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John Roberts insists supreme court not ‘political’ after Trump-friendly rulings
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John Roberts insists supreme court not ‘political’ after Trump-friendly rulings

The chief justice defends court’s impartiality after decisions on abortion, presidential immunity and voting rightsUS chief justice John Roberts has insisted supreme court judges are not “political actors” amid outrage over its recent decision undermining the Voting Right Act, and other moves that h...

Chris Stein in Washington
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Tensions high in West Bengal after BJP aide shot dead and hundreds arrested
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Tensions high in West Bengal after BJP aide shot dead and hundreds arrested

Turmoil and violence rocks state since prime minister Narendra Modi’s party claimed victory in legislative electionTensions have been high in the Indian state of West Bengal after a top political aide from Narendra Modi’s party was shot dead in the street and hundreds were arrested as violence broke...

Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
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Election monitors note instances of voters in England turned away over ID
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Election monitors note instances of voters in England turned away over ID

European observers have seen incidents of confusion over ID requirements but problem is not regarded as widespreadInstances of voters being turned away from polling stations due to confusion over photo ID requirements have been recorded by European election observers watching voting in England on Th...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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Israeli settler to go on trial over attack on French nun in Jerusalem
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Israeli settler to go on trial over attack on French nun in Jerusalem

Yona Simcha Schreiber from settlement in West Bank faces charge of assault motivated by hostility towards religious groupAn Israeli settler suspected of kicking and wounding a French Catholic nun in Jerusalem will go on trial for assault motivated by hostility towards a religious group, Israel’s jus...

Agence France-Press in Jerusalem
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Susan Collins reveals medical condition but says her job as senator is unaffected
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Susan Collins reveals medical condition but says her job as senator is unaffected

Republican senator for Maine, facing tough re-election battle, says she has had benign essential tremor for decadesUS politics live – latest updatesSusan Collins, the Republican Maine senator seen by Democrats as vulnerable in November’s midterm election, has revealed a decades-old medical condition...

Richard Luscombe
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Superdry co-founder James Holder jailed for eight years for raping woman
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Superdry co-founder James Holder jailed for eight years for raping woman

Holder went back to woman’s Cheltenham flat after night out and refused to stop assault even when she began cryingA co-founder of the clothing company Superdry has been jailed for eight years for raping a woman after a night out in Cheltenham.James Holder, 54, had been due to get a taxi back to his...

Steven Morris
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Doctors’ union drops opposition to Cass review of NHS gender healthcare
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Doctors’ union drops opposition to Cass review of NHS gender healthcare

British Medical Association says review into gender identity services was ‘robust’ after previously rejecting findingsThe trade union representing doctors across the UK has dropped its opposition to the findings of the Cass review of gender identity services across the NHS.The British Medical Associ...

Tobi Thomas UK health and inequalities correspondent
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Iran conducting near-daily prisoner executions in secrecy, say rights groups
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Iran conducting near-daily prisoner executions in secrecy, say rights groups

Families pressured to stay silent, with at least 24 executions reportedly taking place since March amid internet blackoutMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran is carrying out near-daily executions of prisoners in secrecy and, in some cases, refusing to hand the bodies of the dead to their families,...

Deepa Parent
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