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Trump administration accused of ‘purposefully muddying waters’ with list of hundreds of names in Epstein files

The Trump administration has been accused of “purposefully muddying the waters” after releasing a list of hundreds of names mentioned in the Epstein files. A six-page letter sent to Congress by Attorney General Pam Bondi over the weekend included a list of high-ranking politicians, including the likes of President Donald Trump, Barack Obama and former […]

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‘Despondent, even mutinous’ mood at UK’s foreign office as government plans cuts

Take a good, hard look at the world and what do you see? It certainly feels unpredictable. Old friends are unreliable, and the rules no longer seem to apply. For many, the global neighbourhood is getting distinctly scary. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to the head of UK intelligence agency, MI6. “The

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‘I was pressing the call button and no one came’: Black mothers on ‘dehumanising’ maternity care

“I was told by the midwife to shut up,” says Tenisha, “and then she put her hand over my mouth…” Shakira asked if alternative medication to morphine was possible after her C-section. “The nurse got angry,” she says. “She threw the morphine away, and I was then left alone for hours.” And when Kadi was

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Two men and a woman arrested after man in his 20s stabbed to death in Valley Retail Park in Croydon

Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in a south London retail park. Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Hesterman Way, Croydon, at around 1.15am on Sunday. Metropolitan Police officers and the London Ambulance Service found three

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Keir Starmer has steadied himself, but his authority is still being questioned

“Bloody shambles”, a senior minister sighs. “Real question marks over his judgement.” “Still a shitshow”, another texts simply, adding: “Terminal inability to make decisions”. Those blunt verdicts frame Sir Keir Starmer’s march into recess: a leader who has steadied himself enough to stave off immediate crisis, but whose authority and judgement are still being openly

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The end of the world order as we know it? What the Munich Security Conference means for the UK

The old, rules-based order that evolved from the ashes of the Second World War no longer exists – at least that is the verdict of Germany’s chancellor, and the evidence is clear to see. The United States signalled at a major security conference in Munich over the weekend that it is ready to go it

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Netanyahu condemns ‘extreme minority’ as female IDF soldiers are rescued from riots in ultra-Orthodox Israeli city

Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned an “extreme minority” after two female IDF soldiers were rescued from riots in an ultra-Orthodox Israeli city. Video footage from Bnei Brak, just east of Tel Aviv, shows the two soldiers being hurried away by police as thousands of ultra-Orthodox men run after them. In a post on X, the Israeli

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