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WASHINGTON (news agencies) — Federal health officials on Friday said they have linked cases of a diarrhea-causing parasite tied to shredded lettuce to an additional four states, expanding the scope of the largest U.S. outbreak of cyclospora.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak first tied to Taco Bell restaurants now includes Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. Previously the agency’s investigation included five states: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.The CDC, Food and Drug Administration and state health officials have been tracing the supply of the lettuce and interviewing people across the nation about the foods they…
Pool via AFP”We are on borrowed time if we don’t get a move on,” Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister who is back in the cabinet this week as housing secretary, told the BBC’s Today programme on Friday.It has been quite the week at Westminster. Sir Keir Starmer’s departure as prime minister on Monday seems rather a while ago.The fledgling Burnham administration has been seeking to find its feet and make a decent first impression at the same time, as many try to do in the first days in a job.There has been an early pattern in these early…
PA MediaGarda Commissioner Justin Kelly described it as an “extremely significant seizure”A car containing an “extremely significant” bomb has been intercepted in the Republic of Ireland as it was being driven across the border for an attack in Northern Ireland, Irish police have said.The vehicle was stopped during an operation targeting dissident republican activities on Wednesday but further details are just emerging. Two people were arrested.Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly confirmed on Friday that officers found an explosive device and described it as an “extremely significant seizure”.The vehicle was stopped on the N2 near Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, at about 15:00 local…
Magen David AdomIt was the deadliest incident of its kind in the West Bank for monthsAt least four Palestinians and two Israelis have been killed in a shooting in the occupied West Bank – the deadliest single incident there in months.There are conflicting accounts of the sequence of events in the northern village of Tal. Palestinian sources told the BBC that residents confronted Jewish settlers who were attacking them when Israeli soldiers arrived and started shooting. The Palestinian foreign ministry said several other Palestinians were wounded.Israel’s military said “terrorists stole the weapon” of a security guard who was then killed…
US shoppers react to mysterious ‘explosive diarrhoea’ parasiteMany people have experienced diarrhoea.So when it hit Nick Palmiter at the beginning of July, he didn’t think much of it.”I’ll be alright,” he said to himself.But symptoms persisted. And as days turned into weeks, the stomach cramps became unbearable.The 29-year-old described the sensation as a constant pressure and bubbling, “almost like you have a balloon in your stomach”.At the urging of a coworker, he finally visited an urgent care facility and, upon arrival, was told that he immediately needed to go to an emergency room.It was at the hospital that Palmiter learned…
Former Liverpool boss Klopp confirmed as Germany head coachJurgen Klopp is a legend at his former clubs, but he will need to convince his critics if he is to succeed in his toughest managerial challenge yet.1 hr agoWorld Cup
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesChey Tae-won, chairman of SK GroupThe chairman of corporate giant SK Group has been ordered by a South Korean court to pay his ex-wife 944bn won (£483m; $644m) in a case that local media has called the “divorce of the century”.The award, which still needs to be finalised, is below the initial 1.38tn won that chairman Chey Tae-won was told to pay Roh Soh-yeong in 2024.It comes more than a decade after his marriage to Roh – the daughter of a former president – fell apart following the revelation he had fathered a child with another woman.SK…
EPAThe Trump administration’s nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia reversed a years-long stance toward a key Middle East ally.Past US presidents insisted that Saudi Arabia normalise relations with Israel in exchange for receiving American nuclear technology for civilian energy programmes. According to reports of the deal’s contents, President Donald Trump gave Saudi Arabia what it wanted without extracting concessions for Israel in return – and over objections from critics who argued that it could spark a nuclear arms race in the region.On Thursday he said in a social media post that the nuclear pact was conditioned on Saudi Arabia joining the…
Dax Melmer / ReutersIt was supposed to be a celebration marking the opening of a new international bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, after eight years of construction and several delays.Canadian and American dignitaries planned to come together for the inauguration of the C$6.4bn ($4.5bn; £3.4bn) Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting the automotive hubs of each nation. Instead, Canadians will host their own event solo on Friday, having disinvited their US counterparts in the wake of Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on their country.It’s only the most recent bit of drama for a bridge meant to symbolise unity between…
ReutersVessels sighted in the Strait of Hormuz from Oman on 23 JulyThe US military says it has launched strikes on Iran for the 13th consecutive night, with Iranian state media saying four people have been killed and five injured. It comes as US President Donald Trump said he would use Iranian assets held by the US to pay for “any damages to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto”. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi hit back at the threat that Trump called “fair and equitable”, calling it an “incendiary precedent”.The latest strikes follow Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis’ claim to have attacked two…