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Pro EU, detest the Tories & the damage to the UK in the last 14 years, hate Johnson Truss Farage & Trump. #FBPE #Rejoin now, ashamed of the damage we’ve done to Planet Earth. Time to reverse #ClimateCrisis
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UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies

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UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies
Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release toxic waste from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems
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December 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community

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Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community
US president’s xenophobic rant comes amid reports of ramped-up deportation efforts in Ilhan Omar’s district
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December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Trump threatens strikes on any country he claims makes drugs for US

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Trump threatens strikes on any country he claims makes drugs for US
Trump signals imminent land strikes in Venezuela, blaming a navy admiral for a deadly September attack
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December 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Policing: the lesson of Sarah Everard’s murder is that a culture of impunity must be stamped out

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The Guardian view on policing: the lesson of Sarah Everard’s murder is that a culture of impunity must be stamped out | Editorial
Editorial: The Angiolini inquiry and a new report on Hillsborough make the need for new laws and higher standards in police forces brutally clear
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December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people

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What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people | Nadine White
From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, there is a clear pattern to the way Britain has extracted wealth and fractured families, says journalist and film-maker Nadine White
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December 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Ellen DeGeneres left Trump’s America. Will the British weather force her to return?

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Ellen DeGeneres left Trump's America. Will the British weather force her to return? | Arwa Mahdawi
She’s far from the only celebrity to have declared her intention to live outside the US. As with many others though, it looks like a reverse ferret could be in the works, writes Arwa Mahdawi
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December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Those who eat Chilean salmon cannot imagine how much human blood it carries with it’

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‘Those who eat Chilean salmon cannot imagine how much human blood it carries with it’
The country is the world’s second-largest producer of the popular fish, and the biggest supplier to the US, but its farms are beset by accusations of dangerous labour conditions, antibiotic overuse an...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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British military instructor arrested in Ukraine on suspicion of spying for Russia

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British military instructor arrested in Ukraine on suspicion of spying for Russia
Ross David Cutmore, from Dunfermline, was allegedly recruited to assist in assassinations on Ukrainian soil
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December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Eric Trump’s cryptocurrency firm loses half its value in half an hour

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Eric Trump’s cryptocurrency firm loses half its value in half an hour
American Bitcoin Corp’s shares fell from $2.39 to $1.90 after closing in what some are calling ‘crypto winter’
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December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up

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Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up
Exclusive: New laws will also curb questioning and aim to stop complainants being discredited over previous reports
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December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims

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Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
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December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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‘The biggest decision yet’

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‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself
Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control
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December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is

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Won’t somebody please think of Britain’s poor £2m homeowners? Oh, wait – everyone already is | Jonathan Liew
Contrast the furious reaction to Rachel Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’ to the response offered to those living with real housing injustice: indifference, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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December 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision

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Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision
Avanti service was to have been axed from mid-December but would have still run because of needs out of Euston
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December 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side

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‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side
Data shows increase in neighbourhoods where few metres of asphalt, hedgerow, or wall can separate deep inequality
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December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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UK energy suppliers’ customer service: a tragedy (and a farce) in three acts

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UK energy suppliers’ customer service: a tragedy (and a farce) in three acts
Weird tales of meter mix-ups, incomprehensible bills, and to foment the drama, a teenager threatened with a trashed credit rating
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December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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India orders phone makers to preload devices with state-owned cyber safety app

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India orders phone makers to preload devices with state-owned cyber safety app
Critics voice concern as government says its Sanchar Saathi app combats cybersecurity threats for 1.2bn telecom users
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December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal

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Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal
Banks accused of ‘organisational deficiencies’ relating to scam that crashed Mozambique economy nearly a decade ago
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December 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan

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Wood-burning stoves could face partial ban in Labour’s updated environment plan
Exclusive: Pollution targets set out alongside nature recovery projects to allay concerns over housebuilding
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December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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UK pulls $1.15bn support for Mozambique gas project after climate and terror concerns

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UK pulls $1.15bn support for Mozambique gas project after climate and terror concerns
TotalEnergies scheme became lightning rod for terror in region and was accused of violating human rights
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December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank

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Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence
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December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Several protesters arrested after ICE raid thwarted in New York City

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Several protesters arrested after ICE raid thwarted in New York City
Demonstrators blocked the exit of ICE vehicles from a parking lot using garbage bags and metal barriers
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December 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100

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Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100
Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia
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December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Men’s health: the needs of different groups can only be addressed in a functioning system

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The Guardian view on men’s health: the needs of different groups can only be addressed in a functioning system | Editorial
Editorial: The specific health issues faced by boys and men deserve attention. But waiting lists stand in the way of improvement
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December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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OBR v the Treasury: ministers have embraced the theatre of errors

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The Guardian view on OBR v the Treasury: ministers have embraced the theatre of errors | Editorial
Editorial: The government is trapped between Labour’s instincts and bond traders’ demands. Sensible fixes exist, but require imagination ministers have yet shown
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December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM