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University says it has not yet been notified, but school was among dozens warned of academic crackdownThe Trump administration is taking aim at Brown University with threats to freeze $510m in grants, widening its promise to withhold federal funding from schools it accuses of allowing antisemitism on campus, according to multiple media outlets...
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This live blog is now closed. For more coverage on Trump's tariffs, click here:US stock markets have worst day since Covid over Trump tariffsGlobal markets in turmoil amid Trump tariffsTrump's chaos-inducing global tariffs, explained in chartsIn the aftermath of the disastrous debate against Donald Trump that ultimately ended his political career,...
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Kristolina Georgieva warns against retaliation to US levies while US president insists 'markets will boom' after sweeping tariff announcementFull report: Global markets in turmoil as Trump tariffs wipe $2.5tn off Wall StreetAnalysis: Trump's 'idiotic' and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsThe first signs of an internal US political backlash...
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Bloc to discuss trade, security and energy with leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and TurkmenistanThe EU is being urged to put human rights centre stage as it begins its first summit with the leaders of central Asia.The president of the European Council, António Costa, and the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der...
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NSW EPA investigation finds debris that washed up on Sydney beaches in 2024 'consistent with a land-based sewage source'Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities investigating mystery balls of debris that closed New South Wales beaches in recent months have determined the they likely originated from Sydney sewage...
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Men arrested at Melbourne sporting venue allegedly carrying loaded firearms after passing through upgraded securityElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe MCG has blamed a "breakdown in the thoroughness” of security screening procedures after two men...
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Albanese and opposition leader both campaigning in western Sydney. Follow today's news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Trump tariffs it could cost the Australian economy $27bn, according to analysis by our economics and business reporters.Read their full piece here: Continue reading...
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Security high in capital as constitutional court to decide whether to remove or reinstate president months after he imposed martial law and triggered country's worst political crisis in decadesSouth Korea 'at breaking point' ahead of ruling on President Yoon's impeachmentJustice Moon says it is difficult to see the South Korean opposition's actions...
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President to impose 'reciprocal' tariffs on largest trading partners and says new charges will bring about 'golden age'Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war on what he has called "liberation day”.Trump said he...
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President accused of overstepping authority with order requiring new proof-of-citizenship and mail-ballot rulesA coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that a recent executive order signed by the president that seeks to overhaul the nation's elections was "unconstitutional,...
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Trade Review Act would require greater checks on tariffs in further sign of congressional disquiet over president's plansSenior senators introduced new bipartisan legislation on Thursday seeking to claw back some of Congress's power over tariffs after Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new import taxes and rattled the global economy with sweeping new...
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Trump ally presented him with opposition research against a number of officials that she said showed their disloyaltyFollow US politics liveDonald Trump fired six national security council staffers after a fraught meeting in the Oval Office where the far-right activist Laura Loomer presented opposition research against a number of staffers that she...
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White House approves Tennessee's state of emergency request as further fatalities expected to be confirmedViolent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least seven people and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes and upturning cars across multiple states.The outbreak of storms and tornadoes has resulted...
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Three claimants allege Mumbai-based consultancy firm discriminated against them during restructuringA UK division of the Indian conglomerate Tata "deliberately orchestrated” a redundancy programme in a way that unfairly targeted older, non-Indian nationals, an employment tribunal has heard.Three claimants allege the Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy...
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Mette Frederiksen, who met island's new and outgoing PMs, says she wants to cooperate with Trump on Arctic securityThe Danish prime minister has put on a show of unity with Greenlandic leaders in her first visit to the Arctic island since Donald Trump's renewed threats to acquire the territory, telling the US: "You cannot annex another...
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Exclusive: The party's Bennelong candidate Scott Yung was described as 'young Chinese talent' in the videos that are still live on his pagePolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election...
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Victorian court of appeal rules Mokbel to be released saying 'strong chance' convictions will be quashedOrganised crime figure Tony Mokbel will be released on bail as a consequence of the "joint criminal enterprise” Victorian police entered with Lawyer X, Nicola Gobbo, a court has found.The Victorian court of appeal ruled on Friday that Mokbel...
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After a year off, the often controversial art festival returns, having signed a new three-year funding deal with the state governmentGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailA two-hour performance work involving an artist and a stunt driver culminating in a head-on car crash, a man being crushed by sand in a giant hourglass, and an open...
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Von der Leyen calls tariffs 'a major blow to world economy' while calling for last-ditch negotiationsEuropean leaders have condemned Donald Trump's tariffs as "fundamentally wrong” and creating an "immense difficulty for Europe”, while appealing for last-ditch negotiations to avert an all-out trade war.The French president, Emmanuel Macron,...
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Benjamin Britton, standing in the seat of Whitlam, told a rightwing podcast Australia's education system 'brainwashed' students with Marxist ideology, and praised Isle of Man flat taxElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive...
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Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos hit with rates over 40% as experts say the real target is ChinaAnalysis: Trump's 'idiotic' and flawed tariff calculations stun economistsDeveloping nations in south-east Asia, including wartorn and earthquake-hit Myanmar, and several African nations are among the trading partners facing the highest tariffs set by Donald...
