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Andy Burnham has apologised for Labour’s initial response to Israel’s military action in Gaza, saying the party “didn’t get it right” and needs to do better under his leadership.Burnham, who is expected to become prime minister later this month, was one of several high-profile Labour figures who were calling for a ceasefire in Gaza by late October 2023 – which at the time put him at odds with Sir Keir Starmer. “Labour’s initial response to the treatment of Gaza caused huge hurt. We got it wrong and I am sorry for that,” he wrote on social media.In a video message,…

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Former Olympian David Hearn outside Superior Court in Washington, July 9, 2026.Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThree-time U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a felony charge for allegedly ripping up sealant in the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool in Washington.Hearn’s attorney afterward blasted prosecutors for obtaining an indictment against the 67-year-old, calling him a political “scapegoat” for the Trump administration’s controversial handling of the renovation of the roughly 2,000-foot Reflecting Pool.”Mr. Hearn pled not guilty because he is not guilty,” the attorney, Norm Eisen, told reporters outside of D.C. Superior Court.”If Mr. Hearn can be…

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We haven’t seen much footage to date for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three, other than the broody and haunting extended teaser Warner Bros. dropped in March. But now we’ve got a shiny new trailer jam-packed with tantalizing hints of what to expect, and plenty of Easter eggs to delight avid book fans. (Spoilers for first two films in the franchise below.) As previously reported, in 2021’s Dune, we first met Frank Herbert’s iconic anti-hero, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet). That film culminated in the brutal defeat of House Atreides by rival House Harkonnen, with Paul and his mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca…

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa alongside the NATO leaders summit at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersPresident Donald Trump touted that he’s “number one” on TikTok multiple times this week. “The new numbers just came out,” Trump told reporters at the White House Monday. “You know who the number one person on TikTok is by far? Trump. Me,” he said. The president added that he surpassed Taylor Swift, who he said was “number 11” on the social media app. As of July 9, Trump has…

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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (Not Shown) for bilateral talks at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 08, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesAmericans may not need to start panic-buying Ibérico ham — yet.President Donald Trump may not follow through on his demand for the U.S. to completely sever trade with Spain — but he could if he wanted to, using the same law behind his failed “reciprocal” tariffs, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday.Even though Spain is a member of the European Union, Trump could single…

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Marc Nachmann, Goldman Sachs global head of asset and wealth management.CNBCGoldman Sachs said Thursday it won deals to manage a combined $70 billion in retirement assets for Verizon Communications and Lockheed Martin, one of the larger recent announcements in the fast-growing market for outsourced corporate investing.The mandates include about $30 billion in pension assets for Verizon and Lockheed Martin and $40 billion in Verizon defined-contribution retirement assets, which are typically 401(k)s, according to Goldman.The moves underscore how some of America’s largest employers are increasingly handing responsibility for managing retirement assets to outside firms such as Goldman as portfolios become more…

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Thursday that GPT-5.6 Sol, the company’s latest artificial intelligence model, is 54% more token efficient on agentic coding tasks, and that it’s “as good or better” than competing models on the market. “Every enterprise now is thinking about spend and the value they’re getting in exchange for AI, and this is what we really want to do,” Altman said. OpenAI on Thursday is rolling out its latest series of models, GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna, which it announced last month. The company limited the initial launch to a “small group of trusted partners”…

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Pip is the working age benefit which helps individuals deal with the extra costs of having a physical or mental health condition or disability.It was introduced in 2013, external as a replacement for Disability Living Allowance (DLA).You do not have to be out of work to claim Pip and it does not come with requirements to seek work.People currently receive, external between £1,580 and £10,120 per year depending on the severity of their condition.Official figures show total Pip claims in England and Wales now stand at 4 million, up from 3.6 million when Labour took power, an increase of around…

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