Pharma firms’ focus on weight-loss drugs could put insulin supply at risk, experts warn

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GLP-1 products such as Ozempic and Mounjaro spread but many in poorer countries struggle to get basic diabetes treatment

The gold rush into GLP-1 weight-loss drugs risks diverting pharmaceutical firms’ attention away from diabetes treatments such as insulin, the head of the Access to Medicine Foundation has warned.

GLP-1 blockbuster medications such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro have revolutionised obesity and diabetes treatment but there has been a greater focus by companies on weight loss, according to a report from the Netherlands-based non-profit group.

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Iran lifts 2,000km limit on its ballistic missiles: What that means – Al Jazeera

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  1. Iran lifts 2,000km limit on its ballistic missiles: What that means  Al Jazeera
  2. Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveil new underground missile site  Iran International
  3. Iran's military leaders again threaten to destroy Israel  Yahoo
  4. IRGC Unveils New Missile City  تسنیم
  5. Iran vows ‘astonishing’ strikes and lifts missile-range limit as US targets land routes  Fox News
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Pentagon Officials Warn Reporters Who ‘Get Out of Line’ Will Be Booted From Hegseth Presser – Mediaite

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  1. Pentagon Officials Warn Reporters Who ‘Get Out of Line’ Will Be Booted From Hegseth Presser  Mediaite
  2. Hegseth’s security threatens journalists with removal from news conference  The Washington Post
  3. Hegseth Unleashes Bizarre Threat to Pentagon Reporters  Yahoo
  4. Pentagon revives press briefings amid Hegseth impeachment threat  Axios
  5. Pentagon reporters threatened over ‘proper decorum’ ahead of Pete Hegseth presser  The Mirror US
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Congo sentences 66 soldiers to death for cowardice and mutiny after they allegedly fled fighting with rebels – CBS News

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  1. Congo sentences 66 soldiers to death for cowardice and mutiny after they allegedly fled fighting with rebels  CBS News
  2. DR Congo conflict: At least 66 Congolese soldiers sentenced to death for cowardice  BBC
  3. DR Congo sentences 66 soldiers to death for fleeing rebel fighting  Africanews
  4. Congolese soldiers sentenced to death for being ‘cowards’  The Telegraph
  5. DR Congo: 66 soldiers sentenced to death for 'cowardice' in conflict with FRN rebels  DW.com
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Seven days of chaos in the ER: How this country’s healthcare system is unraveling – NPR

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  1. Seven days of chaos in the ER: How this country's healthcare system is unraveling  NPR
  2. Tigray displaced families fear renewed war as hopes of returning home fade  Al Jazeera
  3. Ethiopia has the second fastest growing economy in Africa. Can this new conflict reverse its gains?  Businessfront
  4. Ethiopia Conflict Spreads as Risk of War With Eritrea Grows  Legis1
  5. News: Renewed fighting in Tigray pushes its fragile healthcare system closer to collapse, again  Addis Standard
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David Walliams Accused of ‘Grooming Fans’ and ‘Harassing Women’ – Variety

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  1. David Walliams Accused of 'Grooming Fans' and 'Harassing Women'  Variety
  2. ‘It wasn’t long until he asked me if I’d ever had sex before’: David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex  The Guardian
  3. British celebrity David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct after losing legal battle to block reporting of claims  CNN
  4. British comedian and children’s author David Walliams accused of sexual misconduct  AP News
  5. BBC Removes ‘Little Britain’ From iPlayer While It Reviews David Walliams Content  Deadline
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U.S. moves military aircraft from British base amid Iran threats – NBC News

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  1. U.S. moves military aircraft from British base amid Iran threats  NBC News
  2. U.S. aircraft abruptly depart a second U.K. base  The Washington Post
  3. Exclusive | U.S. Aircraft Evacuated From Second U.K. Base Due to Iran Threat  WSJ
  4. US Air Force relocates aircraft from a base in England because of a threat, US official says  AP News
  5. US refueling tankers moved from UK to Germany due to unspecified Iran threat, source says  ABC13 Houston
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EXCLUSIVE: Recent Ukrainian attacks have reduced Russia’s oil processing capacity by 30%, sources say – Reuters

