1 hour ago What Labour's mortgage meltdown means for YOUR house price: Experts reveal the risk of 'dangerous' new lending policy

Rachel Reeves is sweeping aside rules put in place to protect homeowners in a move which experts warn could sow the seeds for a future catastrophe.

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3 h. ago HMRC 'doesn't know how many billionaires actually pay tax in the UK', MPs reveal

MPs have criticised the taxman for its lack of detailed information on the super-rich and what they pay, potentially making it harder to impose a wealth tax

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4 h. ago US House speaker Mike Johnson calls for release of Epstein files amid backlash

Trump has faced growing resentment over the decision of his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to withhold informationUS politics – live updatesAnalysis: How Epstein files uproar became a vehicle for QAnonMike Johnson, speaker of the House, called for the justice department to make public documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, breaking with Donald Trump over an issue that has roiled the president’s rightwing base.It was a rare moment of friction between Trump and the speaker, a top ally on Capitol Hill, and came as the president faces growing backlash from conservatives who had expected him to make public everything known about Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 while in federal custody as he faced sex-trafficking charges. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Texas adds transgender bathroom bill to agenda for special legislative session to deal with deadly flooding

The bill would make transgender people use bathrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth in public places such as schools

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4 h. ago Former defence secretary makes ‘no apology’ for Afghan injunction

Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million scheme set up in the wake of the breach.

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4 h. ago Federal agency shifts stance on transgender discrimination complaints, but hurdles remain

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has decided to allow some transgender discrimination complaints to move forward

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7 h. ago Emmerdale fans 'solve' who's helping Crowley target Joe after 'obvious' scene

Emmerdale fans were quick to share their belief that a villager is helping new villain Dr Crowley blackmail Joe Tate and target Kim Tate on the ITV soap, after a recent scene

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7 h. ago Transgender asylum seeker released from ICE custody following order from federal judge in Oregon

A transgender asylum seeker from Mexico has been released from a Washington state immigration detention center after being held for over a month

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7 h. ago Celtic transfer news as Giuseppe Ambrosino meeting 'booked' and Hoops youngster lands permanent switch down south

Italian forward Ambrosino is reportedly a Hoops target but he's wanted in his homeland as well with Napoli looking to shift him

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8 h. ago I wear SPF50 every single day, and these are my top picks: From gels to mineral sunscreens

“Think of sunscreen as a daily skin health insurance policy”

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8 h. ago Trump administration seeks to end bond hearings for immigrants without legal status

Under new policy, such immigrants would not be able to request bond from immigration judge before deportationThe Trump administration is reportedly seeking to bar millions of immigrants who allegedly arrived in the US without legal status from receiving a bond hearing as they try to fight their deportations in court.The new policy would apply during removal proceedings, which can take years, for millions of immigrants who entered the country from Mexico in recent decades, according to a report from the Washington Post, which reviewed documents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Afghans have been betrayed yet again by this shocking UK data leak – and many don’t even know if they’re affected | Diane Taylor

This isn’t the first time Afghans brave enough to work against the Taliban have been let down by Britain, but it might be the most shamefulThe headline figures are eye-watering. Up to 100,000 Afghans could have been placed at risk after a British soldier, according to the Times, sent the names of 33,000 people who supported British forces to a contact he hoped would help verify their applications for sanctuary in this country. The story behind these numbers is one of real people who had already been living in fear for years, and who have been treated abhorrently by the British state.As soon as it became clear that the information could fall into the Taliban’s hands and lead to these people and those close to them being targeted, the highly secret Operation Rubific was launched. This debacle occurred under the previous Conservative government, which obtained a superinjunction preventing several media organisations that were aware of the leak from reporting on it.Diane Taylor writes o...

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9 h. ago 'Jealous' woman 'stabbed ex on Christmas Day after seeing his Tinder profile'

Louis Price died on the conservatory floor of his parents' home after being knifed by Kirsty Carless, jurors were told. She was on bail after allegedly strangling him a month earlier

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10 h. ago Conservationists release rehabilitated vultures back into the wild on South African mountain

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued and rehabilitated

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10 h. ago What time does Rory McIlroy tee off at The Open? Start times, how to watch, prize money and latest odds

Masters champion targeting second career Claret Jug on home turf in Northern Ireland

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10 h. ago Defence Secretary offers ‘sincere apology’ for leak of Afghans’ personal data

Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge also apologised on behalf of the former Conservative government, who were in power when the leak occurred.

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10 h. ago Voices: Kemi Badenoch is ‘wrong and strong’ – particularly when it comes to the two

First it was maternity leave, then the gender pay gap – does the Leader of the Opposition actually care about women and families at all, asks Ava Vidal

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10 h. ago Slovakia blocks EU move to impose new sanctions package on Russia – Europe live

EU foreign policy chief says ‘ball is in Slovakia’s court’ after leader Robert Fico blocked ‘imbecile’ proposal to ban Russian gas imports from 2028 French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot told reporters that he hoped the new language from the US and more sanctions from the EU will force Russian president Vladimir Putin “to face the facts: he has gone too far and he is now at an impasse.”He said he was hoping for more alignment between the US and the EU on sanctions, as he met with American senators last week in Rome to discuss their proposed bipartisan bill on Russia.“So we have some progress. We have some positive developments. It’s true that we have trucks that are able to enter, but we don’t know exactly how many. And what is clear is that the agreement is not fully implemented. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Schools told to make sex education ‘stage appropriate’ as age limit plans axed

Primary school teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils, guidance says.

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10 h. ago Sudanese paramilitary RSF accused of killing almost 300 people in village raids

Rights group says targets of Rapid Support Forces in North Kordofan were ‘empty of military objectives’Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed nearly 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday, according to Sudanese activists.The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in the area, one of the key frontlines of a civil war in Sudan that has raged since April 2023. Continue reading...

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