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Slovenia to air films about Palestine instead of Eurovision song contest
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Slovenia to air films about Palestine instead of Eurovision song contest

Ireland and Spain will also not broadcast Eurovision after decision to boycott event over Israel’s participationNational broadcasters in Ireland, Spain and Slovenia will not air the Eurovision song contest this year, after they decided to boycott the event over Israel’s participation.Having announce...

Philip Oltermann European culture editor
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UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war
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UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war

Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of Hormuz as part of a multinational mission to keep open the strategic wa...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
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Thousands call on UK ministers to cut ties with US tech giant Palantir
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Thousands call on UK ministers to cut ties with US tech giant Palantir

More than 200,000 have signed petitions urging the government to break contracts amid concerns about the company’s ‘supervillain’ manifestoMore than 200,000 people have called on ministers to break contracts with Palantir in an apparent groundswell of public concern about the US tech company’s role...

Robert Booth UK technology editor
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Dozens of Mexican mafia members arrested in California crackdown
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Dozens of Mexican mafia members arrested in California crackdown

Prosecutors say 43 people indicted on charges including murder, kidnapping, extortion and drug traffickingMore than two dozen members and associates of the Mexican mafia were arrested during an early morning crackdown in southern California, federal authorities said on Thursday.The FBI and other fed...

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Extended naval blockade is an admission US military escalation poses even greater risk
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Extended naval blockade is an admission US military escalation poses even greater risk

Battle of the blockades may still have more time to run as both the US and Iran try to assert control over the strait of HormuzDonald Trump’s decision to extend the naval blockade of Iran indefinitely may do nothing to reduce world oil prices – but it could amount to a recognition that further US mi...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
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Trump’s navy secretary ousted over dispute about shipbuilding
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Trump’s navy secretary ousted over dispute about shipbuilding

John Phelan firing caused by poor relationship with Pete Hegseth and slow movement on shipbuilding, sources sayThe Trump administration fired its top naval official on Wednesday in a move unrelated to the ongoing naval blockade of Iran’s strait of Hormuz, but instead over over an internal dispute ab...

Joseph Gedeon and Hugo Lowell in Washington
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What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?
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What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?

Volunteers’ data has enabled medical breakthroughs, but there are questions over how that data is protectedWith the revelation that the confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been put up for sale on a Chinese website, we take a look at what the UK Biobank project has a...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent
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Is the tide turning for Ukraine in war with Russia? – The Latest
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Is the tide turning for Ukraine in war with Russia? – The Latest

With the EU approving a €90bn loan for Ukraine, a surprise visit from Prince Harry, and data suggesting Russian troops made almost no territorial gains in March – are there reasons for optimism in Kyiv? Lucy Hough speaks to senior international correspondent Luke Harding – watch on YouTube Continue...

Presented by Lucy Hough with Luke Harding; producer Bryony Moore; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin; lead producer Zoe Hitch
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NYT alleges FBI investigated reporter over story on Kash Patel’s girlfriend
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NYT alleges FBI investigated reporter over story on Kash Patel’s girlfriend

Inquiry began in March after report on security arrangements involving FBI director’s girlfriend, NYT saysSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter after the newspaper published a story raising concerns about th...

Marina Dunbar
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Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel went bust owing £4.6m, report says
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Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel went bust owing £4.6m, report says

HMRC owed more than £640,00 by company that advised clients such as TikTok, GSK and PalantirPeter Mandelson’s former consultancy business, Global Counsel, went bust owing £4.6m – including more than £600,000 to the taxman – a report by the group’s administrators reveals.The company, which provided a...

Simon Goodley
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Michael Tilson Thomas, award-winning conductor and composer, dies aged 81
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Michael Tilson Thomas, award-winning conductor and composer, dies aged 81

Renowned artist, who won 12 Grammys, died at home after being diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain cancerSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMichael Tilson Thomas, a leading American conductor for a half-century who headed orchestras in Buffalo, Miami,...

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UK braces for price rises driven by Iran war as economic confidence plummets
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UK braces for price rises driven by Iran war as economic confidence plummets

Consumer confidence hit its lowest level since October 2023 this month, with surveys showing the cost pressures companies are facingConfidence in the UK economy has fallen sharply amid the mounting economic fallout from the Iran war, surveys show, as businesses prepare to raise their prices and cons...

Richard Partington and Tom Knowles
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EU formally approves €90bn Ukraine loan and 20th sanctions package against Russia
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EU formally approves €90bn Ukraine loan and 20th sanctions package against Russia

Leaders will discuss how to respond to surging energy prices amid the war in the Middle EastEurope live – latest updatesEU leaders have welcomed the end of diplomatic deadlock over a long-awaited €90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine, after the bloc finalised the agreement along with a 20th sanctions packa...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
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Nine in 10 UK voters across parties support right to abortion, poll finds
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Nine in 10 UK voters across parties support right to abortion, poll finds

YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people support the right to access an abortion – although young people, in particular, fear reproductive rig...

Hannah Al-Othman
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BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders
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BP board suffers triple climate rebellion from shareholders

More than 50% of voters at first AGM under new leadership oppose plans to scrap climate reportingBP’s board has suffered a triple climate rebellion in its first shareholder meeting since appointing new leadership to steer the embattled oil company.More than 50% of shareholders voting at the company’...

Jillian Ambrose
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UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries
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UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

Removal site in Dunkirk will hold people of 10 nationalities trying to reach UK in small boats under new £660m deal with FrenchUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK will pay for 200 French officers to detain and deport people seeking asylum from some of the world’s most oppressive and war-ravaged...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
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Warner Bros Discovery vote to approve $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance
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Warner Bros Discovery vote to approve $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance

The merger will still require governmental approval and could be delayed by a lawsuit seeking to block itShareholders of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) voted “overwhelmingly” to approve the company’s $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance, the parent company of CBS News, on Thursday.But shareholders vot...

Jeremy Barr in Washington
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