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‘Horrific’ maternity care failings at Nottingham NHS trust prompt calls for public inquiry

Report uncovers biggest childbirth scandal in NHS history in which 520 mothers and babies suffered ‘potentially avoidable’ harm or diedHorrific failings led to 520 mothers and babies in Nottingham suffering harm or dying, sparking calls for a public inquiry into maternity care across England.In all,...

Denis Campbell, Neha Gohil and Tobi Thomas 2 months ago

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Shabana Mahmood’s immigration and asylum bill to go before MPs next week

Refugee charities fear controversial changes, including on forced removals and age checks, are being rushed throughShabana Mahmood’s controversial plans to increase the forced removal of people refused asylum, introduce stringent age checks for people claiming to be children and limit applications u...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor 2 months ago

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Senior No 10 aides to lobby Andy Burnham to invest more than £13.5bn defence spend

Downing Street figures plan to convince Burnham to revive ‘war bonds’ when he becomes prime ministerDowning Street aides are planning to lobby Andy Burnham during access talks to revive the idea of “war bonds” to pay for higher defence spending when he becomes prime minister, the Guardian understand...

Kiran Stacey Pippa Crerarand Dan Sabbagh 2 months ago

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Federal judge blocks Trump effort to make voters show proof of citizenship

Ruling is win for democracy advocates who have fought back against Trump’s push to take power over votingA US federal court blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to regulate elections via executive order, a win for democracy advocates who have fought back against the US president’s push to take power over...

Rachel Leingang 2 months ago

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Trump under pressure to back up claim of sabotage at reflecting pool

President’s promise of photo and video evidence of vandalism at Washington landmark yet to be fulfilledDonald Trump and the Department of the Interior are facing growing pressure to release photo and video evidence substantiating their claims of sabotage at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Wa...

David Smith in Washington 2 months ago

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Back on the pitch: How Burnham’s chief of staff pick reunites late-1990s Labour football team

Some worry choosing James Purnell, former Demon Eyes teammate, would show Labour struggling for new talentThe most powerful football team in the country is getting back together.Andy Burnham’s decision to appoint James Purnell as his chief of staff should he become prime minister will reunite not on...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor 2 months ago

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Pakistan police rescue French woman and children allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years

Husband arrested after Sylvie Yasmina, 54, and five children found at home in north-western provincePakistan police say they have rescued a French woman and her five children after she told authorities she had been held captive by her husband for more than a decade and subjected to years of domestic...

Associated Press in Peshawar 2 months ago

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Exploit last North Sea oil and gas or risk mass job losses, Andy Burnham urged

British Chamber of Commerce boss Shevaun Haviland says transition to clean energy could be handled betterAndy Burnham should be ready to exploit the UK’s remaining North Sea oil and gas resources to avoid mass job losses in Scotland and the north-east, the director of the British Chambers of Commerc...

Heather Stewart 2 months ago

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Member of cultlike Zizians group charged with murder of her parents

Michelle Zajko, in jail since February 2025 on other charges, has been charged in 2022 Pennsylvania killings of parentsA member of the cultlike group known as Zizians, who has denied killing her parents in Pennsylvania in 2022, has been charged with murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday.Michelle Zajk...

Associated Press 2 months ago

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Israel says IDF is staying in southern Lebanon, undermining Iran peace talks

Defence minister says troops not withdrawing though Tehran sees end to war in Lebanon as part of deal with USThe Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, has said that Israeli troops would not withdraw from southern Lebanon, further complicating Iran peace talks as fighting in Lebanon continues to be...

William Christou 2 months ago

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Big tech spent millions on a single US congressional race. It won’t be the last time

Pro- and anti-AI groups spent $24m on a congressional contest in New York, but it’s unclear to what endUS politics live – latest updatesWhen the Democratic primary for New York’s 12th congressional district was called on Tuesday night, the result capped off one of the most expensive races of its kin...

Nick Robins-Early in New York 2 months ago

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Farmers criticise government plan to counter threats to UK food security

Plan warns climate crisis will lead to food price shocks and shortages but farmers say it fails to adequately fund responseThe climate crisis will lead to food price shocks and shortages, the government has warned in its new plan for British farming.But farmers criticised the plan, which outlines fo...

