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Oil price passes $100 a barrel again as Middle East conflict escalates
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Oil price passes $100 a barrel again as Middle East conflict escalates

Benchmark rises sharply over fears Houthi militia could strangle Saudi exports as US-Iran fighting intensifiesThe oil price has climbed back above $100 a barrel for the first time in two months, as a fresh escalation of the Middle East conflict threatens to compound disruption to global oil supplies...

Joanna Partridge
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British army cancels training in Kenya amid row over powers to prosecute soldiers
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British army cancels training in Kenya amid row over powers to prosecute soldiers

Exercise for September called off after Kenya raises concerns over funding and jurisdiction for criminal offencesThe British army has been forced to cancel training for its troops in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a bilateral defence agreement.While the UK government wanted to r...

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
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Burnham’s review of prison early release scheme is causing chaos, says union
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Burnham’s review of prison early release scheme is causing chaos, says union

Officials ‘do not know’ how to respond to potential changes to plans to start freeing up to 6,000 offendersUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham’s pledge to review early release plans has created “a sense of chaos” across the Prison Service, probation officers have said.As Whitehall insiders...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system
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US government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system

Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOSThe US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute an Atlanta resident in connection with the movement against the police training center known as Cop City because he had GrapheneOS on his...

Timothy Pratt
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UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August
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UK households free to install plug-in balcony solar panels from end of August

Law change means renters and flat owners may be able to cut bills as energy costs soar amid Iran warBritish households will be able to buy plug-in solar panels later this summer after the government changed the law so the UK’s biggest retailers could bring them to market for the first time.People ac...

Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
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Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley faces US congressional panel over Epstein ties
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Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley faces US congressional panel over Epstein ties

Staley is latest high-profile figure to testify before House amid investigation into Epstein, convicted sex offenderFormer Barclays boss Jes Staley is due to be questioned by US lawmakers on Thursday in a closed-door interview about his past ties to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Stale...

Anna Betts and Kalyeena Makortoff
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Poorest children in England 40% more likely to be hospitalised for lung infections
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Poorest children in England 40% more likely to be hospitalised for lung infections

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS England data reveals stark impact of air pollution in deprived areasChildren living in the poorest areas across England are 40% more likely to be admitted to hospital for respiratory infections, an analysis of NHS England data shows, with experts raising the alarm on the i...

Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent
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Two Russian men jailed in Angola for terrorism and spying
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Two Russian men jailed in Angola for terrorism and spying

The men were convicted over alleged plan to stage coup and organise deadly demonstrations over fuel prices last yearTwo Russian men have been found guilty by an Angolan court of terrorism and spying, after being accused of planning a coup and helping to organise deadly demonstrations in the southern...

Rachel Savage in Johannesburg and agencies
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