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Boris Johnson celebrates Ukraine’s Independence Day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the world narrowly avoided a nuclear catastrophe as electricity at the Zaporizhzhia power plant was cut for hours due to Russian bombing in the area. Thursday’s Russian bombing sparked fires in the ash pits of a nearby coal-fired power plant that disconnected the reactor …

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The bombings temporarily disconnected the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from Ukraine’s grid. Fires caused by the bombing cut the last remaining power line at the plant on Thursday, temporarily disconnecting it from Ukraine’s national grid for the first time in nearly 40 years of operation, the nuclear power firm of the country, Energoatom. Ukraine’s Energy …

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Liz Truss has said she will use an emergency budget to “make sure support is on the way” amid rising energy bills if she becomes prime minister, despite repeatedly saying she favors cuts to ‘taxes on deliveries. The Foreign Secretary made the comments, which could be read as going against much of what she has …

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Trump: Judge orders release of redacted BBC investigative court documents Judge orders release of redacted affidavit in FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home The Independent Live News Updates: Judge Orders Release of Trump Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit Financial Times See full coverage on Google News

The energy regulator is set to approve a record rise in household bills on Friday as pressure mounts for an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis. The industry price cap, which sets the maximum rate suppliers can charge, is expected to rise above £3,500 a year from October for the average dual …

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Tottenham draw a DREAM group in their return to the Champions League… with Liverpool in the toughest test of English clubs, Chelsea drawing AC Milan and Haaland in Dortmund. Tottenham Hotspur hosted an extremely friendly Champions League group Spurs drew against Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille Elsewhere, there is a tough test for Liverpool, …

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And welcome to coverage of the second Test between England and South Africa at Old Trafford. The hosts are 1-0 down in the series after their two-day defeat (if you discount the time lost to rain) at Lord’s. They managed 45 overs in the first innings in, at least on the first day, very favorable …

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Good morning. Shell has been fined for overcharging some households for their energy bills in a move that is likely to spark a political backlash from the energy majors. Shell Energy Retail will pay £537,000 to charge more than 11,000 price-capped customers from early 2019. The total amount to be refunded to customers is £106,000, …

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The proportion of top grades in GCSE results for 16-year-olds in England has fallen since last year, with the overall pass rate also down, after pupils whose education has seen interrupted by the pandemic to sit the first exams in three years. Top grades of 7 and above, equivalent to A and A*, fell by …

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Boris Johnson celebrates Ukraine’s Independence Day Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to make Russia pay for the deadly attack on a passenger train that killed 25 people and said Ukraine will make “the occupiers take responsibility”. “Chaplyne is our pain today,” Zelensky said in his video address Wednesday afternoon. “We will definitely hold the occupiers accountable for …

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