14 h. ago New Zealand prime minister accuses Netanyahu of ‘losing the plot’

New Zealand's prime minister Christopher Luxon accused his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu of “losing the plot.”

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17 h. ago Reform UK's Richard Tice 'trying to whip up issue' with 'leering' migrants claim

Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson has accused Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice of 'trying to whip up an issue' by claiming migrants are leering outside primary schools

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59 h. ago Alex Salmond did not read independence white paper, Nicola Sturgeon claims

The former first minister accused her predecessor of an ‘abdication of responsibility’ over the document, produced ahead of the 2014 referendum.

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3 d. ago Cuddles, cuppas and chemistry: Albanese and Luxon downplay divisions in times of global turmoil

The prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were very public in their personal regard for each other, perhaps a response to the uncertainty that lies all aroundThe Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and his New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon, made multiple references to the freezing Queenstown climate during their annual meet-up but the mood was far from frosty.As the evening light dipped behind the jagged peaks surrounding a billionaire’s bunker-like facility where the leaders held their bilateral talks at the weekend, Luxon quipped that the outdoor press conference was the coldest he had ever done and it was time for a cup of hot chocolate. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Rushanara Ali resigns as homelessness minister after accusations of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ in eviction row

This is a ‘classic case of 'do as I say, not as I do’, Tories say after claims Rushanara Ali removed tenants before rent rise of almost £700 a month

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6 d. ago Labour homelessness minister accused of hiking rent by £700 after 'evicting tenants'

Rushanara Ali is under fire over the claims.

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7 d. ago More than 25,000 sign petition demanding answers on 1994 Chinook disaster

Families of the 29 people who died on the Mull of Kintyre crash have accused the Ministry of Defence of a ‘cover-up’.

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8 d. ago It's marrow wars! Jeremy Corbyn battles Angela Rayner over Labour's sell

The former Labour leader accused the Deputy Prime Minister of putting 'the nail in the coffin' for the 'precious' community spaces.

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9 d. ago Footballer, journalist, fashionista: whatever French Muslims do, we’re treated as the enemy within | Rokhaya Diallo

Ministers have accused us of ‘infiltration’ and posing ‘a threat to national cohesion’. They’re old racist tropes given a dangerous new life Being a Muslim in a country with a long colonial history, which has also had to deal with terrorist attacks carried out in the name of Islam, is an everyday challenge.In January 2015, for example, I was as profoundly shocked as everyone else in France by the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo journalists in Paris. As the country mourned, I was invited by a major radio station to comment, but was first asked, live on air, to “dissociate” myself from the attackers.Rokhaya Diallo is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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1 week ago Flamingo Land: SNP ministers accused of falsifying documents in controversial Loch Lomond resort case

SNP ministers are being accused of ‘unlawful and biased’ conduct over the calling-in of the Flamingo Land planning application.

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3 w. ago John Swinney accused of hitting the Scottish independence 'panic button' as First Minister vows to 'turn up the heat' for a new referendum ... again

He pledged to increase support for Scotland leaving the UK and stressed the importance of supporters of independence backing the SNP at next year's Holyrood election.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer's reset deal means we'll pay millions to the EU all over again

The Prime Minister was last night accused of handing a blank cheque to Brussels as part of his controversial post- Brexit agreement.

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4 w. ago UK government auditor questions MoD disclosures of Afghan data leak

Ministry accused of not telling National Audit Office about leak in ‘the established way for sensitive defence matters’

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4 w. ago Former UK Middle East minister accused of breaching transparency rules in Bahrain advisory role

Conservative Lord Tariq Ahmad denies contact while in office with King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful CoexistenceA former UK Middle East minister has been accused of breaching transparency rules over a paid advisory role with an influential Bahraini centre that has links to the Gulf state’s government.The Conservative peer Tariq Ahmad, who denies wrongdoing, was cleared by a watchdog to take up his role as a paid adviser to the King Hamad Global Center for Peaceful Coexistence (KHC). Continue reading...

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