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Jack Brearley tells Perth court that he watched Brodie Palmer hit the boy with a shopping trolley handleGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA man accused of murdering an Indigenous teenager in Perth with a metal pole has told a jury it was his co-accused who hit the boy and that he only punched him.Cassius Turvey, a...
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Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war's biggest mass displacementsAn Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 people, rescuers said, and hundreds of thousands in the Rafah area are fleeing in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war amid Israel's newly...
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Police say man landed on island in attempt to meet the Sentinelese people – a tribe untouched by the industrial worldIndian police said on Thursday they had arrested a US tourist who sneaked on to a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the industrial world.Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24,...
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Canadian prime minister says country will impose taxes on US vehicles not compliant with continental free trade dealCanada will retaliate against "unjustified, unwarranted” tariffs imposed by the United States with a 25% tax on US vehicles, says Mark Carney.On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs on dozens of countries, but did...
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Donald Trump has introduced eye-watering tariffs on countries around the world. Will they 'make America wealthy again'? Richard Partington reportsDonald Trump is on a mission to 'make America wealthy again'. Speaking outside the White House, he said for too long the country had been 'looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far,...
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Underneath the measured words you could almost smell the panic as the government scrambled to come up with a plan to respond to Trump's tariffsWith characteristic humility and good grace … Hardly.Shortly after 9pm UK time on Wednesday, The Sun-Bed King made his way to the White House Rose Garden, looking every bit the dishonest bookie as he held...
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Israeli PM, who is wanted by the court, hails Viktor Orbán's 'bold and principled' decision to leave the 'corrupt' bodyHungary will leave the international criminal court because it has become "political”, the country's prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said as he welcomed his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanhayu – the subject of an ICC arrest...
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President says 'nothing can be ruled out' in response to US measuresWhat are tariffs and why do they matter?French prime minister François Bayrou told reporters that Donald Trump's tariffs marked "a catastrophe” for the global economy, and posed "an immense difficulty” for Europe.Speaking on the margins of a meeting in the French Senate, he...
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More health-conscious young people take total to 11.5m memberships, report finds, as experts cite social aspect alongside fitnessRecord numbers of Britons are going to the gym, as the desire of many gen Zers to socialise while getting fit instead of drinking in the pub drives an unprecedented surge in membership, a report shows.In all, 11.5 million...
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Andrew Searle and Dawn Kerr were found dead in their home in Les Pesquiès in Aveyron on 6 FebruaryThe deaths of a British couple who were found in their renovated rural home in Aveyron, south-west France, are being treated as a murder followed by a suicide.The bodies of Andrew Searle, 62, a retired fraud investigator, and Dawn Kerr, 56, a project...
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Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrageThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineA forensic doctor who examined the bodies of some of the 15 paramedics and Palestinian rescue workers shot dead by Israeli forces and buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza has said there is...
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Munther Abed, 27, was in the first ambulance on the scene of an airstrike near Rafah when Israeli soldiers opened fire• Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineA survivor from a massacre of Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza has said he saw Israeli troops open fire on a succession of Red Crescent ambulances and rescue vehicles...
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Sara Campanella and Ilaria Sula were found within 48 hours of each other, bringing the number of femicides in 2025 to 11There have been calls in Italy for a "cultural rebellion” amid outrage and protests over the murders of two female students found within 48 hours of each other, bringing the number of femicides in the country since the start of...
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Designation as 'undesirable organisation' exposes nonprofit's staff and partners to possible criminal prosecutionRussian authorities on Thursday banned the Elton John Aids Foundation (EJAF), which focuses on HIV/Aids prevention, citing its support for LGBTQ+ rights as a reason for the move.Founded by the British singer and songwriter in 1992, the...
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Fears of surge in malnutrition, measles, malaria and polio as 206 World Health Organization facilities forced to close 'I begged them, my daughter was dying': how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babiesMore than 200 health facilities run by the World Health Organization in Afghanistan, providing medical care for 1.84 million...
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Communities in Ruaha national park reject response to alleged assault and evictions of herders during tourism scheme funded by the bankThe World Bank is embarking on a multimillion-dollar programme in response to alleged human rights abuses against Tanzanian herders during a flagship tourism project it funded for seven years.Allegations made by...
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On 23 March contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza. A week later their bodies were recovered from a mass graveAt 4.20am, a Red Crescent ambulance on its way to collect people injured by an airstrike in Rafah comes under Israeli fire in Hashashin. Two paramedics are killed. Continue reading...
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Ballarat man, 51, sent two threatening emails to an unnamed federal MP in late March, police will allegeGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian man has been charged for allegedly sending an email to a federal politician in which he threatened to kill them.The Australian federal police (AFP) charged the...
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Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal claims he is being 'mentally tortured' through unwarranted detentionThe British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has been placed into solitary confinement and under 24-hour surveillance despite being acquitted of all terrorism charges against him by a Punjab court on 4...
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Keukenhof, near Amsterdam, increasingly catering to growing demand for social media contentNestled among tulip fields not far from Amsterdam, the world-famous Keukenhof garden has opened for the spring, welcoming camera-wielding visitors to its increasingly selfie-friendly grounds.On a sunny day, the paths, park benches and cafes are crowded with...
