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Victims of sexual violence distressed by MPs’ ‘pugnacious’ questioning
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Victims of sexual violence distressed by MPs’ ‘pugnacious’ questioning

Exclusive: Victims’ commissioner makes formal complaint after committee session left one attender ‘shocked, upset and extremely distressed’Victims of rape and sexual violence have told parliamentarians they felt anxious and distressed during a Westminster evidence session, with one stating that witn...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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EU foreign ministers reject proposal to suspend association agreement with Israel
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EU foreign ministers reject proposal to suspend association agreement with Israel

A part suspension was tabled by Ireland, Spain and Slovenia but did not receive enough backing from other member statesThe EU remains split on imposing sanctions on Israel, despite some member states criticising the country over the plight of Gaza and violence against Palestinians by Israeli settler...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
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Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament
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Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament

Ministers hope tobacco and vapes bill, which will become law next week, will create a ‘smoke-free generation’A bill banning anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco in the UK has completed its progress through parliament in a move that ministers hope will create a “smoke-free generation”.Under the...

Denis Campbell Health policy editor
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Prolific unregulated sperm donor loses UK legal fight to be named as child’s father
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Prolific unregulated sperm donor loses UK legal fight to be named as child’s father

Robert Albon cannot be declared four-year-old’s father because he ran illegal sperm donation business, court rulesA prolific unregulated sperm donor described in the high court as a “highly dangerous man” has lost a legal fight to be named as the father of a child conceived using his sperm.Robert Al...

Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent
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‘Self-serving stuff’: anger remains high in Whitehall over Olly Robbins sacking
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‘Self-serving stuff’: anger remains high in Whitehall over Olly Robbins sacking

Keir Starmer’s decision to oust senior official may have knock-on effect for No 10’s relationship with civil serviceFury within Whitehall about the treatment of Olly Robbins remains white hot, several days on from Keir Starmer’s decision to sack the senior Foreign Office civil servant.“It’s just tot...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
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Taiwan president blames China for forced cancellation of Eswatini trip
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Taiwan president blames China for forced cancellation of Eswatini trip

Lai Ching-te abandons visit after Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar revoke overflight permission Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has cancelled his trip to Eswatini, the democratic island’s only diplomatic ally in Africa, after his government said several countries had revoked overflight permit...

Reuters in Taipei
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Two US officials who died after Mexico drug raid reported to be CIA agents
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Two US officials who died after Mexico drug raid reported to be CIA agents

Mexico to investigate possible breach of its constitution and assess US’s role in anti-drug operation near ChihuahuaMexico has launched an investigation into a possible breach of its constitution as it was reported that two US embassy officials who died in a car accident while returning from a raid...

Thomas Graham in Tijuana
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Push to bring US and Iran together for talks as ceasefire deadline looms
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Push to bring US and Iran together for talks as ceasefire deadline looms

Donald Trump says US ready to renew attacks but Iran appears unwilling to bend to president’s threatsIntense efforts are under way to bring Iran and the US together in Pakistan for a new round of talks a day before the end of the two-week ceasefire that has paused the conflict in the Middle East.Don...

Jason Burke and Shah Meer Baloch Islamabad
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Four Labour activists charged with trying to fix candidate selection process
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Four Labour activists charged with trying to fix candidate selection process

Police bring criminal case over alleged manipulation of party database in Croydon East constituencyFour Labour activists have been charged over allegations that a party database was manipulated to increase a candidate’s chance of selection.The four include Joel Bodmer, 40, who ran as a potential can...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms
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Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms

Ministers also asked to alter compensation rights and suspend emissions trading scheme amid Middle East warAirlines are lobbying the UK government to relax environmental and noise rules, modify passenger rights and cut taxes on flying, as they prepare for higher costs and a possible shortage of jet...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon village
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Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon village

Israel Defense Forces say the ‘soldiers’ conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and value’Two Israeli soldiers have been removed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days in jail after one used a sledgehammer to smash a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, while the other filmed him, the Israel...

Lorenzo Tondo
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Seven more arrested after arson attacks on London Jewish sites
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Seven more arrested after arson attacks on London Jewish sites

Seven held over alleged plot to commit another attack and man held over drone incident near Israeli embassyDetectives investigating a series of attacks on Jewish targets have arrested seven people for allegedly plotting a further new firebombing, as a teenager pleaded guilty to an arson attack on a...

Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
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Man admits rape and religiously aggravated assault after court confrontation
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Man admits rape and religiously aggravated assault after court confrontation

John Ashby, 32, admits using Islamophobic slurs during attack on Sikh woman he thought was Muslim A man who racially abused a Sikh woman as he raped her has pleaded guilty to the assault after being confronted in court by a member of the public.John Ashby pleaded guilty to rape, religiously aggrava...

Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent
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