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CNN  —  The UK is set to begin sequencing the genomes of 100,000 newborn babies later this year. It will be the largest study of its kind, mapping the babies’ complete set of genetic instructions, with potentially profound implications for child medicine. The £105 million ($126 million) Newborn Genomes Programme will screen for around 200 rare but treatable genetic conditions, with the aim of curtailing untold pain and anxiety for babies and their families, who sometimes struggle to receive a diagnosis through conventional testing. By accelerating the diagnostic process, earlier treatment of infants could prevent many severe conditions from ever developing. The study would see roughly one in 12 newborn babies in England and Wales screened on a voluntary basis over two years. It will operate as an extension of current newborn testing, with the findings intended to inform policymakers, who could pave the way for sequencing to become more…

Credit Suisse bank: UBS is in talks to take over its troubled rival - BBC News Source

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SNP leadership: SNP in 'tremendous mess', interim chief says - BBC News Source

CNN  —  Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Russian-occupied Mariupol, a city his forces left in ruins when they captured it last year. The Russian president’s first visit to occupied Ukrainian territory is an apparent act of defiance, coming just days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him. Putin was flown into Mariupol by helicopter and toured districts around the city in a car, footage released by Russian authorities showed. The Russian president is shown meeting seemingly surprised residents. Putin tells one man “we need to start getting to know each other better.” A Kremlin statement did notsay when the visit took place, although on Saturday he visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of its annexation. All of the footage released of Putin’s visit is after dark, a possible way for the authorities to conceal damage. News of the visit comes after the…

An aerial view of Mariupol on April 12, 2022. (Andrey Borodulin/AFP/Getty Images/FILE)Mariupol, a port city on the Sea of Azov, is located in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast and has been under direct Russian control since May 2022.Russian attacks on Mariupol began on February 24, 2022 – the first day of the invasion. The city was subjected to some of the war’s worst atrocities.In March, an airstrike ripped through a maternity and children’s hospital in the city. Russian officials claimed the hospital was a justifiable military target, based on their unproven assertion that Ukrainian military targets were on site and that all patients and medical staff had left.But footage circulating on social media showed expectant mothers being escorted out of a ruined building amid charred cars and debris.Among the injured was a pregnant woman who was photographed being carried out on a stretcher. Neither she nor her baby could be saved, a…

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Gary Lineker will not present FA Cup coverage after losing his voice - BBC News Source