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Turkey elections: Erdogan and party suffer shock defeats
Turkey’s president Tayyep Erdogan has said he will improve his party’s track record after it suffered significant losses in local elections, giving the opposition, and his main rival, the mayor of Istanbul, a huge boost.
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LGBTQ+ Uganda sculptor Leilah Babirye on art as activism
Sculptor Leilah Babirye began her art as a form of activism back home in Uganda, where being gay is a crime.
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US sues Apple for ‘illegal monopoly’ of smartphone market
Think about smartphones and you’ll probably think iPhone – the ubiquitous handset that has come to dominate the market since it was launched in 2007. But the makers of Apple now face a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice, who accuse the firm of engineering an illegal monopoly – blocking third party developers and…
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Israel ‘respects humanitarian aid’ says member of Netanyahu’s party
We spoke to Boaz Bismuth MK of the Likud Party.
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Autism assessments: Quarter of families wait at least four years, survey shows
Official figures out today reveal the number of people in England waiting for an autism assessment has risen 47 per cent in the past year.
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More domestic abuse victims are taking own lives than those killed by partner
The number of domestic abuse victims taking their own lives is now even higher than the number being killed by an abusive partner.
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Lee Anderson quits Conservatives for Reform UK party
Former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson has defected to Reform UK. The Ashfield MP was stripped of the Tory whip after refusing to apologise for claiming that “Islamists” had “got control” of London mayor Sadiq Khan. The switch to Reform UK, which comes after weeks of speculation about his possible defection, gives the party its…
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Constance Marten tells trial she felt nothing but love for her baby
Constance Marten, the aristocrat whose newborn baby died after she and her partner went on the run, has denied harming her daughter. She told a jury she did nothing but show her love. She and Mark Gordon are being tried for manslaughter over Victoria’s death, while they were living off-grid in a tent on the…
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Author Kiley Reid on Black artists, handling criticism and social media
Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Kiley Reid on Ways to Change the World about the importance of finding stability whilst being a writer, the impact of having a theatre background on her writing, and her thoughts on being social media savvy as an author.
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Gang leader warns of civil war as violence tears Haiti apart
Police stations and airports attacked, prisoners freed and thousands displaced. For days, gang violence has wracked Haiti, leaving many wondering where Prime Minister Ariel Henry is.
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Clare’s Law: Could thousands more women be warned about abusive partners?
It is a scheme which allows any of us to ask the police whether a partner has an abusive past.
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Dance away the heartache: the art installation helping people deal with grief
Artist Annie Frost Nicholson has found that dancing has helped her come to terms with the tragedy of losing most of her family in an accident.
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US drops aid into Gaza as a quarter of population at risk of famine
The UN now says at least 10 children have starved to death.
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Iran election – will young Iranians take part in crucial vote?
In Iran, the regime’s popularity will be put to the test tomorrow in the first election since the mass protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. It’s been imploring people to come out and make their voices heard by voting – amid concerns of a record low turnout. But the mass…
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‘Hamas doesn’t have any interest in a two state solution’, says former State Department diplomat
We spoke to Aaron David Miller, who’s a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a former State Department diplomat who’s spent decades negotiating for peace in the Middle East. We began by asking how an event like today’s killing of Gazans waiting for food, could impact the ceasefire talks.