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Baftas
The Baftas film awards winners are announced tomorrow, and the event is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in years. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another leads the field across several categories, with Ryan Coogler’s black vampire...
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King says ‘law must take its course’ after Andrew arrest
King Charles has declared “the law must take its course” after detectives took the unprecedented step of arresting his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Police took him to Aylsham police station in Norfolk...
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Taking the stand
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg rejected in court yesterday a lawyer’s suggestion that he had misled Congress about the design of its social media platforms, at a landmark trial over youth social media addiction. Zuckerberg was questioned on his...
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‘We stood on his shoulders’
The Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran strongly for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, died yesterday. He was 84. “Our father was a servant leader – not only to our family,...
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Anger as PM abandons plans to delay May elections
Keir Starmer has been forced to abandon plans to delay local elections with less than three months’ notice in another policy U-turn that has prompted anger among his own MPs and scorn from opposition leaders. The prime minister is under fire after...
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Gold medals at the double on super Olympic Sunday
Tabby Stoecker and Matt Weston celebrate gold in the team skeleton, securing Britain’s best-ever day at the Winter Games after Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale won Team GB’s first gold on snow in mixed snowboard cross.
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High court rules ban on Palestine Action unlawful
Judges have humiliated ministers by insisting Palestine Action should not be banned under anti-terrorism laws in a ruling that has left thousands of its alleged supporters in legal limbo. The high court said yesterday the government’s proscription of...
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Ukrainian in helmet row barred from Olympic race
Vladyslav Heraskevych accused the International Olympic Committee of doing Russia’s propaganda for them after he was barred from racing in the Winter Games because he wanted to wear a “helmet of memory” in honour of Ukraine’s war dead. In one of the...
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Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek dies aged 48
James Van Der Beek, the actor best known for playing the lead in hit 1990s teen drama Dawson’s Creek, has died from cancer aged 48. “Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith, and...
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Streeting still intent on deposing PM despite united front, say allies
Allies of Wes Streeting expect him to try to depose Keir Starmer within weeks despite the health secretary insisting he backs the prime minister and is not intending to move against him, the Guardian has been told. Starmer attempted to regain...
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‘I’m not prepared to walk away,’ embattled Starmer tells MPs
Keir Starmer has seen off an immediate challenge to his position from Labour’s leader in Scotland, telling his MPs that he was “not prepared to walk away” from power and plunge the country into chaos. But the prime minister emerged badly damaged from...
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Starmer fights to regain control over party after McSweeney exit
Keir Starmer is fighting to reassert control over his party after accepting the resignation of his closest adviser, Morgan McSweeney, amid anger over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. After days of pressure over the scandal, his...
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Snoop Dogg hits the Olympic curling rink
This was an opening ceremony for the ages: effortlessly chic, bewitching and divine. Milan simultaneously delivered a three-hour love letter to Italy, and a plea for hope and harmony in a fractious world. But not everyone in the 60,000 crowd at the...
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Revealed Private jet owned by Trump friend used for ICE deportation flights
On the morning of 21 January, Israeli authorities left eight Palestinian men at a West Bank checkpoint. Disorientated, cold and dressed in prison tracksuits, they carried their few belongings in plastic bags. Hours earlier, they had been sitting with...
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‘It’s over’ for Starmer, say Labour MPs amid fury over Mandelson
Labour MPs warned yesterday that Keir Starmer’s days as prime minister were numbered after a day of fury over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. The government was on the brink of a Commons...
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Met investigation into Mandelson over alleged Epstein email leaks
The Metropolitan police have formally launched a criminal investigation into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked Downing Street emails and market sensitive information to the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Documents from the Epstein files...
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Calls for Mandelson to face police inquiry over alleged leak to Epstein
Peter Mandelson is facing a possible police investigation into his alleged leak of market sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein at the height of the financial crisis. New disclosures from the Epstein files appear to show Mandelson sent a string of...
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Mandelson quits Labour party as pressure grows over Epstein links
Peter Mandelson said last night he had resigned his membership of the Labour party to avoid causing it “further embarrassment” after more revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. The peer, who was sacked as US ambassador last year...
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Starmer opens door to UK visit by Xi as China relationship is ‘reset’
Keir Starmer took a major step towards rapprochement with China yesterday, opening the door to a UK visit from Xi Jinping in a move that drew immediate anger from British critics of Beijing. During the first visit by a British prime minister to China...
