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Four migrant workers reportedly burned alive in their car in attack in Italy
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Four migrant workers reportedly burned alive in their car in attack in Italy

Petrol station attack in Calabria throws spotlight on widespread exploitation of foreign farm labourersThe exploitation of farm workers in Italy has come under the spotlight again after four men – three Afghans and one from Pakistan – were allegedly burned alive in a car at a petrol station in Calab...

Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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Electrician guilty of murdering partner and blowing up their London home
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Electrician guilty of murdering partner and blowing up their London home

Clifton George convicted of fatally stabbing charity worker Annabel Rook after she tried to end relationshipA man who fatally stabbed his partner and then set off a gas explosion at their north-east London home last summer has been found guilty of her murder.Clifton George, 45, had denied murdering...

Matthew Weaver and Aneesa Ahmed
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Can autonomous AI-powered killer drones take morality onboard?
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Can autonomous AI-powered killer drones take morality onboard?

While the technology is set to play a growing role in modern warfare, there remains an unresolved ethical challengeShould the AI-powered drones of the future have a licence to kill? The question is becoming ever more pressing as governments and the defence industry acknowledge that drone systems wil...

Dan Milmo and Aisha Down
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Cost of living and high streets among top priorities for Makerfield voters, poll shows
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Cost of living and high streets among top priorities for Makerfield voters, poll shows

Exclusive: Research showing Andy Burnham holding slim lead finds honesty in politicians and immigration also rank as importantVoters in Makerfield rank the cost of living, declining high streets and public services as among the most important issues locally, with many also disillusioned by the polit...

Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
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Leftwing US pair refused entry to UK will address Oxford Union remotely
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Leftwing US pair refused entry to UK will address Oxford Union remotely

Home Office barred Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker on grounds their visit was ‘not conducive to the public good’Two leftwing US political commentators who were banned from entering the UK will still speak at the Oxford Union via livestream.The Home Office told Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker their presence in...

Helena Horton
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Southampton residents in shock after night of ‘terrifying’ protest violence
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Southampton residents in shock after night of ‘terrifying’ protest violence

Cars damaged and bricks strewn across streets after demonstration over Henry Nowak’s murder erupts into riotUK politics live: latest news updatesA trail of destruction was left on the streets of Southampton after Tuesday night’s anti-police protest over Henry Nowak’s murder, with car windows smashed...

Steven Morris, Jamie Grierson and agency
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Ovo Energy to pay more than £10m over prepayment meter monitoring failings
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Ovo Energy to pay more than £10m over prepayment meter monitoring failings

Regulator finds inadequate monitoring by firm could have exposed vulnerable customers ‘to clear risk of harm’Ovo Energy has agreed to pay more than £10m after the energy regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem, found a lack of monitoring of vulnerable customers with prepayment meters (PPMs) could have ex...

Joanna Partridge
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Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as ‘Russian Davos’ opens in city
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Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as ‘Russian Davos’ opens in city

Energy and military sites targeted as guests gather for economic forum where Putin is due to speak on FridayUkrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg early on Wednesday hours before international guests gathered for the city’s flagship economic forum, in a blow to Vladimir Puti...

Luke Harding, Pjotr Sauer and agencies
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Far-right praise for shah’s secret police puts Reza Pahlavi on the spot
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Far-right praise for shah’s secret police puts Reza Pahlavi on the spot

Son of deposed shah forced to distance himself from once-dreaded Savak as some of his ‘fascistic’ supporters glorify it For decades, the Savak was seen as the most hated symbol of repression that kept Iran’s last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in power – and a main driving force behind the revolutiona...

Robert Tait in Washington
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US primary voters choose midterm candidates as Democrats look to flip key seats
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US primary voters choose midterm candidates as Democrats look to flip key seats

Democrats seek to oust Republicans in New Jersey and Iowa, while other major races remain up in the airVoters in Tuesday’s primary elections across the US chose candidates who could flip critical districts in the US House and Senate in November, setting up a series of high-stakes general election co...

Lauren Gambino and Rachel Leingang
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Royal Navy helicopter crashes into field in Devon
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Royal Navy helicopter crashes into field in Devon

Emergency services at scene of incident at Sourton Down, near OkehamptonA Royal Navy helicopter has crashed into a field in Devon, police have confirmed.Emergency services are at the scene of the incident at Sourton Down, near Okehampton. Continue reading...

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Minister criticises anti-discrimination guidance to police amid Southampton protests
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Minister criticises anti-discrimination guidance to police amid Southampton protests

Sarah Jones says guidance that black and white suspects should be treated differently gives ‘wrong impression’Anti-discrimination guidance to police that black and white suspects should be treated differently “gives the wrong impression”, according to the policing minister, who said protesters invol...

Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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Rural UK ‘particularly at risk’ of diesel shortages if Iran war continues
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Rural UK ‘particularly at risk’ of diesel shortages if Iran war continues

OECD forecast sets out economic risks from conflict, pointing to potential shortfalls to key energy productsOECD predicts spate of recessions globally if Iran conflict drags into 2027Rural areas in the UK would be particularly at risk of diesel shortages if the conflict in Iran continues to squeeze...

Heather Stewart Economics editor
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