26 minutes ago Trump’s transition team condemn ‘violent threats’ against cabinet picks: Live updates

President-elect’s nominees and appointees victims of bomb threats and ‘swatting’ incidents this week

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27 minutes ago Former Manchester City star set to become next president of Georgia almost two decades after his unforgettable debut for the Citizens against Manchester United

Former Manchester City striker Mikheil Kavelashvili is to stand for election to be president of Georgia, his political party has announced.

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31 minutes ago Badenoch suggests final Tory migration policy would be more radical than leaving European convention on human rights – UK politics live

Conservative leader says there needs to be a ‘plan not just a promise’ beyond leaving the ECHRWilliam Hague has achieved a rare Tory election victory; he has won the contest to be Oxford University’s next chancellor.The university has released the figures for the final round of voting, where the winner emerged after the final five candidates were ranked using the alternative vote system. The runner up was Elish Angiolini, the lawyer and academic. Continue reading...

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36 minutes ago Several Trump picks targeted with bomb threats and ‘swatting’, president

Trump’s Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth understood to have been among those targeted; Elise Stefanik says she was also targetedLeavitt wrote that the threats transpired Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and included bomb threats and swatting, which refers to false reports of a crime to prompt police raids on a person’s home.Law enforcement “acted quickly,” wrote Leavitt, adding that “President Trump and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action.” Leavitt did not say who specifically was targeted. Continue reading...

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36 minutes ago Badenoch signals leaving ECHR on the table in new Tory approach to immigration

The Conservative leader said her party would review ‘every policy, treaty and part of our legal framework’ as it sets out a new immigration approach.

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37 minutes ago Starmer and Lammy ‘absolutely clear’ no cash reparations, says Foreign Secretary

The comments come just weeks after the issue dominated the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa.

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46 minutes ago Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims

A Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in the Baltic Sea while off-radar in an attack orchestrated by the Kremlin, a new report has claimed. 

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53 minutes ago Claude AI: The new (virtual) assistant who can plan your holidays and code a website

The latest chatbot to hit the market is Anthropic’s response to ChatGPT: a sleeker, more elegant assistant named Claude who could even lay claim to a moral compass

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54 minutes ago Green behaviour change is not about telling people what to do – climate advisers

Around 10% of emissions cuts needed for 2035 climate targets come from diet and travel changes – but it is about making it ‘easy’, experts said.

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55 minutes ago Farmers make fresh stand against Keir Starmer's tax grab: More than 100 tractors descend on Dover in protest against inheritance tax raid

Farmers from across Kent and Sussex have joined the protest today to call on the government to reverse its plans impose a 20% inheritance tax (IHT) on farm assets worth £1 million.

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