1 hour ago Vladimir Putin reaches grim milestone as Ukraine war death toll for 2025 confirmed

Ukrainian officials claim Russia's military losses are three times higher than Ukraine's

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2 h. ago Peter Mandelson sacked by Keir Starmer after revelations over Epstein ties: Latest updates

Sir Keir Starmer had faced overwhelming pressure from his own party to force Lord Peter Mandelson to step down

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2 h. ago Former Premier League referee David Coote denies child abuse video allegation

The ex-official, 43, was charged after a video was recovered by Nottinghamshire Police officers in February.

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2 h. ago Qatar official says Netanyahu 'killed any hope' of hostage release with strike in Doha on Hamas

Qatar's prime minister has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of destroying hopes for hostage releases in Gaza

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2 h. ago Huge £400million UK water park set to open with 30 water slides

Therme Manchester will feature a water park with 25 swimming pools and 30 water slides as well as swim-up bars, saunas and wellness suites and is set to be a major new leisure attraction for the region

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2 h. ago Who is the referee for Rangers v Hearts? Official who made 'incorrect' penalty call confirmed plus VAR details

The referee and VAR officials have been confirmed for Rangers v Hearts in the Scottish Premiership at Ibrox this weekend

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3 h. ago Death penalty 'on the table' for killer of Ukraine refugee as Trump's wish confirmed

Decarlos Brown Jr has been arrested and charged with the murder of Iryna Zarutska, and after Donald Trump called for death penalty, US officials have said it's 'on the table'

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3 h. ago Kayakers spot 'beautiful creature' in trouble and are praised for what they did next

A group of men have been praised for springing into action to save a sea creature from the sands before watching it swim away back to its rightful home in the ocean

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3 h. ago 9/11 memorial: What time is the minute’s silence for September 11 attacks in New York?

Official remembrances will take place in New York, Shanksville and the Pentagon

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4 h. ago Lleyton Hewitt criticises ‘lack of facts’ and appeals ban for pushing doping control officer

Australia Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has been banned for two weeks for shoving a doping control official last November but is now appealing

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5 h. ago A west London rivalry is born: Chelsea’s first game against Brentford | News | Official Site

A west London rivalry is born: Chelsea’s first game against Brentford | News | Official Site  Chelsea

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7 h. ago Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot

Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fearsForgive me if I’ve got this wrong, but I seem to recall the country voting the Tories out last year. Part of the reason, if I remember correctly, was their staggering incompetence and insouciance, epitomised by Liz Truss’s mini-budget. That catastrophe was, like Truss’s political career, formed and steered by the neoliberal junktanks of Tufton Street.But now I begin to doubt my recollections. We booted them out through the front door, right? Yet they still appear to be in the house. Perhaps they came round the back. After taking an interest in the Department for Business and Trade’s “growth school” speaker sessions for civil servants, I sent a freedom of information request. Given that Keir Starmer, like Truss, has placed his growth “mission” at the centre of policy, and that this department is responsible for delivering it, the instruction given to its officials is crucial to the ...

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8 h. ago ‘Unpaid wages, searing heat, long hours’: why workers are quitting the world’s largest renewable energy park

A vast migrant labour force is helping India meet its ambitious renewable energy goals, drawn by promises of good wages and perks. But many say they are forced to ‘escape’ without payA month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 others who had travelled with him to work on the construction of a solar project, Alam had hoped that the promised pay and perks would support his family back home on the farm in Bihar. But within two weeks he was having second thoughts.“Nothing really prepared us for where we would be working or the fact that it was so far from the nearest village. The work was strenuous, the shifts were 12 hours, and we were living in makeshift tents,” says Alam. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump halted deportation of Korean workers to encourage them to train Americans

Seoul officials said US president gave those arrested at the Hyundai-LG battery plant an option to stay

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12 h. ago How the 1,097 migrants who arrived on small boats last Saturday will cost British taxpayers £44million in a single year... including free dental care, legal aid and even swimming lessons

On Saturday, the new Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood's first full day in office, 17 dinghies arrived on the shores of Britain carrying a staggering total of 1,097 migrants.

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13 h. ago Revealed: Keir Starmer edited manual on interpreting human rights laws that prevent Britain from deporting small boat migrants

The Prime Minister edited a guide on the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in 1999 when he was a human rights lawyer.

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14 h. ago Trump ally Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at university event, with suspect still at large – latest updates

Rightwing activist was shot at just after midday local time; university officials said there is no suspect in custody after a person arrested is no longer a suspectTrump ally Charlie Kirk shot during event at Utah Valley UniversityAnalysis: Kirk’s death shows political violence now feature of US lifeCharlie Kirk shooting death – what we know so farA jump in greenhouse gas pollution in the US helped push global emissions higher in the first half of this year. This could be an omen of what’s to come, with Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel agenda set to significantly slow down the emissions cuts required to avoid disastrous climate impacts, a new forecast has found.The “most abrupt shift in energy and climate policy in recent memory” that has occurred since Trump re-entered the White House will have profound consequences for the global climate crisis by slowing the pace of US emissions cuts by as much as half the rate achieved over the past two decades, the Rhodium Group forecast states. ...

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16 h. ago West Nile virus cases running higher than normal, prompting health warnings

Health officials say West Nile virus infections are intense this year, with 40% more cases than usual

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16 h. ago Majority of illegal migrants are not rapists or sexual offenders, says minister

Several incidents of asylum seekers being charged by police with sexual offences have occurred in recent months.

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18 h. ago Officials blocked release of a secret memo showed that Lord Mandelson urged Sir Tony Blair to meet disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2002

The note, believed to have been written in May 2002 when Mandelson was a Labour backbencher, supposedly advised Blair that a meeting with the financier would be 'safe'.

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