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What would a ‘hard border’ in Northern Ireland actually look like?
Leo Varadkar’s office has told FactCheck that Ireland would not build any physical infrastructure on the border – even if there is no deal.
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Feminist groups lose battle to have strip club closed
Female strippers are celebrating after the club they work in had its licence renewed – despite a campaign by feminist groups to have it closed down.
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Saudis reveal ‘evidence’ Iran behind oil attacks
Saudi officials today displayed drone and cruise missile parts which they claim prove Iran’s involvement in the attack on the heart of the Saudi Arabian oil industry.
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Johnson confronted during hospital visit – and Supreme Court hears prorogation case
A visit to a hospital in East London might have been designed to give Boris Johnson a break from Brexit, but it didn’t keep him away from an angry political confrontation.A visit to a hospital in East London might have been designed to give Boris Johnson a break from Brexit, but it didn’t keep him away from an angry political confrontation.
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Calls for council tax debtors to be spared jail in England
England is now the only country in the UK where you can be sent to jail for council tax debt.
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Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake on jailing council tax debtors: ‘I would prefer not to have that sanction, but if it’s necessary, we should keep it’
Chris Daw QC is the author of the Social Market Foundation report, and Kevin Hollinrake is a Conservative MP and member of the Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.
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Netanyahu’s future uncertain as Israel elections produce stalemate
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting to hold on to his job after he fell short of winning a majority in the country’s national elections.
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Climate crisis: Americans forced to move twice because of rising sea levels
Let’s return to our special series on climate change. We’ve toured the glaciers of the Arctic and Europe.
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Ratcliffe’s Ineos chooses Bridgend for 4×4 plant
Today Sir Jim Ratcliffe announced he is bringing up to 500 jobs to South Wales where his firm Ineos Automotive will be building a new 4×4 vehicle.
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Whistleblowing climate scientist Dr Maria Caffrey: ‘It wasn’t about providing truth… it was about toeing the line with the Trump administration’
Dr Maria Caffrey was a climate scientist in the US National Parks Service when Barack Obama was President.
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FactCheck: Corbyn’s changing Brexit stance
Is Labour now the party of remain?
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‘Alarming if Supreme Court thinks what Boris Johnson has done is acceptable,’ says SNP’s Joanna Cherry
We speak to Joanna Cherry, who is at the forefront of the Scottish legal challenge to parliament’s suspension.
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Barrister Francis Hoar: ‘Parliament doesn’t have mandate for policies it is pursuing’
Francis Hoar is a Brexit-supporting barrister and a member of Lawyers for Britain, a group formed to support the country’s decision to leave the EU.
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Swinson pledges to cancel Brexit on first day of Lib Dem government
Riding high on a wave of defections from other political parties, Jo Swinson gave her first conference speech as Liberal Democrat leader today.
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The other Amazon forest fire that no-one is talking about
While the fires in the Brazilian Amazon have made headlines across the world for the past weeks, in neighbouring Bolivia fires have also been raging.
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Supreme Court challenge over Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament
The highest court in the country heard today that, in the last 50 years, “no prime minister has abused his powers” in the way that Boris Johnson did when he prorogued Parliament for five weeks.
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Dozens killed in Taliban bombings in Afghanistan
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks in Afghanistan, one of them at a presidential election rally that left dozens dead.
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Israel: Netanyahu seeks fifth term in repeat elections
Israel’s elections are notoriously difficult to call – and the stakes for one of the great survivors of global politics could hardly be greater. If Prime Minister Netanyahu doesn’t get a fifth term in office, he could face prosecution for bribery and corruption.
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Teenage girl killed in park ‘caught up in drug turf war’
A jury has heard how teenage girl scout Jodie Chesney was caught up in a dispute between drug dealers and was an “entirely blameless” victim.
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Major drug firm looking to charter aircraft because of no-deal Brexit concerns
While the legal and political arguments rage on over Brexit, companies are still having to work on the assumption that a no-deal exit may happen in 44 days’ time.
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Public inquiry to be held into two Scottish hospitals
Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital has been beset with problems since it opened in 2015, whist Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People is yet to open.
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Sir Antony Gormley on his Royal Academy exhibition
He is internationally renowned for creating iron sculptures of his own body. Now Sir Antony Gormley, one of our greatest living artists, has a new solo exhibition at London’s Royal Academy. It includes new works and many old ones dating back to the 70s. His fascination with the body and its place in the world…
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How climate change is melting the biggest glacier in the Alps
We’ve just lived through the four warmest years on record, say scientists. And in Switzerland, temperature rises are twice the global mean. In fact, if nothing is done to tackle climate change, all the glaciers in the Alps could vanish by the end of the century. A move to make Switzerland carbon neutral by 2050…
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Convicted murderer used in knife crime campaign
A man who was jailed for life for carrying out a murder when he was a schoolboy is now spearheading a new campaign against knife crime.
