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Analysis by more than 150 political scientists finds proportion who back such parties has increased nearly fivefold since 1995Almost one in four voters in Europe now cast their ballot for far-right parties, research shows, a proportion that has grown nearly fivefold since the mid-1990s and climbed particularly steeply over the past three...
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Chief secretary to PM rules out leadership bid as he says he has received reassurances from BurnhamHere are some more extracts from Darren Jones' interview with Beth Rigby from Sky News. Jones spoke to Andy Burnham on Monday seeking reassurance about his economic plans, and the interview is interesting because Jones, a fiscal hawk in Labour terms,...
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Neso issues rare summer warning for Wednesday evening, as households turn on fans and air conditioningGreat Britain's grid operator has released a rare summer power supply warning for Wednesday evening as the heatwave is expected to get more intense, putting pressure on the energy system.The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued an...
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State budget suggests Minns government is addicted to pokies revenue, with tax take predicted to jump from $1.6bn to $2.2bn annually within four yearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnti-gambling advocates say surging tax revenue from poker machines in New South Wales...
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Tony Abbott says he has lost a good friend as NSW opposition leader pays tribute to 'force of nature'The former Liberal heavyweight Teena McQueen is being remembered for her contribution to the party despite her defection to One Nation.McQueen, who served as the federal Liberal party vice-president from 2017 to 2023, died on Wednesday after...
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China passed the law in March to create a "shared" national identity among the country's 55 ethnic minority groups, which include Tibetans and Uyghurs, some of whom chafe under Chinese rule and have over the years often staged protests, some of them violent.
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India's Cockroach Janta Party has extended its protest in Delhi to a fourth day, as it demands the resignation of the country's education minister. The CJP, which emerged just over a month ago, is aimed at India's bulging youth demographic, which is frustrated over a lack of jobs and a test scandal in education.
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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose new tolls in the Strait of Hormuz last weekend, sparking worries that the practice of charging to pass through critical waterways could spread — with devastating consequences to the global economy. Iran has blocked the strait for much of the war, reportedly charging tolls as high as $2 million US...
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British disinfectant brand withdraws advert about a man's efforts to find a 'clean and untouched' womanThe British hygiene brand Dettol has apologised after an advertisement released in China, which it said was intended to criticise "toxic men”, was widely condemned on social media as offensive to women.The five-minute advert for a multipurpose...
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The campaign was colourful and hotly contested, partly because of Schlossberg's star power as the social-media-savvy grandson of the late President John F Kennedy, but also because the race became an expensive proxy fight among artificial intelligence interests.
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An additional case is suspected in Western Australia, which would bring the total number of bird flu infections to fourFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDeadly H5 bird flu has been confirmed in two Australian states after a migratory seabird tested positive for the...
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Investigators said one of the teenagers who allegedly opened fire on students at a high school had regularly used the GoreBox gaming appPhilippine authorities have temporarily blocked the online gaming app GoreBox days after a rare school shooting in the south-east Asian nation killed three students and injured 20 others.Investigators said that of...
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Despite plunging fuel prices, trimmed mean inflation increased from an annual pace of 3.4% to 3.6%Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia's inflation challenge is far from over and more Reserve Bank rate hikes remain on the cards, economists warn, even after a...
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Opponents seize on Farrer MP David Farley's decision to vote alongside teals and Greens to wind back fuel tax credits for miners, farmers and othersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation is under pressure to clarify its position on fuel tax credits after its rookie...
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If TG Jones's aggressive restructuring is voted through, the charity Help for Heroes and other creditors will be out of pocketSmall suppliers including the charity Help for Heroes are to lose at least half the money owed to them by the former WH Smith high street chain if a planned restructure is voted through this week.The books to paperclips...
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Chief secretary to PM says he had been 'reassured' about Burnham's economic plans after conversation with himAndy Burnham has moved a step closer to becoming prime minister after Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, said he would not stand in a Labour leadership contest.Jones, who had been mooted as a candidate who could put...
