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More than 1,000 Kenyans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine war, report says Intelligence findings given to parliament say ‘rogue’ agencies and individuals recruiting Kenyan nationals to frontline

More than 1,000 Kenyans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine war, report says

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Reform UK plan to rip up Equality Act shocking and un-British, says Starmer PM argues party wants to send women back to ‘old days’, as he also urges Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to speak to authorities

Reform UK plan to rip up Equality Act shocking and un-British, says Starmer

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‘There has to be glitter’: can the Rio carnival give up its love of beach-polluting microplastics? A bill banning the sale and use of plastic and metallic glitter has yet to go through in Brazil as the capital’s sandy shores bear cost of carnival’s shine

‘There has to be glitter’: can the Rio carnival give up its love of beach-polluting microplastics?

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MPs in call to halt Drax’s £2m-a-day subsidy over sustainability doubts Exclusive: Cross-party group ‘deeply concerned’ power plant may have misled ministers and regulators over source of wood pellets

MPs in call to halt Drax’s £2m-a-day subsidy over sustainability doubts

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RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds Report details harrowing 18-month occupation of North Darfur capital, showing destruction aimed at ethnic communities

RSF siege of El Fasher in Sudan has ‘hallmarks of genocide’, UN mission finds

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Large Trump banner hung at justice department headquarters ‘Make America Safe Again’ banner put up in striking symbol of president’s control over top US law-enforcement agency

Large Trump banner hung at justice department headquarters | the US becomes unrecognisable

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The Guardian view on Merz and Meloni: an emerging Berlin-Rome axis is threatening the EU’s green deal The deregulation agenda being pushed by Germany’s chancellor and Italy’s prime minister is economically and ethically flawed

Merz and Meloni: an emerging Berlin-Rome axis is threatening the EU’s green deal

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The Guardian view on the royals and the law: no more managed disgrace | Editorial Editorial: The police investigation into the king’s brother forces Britain to confront whether privilege can coexist with democratic scrutiny and the rule of law

The royals and the law: no more managed disgrace

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Trump’s bid to name Penn Station after himself looks like a presidential shakedown | Mohamad Bazzi The US president’s relentless self-aggrandizement spree continues amid hypocrisy and shifting explanations

Trump’s bid to name Penn Station after himself looks like a presidential shakedown

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Dear Kristi Noem: you’re tracking down ICE critics? I’m one of them | Robert Reich The homeland security department is reportedly seeking information on critical social media accounts. Look no further

Dear Kristi Noem: you’re tracking down ICE critics? I’m one of them

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I’m putting tech firms on notice: deal with the appalling abuse of women online – or we will deal with you | Keir Starmer I see violence against women as a national emergency. The posting of non-consensual intimate images is part of that crisis, and it must stop, says UK prime minister Keir Starmer

I’m putting tech firms on notice: deal with the appalling abuse of women online – or we will deal with you

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The US is dragging Europe back to the days of white supremacism. Our leaders are playing along | Shada Islam People like me were targets of the Islamophobia that gripped the west after the US-led ‘war on terror’. Now I fear a chilling sequel is on the way, says Shada Islam, a Brussels-based commentator on EU...

The US is dragging Europe back to the days of white supremacism. Our leaders are playing along

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‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs After a decade of austerity closed more than 1,000 centres, the government has promised £500m to renew youth services. We tour a glossy new venue in Preston – and a girls-only one in London

‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs

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Kyiv zoo braves blackouts and bombardment to keep animals warm Staff are using stoves and generators to keep lions, camels and Ukraine’s lone gorilla safe from winter and war

Kyiv zoo braves blackouts and bombardment to keep animals warm

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Gaza cemetery bulldozed by Israel must be ‘restored to the way it was’, families of Australian war dead say Daniel Cotterill, whose uncle’s grave has been destroyed, wants Australian officials allowed into Gaza to assess the ‘industrial damage’

Gaza cemetery bulldozed by Israel must be ‘restored to the way it was’, families of Australian war dead say

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Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges Israeli prison service and IDF reject allegations after research by Committee to Protect Journalists

Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges

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Gaza death toll for first 16 months of war far higher than reported, says peer-reviewed study Lancet Global Health research suggests more than 75,000 killed in period, 25,000 more than announced at the time

Gaza death toll for first 16 months of war far higher than reported, says peer-reviewed study

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Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show Exclusive: approximately 350-acre compound planned as base for multinational force, according to records reviewed by the Guardian

Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show

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US builds website that will allow Europeans to view blocked content Freedom.gov appears to be administered by a branch of the Department of Homeland Security

US builds website that will allow Europeans to view blocked content

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Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. The officer investigated denied any knowledge of trafficking underage girls

Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation

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Schools in England to get budget for children with special needs as part of Send overhaul Children to get individual support directly from school instead of via council in attempt to curb spiralling costs

Schools in England to get budget for children with special needs as part of Send overhaul

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Trump changed mind on Chagos deal ‘after UK blocked use of Diego Garcia for Iran strikes’ US president links deal with military strikes against Iran in connection with Tehran’s nuclear ambitions

Trump changed mind on Chagos deal ‘after UK blocked use of Diego Garcia for Iran strikes’

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Why was former prince Andrew arrested – and what happens now? Mountbatten-Windsor, who was a trade envoy between 2001 and 2011, is in custody as police search addresses

Why was former prince Andrew arrested – and what happens now?

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What we know so far after ex-prince Andrew arrested by UK police Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been ‘released under investigation’ after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

What we know so far after ex-prince Andrew arrested by UK police

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on US law enforcement radar 15 years before UK arrest Recently disclosed documents show name of former prince came up during 2011 inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office King expresses his ‘deepest concern’ and says ‘law must take its course’ as former prince arrested at Sandringham estate

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

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‘One in, one out’: what has happened to asylum seekers forced to return to France? In rare interviews, some of those sent back across the Channel after arriving in the UK on small boats describe what happened next – and the risks of a system organised to get rid of them

One in, one out’: what has happened to asylum seekers forced to return to France?

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Digital blackface flourishes under Trump and AI: ‘The state is bending reality’ From TikTok deepfakes to smears put out by the White House, fake videos modeled on Black archetypes are running rampant - putting Black users at risk

Digital blackface flourishes under Trump and AI: ‘The state is bending reality’

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The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal.

Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.