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    King Charles decides not to live at Buckingham Palace after £369m renovation, discloses £12.9m tax payment

    King Charles III has decided not to take up residence at Buckingham Palace after its £369 million renovation, ending nearly two centuries of monarchs living there. Royal officials also disclosed he paid £12.9 million in tax, placing him among Britain's top 100 taxpayers.

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188 dead and 43 degrees

Quakes kill scores as Europe overheats and Hormuz truce starts to fray

A brutal half-day brought physical shocks and political ones. Venezuela dug through concrete, Europe hunted for shade, and diplomacy around the Strait of Hormuz took a drone-sized dent.

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  • Former Russian defence chief Ivanov dies

    Dies at 73, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirms. The former defence minister and close ally of Vladimir Putin was once seen as a potential successor in Moscow.

  • 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Venezuela

    Delegate Isabel Jara is confirmed dead after her building collapsed in La Guaira, prompting three days of official mourning in the Canary Islands.

  • Japan and Taiwan brace for tropical storms

    Confirmed two deaths and 1,600 evacuations in Taiwan, while Japan reports four injuries and maintains evacuation orders for one million people as the storm intensifies.

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The ageing Union's economy

Volkswagen's announcement of 100,000 job cuts and four plant closures in Germany represents a radical industrial policy shift by a core EU state, altering the competitiveness debate.

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