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In today's newsletter: As heatwaves intensify, Britain's ecosystems are being pushed beyond their evolutionary limitsOur green and pleasant land is sizzling. This week, millions of us across the UK are baking in unprecedented heat. The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning from 9am today in parts of southern Wales, and central and...
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LGBTQ+ support service says men from countries where homosexuality is illegal are targeted for attacks via dating appsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInternational students from countries where homosexuality is illegal are being lured into meetings via gay dating apps...
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'I love you,' Leah Stewart told her mother and partner after coming out of a coma on TuesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman attacked by a shark at Sydney's Coogee beach has uttered her first words after waking from a coma 10 days since sustaining her...
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Row over 'landmark' development in Stirchley has left people homeless and put businesses at risk, say localsA housing development in Birmingham, touted as a model for community-owned housing in the UK, is at "serious risk of collapse” due to a dispute over construction costs.The Stirchley Cooperative Development (SCD), which was founded by local...
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Temperatures expected to hit 40C in parts of the UK, as extreme heatwave spreads slowly eastwards, sparking warnings in Italy and the NetherlandsFrance records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across countryTell us: how is the heatwave in the UK and across Europe affecting you?Grahame Madge, a Met Office spokesperson, said the agency is...
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Autobiographical work Free Me aims to encourage victims to speak out in country where violence against women is risingThere are audible gasps in the auditorium in Nairobi as a husband launches a volley of blows and slaps on his wife and pushes her to the floor. "I wish I could spare you this,” the wife tells the audience. "My husband beat me up...
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Party colleagues concerned opposition leader was missing an opportunity to differentiate Coalition from One NationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAngus Taylor has attempted to clarify comments on multiculturalism after his five non-answers on Tuesday, which left...
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Jane Allan's winning Darling portrait prize painting has raised eyebrows after her Doyles art award piece was compared to artist Nicholas HardingAn Australian painter was "clearly influenced” by New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in a major prize-winning work, according to the National Portrait Gallery, after she was accused of winning a...
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Nancy Lacore will spearhead effort to flip Republican House seat in November's midterm electionsA three-star navy rear-admiral fired by Pete Hegseth last year in the defense secretary's purge of senior US military officials has won the Democratic primary in a closely watched congressional race.Nancy Lacore secured the party's nomination for the US...
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JFK's grandson Jack Schlossberg fails to advance in election to replace Jerry Nadler in Manhattan districtZohran Mamdani's growing influence over the Democratic party was on show in New York City on Tuesday as three congressional candidates endorsed by New York's democratic socialist mayor won closely watched primaries, while voters in Maryland,...
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The UN's Commission of Inquiry found that Israel had genocidal intent in the Gaza Strip during the war, with the key indicator being its targeting of children. The Gaza Health ministry says that since the ceasefire began in October 2025, more than 1,000 people died, 265 of them children.
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China's LineShine debuts at number one in Top500 – a list sometimes viewed as a national measure of global tech prowessA supercomputer in China now outranks its US counterparts as the world's most powerful. It is the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a nation's technological...
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Judge vacates administrations policies, finding actions of ICE and another government arm 'arbitrary and capricious'A federal judge in California vacated the Trump administration's nationwide policies expanding arrests at immigration courthouses and the duration for detaining noncitizens in short-term facilities, finding the actions of US...
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Candace Owens claims newly enhanced images of black shards inside the SUV that transported Charlie Kirk strengthen her theory that his RODE Wireless Pro microphone exploded. She said visible white markings on the fragments match the microphone's branding and cited a comparison with a destroyed RODE mic in a YouTube video. Owens argues the findings...
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A "belief in the growth of the game" is behind a "significant" investment in the PWHL from the Detroit-based Ilitch Companies, according to a company executive. The Ilitch Companies and Toronto businessman Larry Tanenbaum's Kilmer Sports Ventures were announced as the first outside investors in the PWHL earlier this week.
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