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‘Trump accounts’: Wall Street-backed investment funds for children to go live
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The Guardian · World

‘Trump accounts’: Wall Street-backed investment funds for children to go live

Savings plans for children born between January 2025 and December 2028 launched as president seeks electoral boostTrump accounts, a savings vehicle named after the US president and authorized by congressional Republicans, are set to go live on Saturday, offering American parents a new way to save mo...

Chris Stein in Washington
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British Medical Association could axe up to a third of its staff amid cash crisis
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The Guardian · World

British Medical Association could axe up to a third of its staff amid cash crisis

Exclusive: Anger at union’s decision to put 200 of its 600 staff in England at risk of redundancyThe British Medical Association is threatening to axe up to a third of its entire workforce to help it tackle a significant cash crisis.The doctors’ union has placed 200 of its 600 staff in England at ri...

Denis Campbell Health policy editor
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Crowds gather as six-day funeral for former Iranian supreme leader begins
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The Guardian · World

Crowds gather as six-day funeral for former Iranian supreme leader begins

Up to 30 million people expected to attend delayed events for Ali Khamenei, killed at start of war with US and IsraelThe funeral of the former Iranian supreme leader has begun as the gates of the sprawling Grand Mosalla mosque in central Tehran let in thousands of mourners who had been waiting throu...

Patrick Wintour in Tehran
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Labour MPs call on water firms to save Britain’s lost lidos
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The Guardian · World

Labour MPs call on water firms to save Britain’s lost lidos

Group, whose constituencies have derelict or at-risk pools, are campaigning to make outdoor swimming available for allCooling, blue expanses of water have been a lifesaver for many lucky enough to live near a lido during the recent UK heatwave.Now, a group of 20 MPs, along with the Fabian Society, a...

Helena Horton
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Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years
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The Guardian · World

Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years

The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cutsA leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been axed by the British government just two years after i...

Sarah Johnson
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UK and Ireland leaders fear for union’s future under Farage-led government
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The Guardian · World

UK and Ireland leaders fear for union’s future under Farage-led government

Politicians across Celtic nations braced for constitutional turmoil if Reform continues to riseThe rise of Nigel Farage has prompted political leaders across Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to game the unthinkable: the break-up of the United Kingdom.Unionists who wish to save the union...

Rory Carroll and Lisa O’Carroll in Belfast
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Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with partisan attack
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The Guardian · World

Trump launches America’s 250th birthday celebrations with partisan attack

In a speech at Mount Rushmore on Friday evening, the US president claimed a resurgent ‘communist menace’ posed a severe threat the countryDonald Trump has kicked off America’s 250th birthday weekend with an extraordinary partisan attack on what he called the “communist menace” in America, framing it...

David Smith in Washington
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