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82% increase in reports of sexual violence in universities
Universities that provided figures to Channel 4 News showed an alarming rise in reports – from 65 in 2014, to 626 in 2018.
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MPs vote to stop PM proroguing parliament for no-deal Brexit
MPs have inflicted yet another defeat on the Government over Brexit – backing a move which could stop the next Prime Minister shutting down Parliament to force through a no-deal exit from the EU.
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Trump supporters chant ‘send her back’ at mentions of Somalia-born US citizen congresswoman Ilhan Omar
Today Mr Trump distanced himself from the chant, claiming he disagreed with it.
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‘I wish there were more Republicans who would stand up to this racist rhetoric’ – former Republican communications director
We’re joined from Washington DC by Tara Setmayer, a former Republican communications director on Capitol Hill and host of the podcast Honestly Speaking With Tara.
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Rebel MPs ‘part of a continuing movement to make sure we leave with a decent deal,’ says Margot James
We speak to Margot James who resigned her ministerial position after supporting that amendment designed to block the next prime minister from suspending parliament. I began by asking her why she did it.
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Still ‘not impossible’ for next PM to prorogue parliament – despite Commons vote
We speak to Professor Anand Menon, Director of the think-tank UK In A Changing Europe, and begin by asking him if MPs have now ensured that Boris Johnson could not prorogue parliament if he becomes prime minister.
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No-deal Brexit could cost UK £30 billion a year, watchdog warns
A no-deal Brexit could end up costing the government’s budget as much as thirty billion pounds every year – pushing it into recession, according to the public finances watchdog.
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Brother of Manchester Arena bomber appears in court
Hashem Abedi was arrested by police officers after he was extradited from Libya yesterday.
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Dozens dead in suspected arson attack on Japanese studio
33 people have been killed after a man shouting “you die” burned down an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto.
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82% increase in reports of sexual violence in universities
Universities that provided figures to Channel 4 News showed an alarming rise in reports – from 65 in 2014, to 626 in 2018.
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Singer-songwriter KD Lang on music and being a queer pioneer
The singer KD Lang’s landmark album ‘Ingénue’ catapulted the star into an icon 27 years ago.
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Plaid and Greens stand aside for Lib Dems in Brecon by-election
It was triggered by local voters after their Tory MP was convicted over a false expenses claim.
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Richard Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson’s comments about Nazanin ‘have had consequences’
If Johnson is declared Prime Minister will his self-declared “good relationship” with Trump make it less likely that Zaghari-Ratcliffe will be released any time soon?
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Trump’s attack on congresswomen condemned as racist by US House
The vote, which passed mainly along party lines, led to a bitter debate on race, ethnicity and political ideology in the US today.
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Labour peer Joan Bakewell: Corbyn ‘needs to show more leadership’ on anti-Semitism
We asked the Labour party to respond to the peers’ anti-Semitism allegations. Nobody was available for interview. We spoke to the Labour peer Joan Bakewell, who was one of the signatories to the newspaper advertisement, and began by asking why she put her name to the complaint.
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May says she’s ‘worried about state of politics’ in farewell speech
Some saw that as a message for her likely successor Boris Johnson.
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared public health emergency
The announcement comes after the death of a man from Ebola in Goma, a major city in DRC.
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Manchester Arena bomber’s brother to appear in court charged with murder
Greater Manchester Police have been waiting for two years to bring Hashem Abedi back to the UK.
