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New technology also helps fruit yield, while strawberry, raspberry and blackberry output has risenBritish blueberries are the latest fruit to benefit from the warmest spring on record, with the harvest up by almost a quarter so far this year.Growers say the weather has produced an early crop with more and larger berries, while new varieties can bring higher yields and better resilience. About 5,133 tonnes are expected by the end of August, up significantly from almost 4,187 tonnes by the same point last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/26/uk-blueberry-crop-up-fruit-yield Author : Sarah Butler Publish date : 2025-07-26 05:00:00 Copyright

Ro Khanna and Robert Garcia seek ‘complete and unredacted copy’ of book from Epstein estate lawyersHouse Democrats on Friday sent a letter to the attorneys representing the estate of Jeffrey Epstein requesting a copy of the so-called “birthday book” that reportedly contains a crude poem and doodle from Donald Trump in celebration of the late sex offender’s 50th birthday.In the letter, California congressmen Ro Khanna and Robert Garcia say the contents of the book may be “essential” to congressional oversight of the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein controversy. In the letter, they ask for a “complete and unredacted” copy

Thousands of people have been evacuated from either side of the border, while fighting has left at least 16 people deadCambodia wants an “immediate ceasefire” with Thailand, the country’s envoy to the United Nations has said, with Bangkok also signalling an openness to talks after two days of deadly clashes that have left 15 dead and thousands displaced.“Cambodia asked for an immediate ceasefire – unconditionally – and we also call for the peaceful solution of the dispute,” said UN ambassador Chhea Keo, after a closed meeting of the Council attended by Cambodia and Thailand. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/26/cambodia-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-with-thailand-after-two-days-of-deadly-clashes-border

Christopher Earl Lloyd, 39, claimed he was a financial expert to convince victims to transfer him money, prosecutors sayA California man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly using dating apps to con his matches out of more than $2m over the course of nearly three years.Allegedly posing as an investor, Christopher Earl Lloyd, 39, of the Los Angeles-area city of Whittier swindled matches that he befriended and romanced on Tinder, Hinge and Bumble. Federal prosecutors have charged Lloyd with 13 counts of wire fraud and one count of engaging in a monetary transaction in property derived from fraud. Continue reading...

Lawyer says Epstein associate ‘answered every single question … honestly, truthfully and to the best of her ability’The deputy US attorney general, Todd Blanche, held a second in-person meeting on Friday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and longtime associate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Blanche had confirmed the two met behind closed doors in Tallahassee, Florida, on Thursday, at the federal prosecutor’s office within the federal courthouse in the state capital, and they met again on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/ghislaine-maxwell-justice-department-meeting Author : Lucy Campbell and agencies Publish date : 2025-07-25 18:47:00 Copyright for syndicated

High temperatures and humidity across north-eastern coast increase risk of heat exhaustion, illnesses and deathMore than a 100 million people in the US will face dangerous conditions over the weekend as a heat dome which has scorched much of the center of the country nudges eastward.Heat advisories were in place on Friday all across the north-eastern coast from Portland, Maine to Wilmington, North Carolina, with the daytime heat index temperatures 10 to 15F above average in some places. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/heat-dome-dangerous-conditions-100-million-people Author : Nina Lakhani Publish date : 2025-07-25 16:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

President wouldn’t answer when asked about possible clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell and is expected to to be met with wave of protest as he heads to ScotlandDonald Trump has said Hamas “did not want to make a deal” on a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza.Speaking to reporters at the White House earlier, the president’s comments echoed those of his Middle East peace envoy, Steve Witkoff, who said yesterday the Trump team had pulled its negotiators for consultations following Hamas’s latest proposal. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/25/trump-administration-politics-live-updates Author : Lucy Campbell (now); Shannon Ho (earlier) Publish date : 2025-07-25

