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Somalis have witnessed decades of conflict. The military regime of dictator President Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991 – plunging Somalia into a bloody civil war

Rishi Sunak is postponing targets essential to getting us to net zero by 2050 as he is only focus on short-term electoral gain - and won't be Prime Minister in 25 years

Labour's Shadow Paymaster General says it's a complete joke that the Prime Minister is apparently going to scrap building the train line that the Tories have already spent £25 billion on

Public figures, including the Archbishop of Cantebury and actor Michael Sheen have called for a 'thank holiday' - an extra day off for people to connect with each other and volunteer'

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent another £7,000 of taxpayers’ cash painting over the 'gold wallpaper' he decorated his Downing Street flat with during a £112,000 makeover

Elianne Andam's cousin visited a shrine set up by the girl's pals at the scene of her senseless killing - and described her as a 'highly intelligent and a lovely, lovely girl'

Macmillan Cancer Care has given grants to cancer patients to help with their additional costs for around a century - but they are having to chop £50 off the grant due to huge numbers of applications

Our volunteer Uva was able to buy knives from two stores in Croydon, close to where Elianne Andam was stabbed to death earlier this week

The House has passed an emergency stop gap bill to prevent the US Government shutting down - all eyes are now on the Senate with Republicans and Democrats at loggerheads

Extremists aim to 'capitalise' on comments made by Suella Braverman about immigration, that being discriminated against for being gay or a woman should not guarantee refugee status

Democrat Jamaal Bowman was caught on camera in the Cannon House office just before the House was to begin voting. An investigation is now under way

Keir Mudie says Suella Braverman has been taking her act on the road this week to test it out before her big speech on Tuesday and becoming increasingly unhinged in the process

Barbara Ashworth, whose daughter was killed by Colin Pitchfork, urges the Parole Board not to make the same mistake twice as the double murderer launches a new bid for freedom

The multi-millionaire's pay check for the controversial news channel - which is equivalent to a £356,000 full-time salary - is in addition to the £86,584 salary Jacob Rees-Mogg earns

Simon Danczuk and his wife Claudine got married in Rwanda over the summer and are having a UK ceremony at the end of October - then, they plan to adopt a baby from her homeland

The Johnsons are notorious for their lavish lifestyle including a 2021 scandal over Downing Street renovations - but after sharing a recent trip to Aldi, it seems Carrie is on a budget

The PM faces a number of hurdles this week with a divided party after 13 years in power, with doubts looming over HS2, speeches by former PMs, and a protest just outside the conference centre

It has emerged rail firms consulted with ministers before pressing ahead with the cull, but the Government has tried to claim it was not involved when it could have halted it

How has the region that was the ­backbone of the industrial revolution sunk from being one of the world’s richest to one of Europe’s poorest?

Georgie Henley, who plays fictional No10 special adviser Grace Greenwood, hopes seeing Tory lies re-enacted in the show will encourage public to show their outrage at ballot box

The PM will unveil plans for a roads spending bonanza at Conservative Party conference as he faces accusations he's doing the dirty on the North by cancelling HS2 to Manchester

A Mirror survey revealed people are increasingly concerned about crime in their local area. The majority (55%) would support tougher penalties for those convicted of shoplifting

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The House of Commons Library calculated that £90.3billion more cash would have been injected into the armed forces if the Conservatives stuck with spending 2.5% of GDP on defence

The Government insisted it was not going to axe the lifeline following reports Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was drawing up plans that would have meant only the very poorest OAPs would still be eligible