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Labour act 'will cover race pay equality'

A Labour government would extend the full right to equal pay that currently exists for women to include black, Asian and minority ethnic workers for the first time, under radical plans for a draft race equality bill seen by the Guardian.

US says airstrikes on Iran-linked militias are just the beginning

White House adviser refuses to rule out attacks on Iranian soil

Horizon 'Why I'm still fighting the Post Office'

Teju Adedayo regrets the day she agreed to speak to the Post Office’s investigators.

'It bowed to us': king penguin found on an Australian beach

A king penguin has made its way from the Antarctic region to the South Australian coastline, where it is likely to stay on land to undergo its annual \"catastrophic moult\".

Huge blast in Nairobi kills at least three and leaves 280 more injured

Alorry loaded with liquid petroleum gas cylinders exploded and set off a late-night inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, killing at least three people and injuring more than 280, with the death toll expected to increase.

Global cities watch closely as Paris votes on higher parking charges for SUVs

Green activists in Paris are making a final push to win a landmark vote tripling parking charges for SUVs in a move aimed at tackling air pollution that is being closely watched by other cities, including London.

Student who ran over and killed her fiance is sentenced to 18 years

A philosophy student who killed her fiance when she ran over him with her car after she \"lost her temper\" has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 18 years.

'Parade of liars': legal teams condemn Post Office leaders and call for prosecutions

The Post Office scandal inquiry has heard from a \"chorus of cowards\" and a \"parade of liars, bullies, amnesiacs and arrogant individuals\", lawyers for victims have said in a call for criminal prosecutions during a hearing in London.

Easiest way to do sex scenes? Do them alone, says Scott

During rehearsals for Andrew Scott's solo version of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, which had a sold-out run in the West End last year, one tricky question arose.

Settlement sanctions How serious is Biden?

Is Joe Biden's announcement of unprecedented US sanctions against Israeli settlers in occupied Palestine a sign of political weakness at home, or of a newly found willingness to assert American influence over Israel?

'He wants Rishi out' The shadowy Tory fixer 'plotting to oust PM'

Advisers advise, ministers decide,\" goes the aphorism from Margaret Thatcher. But if Nadine Dorries is A right, one Conservative adviser has the power to elevate and overthrow prime ministers and has been exercising it for two decades.

PPE Gove was lobbied by top recipient of contracts via VIP lane

Michael Gove was lobbied by the firm that became the single biggest recipient of PPE contracts through the VIP lane in 2020 in the weeks before it was awarded the first of a series of deals worth £680m, new emails reveal.

Taylor Swift leads a female drive for Grammys dominance

A remarkable generation of hyperastute young female musicians, spanning pop to R&B, indie-rock and beyond, are set to be celebrated at tomorrow night's Grammy awards - though the biggest prizes could end up being swept by just one of them, Taylor Swift.

Obsessions What motivated two teenagers to kill Brianna Ghey?

One question hung over the trial of the two teenagers convicted of killing Brianna Ghey: why? At the sentencing yesterday, Brianna's family finally received some answers.

Derek Draper: Elton John and Blairs among funeral guests

Elton John, Tony Blair and Piers Morgan were among the guests at the funeral of the former political-lobbyist-turned-psychotherapist Derek Draper.

Bottles seized at address linked to London chemical attack suspect

Police have seized two empty bottles with corrosive warning labels after raids on addresses linked to the man suspected of a chemical attack on a mother and her two young daughters.

No half measures What can J-Lo's raunchy, costly biopic mean?

You could say it's the role she was born to play. This month sees the release of This Is Me... Now: A Love Story, a full-length movie in which Jennifer Affleck (nee Lopez) transforms herself into the legendary American singer, actor and pop culture icon known as ... J-Lo. Yes, she's playing herself, or at least a rather strange version of herself.

UN warns governments not to seek loopholes in Cop deal

Governments must not try to pick loopholes in the global agreement to \"transition away\" from fossil fuels reached last December, the UN's climate chief has warned, as he called for \"torrents\" of cash for poor countries to tackle the crisis.

Nearly a third of secondary pupils avoid school because of anxiety, says survey

Almost three in 10 secondary pupils are avoiding going to school because doing so would make them anxious, a survey has found.

'Exceptionally brutal': teens jailed for murder

The two teenagers who murdered Brianna Ghey have been sentenced to life in prison for an “exceptionally brutal” killing partially motivated by her transgender identity.

How Ghana's Black Queens turned fortunes around

Nora Hauptle has overseen a remarkable turnaround since taking over andthe dream nowis of Wafcon glory

France and Ireland ready to banish pain

Both sides are working through losing key players as they bid to start the tournament with abang

Nobody's perfect.Like Rashford, we have all made mistakes. How we react is what matters

Within the story of Marcus Rashford's trip to Belfast last week there was a lot of detail about what he did, from how many drinks he supposedly consumed to what he ordered for dinner.

England's generation game brings Bashir and Anderson into the attack

It was a case of something old, something new for England in the second Test against India after Ben Stokes named his team yesterday, 24 hours out from the toss.

Musk seeks to move Tesla's legal base as state blocks pay

Elon Musk has announced that vote Tesla will hold a shareholder on moving the company's legal base to Texas after the state of Delaware threw out his $56bn (£44bn) pay package at the electric vehicle maker.

I was willing to risk it all' The rescuers on the world's most perilous migration route

After hours searching the grey waters of the Mediterranean, a small dot appeared on the horizon: an unseaworthy wooden A boat that had left the Libyan coast the day before. It had tried - but failed - to make it to Europe.

Human rights Warning over carmakers' supply chains

The car manufacturers Toyota, Volkswagen, Tesla, General Motors and BYD, may be using aluminium made by Uyghur forced labour in their supply chains and could do more to minimise that risk, Human Rights Watch has said.

Uyghur women jailed in Xinjiang for 'religious crimes' from decades ago

Hundreds of thousands of female Uyghur religious leaders are estimated to have been arrested and imprisoned in Xinjiang since 2014, with some elderly women detained for practices that took place decades ago, according to an analysis of leaked Chinese police files.

Emergency declared after 1,000 days of drought in Catalonia

After more than 1,000 days of drought, the Catalan government has announced a state of emergency, extending water restrictions to Barcelona and the surrounding region.

Green activists voice concern at scale of job facing Biden's new climate envoy

John Podesta's elevation to become the US's top climate diplomat has been welcomed by environmental groups but the stakes, as well as the scope of the job itself, are set to be enormous.