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June 26, 2024

Starmer says Sunak failed to ‘grasp nettle' on bet scandal

Sir Keir Starmer has taken aim at Rishi Sunak’s leadership ability over the election date betting scandal, accusing the prime minister of failing to grasp the nettle” and take action quickly enough.

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Cabinet minister says he placed bets on election date

The Westminster gambling row has deepened after a cabinet minister revealed he had placed bets on the date of the general election.

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Making every vote count in the battle of the economists

Labour’s Alistair Strathern tells Archie Mitchell he’s winning the support of life-long Tories in the market town of Hitchin

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Sue Gray's 'disaster list' of issues for new government

Prisons will run out of space within days, risking public safety, prison governors in England and Wales warn.

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Assange arrives on Pacific island after signing plea deal

WikiLeaks founder to plead guilty on one remaining charge

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Release of Assange is about Biden vs Trump, not justice

The secret negotiations that led to Julian Assange no longer facing the prospect of being sentenced to up to 170 years in an American supermax prison gathered pace five months ago, when the US Department of Justice indicated for the first time that it would accept a plea deal.

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New Attenborough portrait naturally has touch of green

A portrait of Sir David Attenborough has been unveiled by the Royal Society to mark the broadcaster and naturalist’s four decades as a fellow.

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Man who plotted murder of Willoughby had millions of images of women, jury told

Millions of images of women were discovered on the devices of aman accused of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby, a court has heard.

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'A&E staff said my catatonic wife was not their priority'

Husband calls for better care for those in mental health crisis as charity reveals desperate patients turning to private sector

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Biden and Trump ready to engage in TV war of words

White House advisers talk to Andrew Feinberg about the US president’s intense preparation process at Camp David as Republican insiders say Trump is blessed with elite stamina’

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'War crime' arrest warrants issued for senior Putin allies

The International Criminal Court ICC) has issued arrest warrants for two senior Russian officials, accusing them of overseeing war crimes against civilians during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Police shoot demonstrators storming Kenya parliament

At least 10 killed and dozens injured in deadly tax bill protest

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Australian museum hangs Picasso collection in toilet

Move follows court case over women-only exhibition space

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Assange is free - but his case sets a disturbing precedent

Julian Assange had become something of an embarrassment – the centre of a legal battle that threatened to make Charles Dickens’s fictional Jarndyce v Jarndyce case in Bleak House look like a brief squabble over a parking ticket.

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Our no-nonsense Anne will soon be back in the saddle

As the Princess Royal recovers in hospital after suffering minor injuries and concussion, Tessa Dunlop examines the life and stiff-upper-lip attitude of The Firm’s hardest worker

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'Being killed off in Lost is still my worst heartbreak'

Maggie Grace, star of the kidnap thriller Taken’, sits down with Adam White to talk about her love for England, playing damsels in distress, and how women’s roles have moved on

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Does Nvidia share fall mean AI bubble is about to burst?

The numbers behind the end of AI kingpin Nvidia’s brief reign as the world’s biggest company are staggering.

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England fail to ignite with another lacklustre display

Declan Rice had said before this game that it might only take one match to transform England’s tournament and that might now be true… although not because of anything Gareth Southgate’s side actually did. They again didn’t do much at all.

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Austria dominate group of death to reshape the draw

If this was supposed to be the group of death, no one told Austria. Ralf Rangnick’s endearing underdogs have reshaped the draw, and perhaps the destiny, of Euro 2024 by topping it.

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Misfiring Mbappe's making progress a grind for France

When the mask fell, there was no hero in sight. Instead, France’s worst fear presented himself – a man struggling with the expectation of a nation on his shoulders.

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