2 h. ago Parliament must hear answers on China spy case, Badenoch tells Prime Minister

The Tory leader criticised Sir Keir for travelling to Egypt for a summit on Gaza and called for a senior minister to address the Commons.

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2 h. ago David Beckham cuts a cheerful figure at NBA game in China after wife Victoria candidly detailed her eating disorder in new Netflix docuseries

The former footballer, 50, beamed as he watched the second preseason game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns, after attending Friday's match alongside Jackie Chan.

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7 h. ago US will be ‘perplexed’ by UK decision to drop China spy case, says ex

John Sawers questions why prosecutors chose not to proceed with trial of two Britons accused of espionage

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8 h. ago Moment Chinese coastguard fires water cannon and 'dangerously rams' Philippine vessel in South China Sea 

Dramatic footage shows the Chinese ship using its cannon and chasing the Philippine boat, the BRP Datu Pagbuaya, moments before smashing into it near Thitu Island at 9.15am on Sunday.

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8 h. ago Muslim Charity Run that has banned all females over 12 from participating is being probed over potential equality law violations

The investigation comes after women and girls over the age of 12 were ruled out by a mosque from taking part in a charity fun run, as revealed by the Mail on Sunday.

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10 h. ago Watch vessel rammed and fired at with water cannons by Chinese coast guard

Philippine officials say one of its vessels was damaged after a Chinese coast guard boat rammed and fired a water cannon towards it.

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12 h. ago PM’s national security adviser ‘played no role in collapse of China spy case’

Jonathan Powell did not take part in discussions about the ‘substance or the evidence’ of the case, Bridget Phillipson said.

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13 h. ago The IMF boss is right to say ‘buckle up’ – the global economy is facing multiple menaces

Trump’s latest tariff tantrum and rising fears of an AI bubble have very quickly borne out Kristina Georgieva’s claim that ‘uncertainty is the new normal’Trump threatens 100% tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exportsLittle more than 48 hours passed last week between IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva’s warning that “uncertainty is the new normal” and Donald Trump’s latest tariff onslaught – this time aimed at China.Markets plunged on Friday after Trump threatened to levy punitive additional tariffs of 100% on Chinese goods in retaliation for Beijing’s blocks on exports of rare earth minerals. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Starmer has 'full confidence' in Blairite national security chief Jonathan Powell despite mounting fury at China spying case shambles

Cabinet minister Bridget Phillipson insisted the PM is still behind the key adviser as MPs demand answers.

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14 h. ago Chinese coast guard fires water cannon and rams Philippine vessel in disputed South China Sea

Video issued by the Philippine coast guard shows a Chinese coast guard ship firing a water cannon

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15 h. ago Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations

Afghanistan says it has killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace

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18 h. ago France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall

The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fastEmmanuel Macron sounded like a man in grief. Not angry, not defiant, just a little triste. Europe, he lamented, was suffering a “degeneration of democracy”. Many threats emanated from outside, from Russia, from China, from powerful US tech companies and social-media entrepreneurs, France’s president said. “But we should not be naive. On the inside we are turning on ourselves. We doubt our own democracy We see everywhere that something is happening to our democratic fabric. Democratic debate is turning into a debate of hatred.”Squeezed between vituperative extremes of right and left, Macron knows of what he speaks. But “ungovernable” France is not alone in its bitter, intractable divisions. Across Europe, in the UK and the US, distrust and grievance daily deepen political dysfunction and social discord. Macron’s words apply, in fact, to almost an...

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19 h. ago Musk’s xAI joins race to build ‘world models’ to power video games

Artificial intelligence group hired staff from Nvidia to work on advanced AI that can design and navigate physical spaces

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19 h. ago A Myanmar town lies in shambles as both sides in civil war vie for control

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war because of its strategic location at a key junction on the trading route to China

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23 h. ago Starmer faces Commons showdown as MPs set to grill him over collapse of adviser's China spy trial

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is expected to grant an Urgent Question to the Conservatives on the issue when MPs return to Parliament this week.

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23 h. ago Starmer national security adviser accused of blocking spy case is senior member of shadowy lobby club China 'uses to groom UK elite'

Jonathan Powell was at the heart of the Chinese spying row was a member of a secretive network used by Beijing to cultivate Britain's elites.

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23 h. ago KHADIJA KHAN: Despite what Sadiq Khan claims, we ARE creeping towards Islamic law

Misogyny exists everywhere. But we're usually quick to call it out. Only when it's Islamic misogyny do we fall silent, excusing it as a cultural issue.

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25 h. ago ‘Bring them home now’: Thousands in Israel demand ceasefire holds and last hostages returned

Donald Trump’s top envoy, son-in-law and daughter addressed ecstatic crowds in Tel Aviv

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25 h. ago Starmer national security adviser accused of blocking spy case is senior member of shadowy lobby club China 'uses to groom UK elite' 

Jonathan Powell was at the heart of the Chinese spying row was a member of a secretive network used by Beijing to cultivate Britain's elites.

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29 h. ago Trump talks tough with China but holds out hope of truce in trade war

US hardliners want a tough stance but the US president is taking a more nuanced approach to Beijing

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