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Humza Yousaf resigns as Scotland first minister – what next for SNP?
It was a self-inflicted downfall – and Humza Yousaf admitted that himself. He miscalculated – hoping for a friendly divorce with the Greens but making it a bitter one.
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FactCheck: why has Humza Yousaf resigned as Scotland’s First Minister?
The story begins with his predecessor, Nicola Sturgeon.
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500 years of music: exhibition challenges when Black British music began
From jazz to jungle, Black British music has topped the charts and inspired generations. Now a new exhibition charts its history and the places it was born, from the kerbsides, clubs, and carnivals. But it also goes way back before the 20th century – charting hundreds of years of Black musical history. I went down…
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‘We’ve got to do more’, says World Food Programme’s Palestine Director
We spoke to Matthew Hollingworth, the country director for Palestine for the World Food Programme, who is in Gaza, and began by asking about the potential Rafah operation, and what impact that could have on the people there.
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Palestinian president expects Israel will go into Rafah ‘in coming days’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he believes Israel will go into Rafah in the next few days. He told a conference in Saudi Arabia, an Israeli assault on Gaza’s southernmost city could force much of the population to flee the territory, and the only country that can stop it is the US.
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Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out July general election, again
Rishi Sunak has again refused to rule out a July general election, amid speculation that a disastrous set of local elections results, this coming Thursday, could force his hand. The Prime Minister said he would not “say anything more” than he had already said, which is that the national poll is likely to be in…
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Local elections: every Dorset council seat is up for grabs
Millions of voters will get their last chance on Thursday to cast a ballot before the general election. Around 2,600 councillors will be elected in 107 local authorities across England. Labour are expected to make gains – and some polls predict that the Conservatives could lose around half the seats they are defending. There will…
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‘It was hard not to laugh on set’ – Swede Caroline lead on root vegetable mockumentary
It’s like an Agatha Christie mystery – but with giant vegetables. That’s one way of seeing the comedy-thriller Swede Caroline – a new mockumentary set in the cut-throat world of over-sized veg competitions. The movie follows up-and-coming star Caroline who, after having her prized marrows stolen, is led on a chase through corporate corruption, insider…
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Teachers to be allowed guns in Tennessee schools
Divisions in the United States over gun control will be amplified in the run up to November’s presidential election. That has been particularly stark in the state of Tennessee. A year ago a shooting at a school in the state capital Nashville that left three nine-year-olds dead sparked protests in the legislative building. Democrat representative…
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Tory MP defects to Labour over NHS ‘chaos’
The Tory MP and former health minister Dan Poulter has defected to Labour, saying his recent shifts as an NHS doctor made it impossible for him to continue as a Conservative in the Commons. He is the first Tory MP to defect to Labour since Christian Wakeford crossed the floor in January 2022 in protest…
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Al Sharpton on US campus wars and the US election race between ‘two old white men’
We’ve been speaking to the civil rights activist The Reverend Al Sharpton. He discussed the coming US election and the decision by philosophy professor and left-wing activist Cornel West to run for the presidency as an independent. But first, we began by asking him about the pro-Palestine demonstrations that have divided people on US campuses.
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Israel-Gaza war continues to fuel protests and division in US, France and UK
Two men have been arrested at the pro-Palestine march in London – one for holding a placard with a swastika on it and another for what police said was an alleged racist remark towards counter-protesters. That static counter-demo was organised by pro-Israel group Enough is Enough. There has also been more unrest on university campuses…
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Faithless’ Sister Bliss on raving in the 90s, remembering Maxi Jazz and returning to live shows
They were one of the defining bands of the 90s rave movement. From the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury to clubs in Ibiza, Faithless sold more than 15 million records.
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Former Post Office executive’s evidence like ‘word soup’, says inquiry barrister
The inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has heard that the Post Office’s first reaction to the suicide of a subpostmaster it accused of stealing was to hire a media lawyer to protect its reputation.
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Reading attack inquest: Deaths were “probably avoidable”
An inquest has concluded that the deaths of three friends who were stabbed in Reading four years ago were “probably avoidable”.