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Today in Focus
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Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Helen Pidd, Nosheen Iqbal and Annie Kelly combines on-the-ground reporting, insightful analysis and personal testimony from the people at the heart of the stories that matter, to give you a deeper understanding…
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‘The guards just opened the door’: what happened in Ceuta?
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Russia exploits Ukraine’s air defence shortage in deadly attack on Kyiv - The Latest
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The mystery of the missing president
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Is Gianni Infantino’s time up as Fifa president? - The Latest
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Nigel Farage and the £5m question that won’t go away
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The exonerated prisoner kicked out of office by Republicans
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The pressure to change your face
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In Bordeaux as the wildfires close in
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Infantino cashing in on World Cup: is football’s soul for sale? – The Latest
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The Epstein fixer found dead in his Paris flat
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Burnham bounce: Labour overtakes Reform in polls – The Latest
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Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping?
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Race against time to contain wildfires in France and Spain – The Latest
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How Palantir got into the NHS
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Charli xcx: does new album hit as hard as Brat? – The Latest
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The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government
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Gary Lineker joins calls for wealth tax - The Latest
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What does the BBC do for you?
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Zelenskyy ousts Ukraine army chief after protests - The Latest
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The man building swimming pools in Gaza
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US troops killed: has Trump lost control of Iran war? – The Latest
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Burnham begins: what awaits the new PM?
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Andy Burnham becomes Britain’s new prime minister – The Latest
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The battle to reclaim Epping
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The Odyssey: is Nolan adaptation worth the hype? - The Latest
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How to keep cool
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World Cup: how did it all go wrong for England? - The Latest
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The Andy Burnham I know
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UK plans social media curfew for teenagers – The Latest
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Social media curfew for teens: is it pointless? – The Latest
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The lawyer who took on Meta – and won
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Trump forced to refund billions in tariffs – The Latest
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The lonely reality of male infertility
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What’s happened to sperm?
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Ann Widdecombe murder investigation taken over by counter-terror police – The Latest
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China’s massive AI rollout
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How Trump’s intervention tarnished the World Cup – The Latest
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The missing scientists at the centre of a UFO conspiracy
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US and Iran exchange strikes: is Trump’s peace deal over? - The Latest
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Nigel Farage v Count Binface
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Trump on rampage at Nato summit: what does it mean for Ukraine? – The Latest
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Iran’s show of strength
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Nigel Farage resigns to stand in ‘people vs establishment’ byelection – The Latest
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Searching for earthquake survivors in Venezuela
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Farage under pressure over gifts from convicted fraudster – The Latest
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Has the US finally fallen in love with football?
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How a Melbourne woman’s death is shining light on the dangers of non-medical births – Full Story podcast
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Taylor Swift’s wedding: Madison Square Garden, NDAs and a princess castle – The Latest
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The return of the firing squad in Trump’s America
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How Labour diverted billions from NHS services to appease Trump – The Latest
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‘I don’t think she knew how much danger she was in’: the life and death of Annabel Rook
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Crypto, Bibles and watches: how Trump made over $2bn last year – The Latest
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How Trump made over $2bn last year – The Latest
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The Burnham blueprint, as told by one of its architects
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Is the UK spending enough on defence? – The Latest
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Where have all the first jobs gone?
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How would PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham change Britain? - The Latest
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Life on the porch of an empty mansion
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The king, his millions, and the first public royal tax bill – The Latest
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A British woman was strangled in the UK – why did the US military try her case?
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Desperate search for survivors after deadly earthquakes hit Venezuela – The Latest
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The dawn of the designer baby
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Hundreds of mothers and babies died or were harmed at ‘toxic’ hospital trust – The Latest
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Britain, Brexit, Burnham: how was it for EU?
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Deadly heatwave grips Europe with record high temperatures - The Latest
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Where did it all go wrong for Starmer?
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Starmer resigns as UK prime minister - The Latest
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The complicated truth about adoption reunions
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Think like a billionaire: part two
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Has Burnham’s win in Makerfield sealed Starmer’s fate? - The Latest
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Think like a billionaire part one
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Trump’s Iran deal: the art of the fail? – The Latest
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Culture wars: the fight to save Ukraine’s art
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Russia warship fires warning shot at British couple – The Latest
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Will a ban keep the UK’s kids off social media?
