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Supreme court says Palestine Action co-founder can challenge ban on group
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Supreme court says Palestine Action co-founder can challenge ban on group

UK’s highest court gives permission for Huda Ammori to challenge court of appeal rulingThe co-founder of Palestine Action has won permission to challenge the ban against the group at the UK’s highest court.The direct action group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July last year but co-fo...

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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Child pedestrian deaths are almost five times higher in England’s worst-off areas
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Child pedestrian deaths are almost five times higher in England’s worst-off areas

Official figures expose widening gap in road casualty rates between poor and wealthy postcodesThe number of children killed or seriously injured crossing roads is almost five times higher in the most deprived postcodes than the wealthiest areas, official analysis suggests.The figures from the Depart...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
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Democrats demand answers over treatment of wounded US troops after Iran strike
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Democrats demand answers over treatment of wounded US troops after Iran strike

Lawmakers question delays in medical care, casualty figures and Pentagon’s handling of drone attack in KuwaitUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration is facing growing demands to explain why wounded US soldiers went more than a week without adequate hospital care after a March drone...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in BrazilA US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference in Brazil ⁠this week, ​causing a stir among attenders who took s...

Reuters
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Crackdown on claims companies sending spam car finance texts
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Crackdown on claims companies sending spam car finance texts

Officials raided homes and businesses and seized laptops, phones and paperwork in clampdown on nuisance firmsLaptops, mobile phones and documents have been seized after officials carried out search warrants in a crackdown on claims companies plaguing people with spam text messages about the car fina...

Rupert Jones
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Mayor of St Paul reportedly under investigation for sexual harassment
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Mayor of St Paul reportedly under investigation for sexual harassment

Democrat Kaohly Her, Minnesota’s city’s first female mayor, allegedly sent inappropriate messages to employeesThe first female mayor of St Paul, Kaohly Her, is reportedly under investigation for sexual harassment following a complaint filed by the Minnesota city’s police chief.City leaders have cont...

Richard Luscombe
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US economy grows sluggish 1.5% in second quarter as inflation tops Fed target
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US economy grows sluggish 1.5% in second quarter as inflation tops Fed target

Consumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on holdThe US economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5% pace from April through June as rising imports weighed on growth. But consumer spending rose. And the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of inflation grew more slowly last m...

Associated Press
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Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires
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Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires

Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and picturesThe hellish infernos that have torn through parts of France and Spain have caused deaths, the evacuation of 330,000 people from their homes, widespread destructio...

Damian Carrington, Lucy Swan, Ana Lucía González Paz, Harvey Symons
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Fifteen elephant deaths at Kenya park may be due to cyanide poisoning
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Fifteen elephant deaths at Kenya park may be due to cyanide poisoning

Analysis of samples collected from carcasses found traces of toxic chemical compound, says Kenya Wildlife ServiceThe recent deaths of 15 elephants near a park in southern Kenya in the past month were likely caused by the animals ingesting pesticides used on nearby tomato farms, the Kenya Wildlife Se...

Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi
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