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Secunder Kermani
Secunder Kermani is an award-winning journalist and a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News. He is one of the few foreign journalists to have reported inside rebel-held territory in Myanmar, where a brutal civil war is raging, and also…
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Sunak dismisses questions about defence spend increase
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is back from his visits to Poland and Germany, hoping that his pledge to increase defence spending has gone down well at home – not least with his restive backbenchers.
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Post Office chief Vennells knew about IT remote access says former General Counsel
The man who was once the top lawyer for the Post Office, Chris Aujard, has told the inquiry into the Horizon computer scandal that the former chief executive Paula Vennells was reluctant to cease prosecutions entirely because they acted “as a deterrent”.
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Sunak promises Rwanda deportation flights in July
Rishi Sunak has said he is determined to get his Bill to deport cross-channel asylum seekers to Rwanda through parliament tonight – even if it means MPs and Lords sitting late into the early hours The Bill cannot become law until both Houses agree – and the government says that means opposition Lords must give…
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New footage emerges from pro-Palestine demonstration as Met Police under fire
New mobile phone footage has emerged which gives a fuller picture of what happened when a campaigner against antisemitism was confronted by police at a pro-Palestine demonstration. The Metropolitan Police issued two apologies last week after a video clip was published showing Gideon Falter being described in his heated conversation with an officer as “openly…
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Israel did not express concern about UNRWA staff, independent review finds
There has been a report published into the accusations by Israel that the UN’s Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, had been infiltrated by members of terrorist organisations in Gaza
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Hundreds of bodies found in mass graves in Khan Younis
Reports are emerging from Gaza that hundreds of bodies have been found buried in a series of mass graves in Khan Younis. More than 60 bodies were discovered today at newly located mass graves inside the courtyard of the city’s Nasser hospital. Palestinian civil defence crews have said they have recovered 210 bodies, some of…
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US funding will make ‘huge difference’ in war with Russia says Ukraine
Russia has reacted with fury and has warned more in Ukraine will die after the US House of Representatives passed a military aid package worth more than $60 billion.
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Sunak vows to end UK ‘sick note culture’ with benefit reform
Rishi Sunak has set out plans to tackle what he calls Britain’s “sick note culture” and a spiralling welfare bill the country can’t afford.
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‘Loose talk about using nuclear weapons is irresponsible and unacceptable’, says head of UN’s nuclear watchdog
We spoke to Rafael Grossi, the director general of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and began by asking how concerned he was about military action near one of Iran’s nuclear sites.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement of funds from SNP
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement of funds from SNP.
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‘Shameless’ if US block our UN membership, says Palestinian ambassador
There’s expected to be a vote at the UN security council on granting Palestine full membership of the United Nations.
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‘No question’ that Rafah would be evacuated before a ground offensive says former Israeli National Security Advisor
We spoke to Major General Yaakov Amidror, a former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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Gaza is ‘humanitarian hellscape’, says UN as Israeli strikes continue
Israelis are now expecting their government’s latest military action against Iran to be after next week’s Jewish Festival of Passover.
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Tory MP suspended for alleged misuse of campaign funds
The Conservative party admits it has known about at least some of the allegations against Mark Menzies for months – but only suspended the whip in the last day.
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Hugh Grant settles privacy lawsuit against The Sun newspaper publisher
Hugh Grant has reluctantly settled a lawsuit against the publisher of The Sun newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. The actor said he’d been offered “an enormous sum of money” to keep the matter out of court, which he accepted to avoid being stuck with a…
