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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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How has England’s NHS fared under Conservative governments?
Let’s take a more in depth look with data from our FactCheck team, we’ve been finding out how England’s NHS has fared over the last twelve years.
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No routine checks on goods between Britain and N Ireland under plans paving way for Stormont Assembly to resume
There will be no routine checks on goods crossing from Britain into Northern Ireland – under the new agreement between the Democratic Unionists and the UK government.
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Conditions at Wetherby Young Offenders Institution condemned as inadequate
Almost 900 improvised weapons have been found in just one year, at a prison where youngsters aged 15 to 18 are being held. Along with the increasing drugs and illicit mobile phones – rising violence at Wetherby Young Offenders Institution is leaving staff struggling to cope. There are around 160 inmates at the West Yorkshire…
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‘It won’t happen in my lifetime’: Political commentator Alex Kane on a united Ireland
We spoke to Alex Kane, a columnist for the Belfast Telegraph amongst others, and a former director of communications for the Ulster Unionist Party.
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‘Carers are just abandoned’: Demand for council respite care soars as funding squeezed
Councils in England have been given an emergency £600 million by the Government to stave off financial crisis after Tory MPs threatened a rebellion over the prospect of steep spending cuts in an election year.
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Muhammad Yunus: Nobel Peace Prize winner on bail in Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus has won fans around the world for creating a system of lending money to poor people to start small businesses.
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UK halting aid to UNRWA is ‘wholly disproportionate and punitive’, former UN agency spokesman says
We spoke to former chief spokesman for UNRWA Chris Gunness.
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UK and US halt aid to UN agency over Israeli allegations staff helped Hamas on Oct 7
Despite the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the UK has joined the United States in pausing its funding for the UN’s refugee agency there.
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FactCheck: Rishi Sunak’s poverty claim explained
“There are 1.7 million fewer people in poverty than in 2010, including hundreds of thousands of children.” That was the claim from Rishi Sunak this week. FactCheck takes a look.
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President of European Court warns UK must not ignore Rwanda injunctions
The president of the European court of human rights has warned countries not to ignore its injunctions – saying there is a “clear, legal obligation” to follow them.
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Ukraine funding and US border security deal thrown into doubt by Trump comments
Donald Trump’s shadow is looming over a major row in the US Senate where Republicans have been blocking tens of billions of dollars in crucial military aid for Ukraine – by tying it to tougher security measures along America’s border.
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Exclusive footage shows how foxes are being illegally hunted by hounds
It’s been almost two decades since fox hunting was banned in the UK.