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Time is running out, Trump says as US armada heads towards Iran
The threat of a US-Iranian war appeared to loom closer yesterday when Donald Trump warned that time was running out for Tehran and said a massive armada was moving quickly towards the country “with great power, enthusiasm and purpose”. The US...
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‘Mass murder’: medics reveal grim reality of Iran’s hidden death toll
On Thursday 8 January, in a midsize Iranian town, Dr Ahmadi’s* phone began to buzz. His colleagues in local emergency wards were getting worried. All week, people had taken to the streets and had been met by police with batons and pellet guns. With...
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Tories face backlash after ‘mental health’ jibe over Braverman’s exit
The Conservatives are facing a backlash for claiming that Suella Braverman had defected to Reform UK following “mental health” issues as the former home secretary finally joined Nigel Farage’s party after months of denials. Braverman, who was sacked...
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Pressure on Trump over Minneapolis killing by US agents
Pressure was mounting yesterday on Donald Trump’s administration to fully investigate the killing by immigration officers of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Calls for an inquiry have come from all sides of the political divide after video analysis showed...
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PM rebukes Trump amid anger at Nato troop ‘insult’
Keir Starmer issued an unprecedented rebuke to Donald Trump yesterday for his “insulting and frankly appalling” remarks about British and other Nato troops in Afghanistan, and suggested he should apologise. After a day of mounting outrage around the...
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Stand up for yourselves, Zelenskyy tells Europe in fiery Davos speech
Volodymyr Zelenskyy took aim at Europe in a fiery speech at Davos last night, accusing leaders of being in “Greenland mode” as they waited for leadership from Donald Trump on Ukraine and other geopolitical crises rather than taking action...
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Trump claims that ‘framework of future deal’ on Greenland agreed
Donald Trump abruptly stepped back from threats to impose tariffs as leverage to seize Greenland last night and said a deal was in sight to end the dispute. After weeks of rhetoric that risked the deepest rupture in transatlantic relations in decades,...
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Europe condemns Trump threats on Greenland as ‘new colonialism’
European leaders lined up yesterday to condemn Donald Trump’s “new colonialism” and warn that the continent was facing a crossroads as the US president said there was no going back on his goal of controlling Greenland. After weeks of aggressive...
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‘A massive strain’
Lawyers representing Prince Harry and six other prominent figures have accused the publisher of the Daily Mail of “clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering” to secure stories about them. In a witness statement submitted to...
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EU weighs up €93bn retaliation for Trump’s Greenland ‘blackmail’
European leaders are considering a plan to levy tariffs on €93bn of US goods in retaliation for Donald Trump’s campaign to annex Greenland, it emerged yesterday, as Keir Starmer used a call with the US president to tell him that his economic attack on...
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Back my Greenland plans or face tariffs, says Trump
Donald Trump threatened yesterday to impose tariffs on countries that did not “go along” with his plan to annex Greenland, increasing pressure on European allies who have opposed his effort to take over the Arctic territory. After a tense week in...
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Trump still intent on ‘conquering’ Greenland, say Danes after talks
Donald Trump remains intent on “conquering” Greenland, the Danish foreign minister said yesterday, as talks with US officials failed to solve a “fundamental disagreement” that has led to unprecedented tensions between Washington and a Nato ally. It...
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Adolescence star Owen Cooper wins at the Golden Globes
The film One Battle After Another and the Netflix series Adolescence led this year’s Golden Globes in Los Angeles on Sunday night with four wins apiece. Paul Thomas Anderson’s counterculture epic won the best comedy or musical film category. It also...
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Iran prepares for violent clashes as protests rage
Iran’s supreme leader vowed yesterday that authorities would “not back down” in the face of a rapidly growing protest movement, setting the stage for an intensified violent crackdown on the second day of a nationwide internet shutdown. Protests have...
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Agent who killed woman ‘will not be charged’
US vice-president JD Vance said last night that a US immigration agent who killed a woman in the state of Minnesota was “protected by absolute immunity” from prosecution. The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a US citizen, by an Immigration...
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UK and France seal ‘coalition’ deal to send troops to postwar Ukraine
Britain and France have declared they are ready to deploy troops to Ukraine in the aftermath of a peace deal, a major new commitment that Russia is likely to block forcefully. The announcement came after a summit in Paris hosted by the French...
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Maduro says he is ‘prisoner of war’ and denies all charges in US court
The deposed Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, pleaded not guilty to drugs, weapons and “narcoterrorism” charges yesterday, two days after his capture by US special forces in an operation ordered by Donald Trump that sent shockwaves around the...
