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Manchester City owner’s £55m housing loan while Burnham was mayor investigated
Scrutiny committee looks into financing of Manchester Life project as PM promises ‘full transparency’
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Some conservative states aren’t using Medicaid hardship exemption – for political reasons
States like Missouri and Iowa are choosing to not take up exemption designed to help low-income people keep coverage during hardship
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French government in crisis talks after ‘colossal failure of the state’
Ministers, officials and police under pressure over response to days of violent unrest in cities across France
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US ambassador to Israel denounces West Bank settler attack on US photojournalist
Mike Huckabee calls for arrest and prosecution of those responsible as Heidi Levine, 63, recovers in hospital in Israel
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Police investigate Reform mayor for allegedly sharing ‘naked and sexualised’ images of himself
Female colleague says she was forced out shortly after incident with Luke Campbell, Hull and East Yorkshire mayor
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Microsoft pulls out of AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns
Development by UK firm Nscale heralded by ministers as largest of its kind in country loses anchor tenant
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Arrests over France protests rise to 1,800, with whole streets in Paris ‘devastated’ – Europe live
Interior minister says ‘the Republic will not yield’ to France’s worst protests in years
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NHS staff who wrongly accessed tiger victim’s records should be sacked, says Yvette Cooper
Health secretary says it is ‘total disgrace’ if staff looked up records of William Chapman, who died at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
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‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics
For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. In the latest episode of Radical Thinking, he joins Aditya Chakrabortty to discuss the future of the right, his record on Brexit and austerity, and the Spectator’s position on Islam
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Hilarious quips and ‘100,000-volt’ energy: the hypemen (and women) redefining Afrobeats music
Style of emceeing based on high-octane, ad-libbed vocals has flourished thanks to its unique way of captivating crowds
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Nottinghamshire police officer in hospital after being shot in the foot
Large cordon in place around Angel Row area of city centre after ‘shocking incident’ in the early hours of Sunday
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Zack Polanski says application of Zionism is racist and no state has right to exist
Green leader in England and Wales calls ‘debates about words’ unhelpful and denies recent motion was controversial
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An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria
A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch
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‘Many family stories’: Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet takes out ABC radio poll of top 100 Australian books
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief secures second place, while Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe rounds out podium dominated by men
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Condé Nast’s UK profits drop by more than a third as sale of Vogue publisher ruled out
Magazine group points to restructuring bill but says it ‘remains profitable in the UK for another year’
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Buildings set ablaze and more than 1,200 arrested as police clash with protesters across France
Police fire teargas in Paris and Limoges town hall ‘largely lost’ to fire – with officials blaming violence on ‘ultra-left’
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Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland
Birth happens days before Labor and Coalition block bill to ban ‘barbaric practice’ of shackling incarcerated women during childbirth
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‘Serious incident’ at Alberta military base causes deaths and injuries, Canada officials say
Incident at CFB Wainwright base in Alberta caused a ‘major fire’ that is spreading to the nearby town because of strong winds
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‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile Argentina
Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next
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‘I felt disgusted’: MEP speaks out over nude deepfakes and urges EU action
Lena Schilling of Austrian Greens says images are ‘digital violence against women’ and a threat to democracy
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Is sisterhood the secret to a long life? The Sardinian village that could hold key to women’s longevity
Meet some of the elderly residents of Bolotana, in line to be the world’s sixth ‘blue zone’ for its high number of female centenarians
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Arizona joins Nevada to fight proposed cuts to their shares of Colorado River
Move comes after Trump administration announced restrictions that could slash water supplies
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Hurricane Trudy strengthens to category 2 as it heads toward Mexico
Hurricane warning in effect from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes as storm moves toward Pacific coast
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Two people, including child, killed after person drives through soccer game in Kansas
The driver of the vehicle is in custody, and two juveniles were in the vehicle, according to Wichita police department
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Ebike rider, 13, charged with sexual touching after girls and women allegedly harassed on northern beaches
