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Inside Rafah: ‘We can feel the house shaking all of the time’, says filmmaker
We spoke to filmmaker Yousef Hammash, who also works for the Norwegian Refugee Council, and is sheltering in Rafah with his family. The signal in and out of Gaza remains very patchy, but we began by asking him how close he is to the new Israeli offensive.
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Greta Thunberg found not guilty of public order charge as judge finds ‘no evidence’ against her
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been cleared of breaking the law when she refused to follow police orders to leave a protest at a London oil conference last year. There was applause in court as the judge acquitted her and her four co-defendants, saying there was not enough evidence against them and the order to…
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Clapham attack latest: police search continues for suspect
Police have released new images of the suspect still on the run after a chemical attack on a mother and her 3 and 8-year-old daughters in south London. 35-year-old Abdul Shokoor Ezedi – who’s from Newcastle – was last seen boarding a Victoria line tube train south from King’s Cross around an hour and a…
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Life sentences for teenage killers of 16-year old Brianna Ghey
Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe are starting life sentences for the brutal murder of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey, a year ago in a park near Warrington. They’ll spend a minimum of 22 and 20 years behind bars for what the Crown Prosecution Service said was “one of the most disturbing cases” its lawyers had ever…
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Missing monkey caught after five days in the Scottish Highlands
The great escape is finally over: a Japanese snow monkey who spent 5 days on the run in the Scottish Highlands has been caught. The 7 year old macaque – called Honshu – made his bid for freedom on Sunday night, breaking out of his enclosure in a wildlife park.
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Rachel Reeves says Labour will govern as ‘pro-business party’
No hike in corporation tax, unlimited bonuses for bankers and stability for businesses – Labour have burnished their charm offensive towards business leaders at a one day summit, kicked off by shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves.
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Bank of England Governor explains decision not to lower interest rates
Inflation is finally set to drop back to the government’s target of 2% – possibly within a few months.
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Donald Trump loses High Court battle with former Brit intelligence officer
Donald Trump has lost his claim for damages over a dossier containing allegations that he took part in sex acts and bribed Russian officials.
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US announces sanctions against Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank
While the billions of dollars which the United States promised to Ukraine have been blocked by political infighting, the White House is busy focusing on the Middle East, including the promised retaliation for drone strikes in Jordan which killed three US service members, and new sanctions against Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
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€50bn EU funding a ‘long-term signal of stability and commitment’ to Ukraine says expert
We spoke to Yaroslav Trofimov, who’s Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal – and has just published a new book about Russia’s war in Ukraine – Our Enemies Will Vanish.
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London chemical attack: police manhunt for named suspect
London police are hunting for a suspect who left a woman and her two children badly injured in an alkali, not acid, attack.
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EU agrees €50bn aid boost for Ukraine as Hungary caves
The war with Russia is far from over but Ukraine received a boost from the European Union which has finally approved its 50 billion Euro aid package – providing Kyiv with economic and financial support in the long-term.
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Do we know true scale of pollution in UK waters?
Is our bathing water more polluted than we think? We’ve seen documents which show that almost twice as many English bathing waters would fail pollution tests – if the regulator wasn’t legally allowed to disregard some of the worst results.
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Hannah Ritchie on replacing eco-anxiety with ‘cautious optimism’ and how to build a more sustainable world
Environmental data scientist, Dr Hannah Ritchie tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy how her work taught her that there are more reasons for hope than despair about the climate and the planet we live on – and why a truly sustainable world can still be within reach, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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FactCheck: 35,000 patients wait for 12 hours on hospital trolleys every month in England
This was virtually unheard of in the early 2010s.