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Mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby asks politicians not to leverage child’s death: ‘My heart is broken into a million pieces’
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Mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby asks politicians not to leverage child’s death: ‘My heart is broken into a million pieces’

Labor introduced condolence motions in parliament on Tuesday to honour the five-year-old who was allegedly murdered in Alice Springs last monthWarning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have diedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news...

Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporter
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British Steel nationalisation: what went wrong, and what happens now?
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British Steel nationalisation: what went wrong, and what happens now?

Keir Starmer’s plan for full state ownership marks latest chapter in Scunthorpe plant’s troubled historyFull nationalisation of British Steel expected in king’s speechNils Pratley: More questions than answers on the futureFour queens – blast furnaces named after Anne, Bess (Elizabeth), Victoria and...

Jasper Jolly
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Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging
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Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging

Calbee to switch its brightly coloured packaging to black and white because war has disrupted supply of certain raw materials used in inkJapan’s biggest snack maker has been forced to use black-and-white packaging for some flagship products because of ink ingredient shortages caused by the strait of...

Gavin Blair in Tokyo
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Teen bedroom art installation shines spotlight on Ukraine’s stolen children
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Teen bedroom art installation shines spotlight on Ukraine’s stolen children

Since the start of the current conflict, more than 20,500 Ukrainian children have been taken by RussiaIt looks like a typical teenager’s bedroom: football shirts on the wall, crumpled clothes on the floor, exercise books open on the desk. But it is a work of political art, intended to evoke the empt...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
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Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour
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Wes Streeting faces narrow road to Labour members’ favour

Health secretary’s soft-right credentials put him at a disadvantage even with reduced membership under StarmerUK politics live – latest updates“Country first, party second” is a mantra Keir Starmer and his cabinet have repeated since being in opposition, seeking to draw a dividing line between Labou...

Aletha Adu Political correspondent
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Canberra teenager charged over allegedly planning ACT terror attack
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Canberra teenager charged over allegedly planning ACT terror attack

Seventeen-year-old, previously charged over alleged extremist material, now faces additional charges relating to allegedly preparing for an attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Canberra teenager has become the first...

Caitlin Cassidy
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Zelenskyy’s ex-chief of staff accused in Ukraine corruption investigation
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Zelenskyy’s ex-chief of staff accused in Ukraine corruption investigation

Anti-graft agencies say Andriy Yermak suspected of participating in criminal group that laundered $10.5m in housing project, which he denies ownership inUkrainian authorities have named Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s powerful former chief of staff as a suspect in a major corruption investigation, a move like...

Reuters
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Cannes spotlight reverts to auteurs as Hollywood retreats from film festival
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Cannes spotlight reverts to auteurs as Hollywood retreats from film festival

Absence of big US films heralds renewed focus on international cinema that underpins festival’s reputationFor decades, Cannes has occupied a unique place in the cultural imagination – not just as the world’s most prestigious film festival, but as Hollywood’s most glamorous overseas outpost.From Grac...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
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More than 6,000 children treated at obesity clinics in England, figures show
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More than 6,000 children treated at obesity clinics in England, figures show

Hundreds of four-year-olds among ‘extremely overweight’ patients at 39 specialist centres since 2021More than 6,000 children living with obesity, including hundreds as young as four, have required treatment at specialist NHS weight-loss clinics, new figures reveal.NHS England data, published for the...

Anna Bawden in Istanbul
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Why does everyone hate Keir Starmer? – podcast
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Why does everyone hate Keir Starmer? – podcast

Aditya Chakrabortty on the Labour leader’s predicament – and if he may be the last prime minister of the two-party systemIn these highly polarised times, dunking on the prime minister – and this PM in particular – is the one thing that seems to unite people in fury, disappointment and loathing. So a...

Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Aditya Chakrabortty; produced by Eli Block, Tom Glasser, Angelica Jopson and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Homa Khaleeli
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Mayor of California city resigns over charges of being a foreign agent of China
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Mayor of California city resigns over charges of being a foreign agent of China

Eileen Wang, 58, mayor of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty over the felony count brought by the justice departmentEileen Wang, the mayor of a southern California city, resigned suddenly on Monday after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced she had been charged with acting as an illegal foreign...

Diana Ramirez-Simon
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Trump officials cancel rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands
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Trump officials cancel rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands

Move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned landThe interior department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling,...

Associated Press
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The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China
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The big questions hanging over the Trump-Xi meeting in China

Taiwan, tariffs and the strait of Hormuz are on the meeting’s agenda for Beijing – but will the US president be forced to ask for help in ending his war with Iran?On 20 February, a White House official confirmed that US president Donald Trump would be travelling to Beijing the following month to mee...

Amy Hawkins in Beijing
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UK households cut back spending at fastest rate in 18 months, Barclays says
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UK households cut back spending at fastest rate in 18 months, Barclays says

Dip in credit card spending in April, particularly on travel, suggests Britons preparing for harder times amid Iran war falloutHouseholds cut back on their spending in April at the fastest pace in 18 months, as the conflict in the Middle East provoked fears of another cost of living crisis, a report...

Tom Knowles
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Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’
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Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’

Research from UCL suggests visiting art galleries or museums, singing and painting can help improve health outcomesSinging, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, according to the latest study to link taking an active interest in art and culture with improved health.T...

Denis Campbell Health policy editor
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Birmingham City University urged not to axe Black studies MA
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Birmingham City University urged not to axe Black studies MA

More than 100 figures sign open letter criticising closure, just months after MA was launchedMore than 100 academics, writers and activists from around the world have signed an open letter condemning plans to close an MA in Black studies and global justice at Birmingham City University (BCU), just m...

Sally Weale Education correspondent
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