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EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto
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EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto

Agreement for urgently needed loan reached after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and SlovakiaEU member states have reached agreement on unblocking an urgently needed €90bn (£78bn) loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to...

Jon Henley Europe correspondent
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Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds
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Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo state governments have drastically underdelivered more than $160m in infrastructure measures to improve r...

Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent
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Democrats demand FBI director, Kash Patel, take alcohol abuse test
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Democrats demand FBI director, Kash Patel, take alcohol abuse test

Amid growing congressional scrutiny of his conduct, Patel has claimed he has ‘never been intoxicated on the job’US politics live – latest updatesHouse judiciary Democrats have launched a formal inquiry into the alleged drinking habits of the FBI director, Kash Patel, demanding he complete a standard...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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Ministers speak out in cabinet meeting over Keir Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins
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Ministers speak out in cabinet meeting over Keir Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins

Sources say cabinet ministers warned PM against alienating civil service after firing of official over Mandelson scandalUK politics live – latest updatesCabinet ministers have expressed concern about Keir’s Starmer’s decision to sack Olly Robbins as the Foreign Office’s top official over the Peter M...

Kiran Stacey, Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot
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How Olly Robbins’ knightly charm glossed over burning questions on Mandelson vetting
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How Olly Robbins’ knightly charm glossed over burning questions on Mandelson vetting

Mandelson received two ‘clearance denied’ red ticks yet top Foreign Office civil servant says he did not have access to file – which he later readUK politics live – latest updatesThe verdict on Sir Olly Robbins’ parliamentary testimony, among fellow knights of the civil service realm at least, was u...

Paul Lewis Head of investigations
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Trump approval slips as polls show warning signs for Republicans ahead of midterms
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Trump approval slips as polls show warning signs for Republicans ahead of midterms

Reuters-Ipsos, AP-NORC and NBC polls show approval in mid-30s, with economy, Iran and immigration concernsUS politics live – latest updatesA trio of political polls indicate public approval of Donald Trump’s management of the US economy, immigration and the Iran conflict is slipping, flashing warnin...

Edward Helmore in New York
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Inquiry clears Bristol school of antisemitism for postponing Jewish MP’s visit
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Inquiry clears Bristol school of antisemitism for postponing Jewish MP’s visit

Independent review into Bristol Brunel academy finds Damien Egan visit was postponed over safeguarding concernsAn independent inquiry into a Bristol secondary school that found itself at the centre of a media storm after postponing a visit by a local Jewish MP, has found no evidence of antisemitism...

Sally Weale Education correspondent
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Taxes on UK workers have risen at fastest rate in rich world, says OECD
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Taxes on UK workers have risen at fastest rate in rich world, says OECD

Survey by global economic forum shows ‘tax wedge’ in Britain increased to 32.4% of income in 2025Business live – latest updatesTaxes on workers in Britain rose at the fastest rate among the world’s richest economies last year, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.Wi...

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
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Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens
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Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens

Exclusive: Formby, an ally of Jeremy Corbyn who quit role in 2020, says Labour is now ‘in hock to corporate sponsors’UK politics live – latest updatesA former Labour general secretary has defected to the Green party, in the latest sign that allies of Jeremy Corbyn are moving in large numbers to Zack...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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Man whose wife killed herself cleared of rape and manslaughter
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Man whose wife killed herself cleared of rape and manslaughter

Christopher Trybus, of Swindon, also found not guilty of coercive and controlling behaviour towards Tarryn BairdA man has been cleared of waging a campaign of domestic abuse and sexual violence on his wife, who went on to take her own life.Christopher Trybus, 43, was charged with manslaughter, as we...

Hannah Al-Othman and Geraldine McKelvie
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