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• Nintendo Direct June 2024: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer - Nintendo Life

  18-06-2024 20:24 via news.google.com
  
  Nintendo Direct June 2024: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer  Nintendo LifeNintendo Direct June 2024: Everything Announced  IGNNintendo Direct June 2024: Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, Zelda & Metroid  Metro.co.ukNintendo Makes Big Announcement That It Won't Reveal The Switch Successor  ForbesNintendo Direct June 2024: All the trailers and announcements  Polygon
  
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• Ukraine v Belgium: Euro 2024 – live

  26-06-2024 19:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Euro 2024 updates from the 5pm BST kick-off in StuttgartSlovakia v Romania – follow live | And you can email BarryRomelu Lukaku: Belgium’s striker has had three goals disallowed so far in this tournament, a state of affairs that prompted his teammate Jeremy Doku to say the big man is frightened of celebrating if he hits the back of the net.“He would have liked to have the goals because, now when he scores, I think he’s scared to celebrate,” said Doku yesterday. &ldq
  
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• Slovakia v Romania: Euro 2024 – live

  26-06-2024 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Euro 2024 news from the 5pm BST kick-off in FrankfurtUkraine v Belgium – follow live | And drop Michael a mailPeeeeeeeep! And we’re off in Frankfurt, where is a piping 30°C. The roof is open, unlike when I was there for England v Denmark last week.“Whether he’s any cop or not aside, you have to admire the indestructible ego of someone happy to take the same shirt number as your dad, when he is seen as the greatest player the country has ever produced”, emails Gr
  
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• River Wye needs ‘protection zone’, say Greens and Fearnley-Whittingstall

  26-06-2024 19:09 via theguardian.com
  
  North Herefordshire candidate and chef also call for water industry overhaul and more support for farmersThe Green party and the celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are calling for a “protection zone” to be placed around one of the UK’s most beautiful but threatened rivers and have demanded “drastic” nationwide changes the water industry’s management and regulation.At a wild-swimming event on the River Wye on Wednesday, Fearnley-Whittingstall and the Gr
  
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• Vatican taken to trial for first time in an English court

  26-06-2024 19:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Financier convicted in Holy See’s tribunal over high-value UK property deal launches civil action in LondonThe Vatican has gone on trial in an English court for the first time, accused of subjecting a British businessman to “incoherent and confused” allegations over a London property deal.Raffaele Mincione was convicted by a Vatican tribunal last year over the Holy See’s purchase of the landmark former Harrods depository at 60 Sloane Avenue in Chelsea. The Vatican had acc
  
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• Female voters in the UK: share which issues will decide your vote this general election

  26-06-2024 19:02 via theguardian.com
  
  We’re interested to hear from women how they’re planning to vote in the UK general election, or why they’re undecided, and which issues matter to them the mostIf you are a woman and able to vote in the UK general election, we’re keen to hear how you may vote on 4 July, and what issues will decide your vote.If you are undecided how to vote, we’d like to know why, and which issues matter to you the most. Continue reading...
  
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• Fat fees for Royal Mail’s advisers, no detail for its shareholders | Nils Pratley

  26-06-2024 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The offer document for proposed £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail parent company couldn’t be more vagueSurprise, surprise: the proposed £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distribution Services (IDS), by a Daniel Křetínský-led bidding consortium will generate a fee bonanza for investment bankers, lawyers, debt-arrangers and assorted hangers-on. The grand total is £146m before VAT, with £89.1m falling on the acquirer and
  
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• England under Gareth Southgate: rampant individualism and a saviour complex | Jonathan Liew

  26-06-2024 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Manager has become used to the trappings of office and players are in a comfort zone. Where has the sense of fun gone?Nice to see your own fans throwing beer cups at you. And to be fair, not all England fans were hurling sud-soaked projectiles at Gareth Southgate as he strode towards them at full time in Cologne. Let’s not paint the whole fan base with the same brush. Some of them were making “wanker” signs. Some were booing. Some were giving him the thumbs down. Most had alrea
  
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• ICC convicts Timbuktu jihadist police chief of war crimes

  26-06-2024 18:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud was also found guilty of crimes against humanity committed in MaliThe international criminal court (ICC) has convicted a jihadist police chief of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the Malian city of Timbuktu.Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 46, was found guilty of crimes including torture and outrages upon personal dignity. Continue reading...
  