Pippa Neill 2 months ago

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Germany’s rail network brought to standstill by botched IT replacement

Deutsche Bahn widely criticised after hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded in operator’s latest setbackGermany’s rail network ground to a halt late on Tuesday as a result of maintenance work that went wrong, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers unable to get home as the national opera...

Kate Connolly in Berlin 2 months ago

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Brazilian federal police arrest Spanish citizen at São Paulo airport for racism

Woman detained at airport after allegedly making racist remarks directed at workers unloading baggage, police sayBrazil’s federal police have detained a Spanish citizen in São Paulo’s international Guarulhos airport for racism, in the latest of a series of high-profile arrests of foreign tourists on...

Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro 2 months ago

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Police officers took eight minutes to discover Henry Nowak’s stab wound, evidence shows

Transcript of body-worn camera footage reveals moment officers realised handcuffed Nowak was seriously injuredPolice officers who arrested Henry Nowak took about eight minutes to discover his stab wound, newly released evidence shows.Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 y...

Nadeem Badshah 2 months ago

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US says chemical giant Chemours to pay $450m to settle ‘forever chemicals’ case

Agreement is first by federal government to resolve enforcement claims against a major Pfas manufacturerThe Trump administration on Wednesday reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products re...

Associated Press 2 months ago

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Fan of TV show Dexter killed and dismembered two men in Cornish woodland, jury hears

James Desborough told team searching for missing men he enjoyed gory scenes in serial killer series, prosecution says A fan of the television serial killer show Dexter murdered two men before dismembering and burning their bodies in Cornish woodland surrounding the cabin where he lived, a jury has h...

Steven Morris 2 months ago

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Labour MPs criticise language used by Kemi Badenoch in fractious PMQs

Tory leader reprimanded by speaker for invective against minister and saying Starmer had ‘400 knives in his back’Labour MPs have criticised Kemi Badenoch after a fractious prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, in which she accused the education secretary of being a “spiteful class warrior”.In a r...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent 2 months ago

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Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Tucker Carlson in breaking with Republican party

Former Georgia congresswoman on social media says she’s ‘fed up’ and done backing a party ‘that betrays its voters’Former US congresswoman and Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced that she is finished backing the Republican party, aligning herself with TV rightwinger Tucker Carlson af...

Marina Dunbar 2 months ago

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Colombia’s leftwing candidate concedes election to Trump-endorsed millionaire

Leftist Iván Cepeda conceded to far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella who won by razor-thin marginThe defeated leftwing candidate in Colombia’s presidential runoff has conceded to the far-right, Trump-admiring millionaire lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella.Since Sunday night, the preliminary count...

Tiago Rogero South America correspondent 2 months ago

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AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption

Previously hidden text revealed without unrolling scroll discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviourThe surviving part of an ancient scroll that was burnt to a crisp when Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago has been virtually unwrapped and read with help from artificial i...

Ian Sample Science editor 2 months ago

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Senators alarmed at Trump administration website Moms.gov promoting anti-abortion facilities

Administration claims website is resource for ‘new and expecting mothers’ but group of senators says it raises ‘profound’ health and safety concernsA group of 11 senators have sent a letter to Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy urging them to remove a federal website and “cease using federal resource...

Anna Betts 2 months ago

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Trump says he’s ordered investigation into oil companies over alleged price gouging

Trump says he instructed justice department to investigate oil firms over high gas prices amid Middle East conflictDonald Trump said Wednesday that he had instructed the US Department of Justice to investigate oil companies for alleged price gouging, accusing them of not lowering gas prices enough a...

Lauren Aratani 2 months ago

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Burnham’s pick for chief of staff led firm that advised BP, Apple and Amazon

Appointment of James Purnell, former chief executive of Flint Global, described by one Labour MP as ‘very bad sign’The advisory firm led by Andy Burnham’s incoming chief of staff counted BP, Amazon, Jaguar Land Rover and Uber among its clients, transparency records reveal.Burnham is facing unease wi...

Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot 2 months ago

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