The Guardian
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Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense
The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy
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Abortion pill access jumps almost 50% after Australia eases restrictions for pharmacies
The number of pharmacies stocking the MS-2 Step medication increased from 2,228 to 4,107 after rules relaxed in 2023
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Judge orders officials to preserve all evidence tied to Christa Pike’s botched execution
Judge tells Tennessee officials all items in execution room must be saved as Pike remains restrained in hospital bed
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EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
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Houthi forces appear to make slow advance in south-west Yemen
Group’s fighters hit key airport in Aden with explosive moments before plane from Cairo was due to land
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Tories accused of prioritising rich voters as Badenoch lays out inheritance tax cut plan
Party hopes to win over affluent middle-class voters as leader rejects calls to ‘unite the right’ in conference speech
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Satellite images show attack jets at Chinese military facility in Laos
New ‘support and training centre’ prompts concern in region but China says it is ‘not directed at any third party’
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Hegseth tells USS Lincoln sailors controversial deployment ‘wasn’t easy’
Pentagon chief tries to play down problems onboard carrier as it returns to dock after 260 days at sea without port call
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‘Palestinians will bear the cost’: UK consulate in East Jerusalem prepares to shut its doors
Forced closure marks low point in UK-Israeli relations, with reports UK is considering retaliatory expulsion of Israeli diplomats from London
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German court orders detention of former intelligence chief after spying arrest
August Hanning, 80, appears before judge after being accused of treason and espionage on behalf of foreign state
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Two men serving indefinite jail sentences freed after two decades
Convicted pair, plus third man released in August, have IPPs replaced after serving much longer than minimum terms
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
Lawyers seek preservation of evidence after prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital on 30 September
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Husband of Norfolk GP found dead at home appears in court charged with her murder
Mark Cain, 45, charged on Tuesday after Hannah Cain was found dead in Fern Hill, Dersingham, on Sunday night
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French police suspend use of stun grenades after high school protester loses hand
Minister says use of grenades has been stopped ‘until we know what happened’ as protests across France continue
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Russia ‘pursuing strategy of terror’, EU’s von der Leyen says after deadly strikes on Ukraine – Europe live
Ukraine president confirms series of attacks on Pryluky, Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Zaporizhzhia and Kyiv
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Coalition MPs concede immigration pledge not fully costed by independent watchdog
Angus Taylor says opposition ‘worked closely’ with Parliamentary Budget Office but Liberal sources say it has not yet conducted a full analysis of the policy
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Detained immigrants at Georgia ICE facility launch mass hunger strike
At least 73 people estimated to have joined protest against prolonged detention and Folkston facility’s ‘violations’
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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs amid restructure and fall in letter deliveries
Postal service says cuts will focus on head office and ‘support function roles’
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Reform clears its own officials of breaking party funding laws despite police investigation
Internal inquiry clears Dan Jukes and James Orr, who were filmed talking about scheme involving US donor
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‘Lawyers should be running to courts’ to stop coal approvals after landmark ruling, NSW MP says
High court finding in favour of Hunter Valley community group sets precedent other environmentalists should follow, advocate says
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IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgets
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Ukraine says Russia bombed apartment block as birthday gift for Putin
Building in Pryluky destroyed, killing nine people including three children, officials say, night before Russian president’s 74th birthday
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Electric-shock gloves ICE plans to use inflicted intense pain in army study
Immigration enforcement agency has signed $16.7m deal for devices that induced ‘excessive’ fear in military subjects
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Israel marks third anniversary of 7 October Hamas attacks
Site of the Nova music festival near Re’im one of the locations where grieving relatives have gathered
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Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – UK politics live
Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance tax
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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim jolt for climate campaigners
Inquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not lead to success at polls
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Trump-backed Ken Paxton reportedly blames Iran war and high gas prices for midterms struggles as president heads to Texas – live
Leaked audio shows state’s attorney general tell fundraiser affordability is his campaign’s biggest problem; Trump due to speak in Texas on Wednesday
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‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election
Campaigners set up in more than 1,200 tents in Puerto del Sol square say challenge now is to translate a groundswell of public support into concrete change
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Separatists win in Quebec – but does that bring separation from Canada any closer?
Lack of majority for Parti Québécois puts any referendum in doubt, especially amid bruising trade war with Trump
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Former bishop sentenced to more than six years in prison for sexually abusing young Aboriginal men
Christopher Alan Saunders becomes highest-ranked Catholic in Australia convicted of sexual abuse over his time as member of clergy
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Tories delight as satirical tapestry pokes fun at ‘turncoat’ Robert Jenrick
Reminders of banished Reform UK defector were all around the Conservative party conference in Birmingham
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EU negotiators head to China hoping to curb cheap imports of hybrid electric cars
Mood in trade talks said to have changed as EU member states harden demands for protection against Chinese imports
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Friends of Nolan Wells sue NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation
Owens sued over September Instagram post that suggested trio tampered with evidence in death of Mississippi teen
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David Ellison denies he has ‘politicized’ Skydance despite close Trump links
Ellison admits ‘good relationship’ with administration in remarks to reporters about newly merged media company
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Wanted: children to rear harvest mice at home for wild release in Devon
Teenagers Eva Wishart and Emily Smith launch project to breed and release 250 of the tiny animals by September
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Privacy watchdog launches probe into China-based company behind Kmart ‘pervert glasses’ app
Commissioner said Shenzhen Qingcheng, the app maker behind the HeyCyan app in the smartglasses, failed to respond to her inquiries
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Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze
Russian officials said a Liberian-flagged tanker was attacked and a crew of 23 Indian nationals rescued
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Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmine
Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says
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Queensland man charged with murder after three-month-old son dies from ‘significant internal injuries’
Uneeb Ullah, 28, from Logan, has been remanded in custody after his arrest on Tuesday evening for the alleged murder of the child
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Detective breaks down in court as she recalls finding Beau Lamarre-Condon’s alleged murder victims
marre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney in February 2024
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Flydubai attack investigation widens as alleged hijacker’s training in New Zealand scrutinised
Hamam al-Hammami spent 175 days in New Zealand until May 2019, as Australian Jewish group calls for full investigation into his time in Melbourne
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O2 signs record £200m deal to keep London venue’s naming rights
Exclusive: 10-year sponsorship extension at a 50% premium on last agreement crowns bonanza year for live venue
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Jaguar targets young Americans with Type 01 EV – but it’s too long for UK parking spaces
Latest model is launching in New York to target rich US buyers – and is more than 5.2 metres long and 2 metres wide
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‘Not exactly his favorite senator’: Susan Collins distances herself from Trump in Maine debate
Republican challenged by Democrat Troy Jackson in critical Senate race says she opposes Iran war and Canada tariffs
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Former UN food agency official claims he was fired for highlighting hunger in Gaza
Benjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’
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New Zealand greenhouse gas levels hit record highs threatening catastrophic glacier melts
Government report finds the country could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as damaging storms and cyclones
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Plague epidemic risk in Russia low after death of lab technician, WHO says
World Health Organization detects no sign of further outbreak since Darya Shipilova died last week
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Ikea to pilot online buyback service for secondhand furniture
Service to be tested in Spain and Portugal this year, with a UK rollout if successful, as pre-loved markets boom