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Trump warns of ‘big price to pay’ if Caracas fails to toe line
The prospect of the US seizing direct control of Venezuela appeared to recede yesterday after the shocking seizure of President Nicolás Maduro – but US officials said Washington was keeping a 15,000-strong force in the Caribbean and might make a fresh...
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Sparklers ‘started Swiss bar fire that took 40 lives’
Investigators believe fountain sparklers mounted on champagne bottles and held too close to the ceiling sparked the fire that tore through a crowded bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, killing about 40 people and injuring more than...
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From joy to horror in seconds: at least 40 killed by fire in Swiss bar
Switzerland will hold five days of mourning after fire tore through a crowded bar, killing about 40 young people and injuring 115 who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana. The Swiss president, Guy...
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‘The year of proof’: Starmer to woo MPs with push to cut cost of living
Keir Starmer will try to rescue his relationship with disillusioned voters and his own fractious MPs in a new year push to reduce the cost of living. The prime minister is set to give a speech in the coming days focusing on how his government is...
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Primary care crisis blamed as A&E visits for coughs or hiccups surge
Millions of people are turning to A&E departments in England for minor ailments including coughs, blocked noses and hiccups, according to data that health leaders say lays bare a failure to give patients prompt access to primary care. Emergency wards...
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One in three believe ‘Britishness’ is dependent on being born in UK
The number of people who believe that “Britishness” is something you are born with has almost doubled in two years, according to research that warns of an increase of ethno-nationalism in Britain. Although a majority of the public still believe being...
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Brigitte Bardot 1934-2025
Brigitte Bardot, the French actor and singer who became an international sex symbol before turning her back on the film industry and embracing animal rights activism and far-right politics, has died aged 91. Paying tribute yesterday, France’s...
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NHS at risk as overseas doctors put off by racism
Foreign doctors and nurses are increasingly shunning the NHS because anti-migrant rhetoric and rising racism have created “a hostile environment”, the leader of Britain’s medics has warned. The health service is being put at risk because overseas...
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Experts criticise ‘lost decade of progress’ on rights for parents
Experts have criticised a “lost decade” of progress on parental rights after Guardian research suggested that fewer than one in 60 public sector workers are sharing leave with their partners when they have a baby. Ten years after the introduction of...
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Andrew faces new pressure after Epstein files reveal ‘girls’ emails
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s fixer, to arrange meetings with “inappropriate friends” while she sought “friendly and discreet and fun” girls on his behalf, the latest documents from the Epstein files appear to...
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Families plead with Lammy over Palestine Action hunger strikers
Families and supporters of Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers have pleaded with David Lammy to meet them in an attempt to end the impasse over the protest that has left some of them severely unwell. Yesterday, as the protest reached a...
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Starmer has no coherent plan for social mobility, says key adviser
Keir Starmer has no coherent strategy to tackle entrenched inequalities that are harming the life chances of millions of people, the government’s social mobility commissioner says. A major official report warned last week that young adults in...
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No 10 told: fix youth jobs or risk a ‘lost generation’
The future of the youth minimum wage will come under review as part of a major inquiry into rising inactivity among young people by the former health secretary Alan Milburn. The social mobility expert said unless the government tackled some...
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‘The year that dreams are made of’
A full-throated “Rory Roar” reverberated around MediaCity in Salford last night as Rory McIlroy became the first golfer in 36 years to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award – and tie a bow on a year for the ages. It was a fitting reward for...
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Resident doctors in England begin five-day strike
The conciliation service Acas has offered to help to try to break the deadlock in the resident doctors’ strike in England. The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has made clear that it is willing to become involved in an effort to find a...
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Ilhan Omar on attacks by Trump
“That’s Teddy,” said Tim Mynett, husband of the US representative Ilhan Omar, as their five-year-old labrador retriever capered around her office on Capitol Hill. “If you make too much eye contact, he’ll lose it. He’s my best friend – and he’s our...
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At least 16 dead in terror attack on Jewish festival
Australia’s prime minister condemned “an act of evil antisemitism” yesterday after gunmen opened fire on a Jewish festival at Sydney’s Bondi beach, killing at least 16 people, including a child, and injuring dozens more. In the deadliest terror attack...