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Zelenskyy’s clever play to win over Trump at G7– The Latest
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How the murder of my sister, Jo Cox, changed Britain
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Is Trump’s deal with Iran embarrassing for the US? – The Latest
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In Makerfield for the byelection that could change everything
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Should you boycott the World Cup? – The Latest
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On the ground in the Belfast riots
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Defence secretary quits: is this the end for Starmer? – The Latest
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Mehdi Hasan on Donald Trump’s big, beautiful birthday
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The view from Belfast after a night of violent protests - The Latest
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‘Grandpa in a bunker’: is Putin losing control?
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Can Badenoch’s culture war win back Reform supporters? – The Latest
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The criminal cartels cashing in on the World Cup
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Israel and Iran trade strikes: what does this mean for peace deal? – The Latest
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The jailing of Germany’s most wanted woman
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Outrage in Albania over Kushner-Trump $1.6bn luxury resort – The Latest
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How the myth of ‘two-tier policing’ took hold
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Is the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire over before it began? - The Latest
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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK
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How the far right is exploiting the murder of Henry Nowak – The Latest
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Nicola Sturgeon’s ex and his £400,000 shopping spree
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What’s missing from ‘embarrassing’ Mandelson files? – The Latest
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The party dragging Nigel Farage further to the right
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Trump insists Iran deal close despite strikes – The Latest
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‘A husband expects a yes’: wife schools and the Christian nationalist movement
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Could Nato be dragged into war with Russia? – The Latest
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Why are our homes and cities all so hot?
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‘Lost generation’: why can’t young people get jobs? – The Latest
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Human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese on life under US sanctions
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Mandelson ties to China, Russia and Israel flagged in vetting – The Latest
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Can dating reality shows ever be safe?
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US strikes Iran as Trump faces backlash over ‘disastrous’ peace deal plan - The Latest
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Andy Burnham’s (third) bid for the Labour leadership
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Heatwave hell: are soaring temperatures the new normal? – The Latest
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The death penalty returns to Israel
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Stateside with Kai and Carter: Why the fight over abortion in US isn’t finished
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World Cup: England’s shock squad and the politics of football – The Latest
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Are we heading for another Ebola crisis?
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The far-right Israeli minister taunting detained Gaza activists – The Latest
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Competing in the pro-doping Enhanced Games
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Are Xi Jinping and Putin still ‘best friends’? – The Latest
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Did Trump really rescue Venezuela?
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Elon Musk v Sam Altman: tech bros at war over OpenAI – The Latest
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Farage’s undisclosed £5m gift
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Could the UK really rejoin the EU? – The Latest
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Munya Chawawa on making jokes as the world collapses
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Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’
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Burnham byelection: could Makerfield decide the next PM? – The Latest
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Labour, u ok hun?
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Wes walks but has Burnham got the momentum? – The Latest
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Trump, Hegseth, Musk: Maga lands in Beijing
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Streeting to fire starting gun in Starmer leadership battle – The Latest
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Is Big Brother watching you shop?
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Stubborn Starmer defies Labour plotters - The Latest
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Why does everyone hate Keir Starmer?
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Starmer clings on after election disaster - The Latest
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The mysterious death of the teenager who posed as a Russian billionaire
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What next for Labour as Reform wins big in local elections? – The Latest
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The AI jailbreakers
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Outrage as oil giants profit billions from Iran war – The Latest
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An Infowars insider on the warped world of Alex Jones
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Hantavirus hell: deadly virus takes hold of cruise ship – The Latest
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Is Europe ready for a future without the US?
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Has Trump reignited war with Iran? – The Latest
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Fake fans, fake buzz? How your favourite band got big
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Why the Bezos-backed Met Gala is so controversial – The Latest
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The women who took their own lives after domestic abuse
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Why has the world lost sight of the suffering of Palestinians? – The Latest
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On the ground in London as the Greens surge
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‘An epidemic’: is antisemitism out of control in the UK? – The Latest
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Iran’s wartime executions
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Has King Charles salvaged special relationship with Trump? – The Latest
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Siri, where does Apple go next?
