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Date announced for first General Election TV debate between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak
ITV announced the first TV showdown of the General Election between the Labour leader Keir Starmer and the PM Rishi Sunak will be aired from 9pm on Tuesday June 4
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Study finds that wealthy white men are the UK’s largest transport polluters
IPPR research examines transport emissions by income, gender, location, ethnicity and age
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Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference
Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference.
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Notorious gangster the public ’must be protected from’ absconds from prison
Daniel Gee Gee was jailed after a secret probe caught him conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill a teenager
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Husband of Sergei Shoigu’s former mistress owns apartments in Dubai, purchased with a now-confiscated Lithuanian passport
Businessman Adolfas Kaminskas, who is married to the mother of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s illegitimate children, has invested over $4 million in Dubai real estate, according to an investigation by the Lithuanian Center for Investigative Journalism Siena.
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"A life in prison is better than death in the trenches": How Russian soldiers desert
Almost every new day of Russia’s war in Ukraine brings with it fresh stories of “meat grinder” assaults – Russian attacks in which large numbers of poorly trained, mobilized troops are sacrificed in the pursuit of questionable military objectives.
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Israeli airstrike that killed dozens in Rafah carried out using type of bomb supplied by US
Footage filmed by Palestinian journalist Alamuddin Sadiq at the scene of the strike appears to indicate which specific munition was used, 1,000 of which were supplied by the US to Israel in 2023.
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Royal Mail owner agrees to £3.6bn takeover by ’Czech Sphinx’ Daniel Kretinsky
The company’s parent firm said its branding and UK headquarters would remain in place as part of the deal, along with its universal service obligation to "one-price-goes-anywhere" first class post six days a week.
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Donald Trump holds handwritten note reminding him of his comments about his own hush money trial
Ex-President Donald Trump was seen holding a handwritten note – with a message he’s uttered repeatedly throughout his hush money trial – during the closing arguments.
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Half of players using snus would like to stop - study
Almost one in five male professional players who took part in a new survey are using snus, nicotine pouches or both - and nearly half would like to stop using snus within 12 months.
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Three police hurt and 40 arrests at pro-Palestinian march in London
Three police officers were injured and 40 people have been arrested during a demonstration in Westminster.
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Greece rocked by voter privacy scandal ahead of EU election
Voter data held by the Interior Ministry found its way to a New Democracy MEP running for reelection.
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Soldier Sapper Kim Mawa, 23, found dead in Wiltshire barracks three months after 19-year-old died days into joining squadron
Sapper Kim Mawa, a 23-year-old from the Royal Engineers, was found dead
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Two ’robbers’ hunted as watch dealer found dead the day after raid
The man was found by police in Surrey on Sunday evening, following a report of a concern for safety. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
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Diane Abbott regains Labour whip after investigation
Britain’s first black woman MP was suspended from the party last year over comments she made about Jewish people not facing racism, and rumours had been circling she might not be allowed to stand for Labour at the upcoming election.
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Rachel Reeves: What to know about the ex-chess champion aspiring to be the UK’s first female chancellor
The MP for Leeds West has risen up the ranks to be one of Labour’s most influential figures - whose judgement will determine the party’s spending priorities if it forms the next government.
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Polish businessman makes millions from firm that deals with Putin’s Russia
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the name of blue-blooded Polish businessman Andre Mankowski has disappeared from the website of the Moscow-based IT company AMT Group, where he was formerly listed as president.
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All the President’s Men: State projects handed to apparent proxies in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has drastically decreased transparency into public spending, even as he has launched an ambitious new series of state projects intended to show off his government’s power.
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Mexico extradites alleged Sinaloa sicario to U.S.
Mexico has extradited one of the top leaders of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel who is believed to have been the chief of a group of enforcers tasked with eliminating or intimidating rivals of one of the cartel’s factions, the U.S. Department of Justice stated over the weekend.
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Kate ’out and about’ more with family as palace receives flood of get well soon cards
The Royal Family has been overwhelmed with ‘get well soon’ cards as the Princess of Wales undergoes treatment for cancer.
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Watch dealer put in chokehold during terrifying London robbery dies one day later
A watch dealer who was put in a chokehold during a robbery at his jewellery store in Richmond, West London, where thieves made off with high value watches, has died
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Tens of millions spent ahead of new EU fingerprint travel rules
Preparations are under way at major Channel crossing points for a new automated European Union (EU) border IT system due to start this October, despite fears of queue chaos for holidaymakers.
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Turkish court acquits man suspected of murdering Russian feminist activist
A court in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum has acquitted Syrian national Mohammad Nizar Arnabeh, who was accused of murdering Russian feminist activist Anastasia Emelyanova.
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Georgia set to approve ‘foreign agents’ law amid growing Western backlash
The U.S. has imposed sanctions over the controversial legislation, while Brussels warns it will sink the country’s efforts to join the EU.
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Major outage leaves thousands of customers unable to access banking app
Thousands of NatWest customers have been unable to log into their banking apps this morning after a major outage hit the service.