17 hours ago Trump’s private phone calls with foreign leaders worry former diplomats: ‘Dangerous territory’

Ex-diplomat and Obama staffer says ‘we’re entering a dangerous territory of telephone games’

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17 hours ago Whistleblower claims Glasgow Labour leader has ‘target’ on his back for calling out fat cat payment scandal

EXCLUSIVE: George Redmond, a critic of the early retirement payment scandal, received a letter on Monday which he described as "chilling".

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18 hours ago Assisted dying is a slippery slope turning NHS into the ‘national death service’, warns Tory grandee

Exclusive: Dr Liam Fox warned that the safeguards included in the bill are ‘completely false’ - his intervention followed opposition from Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Liz Truss and polling which revealed the public concern over whether the NHS is fit to deliver assisted dying

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21 hours ago MP behind assisted dying Bill brands 'wrecking' amendment 'disappointing'

Kim Leadbeater defends legislation ahead of crunch vote on Friday

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23 hours ago UK politics live: Assisted dying vote will be ‘very close’ says Leadbeater, as Starmer faces PMQs

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater said there are ‘strongly held’ views on her private members bill that will be voted on by MPs on Friday

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23 hours ago What’s happening in Pakistan? Everything we know about clashes between Imran Khan supporters and police

Imran Khan’s party accuses government of ‘massacare’ of protesters after brutal crackdown

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23 hours ago Assisted dying bill vote will be ‘very close’, says Kim Leadbeater – UK politics live

Leadbeater, the Labour MP who proposed the private member’s bill, has been defending the proposed new lawIn an interview with BBC Breakfast, Kim Leadbeater said she expected the vote her assisted dying bill to be “very close”.MPs have been doing consultations with their constituents, holding events, holding round tables, doing huge amounts of amounts of research into this really important issue, and I think the vote will be very close. Continue reading...

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24 hours ago Former prime ministers unite against assisted dying as Grieve hints it is against rule of law

Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Theresa May come out against bill, which would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives early

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26 hours ago Pakistan ends lockdown of its capital after Imran Khan supporters are dispersed by police

Authorities have reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who demanded his release from prison

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