1 hour ago Mexican official who led war on drugs jailed for 38 years for accepting bribes

Genaro Garcia Luna was accused of taking millions of dollars from the Sinaloa cartel for shielding membersGenaro Garcia Luna, the official who for several years led Mexico’s fight against the country’s violent drug trade, was sentenced to more than 38 years in US prison for accepting bribes from the cartels he was supposed to fight.The US district judge Brian Cogan announced the sentence at a hearing in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Ukraine should be invited to join the Commonwealth, say 49 per cent of Britons

The finding features in a report by the Policy Exchange think tank which also suggests Prince William should be given a bigger role in the 56-nation association

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1 hour ago Putin preparing to rush 'at least 10,000' North Korean troops to Ukrainian border after 'striking deal' with Kim Jong Un

Ukraine is facing the threat of a huge influx of North Korean troops who are being trained by Russia's army, after a deal said to have been struck between president Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.

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2 hours ago Harris pressed on immigration, Iran and policy shifts in combative Fox News interview – US elections live

Vice-president’s interview with rightwing channel airs just hours after her Pennsylvania rally with senior RepublicansDon’t miss important election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsUS Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Washington was looking into reports that North Korea was sending troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine.Western countries have long accused North Korea of sending weapons to help Russia fight in Ukraine. On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the North was also sending personnel, becoming effectively a participant in the war. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Asylum backlog would've spiralled due to Tory policies including Rwanda plan, report shows

A major report from the Refugee Council has found Labour inherited an asylum system in 'meltdown' that had been brought to a 'near-standstill' due to Conservative mismanagement.

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2 hours ago Raise taxes on petrol and diesel cars to reduce electric ‘premium’ – think tank

A report by the Resolution Foundation recommended that this action is taken if ‘concerns’ persist over the number of EVs being bought.

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2 hours ago Few compensation claims for pothole damage to vehicles are successful – report

Halfords launches a pothole damage check

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3 hours ago Grandmother famed for inviting stranger to Thanksgiving diagnosed with breast cancer

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton spent their first Thanksgiving together in 2016, after the grandmother initially meant to text her grandson

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3 hours ago Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years

Landmark review says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh waterMore than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and end the destruction of the ecosystems on which our fresh water depends, experts have warned in a landmark review.Half the world’s population already faces water scarcity, and that number is set to rise as the climate crisis worsens, according to a report from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water published on Thursday. Continue reading...

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