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Five pressing questions for Reform UK about its finances
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Five pressing questions for Reform UK about its finances

Questions swirl about origins of gifts, loans and donations as even party supporters wonder if it can weather the stormUK politics live – latest updatesWhy is Farage quitting as an MP, only to stand again?Scrutiny is mounting on Reform UK’s finances.On Tuesday, amid an investigation by parliamentary...

Anna Isaac
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Germany set to make rental e-scooter operators liable for accidents
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Germany set to make rental e-scooter operators liable for accidents

Measures would make it easier for victims to seek compensation, with companies such as Bolt and Lime held responsible for damageVictims hit by rental e-scooters on German streets will have an easier time gaining compensation from their operators under legislation due to pass parliament that would pu...

Deborah Cole in Berlin
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LGBTQ+ inclusion in film at a three-year low, Glaad survey suggests
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LGBTQ+ inclusion in film at a three-year low, Glaad survey suggests

The advocacy group’s Where We Are In Film study finds a decrease in queer people of color and zero trans characters in 2025 filmsLGBTQ+ characters are slowly disappearing from film in a trend that disproportionately affects LGBTQ+ characters of color, according to a report published today.An annual...

Owen Myers
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MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS
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MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS

Cross-party group backs call from science and technology committee to look at alternative options, citing ‘serious mistrust’A second parliamentary committee has urged Labour to scrap Palantir’s £330m contract with the NHS, increasing pressure on the next prime minister over government deals with the...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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LGBTQ+ cruise ship refused entry to Egypt days after Turkey turned it away
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LGBTQ+ cruise ship refused entry to Egypt days after Turkey turned it away

Scarlet Lady’s 2,000 passengers informed of change as one of those onboard pledges to ‘sparkle and spend elsewhere’An LGBTQ+ cruise ship blocked from Turkish waters this week has been refused entry into Egypt.The Scarlet Lady’s 2,000 passengers, including the Broadway performer Patti LuPone, woke on...

Amelia Hill
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Andy Burnham urged to scrap income tax and NI in radical fiscal overhaul
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Andy Burnham urged to scrap income tax and NI in radical fiscal overhaul

Economists including Jim O’Neill write an open letter calling for a single levy to replace six major taxesProminent economists including Jim O’Neill, an ally of Andy Burnham, are urging the MP for Makerfield to pursue radical tax and spending reform to “unlock the gridlock that plagues the country”...

Heather Stewart Economics editor
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Invest in Britain or I’ll force you to, minister tells pension funds
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Invest in Britain or I’ll force you to, minister tells pension funds

Business secretary Peter Kyle says asset managers should feel a patriotic duty to make the UK a successBusiness live – latest updatesThe business secretary, Peter Kyle, has warned UK pension funds to “get off their high horses” and invest in Britain or be forced to do so by law.Expressing frustratio...

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
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Mosque effigy on loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland condemned as ‘vile’
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Mosque effigy on loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland condemned as ‘vile’

Amnesty calls pyre – due to be burned on Friday in Moygashel – ‘blatant attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred’A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland featuring an effigy of a mosque has been condemned as an incitement to hatred.The effigy sits atop a tower of pallets that is to be burned on Friday n...

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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US and Iran trade most intense strikes since ceasefire extended
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US and Iran trade most intense strikes since ceasefire extended

At least 14 people killed in Iran in overnight attacks as Trump declares the agreement ‘over’Middle East crisis live – latest updatesThe US launched airstrikes against Iran overnight, killing at least 14 people, while Tehran responded by hitting Gulf countries in the most intense exchange of fire si...

William Christou
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Labour MPs to rebel on political funding reforms, demanding tougher measures
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Labour MPs to rebel on political funding reforms, demanding tougher measures

Exclusive: Demands include ban on cryptocurrency donations after controversies over Nigel Farage fundingUK politics live – latest updatesLabour MPs are to rebel next week over the government’s reforms to political funding, pushing ministers to introduce tougher measures including a ban on cryptocurr...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds
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The Guardian · World

US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds

Deaths and injuries up as critics condemn administration’s ‘appalling’ plan to gut federal disaster management systemThe number of US chemical accidents is rising just as the Trump administration guts protections against the disasters, a new analysis of federal data by the Public Employees for Envir...

Tom Perkins
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Sharp rise in domestic abusers using finances for coercion, UK charities say
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Sharp rise in domestic abusers using finances for coercion, UK charities say

Refuge reports ‘staggering’ 78% annual increase in referrals for cases of technology-facilitated or economic abuseDomestic abuse charities have reported a “staggering” increase in perpetrators using technology and finances to control their victims, with a “concerning” rise in people being coerced in...

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
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Pets being hit by heatstroke even when resting, say UK vets
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Pets being hit by heatstroke even when resting, say UK vets

Experts say most cases used to be seen after exertion or being left in cars, but extreme heat has widened riskExtreme temperatures are causing heatstroke in pets even when they are restricted to homes and gardens, vets have warned, as parts of the UK enter the third heatwave of the year.Experts say...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent
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What is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?
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What is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?

Illness surging in Michigan and other US states is rarely life-threatening, CDC says – but it can have severe effectsCases of cyclosporiasis – a parasitic illness that can cause “explosive”, watery diarrhea – have surged across the United States in recent days, health officials have said, with an ab...

Lucy Campbell
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Trump immigration cuts could worsen US caregiver shortage, experts say
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Trump immigration cuts could worsen US caregiver shortage, experts say

The loss of protections for Haitian and Syrian workers could worsen shortages of nurses, aides and home care workersThe Trump administration may remove the temporary protected status (TPS) of Haitians and Syrians in the US, the US supreme court ruled in late June – a move that will worsen America’s...

Melody Schreiber
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Increase in racism during World Cup reflects ‘growing pattern of abuse’
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Increase in racism during World Cup reflects ‘growing pattern of abuse’

Experts say rise in social media attacks on players such as Kylian Mbappé needs to be viewed in wider political contextWorld Cup live – latest updatesAs players in the World Cup shore up their tactics and hone their teamwork skills ahead of the quarter-finals, a chorus of voices have warned that the...

Ashifa Kassam, European community affairs correspondent
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