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Foreign Office appoints first special envoy for Britons detained overseas
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Foreign Office appoints first special envoy for Britons detained overseas

Alistair Burt will bring diplomatic clout to complex cases involving human rights violations and arbitrary detentionThe Foreign Office has appointed a special envoy for British citizens detained overseas, a new role to deal with “complex consular cases” such as that of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Cyclospora outbreaks causing diarrhea in US expected to continue through August
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Cyclospora outbreaks causing diarrhea in US expected to continue through August

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is scouring food supply chain for culprit, which may be lettuceWhat is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?Federal health officials have said they expect the outbreaks of cyclospora – a parasite that causes watery, exp...

Jessica Glenza
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After Graham’s death and McConnell’s absence, conspiracy theories abound
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After Graham’s death and McConnell’s absence, conspiracy theories abound

A collision of online conspiracy theories came for two of the most powerful Republicans in the Senate in recent daysIt was Russia. It was Israel. Could it have been Iran? Or maybe it was a Covid-19 booster. What about the Clintons?After US senator Lindsey Graham died suddenly over the weekend from w...

Rachel Leingang
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Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey Graham, sworn in to fulfill his Senate term
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Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey Graham, sworn in to fulfill his Senate term

Lindsey Graham’s younger sister appointed by South Carolina’s governor three days after senator’s deathDarline Graham Nordone: Lindsey Graham’s sister and interim US senatorDarline Graham, the sister of the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham, was sworn in to fill his Senate seat on Tuesday after...

Shrai Popat in Washington
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Derision at US chain Chipotle’s plan to sell its Mexican food in Mexico
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Derision at US chain Chipotle’s plan to sell its Mexican food in Mexico

One social media user described the opening of its first outlet in Monterrey as ‘like the dog teaching a duck to fly’A US chain’s plan to sell its version of Mexican food to Mexicans with a first branch south of the border has prompted bemusement, skepticism and anger among local people.Chipotle Mex...

Oscar Lopez in Mexico City
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MPs say death threats a daily reality in ‘increasing climate of abuse’
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MPs say death threats a daily reality in ‘increasing climate of abuse’

As Ann Widdecombe’s death raises concerns over security, politicians reveal extent of problemJess Phillips has received so many death threats she has to remind herself not to be blase. One night she received more than 600 rape threats. In 2019, a man forced his way into her office. The same year a w...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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Top House Democrats vow to oppose bid to cut US military aid to Israel
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Top House Democrats vow to oppose bid to cut US military aid to Israel

House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, calls amendment ‘overly broad’ as party grapples with backlash over IsraelUS politics live – latest updatesTop House Democrats on Tuesday said they will oppose an effort to cut funding for Israel’s military, amid a rebellion from voters over US support for the...

Chris Stein in Washington
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Britons urged to take ‘small steps’ to prepare for potential national crises
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Britons urged to take ‘small steps’ to prepare for potential national crises

Government to launch campaign to help people cope with events such as weather emergencies or cyber-attacksThe British public should begin taking “small but important steps” to secure and protect water, power supplies and basic phone signal in case of further severe weather emergencies, national cris...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent
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Tom Cruise among names set to take part in World Cup closing ceremony
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Tom Cruise among names set to take part in World Cup closing ceremony

Mission: Impossible star to appear in a pre-game show that will also feature Robbie Williams and Jennifer HudsonA wide array of performers, from actor Tom Cruise to streamer IShowSpeed, will help close out the World Cup, Fifa announced on Tuesday.Soccer’s governing body released the lineup for the c...

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Pilot killed fighting Colorado wildfire identified as Nicholas Dale
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Pilot killed fighting Colorado wildfire identified as Nicholas Dale

British Columbia pilot was only person aboard helicopter that crashed during aerial firefightingThe pilot who died when his helicopter crashed while fighting a Colorado wildfire has been named as Nicholas Dale of Sooke, British Columbia.Dale, 56, died when his helicopter crashed into the Silver Jack...

Edward Helmore
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ICE pauses vehicle stops after deadly shootings in Texas and Maine
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ICE pauses vehicle stops after deadly shootings in Texas and Maine

The deaths of Joan Sebastian Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo have prompted calls for independent investigationsFederal immigration officials have been instructed to stop pulling over vehicles until further notice, according to a homeland security source, following two recent deadly shootings in...

José Olivares
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Ann Widdecombe killing: police investigating possible leftwing motivation
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Ann Widdecombe killing: police investigating possible leftwing motivation

Detectives examining whether hatred of Widdecombe’s strong views or of Reform party were factors in killing described as a ‘targeted attack’The police investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe is examining whether a leftwing or single-issue cause may lie behind her killing, the Guardian has lea...

Vikram Dodd, Josh Halliday and Priya Bharadia
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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one yearThousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned.Univ...

Anna Bawden and Sally Weale
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Supreme court justices testify to House on budget request to increase security
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Supreme court justices testify to House on budget request to increase security

Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett appear before House lawmakers to request more security for the judiciarySupreme court justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are testifying Tuesday in front of House lawmakers to discuss the court’s budget request, particularly the need for increased se...

Shrai Popat
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Yellowstone tourist tossed 8ft in air by bison says attack could have been worse
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Yellowstone tourist tossed 8ft in air by bison says attack could have been worse

Carl McDaniel, 65, says run-in ‘was not as catastrophic as it could’ve been’ in first remarks since attack that injured himA grandfather flipped 8ft in the air by a bull bison at Yellowstone national park recently has spoken out for the first time about the encounter that broke his femur in four pla...

Richard Luscombe
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EU rejects Trump administration claims that ICC threatens US sovereignty
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EU rejects Trump administration claims that ICC threatens US sovereignty

US government says it wants to ‘systematically disable’ The Hague-based international criminal courtA spokesperson for the EU has pushed back against the Trump administration’s assertion that the international criminal court poses a threat to US sovereignty, a day after the US government said it wou...

Ashifa Kassam and Cate Brown
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Keir Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive France’s Légion d’honneur
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Keir Starmer becomes first UK PM to receive France’s Légion d’honneur

Exclusive: Emmanuel Macron honours outgoing prime minister for leadership role in supporting UkraineKeir Starmer has become the first UK prime minister to be presented with the Légion d’honneur by a French president, in recognition of his work with France on the security of Europe.Emmanuel Macron aw...

Pippa Crerar Political editor
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