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  • EntertainmentThe Guardian

    Arooj Aftab: Night Reign review – all the heat and mystery of nocturnal life

    Mercurial and moody soundscapes are infused with wistful romance in one of the Grammy-winning singer and composer’s most spirited records to date

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    Spain will not authorise calling of ships carrying weapons for Israel

    Spain will not authorise ships carrying weapons for Israel to call at its ports, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Friday, after the country refused to let a ship call at the southeastern port of Cartagena. The ship was the first to be denied access to a Spanish port, Albares said, adding the refusal was consistent with the government's decision not to grant weapon export licences to Israel since Oct. 7, as Spain doesn't "want to contribute to war".

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    Taiwan lawmakers exchange blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms

    Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute about reforms to the chamber, just days before President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office without a legislative majority. Even before votes started to be cast, some lawmakers screamed at and shoved each other outside the legislative chamber, before the action moved onto the floor of parliament itself. Lai, who is to be inaugurated on Monday, won January's election, but his Democratic Progressive P

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  • NewsEvening Standard

    France attack: Police shoot dead armed man attempting to set fire to Rouen synagogue

    French police in Rouen shot dead an armed man who attempted to set fire to the city's synagogue, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and local officials said on Friday. The incident happened in central Rouen, 80 miles northwest of Paris, early on Friday morning, Mr Darmanin said in a post on social network X. France hosts the Olympic Summer Games in two months and recently raised its alert status to the highest level against a complex geopolitical backdrop in the Middle East and Europe's eastern

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    Satellite images show what appear to be damaged planes at air base in Crimea

    Maxar Technologies released photos that show what appears to be damaged planes at Belbek air base, near Sevastopol, in Crimea on Thursday. Sevastopol Gov. Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Wednesday that Russian air defenses shot down several Ukrainian missiles over the Black Sea and near the Belbek air base. Sevastopol is where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is headquartered

  • NewsDorset Echo

    Man arrested after assaults on bus

    Officers investigating a report of assaults that occurred on a bus in Weymouth are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

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  • NewsEvening Standard

    London travel news LIVE: ‘Person on QE2 Bridge' halts traffic at Dartford Crossing amid Tube delays

    The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at the Dartford Crossing was closed on Friday morning as police responded to an incident. Kent Police had been called to “concerns for someone on the bridge” shortly before 5.20am. All lanes have now reopened but National Highways was reporting delays of 60 minutes.

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