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Dowry murders in India no longer spark public anger or debate, study finds
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Dowry murders in India no longer spark public anger or debate, study finds

Thousands of women are killed in dowry disputes each year, despite the practice being banned in 1961Dowry deaths in India no longer provoke the public anger they once did, despite thousands of women’s lives still being lost every year, according to new research.The killings – women who are murdered...

Matthew Pearce
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Details scarce as Mitch McConnell ‘continues recovery’ in hospital
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Details scarce as Mitch McConnell ‘continues recovery’ in hospital

Staff decline to give updates on senator’s health and whether he will be at Capitol when Senate returnsStaff for Mitch McConnell said last week that the Kentucky senator was “continuing his recovery” in a hospital while the Senate is out of session. But his office has released no details about the f...

Associated Press in Washington
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Sri Lanka prison riot kills 26, with more than 100 others wounded
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Sri Lanka prison riot kills 26, with more than 100 others wounded

Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries rushed to hospital after fighting between prisoners from two drug gangsClashes at a Sri Lankan jail have killed 26 people, including seven guards, and wounded more than 100 in the country’s deadliest prison riot in years, officials said.Victims with cuts and gu...

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Prison education cuts driving drug use, self-harm and violence, says watchdog
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Prison education cuts driving drug use, self-harm and violence, says watchdog

Report by HM inspector of prisons for England and Wales comes as spending on frontline education falls by up to 50%“Brutal” cuts to prison education and training by Labour ministers are leading to an increase in drug use, self-harm and violence, a watchdog’s withering final annual report has said.Ch...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy
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Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy

Scottish government to consider SNP national council motion for moratorium on all new datacentresThe Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK’s AI strategy at risk.Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)’s nationa...

Aisha Down and Robert Booth
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Starmer to rally European allies at Nato summit amid concerns over US stance
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Starmer to rally European allies at Nato summit amid concerns over US stance

Outgoing PM will stress British commitment to defence spending at meeting in Ankara to counter Trump rebukesKeir Starmer will seek to work with European allies to shore up support for Nato at its summit in Ankara on Tuesday amid concerns that Donald Trump could further destabilise the military allia...

Pippa Crerar Political editor
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Woman accuses Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault
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Woman accuses Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault

Democratic candidate for Senate, who has faced series of scandals, denies allegation reported by PoliticoA woman has accused Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Maine, of sexual assault, according to an exclusive report by Politico.Jenny Racicot, 41, dated the oyster farmer for...

Shrai Popat and Rachel Leingang
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Idaho woman who said infant twins died from vaccines charged with murder
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Idaho woman who said infant twins died from vaccines charged with murder

Andrea Shaw and husband appeared on RFK Jr-linked podcast after deaths in May last year of 18-month-oldsAn Idaho mother who said her 18-month-old twins died last year after receiving three vaccines has been charged with murder in their deaths, officials said last week.Andrea Shaw, 23, was indicted o...

Lucy Campbell
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Lauren Bennett, singer on LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem, dies aged 37
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Lauren Bennett, singer on LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem, dies aged 37

British-born vocalist competed on The X-Factor before joining the girl groups Paradiso Girls and G.R.L.Lauren Bennett, member of the girl group G.R.L. and featured artist on LMFAO’s global smash hit Party Rock Anthem, has died at the age of 37.“It is with great sadness that we share the passing of o...

Owen Myers
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Fourth of July weekend marked by dozens of US deaths from gun violence
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Fourth of July weekend marked by dozens of US deaths from gun violence

At least 43 killed and many wounded, including woman and child hurt at World Cup gathering in Los AngelesA weekend of celebrations as the US marked its semiquincentennial was marred by outbreaks of gun violence that claimed dozens of lives and left multiple other people wounded.Those hurt included a...

Richard Luscombe
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Typhoon Maysak kills two and forces thousands to evacuate in China
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Typhoon Maysak kills two and forces thousands to evacuate in China

Tropical storm causes extreme flooding in south of the country with heavy rainfall expected in coming daysA tropical storm has killed two people, caused dam breaches and forced tens of thousands to evacuate in southern China.Typhoon Maysak killed two people in Nanning, in China’s southern Guangxi pr...

Guardian staff and agencies in Beijing
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Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in six months
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Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in six months

Impoverished island was already struggling to keep the lights on before the US imposed a blockade in JanuaryCuba on Monday suffered its third nationwide power outage since the start of the year, the state electricity company said.The impoverished island was already struggling to keep the lights on b...

Agence France-Presse
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Keir Starmer intervened to oppose Fifa’s plan to move England kick-off time
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Keir Starmer intervened to oppose Fifa’s plan to move England kick-off time

PM stepped in over proposal to shift World Cup match to an earlier time, amid concerns it would benefit MexicoKeir Starmer intervened through diplomatic channels to oppose Fifa’s plan to bring forward England’s World Cup game against Mexico, amid concerns the change would hand the hosts an unfair ad...

Sundus Abdi
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Nigel Farage cries ‘witch-hunt’ – but this may be Reform’s Partygate moment
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Nigel Farage cries ‘witch-hunt’ – but this may be Reform’s Partygate moment

Media scrutiny of party leader’s finances has undermined his claim to be a politician in tune with typical votersWith his personal funding once again under media scrutiny, Nigel Farage, the leader of the rightwing Reform UK party, is adamant he is the victim of an “establishment plot” trying to stop...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
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Canada to buy 12 hi-tech German submarines after bidding war
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Canada to buy 12 hi-tech German submarines after bidding war

TKMS beats South Korean rival to multibillion-dollar contract that will deepen Canada’s Nato tiesCanada has selected a German consortium to build a dozen cutting-edge submarines in one of the country’s largest-ever defence contracts that will further deepen its Nato ties before a crucial summit this...

Leyland Cecco in Toronto
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