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America after Roe
We speak to Professor Mary Ziegler, who has written extensively on abortion rights in America, and to Tamaya Cox-Toure from ACLU Oklahoma
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Stalked: the story of Gracie Spinks – did police fail to spot a killer?
It’s just over a year since 23-year-old Gracie Spinks was found dead after reporting being stalked
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Ukraine war: how long will the conflict go on?
What does victory look like for Ukraine, for Russia and for the West?
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Ukraine war: Russia says it’s captured eastern city Lysychansk
Russia’s defense minister says his country’s forces have taken control of the last major city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of the Donbas region.
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Millions march at Pride amid global LGBTQ+ rights struggle
Globally much of the LGBTQ+ community has felt more empowered over the decades but there is a growing sense that both here and abroad, those hard-won rights are being scaled back – even actively fought against.
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Expect ‘summer of stress’ holidaymakers warned
Travel consultant Paul Charles is a former director at Virgin Atlantic and Eurostar. We asked what this summer had in store for holidaymakers.
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Russia Ukraine war: Brits charged as mercenaries by pro-Russian forces
The Foreign Office has condemned what it describes as the exploitation of prisoners of war for political purposes after two British men, captured in April by pro-Russian forces, were charged with being mercenaries in Ukraine.
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Zara Aleena: Hundreds march at vigil of murder victim
They finished the journey she wasn’t able to complete. A week ago Zara Aleena was killed as she walked home from a night out. Today hundreds walked in her memory at a vigil organised by her family highlighting the epidemic of violence against women and girls.
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Pride at 50: How much has changed for the LGBTQ+ community?
Warning: This report contains an account of a homophobic attack and offensive language.
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Bank transfer scams reach record levels
It’s a fraud which is costing banks and consumers millions of pounds every month – cases of Authorised Push Payment fraud have reached record levels.
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Afghanistan: Taliban leader declares group will never bow to America
The Taliban’s reclusive leader has declared that the group would never bow to America, even if the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Afghanistan.
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Russia threatens to close last UN humanitarian aid route to Syria
Russia has also threatened to veto a UN resolution that guarantees the entry of international aid to Syria’s rebel-held areas in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. That would close down the last UN humanitarian aid route into Syria.
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Russia must have ‘no say’ over Ukraine’s EU membership bid, says EU’s Ambassador to Ukraine
The European Union is expected to approve the first one billion euros of economic aid to Ukraine later today to help meet what it called the country’s urgent needs.
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Ukraine war: Russian missile strike kills at least 20 near Odesa
At least 21 people have been killed in Ukraine after a Russian missile attack on a resort village near Odesa during the night.
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‘This is what living with Covid looks like’, says Scotland’s national clinical director
Covid infection levels in the UK have risen by more than 30 per cent in a week according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics.