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piers walker from bristol had to pay £14,000 after her cat maneessa was run over. without pet insurance, she put down £5,000 upfront for emergency treatment and has been paying about £500 a month since. the cat's jaw was broken in two places and skull crushed
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trump says the us will start guiding stranded ships out of the strait of hormuz from monday, calling the operation "project freedom". he posted on social media that any interference will be "dealt with forcefully". us central command said 15,000 personnel, guided-missile destroyers, and over
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gamestop made a $55.5bn unsolicited offer to buy ebay on sunday. the video game retailer, valued at roughly $11.9bn, wants to combine the two companies. ceo ryan cohen would run the merged firm, taking no salary, cash bonuses, or golden parachute — he'd only get paid based
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amsterdam became the first capital city to ban public ads for meat and fossil fuel products on 1 may. billboards, tram shelters, and metro stations now show the rijksmuseum and piano concerts instead of chicken nuggets, suvs, and budget flights. the ban covers burgers, petrol cars, and airlines. meat was
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jet fuel prices have more than doubled since late february, hitting $1838 per tonne in early april before settling above $1500. the strait of hormuz has been blocked for eight weeks, cutting off about 20% of globally traded jet fuel — and europe gets more than half its imports from the
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in walsall, a west midlands town, voters say their high street is "not like it used to be." debbie tapper, a lifelong resident, remembers a bustling market that stretched the length of the high street. now she sees shuttered shops, barbers, vape stores, and bookmakers. luke tryl of
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the us economy grew at 2% annualised in q1 2026, a rebound from late 2025. trump will use the number to argue his approach works ahead of november midterms. but the headline masks a split: consumer spending grew just 1.6%, while tech and ai investment by giants like the
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the uk government will let airlines cancel flights weeks ahead without losing valuable airport slots if fuel shortages hit this summer. the plan lets carriers hand back unused slots temporarily while keeping rights for the following year — a change from the usual 80% usage rule. the uk imports about 65%
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spirit airlines is shutting down effective immediately after rescue talks with the trump administration collapsed. the budget carrier had been seeking a $500m bailout but the deal fell through, and the airline announced saturday it had started "an orderly wind-down of our operations." all upcoming spirit flights are
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the pentagon signed eight new ai contracts with google, openai, amazon, microsoft, spacex, oracle, nvidia, and startup reflection. the deals cover any "lawful operational use" of ai by the military. the pentagon said this makes the us military an "ai-first fighting force." anthropic is notably absent.
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trump said friday he's raising tariffs on eu cars and trucks to 25%, starting next week. he posted on truth social that the eu "is not complying with our fully agreed to trade deal" but didn't explain how. car manufacturing is a big part
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the chair of south east water, chris train, resigned on friday after a parliamentary report called the company's leadership an "unaccountable clique." the report followed major supply outages that left tens of thousands of homes without drinking water. 24,000 customers in kent and east sussex