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BBC pulls Ashley Cain documentary over abusive and misogynistic remarks

BBC says its vetting process ‘clearly failed’ after Guardian reveals presenter’s past comments about womenWarning: this article contains sexually explicit, offensive languageThe BBC has pulled a documentary series with its controversial presenter Ashley Cain after revelations over his history of abu...

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Lib Dem MP Cameron Thomas suspended amid police investigation

MP for Tewkesbury understood to have been arrested by Gloucestershire police on Wednesday nightA Liberal Democrat MP has had the whip suspended pending the outcome of a police investigation, a party spokesperson said.Cameron Thomas was arrested by Gloucestershire police on Wednesday night, it is und...

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Teenager wrongly arrested wins race discrimination claim against the Met

Daryl McLune was 16 when he was held for 23 hours on suspicion of attempting to murder his mother after she tried to take her own lifeA teenager who was wrongly arrested for the attempted murder of his mother minutes after she had tried to kill herself has won a race discrimination claim against the...

Nadeem Badshah and agency 2 months ago

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Pete Hegseth accuses Nato countries of ‘free riding’ in combative address

US defence secretary addresses allies in latest attempt to get Europe to raise military budgetsPete Hegseth has announced a review of the US military presence across Europe, in a combative address to Nato allies where he threatened to cut force numbers in countries spending the least on defence.The...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor 2 months ago

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‘Cynical to get power’: Michel Barnier on Boris Johnson, Brexit and the EU’s future

Former negotiator believes in an unstable world, it is ‘perfectly possible’ the UK can rejoin the EU with old opt-outsUK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier saysA couple of years ago, Michel Barnier spent a weekend with Boris Johnson’s father, Stanley. It was not so...

Daniel Boffey in Paris 2 months ago

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UK could keep special pre-Brexit terms if it rejoined EU, Michel Barnier says

Exclusive: Former chief Brexit negotiator says staying out of euro and Schengen area would be ‘perfectly possible’Michel Barnier has said Britain could regain its special terms if it rejoined the EU and claimed it was becoming clearer every day to the British people that they would be stronger in Eu...

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter 2 months ago

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UK attorney general tells staff to stop using X amid disinformation concerns

Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s department understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riotsThe attorney general has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop using the Elon Musk-owned platform amid increasing worries about its use...

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent 2 months ago

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Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations

Updated document, which emphasises harm done to African women, is being considered by other Caribbean countriesBarbados’s prime minister, Mia Mottley, has announced a new manifesto from Caribbean leaders asserting the “moral, ethical and legal case” for reparations over damage caused by hundreds of...

Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent 2 months ago

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Iran announces plans to bring in maritime fees for strait of Hormuz

Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation periodMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran has announced plans to introduce a system of maritime fees in the strait of Hormuz in two months, after the 60-day period of negotiation that has been tr...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor 2 months ago

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California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls

Wealth tax criticized by billionaires and Gavin Newsom would levy a one-time 5% tax on residents worth over $1bnA controversial proposal in California to impose a wealth tax on billionaires has gained enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in November, state officials announced on Wednesday.The...

Nick Robins-Early 2 months ago

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City & Guilds scraps mass redundancies and offshoring UK jobs to Greece

PeopleCert had been planning to cut about 400 jobs in £22m savings drive at training body it bought last yearThe vocational training body City & Guilds has guaranteed that plans for mass compulsory redundancies and the offshoring of hundreds of UK jobs to Greece will no longer go ahead.The propo...

Simon Goodley 2 months ago

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Man arrested after boy, 3, injured in Cambridgeshire zoo crocodile enclosure

Officers arrest man on suspicion of attempted murder as child is treated in hospital for serious injuries A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure, Cambridgeshire police said.The force said officers were called to Johnson’...