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says country is trying to find sponsors for air systems and that negotiators discussed him meeting PutinErm.We reported on Wednesday that the European Commission said (blog) it had conveyed its concerns about the anti-graft law reform in Ukraine to president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.“I have not communicated with Ursula von der Leyen in recent days. Everything that was written about it, everything that she allegedly told me, is a fake. We did not have a conversation.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/25/ukraine-funding-patriot-air-defence-systems-meet-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-europe-latest-news-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-07-25 11:35:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Head of main UN agency serving Palestinians says frontline staff are fainting from hunger; Emmanuel Macron says France will recognise Palestinian statehoodCEO of the Committee to Protect JournalistsIn May, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wrote about the desperate situation facing journalists in Gaza, who were having to report while dangerously hungry. My colleagues documented the gnawing hunger, dizziness, brain fog and sickness all experienced by an exhausted Palestinian press corps already living and working in terrifying conditions. Eight weeks later, that desperate situation is now catastrophic. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/25/gaza-children-malnourished-msf-starvation-palestine-statehood-france-middle-east-crisis-latest-updates-live-news Author : Jane Clinton Publish date :

Up to 50,000 people went on strike at 7am, with the action intended to last until 7am on Wednesday 30 JulyThe BMA argues that resident doctors have seen their pay fall by a much greater amount in real terms since 2008-09 than the rest of the population.“Doctors are not worth less than they were 17 years ago, when austerity policies began driving wages down. We’re simply asking for that value to be restored,” it said.Pay erosion has now got to the point where a doctor’s assistant can be paid up to 30% more than a resident doctor. That’s going to

Thai interior ministry says people from four border provinces moved to shelters as authorities say death toll from conflict has risen to 16Thailand evacuated more than 100,000 people along the Cambodian border, it said on Friday, as the two countries fought for a second day in the bloodiest military clashes between the neighbours in over a decade.The interior ministry said 100,672 people from four border provinces had been moved to shelters, while the health ministry announced the death toll had risen to 15, of which 14 were civilians. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/25/thailand-cambodia-border-dispute-thai-evacuation-clashes-conflict Author : Guardian staff and agencies

Maxwell lawyer says client ‘answered every single question’ as deputy attorney general plans another meeting on FridayThe Jeffrey Epstein files scandal swirling around Donald Trump and his administration continued to escalate on Thursday as officials from the Department of Justice met with the late sex offender’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, whose lawyer said she “answered every question … honestly and to the best of her ability”.Todd Blanche, the US deputy attorney general, arrived on Thursday morning at the office of the US attorney in Tallahassee, Florida, ABC News reported. The state prosecutor’s office is based in the federal courthouse in

British foreign and defence secretaries arrive in Sydney for Aukmin discussions. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent MP Allegra Spender will hold what’s being referred to as a tax reform roundtable today. She told RN Breakfast this morning reforming the tax system would help Australia “solve some of its biggest problems” like sluggish productivity and the cost of living crisis affecting young people, as well as fund the climate transition.The goal for this roundtable is to both contribute to the treasurer’s economic roundtable, contribute to a broader push for broader tax reform,

At least 10 clerks received queries as DoJ ramps up requests to states about how they keep ineligible voters off the rollsSteve Schleiker, the Republican county clerk in El Paso county, Colorado, got home from work on 16 July when he got a text message from a number he didn’t recognize with a pressing request.The person sending the message introduced himself to Schleiker as Jeff Small, a political consultant with the 76 Group who had formerly served as Representative Lauren Boebert’s chief of staff. He said he was working with the White House and was looking for Republican clerks in

Period characteristics can indicate medical conditions and could inform preventive care, study findsMenstrual cycle data should be routinely documented by healthcare professionals and researchers as it can be used as an indicator for other health issues, experts have said.This information – which includes cycle length, regularity, intensity, and duration of bleeding – is not routinely collected in healthcare systems or research except when reproductive issues are being assessed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/24/menstrual-cycle-data-underused-and-should-be-on-health-records-experts-say Author : Tobi Thomas Publish date : 2025-07-24 17:48:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s close associate, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking in Tallahassee, FloridaIn today’s episode of Today in Focus, my colleague and Guardian Washington DC bureau chief David Smith reports on the Donald Trump’s troubles over the Jeffrey Epstein case, and how the president risks alienating his own base.Trump has peddled many conspiracy theories in his time. From the baseless smear that Barack Obama was not a US citizen, to the claim that Trump did not lose the 2020 election, to ones even more far-fetched than that. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jul/24/us-politics-trump-administration-live-updates Author :

