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Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry

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Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry

In the second part of an undercover investigation, the BBC exposes elaborate deceptions being used to bolster fake asylum claims.

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Meghan to appear as guest judge on MasterChef Australia

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Meghan to appear as guest judge on MasterChef Australia

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on a four-day visit to Australia - their first since 2018.

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Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks

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Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks

The tech giant said it will punish sites that block back button navigation from June.

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'I'm not being listened to' - new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored

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'I'm not being listened to' - new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored

New plans to improve healthcare for women and girls have been set out, but will they change anything?

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More than 200 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack return home

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More than 200 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack return home

The survivors of the US attack on Iranian vessel Iris Dena, which claimed the lives of 104 people, were among those repatriated.

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Man convicted in wife’s disappearance arrested over unsolved 1990 murder

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Man convicted in wife’s disappearance arrested over unsolved 1990 murder

Bob McCaffrey, whose wife Gayle has never been found, to face murder charges over New Jersey killing of Lisa McBrideA man who was convicted in connection with his wife’s 2012 disappearance in South Carolina has been arrested over the murder of another woman in New Jersey 22 years earlier.Bob McCaffr...

Ramon Antonio Vargas 3 days ago

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Australian lesbian group’s fight to bar trans women to return to tribunal after federal court win

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Australian lesbian group’s fight to bar trans women to return to tribunal after federal court win

While the Lesbian Action Group claims a ‘definite win’, Equality Australia says the judge ‘simply identified legal errors in the tribunal’s reasoning’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian lesbian group has won a legal appeal in its case to exclude transgender women f...

Caitlin Cassidy 3 days ago

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Magyar meets with Hungarian president and goes on state media as he plans break with Orbán era – Europe live

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Magyar meets with Hungarian president and goes on state media as he plans break with Orbán era – Europe live

Prime minister elect says he expects new government to be in place by mid-MayElection winner Péter Magyar has confirmed work is under way to form the new Hungarian government by mid-May after holding talks with the country’s president, Tamás Sulyok, a loyalist of the outgoing prime minister, Viktor...

Jakub Krupa 3 days ago

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John Terry and Colchester - why now, and why are ex-pros buying clubs?

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John Terry and Colchester - why now, and why are ex-pros buying clubs?

BBC Sport explores John Terry's imminent takeover of Colchester, why ex-pros are buying clubs, and what the feeling is among fans.

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Refereeing in Atletico tie 'a robbery' - Barca's Raphinha

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Refereeing in Atletico tie 'a robbery' - Barca's Raphinha

Barcelona's exit from the Champions League quarter-finals was "a robbery", says their forward Raphinha.

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Aegon offloads 200-year-old UK business to Standard Life for £2bn

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Aegon offloads 200-year-old UK business to Standard Life for £2bn

Deal will create pensions and savings group with 16m customers and £480bn of assets, while Aegon focuses on USBusiness live – latest updatesThe Dutch financial services group Aegon has struck a £2bn deal to sell off its almost 200-year-old UK arm to Standard Life, as part of a US push in which the g...

Mark Sweney 3 days ago

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Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

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Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

Poll projects major political earthquake across Britain with Labour losing Wales and England’s Red WallJL Partners has not yet published the details of its May elections poll featured in the Telegraph’s splash. But here is some details from Tony Diver’s Telegraph write-up.On WalesThe Telegraph’s pro...

Andrew Sparrow 3 days ago

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Balancing UK’s welfare and defence spending ‘not zero-sum game’, minister says

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Balancing UK’s welfare and defence spending ‘not zero-sum game’, minister says

Treasury minister James Murray hits back at George Robertson’s criticism over military budgetUK politics live – latest updatesA Treasury minister has said balancing welfare and defence spending “is not a zero-sum game”, amid stark warnings that the UK will have to increase its military budget to ens...

Pippa Crerar Political editor 3 days ago

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Watch: Moment gunman tackled by school principal

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Watch: Moment gunman tackled by school principal

CCTV footage shows a high school principal charging towards a former student who was armed in Oklahoma.

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Watch: Moment gunman tackled by school principal in Oklahoma

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Watch: Moment gunman tackled by school principal in Oklahoma

CCTV footage shows a high school principal charging towards a former student who was armed in Oklahoma.

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Former Alabama star allegedly impersonated NFL stars Penix, Njoku and McKinney in $20m loan scam

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Former Alabama star allegedly impersonated NFL stars Penix, Njoku and McKinney in $20m loan scam

Luther Davis, a national champion with the Crimson Tide, is said to have worn wigs and make-up to secure fraudulent loansA former University of Alabama football star plans to plead guilty later this month to orchestrating an alleged scheme in which he impersonated NFL players and defrauded lenders o...

Daniel Kaplan 3 days ago

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Two more men charged with Primrose Hill murder

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Two more men charged with Primrose Hill murder

Finbar Sullivan, 21, died after being stabbed at the London beauty spot on 7 April.

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Scottish ultrarunning champion dies during Highlands record attempt

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Scottish ultrarunning champion dies during Highlands record attempt

David Parrish, who won Cape Wrath Ultra in 2023, had been attempting gruelling route again as fundraising challengeA 35-year-old ultramarathon champion from Dumfries has died while attempting to beat the record for a race to the most north-westerly point on mainland Britain.David Parrish, a former R...

Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent 3 days ago

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