84 m. ago The Guardian view on Zambia’s Trumpian predicament: US aid cuts are dwarfed by a far bigger heist | Editorial

As the US decries corruption, a paper suggests the real scandal is multinationals legally extracting billions from Africa’s resource-rich nationDonald Trump’s decision to cut $50m a year in aid to Zambia – one of the world’s poorest nations – is dreadful, and the reason given, corruption, rings hollow. There is evidence of large-scale looting, but the real scandal is that the theft appears legal, systemic and driven by foreign interests. In a paper presented to the Association for Heterodox Economics conference in London later this month, Andrew Fischer of Erasmus University Rotterdam argues that Zambia’s economy is not being plundered by domestic actors but rather by transnational corporate practices enabled by opaque accounting. His findings point to a staggering extraction of wealth that dwarfs the value of the aid intended to help.Zambia is blessed – or perhaps cursed – with mineral wealth. It is Africa’s second-largest copper producer. The metal, key to the green...

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3 h. ago SXSW London 'kicked off biggest month for business in London'

SXSW London hit the capital last week and was something of a hit

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9 h. ago Mum claims Ryanair wouldn't let her fly home with ill baby before demanding £490

Christina and her husband had travelled to London with their five-month-old for a meeting with Cbeebies but were told they couldn't fly to Dublin from London without a visa

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12 h. ago Couple claims Ryanair wouldn't let them fly home with sick baby

Christina Finn and her husband Cameron claim they were not allowed to board a flight from London to Ireland with their five-month-old son - but the airline says their passport policy is clear

Society

21 h. ago Mum stabbed to death by 'controlling' YouTuber husband who tracked her down to a refuge

Kulsuma Akter, 27, died after being stabbed several times in Bradford city centre as she pushed her baby in a pram - her husband Habibur Masum pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies murder

Events

21 h. ago Psycho buzzard terrorising village is filmed breaking into people's homes

Residents of the village near Romford in East London have been ‘living in fear’ for months after a buzzard began swooping down on residents at the end of March

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25 h. ago Husband's decomposed body found in gorge after lavish wedding as wife arrested

A woman has been arrested after her husband's body was found brutally murdered with his throat cut - Sonam Raghuvanshi went missing with her husband, but has been arrested

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28 h. ago ‘He’s my hero’: Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann’s wife says her husband is innocent in the seven murders

Asa Ellerup has maintained her husband’s innocence, claiming authorities “have the wrong man.”

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53 h. ago Scotland Yard 'increasingly concerned' for London teenager missing for three months as family issue appeal

Prince Watson, 15, was last seen on March 15 in Barnet

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56 h. ago I was enjoying a midnight swim. Then my girlfriend kissed me – and the nightmare began

Seventeen years ago Nathan Dunne was locked out of his body, or at least that’s how it felt. He talks about his battle with depersonalisation disorder – and his sudden fear of waterOn a cold winter’s night, in a “fit of spontaneity”, Nathan Dunne and his girlfriend went for a midnight swim on Hampstead Heath in London. They had been living together for a few months and, although it was dark and chilly, they “had a summer feeling in that first flush of the relationship”, Dunne says. They shed their clothes and waded into the shallows. After diving into the icy water, Dunne’s girlfriend put her lips to his cheek, and as they pulled apart, his life changed beyond all recognition. “It was like being struck. Like something came down,” he says, slicing the air with his hand. “The flip of a switch.”Dunne’s transformation sounds like a fairytale in reverse: one kiss, and his life turned into a nightmare. Seventeen years have passed since that night, and he still mostly explains the change i...

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62 h. ago Brawl erupts between concert goers at Beyoncé’s London show, second such incident in less than a month

Brawl erupts between concert goers at Beyoncé’s London show, second such incident in less than a month - Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times

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3 d. ago Woman found dead months ago on Tube tracks in north London still unidentified

Woman found dead months ago on Tube tracks in north London still unidentified  This Is Local London

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3 d. ago America's worst mother Lori Vallow is thrown out of court after attacking judge

'Doomsday mom' Lori Vallow Daybell, 51, is facing charges in Arizona for the attempted murder of Brandon Boudreaux, the ex-husband of her niece.

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4 d. ago At Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Show in London, Culture Is More Powerful Than Politics

At Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Show in London, Culture Is More Powerful Than Politics  Texas Monthly

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4 d. ago How You Can Ride A Vintage 1930s Train on the London Underground Next Month

How You Can Ride A Vintage 1930s Train on the London Underground Next Month  Time Out

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4 d. ago Model wife castrated and cooked her husband before 'taking a bite with BBQ sauce'

Omaiama Nelson, who worked as a model and a nanny after moving to California from Egypt, was convicted of murdering her pilot husband Bill Nelson and has been denied parole

Culture

5 d. ago Romeo Beckham cuts a sombre appearance as he heads home from night out in London following split from Kim Turnbull after seven months

The second son of David and Victoria Beckham was seen leaving the Twenty Two hotel in Mayfair after spending the evening out amid his split from girlfriend Kim Turnbull.

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5 d. ago Tottenham star makes bold claim about Spurs and Arsenal fans after £21m transfer

Tottenham's Kevin Danso has only been in north London for a matter of months but believes they have the greater fanbase in the capital when compared to rivals Arsenal

Sport

6 d. ago Husband is jailed for life for murdering wife and hiding her body under the stairs

A husband has been jailed for life for murdering his wife and hiding her body under the stairs.

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6 d. ago Beloved retailer to return to the high street with permanent standalone shops

Topshop is reportedly coming back with physical stores following a limited pop-up in London last month.

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