Keir Starmer to launch local elections campaign with focus on cost of living

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PM will also cite Iran war as reason to stick with Labour, as party adopts new slogan: ‘Pride in Britain’

Keir Starmer will say that a vote for Reform UK will put at risk progress Labour is making on the cost of living, arguing that Britain’s values are being tested in a volatile world.

Launching the party’s local elections campaign with a new slogan: “Pride in Britain”, Starmer will urge voters to stay the course with Labour. A dire set of results are predicted for the party in Wales, Scotland and English councils, especially in the north-east of England and London.

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Sperm Whale Birth Filmed For The First Time Reveals Astonishing Group Behavior – Indian Defence Review

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  1. Sperm Whale Birth Filmed For The First Time Reveals Astonishing Group Behavior  Indian Defence Review
  2. Description of a collaborative sperm whale birth and shifts in coda vocal styles during key events | Scientific Reports  Nature
  3. Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.  The New York Times
  4. Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her  The Guardian
  5. The Astonishing Lessons of a Sperm-Whale Birth  The New Yorker
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Chesney the kangaroo found three days after hopping away from farm

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Marsupial escaped from enclosure at Wisconsin’s Sunshine Farm on Wednesday after he was spooked by stray dogs

How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo?

It’s not the opening line to a dad joke. If you’re Chesney the kangaroo, you scale an 8ft (2.5-meter) fence and go on the lam for three days, giving your keeper sleepless nights and sending residents of a small Wisconsin town on a search that would end happily on Saturday.

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Stranded humpback whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea weakens as hopes of its return to the Atlantic fade – PBS

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  1. Stranded humpback whale in Germany's Baltic Sea weakens as hopes of its return to the Atlantic fade  PBS
  2. Struggling humpback whale stranded for third time on German coast  The Guardian
  3. Germany news: Rescuers launch fresh whale rescue effort  dw.com
  4. Humpback whale 'Timmy' struggles to escape shallow waters off Germany  reuters.com
  5. Video: Stranded Humpback Whale Beats the Odds and Swims Out to Sea  The New York Times
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Iranian ambassador refuses to leave Lebanon after being declared persona non grata, AFP reveals – Yahoo

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  1. Iranian ambassador refuses to leave Lebanon after being declared persona non grata, AFP reveals  Yahoo
  2. Iran says envoy will remain in Beirut, defying order to leave  reuters.com
  3. Iran says its expelled ambassador won’t leave Lebanon as political tensions soar  AP News
  4. A Bizarre Diplomatic Showdown Tests the Lebanese Government’s Waning Authority  New Lines Magazine
  5. Iran says its ambassador to Lebanon will stay in country despite Beirut’s order to leave  The Times of Israel
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‘Double standards’: Instagram removes Erin O’Connor’s pregnancy photos again

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Model posted pictures of herself naked and ‘in her full power’ to celebrate Mother’s Day, before Meta took them down for breaching nudity guidelines

The model Erin O’Connor has spoken out about the need for social media platforms to apply “clearer, more context-sensitive guidelines” after Instagram repeatedly removed two nude photographs she had posted on Mother’s Day, celebrating her heavily pregnant body.

The photos – which were removed, reinstated and then removed again by the platform – were taken in 2014 when O’Connor, who is 48, was eight and half months’ pregnant with her son Albert.

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Hundreds Gather for Funeral of 3 Lebanese Killed in Israeli Strike – The New York Times

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  1. Hundreds Gather for Funeral of 3 Lebanese Killed in Israeli Strike  The New York Times
  2. Israel kills 3 journalists in Lebanon, including reporter for Hezbollah-run broadcaster  CNN
  3. Israel posts fake photo of journalist it killed in strike  Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  4. Israeli airstrike kills three Lebanese journalists, Israel says it targeted one  reuters.com
  5. Israeli Strike Kills 3 Journalists in Southern Lebanon, Officials Say  The New York Times
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Iranian missile attack sparks blaze in chemical plant, fears of hazardous leak – The Times of Israel

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  1. Iranian missile attack sparks blaze in chemical plant, fears of hazardous leak  The Times of Israel
  2. ADAMA chemicals plant in southern Israel hit by Iranian missile or debris  Reuters
  3. Officials checking possibility of hazardous materials leak at factory hit by Iranian missile; public told to stay away  The Times of Israel
  4. Iran’s missiles pierce Israel’s defenses, raising doubts about interceptors  The Washington Post
  5. Iranian missile hit on Ne'ot Hovav factory leads to fear of chemical leakage  The Jerusalem Post
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DHS funding freeze now longest partial government shutdown in US history

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If the now six-week partial shutdown continues after the weekend, it will become the longest of any shutdown

The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the fourth-largest agency in the US government, became the longest partial shutdown in US history on Sunday.

If the now six-week partial shutdown continues after the weekend, it will also become the longest of any shutdown, surpassing the impasse late last year that dragged on for 43 days.

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