34 minutes ago Russian veto on Sudan ceasefire leaves UK undeterred on peace efforts – minister

Nearly 25 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to development minister Anneliese Dodds.

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38 minutes ago Keir Starmer’s great ‘reset’ win as he is invited to meeting of EU leaders for first time since Brexit

Prime minister has pledged to repair damaged relations with the European Union for the benefit of ‘generations to come’

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90 minutes ago UK politics live: Double blow for Tories as former MP defects to Reform and Farage’s party boosts membership

‘Today I have joined the party of the brave,’ former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns said after being unveiled at a press conference in London.

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2 hours ago John Swinney says SNP Government decision over David Goodwillie criminal trial 'has taken too long'

The First Minister apologised to Denise Clair at Holyrood on Thursday.

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2 hours ago Former Tory minister and MP Andrea Jenkyns defects to join Nigel Farage's Reform UK as party passes 100,000 members

The former skills minister, who lost her Morley and Outwood seat in Yorkshire in the Labour landslide, will stand to be mayor of Greater Lincolnshire in May.

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2 hours ago UK politics live: Double blow for Tories as MP defects to Reform and Farage’s party boosts membership

‘Today I have joined the party of the brave,’ former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns said after being unveiled at a press conference in London.

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2 hours ago Former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns has joined Reform UK, says Nigel Farage – UK politics live

Reform UK party leader says Jenkyns will be party’s candidate in election for mayor in LincolnshireHere is a chart from the ONS report illustrating the latest figures.Here is the PA Media story on the figures.Net migration to the UK hit a higher than previously thought record of 906,000 in the year to June 2023, revised official estimates show.The measure for the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving the country then dropped by 20% in the latest period, the 12 months to June 2024, and now stands at 728,000. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago What’s behind the alarming rise in birth defects in Brazil’s illegal gold mining capital?

In Pará state children are being born with neurological disorders. Experts note similarities to the mercury poisoning disaster in Minamata, Japan – but say that is not the whole storySeven-year-old Valdenisa squealed with delight as she grasped the tape measure above her head. It was part of a game so that a doctor could measure the circumference of her head and check her withered legs.She was one of a dozen Indigenous Munduruku children being examined by a trio of child neurologists and geneticists earlier this month in Itaituba, in Brazil’s Pará state. Located on the Tapajós River, the town is known as the country’s illegal gold capital, as it accounts for three-quarters of all the illicit gold produced in Brazil. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Wicked’s green skin trigger warning may feel silly – but not as silly as those crying woke

As BBFC’s Wicked warning leaves usual suspects green with anger, is a polite notice on a website really worth frothing about? Wicked has faced more than its fair share of controversies since it was first announced; from the uproar over recasting the play’s leads, to fan-made posters going viral for the wrong reasons, to the debate over people singing along to it in cinemas and ruining it for everyone.As such, Wicked does not wish to cause any more upset, which is why it has gone out of its way to cut any new controversy off at the pass. Exhibit A: the BBFC has slapped a warning on the film, alerting viewers that it features scenes of discrimination against those with green skin. Continue reading...

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