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• Police bust gang using luxury cars to smuggle Chinese migrants into Italy

  26-06-2024 18:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Victims were made to pose as well off but once in Europe they were confined to workplaces and severely exploitedItalian police have busted a trafficking network that used luxury cars to smuggle Chinese migrants into Italy before confiscating their passports and treating them like slaves.The smugglers had the migrants pose as “unsuspecting Asian citizens, well dressed, with little luggage, travelling in powerful and expensive cars, driven by Chinese citizens who had lived in Italy for years
  
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• Labour member involved in election campaign arrested over alleged honeytrap plot

  26-06-2024 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Met detain man in Islington as part of political sexting scandal inquiry as Labour say he has been administratively suspendedA Labour member involved in the party’s general election campaign has been arrested in connection with the Westminster honeytrap plot, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police confirmed they had detained a man, believed to be in his 20s, on Wednesday morning at an address in Islington, north London. He is being held on suspicion of harassment and offences und
  
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• Four teenagers convicted over fatal stabbing of Kennie Carter

  26-06-2024 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Boy, 16, guilty of murder and three others convicted of manslaughterover 2022 death of 16-year-old in ManchesterFour teenagers have been found guilty of killing a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in the chest in what prosecutors described as a “cowardly” revenge attack in Manchester.Kennie Carter died after he was attacked as he walked home near Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium on 22 January 2022. Continue reading...
  
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• Giorgia Meloni rails against pro-Europe parties’ deal on top commission jobs

  26-06-2024 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Italian PM says deal that cut out her Eurosceptic block ignores EU’s rightward shiftItaly’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has condemned a deal to divide the EU’s top jobs between mainstream pro-European parties, saying it ignored the bloc’s rightward shift.In an angry speech to the Italian parliament, Meloni said the top jobs deal reflected a view that “citizens are not mature enough to make certain decisions” and had been taken by those who believe “t
  
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• Brexit may have felt absent from this election – but it will still define it | Larry Elliott

  26-06-2024 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Those who voted leave still feel ignored and marginalised. The pressure will be on for Labour to boost growth and narrow regional dividesIt is one of the oddities of this weirdest of election campaigns that the issue that helped give the Conservatives an 80-seat majority in 2019 has barely been mentioned. As far as the main parties are concerned, Brexit is a done deal. The decision has been made. Time to move on.To be sure, much has happened since 2019, most notably a global pandemic, a cost of
  
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• Tammy Beaumont hits quickfire 76 as England thrash New Zealand in first ODI

  26-06-2024 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  New Zealand 156; England 157-1 (win by nine wickets)Heather Knight’s team take 1-0 lead in three-match seriesEngland ran rampant at Durham in their opening ODI against New Zealand, bowling their opponents out for 156 within 34 overs before reaching the target with nine wickets and 172 balls to spare.The knockout blow came immediately after the 10-over powerplay, with the loss of four Kiwi wickets for 19 runs in 27 balls: New Zealand collapsed from 56 for one to 75 for five and never recove
  
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• Toronto residents flood city lotteries amid ‘impossibly unaffordable’ housing

  26-06-2024 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Demand far outstripped supply for six lotteries amid rising rents in city with scarcity of affordable optionsToronto inhabitants fed up with rising rents are flooding city-run lotteries for affordable housing in new developments, but the chance of being selected for a subsidized unit is often less than 1%.One new development in the city’s West End recently offered a random public draw to allocate 135 units with rents pegged to income ceilings that would cost hundreds of dollars less than m
  
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• Kenyan president scraps bill to raise taxes after violent protests leave 23 dead

  26-06-2024 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  William Ruto says he has listened to the people of Kenya, who gathered across the country to oppose the lawThe Kenyan president, William Ruto, has withdrawn a bill to raise taxes a day after violent protests erupted around the country following its approval by parliament.Ruto’s surprise decision not to sign the finance bill came after violent clashes between police and protesters at the Kenyan assembly and across the country left at least 23 people dead and scores wounded, according to med
  
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• Wimbledon school crash driver will not face prosecution, says CPS

  26-06-2024 18:28 via theguardian.com
  
  CPS says woman had epileptic seizure at wheel and had no prior diagnosis of medical condition A woman who crashed her Land Rover into a preparatory school and killed two eight-year-old girls will not be charged after it was found she had an epileptic seizure at the wheel.Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, both eight, were killed when a Land Rover Defender crashed through the fence of the Study Prep school in Wimbledon last July. The school was holding an end-of-year tea party at the time. Continue rea
  
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• Surrey beat Worcestershire, Robinson goes for 43 in one over: county cricket – live

  26-06-2024 18:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from around the grounds on day fourYou can email Tanya or comment below the lineAli ponders England’s chances:Good morning Tim Maitland! “Spent more time than I’d care to admit trying to decide who to watch now that Yorkshire have been so inconsiderate as to win inside three days. I’ve plumped for Essex v Durham on the basis that it’s the most significant in terms of the championship itself and that I should at least get a spirited rearguard action from seco
  
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• Zara Aleena murder: agencies’ failures contributed to death, inquest finds

