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Pakistani grooming gang suspect ‘refuses to give date for return to UK’
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Pakistani grooming gang suspect ‘refuses to give date for return to UK’

Rukhsar Ahmed was recently elected an MP in Pakistan while on bail over alleged child rape in 1990s ManchesterA grooming gang suspect released on bail in the UK and then re-elected as an MP in Pakistan has reportedly declined to say when he would return to face rape charges.The Guardian disclosed th...

Shah Meer Balochand Rajeev Syal
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China expresses ‘grave concern’ as internal documents reveal suicide warning before death in Melbourne immigration detention
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China expresses ‘grave concern’ as internal documents reveal suicide warning before death in Melbourne immigration detention

Exclusive: Serious questions raised about whether Chinese citizen was properly monitored at centre run by US prison giantGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe US private prison company running Australia’s immigration system was warned that a newly detained Chinese citizen ex...

Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
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Captain charged after woman and five-month-old die in New York boat capsizing
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Captain charged after woman and five-month-old die in New York boat capsizing

Manuel Hernandez charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment after boat overturned in New York harborThe captain of a boat that capsized in the New York harbor on Saturday evening has been charged following the deaths of a 27-year-old woman and five-month-old girl.Manuel Hernandez, 46, was arres...

Eric Berger
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Taylor Swift songs removed from Trump and White House’s social media posts
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Taylor Swift songs removed from Trump and White House’s social media posts

Rage-baiting efforts of Trump accounts silenced after posts such as a video linking her Red album to RepublicansSome of Taylor Swift’s songs have been removed from videos posted on social media by Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House, silencing efforts to mock the pop star.A video posted 3 Au...

Eric Berger
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Chinese EV sales surge to new high in Europe putting tariffs under scrutiny
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Chinese EV sales surge to new high in Europe putting tariffs under scrutiny

Imports this year now account for 14% of the market amid claims vehicles are being dumped in the EU and UKChinese electric car sales have risen across Europe to a record high driven by strong demand and low tariffs in the UK and a surge in buyers in Italy.Against a backdrop of claims that Chinese ca...

Jasper Jolly
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A pretty penny: three Banksy artworks cost taxpayers £150,000 in upkeep
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A pretty penny: three Banksy artworks cost taxpayers £150,000 in upkeep

Shadow justice secretary says artist should foot bill, while others say his murals make art accessibleThree Banksy artworks have cost taxpayers almost £150,000 in cleaning, security and other costs, with the bill expected to rise.The largest bill relates to a mural painted on the Royal Courts of Jus...

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
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Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK
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Most X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UK

Exclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were located overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from USMore than half the accounts that posted on Elon Musk’s X about the rioting in Belfast and the civil disorder in Southampton in June were based outside the UK, an analysis by the Guardian can...

Carmen Aguilar García, Michael Goodier, Pamela Duncan and Dan Sabbagh
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Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Saudi oil refinery
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Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for attack on Saudi oil refinery

Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Iran issues tough demands to reopen of strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesYemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the kingdom signed ⁠a defence p...

Guardian staff and agencies
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Top Democrats simulate election threats as Trump continues assault on voting
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Top Democrats simulate election threats as Trump continues assault on voting

Chuck Schumer and other senators took part in exercises in which legal experts laid out election disruption scenariosIn a Washington DC conference room last month, some of the most senior Democrats in the US Senate gathered to plan for a prospect that only recently would have felt more attune to sci...

George Chidi
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Body of woman found in suitcase by side of road in regional NSW
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Body of woman found in suitcase by side of road in regional NSW

Police called to Oallen, about 40km south of Goulburn, on Sunday afternoon after suitcase discovered near Wolgon RoadGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe body of a woman has been found in a suitcase by the side of a road in regional New South Wales south of Goulburn.NSW pol...

Guardian staff
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Press access spat adds to fears of circus around Luigi Mangione murder trial
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Press access spat adds to fears of circus around Luigi Mangione murder trial

Lawyers for man accused of killing healthcare CEO Brian Thompson raise red flags about limits on reportersWeeks before Luigi Mangione faces a jury over the killing of the UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, the hugely anticipated proceedings already have potential to reach trial-of-the-centur...

Victoria Bekiempis in New York
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Andy Burnham to tour Britain in effort to reconnect government with public
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Andy Burnham to tour Britain in effort to reconnect government with public

PM expected to announce policies to tackle cost of living and indicate intent to help improve country’s high streetsAndy Burnham is to undertake a national tour this coming week as he aims to improve the government’s connection with the British public during his premiership.The prime minister is exp...

Raphael Boyd
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Home Office ‘error’ leaves Italian man’s wife with no right to stay in UK
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Home Office ‘error’ leaves Italian man’s wife with no right to stay in UK

Man is told he should not have been granted settled status so he can no longer sponsor Brazilian wife to remainA 33-year-old Italian engineer who has been in London since 2018 has been plunged into a battle with the Home Office after officials told him they made a mistake allowing him to stay in the...

Lisa O’Carroll
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AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s
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AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s

Finance sector will gain from the tech but it will need substantial investment and create risks, says rating agencyThe rating agency Moody’s has said the race to adopt AI is putting big banks at the mercy of a small group of Silicon Valley firms, leaving them vulnerable to widespread outages and pri...

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
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Sweet, soft and strong: TikTok turns Japanese milk bread into latest UK food craze
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Sweet, soft and strong: TikTok turns Japanese milk bread into latest UK food craze

Natto toast, fresh fruit sandwiches and soufflé pancakes all part of growing interest in east Asian cuisineGolden brown and glistening with melted butter, a tray of freshly baked bread fills the screen in a TikTok video. The camera lingers on the glossy tops before one bun is gently pulled apart, re...

Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent
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Costa Rican diplomat emerges as strong contender to be first female head of UN
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Costa Rican diplomat emerges as strong contender to be first female head of UN

Rebeca Grynspan seen as continuity candidate with tacit support from current secretary general, António GuterresA Costa Rican diplomat and former vice-president whose parents were refugees from the Holocaust has become the surprise frontrunner to lead the United Nations as its first female secretary...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Russian family denied asylum in Finland fear reprisals for pro-Ukraine activism
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Russian family denied asylum in Finland fear reprisals for pro-Ukraine activism

Nikita and Olga Belov say they will be persecuted on return to Moscow but are yet to convince Finnish authoritiesA Russian family faces deportation from Finland after repeatedly being denied asylum – despite the threat of arrest, imprisonment and potential torture for their pro-Ukrainian activism.Ni...

Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
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