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Commonwealth leaders call on UK to discuss slavery reparations
Commonwealth leaders gathering for their heads of government meeting in Samoa have called on the Prime Minister to begin discussions on compensation for Britain’s historic role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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Can the UK have a relationship with China while addressing human rights?
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy has pressed his Chinese counterpart on concerns about human rights and Russia’s war in Ukraine in his first visit there since taking office.
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Terminally ill people in England and Wales could soon have the right to choose to end their lives
The bill is being introduced by Labour MP Kim Ledbeater and she says there will be really strict limits on who would be eligible.
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Children missing school will have ‘consequences all their lives long’, says Education Secretary
We spoke to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and began by asking why boosting attendance is such a priority for the government.
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‘Persistent’ school absences have doubled in ten years
There are still – even two years after the end of the pandemic – shockingly high numbers of children who don’t go to school regularly.
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Strike on Gaza school leaves 28 dead, as Israel claims target was terrorist command centre
In Gaza at least 28 Palestinians have been killed and dozens of others injured after an Israeli strike on a school being used as a shelter, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
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A hostage deal is ‘only way we can have peace with Palestinians’, says hostage family
In Israel, people have also started marking the anniversary of the 7th October attacks, which have cast a lasting shadow over the country.
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‘Many of the strikes on Lebanon have violated international humanitarian law’, says UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, says many of the strikes on Lebanon have violated international humanitarian law.
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Beirut sees heaviest night of bombardment since Israel escalated campaign against Hezbollah
In Beirut, air strikes and huge explosions lit up the skyline through the night, and again in the last hour, as Israel targeted the southern suburbs.
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‘People have fled with almost nothing’, says Unicef in Lebanon
We spoke to Tess Ingram of Unicef about Lebanon’s brewing humanitarian crisis.
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‘Fringe voices have been mainstreamed’ in Conservative Party says Baroness Warsi
We spoke to Baroness Warsi and asked whether she thinks the Conservatives have moved too far to the right.
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UK and EU discuss their post-Brexit relationship but have different wish lists
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is in Brussels as part of his “drive to improve the UK’s relationship with the European Union”. But beyond the handshakes and smiles, it is far from clear that the ‘reset’ he has promised will deliver any tangible benefits.
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Can anyone save the Conservative Party from oblivion?
Can the next Conservative leader haul the party back from brink – and who should that be? Cathy Newman asks former Deputy PM Therese Coffey and former Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.
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Heavy job losses as furnace at UK’s largest steelworks shuts down
It’s the end of an era for two major industries in the UK today. The country’s last coal-fired power station will shut down tonight, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar.
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Truss tells Tory conference she’d have done better than Sunak in election
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has told the Tory party conference they would have done much better in the election if she had still been Conservative leader.