  26-06-2024 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Jury finds ‘multiple agencies’ contributed to death of Aleena, 35, who was attacked in east London in June 2022Failures “across multiple agencies” contributed to the death of Zara Aleena, who was murdered as she walked home from a night out in east London, an inquest jury has found.Jordan McSweeney killed the 35-year-old law graduate as she walked home from a night out in Ilford in the early hours of 26 June 2022, nine days after he was released from prison. Continue read
  
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• ‘We’re getting drenched’: how beer and cup throwing has littered Euro 2024

  26-06-2024 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Fans can take drink into the stands, leading to Gareth Southgate and Italy becoming targets of irate supportersInternational tournaments are often described as “festivals of football”, but Euro 2024 has come to resemble something more like a rock festival as fans have taken to throwing beer and plastic pint glasses from the stands on to the field. Gareth Southgate became the latest target of a barrage as he went to acknowledge England’s discontented support after the 0-0 draw w
  
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• Who’s who of the people linked to the general election betting scandal

  26-06-2024 18:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Here is what is known about the seven UK political figures identified, along with six unnamed police officersUK election live – latest updatesA growing cast of characters, who all – bar one – have links to Rishi Sunak or the Conservative party, have been embroiled in a betting scandal that has dominated the election campaign. So far, seven political figures have been identified, with reports that more are being investigated, along with six unnamed police officers. Here is what
  
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• England’s Phil Foden heads home from Euros to attend birth of third child

  26-06-2024 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Foden started all three of team’s Euro 2024 group gamesUnclear if 24-year-old will be back for Sunday’s last-16 tieEngland have been left with a selection dilemma before their last-16 tie at Euro 2024 after Phil Foden left the team’s base to attend the birth of his third child. Foden has started England’s three matches in Germany and it is unclear if the 24-year-old Manchester City player will be back with the squad in time for the last-16 tie in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday.
  
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• Human rights group urges UK financial regulator to block Shein’s LSE flotation

  26-06-2024 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Campaigners allege Uyghur people used as forced labour at some of fast-fashion retailer’s cotton suppliers in ChinaA human rights group has urged Britain’s financial regulator to block the Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein’s planned blockbuster flotation on the London Stock Exchange.Stop Uyghur Genocide, a UK-based human rights charity that alleges minority Uyghur people are being used as forced labour at some of Shein’s cotton suppliers in China’s north-western X
  
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• Murder and manslaughter charges under joint enterprise rise despite concern

  26-06-2024 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Nearly 1,000 people charged in five years in England and Wales under doctrine that supreme court said had taken ‘wrong turn’The number of people facing murder and manslaughter charges despite not being the principal offender has risen significantly, amid official warnings about the use of joint enterprise laws.Nearly 1,000 people have been charged and more than 600 convicted in the past five years in England and Wales even though they may not have been physically responsible or prese
  
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• Election Extra: Pippa Crerar on breaking the betting scandal – podcast

  26-06-2024 18:09 via theguardian.com
  
  When she broke the first story over a week ago. the Guardian’s political editor, Pippa Crerar, could hardly have known how deep the betting scandal would go Continue reading...
  
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• I may not understand jazz – but I know enough to know it’s wonderful | Adrian Chiles

  26-06-2024 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s one of the most baffling of all art forms, and the most mocked. Laugh all you like; these musicians are working miraclesI went to watch some jazz and everyone laughed at me. Family, friends, anyone on the bus who heard me and my friend talking on the way there, all sniggering, scoffing, smirking. There ought to be a jazz standard called Sniggering, Scoffing, Smirking.What’s so funny? I think that Fast Show sketch is partly to blame – John Thomson as Louis Balfour, host of
  
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• Nicola Jennings on Rishi Sunak and the heatwave – cartoon

  26-06-2024 17:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Beset by the doctors’ strike, the prime minister swelters under the glare of a shining Keir Starmer Continue reading...
  
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• Come to Oslo – it’s rubbish! Is this the world’s most modest tourist campaign?

  26-06-2024 17:56 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘I wouldn’t come here, to be honest,’ says the disdainful star of Visit Oslo’s latest advert, which has become a viral hit onlineName: Oslo.Age: About 1,000 years old. Continue reading...
  
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• The booming world of specialised private education for the super-rich

  26-06-2024 17:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Offer of £2m to tutor architecture student is latest sign of a new frontier in achieving a competitive advantageWanted: part-time tutor for a budding young architect student. Potential pay: over £2m.Welcome to the booming world of specialised private education for the super-rich where earnings for tutoring, even when moonlighting, now dwarf conventional salaries.$190 an hour for an Arabic speaker to tutor three children aged seven and under until the end of the summer in homes in Ibi
  
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