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Ram believed responsible for deaths of elderly New Zealand couple

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Police say the sheep was shot dead after confronting officers called to the property in Waitakere, west of Auckland

Private health insurance market grows by £385m in a year amid NHS crisis

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Demand for private treatment booms as NHS waiting lists remain long, while more people also sign up for dental cover

The America depicted in Civil War is not half as alarming as the real one | Emma Brockes

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With Donald Trump and the Capitol Hill riots in court, the studiously apolitical vibe of this dystopia feels like a cop-out

Trump to return to court for third day of jury selection in hush-money trial

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Seven people have been picked from a vast jury pool – five more jurors and six alternates remain to be chosen for the historic trial

Jeff Reine-Adélaïde: ‘It was obvious Mikel Arteta would go on to be a manager one day’

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The former Arsenal prodigy rebuilding his career in Belgium with RWD Molenbeek hopes his old club can win the Premier League

Free expressionism: a fresh look at revolutionary art collective the Blue Rider

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A new exhibition shows how the early 20th-century German artists, helmed by Wassily Kandinksy and Gabriele Münter, created a space where creativity could flourish without the constraints of gender, sexuality or artistic expectation

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Australia news live: Toondah Harbour developer withdraws plans for complex Plibersek signalled Labor would block

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Australia needs a plan for war to ‘focus the national mind’, Michael Pezzullo says; Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

The Spoiled Heart by Sunjeev Sahota review – the political is personal

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This story of a man running to be union leader in a small Derbyshire town explores grief, guilt and ideological divides

'I don't have any regrets': Pep Guardiola proud of Man City performance after shootout loss – video

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Manchester City came from behind in their quarter-final second leg at the ­Etihad Stadium, after Kevin De Bruyne’s 76th-minute strike cancelled out Rodrygo’s opener early in the first half. Despite the holders dominating ­possession, Real…

Middle East crisis live: Qatar says it will reassess its role as mediator in Israel-Gaza war

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The gulf state’s prime minister said he was making the move due to ‘exploitation and abuse of the Qatari role’

A bipartisan committee set out to end Queensland’s politicisation of youth crime. It failed spectacularly

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Disappointment and frustration as parliamentary inquiry into youth justice reform ‘degenerates into a squabble’

Australia needs a plan for war to ‘focus the national mind’, Michael Pezzullo says

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Former secretary of the home affairs department recommends preparation of a ‘war book’ to allocate roles in the event of conflict

Australia plans for a ‘less certain’ future in Asia — one where the US may not remain the dominant force

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The US talks of Aukus as ‘binding’ the allies for decades to come, but Richard Marles says Australia must become more ‘self-reliant’

The disinformation hurricane surrounding the Bondi stabbing marks the end of Twitter as a breaking news destination | Van Badham

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Bad-faith scapegoating around the attacker’s identity shows Australian media needs to shake its addiction to Elon Musk’s rapidly toxifying platform

Man charged over cocaine bricks washed up on New South Wales beaches

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AFP allege Brisbane man was part of international crime group plotting to bring 900kg of drug to Australia

I Could Never Go Vegan review – cheerfully persuasive film about the plant-based lifestyle

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Thomas Pickering blends approachable narration with well-presented information in a welcome reminder of the Michael Moore method

My Serbian bean stew sets pulses racing. The recipe? Oh, if you insist … | Adrian Chiles

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It’s a vegan version of pasulj – and it was the talk of the town when my daughter was at university. I’ve never been more proud

Hit-and-run tourism is tearing the heart out of Florence – there is a better way | Cecilie Hollberg

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As I learned from managing Michelangelo’s David, visitors can be nudged away from the joyless in-and-out mission for selfies and souvenirs

Partying with an 8ft pink panther: Ibiza in the 70s and 80s – in pictures

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The Spanish photographer Oriol Maspons is known for his reportage, portraiture, fashion and advertising work in the 1950s and 60s. But from the late 1960s to the late 1980s he would holiday in Ibiza, where he took pictures for pleasure.…

A modern pilgrimage through Herefordshire’s Golden Valley

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With nights spent in ancient churches and wayfarers’ meals at farms and pubs, this spiritual four-day walk is all about the journey – and rural England at its finest

Goodbye cod, hello herring: why putting a different fish on your dish will help the planet

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In the first of a new series, we look at why people reject so much of the bountiful catches from our seas in favour of the same few species, mostly imported – and how to change that

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'We lacked that magic moment': Mikel Arteta rues small margins in Arsenal defeat to Bayern – video

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Mikel Arteta said Arsenal 'lacked that magic moment' after losing to Bayern Munich and missing out on a first Champions League semi-final since 2009. Joshua Kimmich’s second-half goal was enough to secure a 3-2 aggregate win. 'I thought we…

TV tonight: hankies at the ready for a tearjerking animal rescue series

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Settle in to watch the life-saving work at South Essex wildlife hospital. Plus: a retrospective of the anarchic sitcom Bottom. Here’s what to watch this evening

Smoking among middle-class women in England up by 25% in 10 years – study

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Rate rose among middle-class women aged 18 to 45 and fell among working-class women of same age

Khan vows to set up ‘baby banks’ across London if re-elected mayor

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Charities will offer free childcare essentials such as nappies and bedding, says Khan, promising to support city residents from birth

Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail

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Pope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmates

Starmer can’t dodge the Europe question for ever. In office, the economy will answer it for him | Martin Kettle

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Closer alignment between a Labour government and the EU is a certainty. But the divisive binary choices of 2016 are ancient history

Study identifies where wind is most reliable for generating power

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About 6.5% of the world’s electricity is generated by wind. By 2050 this could rise to more than a third

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Mike Johnson aid bills: what is the US speaker’s plan for Ukraine and Israel, and will it pass Congress?

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House speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled his plans to pass foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific, with a vote likely on Saturday