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Videoblog: G8 climate change talks amount to east v west
There is talk this afternoon that the developed and the developing countries, a gathering of some 17 nations, will agree on some sort of cap of a two-degree rise in global temperatures but it won’t be a binding commitment.
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Carla Bruni sidesteps G8
I am breathing in the bracing air of the Abruzzo hills but as I write this Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the first lady of France, is not. The demure Sarah Brown is here, and the funky Michelle Obama, but Carla Bruni – a former naked model – has not yet joined this year’s G8 festivities, in an…
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A bluffer's guide to this week's G8 summit
By the time you are reading this I hope to be supping on mozzarella di bufala in a medieval Italian hilltop town full of churches stuffed with paintings by Renaissance masters. The reality will probably be that I shall be going through umpteen security scanners along with some 3000 other journalists queuing for the G8…
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FactCheck: were ‘mass hysterectomies’ performed on detainees at a US immigration centre?
Let’s take a look at what we know so far.
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Syria: The family followed by bombs
We have an extraordinary story of survival from the village of Maaret Harma, just a few miles from the frontline.
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Will Boris Johnson act differently with a majority?
Just what do we know about the Prime Minister and what he really thinks?
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European leaders expect Brexit vote soon
In Brussels, European leaders say they expect newly elected MPs to vote on Mr Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement as soon as possible.
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Nationalists win more seats than unionists in NI for first time
There were some major defeats for the Democratic Unionists, including their deputy leader, Nigel Dodds who lost his seat to Sinn Fein.
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Sturgeon says Johnson has ‘no right’ to block indyref2
Nicola Sturgeon has been setting out her plans for another independence referendum.
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‘Islington Remainers’ branded Leave voters ‘stupid, uneducated, racist or wrong’, says Tory MP Imran Ahmad-Khan
Joining us in Wakefield is the newly elected Conservative MP Imran Ahmad-Khan.
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Conservatives win Blair’s former Sedgefield seat
It was always considered rock solid Labour, but now Sedgefield has a new Conservative MP.
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‘Manifesto did not cut through Brexit’, says Labour MP Naz Shah
We’re joined by Labour’s Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, Naz Shah.
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Conservatives capture key Labour heartlands in north
Many of the 60 MPs who lost their jobs last night turned angrily on Jeremy Corbyn, saying he was simply unelectable.
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‘Sensible Brexit’ will unite Leavers and Remainers, says Tory MP Gillian Keegan
We spoke to the Conservative MP Gillian Keegan – and began by asking her how Boris Johnson could unite the country when the election result showed it is still bitterly divided?
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I want to be America’s first trans Governor – Christine Hallquist
Christine Hallquist made her name in Vermont while running a major electric company and being a successful businesswoman. But Donald Trump’s election and the Women’s March inspired her to run for office – running on a campaign promise of a living wage for workers and Medicare for All. She won her primary to become the…