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UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo
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UK position on Falklands will not change, No 10 says after leaked Pentagon memo

Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran warUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s position on the Falklands is resolute and unchanging, Downing Street has insisted, after a leaked Pentagon internal email proposed the US should...

Dan Sabbagh, Peter Walker and Sam Jones
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EU leaders agree blueprint for mutual assistance pact amid Trump’s criticism of ‘very disappointing Nato’
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EU leaders agree blueprint for mutual assistance pact amid Trump’s criticism of ‘very disappointing Nato’

Members will plan how to come to each other’s aid in the event of an attack as Nato faces worst crisis in its historyBrussels officials will draw up a plan on how to use the EU’s little-known mutual assistance pact in the event of a foreign attack, as Donald Trump’s criticism of Nato intensifies.EU...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Sam Jones in Madrid
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Young people may not recognise they have been victims of stalking, says CPS
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Young people may not recognise they have been victims of stalking, says CPS

Crown Prosecution Service launches action plan to help potential victims and perpetrators understand behavioursYoung people may not even realise they have been victims of stalking, the Crown Prosecution Service has said as it launched a scheme to tackle a rise in offending.The number of stalking off...

Hannah Al-Othman
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Man, 32, jailed for life for rape and assault of Sikh woman in Walsall
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Man, 32, jailed for life for rape and assault of Sikh woman in Walsall

John Ashby to serve minimum of 14 years after admitting rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assaultA man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years for the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman.John Ashby, 32, had admitted charges of ra...

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Trump psychedelics order largely symbolic, analysts say
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Trump psychedelics order largely symbolic, analysts say

Executive order to speed access to psychedelic treatments likely to have limited legal impact despite high-profile pushThe Trump administration issued an executive order earlier this month to accelerate access to psychedelic medication for people with “serious mental illnesses,” but experts say the...

Hannah Harris Green
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Microsoft and Meta cut thousands of staff as they bet big on AI | First Thing
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Microsoft and Meta cut thousands of staff as they bet big on AI | First Thing

Meta to lay off 10% of its staff and Microsoft to offer retirement to 7% of US workforce. Plus, Iron Maiden at 50Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Meta and Microsoft are cutting thousands of employees as they bet big on AI and executives claim that the technology...

Clea Skopeliti
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Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department
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Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department

Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectationsBritain should start talking about rejoining the EU, according to a former senior civil servant who ran the Brexit department.Philip Rycroft, who was permanent secretary of the Department for Exitin...

Rowena Mason and Lisa O’Carroll
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Scholars, writers and artists defy ban on Palestine Action in letter to judges
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Scholars, writers and artists defy ban on Palestine Action in letter to judges

Exclusive: Prominent figures risk arrest with message of support for proscribed group before next week’s appeal hearingUK politics live – latest updatesSally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, and Brian Eno have written to the court of appeal in support of Palestine Action before next week’s hearing to determi...

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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Stock markets will fall, Bank of England deputy governor says
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Stock markets will fall, Bank of England deputy governor says

Sarah Breeden predicts ‘adjustment’ due to elevated risk including private credit and highly valued AI stocksBusiness live – latest updatesRecord-high global stock markets do not reflect the risks in the global economy, and will fall back, a deputy governor at the Bank of England has warned.Sarah Br...

Graeme Wearden
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Ukrainian soldiers left emaciated on frontline from lack of food and water
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Ukrainian soldiers left emaciated on frontline from lack of food and water

Top commander fired after wife of one malnourished soldier posted shocking images on social mediaUkraine’s defence ministry has fired a top commander after photos emerged of a group of emaciated soldiers who have been left on the frontline for months without proper food and water.The scandal erupted...

Luke Harding in Kyiv
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McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson
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McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson

Starmer’s former chief of staff says he does not recognise media’s portrayal of him before evidence hearing with MPsUK politics live – latest updatesMorgan McSweeney has denied claims he bullied civil servants into appointing Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the UK, before an evidence hearing wit...

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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Tokyo workers asked to swap suits for shorts to combat energy costs and heat
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Tokyo workers asked to swap suits for shorts to combat energy costs and heat

Officials hope more casual attire for public servants will save electricity during Iran war as summer approachesPublic servants working for the Tokyo metropolitan government are being encouraged to swap their suits for shorts this summer to combat sweltering heat and rising energy costs caused by th...

Justin McCurry in Tokyo
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Soundtrack of the sea: divers use underwater speakers to help dying coral reefs
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Soundtrack of the sea: divers use underwater speakers to help dying coral reefs

Divers are installing waterproof speakers in the ocean to help pull a coral reef near Jamaica back from the brinkThe northern coast of Jamaica once served as the backdrop for scenes in the James Bond thriller No Time to Die. But today, beneath those same turquoise waves, a real-life mission is unfol...

Ben Tracy of Climate Central
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DoJ watchdog will investigate release of Epstein files – US politics live
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DoJ watchdog will investigate release of Epstein files – US politics live

An internal watchdog will review the agency’s handling of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, including whether relevant documents were properly redactedSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAn internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to p...

Tom Ambrose
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Syria arrests suspected leader of Tadamon massacre
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Syria arrests suspected leader of Tadamon massacre

Amjad Youssef one of most-wanted fugitives in relation to slaughter of almost 290 civilians under AssadA Syrian former regime official suspected of leading a notorious civilian massacre revealed by the Guardian – and who became one of the country’s most-wanted fugitives after the fall of Bashar al-A...

Michael Safi and Melvyn Ingleby
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