🥵 UK hotter than Hawaii

Temperatures on Sunday soared to just below 30 degrees Celsius. Ireland also recorded its warmest day of 2022 to date as 25.6 degrees Celsius was recorded at Shannon Airport in County Clare.

The hot weather is expected to continue into next week, with UK temperatures set to soar above 32 degrees Celsius on Monday and further on Tuesday, potentially making it the warmest day of the year so far. Parts of the country were warmer than areas along the US coast, such as Los Angeles and parts of Hawaii's Maui.

The Met Office with UK Health Security Agency has issued a level-3 heat health watch alert through next week across southeast England.

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😐 Emmanuel Macron went to extraordinary lengths to support Uber’s lobbying campaign to help it disrupt France’s closed-shop taxi industry, even telling the tech company he had brokered a secret “deal” with its opponents in the French cabinet.

▪️ Leaked files including text message exchanges between Uber executives and Macron reveal how the cab-hailing business identified him as a key ally when he was economy minister and turned to him to help it behind the scenes.

▪️ The files suggest pro-business Macron, who was re-elected French president in April, was close enough to Uber’s managers during his two years in the economy ministry from 2014-16 for them not to think twice about contacting him for possible help when their premises were raided by tax and other authorities.

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⚡️ Gas deliveries via Nord Stream stopped from 04.00 GMT on Monday - pipeline operator data

📌 LIVE UPDATES: EU not winning 'global battle of narratives' regarding Ukraine, Borrell says

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🤔 The American defense firm L3Harris has backed away from talks with the blacklisted Israeli spyware company NSO Group to buy the firm’s hacking tools, following intelligence and security concerns raised by the Biden administration, according to people familiar with the matter.

▪️ Shortly after news reports were released last month about the administration's concerns regarding the talks, L3Harris told the US government it was no longer pursuing the acquisition of NSO’s spyware capabilities, a US official said.

▪️ A few days after the reports were published, “L3 reached out to the US government and said they would not be moving forward,” the official said. Like others familiar with the matter, he spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the issue’s sensitivity. The New York Times was first to report that L3Harris had notified the administration that the talks were off.

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🇱🇰 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially confirmed his intention to resign from the post to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, media reported on Monday.

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🇱🇰 Sri Lanka will hold presidential and parliamentary elections before March 2023, following the decision of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to submit his resignation amid mass protests in the country caused by an ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror reported on Monday, citing senior political sources.

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⚡️ Japanese government decides to award former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe country's highest order posthumously - reports

😱 Twitter shares have tumbled as much as 7.8% in pre-market trading after Elon Musk walked away from his $44 billion deal to buy the company, setting the scene for a disruptive legal battle.

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🔥 A Bill Gates Foundation supermarket in the Netherlands that focuses on new-age foods like plant protein meat spontaneously caught fire in the middle of the night.

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❗️Kremlin: Putin and Lukashenko have discussed response to Lithuania's imposed transit restrictions to Kaliningrad

📹 Locals only: sea lions chase away beachgoers in San Diego, US

The creatures were reportedly awoken from their nap by a person who got too close in order to take a photo.
Lifeguards were on standby and ensured that no one was injured. They also helped the sea lions leave the beach safely.

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📹 Russia's MoD has published footage of missile strikes against ammunition depots of ammo delivered from the US for the HIMARS, as well as against stationing points of Ukrainian nationalists.

🌌 US President Joe Biden will reveal the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope of deep space today at 5PM ET.

NASA has announced the event via Twitter, saying: "We can't contain the excitement for Webb's first full-color images."

The eagerly-anticipated picture will offer a sneak peek ahead of tomorrow's full reveal of images from the most powerful telescope ever launched into space.

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😏 Liz Truss registered her official website to become the next Tory leader almost a month before Boris Johnson resigned, according to Oliver Wright.

▪️ The website lizforleader.co.uk went live at the weekend as part of the foreign secretary’s campaign to succeed Johnson as prime minister.

▪️ But a search for the domain name, first carried out by Sky News, shows that it was registered on June 8, 2022.

▪️ This was two days after Boris Johnson narrowly won the 1922 Committee vote of confidence, during which Truss publicly supported him.

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🤨 US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, slated for later this month, has been delayed apparently due to fears related to POTUS’ age, according to The Telegraph.

▪️ The newspaper reported that while White House aides cited “diplomatic” reasons for postponing Biden’s trip, it seems the real explanation is that officials are concerned that extended travel would be “crazy” for a 79-year-old POTUS.

▪️ This was preceded by a piece by New York Times correspondent Peter Baker, who pointed out that “managing the schedule of the oldest president in American history presents distinct challenges.”

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📹 Thousands have marched through the streets of Uvalde demanding answers from Texas authorities over May's tragic school shooting.

▪️ Families, friends and locals walked together silently from Robb Elementary to the town square in the 100F (37.77C) heat Sunday to honor the 19 children and two teachers shot dead at the school.

▪️ The Unheard Voices March and Rally then saw victims' family members make speeches in which they demanded justice from local and state law enforcement over their handling of the May 24 killings.

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⬇️ The euro has slumped to within a cent of parity with the US dollar as a deepening energy crisis and wider economic fears take their toll.

▪️ Inflation in the eurozone is at record levels and forecasters expect a recession this year amid fears that Russia could choke off gas supplies.

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🇱🇰 Sri Lankan president is in 'neighboring country', will return on Wednesday, reports suggest

⚖️ Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with fraud for failing to declare overseas assets worth more than £400 million

😬 A legendary video game developer has threatened to sue over hoax posts portraying him as Shinzo Abe's killer.

▪️ Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima was linked to the shooting of Japan's former prime minister in pictures on the website 4chan.

▪️ The images were shared by a French politician and reportedly broadcast by Greek and Iranian news outlets.

▪️ Kojima Productions said it "strongly condemns the spread of fake news and rumors that convey false information".

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