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Ministers urged to press ahead with ban on zero-hours contracts
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Ministers urged to press ahead with ban on zero-hours contracts

Campaigners reject claims that tougher rules will deter hiring – and lock young people out of jobsMinisters should press ahead with a ban on zero-hours contracts, campaigners say, despite claims by business leaders that it would deter hiring and lock out more young people from the labour market.Chil...

Phillip Inman
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Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate appeared to doubt seriousness of Covid on X
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Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate appeared to doubt seriousness of Covid on X

Exclusive: Robert Kenyon has been linked to vaccine scepticism and advised a person with the virus to ‘stop having boosters’The Reform UK candidate in this month’s Makerfield byelection appeared to express doubt over the seriousness of Covid and the efficacy of vaccines for the virus in another tran...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
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‘Implosion’ at Washington state packaging plant injures multiple people
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‘Implosion’ at Washington state packaging plant injures multiple people

Officials say a hazardous materials incident injured several people but there is no immediately threat to the publicSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailAuthorities in Washington state are responding to an “implosion” at a packaging plant early on Tuesday morning that left multiple peopl...

Dani Anguiano
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Another day in Florida: RFK Jr posts video of him wrestling two snakes
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Another day in Florida: RFK Jr posts video of him wrestling two snakes

US health secretary gets nip from one of two serpents he grabbed at home of fellow Trump official Dr OzHealth secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Tuesday added to his lengthening catalog of bizarre wild animal encounters by posting to social media a video of himself in Florida wrestling with two snakes...

Richard Luscombe in Miami
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Turkish police fire teargas to break up protest after opposition leader ousted
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Turkish police fire teargas to break up protest after opposition leader ousted

Water cannon also used at rally called by Özgür Özel days after court dismissed him as CHP leaderRiot police in Turkey have fired teargas and water cannon to break up a rally called by the ousted opposition leader Özgür Özel days after a court dismissed him from office.On Sunday, riot police had bat...

Agence France-Presse
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Manchester University to offer work placements to all undergraduates
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Manchester University to offer work placements to all undergraduates

Russell Group university promises students, from chemical engineering to classics, ‘meaningful real-world experience’A leading UK university is promising work placements to all undergraduates regardless of their degree, to better equip them for the challenges of the job market.In what appears to be...

Sally Weale Education correspondent
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Iran remains in peace talks despite first US strikes since ceasefire
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Iran remains in peace talks despite first US strikes since ceasefire

Tehran condemns ‘definitive violation’ but announces no specific reprisals as negotiations near decisive stageMiddle East crisis – live updatesA proposed peace agreement between Iran and the US seemed to still be in prospect on Tuesday despite US bombings of Iranian targets – the first military acti...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Labour set to announce crackdown on social media for children within weeks
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Labour set to announce crackdown on social media for children within weeks

Age limits and changes to allegedly addictive design features could be in place by the end of the yearLabour is expected to announce a social media crackdown within weeks as the prime minister, Keir Starmer, on Tuesday said he would act “very, very quickly” despite splits between campaigners and chi...

Robert Booth and Jessica Elgot
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US woman killed after wind-blown umbrella strikes her neck at restaurant
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US woman killed after wind-blown umbrella strikes her neck at restaurant

Dana Weinger was dining outside Driftwood Grill in Summerton, South Carolina, when she was hitSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA woman in South Carolina died in a freak accident after she was struck in the neck by a restaurant table umbrella that had been picked up by a strong gust o...

Guardian staff
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