All news for 2024-09-04

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The suppliers involved in the Grenfell tragedy exchanged disturbing texts, joking that "all we do is lie"
Texts from staffers at one firm found to have misled Grenfell materials providers about the quality of its cladding joked about the product failing fire tests, the inquiry found
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With the foreign agent deadline expiring, Georgian media face heightened threats
A disputed law passed by the Georgian parliament in June, which requires organizations receiving more than 20% of their funds from abroad to register as “foreign agents,”...
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Priti Patel was eliminated from the Tory leadership contest in the first round
Former home secretary got two fewer votes than Mel Stride, while Robert Jenrick leads race to succeed Rishi Sunak
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A shooting at a Georgia high school has left four dead and nine injured
Sheriff’s office reports one suspect in custody after incident at Apalachee high school, 50 miles north-east of Atlanta
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Swinney’s slimmed-down plans prompt criticism of ‘managed decline’
First minister makes eradicating child poverty his top priority while Scottish Labour says he had ‘no vision’
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Intense fire breaks out in London tower block on day of Grenfell report
A 12-storey tower block caught fire in London just after a report into Grenfell was released.
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Ireland will initiate an inquiry into sexual abuse at schools run by religious orders
Inquiry to follow preliminary investigation unearthing 2,400 allegations of historic abuse
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Steward gave controversial consultants an interest in Malta Company at heart of Huge Graft Scandal
Shaukat Ali, a Pakistani businessman who helped U.S.-based Steward Health Care secure a massive public contract in Malta, says he and his son were paid only normal consulting fees for their work. Leaked documents show they were promised much more.
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Italian antimafia priest attacked in Rome
Don Antonio Coluccia was leading anti-crime march when he was reportedly assaulted with planks, bottles and sticks
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The Grenfell Tower fire was the result of "decades of failure," with an inquiry uncovering "systematic dishonesty"
In its final report, the Grenfell Tower inquiry has laid bare how Government complacency and industry dishonesty and greed led to the 2017 tragedy that claimed 72 lives
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Greta Thunberg arrested and handcuffed at Pro-Palestine protest
Greta Thunberg has been arrested during a Palestine protest in Denmark.