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August 05, 2025

Prison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across England

Exclusive: Possible arrests at protests against Palestine Action ban and asylum hotels likely to stretch prisonsPrison bosses will make room for a...

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August 05, 2025

‘Heartbreaking’: a London surgeon on the trials of operating in a Gaza hospital

Dr Graeme Groom has visited Gaza 40 times and says he has never before witnessed such trauma, hunger and bravery from Palestinian colleaguesEvery day...

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August 05, 2025

Prison system was days from collapse three times under Sunak, review finds

Emergency measures bailed out jails at last minute as No 10 refused to cut prisoner numbers until ‘cliff edge’ reached, former watchdog reportsThe...

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August 05, 2025

Pension age debate threatens to splinter Germany’s fragile coalition

Merz walks fine line as ‘lazy Germans’ debate sparks protest and economy minister calls to raise retirement age to 70The fact that ageing Germany’s...

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August 05, 2025

Trump officials look to block abortion services at veterans affairs hospitals

Rollback on Biden-era policy would prohibit abortions for veterans, even in cases of rape, incest or health threatsThe Trum...

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August 04, 2025

Social media battles and barbs on both sides of Atlantic over UK Online Safety Act

Farage accuses government of being ‘so below the belt’ as right wing doubles down on censorship claims The UK’s

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August 03, 2025

BMA rejects NHS claim that less than third of resident doctors went on strike

Union says complex work schedules and annual leave make it almost impossible to know how many took partThe doctors’ union has rejected NHS figures...

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July 31, 2025

Trump signs executive order to bring back presidential fitness test in schools

The physical test, which included a one-mile run, sit-ups, pull-ups and push-ups, was suspended 12 years agoDonald Trump signed an executive order on...

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July 31, 2025

Mary-Ann Stephenson confirmed as EHRC chair despite MPs’ objections

Stephenson to take over at equality watchdog even though committees raised concerns about breadth of experienceMary-Ann Stephenson has been confirmed...

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July 31, 2025

Anger grows in China over reports of online groups sharing explicit photos of women

Chinese media said more than 100,000 were members of Telegram group that shared pictures taken without consentAnger is growing on Chinese social...

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July 31, 2025

Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report

Warning: this article contains graphic and distressing testimony and imagesResearch documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and...

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July 30, 2025

Children and elderly people most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, warn experts

Aid agencies, governments and UN’s food security monitor report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among under-fivesHumanitarian experts...

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