese national, was charged with endangering life after two men and two women died trying to board a small boat crossing the Channel on Thursday, the National Crime Agency said.

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Record number of homes in Great Britain turn to green energy as fuel prices soar

Iran war drives demand for solar panels, heat pumps and EVs, with energy bills expected to rise 18% from July

British households are turning to green home energy upgrades in record numbers to try to keep bills down as the Iran crisis sends global oil and gas prices soaring, data from leading energy suppliers suggests.

Figures show demand for solar panels, electric vehicles and heat pumps in Great Britain has leapt since the war began on 28 February, as households brace for a sharp increase in monthly payments when the next energy price cap takes effect in the summer.

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Native Americans were gambling with dice 6,000 years earlier than anyone else, study says

Archaeological record suggests hunter gatherers were playing games of chance at the end of the last ice age

Native American hunter gatherers were using dice for gaming and gambling more than 6,000 years before the practice appeared anywhere else, a new study argues.

It says dice were being made and used on the western great plains of North America at the end of the last ice age, more than 12,000 years ago.

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