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Virginia’s redistricting vote ‘a critical step’ for the swing state
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Virginia’s redistricting vote ‘a critical step’ for the swing state

Purple state which recently elected a Democratic governor will now choose whether to replace existing voting maps with ones that favor DemocratsNearly three months to the day after his term as Virginia’s governor ended, Republican Glenn Youngkin stood in an unshaded corner of an office parking lot t...

Chris Stein in Leesburg, Virginia
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Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row
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Canadian astronaut’s bon mots help heal wounds from French language row

Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PMFew people foresaw humanity’s quest for the moon as accurately as the 19th-century French author Jules Verne, whose two works –From the Earth to the Moon and Around the...

Leyland Cecco in Toronto
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Rat poison found in baby food jar in Austria after product recall
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Rat poison found in baby food jar in Austria after product recall

Police say poison detected in jar of HiPP carrots and potatoes as maker says items may have been tampered withRat poison has been found in a jar of HiPP baby food, police in Austria have said, after a recall of the product from more than 1,000 Spar supermarkets in the country over safety fears.Polic...

Reuters in Geneva
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Vodafone incentivised security staff to fine its own franchisees
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Vodafone incentivised security staff to fine its own franchisees

Shopkeepers charged millions of pounds, including alleged £10,000 penalty for mistake that cost firm £7.08Vodafone incentivised its security staff to increase “clawbacks” levied on its own franchisees, as part of a programme that led to the telecoms group fining its own shopkeepers millions of pound...

Simon Goodley
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Bulgaria votes as pro-Russian former president leads in the polls
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Bulgaria votes as pro-Russian former president leads in the polls

Eighth election in five years follows government collapse in December, with stability and cost of living among key issuesBulgarians are voting in the eighth parliamentary election in five years, with the clear frontrunner, the pro-Russian former president Rumen Radev, promising to stamp out corrupti...

Reuters in Sofia
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Police investigate attempted arson attack at north-west London synagogue
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Police investigate attempted arson attack at north-west London synagogue

Minor smoke damage and no injuries reported at synagogue in Harrow, after spate of similar incidents in recent weeksAn attempted arson attack has been reported at a north-west London synagogue, after a spate of similar incidents.The incident at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow on Saturday night cau...

Jamie Grierson
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Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100,000 in corporation tax
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Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100,000 in corporation tax

Deputy leader ran shell companies that reportedly did not pay tax on profits from 2020 to 2022, during which time his firm donated £1.1m to partyRichard Tice allegedly failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax to the benefit of his investment company, which in turn made donations to Reform UK...

Jamie Grierson
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More Britons opt to holiday in UK this summer amid uncertainty over flights
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More Britons opt to holiday in UK this summer amid uncertainty over flights

Holiday park firms say such bookings are on the rise because of impact of Iran war on aviationHoliday companies have predicted a surge in bookings for UK summer breaks after a jump in interest from Britons fearful of flight cancellations linked to the Iran war.Summer bookings are expected to rise in...

Lauren Almeida
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Carmakers scramble to plug £3bn shortfall for UK loan scandal payouts
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Carmakers scramble to plug £3bn shortfall for UK loan scandal payouts

Filings suggest manufacturers’ lending arms have massively underestimated bill from FCA’s £9.1bn redress schemeCarmakers are under pressure to drum up £3bn to cover payouts for motor finance scandal victims after failing to adequately prepare for a UK-wide compensation scheme that is due to begin th...

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
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MoD has lost track of veterans on recall list, says defence adviser
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MoD has lost track of veterans on recall list, says defence adviser

Exclusive: George Robertson calls on officials to identify the ‘fit and willing’ in UK’s 95,000-strong strategic reserveThe Ministry of Defence has lost track of military veterans they intend to recall at a time of national danger, according to a key government adviser.About 95,000 former soldiers a...

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter
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