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David Sullivan’s Sport newspapers used sexualised images of underage girls as ‘bait for predatory men’
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David Sullivan’s Sport newspapers used sexualised images of underage girls as ‘bait for predatory men’

Former victims’ commissioner says publication ‘deliberately came as close as possible to breaking the law’David Sullivan’s Sport newspapers used sexualised images of underage girls as “bait for predatory men”, the former victims’ commissioner has said.Vera Baird spoke amid scrutiny of the newspapers...

Emine Sinmaz, Geraldine McKelvie and Jacob Steinberg
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Can Equality Act protections be replaced with common sense, as Kemi Badenoch suggests?
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Can Equality Act protections be replaced with common sense, as Kemi Badenoch suggests?

The Tory leader says the public sector duty to consider minorities encourages division but legal experts warn abolishing it will fuel discriminationFor more than two decades, an important part of Britain’s equality laws ensured public institutions had to think about the impact the decisions they mak...

Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow announces final curtain in London and New York
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow announces final curtain in London and New York

The theatrical prequel to the Duffer Brothers’ smash-hit Netflix series is to shut down in the West End and on Broadway this winter, after selling more than 1.5m ticketsThe London and New York productions of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the theatrical prequel to Netflix’s TV blockbuster, are t...

Chris Wiegand
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Trump blames Iran for downing of army helicopter and says US must respond
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Trump blames Iran for downing of army helicopter and says US must respond

US president says crew members are ‘safe and uninjured’ after attack near strait of Hormuz early on TuesdayMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has blamed Iran for downing a US army helicopter near the strait of Hormuz, warning that the US would be forced to respond to the attack.The US arm...

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and agencies
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Maine votes as scandal-ridden Graham Platner seeks Senate primary win
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Maine votes as scandal-ridden Graham Platner seeks Senate primary win

Oysterman and marine veteran favored to win Democratic primary amid a string of controversiesVoters are headed to the polls on Tuesday for primary elections that include a crucial Senate race involving the scandal-haunted Graham Platner.In Maine, Platner is favored to win the Democratic primary afte...

David Smith in Bangor, Maine
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‘This is it’: mauled US hiker recalls moment grizzly locked eyes with him
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‘This is it’: mauled US hiker recalls moment grizzly locked eyes with him

Daniel Crago says he feels ‘extremely lucky’ after encounter with bear at Glacier national park last monthAs the large roaring grizzly bear charged down at him from across a snow field in Montana and mauled him, hiker Daniel Crago had just enough time to put his arm up and think: “This is it.”But tw...

Vivian Ho
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Politicians try to calm tensions inflamed by social media after stabbing in Belfast
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Politicians try to calm tensions inflamed by social media after stabbing in Belfast

Attack was filmed and shared online prompting Elon Musk and others to call for anti-immigration protestsPoliticians from across the spectrum have called for calm after a knife attack in Belfast prompted widespread shock and condemnation.There are fears there could be disorder after figures on social...

Helena Horton,Rory Carroll and Hannah Al-Othman
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Tommy Robinson meets Elon Musk’s father in Moscow
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Tommy Robinson meets Elon Musk’s father in Moscow

Activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, shared video of his meeting with Errol MuskTommy Robinson has travelled to Russia, where he has met Elon Musk’s father, Errol, in a Moscow hotel.Robinson – who has been issuing calls for his supporters to take to the streets across the UK over a bl...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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Florida shaken by 6.1-magnitude earthquake off coast of Cuba
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Florida shaken by 6.1-magnitude earthquake off coast of Cuba

Earthquake was region’s strongest tremor in nearly 150 years and was also felt in parts of Mexico including CancúnAn earthquake on Monday off the coast of Cuba, which was that region’s strongest tremor in nearly 150 years, could be felt in Florida and parts of Mexico.The 6.1-magnitude earthquake, wh...

Maya Yang
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Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says
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Spyware firm targeted WhatsApp users in defiance of US court order, Meta says

Tech company says it ‘caught and disrupted’ NSO Group’s attempts to access accounts in Jordan and Lebanon A spyware firm has been targeting WhatsApp users with malicious links in contravention of a US court order forbidding it from doing so, Meta has said.In a post, Meta said WhatsApp had “caught a...

Aisha Down
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House Republicans seek to pass $70bn for Trump’s immigration crackdown
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House Republicans seek to pass $70bn for Trump’s immigration crackdown

Bill that passed the Senate last week would fund ICE and border patrol and is expected to pass along party linesHouse Republicans on Tuesday will seek to pass a $70bn bill to fund the agencies leading Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants through the duration of his term, ending a mont...

Chris Stein
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Trump to meet House speaker as pressure mounts over surveillance law deadline
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Trump to meet House speaker as pressure mounts over surveillance law deadline

Section 702 renewal stalls amid dispute over Bill Pulte’s role as acting intelligence chief and leadership vacuumUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump is reportedly set to meet with the House speaker, Mike Johnson, at the White House on Tuesday as pressure mounts on the president to nominate...

Joseph Gedeon in Washington
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Is the pope a Real Madrid fan? Leo’s admission upsets Barcelona faithful
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Is the pope a Real Madrid fan? Leo’s admission upsets Barcelona faithful

Pontiff appeals in Catalan for harmony on Barcelona leg of Spain tour after making football foes in cityTo the delight of many, Pope Leo XIV kicked off the Barcelona leg of his week-long visit to Spain with a few words in Catalan, calling on the faithful who had gathered in the city’s cathedral on T...

Sam Jones in Madrid and agency
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UK’s top retailers urge government to do more for jobless young people
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UK’s top retailers urge government to do more for jobless young people

Bosses of M&S, Sainsbury’s and Tesco among those writing to Starmer calling for action on youth unemployment crisisWe would like to hear from young people in the UK about their job-hunting experiencesSome of the UK’s biggest retailers are planning to write to the prime minister urging him to tac...

Julia Kollewe
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Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan over blocked £50m Met police contract
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Palantir to sue Sadiq Khan over blocked £50m Met police contract

US spy-tech company to challenge London mayor’s intervention after he raised concerns over breach of procurement rulesPalantir intends to sue the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, after he blocked a contract between the US spy-tech firm and the Metropolitan police.The Met had planned to use Palantir’s softw...

Aisha Down and Rajeev Syal
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EU plans to ban Russian soldiers from bloc in fresh sanctions on Moscow
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EU plans to ban Russian soldiers from bloc in fresh sanctions on Moscow

Banks, crypto firms and Kremlin oil reserves also targeted in 21st set of measures since full-scale invasion of UkraineThe EU hopes to ban Russian soldiers from entering its territory as part of further sanctions against Moscow that also target banks, crypto firms and the Kremlin’s oil revenues.Anno...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
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Trump claims US fuel prices ‘not very high’ as costs surge amid Iran war
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Trump claims US fuel prices ‘not very high’ as costs surge amid Iran war

National average gas price stands at about $4.16 per gallon as Americans grapple with price hikes sparked by the warDonald Trump has claimed US fuel prices are “not very high, relatively speaking” as his administration grapples with affordability concerns after the surge in costs sparked by his war...

Gaya Gupta
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