Sydney teenager charged with offensive beahviour and sexual touching without consent in relation to incidents involving females aged 13 to 54
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New York City police seek suspect in fatal subway station shooting
Suspect shot a man in his 30s on the E train platform of the 53rd Street-7th Avenue subway station, according to NYPD
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Florida fisher dragged into water and killed by 12ft alligator
Steve Hamilton was fishing in Winter Garden when he was attacked by gator, which was later killed
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Masked settlers attack European diplomats in occupied West Bank
Belgian foreign minister urges further EU sanctions and links attack to Israel’s ‘illegal settlement policy’
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Reform candidate filmed saying asylum seekers should be put in ‘concentration camps’
Would-be MP recorded telling undercover reporter in ITV investigation that Muslims could not be British
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Plover, not a fighter: masked lapwing nesting on Tasmanian cricket ground indifferent as play continues
While masked lapwings have a reputation for swooping during nesting season, Windsor Park oval’s resident plover just wants a good innings
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Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in West Bank
French mayor and archbishop also attacked during violent attempt to stop Palestinians harvesting olives
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No action to be taken against wife of PM’s aide over Palestine Action post
Tweet by Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, ‘does not meet criminal threshold’
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ICE agent who crashed into man in Texas was targeting suspect who died years ago, family says
Federal officer slammed vehicle into a construction worker while pursuing a man who died in similar circumstances
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Plaque telling story of African-Caribbean prisoners in Britain stolen within days
Descendants say theft from Portchester Castle reflects racism that has haunted ‘generation after generation’
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UAE agrees with Saudi Arabia to re-enter Yemen conflict amid Houthi gains
United Arab Emirates will reportedly resume payments to Yemeni forces as gains by Iran-backed Houthi fighters alarm Gulf state rulers
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Six homes burned and two firefighters injured in fast-moving California wildfire
About 6,000 homes under evacuation, affecting 16,000 residents in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano
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‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off
School looking to sell piece of open land beloved by people in Devon town to fund refurbishments
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SNP says campaign for next referendum on independence ‘has already begun’
John Swinney tells party conference SNP will use ‘six-figure war chest’ to renew argument for leaving UK
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Revealed: French police used UK-funded 4x4 vehicles to charge student protesters
French government launches investigation into why cars funded by UK to prevent asylum seekers crossing Channel were used in school protests
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Trump’s pause on Russia sanctions is ‘reward’ for Putin, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian president warns it will embolden Russian leader and intensify war as Moscow hits country’s power plants
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Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym
Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the Spirits
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Pope Leo discharged from hospital after cancer operation
Doctors say pontiff is ‘fit for discharge’ after operation to remove cancerous tumour from his lung
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More than 400 arrested as police clash with protesters across France
Police fire teargas in Paris and protesters storm town hall in Marseille – with officials blaming violence on ‘ultra-left’
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Elon Musk agrees to settle lawsuits over 2024 election lottery
Trump-boosting billionaire was sued over promise to give away $1m per day to random signatories of petition
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Almost all NSW homes destroyed in black summer bushfires were within 100 metres of flammable vegetation
Exclusive: Research confirms official advice about high-risk properties and warns worsening conditions will make more homes unsafe
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Squash down: smaller pumpkins expected this Halloween after drought in England
Data shows 2026 could be worst harvest on record, as growers suggest painting faces on vegetables instead of carving
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Plan to make firms pay more to train older workers than youth apprentices in England
Exclusive: Ministers considering overhaul of apprenticeship funding scheme to tackle youth jobs crisis
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Ministers must be honest about Russian threat to UK, says former Foreign Office head
Peter Ricketts called for more resilience in protecting banking, energy and water systems from cyber-assaults
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Stinky business: south London bike shop hit by ‘unbearable’ stench from Thames Water sewer
Owner and mechanics fear for their health and future of the Herne Hill shop with no date for fixing problem
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‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics
In the latest episode of Radical Thinking, the Conservative stalwart Michael Gove joins Aditya Chakrabortty to discuss the future of the right, his record on Brexit and austerity, and the Spectator’s position on Islam