Some slammed the agreement with the Trump administration to reinstate $400m in federal funds while others praised it as an ‘excellent outcome’Columbia University’s long anticipated deal with the Trump administration after months of negotiations has drawn both condemnation and praise from faculty, students, and alumni – a sign that the end of negotiations will hardly restore harmony on a campus profoundly divided since the beginning of Israel’s war in Gaza.The deal will reinstate $400m in federal funds the administration cut from the university after it accused it of allowing antisemitism to fester on campus. But it will cost Columbia some

Palestinian official close to the talks says Hamas has given its response, while head of WHO says Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvationIsraeli forces on Thursday hit the central Gaza towns of Nuseirat, Deir Al-Balah and Bureij.Health officials at Al-Awda Hospital said three people were killed in an airstrike on a house in Nuseirat, three more died from tank shelling in Deir Al-Balah, and separate airstrikes in Bureij killed a man and a woman and wounded several others. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/24/israel-gaza-ceasefire-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-news-latest-updates Author : Charlie Moloney Publish date : 2025-07-24 10:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

£4.8bn trade deal comes after three and a half years of negotiations and opens up trade for cars, whisky, clothing and food productsKemi Badenoch has said she aspires to become Britain’s version of Javier Milei, the Argentinian far-right, chainsaw-wielding president whose driving mission is slashing the size of the state.Asked whether the UK needed its own Milei and whether she herself fit that role, Badenoch, whose party is languishing in third place in the polls, said: “Yes and yes.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/24/keir-starmer-narendra-modi-uk-india-trade-deal-labour-politics-latest-updates-news Author : Tom Ambrose Publish date : 2025-07-24 07:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Thailand uses ‘air power against military targets as planned’, army says after neighbours accuse each other of opening fire first along borderFull report: Armed clashes break out between Thailand and CambodiaCambodia’s defence ministry has not immediately responded to a Reuters request for confirmation of Thailand’s claim of airstrikes against Cambodian military targets.The Thai army said an F-16 fighter jet was deployed against Cambodia’s military on Thursday as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into fighting. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jul/24/thailand-cambodia-border-clashes-live-soldiers-fire-at-each-other-along-disputed-border Author : Adam Fulton Publish date : 2025-07-24 05:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Appeal decision in federal court opens door for legal action after 2020 incident at Doha airportFive Australian women who allege they were forced off a Qatar Airways plane by armed guards before some were intimately examined at Doha airport will be able to sue the airline directly, the federal court has ruled.The women launched an appeal in April last year hoping to overturn a ruling that the airline could not face trial for the October 2020 incident, when they were among more than a dozen women forcibly led from a Sydney-bound plane and escorted into ambulances. Continue reading... Source link

Deal falls short of starkest measures, including consent decree and overhaul of university’s governance structureColumbia University announced a much-anticipated deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220m, an agreement meant to bring a resolution to the threat of massive funding cuts to the school, but certain to rankle critics given the extraordinary concessions made by the Ivy League university.Under the agreement, the school will pay a $200m settlement over three years to the federal government, the university said. It will also pay $21m to settle investigations brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Continue reading... Source link

Albanese government says it’s ‘satisfied’ by strengthened control measures by the US to ‘manage biosecurity risks’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition demands biosecurity reassurances after US beef trade deal newsThe opposition is a little less welcoming of the decision to lift restrictions on US beef.The prime minister himself has said that we couldn’t relax the restrictions on the importation of US beef because of serious biosecurity concerns. So if the government has found some way of dealing with that issue, protecting our domestic agricultural industry from the introduction of foreign diseases

Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitutionStates must tackle fossil fuels, the world’s top court has ruled, and failing to prevent harm to the climate could result in them being ordered to pay reparations.In a landmark advisory opinion published on Wednesday, the international court of justice (ICJ) said countries must prevent harm to the climate system and that failing to do so could result in their having to pay compensation and make other forms of restitution. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/23/healthy-environment-is-a-human-right-top-un-court-rules Author : Isabella Kaminski in The Hague Publish

Move is latest in pressure campaign on university over alleged failures to combat campus antisemitismThe state department is opening an investigation into Harvard University’s eligibility as a sponsor for the exchange visitor program, the latest in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on the university over alleged failures to combat campus antisemitism and inadequate support of Israel.The department announced the probe will examine whether Harvard maintains proper standards for hosting international students, professors, researchers and other exchange visitors. All program sponsors must demonstrate “transparency in reporting” and commitment to cultural exchange principles while ensuring their activities do not “undermine the foreign