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  1. EXCLUSIVE: Recent Ukrainian attacks have reduced Russia's oil processing capacity by 30%, sources say  Reuters
  2. Putin Humiliated as Staggering Blow Is Exposed  The Daily Beast
  3. Ukraine strikes Russia's second-largest oil refinery in overnight drone attack, Russian governor says  The Kyiv Independent
  4. Russia rations petrol after new Ukrainian strikes on refineries  Financial Times
  5. Russia rations fuel as Ukraine resumes strikes on refineries  Semafor
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Viktor Orbán’s brother detained in people-smuggling investigation, Hungarian PM says

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Arrest made by anti-corruption body set up to investigate alleged graft during former PM’s 16-year rule

Hungarian authorities have detained a brother of Viktor Orbán as part of an investigation into people-smuggling, the prime minister, Péter Magyar, has said.

The Hungarian anti-graft body, the national asset protection and recovery office, said in ⁠a statement that a joint operation with police had led to the arrests of four people and searches of homes in Budapest and Pest county.

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy in West Bank, health ministry says – BBC

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  1. Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy in West Bank, health ministry says  BBC
  2. Alleged Palestinian stone-thrower, 14, killed by IDF gunfire in West Bank; 2 others injured  The Times of Israel
  3. IDF soldiers reportedly kill Palestinian teenager during West Bank operation  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Israeli forces kill 14-year-old Palestinian boy in occupied West Bank  Al Jazeera
  5. Israeli forces shoot dead 14-year-old in West Bank: Palestinian officials  The Hindu
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Polish gunman visited websites about Norwegian mass killer Breivik, minister says – Reuters

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  1. Polish gunman visited websites about Norwegian mass killer Breivik, minister says  Reuters
  2. US warns Americans to avoid famed tourist square after gunman kills 6, injures 15  Fox News
  3. Scottish DJ identified as Krakow shooting victim  The Telegraph
  4. Gunman who killed at least 6 in Kraków mass shooting dies in hospital  CNN
  5. Tributes paid to ‘exceptional’ painter killed in Krakow shooting that left six dead  The Independent
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Disgraced former leader Sheikh Hasina plans return to Bangladesh from exile

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Former prime minister faces death penalty upon return after being sentenced in absentia over deaths in 2024 uprising

Sheikh Hasina is “confident” she will return to Bangladesh in December, according to exiled members of her party, after the disgraced former prime minister applied for a new passport this week.

Hasina has been living in self-imposed exile since August 2024 when she was toppled from power by a mass uprising against her authoritarian rule. She crossed the border to India, where she has since been allowed to live freely in Delhi.

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As Fresh Air Becomes a Luxury, Many Indonesians Turn on Their Leader – The New York Times

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  1. As Fresh Air Becomes a Luxury, Many Indonesians Turn on Their Leader  The New York Times
  2. ‘I can’t bear it’: young family takes refuge in bedroom as choking haze engulfs Indonesian city  The Guardian
  3. Indonesia fires burned through nearly 2.9 million hectares: monitor  Yahoo
  4. “If we burn, you burn with us”: People power grows amid Indonesia’s fire and haze crisis  Greenpeace
  5. Toxic haze disrupts university life in South-east Asia  Times Higher Education
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David Jones’s finances were reviewed and restructuring flagged months before it fell into administration

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Department store group kept buying new products and fell months behind in payments to some brands despite discussions with administrators

David Jones’s administrators have revealed they reviewed its finances six months ago and discussed restructuring the retailer three months before it fell into administration.

The new timeline raises questions over the department store group’s decision to keep buying new products and fall months behind in payments to some brands before it revealed last Thursday it could not pay its debts.

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