5 h. ago Newborn babies could be given Digital ID in 'deeply sinister' expansion of controversial Labour policy discussed in secret by ministers

Ministers have privately raised the prospect of the new technology being issued to children at birth alongside the 'red book' of health records given to new parents.

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29 h. ago Boot out the controversial Egyptian 'extremist' before the UK is stuck with him, Labour told

Shabana Mahmood is being urged to deport a controversial Egyptian dissident 'before UK is stuck with him' amid reports he could be stripped of his citizenship by Cairo.

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8 d. ago Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in secret kidnapping drama in days after Bondi massacre: One man, 27, is arrested

Nathan Ballesty, 27, allegedly used a carriage service at his Beacon Hill home, in Sydney's north, to threaten serious harm against Anthony Albanese. 

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1 week ago Hypothermia claims newborn in Gaza and more babies are at risk, doctor says

A doctor in Gaza says a fragile newborn boy became the second baby to die of hypothermia in recent days at Nasser Hospital

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4 w. ago 'Aggressor' Vladimir Putin is dragging his feet over peace talks for Ukraine, says Keir Starmer at PMQs

‘Compromises have not yet been found,’ on peace discussions says Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide - but US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says ‘some progress’ was made

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4 w. ago Fresh blow for Reeves as Labour hit with rebellion over tractor tax

Dozens of Labour MPs abstained from the vote, while one backbencher voted against controversial measures to impose inheritance tax on farmers

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4 w. ago UK slams Putin ‘sabre rattling’ after he says Russia ready for Europe war and digs in on Ukraine peace talks

‘Compromises have not yet been found,’ on peace discussions says Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide - but US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says ‘some progress’ was made

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4 w. ago Federal panel could call for scrapping of infant hepatitis B vaccines this week

Two-day meeting under new, RFK Jr-appointed chair could see radical overhaul of US childhood immunizations policyA reversal of a decades-long program of childhood immunizations, including a recommendation to scrap hepatitis B shots for newborn babies, could come as early as this week in a vote by an advisory committee of allies convened by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr.Speaking to the Washington Post, Kirk Milhoan, the new chair of the federal advisory panel on immunization practices, said members would vote whether to push for the axing of the hepatitis B requirement during its two-day meeting ending Friday. Continue reading...

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