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Entire population of Thargomindah forced to flee homes as levee breaks and record water levels of 1974 flood eclipsedElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAt first, the levee bank held firm as the flood waters came.Locals had tirelessly constructed the dirt...
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Israeli prime minister begins four-day trip after Hungarian counterpart says court ruling would 'have no effect'Benjamin Netanyahu has begun a four-day official visit to Hungary, marking the first time the Israeli prime minister has stepped foot on European soil since the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him over...
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This blog is now closedLabor offers $1bn in loans to Australian export companies and seeks to loosen US trade ties after Trump tariffsAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaSee all our Australian...
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How other countries retaliate matters hugely for how Australia's economy weathers the storm of 'liberation day', experts sayElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastLiberation days signal the end of a war, not the start of one.So it is with rich irony that the US...
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Police say David Mobbs was in 'last stages of his life' with motor neurone disease and had been in and out of hospital before his deathElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA pensioner has been charged with murder after being accused of administering a lethal...
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AEC review finds content did not require authorisation statement after Liberal senators raised concernsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series:...
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ABC chair backs public broadcaster after Peter Dutton's comments warning it would need to demonstrate 'excellence'Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe chair of Australia's public broadcaster says he has "no doubt” a Coalition government would initiate a...
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In today's newsletter: Israel's offensive has resulted in thousands of casualties and severe restrictions on aid, and signals a potential long-term territorial and political shiftGood morning. On Tuesday, Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, announced a major expansion of attacks on Gaza and the "capture of large areas that will be added to the...
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Strong summit support for drug decriminalisation in favour of a health approach did not result in a recommendation from co-chairsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales government should consider ceasing the use of drug detection dogs and...
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Opposition leader's comments come the same day a report shows the reforms have led to higher wages for retail, meat and mine workersElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new...
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Federal government unveils protective measures to help export-focused companies tap alternative marketsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series:...
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Share of households who have fallen behind on their mortgages has broadly stabilised at pre-pandemic levels, Reserve Bank data showsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe share of mortgage holders spending more than they earn has fallen to its lowest level...
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Office of Director of Public Prosecutions calls former police officer's two-year community corrections order inadequateElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastProsecutors will appeal against a decision to not send the former police officer Kristian White to...
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ANU climate scientist says 'everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it's now incredibly predictable'Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has experienced its hottest 12-month period on record, ending with its hottest March on...
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Social media ads show former MP talking to a man in hi-vis who online viewers say closely resembles member of Liberal Goldstein campaignElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new...
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Barricades go up in Seoul as court prepares to rule on whether to uphold Yoon's impeachment or restore his powers The usually quiet streets outside South Korea's constitutional court in Seoul are now a political ground zero for a decision that will determine the country's future.Months after Yoon Suk Yeol imposed martial law and triggered South...
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Automotive industry and prime minister Mark Carney note that 25% tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and automobiles will still come into effect within hoursCanada's exemption from Donald Trump's global tariffs was "like dodging a bullet into the path of a tank”, say business leaders as other levies are poised to hit key industries that drive the...
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Insolvency rate not dissimilar to what it was under pre-pandemic Coalition government, according to Guardian Australia analysisElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new...
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Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says 'no one has got a better deal' but adds 'that doesn't mean it's a good thing'Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative...
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Pacific country this week declared state of emergency over power cuts that have caused huge disruption to businesses and daily lifeSamoa is in the grip of an "energy crisis” prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said this week, as she declared a state of emergency over power outages that have swept the country for weeks, causing huge disruption to...
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Potential cuts expected to more than 25% of backroom staff, underlining challenge for state government crippled by debt but trying to bolster public safetyElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian magistrates court is considering cutting more than a...
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Kingsford Smith, Bradfield, Sydney and Warringah in New South Wales and Fadden in Queensland are the five most expensive electorates, data showsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastRents are growing at the slowest rate in four years thanks in part to increased...
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It's almost as if KemiKaze herself believes Labour's mantra that the Tories are the source of all hopelessnessThere will come a moment when the Labour claim that the Tories are to blame for everything will no longer stick. People will start shaking their heads and reckon that Labour have something to answer for. But we're not quite there yet. At...
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Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.Recent reports by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and...
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Prime minister says Israel will build a new security corridor to isolate parts of the strip in major escalation Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is "seizing territory” and intends to "divide up” the Gaza Strip by building a new security corridor, amid a major expansion of aerial and ground operations in the besieged Palestinian...
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French president tells ministers that judges are independent and 'all litigants have the right of appeal'Emmanuel Macron has said the French judiciary is independent and must be protected as a judge was put under police guard after sentencing Marine Le Pen to an immediate ban from running for office.Speaking on Wednesday, two days after the...
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Funeral director Robert Bush, 47, charged after 35 bodies and suspected human ashes found at premises last yearA 47-year-old man has been charged with 64 offences in connection with the investigation into remains found at a funeral directors in Hull, Humberside police said.Funeral director Robert Bush, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, has...
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