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Doctors’ strike during flu crisis ‘beyond belief’ – PM
Keir Starmer has said it is “frankly beyond belief” that resident doctors would strike during the NHS’s worst moment since the pandemic, in remarks that risk inflaming tensions with medics. Writing for the Guardian, the prime minister made an...
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UK facing worst winter flu crisis within a fortnight as cases surge
The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain. Hospitals are already treating record...
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Visitors to US could have to reveal five years of social media activity
Tourists to the United States will have to reveal their social media activity from the past five years, under new Trump administration plans. The mandatory new disclosures will apply to the 42 countries whose nationals can enter the US without a visa,...
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PM urges Europe to curb human rights laws to halt rise of populism
Keir Starmer called on European leaders yesterday to urgently curb joint human rights laws so member states could take tougher action to protect borders and see off the rise of the populist right across the continent. On the eve of today’s Council of...
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‘A critical moment’: European leaders rally behind Ukraine
European leaders rallied behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy last night amid hopes that they might finally achieve a breakthrough to allow Ukraine access to billions of pounds of frozen Russian assets. Despite vociferous support for the Ukrainian president,...
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Lando Norris claims F1 world title in tense finish
An emotional Lando Norris yesterday secured his first Formula One world championship by finishing third in Abu Dhabi in a gutsy drive that left him just two points ahead of Max Verstappen.
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Could it be magic?
Donald Trump has been named the first winner of the newly created Fifa peace prize, claiming: “The world is a safer place now” as he received the award at the draw for the 2026 World Cup in Washington DC. Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president and one...
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No ordinary Joe
Joe Root plundered Australia’s allseam attack for an unbeaten 135 on the opening day at the Gabba, his 40th Test century and his first in an away Ashes series, an effort teammate Zak Crawley acclaimed as “one of his best”. It came in the absence of...
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‘Bullying culture’ harmed patient safety at scandal-hit NHS hospital
A culture of systemic bullying and harassment has been allowed to flourish among staff at one of England’s most scandal-hit hospitals, a damning leaked report reveals. The safety of patients at Blackpool Victoria hospital was affected as a result of...
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Russia is ‘ready for war’ with Europe
Vladimir Putin has accused European powers of sabotaging peace in Ukraine and threatened that Russia was ready for war with the continent as Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived for talks at the Kremlin last...
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PM says bold plan will take years to deliver as he hits back at critics
Labour’s economic plan will take years to deliver in full, Keir Starmer has said, as the prime minister battles to regain the narrative after a turbulent response to last week’s budget. In a piece for the Guardian Starmer has hit back at his political...
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Wealthy must pay to fix our creaky services, says Reeves
Britain’s wealthy must shoulder the burden of paying to rebuild the country’s “creaky” public services, Rachel Reeves said yesterday, as she warned Labour MPs that leadership speculation was bad for the country. The chancellor said she opted to...
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Death toll rises in Hong Kong tower blocks fire
Hong Kong police have alleged unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work may have been behind the rapid spread of a devastating fire at a group of residential tower blocks that has killed at least 94 people and left more than...
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‘I am asking everyone to make a contribution’
Rachel Reeves targeted Britain’s wealthiest households yesterday with a £26bn tax-raising budget to fund scrapping the two-child benefit policy and cutting energy bills. On a chaotic day when details of her budget were accidentally released early by...
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Reeves vows to tackle cost of living crisis in decisive budget for Labour
Rachel Reeves will promise to tackle Britain’s cost of living crisis and deliver fiscal stability today in a budget billed as a decisive moment for the fate of Keir Starmer’s beleaguered government. The chancellor will say she is taking the “fair and...
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‘His music lifted people through hard times’
Jimmy Cliff, the singer and actor whose mellifluous voice helped to turn reggae into a global phenomenon, has died aged 81. Writing on Instagram, his wife, Latifa Chambers, said: “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff,...
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‘He knew about the girls’: Epstein messages pile pressure on Trump
Damning new emails that suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released yesterday, including one in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls” procured for his sex-trafficking ring,...
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No 10 on alert amid fears of challenge to leadership
Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among his closest allies that he could be vulnerable to a leadership challenge in the aftermath of the budget. The prime minister’s most senior political aides...
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BBC board member with Tory link ‘led the charge’ over claims of bias
A BBC board member with links to the Conservative party “led the charge” in pressuring the corporation’s leadership over claims of systemic bias in coverage of Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights, the Guardian has been told. Sources said that Robbie...
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BBC director general Tim Davie steps down over Panorama row
Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have both resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights. In an...
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