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Musk intervenes as Trump faces dilemma over key treasury role

Elon Musk has weighed in on Donald Trump's choice for US treasury secretary, one of the remaining key cabinet nominations the president-elect will make in the coming days.

Springfield In shadow of mass deportation threat, Haitians begin to flee

From a tiny office behind a Haitian grocery store on Springfield's South Limestone Street, Margery Koveleski has spent years helping local Haitians overcome red tape to make their lives in the Ohio city a little easier. But Koveleski, whose family is Haitian, has noticed a change: Haitians are now coming to her to figure out how to leave.

We want justice' How a bear attack led an Italian region to oppose rewilding

Franca Gherardini used to cherish the sublime views from her home in Caldes, a village on the slopes of the Brenta Dolomites in northern Italy's Trentino province. But now she rolls down the window canopy in the morning to avoid looking towards the area where her son, Andrea Papi, 26, was killed by a bear.

Free Democrats in Germany 'planned coalition exit for weeks'

Germany's pro-business Free Democratic party (FDP), who collapsed Olaf Scholz's governing coalition earlier this month in a dispute over the budget, reportedly plotted their exit weeks before the final split, referring to their plans internally as \"D-day\".

Israel kills Hezbollah media chief in Beirut as strikes intensify

Hezbollah's chief spokesman has been killed by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut, as Israel intensifies its air offensive in Lebanon despite indirect negotiations for a ceasefire.

Putin's war aims Scale of attack on utilities shows peace is still a long way off

Millions of Ukrainians woke up early yesterday morning to a huge Russian missile and drone attack on their country's infrastructure - the biggest assault from Moscow since the end of August.

'Shocking levels of collusion' Finucane family finally hope to find truth behind murder

It was news to her 44-year-old son. Geraldine Finucane recalled that John had struggled as an eight-year-old with her decision for them to stay put in the family home after the murder of his father in the kitchen.

Higher risk of social rupture as dispute over AI 'feelings' intensifies

Significant \"social ruptures\" are looming between people who think artificial intelligence systems are conscious and those who believe the technology feels nothing, a leading philosopher has said.

Poison pen letters reignite bitter feud at actors' charity

A bitter feud that tore apart an illustrious actors' charity has been reignited by the emergence of poison pen letters threatening former trustees.

Snow and ice warnings issued for Arctic blast

It could be time to get out the woolly jumpers, the Met Office has warned, as an Arctic blast brings the threat of plummeting temperatures, sleet, snow and ice.

Guard sues Science Museum over lack of suitable chair

A cancer survivor with chronic health problems is suing one of the UK's most prestigious museums for discrimination for allegedly denying her a suitable chair to sit on at work.

In the pipeline Floods, explosions and asbestos among risks from crumbling assets

When Sarah Bentley and Sarah Albon met at Beckton sewage treatment works in east London, the choice of location was designed to underline Thames Water's predicament.

Hunt for the cancer 'super-survivors' who beat the odds

Doctors have launched a major study to understand why a small proportion of cancer patients beat the odds and survive long after being diagnosed with some of the most aggressive forms of the disease.

Muslims in UK facing 'dystopian' climate, says head of trust

Islamophobia has become \"brutally divisive\" in the UK and failure to challenge its root causes will lead to more racist riots, the head of the UK's leading race equality thinktank has said.

Members of Women's Equality party vote to close organisation

Members of the Women's Equality party (WEP) have voted to dissolve the organisation, with its leaders blaming challenging finances and a more polarised political landscape.

Glastonbury festival tickets for 2025 sell out in 35 minutes

Tickets for the 2025 Glastonbury festival have sold out in 35 minutes, with disappointed fans left staring at their screens while queuing online until being told they had missed out.

Wise wanted to split from Morecambe in 1950, letter shows

They became arguably the greatest comedy duo Britain has ever produced, but if Eric Morecambe had listened to a young and despondent Ernie Wise, they would have split up before ever getting properly started.

'Massive' winter crisis looming, doctors on A&E frontline warn

Emergency doctors have sounded the alarm over an approaching winter crisis that they say is already putting patients in overstretched A&E departments at risk.

Call to improve care for stroke patients as cases rise in people in their 50s

Ministers are being urged to improve declining care for stroke patients to lower the risk of death and disability as new figures show cases rising, especially among people in their 50s.

PM says police should focus on 'what matters most' amid Pearson tweet investigation

Responding to tweets should not be the police's first priority and forces should \"concentrate on what matters most to their communities\", the prime minister has suggested.

Global hunt for husband of woman found dead in car

An international manhunt is under way for the husband of a woman who police believe was murdered and whose body was found in the boot of a car in east London.

Surge in agricultural land being bought by non-farmers - data

Non-farmers were responsible for more than half of farmland purchases last year, new analysis has suggested as Keir Starmer defended imposing inheritance tax on farms.

Far-right groups seeking to hijack inheritance tax protests

Far-right groups are seeking to exploit the farmers' protest against tax changes introduced by Rachel Reeves.

'It's overpriced tat': why Christmas markets have divided opinion

The Halloween cobwebs had barely been brushed off the shop windows of Birmingham city centre when the German-style Christmas market opened on 1 November.

'Black Fraud Day' warning as victims lose £700 each to online scams

Black Friday is fast becoming Black Fraud Day with the annual discount frenzy now \"prime time\" for scammers, according to the UK's cybersecurity chief, who said criminals are now using artificial intelligence to trick shoppers.

Analysis Labour seems ready to show it is serious

Two years ago a government-commissioned report laid bare the crisis affecting children's social care in England and called for an urgent multibillion-pound overhaul to reform a system that it said was spiralling out of control.

Overhaul of children's social care will crack down on profiteering

Excessive profiteering by unscrupulous private companies charging sky-high fees for sub-standard placements for vulnerable children will face a clampdown as part of a major overhaul of children's social care in England.

PM aims to reset ties with Xi at G20 summit

Keir Starmer will today become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, as he promises to turn the page on UK-China relations and build \"a pragmatic and serious relationship\".

Biden lifts ban on use of US arms in Russia

Joe Biden has lifted the ban on Ukraine using long-range missiles to strike deep into Russian territory by permitting their use against Russian and North Korean forces in the Kursk region.

Thames Water repairs crisis leaves supply 'on knife-edge'

Thames Water has £23bn of assets in urgent need of repair and the supply of water to its 16 million customers is \"on a knife-edge\", a Guardian investigation can reveal.