Vivian Ho 2 months ago

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Thousands of Knicks fans celebrate big win with joyous New York parade: ‘We family now’

Parents and their kids, new and old fans and a few celebrities gathered to honor the team’s NBA ChampionshipThousands of Knicks fans – decked out in blue and orange jerseys, shorts, hats, necklaces and more – gathered in downtown New York City on Thursday to celebrate the team’s NBA championship in...

Christopher Mathias in New York 2 months ago

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Heathrow third runway likely to affect health of millions nearby, official report warns

Analysis says expansion could also harm access to housing, education, healthcare, open spaces and transportConstruction of a third runway at Heathrow is likely to have significant adverse effects on the health and wellbeing of up to 3 million people living nearby, an official report has said, as the...

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent 2 months ago

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South African men sentenced in ‘world’s largest’ rhino horn trafficking case

‘Mastermind’ Dawie Groenewald given fine of 2m rand or four-year jail term almost 16 years after arrestTwo traffickers of rhino horns have been sentenced by a South African court in what police said was the world’s largest such case, partly bringing to an end an almost two-decade legal saga.Dawie Gr...

Rachel Savage in Johannesburg and agencies 2 months ago

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VAT on private school fees not caused exodus to state sector, says Bridget Phillipson

Education secretary cites admissions data for England, saying Labour is ‘rebalancing the system to focus on 94% of kids in state schools’Adding VAT to private school fees has failed to trigger an exodus of pupils into the state sector despite widespread speculation that it would, the education secre...

Richard Adams Education editor 2 months ago

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Young men in UK are not more rightwing than older groups, study says

Exclusive: Analysis shows men aged 18 to 25 are less likely to vote for rightwing parties than other age groups of menYoung men are not turning to rightwing politics more than any other demographic, according to a study of election data, which undermines claims that this group has been a key driver...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor 2 months ago

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Fed governor Lisa Cook faced $1.3m in legal and security fees after Trump’s bid to fire her

Cook is at the center of a supreme court case focused on whether Trump’s firing of her from the Fed board was legalThe Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook faced more than $1.3m in legal and security fees after coming under attack from the Trump administration, according to ethics disclosures that wer...

Lauren Aratani in New York 2 months ago

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Iran peace deal makes clear how far US has been forced to retreat since 2025

Plan is admission US could not achieve what it sought through war as red line after red line has been erasedOnly a man with an unparalleled ignorance of history such as Donald Trump would have signed America’s peace treaty with Iran at Versailles, the byword for national humiliation. And only a man...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor 2 months ago

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Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom

Funds meant for Secret Service were transferred to project president promised would be financed by private donationsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s administration has quietly redirected $352m in federal funds designated for the Secret Service toward the president’s controversial Whit...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington 2 months ago

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Not so empty nesters: record-high number of US adults under 35 live at home, new data says

Data shows that the increase in at-home living stems from high housing costs rather than labor market conditionsA record number of the US’s young adults were living with their parents last year, according to new data from Realtor.com, as high housing costs pushed the milestone of independent living...

Gaya Gupta 2 months ago

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Zack Polanski cleared by ethics inquiry over council tax payment complaint

Labour and Tories claimed Green party leader breached London assembly ethics code over non-payment of taxZack Polanski has been cleared by an ethics inquiry looking into complaints that he did not pay council tax while living on a houseboat.A report by the Greater London authority’s monitoring offic...

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor 2 months ago

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The CGT ‘backflip’ is more tweak than transformation. Labor hasn’t changed its mind on housing

Do the concessions undermine the original objective of helping young Australians buy their own home? NoGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe noise, negative headlines and internet memes that have surrounded Labor’s capital gains tax changes since their budget night unveiling...

Dan Jervis-Bardy 2 months ago

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Pauline Hanson says she ‘had to have a conversation’ about immigration and the Aboriginal flag with new Farrer MP

David Farley was told One Nation’s policy was to fly only the Australian flag, party leader tells conferenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s leader, Pauline Hanson, says she “had to have a conversation” with...

Tory Shepherd 2 months ago

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