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- NewsThe Independent
Multiple people arrested as heavy police presence and ring of steel around Met Gala after Gaza protests in New York
Protesters have used fashion’s big night as a platform for social causes in the past
1-min read - NewsStoryful
VideoForest Fire Burns Lakeside Mountains in Valle de Bravo
A forest fire broke out in Valle de Bravo, in central Mexico, on Sunday evening, May 5.Footage and images taken by Rodrigo Caballero show smoke and flames rising from the mountains around Lake Avandaro.In his morning press conference, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said authorities “arrived early.” According to Lopez Obrador, the fire was six hectares and had been 60 percent contained by Monday morning. Credit: Rodrigo Caballero via Storyful
- NewsThe Telegraph
Israel’s war cabinet votes to attack Rafah as UN chief warns invasion is ‘intolerable’
The UN’s secretary-general has warned that Israel’s impending ground invasion of Rafah would be “intolerable”.
31-min read - OpinionThe Telegraph
Letters: The fall of Boris Johnson triggered the Conservatives’ sharp decline
SIR – The Conservatives’ future looks dire (Letters, May 6). How did they get to this after Boris Johnson delivered an 80-seat majority in 2019? Like it or not, it was Boris as a leader who appealed to voters, but his party chose to ditch him. It is no coincidence that the decline set in then – as they had no replacement with anything like his charisma and ability to get stuff done, despite his chaotic approach. Most Tory voters I know weren’t at all concerned by the nonsense of Partygate, which
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VideoGirl was assessed by medics 30 times before brain tumour diagnosis – mother
An 11-year-old girl misdiagnosed with sickness bugs and migraines was assessed by medics about 30 times before being told she had a brain tumour. Tia Gordon, 11, from Northampton, was admitted to hospital in an emergency despite previous multiple trips to A&E, visits to a GP and calls to NHS 111.
- PoliticsThe Independent
Trump used personal checking account to pay Michael Cohen for Stormy Daniels hush money, trial hears
Jurors saw Trump’s signed checks to Cohen that included reimbursements for his payments to the adult film star
4-min read - NewsAFP
No letup yet for flood-battered southern Brazil
The rains may have abated, but floodwaters continued their assault on southern Brazil Monday, with hundreds of municipalities in ruins amid fears that food and drinking water may soon run out.In total, 385 cities, towns and villages have been hit, many of which remain cut off from the world -- without access to drinking water or electricity or any means of calling for help.
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