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UN experts urge Canada to protect Sikh activist amid credible threats to his life
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UN experts urge Canada to protect Sikh activist amid credible threats to his life

Special rapporteurs say ‘transnational repression by Indian authorities’ has put Moninder Singh in dangerUN rights experts have urged Canada to take all feasible measures to protect the Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who has been repeatedly warned by the Canadian authorities of credible threats to hi...

Agence France-Press in Geneva
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Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails
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Gatwick airport to open second runway after legal challenge fails

£2.2bn project will allow about 100,000 more flights a year to use Britain’s second busiest airportBusiness live – latest updatesGatwick airport is to start development of its second runway after campaigners lost a legal challenge to the plans.The court of appeal on Tuesday dismissed a bid by local...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Washington state Democrat who flipped pro-Trump district faces tough primary
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Washington state Democrat who flipped pro-Trump district faces tough primary

Incumbent Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a moderate who owns an auto repair shop, hopes to retain congressional seatThe two-term Democratic congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is heading into one of the country’s most closely watched contests on Tuesday after national recognition for flipping a Republic...

Lok Darjee in Vancouver, Washington
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Prisoner early release scheme gives Burnham his first taste of unpopularity
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The Guardian · World

Prisoner early release scheme gives Burnham his first taste of unpopularity

After a blitz of small wins, PM is finding that like Keir Starmer there is only so much he can control on the big calls UK politics live – latest updatesIf Andy Burnham wanted to demonstrate he was the anti-Keir Starmer, the first fortnight could not have gone better. Instead of painting a gloomy pi...

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
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A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train
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A rail nightmare: what it’s like on England’s busiest commuter-only train

This evening service from London to Crewe is hot, sweaty and heaving with people, many having to stand or sit in the gangwaysThe 5.46pm train from London Euston to Crewe is the low point of Nikhil Patel’s week. “I’ve never gotten a seat. I always stand up even when I get here early,” says the 22-yea...

Sammy Gecsoyler and Amee Joshi
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Dinghy carrying 157 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire
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Dinghy carrying 157 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire

Passengers rescued by French and British vessels and some being taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer in FranceA dinghy carrying 157 people has capsized in the Channel after its engine caught fire at sea.They were rescued from the water by French vessels aided by two British Border Security Command boats and a...

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