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Starmer staves off mutiny over Mandelson mess… but for how long? - The Latest
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The secretive billionaire bankrolling Nigel Farage
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‘Sense of disbelief’: how White House press dinner attack unfolded – The Latest
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Sanae Takaichi: the most powerful woman in the world?
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Is Starmer on borrowed time? - The Latest
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Will the backlash against AI turn violent?
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Is the tide turning for Ukraine in war with Russia? – The Latest
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The new Michael Jackson biopic. Why now?
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Trump extends Iran ceasefire: can a deal be made? – The Latest
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The security report the UK government doesn’t want you to see
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Mandelson vetting row: sacked civil servant speaks out - The Latest
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Starmer addresses the Mandelson vetting saga
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Iran war energy crisis: how bad could it get? – The Latest
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Stonewall’s new chair on trans rights, JK Rowling and the future of the LGBTQ+ movement
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Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer? – The Latest
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Will Trump regret taking on the Pope?
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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire announced by Trump – The Latest
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When the ‘Dubai dream’ goes wrong
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Big oil making $30m an hour from Iran war - The Latest
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Is the EU back in vogue?
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Trump’s blockade battle with Iran – The Latest
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After four decades, Lebanon and Israel finally talk
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Why Viktor Orbán lost in Hungary – The Latest
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Meta‘s AI glasses and the dawn of wearable tech
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Trump’s war and Melania’s Epstein statement, with US editor Betsy Reed – The Latest
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Why the UK banned Kanye West
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Will deadly Israeli attacks in Lebanon shatter US-Iran ceasefire? – The Latest
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Is this the end of Viktor Orbán’s regime?
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US-Iran ceasefire: has Tehran played Trump? – The Latest
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North Korea’s ‘most beloved daughter’
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Trump latest Iran deadline looms – The Latest
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George Monbiot on our fragile food system
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Move over Murdochs, here come the Ellisons
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The families torn apart by the Minab school bombing
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War without a plan?: What Trump’s latest speech revealed – The Latest
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‘Tinder for Nazis’ and the woman who hacked it
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Trump lashes out at Nato: will Europe stand up to him? – The Latest
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The brilliant students the UK doesn’t want
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Israel passes law to give death penalty to Palestinians – The Latest
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Blast off! Nasa goes back to the moon
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Will Trump put boots on the ground in Iran? – The Latest
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UK’s big, risky AI bet
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What is Netanyahu’s endgame in Iran war? – The Latest
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Spring break: Culture worth catching this season
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Iran says Trump ‘negotiating with himself’ - The Latest
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Is Cuba Trump’s next target?
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Big tech reckoning: Meta ordered to pay $375m in landmark case - The Latest
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The Maga divide over Iran
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Ambulance arson attack: what we know so far – The Latest
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Israel’s second front: on the ground in Lebanon
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Trump chickens out on Iran deadline – The Latest
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What the Epstein case teaches us about grooming
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Off Duty: The Crime
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Cash handouts and no AC: Iran war energy shock hits Asia – The Latest
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Why Ireland is giving a basic income to artists
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Why gasfield attacks are major escalation in Iran war – The Latest
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Charlotte Nichols MP on her rape trial ordeal
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Can the special relationship survive Trump’s attacks on Starmer? – The Latest
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What Nigel Farage will say for money
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Key Iran leader killed: what does it mean for the war? - The Latest
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Will the strait of Hormuz torpedo Trump’s war?
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Could Trump blow up Nato over Iran war? – The Latest
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‘El Guapo’: The Spanish PM standing up to Trump
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Oscars 2026: who should win … and who actually will? – The Latest
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‘Let’s-a go!’ The story of Nintendo
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Mandelson files: Starmer admits ‘I made a mistake’ – The Latest
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What teenagers really see on their phones
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How much worse could Iran war make the cost of living crisis? – The Latest
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Should we be boycotting ChatGPT?
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Could Trump really end the war in Iran ‘very soon’? – The Latest
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Inside Iran as the bombs fall
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Will Trump make a deal with Iran’s new supreme leader? - The Latest
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Who really took one of history’s most famous pictures?
