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Euro 2024 shooting: man with axe shot by Hamburg police
Cathy Newman: A major security operation is underway in Hamburg after German police shot and injured a man who threatened them with a pickaxe and an explosive device. He was close to a group of football fans who were gathering for the Euro 2024 Netherlands v Poland match this afternoon. Warning: distressing content
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Conservatives and Labour under pressure to explain NHS plans
Cathy Newman: An independent health think tank has accused both the Conservatives and Labour of setting out unrealistic funding for NHS England in their manifestos. The Nuffield Trust said the Conservative and Labour proposals represented an unprecedented slowdown in NHS finances. Separately, Labour came under further scrutiny for a lack of explicit funding for social…
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Social media ‘part of the problem’ in undermining politician security, says former MP
The Shadow Health Secretary has criticised a Labour peer for calling candidate Rosie Duffield “frit or lazy” after she pulled out of local hustings citing safety concerns. Lord Cashman has now apologised for the comments but the security of politicians has become an increasingly serious issue. It’s a phenomenon that is spreading across Europe with…
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IDF ‘tactical pause’ to allow Gaza aid criticised by Israel leader Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the army for its decision to pause its military offensive along the main road in southern Gaza. The Israel Defence Forces have said the daily ‘tactical pause’ will be observed between 8 in the morning and 7 at night, to allow desperately needed aid in through the Kerem…
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What do Tory heartland voters want? A view from East Sussex
The election campaign rumbles on with the polls continuing to show a Labour majority as the likeliest outcome. To get a sense of public opinion we’ve been deep into the traditional Tory heartlands of East Sussex to board the historic Bluebell railway.
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‘We want to make UK best place in world to be a female entrepreneur’, says task force co-chair
Well along with his announcement on small businesses and apprenticeships, Rishi Sunak also unveiled a new taskforce to boost private investment in organisations led by women.
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Rishi Sunak faces leadership questions ahead of looming election
Rishi Sunak has insisted ‘All conservatives are united’ despite reports of rebellious MPs plotting to oust him to avoid general election disaster.
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Israel ‘respects humanitarian aid’ says member of Netanyahu’s party
We spoke to Boaz Bismuth MK of the Likud Party.
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Israeli forces attack Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital
“Hospitals should never be battlegrounds” – the words of the World Health Organisation head today – after Al Shifa hospital in Gaza city yet again became the site of gun battles.
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Underwater sculptures highlight threat of sewage pollution
British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor makes works that are intended to slip below the waves – literally. He’s created underwater installations around the globe, from the Caribbean to Australia. His aim is to draw attention to the threats facing our seas, such as ocean warming brought on by the climate crisis. And now the issue…
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Haiti violence: ‘All roads outside capital blocked by gangs’
The US State department has announced a charter flight to fly American citizens out of Haiti as gang violence grips the nation. The situation for ordinary people remains dangerous, with police in the capital Port-au-Prince currently trying to arrest gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, known as Barbecue. Last week the escalating violence forced the resignation of…
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Rumours of plans to oust Sunak as PM dismissed by Tories
A government minister has today insisted that Rishi Sunak will fight the next election despite numerous reports of new plots among Tory MPs to unseat him as Prime Minister. It’s been a difficult week for Mr Sunak’s Downing Street operation after the row over racist comments about the MP Diane Abbott allegedly made by Frank…
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‘There is no such thing as Russian democracy’, says granddaughter of former USSR leader
Earlier we spoke to Nina Khrushcheva, professor of International Affairs in The New School in New York and granddaughter of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
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Russia elections: Anti-Putin protests on final day of voting
Within the last few minutes the first official result has been released declaring President Putin has been re-elected, with 87.8 percent of the votes. Earlier today the third and final day of voting saw long queues at voting stations in Russia, and at Russian embassies across Europe. In a bid to get round the repression…
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M25 falls silent: First-ever planned daytime closure
It’s the country’s busiest road. Of all UK motorway traffic, 15 per cent is on the M25 circling London. It became infamous for almost constant traffic jams. But today something more unusual was happening – the first ever planned daytime shutdown since it opened in 1986, for upgrading works. Passing through six counties, the M25…
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Israel anti-government protests call for a hostage release deal
As the first aid shipment to arrive by sea to Gaza is set to be distributed throughout the enclave, Israel’s intelligence chief is expected to travel to Cairo tomorrow to resume ceasefire talks with mediators. Demonstrations against the government and calling for a hostage release deal are taking place across Israel tonight.
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‘Great that Black and brown faces are in high places but really about addressing systemic racism’ – Lord Woolley
We are joined by Lord Simon Woolley, Principal of Homerton College Cambridge, and the founder of Operation Black Vote, which works to increase representation of Black people.
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Wales’ next first minister announced: Vaughan Gething
“Today we turn a page in the book of our nation’s history” – the words of the man who will become the next First Minister of Wales. Vaughan Gething was today declared the leader of the Welsh Labour Party. But he once again brushed off criticism over his acceptance of a substantial donation from a…
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Red Pitch: Award winning play about football and friendship opens in London’s West End
An award-winning play about football and friendship has just transferred to London’s West End.
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Europe ‘can’t agree’ on military assistance for Ukraine, says Lithuanian European Parliament member
We spoke to the Lithuanian MEP, Petras Auštrevičius, a former diplomat who’s on the Foreign Affairs and Security and Defence Committees in the European Parliament.
