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Introducing Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’ – podcast
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Introducing Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’ – podcast

The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when it ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama have rushed to erase majority Black districts, sparking chaos for the midterm elections. Kai Wright tal...

Hosted by Kai Wright, produced by Anabel Bacon and Monica Espitia, engineered by Ivan Kuraev, executive producer
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French star Patrick Bruel denies multiple sexual assault allegations
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French star Patrick Bruel denies multiple sexual assault allegations

Singer and actor who has appeared in more than 40 films faces investigations in France and BelgiumThe French singer and actor Patrick Bruel, the subject of multiple rape allegations, protested his innocence on Sunday and said he would not step away from his work.The Paris prosecutor’s office announc...

Guardian staff and agencies
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Pianist Jayson Gillham’s case against MSO mustn’t turn into ‘roving inquiry’ on Middle East conflict, judge warns
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Pianist Jayson Gillham’s case against MSO mustn’t turn into ‘roving inquiry’ on Middle East conflict, judge warns

Federal court case of classical pianist who alleges Melbourne Symphony Orchestra unlawfully discriminated due to his views beginsThe judge hearing the case of a classical pianist who alleges the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra unlawfully discriminated against him because of his views on Israeli forces...

Nino Bucci justice and courts reporter
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UK firms halt investments and hiring as Iran war pushes up costs, bosses warn
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UK firms halt investments and hiring as Iran war pushes up costs, bosses warn

Survey shows businesses ‘struggling to absorb latest economic shock’, while data says April vacancies down 7.7%The worsening fallout from the Iran war is forcing businesses to halt their UK investment and hiring plans, bosses have warned, as Britain enters a renewed period of political and economic...

Sarah Butler
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Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs
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Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs

Two campaign groups claim that change to how NHS treatments are approved amounts to ‘unlawful power grab’Campaigners against the UK’s controversial drug pricing deal with Donald Trump are threatening the government with legal action unless it scraps a key element of the plan.They claim that a change...

Denis Campbell Health policy editor
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David Lammy promises 25% cut in number of children jailed while they await trial
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David Lammy promises 25% cut in number of children jailed while they await trial

Justice secretary’s white paper will overhaul youth justice rules and could end lifelong criminal records for under-18sDavid Lammy has promised to cut the number of children kept in jail while they await trial by a quarter as part of an overhaul of youth justice rules that could also end lifelong cr...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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Government-backed Pensions Commission calls for action on gender savings gap
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Government-backed Pensions Commission calls for action on gender savings gap

Body says, on average, British women approaching retirement have half private pension savings of men – £81,000 versus £156,000A shake-up of pensions in Britain must involve measures to close the gap in retirement savings between men and women, the revived Pensions Commission is to tell ministers.Acc...

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent
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News live: Australian health officials to work on ebola outbreak response, minister says; NSW police arrest 993 in domestic violence sweep
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News live: Australian health officials to work on ebola outbreak response, minister says; NSW police arrest 993 in domestic violence sweep

World Health Organization declared outbreak in Africa a ‘public health emergency of international concern’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMurray Watt, the federal environment minister, says he expects Australian health officials will be working wi...

Nick Visser
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Crime increasingly a ‘serious barrier’ to UK growth, say business leaders
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Crime increasingly a ‘serious barrier’ to UK growth, say business leaders

British Chambers of Commerce survey shows firms ‘are dealing with rising levels of theft, fraud and cyber-attacks’UK business leaders have warned that crime is becoming an increasingly “serious barrier” to growing Britain’s economy amid a rise in shoplifting, fraud and cyber-attacks against companie...

Sarah Butler
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Minnesota deploys national guard to help fight wildfires in northern region
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Minnesota deploys national guard to help fight wildfires in northern region

Tim Walz, the state’s governor, calls blazes ‘unpredictable and fast-moving’ as dry, windy weather fuels themMinnesota’s national guard has been activated to help battle wildfires burning in the northern part of the state after the department of natural resources requested additional support.Governo...

Marina Dunbar
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Air force base in Idaho locked down after air show incident, officials say
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Air force base in Idaho locked down after air show incident, officials say

Emergency crews responding to incident involving aircraft during weekend air show at military base in western IdahoAn investigation is under way after an incident on Sunday at an air show at Mountain Home air force base in western Idaho, a spokesperson told Reuters.A social media post by Airshow New...

Guardian staff and agencies
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Thousands gather on National Mall for daylong prayer rally
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Thousands gather on National Mall for daylong prayer rally

White House-backed event billed as ‘One Nation Under God’ criticized for blurring lines between church and stateThousands of people streamed onto the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally on Sunday billed as a “rededication of our country as One Nation Under God”.Against the backdrop of the Washi...

Roque Planas
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UAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plant
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UAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plant

Abu Dhabi denounces ‘dangerous escalation’ as Iran war ceasefire grows more precariousThe United Arab Emirates has blamed a fire near its nuclear power plant on a drone launched by Iran or one of its proxies in what the UAE called a “dangerous escalation”.The fire was just outside the Barakah nuclea...

Julian Borger in Jerusalem
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Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say
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Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say

Reform, which won more than 50% of the local election vote, is likely to focus heavily on immigration and BrexitAndy Burnham faces a perilous race to win the Makerfield seat, his allies have warned, as he gears up to fight a byelection that could decide the long-term future of Labour and the country...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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London mayor criticises plans for north of England bid to host Olympics
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London mayor criticises plans for north of England bid to host Olympics

Excluding capital would be ‘missed opportunity’, says Sadiq Khan, given existing assets and ‘world-class infrastructure’The mayor of London has criticised plans to explore a bid for the north of England to host the Olympics, saying that excluding London would be a “missed opportunity”.Ministers have...

Nadeem Badshah
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Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff
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Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff

Exclusive: Families of men facing death penalty join opposition to proposals to run courses for defence ministryThe families of two scholars facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia have appealed to the University of Cambridge to drop proposals to run staff training courses for Riyadh’s defence mini...

Richard Adams and Wilf Vall
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Printmaking skills of Manet, Van Gogh and more celebrated in Bath show
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Printmaking skills of Manet, Van Gogh and more celebrated in Bath show

Exhibition explores how artists mainly known for their paintings helped revive a skill that had fallen out of fashionThey may be best known for their vibrant oil paintings but an exhibition opening in the English West Country is focusing instead on the subtle printmaking skills of artists such as Éd...

Steven Morris
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German minister defends decision to allow attempt to rescue whale Timmy
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German minister defends decision to allow attempt to rescue whale Timmy

Humpback stranded on sandbank was unlikely to survive, experts had said, recommending it be left to die in peaceThe German authorities have defended their decision to allow a risky rescue attempt of a stranded whale to go ahead, despite experts warning it was “inadvisable” because the animal was hur...

Donna Ferguson and Guardian staff
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