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Trump sacks Kristi Noem: what does it mean for ICE? – The Latest
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The Jesse Jackson I knew
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Why does Trump want Kurdish fighters to join the war in Iran? – The Latest
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Starmer, Trump and the shaky ‘special relationship’
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Could the Iran war trigger a global economic crisis? – The Latest
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What do Netanyahu and Trump really want in Iran?
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War widens in the Middle East – The Latest
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Chaos in the Gulf
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Iran war escalates: what’s Trump’s endgame? - The Latest
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The assassination of Iran’s ayatollah – and fears for a wider conflict
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Greens win Gorton and Denton: is this a turning point for UK politics? – The Latest
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The men trying to do friendship, better – podcast
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Has Corbyn won the Your Party power battle? - The Latest
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Will Andrew bring down the monarchy?
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Baftas racial slur row sparks BBC backlash – The Latest
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On the ground in the byelection that could end Starmer
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Mandelson arrested: Epstein files fallout intensifies – The Latest
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Ukrainian men on how four years of war has changed them
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Could Farage bring ICE to the UK? – The Latest
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Will we ever read books again?
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Andrew under investigation: what’s next for the former prince? – The Latest
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‘They’re not listening!’: the government’s gamble on special education reform
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested – The Latest
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The ‘guinea pigs’ who had face transplant surgery
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Zelenskyy accuses Trump of ‘unfair’ approach in Ukraine-Russia talks – The Latest
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Why did Labour Together orchestrate a smear campaign against journalists?
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Jesse Jackson: titan of US civil rights movement leaves legacy of hope – The Latest
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The rise of the cocaine submarine
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Why did Obama say aliens are real? – The Latest
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How an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Britain’s Jews
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Palestine Action wins court challenge over ban – The Latest
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Wes Streeting: the UK’s next prime minister?
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‘Colonised by immigrants’: outrage over Ratcliffe claim – The Latest
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The untold story of Brazil’s deadliest police raid
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Canada school shooting: what we know so far - The Latest
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Why Jeff Bezos gutted the Washington Post
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Is Starmer out of the woods? – The Latest
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Starmer survives – but for how long?
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Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong media tycoon gets 20 years in jail – The Latest
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A broken high street and its billionaire owners
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Marina Hyde on Epstein’s enablers: will they get away with it? – The Latest
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Bad Bunny goes to the Super Bowl
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Is this the end for Starmer? – The Latest
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A survivor on the Epstein Files
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Could Mandelson face jail time over Epstein ties? – The Latest
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The people betting on catastrophic world events
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Hope in Gaza? Vital crossing reopens under Israeli restrictions - The Latest
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Will China replace the US on the world stage?
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Epstein files: has Trump really been ‘absolved’? – The Latest
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Fatima Bhutto on secrets, lies and surviving coercive control
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Is it time to break up with US tech? – The Latest
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Minneapolis citizens on protecting their neighbours from ICE
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Is Trump about to attack Iran? – The Latest
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Being muslim as the far right surges
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Starmer visits China: should he trust Xi Jinping? – The Latest
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Can Syria keep the world safe from IS fighters?
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Melania: will Bezos-bankrolled documentary be a flop? – The Latest
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Starmer v Burnham: will it split Labour?
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Outrage grows over Alex Pretti shooting in Minnesota – The Latest
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Why Germany is racing to rebuild its army
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Is this the week Trump went too far? – The Latest
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Why are so many Tories joining Reform?
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Why did Trump chicken out on Greenland? – The Latest
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Will Trump’s board of peace replace the UN?
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Prince Harry gets emotional in court - The Latest
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How we got hooked on The Traitors
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Beckham feud: Marina Hyde on why Brooklyn has gone nuclear – The Latest
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Why Donald Trump really wants Greenland
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Why the UK won’t retaliate to Trump tariffs over Greenland – The Latest
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The transgender refugees fleeing the US
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Trump gets his hands on Nobel peace prize – The Latest
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Is ICE out of control?
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Jenrick defects to Farage’s Reform UK – The Latest
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